Thursday, July 28, 2011

the devil

This is what i grab when i am dehydrated. can anyone say problemo?
Yeah well i can say that, but i don't fix it. If i keep drinking this like its my water, and eat they way i do...my life is going to be cut short. Therefore the doctor's orders are, "Erica, drink water, or die!"

about to LOVE like no other

I've learned so much in the past day.
-good enough is the devil's greatness
-Don't settle for anything
-Keeping unforgivness in your heart can keep you from being blessed
-Our stories thrive in conflict
-God gives us opportunities, whether we act on it or not determines our reward
-Many are called, few are chosen
-Stability will kill you, believe it or not.
-The American Dream is a lie, God has so much more for you
-We don't give God a challenge for our lives
-Do we pray safe or dangerous prayers? are we afraid to pray to God and ask him to rip everything from us?
-Focusing on maintaing your life you can end up on a detour
HAVE NO FEAR AND TRUST GOD

All this has already changed and turned the focus point on my heart. So many people settle once they get married and have kids, and have a job and just stop, but really all those things are great but we can't just stop there we need to go out on missions daily. No matter the cost, and stop focusing on the things of this world, it is going to get us no where. I'm about to love, hug, laugh, share, and be the Erica god made me. I have worth in Him.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Psalms 55:22

I love to run, but sometimes running for a long time can get really tough. And running in a marathon can be really tough, you can get really tired, hungry, and dehydrated, but if you want to finish the race then you must continue on when things get tough, and that’s called endurance. You see when things get tough most people just give up, but we need to endure and keep going no matter how tough it gets.
Actor: Whew! I am ready!
Teacher: Ready for what?
Actor: Ready for the big race! I got my shorts on, my headband, my water bottle, some protein bars, my lunch, a towel to wipe off the sweat, an extra t-shirt, extra socks for when these get too sweaty, sunscreen, umbrella…you know just all the essentials for a race.
Teacher: Whoa, you don’t need all that stuff for a race. In fact it is going to slow you down and make it tougher to endure through the race.
Actor: I don’t need this stuff?
Teacher: No! Just put the bag down. Does that feel lighter?
Actor: Yeah, this will be much easier to run now! Thanks! (Runs off stage)
Would it be easy to run a race with this backpack on? No it wouldn’t. But so many times we make things more difficult on us by carrying around all of our burdens. You need to endure through tough times in your life and give your burdens to God. That’s is what our memory verse talks about today…
“Give your burdens to the Lord, and He will take care of you.” Psalm 55:22
So whenever you are going through a tough time, give your burdens to God and endure through those tough times. Living for God isn’t always going to be easy. Sometimes you will have friends who try to get you to do things that you know are wrong, like lying to your teacher to stay out of trouble, or stealing candy from the store. Those people who try to get you to do bad things are like this burden (Hold up backpack) and they can slow you down in living for God. Or maybe you somebody hurt you, they were mean to you or did something bad to you and every time you think about it, it just hurts even more. That is another burden that weighs you down. Give that burden to God and get rid of what holds you back just like you should let go of this backpack if you were running a race.
So endure even when it’s tough, don’t stop living for God, and get rid of what holds you back, all you need is God.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Looking through a new pair of glasses.

This picture kind of reminds me of  Jesus.
If you're trying to speak truth to someone who is not a believer, it is like you trying to hold up a white piece of paper to someone who is wearing red tented sunglasses and trying to tell them the paper is white, they aren't going to believe you until you show them that they are wearing the red tented sunglasses, they are blinded to the truth. So they have the choice to take the sunglasses off, we just have to show them that choice.
This picture is the opposite but means the same thing, some people are walking around without these glasses, thinking life is one way, and all the believers have the glasses on and see life in a whole new way, our job here one earth is to hand out those sunglasses, so they can therefore have an encouragment, and new life.

Trees. and. Bacon.

Trees: A perennial woody plant having a main trunk and usually a distinct crown.
Now trees can be boring, or trees can be interesting. we can look at it as you its this plant thing is just here so we can have oxygen and paper and logs for our fire. Or we can look at it and take all those things in, like whoa, if there was no trees, there would be almost no shade. No homes for precious creatures, no landscaping for our world. I personally like trees. My first question for my first interview at a job was, "if you could be a tree, what tree and why?" Now that is where you have to get creative. I chose a Pine Tree, because i would be taller than everyone and i can look out on the world and man when people make me mad i could drop pine cones on their head! Now, If you were a tree, what would you be? and why?

