Love Is My Story

                       Love is my story.

To react in love in everything I do.

To show God's love to people, just as He has shown love to me.

To love unconditionally.


I desire to fight for those who can't fight.
To use my rights to fight for theirs.
I'll fight until my hands are callused and body is worn for them.
To love the ones that are too tired to love.
To love the ones that need to feel loved.


Well all need love whether we think we do or not.
Love from a friend, love from family.
We need to pass love on in every possible way.


Love one another. Love is the step that we have to take.
Love is the whistle we blow for peace.
Love will speak louder then words in an equality speech.
Love will march with us to the end of the horizon.
Love is the deliberate act of forgiveness.
Love is what will clean up this mess.
Love is love.

His Love Never Fails You

Fail ( Definition) 1. To prove deficient or lacking; perform ineffectively or inadequately.2. To be unsuccessful


Sometimes the things we go through in life, makes us think that we are alone or that somehow God has failed us. But never will God fail us, or forsake neither will His love for us.


We sometimes tend to think that just because we are Christians, we won't have trials and tribulations. Yet God's word said that we will go through suffering and rejection for Him, just for the simple fact that we are Christians. When we have a hard time, as in a tough breakup, family members may be sick or friends betray you we have to stand strong in God and remember that He is there for us and that He loves us, that we are not alone.  Sometimes our faith gets tested, to see if we will stand for Him through the good times and the bad. To see if we will still sing Hallelujah when things aren't easy at all.


Don't ever think that God has left you alone, or has forsaken you. Remember He died for us, and He loves us deeply, more than our minds can ever comprehend. Remember that Jesus does have feelings and when we say or think that He has left us or betrayed us, it breaks His heart because of how much He did for us. How can we possibly think such a thing after He died for us?


Jesus shows us what Love is, he showed us because He died for us, and no matter how wrong people treat Him, He still shows them compassion and love. No matter how many times we mess us, or turn our back away from Him, He still shows love towards us. We need to learn to walk in His love, and love others as He has loved us, to make it a lifestyle.  In this we know exactly what love is, and that's simply God..God is love.


Conclusion: If we are walking in God's love that He has shown us, we learn what love really is, so how can we ever feel alone or that He doesn't love us? It isn't possible.


1 John 3:16
" By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.


'Til next time fellow brethren,
Tori Taylar

Valentines Day

Valentines Day.
 The day for friends, family, lovers, and mates.

People tend to make this day about their "Valentine" and traditionally that's the way it was intended.

Yet the Valentineless can't help but feel yucky on this day. But if you don't have a speical Valentine, make the best out of this day the best way you can.

Trust me I'm not telling you to do something that I'm not doing myself, because I'm in the same boat. We can sail down this valentineless ocean together.

Usually every Valentines Day, I go around saying I hate this day, and to be honest I know I've only said that because of a lack of a Valentine. But I don't hate Valentines Day, it just isn't a day for me to celebrate yet, I guess. Haha

I may have not had a boyfriend and may not have one now, but I do have Jesus and He's love enough for me. If you're lagging around because you don't have a Valentine try to make the best of the day, and remember that you have a Valentine in Jesus. He's everything you need Him to be.

Don't waste the day because others make you feel loveless, or unloved. I know it may be hard, but know that you've found Love is Christ and He loves you and that's all that matters.

'Til Next Time Fellow Sailors,
Tori Taylar
 

Past Faults, Current Victories

I'm pretty sure everyone knows what this month is: Black History Month.


Some people take this month to harbor anger and past faults that people have made.
I'd like to be one of the one's that takes this month to be proud of our current victories and forgive the things that happened in the past.


Yes, my ancestors have been through so much, it has even run down to my grandparents experiencing racism. I've heard many stories of how we were treated wrongly and unfair but I can't hold it against current people of that race or even the past people. They were wrong for what they did, but it's time to forgive and show some love.
Our country's past racism still runs through our veins, and cries from the ground. We need to rise above the constant gnawing of past wrongs. Let's declare love as the reconciliation; the deliberate act of forgiveness.


I'm so very proud to say that the negative things people have put us down for we rose above it and have succeeded in life. Anyone can rise above it, we just need to look at the influences we have and put our mind to it and do it. Negativity from the past still holds people back even though they aren't getting beat, picking cotton, or watching their family get sold off to other familes. African Americans have been put in a mindset of settling for less, and giving up and we don't have to be that way. We need to fight like the great people before us did and still fight for freedom and carry on what our examples started years ago, don't let their fights be for nothing at all. Heroes, all the way from : Dr. Martin Luther King, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Malcom X, John M. Perkins, Phil Brooks an inventor, George Washington Carver an agricultural chemist, Nelson Mandela, and Barack Obama to the king of pop Michael Jackson. So many people that we can be proud of, so many people that made a difference in history. So many people we can model ourselves after, african americans have so many reasons to fight and make a difference.


During this month we don't need to dwell on the past faults of racism but let's dwell on our current victories, and many victories to come. We aren't out of the woods yet, but we're fighting through.


So  Let's love one another, because it's louder than racism, louder than differences and louder than hatred. It's even louder than pain. Let's live in |peace love & harmony.|


'Til next time fellow fighters.
Tori Taylar