My Chains Are Lifted, You Give Me Peace

A lot has been going on in my heart and soul lately. Emotions of worry, fear, and confusion have haunted my mind; making me do a lot of thinking and praying. Figuring out what to do next in life is hard. When a new seasons comes upon you and you have to make big life decisions, it can be scary to try to figure out what to do next. Who knows if I'll make the wrong decision or go down the wrong path. What if I get stuck in the whirlwind of something I don't want to be in?  So yes, its been hard the last couple of days.  

Today has been a little different, though. Through my daily work I've learned to relax and be at peace knowing this: 

Sometimes you just have to let go and be ok where you are. Be ok with yourself. Be ok with not knowing where to go.  Be ok with not knowing whats next. 

When I take my life and give it to God, I know everything will be ok. All will turn out for His glory. He has a perfect plan for my life (Jeremiah 29:11-14) and I don't have to worry. Fear and confusion doesn't have to be my chains because love drives out fear and God wipes my confusion away.  When I sit down in my quiet time and just talk to Him and give Him my concerns, one by one, they all go away. He lets me rest in peace knowing that all will go has His plan and I can be free. 

This is such a wonderful thing. Being free.

I know life will never be perfect. There will always be something that will not be the way I wish it could be, but I'll just let it go, give it to God, and all will be alright. I can have peace in my soul and heart that only Jesus can give. And I can be free. 

If your reading this, I know you are going through hard times in life too. I hope and pray that whatever your going through, that you can give it to Jesus and your heart and soul can be at peace. I hope you can be free. 

Don't Be Afraid

I wrote this poem the other day out of the blue. People ended up really liking it and so I thought I would share it here. I hope you enjoy. <3 font="" nbsp="">

Don’t be afraid 

To let yourself go

To be who you are

And show others your glow

Don’t be afraid 

Of what others think

Just be who you are 

And all the rest will fall in sync

Don’t be afraid

To spread your wings out and fly 

You were made to soar

And climb the mountains high

~Mess

Creating Melodies, Intertwining Words, and Then Putting Them Together

Via Pinterest

I love to write and play music. Creating melodies, intertwining words, and then putting them together is one of my passions. I guess it is just part of the Freeheart I am. I'm definitely not a professional, I just like to write music from my heart. Here are a few tips I've learned throughout my time writing songs. I hope they are helpful to anyone who reads them. <3 nbsp="">

- Write from you heart. Don't write something to please someone else or to fit to someone else standards. Write about whatever come from your heart.

- What you write doesn't have to be perfect the first time. Just get what is in your head and heart out and you can edit or change later.

- Record whatever your singing or playing. There are countless times where I would be playing the piano or making up a song as I'm singing it and I have the perfect lyrics, but once I'm finished I either can't write them down in time or I can't remember them.
You don't have to have a fancy recorder. I just use the one on my phone.

- If you have writers block, get different sources of inspiration. I always go to my Bible or Pinterest. The Bible is full of inspirational things that you can build songs off of. Pinterest has so many quotes and verse and pictures where you can get ideas too. You don't have to copy them specifically, just let them bring ideas.

- One thing people think about writing songs is that you either write lyrics first, and add music later or write music first, and lyrics later. Which actually it is best to write both at the same time. I like to sit down at the piano or with my guitar, have my Bible opened by my side, and just play little tunes and hum a melody. And then slowly add words that come to my heart. This is also where the recorder comes in handy. Whenever you have these moments its hard to stop and write what your playing down. It makes you loose focus and it stops the flow. You can always go back and listen to the recording though.

- Be you. It's good to have an artist you look up to and your inspired by but always try to make your music your own. Don't try to copy someone else. 

Word Collectors

Words. I treasure and cherish them. I haven't hardly told anyone this but I collect words. Special ones. Ones I love to roll off my tongue. Sometimes I see them, they dance around in sustain situations. More often I see them written on paper or hear them spoken and my make my heart sing. I just now started to written them down in a journal. Before I just wrote them down in my heart and mind.

Some words I've collected are:
   Wonderlust,
    Cherish,
     Brave,
     Smitten,
     Hope,
     Love,
     Adoren, &
     Embrace.

Do any of you Dreamers out there collect words? Is it just me, or is it something we all secretly do. I'd love to hear your thoughts.

  xoxo, Emma