Fake Tattoos

I've started doing this thing within the past 5 weeks where I choose one verse every week to memorize and write it on my arm as a reminder. Not only does it look like a fake tatt, but it also helps me remember the promises of the Father and it is a great conversation starter with people. I can't tell you the amount of people who have asked about it because they thought it was a tattoo or they were just curious.
At first, I just told people that it was just a "reminder". But lately, I've started telling people, boldly, that it's how I remember the Word. And it's helping me not to be ashamed. I love it.
So this week I've decided to go with Ephesians 3:18 which says:
" And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high and how deep his love is."
Simple yet profound.
And He's teaching me so much through this process. I'm learning to memorize Scripture more easily and it's coming to use in my daily life. I see it show up.
I heard yesterday at church that we need to remember the good times with God when we have the bad times with God. And that is so true. Sometimes as Christians, we can feel the storm about to hit. And honestly, we need to brace ourselves because too often we go into the storm and forget that we will come out on the other side, better than we were before. We forget the greatness of our God and how He can overcome this storm.
We think that it's all up to us to not drown and it's not.
On a completely separate note, Jesus likes to think that He's funny. For example, I was absolutely stressing over my life and how things were going to come together for the best. Trying to control it like I usually do.
I open my Bible to Romans where I left off and the header of the chapter was 'Developing Patience'.
Of course.
He's really been driving that into me lately....to have patience because He WILL bring it all together for the best. We just need to trust that He really knows what He's doing and that He has our best in mind.
But gosh dang it, it's so hard.

Just remember:
Be bold.
Be kind.
Be love.
Be Jesus.