from my heart.

Looking at the world around me I see and feel so much judgement. It's not fair. No one deserves to be judged on what they are wearing, how their face looks, or a YouTube video they posted about some challenge. After all, we are all the same in God's eyes, right? So why can't we look at each other that way? I'm not gonna say I haven't judged someone or something before, because I have. It's human nature to be judgmental, and I'm human. But just because it's human nature doesn't mean we can't try and make it less of a habit or problem. WE can be the difference! So, that girl is wearing something that isn't your style. Go her for expressing HER style. That guy doesn't look like Harry Styles. Go him. If every guy looked like Harry Styles or Zac Efron we would be bored. After all, doesn't the Bible say in 1 Samuel that you shouldn't consider appearance, you should look at the heart? {1 Samuel 16:7} So let's live that out. Let's learn to get to know people before we decide what we think of them. I'm sure you've been judged before too, it hurt didn't it? So who are we to judge? That's right, no one. So look at things through the Lord's eyes -- be what He is -- l o v e.  Genesis says we are all made in his image, isn't that so great?! We are all His creation and beautiful in our own ways! So let's be love fam. Be the light.

Much Love,

Kaitlyn

S.O.A.P. {how i study the Bible / do my quiet time}

Hey homies,

I haven't written in a while and I sincerely apologize. I finally got a new computer and I am looking forward to a lot of new blog posts!! Hopefully 2015 will bring lots of new posts! Anyways, today I want to talk about how I study my bible / do my quiet time. I got this idea from Pinterest anad absolutely love it.

I use the acronym S.O.A.P. 

S is for Scripture: I write down the scripture that really stand out to me or have significance to them. Or if I feel like God is really speaking to me through the scripture.

O is for Observation: I write down what I observed in the scripture I wrote down. For example: what God is teaching whoever is in the scripture, what God is teaching me, etc.

A is for Application: This is when I write down how I can apply the lessons I learned through the scripture to my life.

P is for Prayer: This is when I pray for me and me only. Now don't get me wrong -- I love praying for other people and do that all the time separately. I find it really hard to pray for myself so this is a way of forcing myself to do so.

I hope you saw this as helpful and that maybe it will help you out!! I am not saying you have to do this by any means, just showing you what helps me! Hope you're all having a great 2015 so far!

love always,
Kaitlyn