Picture Perfekt

Picture Perfekt 

So hang in there peeps.  Both BBs are writing this one.  Sometimes together and sometimes we are just throwing in our two cents!  We’ll put (J) and (A) as we start throwing in our thoughts.  Just bear with us.  Our brains are quite a hot mess, but we love being transparent and honest with the BB Army.

(J/A) So I’m sure after the weekend, we are ready for the week! Our hearts have been lit up from the wonderfulness of the weekend and then… enter screeching halt… MONDAY comes and reality sets in… and it only goes down hill for there.

Remember those truths we talked about in Picture Perfect? How quickly has the world stolen our attention from them?

The tempter is one sneaky pete. He will do what ever it takes to make sure you forget these promises ASAP. He will use time, work, family, friends, and all sorts of things to cloud your mind so those promises we talked about are just a cloudy memory.

(J) So come close: Ill let you in on one of my secrets...Wanna know his favorite way to cloud this blonde BB's mind? Worry. Guilt. Shame. Anxiety. A voice from the past that says "You.are.nothing. No one loves you."

 

(A) Now this is brunettish BB, so you’ll have to come even clooooooser for my secret of how that sneaky snake messes with my BB brain.  Anxiety.  Illogical panic that reached my core and haunts me about things that happened in my past.

(J/A) Not everyday of course, but there are days he hits us pretty hard. Yep, that’s our thorn BB's. If you know us, you are asking yourself right now WHAT??!!??? Because most of the time you see us smiling and giggling about something or usually nothing. HAPPY.

(A) Let’s be clear, though, it’s not fake smiles or laughter or joy.  (J) It’s not a picture of what we WANT the world to see peeps, its a picture of what CHRIST has done with our brokenness...He has given us a NEW life as a NEW creation and by grace, it just makes us plain JOYFUL.

(A) Now stop and let that truth sink in.  He has given YOU new heart, a new life, and had made YOU a new creation by grace.  He chose to live in YOU! LIVE in you BB.  He is that close all the time if you have accepted Him into your heart!

(J) We will go into our testimonies in the near future, but for now just press pause and know that when He says "I will turn your sorrow into JOY" He means it...and He surely meant it in this little life. I LOVE my brokenness...It makes me LIVING PROOF of His love for me...

(A) It is LIVING PROOF of His grace!! And that, again, we are not made for this world!!  God sees the bigger picture!

(J) So for now lets stick with this: take a moment and make a mental picture of yourself. Your first images are probably like mine...what the WORLD will tell you.

Now read those sweet verses from earlier and add THIS most powerful truth:

"I am fearfully and wonderfully made". Psalm 139:14

An original.

Uniquely made and uniquely loved.

Bought at a price by a PICTURE PERFECT Savior because we could never be.

Whatever road you are on, whatever storm you are in, or whatever mountain you have been raised up on remember:

Jeremiah 29:11 "I have PLANS for you declares The Lord. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you a HOPE and a FUTURE."

(A) Now this BB has an issue with the word “perfect”.  A dear friend change the spelling for me, and the grace of God poured over my soul.  I know the spelling shouldn’t matter, but it just took the weight off of having to be perfect… the perfect mom, the perfect employer, the perfect worshiper, the perfect friend, the perfect daughter.  Now when we talk, we spell it “perfekt”.  Isn’t that true though?  God sees us as perfekt.  He sees our flaws, our doubts, our weaknesses and loves us anyway.  He takes that thorn and makes us boast all the more joyfully through our brokenness! Our light shines even brighter in the dark of night!

(J) Doesn't matter what picture the world has of you, or what picture you have of yourself. You have a KING that loves you dearly, uniquely made you for a PURPOSE, gave His very LIFE for you to set you FREE!

(J/A) So take another picture BB's...A perfekt and grace-filled picture of HOPE IN CHRIST. It’s there for you...Just snap the pic :)

Wanna know how to find this hope in Christ? We are ALWAYS here for you! Send us a Facebook message and let us start praying for you now! 

XOXO,

Jenny and Anna