If I said I wasn't a flower child, I'd be lying.

Maybe it’s the time of year.
Yes, and maybe it’s the time of man.
And I don’t know who I am.
But life is for learning.
- Joni Mitchell

WARNING: Before I start this post I want warn everyone it does involve religion & its very likely I will offend someone. I try to stay away from the topic of religion on this blog because I don't want anyone to feel like I'm shoving my beliefs down their throat. Everyone has different beliefs & different relationships with God or who ever they worship & I feel that is a very personal thing that needs to be found by themselves, for themselves, but today in order to know more about me, I feel it must be said.

The more I read the Bible over the years the more I realize how much of a hippie Jesus is. I find it disgusting that religion & some churches turn him into this thing that gives people a right to hate & judge others when its totally not what he's about. Read 1 Corinthians 13 & Hebrews 12:14-15 then lets eff religion & just go party with Jesus & be free!

I don't believe in religion personally. If I had to choose a 'religion' I'm definitely more of a Jesus Movement type Christian-Esq.
I just think because of us thinking we are 'better' than everyone else, or judging & hating in the name of 'God' (like the phelps family for instance) we have given Religion a bad name!
I cant tell you how many of my friends have 'looked down' on my for being a 'Christian' or for my beliefs simply because of the way they had been treated in the Church or by supposed Christians.
Trust me, I'm a former preachers daughter who was abuse in many ways to me & my mother, but got up on stage Sunday morning and preached about love, I've seen it myself.
Also I think that people focus on religion so much & not on God.
I don't believe in religion I believe in having a relationship with God.
One of my favorite quotes actually is "Jesus wouldn't be aloud in my church with his dirty feet & bloody clothes" I mean... how true is that for most churches & religious people? Sad huh?

& that is all for my religious vs relationship lecture.

If you got through this all, I love you!
If you stay away from a relationship with God because of the way you've seen so called religious people act, I urge you to find your own relationship with him, away from all that crap, find your own way.
If your beliefs are different than mine, I applaud you for your beliefs!
I think we all have to find our own way & honestly, who knows who has it right.
As long as you feel happy & its where you should be.

Hugs & Kisses,

Brooklyn

"worrying is putting a down payment on a problem you may never have"

Today:
-I slept all day due to the fact I stayed up all night (whats new).
-found my old diary & some very interest facts that I had long since forgot about myself & friends. Some of which being: I couldn't spell worth a crap, I had crushes on people that I seriously could NEVER admit I had a crush on now days. (It would just be bad.) & Also I was insanely boy crazy. I think I mentioned four guys in a one month period (two of which were related.. yeah.. its pretty bad)! Oh & up to that point a guy telling some other person "well if your not friends with Brooke then I'm not your friend" was the "nicest thing any guy had ever done for me". *rolls eyes*
- I forgave & tried to bring peace between me & someone I just really wanted to punch in the face.. & it made me feel good.
- I worked on my Spanish & figured out that I can not pronounce anything in Spanish. A realization that depressed me.
- I didn't turn on my television all day
- I stay at home, on my p.j.'s all day. (& in bed he he he)
- I had Joyce Meyer's 'Release Your Faith' message on repeat on my laptop.
- I studied! Which I hadn't done in forever... oops...
-I woke up with such a stiff neck that I still cant move it!
- I cuddle with my little Harley boy.
- I learned how important faith is & how faith really does have the strength to move mountains. So we have got to have faith in things, & think GOOD things & always look on the bright side & expect the best! (I've been trying to learn this forever but today I think I made a real break through. Its a struggle to trust people & expect the best out of people who have hurt us. But if we don't we are just setting them up to fail. Instead of having faith in them & setting them up to succeed)

& That's was my day & I loved it