Perfect!

So I obviously still have a bit to learn about this whole blogging thing. Like its a good idea to blog a little more regulary than once a month. Duh :)

Anyway, I wanted to share one of the many things that God has been teaching me. Trust me, if I were to write down everything that he has been speaking to my heart, we would be here a long time. So here is just one of the many lessons that I have been learning lately.

Perfection. You know that saying, "You are perfect in God's eyes?" Well its true. Even better though, you are not just perfect in God's eyes - you are perfect full stop. I know, we stuff up. How can that equal perfection? But here's the thing - God created you perfect and nothing you do can change that. Some people like to say that we are a work in progress. Like God hasn't finished creating us yet. I'm not to sure about this. God didn't half finish us - leave us with peices missing and only half shined up - and then say "Ok, lets see what they make of themselves." He isn't still creating us, trying to get us right and then groaning everytime we do something that gets in the way. He made you, looked at you and was pleased. Because right before his eyes stood a perfect creation - exactly the way he wanted you and exactly the way he planned. He finished creating you even before you were born! Now here's the thing that God taught me the other day. Sin does not have the power to mar or mark you. What?

Imagine you are a clay pot. And the potter (God) has finished you, perfected you, and your sitting tall and proud on his "Shelf of fame." Now, imagine you do something that is a big no-no in clay land. You sin. When we stuff up, it leaves us with the impression that the sin we committed changed us somehow. Like it has somehow altered or marked God's perfect creation, and suddenly your not as perfect as you were before. We think that this sin has come along and left fingerprints all over God's clay pot, but this isn't true. Sin does not have the power to mark or mar you - it only has the power to make you believe that you are marred or marked. This trap is soooo dangerous. So realise, that no matter what you do or what you have done, it can never change who God made you to be or take away your title of "his perfection."

Live it, relish it, love it - not everybody knows that they are perfect!

Love Gracie

Introducing Me :)

The last post was kind of like an introduction to me being an official blogger! Yay! Now that you know I'm a princess, I guess its time to share some of the other minor details about "Yours truly". Here goes!

• My full name is Grace Anne Harrison. Really exotic. NOT! (I like to be called Gracie)
• I am 16 years old and have still to get my licence. My 10 year old brother thinks he is going to get his before I do - I still have 3 months of the year left people!
• My family consists of a mum, dad, sister and brother. My brother is the one who got the gorgeous blue eyes,long eyelashes, blond hair and tan skin, and he doesn't even appreciate them. I am SO jealous.
• Physical Attributes: Green eyes, long straight brown hair (with fringe), tall - 5 f 8.5 in., "English rose skin" (pale and pink), small nose, big lips, medium eyelashes. Create a mental picture and then erase it, because it probably doesn't look anything like me. :) If I could change anything about the physical me I would be 5f 5in tall and have curly hair. The people who tell you being tall is an advantage - they lie.
• I am not a very outgoing person, but working on it. I used to be really shy, and am working on that too :) It can take me a while to really open up to people, so I am more of the girl who has a couple of really really close friends rather than a whole group of "buddies."
• I love music, and hate maths. But that's ok, because I figure I'm never going to use the Tan ratio anyway.
• I tell God absolutely everything. 
• I love love love Erynn Mangum's books. I think she is the funniest writer ever.
• I have trouble drinking - it always seems to end on my shirt and mum is always telling me to straighten my shoulders, even though I don't slouch.
• I can sometimes be daft, but I think this is because I'm a bit of a dreamer and don't always concentrate on what people are saying. : |
• I love my dad and think he's a really funny guy :) I want to marry a guy one day who makes me laugh :)
• I love smiling and laughing and generally being happy.

These are just a few very random facts about me. If you have a question about me, write it in the comments and I'll answer it in one of my posts. Or leave some random facts about yourself  :)

God Bless

Gracie

Polish up your tiara's..........

If you are reading this, you probably looked at my blog name and thought that I might be just a little full of it. I mean, Princess? (gosh, have you ever heard of humility Grace?) But no matter how concieted it may sound, its true. Its true for me, for you and for every single female on the face of this earth. We are God's princesses. He thinks we are soooo beautiful and special that all he desires is to pamper us and set us on a pedistall so that the whole world can see his amazing creation.
Just like princesses get whatever they want, God wants to give us whatever we want. WHATEVER. WE. WANT. Don't believe me? It written in black and white in the bible. "And I will do whatever you ask for in my name so that the son may bring glory to the father. Ask for anything in my name and I will do it." John 14:13-14. "Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and door will be opened to you." Matthew 7:6-8 "Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart." Psalm 37:4 God spoke this promise numerous times throught the history of the bible.

Feel like a princess yet?

Basically it comes down to this. God loves, loves, loves, loves you and he's just waiting for you to fall in love with him. Listen to someone who knows from experience, falling in love with God is the easiest, best thing you can ever, ever do. You know the stories of boyfriends who lavish their girlfirends with gifts? Flowers, chocolates, jewlery........ I'll bet I'm not the only one who has been the tiniest bit jealous of those girls. But get this: Thats exactly what God wants to do. Look around you. He has planted you a whole flower garden and its right outside your window. He loves you soooo much that he just wants to drown you in blessings. Jesus wants to turn your dreams into a reality, he wants to not just give you what you need, but also what you want. When you know this, how can you not fall in love with him?

By now you might have realised that I'm just a little besotted :)

My prayer is that you not only let God's love in, but also let yourself be free to fall in love with him.

You have always been his princess. You will always be his princess. Nothing you do will change it - it doesn't matter how much you hate him or how much you love him. God will never, ever take away your crown. You were born with it and you will die with it - after all, you are the daughter of a king.
Signing off,
Just one of God's many princesses <3