“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”
― Siddhārtha Gautama
Self-love is accepting the positivity and negativity dwelling within and having the confidence to replace darkness with light.
“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.” (1 Peter 2:9)
“Be content with what you have;
rejoice in the way things are.
When you realize there is nothing lacking,
the whole world belongs to you.”
― Lao Tzu
An empty wallet rests in my pocket.
No money to pay bills, but when the moon rises, soundly I lay my head to rest.
Don’t need couture makeup, clothes, purses and shoes.
Confidence and a luminous tan are my signature accessories.
I have the one thing money can’t buy it’s called happiness.
Filled with peace, my mind is impenetrable to stress.
Simplicity brings contentment.
For I already have all I want.
©2012 Jade Jarvis
“11 Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. 12 I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need.” (Philippians 4:11-12)
“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” ― Dr. Seuss
Love is the dominant force in my life. Each year God brings awesome people in my life, to give me the essential support to confidently hike the narrow path. Obstacles may sprout in my trail, but also will roses.
“4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” (1 Corinthians 13:4-7)
Time and Tide wait for no man, but time always stands still for a woman of thirty. ― Robert Frost
30
Farewell twenties.
Welcome thirties.
No longer green behind the ears.
Ripe with wisdom gained throughout the years.
Willfully living through purpose.
I am joyfully living my best life.
©2012 Jade Jarvis
“Upon you I have leaned from before my birth; you are he who took me from my mother’s womb. My praise is continually of you.” (Psalm 71:6)
“A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve two masters. Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire.“
― Thomas Merton
Mirrors and eyes only provide reflections. If we ever were able to view our true image, we would see Jesus Christ.
“Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?” (1 Corinthians 3:16)
Face Prayer
Heavenly Father, I embrace your grace this day,
So that I might not:
Think of another,
Speak to another or
Touch another,
without first looking for
Your Face in the other.
I ask all this through
Jesus Christ:
God Incarnate,
God with Skin,
God made Poor,
God with a Face. Amen!
― Jim Pinto, Jr.
“Intuition is a spiritual faculty and does not explain, but simply points the way.”
― Florence Scovel Shinn
The inaudible voice within navigating you through right and wrong is the Holy Spirit speaking from the heart; preparing your transition from mortal to eternal life.
“But it is the spirit in man, the breath of the Almighty, that makes him understand.” (Job 32:8)
“Your greatness is revealed not by the lights that shine upon you, but by the light that shines within you.”
― Ray Davis
“I can do all things through him who strengthens me.” (Philippians 4:13)
“That is the mystery of grace: it never comes too late.”
― François Mauriac
“Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. 9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” (2 Corinthians 12:8-9)
The Blood of Jesus washes away our past and the Name of Jesus opens up our future.
― Jesse Duplantis
Everyone from the best to the worst has something noble within them. This is God’s way of making every soul eligible for salvation and mercy.
“9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.” (Romans 10:9-10)
“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.”
― Mother Teresa
©2012 Jade Jarvis
“give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.” (Luke 6:37-38)
