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"It's Okay to be Me"

8/27/2014

All my life I have felt like the odd ball or just plain weird. I felt like I thought, talked, and even acted differently. I have always had a passion for music and writing which sometimes seemed to consume my thoughts and still does. You know what I've learned though....It's okay to be "ME". For a long time I didn't really know who that was. I wanted acceptance from my peers....or from a relationship so bad that I would bend over backwards to change myself for the current "situation" so to speak. I then would put on this front that everything was okay even though I was screaming inside, "LOVE ME FOR ME!!! WHY CAN'T YOU JUST LOVE ME FOR ME?!?" The days would pass as the darkness would continue to engulf the very essence of who I was until I would become the puppet that the person I was with wanted me to be. I knew how to play the part. Smile and pretend to be happy. Eventually the cracks in the relationship would get so big that I would just be a ghost of the person I once was. Let me tell you that is no way to live. I learned the hard way that you can change yourself to please someone else, but in the end you only make yourself miserable. It has taken A LOT of quiet time with Jesus to change the image of myself. It's like I've always known who Jesus was, but until I learned who he said I was nothing was going to change. Through his word I began to discover that he says, "I am fearfully and wonderfully made..." Psalm 139:14. That means I wasn't thrown together. "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb." Psalm 139:13. I am one of a kind. "...I have loved you with an everlasting love..." Jeremiah 31:3. I AM LOVED and NOTHING could make my Jesus stop loving me. I could go on and on, but to sum it up and fast forward to the present.... I finally LOVE ME FOR ME. I am who I am take it or leave it. Please learn from my mistakes....don't want a relationship so bad that you are willing to sacrifice YOU. I hope this helps someone.
I love you all!
Michelle Jetton

(Please enjoy the video. Colton Dixon's "Who I Am" )

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"Through the Eyes of an Outcast"

8/19/2014

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In this time of solitude, I feel your presence, Lord. Do you ever feel different ? Do you feel like you aren't cut from the same cloth as everyone else? Well, if your answer to that is yes, I want to let you know that you are not alone. I have times when I feel like this too. Even in my darkest moments when the loneliness tries to rear its ugly head and devour me, I feel the presence of my Heavenly Father the most. He wraps his loving arms around me and reminds me of the great people in the Bible that were outcast too. Oh, and by the way, should you ever need an ear to listen, I am just an email away.
I love you all! -Michelle Jetton
(Make sure you come back for Part 2 of this next week. Please enjoy Hunter Hayes "Invisible" below.)

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How Bad do you want it?

8/13/2014

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Michelle Jetton's Heart Thoughts
How Bad do I want it are the words that rang through my head tonight as my feet hit the floor during "Zombies, Run". Tap, tap, tap came the sound of my shoes as I inched my way closer to my goal of a healthier me. Keep going....just keep going I told myself as I continued to listen to the lovely Sam who directs the missions. When all was said and done and the mission complete a voice from the inside of me said I know you have more in you tonight....How bad do you want it? That is when I jumped onto my feet from my resting place and did a 20 minute Zumba as well. I give all Glory to God. There comes a time when you have to choose what to listen to...the voice that says you can't or the one that says, "I can do ALL through Christ!" and "I am more than a Conqueror!" It doesn't matter how many people say you can or can't because in the end it is up to you. How bad do you want it? I love you all! Michelle Jetton

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"Out of the boat and on the water"

7/25/2014

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Michelle Jetton's Heart Thoughts
I prayed about what I should say for my very first heart thought and this came to mind. I feel like it goes perfectly with the launch of this new website. How many times has God told us to do something and we have been too afraid to do it? Afraid of failure....of rejection....of judgement from others. God is saying today get out of the boat and come to me. Look at the story of Peter in Matthew 14:22-33. Peter was brave enough to get out of the boat, but when he took his eyes off of Jesus that is when he began to sink. Jesus immediately reached down and took his hand. I think the key phrase here is "he took his eyes off of Jesus". The first point I'd like to make from this is: Is God telling you to do something? Are you afraid to step on the water? Take it from me...I was nervous to start this website. I was afraid of completely putting myself out there...the real me anyway. So many times we put on a mask because we are too afraid of the rejection from others that comes from being who God really made us to be. The second point I'd like you to take from this is: when we take our eyes off of Jesus, like Peter did, that is when we begin to sink. We begin to cry out, "Dear God save me! It is too big of a calling. There are too many people better than me. I can't do it. I'm just not good enough." I could go on and on with the lies upon lies that the enemy uses to deter us from our future and destiny. Don't believe the lies. Believe the truth. The truth is, "I can do ALL things through Christ who gives me strength." Phil 4:13. "Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." Phil 1:6. Finally, if you feel like you have let the waves of life knock you don't let the feeling of shame keep you from getting back on the path to your promised land. Reach out and take his hand. He won't let you drown. I love you all! Michelle Jetton (Please enjoy this video from Britt Nicole "Walk on Water")

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"It's Okay to be Me"

"Through the Eyes of an Outcast"

How Bad do you want it?

"Out of the boat and on the water"

My Heart Thoughts

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"Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks" Isaiah 53:13

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"It's Okay to be Me"

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How Bad do you want it?

"Out of the boat and on the water"

My Heart Thoughts(This section is updated on"Wisdom Wednesdays.") "Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks" Isaiah 53:13

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My Heart Thoughts

(This section is updated on
"Wisdom
Wednesdays.")

"Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks" Isaiah 53:13