Bacon: The salted and smoked meat from the back and sides of a pig.
Yo, we are bakin some bacon can't you see us now, its so cool it don't come from a cow, yeah you think we're weird, well you're probably right, if you tell us now, we'll probably get in a fight. That's bacon. say what, say what. That's B-A-C-O-N. word.
If you say "beer can"  in a british accent you are also saying "bacon" in a jamacian accent.
Now i like bacon, some good greasy chewy bacon. Personally it is a great food if you can have it alone at breakfast or on a burger for dinner. Although one time my mom made me grilled cheese with bacon on it for lunch and i started choking and almost died....true story.

 Now Bacon and Tree combined. you get Bacon Tree!

There are two guys who have been lost in the desert for weeks, and they're at death's door. As they stumble on, hoping for salvation in the form of an oasis or something similar, they suddenly spy, through the heat haze, a small tree off in the distance.
As they get closer, they can see that the tree is draped with rasher upon rasher of bacon. There's smoked bacon, crispy bacon, life-giving juicy nearly-raw bacon, all sorts. And the smell... oh, the glorious smell!"
"Look Pepe," says the first man. "It's a bacon tree!"
"You're right!" says Pepe, "We're saved!"
Pepe doesn't wait another second. He runs up to the tree salivating at the prospect of food. But just as he gets to within five feet of the tree, there's the sound of machine gun fire, and he is shot down in a hail of bullets.
His friend quickly drops down on the sand, and calls across to the dying Pepe.
"Pepe!! Pepe!! What on earth happened?"
And with his dying breath Pepe calls back: "Ugh, run, run!! It's not a Bacon Tree after all..."

"...its a ham bush!"




 

Sunday, July 24, 2011

What is forever?

How long is forever? people ask that day in and day out, society's answer : no end.
But there's got to be more...
Forever...Forever...Forever
Is a thing forever, a relationship, a love, a frienship, a place?
No, forever is simply a term.
People say "forever" without really even thinking about it.
Best Friends Forever, I will love you forever..etc...
but what is forever?
no end? timeless? forever?
just a thought to ponder...

Saturday, July 23, 2011

"He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away" -Raymond Hull

Me, Myself, and I. thought i knew who i was. Erica.
This summer, i literally have been at my house maybe a total f 8 hours, which was to sleep, in my bed, and you know what i have figured out, it is really hard to figure out who are when you are with people TWENTY-FOUR------SEVEN. Yes, friends are fun, and family is good but how much of an act are you putting on when you're with these people, what mask are you wearing? - this, this question has sat in the back of my mind constantly this past week....and i'm tired of it just drifting farther and farther in my head, i'm going to do something about it, get away from people for awhile. With friends i have learned what annoys me, when and why i put on my mask of laughter, and why i love these terrible people....but i want to know ME, not the Erica that loves the color purple, or the Erica that loves kids, or hates reading, but loves to express herself through writing, i want to know the desires and wants of my heart. I mean how can i get married to someone and not know who i am, truly. I want to get to the point where i DON'T have to hide behind anything, guys, smiles, laughter, makeup. My heart wrote this, so i'm not so sure you'll quite understand it, but hey it is the first step.

Thursday, July 21, 2011

a long path leading to rejection

I'm on a pretty long path which i thought was decent but i soon came to realize that the decentsy had once again decieved me. I am not on  a path filled with love and care, but more towards rejection and hurt, and there is no one to blame but ME. I've been finding it quite difficult to find my reasoning for falling for this guy over and over and over....and over again after he has dumped me THREE seperate times for all different girls, BUT today i came to the realzation. I'm settling. Because i have a father who has rejected me over and over and isn't giving me the love and affection i am seeking for, therefore i have a high tolerance and acceptance for rejection, i kinda just let it roll off my shoulder, which leads to this guy knowing that i will ALWAYS be there for him when he doesn't have a girl, which opens up all kinds of bad doors for me, which is simply BAD. So i was pondering this thought....all because i'm Erica Wilson, a people pleaser, a person who tries to make people smile and/or laugh, i'm having a VERY hard time dealing with this whole subject...trying not to be apathetic but still trying to overcome it, to where i dont have to worry about it, a balance.  All because of a once great figure in my life rejected me so much, i have now become numb to rejection, which will lead me to just overload of REJECTION, and that my friends...is the path that i am on, and am fighting to get off of.

Monday, July 18, 2011

It’s those late night drive with girls: the windows down, blasting Adele, and singing at the top of our lungs. It’s the all day adventures at the lake: swimming all the way across the lake and back, getting stopped by the boat police because of course why would girls try and swim across a lake, and trekking miles just to get back and drink sweet tea. It’s those conversations: the deep, gut wrenching, honest conversations that will forever be remembered with those you love most. And just because these things happen, doesn’t mean reality fades away. It only heightens the contrast between what is real and what is temporary. But you realize in those temporary moments, reality isn’t just another mountain to climb or battle to fight but a journey… in which you are the decision maker.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Tyler Truax

Tell me why i keep coming back to you? is it the things you say?  am i a push over? it sucks. but i feel like i really love you and thats why i cant let go. I hate it, but i feel like i have to. You texted me today and instantly we re connected as if we had never stopped, and now we are about to hang out? what is this? i told myself over and over that this was going to stop, i wasnt going to let you back in. but guess what? you're in...and it feels right. and it sucks. man oh man. I have fallen, the point is i dont know if hes going to catch me. so how can that be so? a person you love but dont know if they will be there... i guess its simply complicated

Monday, July 11, 2011

Frustrated with being inconsistent

I'm so sick and tired of being on this stupid roller coaster, and its not even a coaster of emotions anymore its just me becoming lazy in my walk with Christ. its dumb. the end. I want to know if i had NO ONE in my life that i would be just fine because Christ and i are that close. This verse from Psalms 69:8 is exaclty how i feel, "i have become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to my mother's children."  I've gone from getting all this amazing stuff from God to bleh because i haven't been doing my part. Sweet Jesus AWAKEN me. Awake my soul, let your will be done, be done in me.

Friday, July 8, 2011

Work in progress

I am working on a new song, and it goes a little something like this...
a one, a two, a one, two, three, four.

This world will try to fight  you girl,
but you just hold on strong and tight to the one with all the might
Don't be afraid
Remember you were made
for a reason
for a purpose
His love will cover you (2x)
This worlds got ahold of you girl but you just break away, run away
to the one who has paid
Don't be afraid
remember you were made
for a reason
for a purpose
He shed his bloof for you(2x)

and thats all i have for you...

Monday, July 4, 2011

Erica Diahann Wilson "America"

Erica America is what they call me.
Jesus loves me this i know.
18 years of age.
Love Love Love me some country music.
Running is my therapy.
God's gift to me was surrounding me with little kids.
I tend to teach on  a daily basis.
I hate ankles.
Loveeeeeeeee feet.
I bite my nails.
Break the seams on shirts.
I write poetry.
You always see me flaunting a bow and struting in converse.
I hate sneezing while driving, its dangerous!
I collect bracelets from all around the world.
The places you will see me most is....
Church
and
The Stage.
I have fears but i tend to act like i'm fearless.
I attempt to be a dare devil.
I probably laugh WAY more than i should.
I like to dig for a good boogie every now and then. haha!
3 words to describe me
1. neat freak
2. high maintience
3. energetic.....to the MAAXXXXXX
thats me in a nut shell
PEACE!


I perfer not to read.

Saturday, July 2, 2011

took the words right out of my mouth

To be honest, change does scare me. i have this tendency to never let go, if you know what i mean.
I think it has to do with the fact that i'm a people person, and my passion is people. Therefore when it comes time to say the simple but yet so meaningful word "goodbye" i can't bring myself to it. So there is a lot of change going on in my life right now, i have freshman year of college starting up, i have finally decided to step back out of my dad's life, and accept the fact that we will NEVER have that fairytale relationship. but it is okay. and i'm fine with that. Another big change is the only consistant youth pastors i have had in my life are now leaving the church, which this makes me very sad....but on a positive note God has, oh my, tremendous plans for them and i get to watch their baby all the time which is quite nice, indeed. i'm just now finding out some new talents and gifts God has given me and im super excited to excerise them with a good purpose and heart! Life is good. Jesus is Good.