Be the change.

This blog post is simple. It is about my passion for helping others become the best they can be. 

It is about sharing my passion for  < LOVE >, and what it means.
It is about sharing the heart behind the passion.

I lived a life that is not worthy of being called a daughter of a King.
I did things that even hurt my heart to think about.
I did things that hurt people, hurt myself and definitely hurt the heart of Jesus.
Now because of how much Jesus has showed his love for me through it all, I want to help others with every ounce inside of me.

After loosing someone close to me,  my father in 2013.
I have realized how short life really is and how impactful simple love can be.
I felt loved, taken care of, adored and cherished by my Father in Heaven when my earthly father passed away. I know that doesn't make sense to the human mind, it barely made sense to me. But the love that I felt in all aspects of my life overpowered any human instinct I felt to turn it away.
I believe with my whole heart in Jesus. My life is a product of Jesus and his love, and its not because of anything that I did...it is because of my faith to believe and hand my life over to him. His love changed my life, and I want to shout it to the world so that other people can have the same.

My yearning heart to help others feels like sometimes it is going to burst open with love.
I can't explain it, but I know it is a gift.
I know my compassionate, giving heart is from Jesus. It is from Jesus because he did it for me, he saved me....and because of that I will help others realize the importance of their life. The importance of Jesus and the importance of how life can be lived abundantly when you release control to someone who oozes with love.

One of my favorite ways of helping others is by calling them beautiful.

Psalm 139: 13-17 ESV

"For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mothers womb,
I praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
my soul knows it very well.
My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intrically woven in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written every one of them, the days that were formed for me.
How precious to me are your thoughts O God! How vast the sum of them!"

This is how He feels about each one of us. Read it out loud to yourself, and think that the King of Kings, The Lord over all....is speaking that to you.
So why can't we speak life over other people around us?

Beautiful is defined by who God calls you. God calls us His children. 
That is our identity. 

I am passionate about is beautiful skin.
Some of you have recently seen that I have become a Rodan and Fields consultant.
I truly believe that everyone longs to have beautiful skin, but not everyone is born with it. Skin is genetic, and is something that we must take care of.
It is the thing that people look at often because when you interact with people, you should be looking at their face when talking.
Yes others look also at appearance, and clothing because that is the creative part of who people can be.
But skin is the thing that everyone looks at.
That is a fact, and when you don't feel good about your skin...than you can lack confidence in yourself.

I became a consultant because that used to be me. I lacked confidence in myself when I did not feel good about my skin. I had adult acne as a young adult. I was embarrassed. I was also dating the man that I was going to marry.
Why did I start getting acne than?
It could of been a number of reasons, but one thing I knew is that I wanted to get rid of it. I wanted it to go away more than anything.
I spent BUCKO bucks on different products and nothing worked.
I have a dear friend, who told me about the products of Rodan and Fields and I fell in love.
It worked, I felt beautiful again on the outside.
I know beauty comes from the inside, but to be honest... I wanted to feel beautiful on the outside also.
I wanted to clear my face up and not wear makeup! I wanted to be the confident woman of God that he created me to be, and acne was in the way.
I have been using their products for over a year and will never go back.

I have a few clients who have started using it in the past few months,
one of them being my best friend and sister, Megan Clarke (on the left of the picture below).

Here is what she shared with me, I asked her to be honest and share in her own words......

"Before Rodan and Fields I had tried numerous different face cleansers and brands. The last one I was using was Neutrogena Naturals purifying cream cleanser. I felt that I had tried so many different ones and didn't see a difference, honestly I saw a commercial for this one and thought why not give that a try, maybe my skin needs something more basic and natural. But I didn't see a change or difference at all.

 I started using Rodan and Fields Unblemish regimen with the spot fading toner about 4 months ago. Honestly I still get occasional acne and breakouts, but I've noticed a big difference in the tone and evenness of my skin.

 I've also been seeing a huge decrease in the size of my breakouts and the duration of how long they last. This product has also helped control my oily skin. Overall, YES I would recommend this product, it has made the biggest improvement on my skin compared to others I've tried and given me more confidence to go out in public without makeup on! " 

Thank you Meg, for being honest and sharing how Rodan and Fields has changed your skin this far into the journey. 

I am so excited to see where her skin will be in 6 months to a year.

She is on her way to wearing NO MAKEUP and having no breakouts. 

I am so proud of her for trying this new product, and sharing how it has already changed her confidence in herself.

I love this girl with my whole heart,  and honestly she does not need makeup to be beautiful. She is stunning.

But this is from the true heart of a woman who used to struggle with acne. 

------> if you would like to learn about how to be the change, and feel confidant about who you are. 

Read the bible.

Speak truth over the lies of the enemy DAILY.

and try Rodan and Fields. 

xoxo 

My website is Swimberly@myrandf.com

The best thing is, after 60 days if you are not satisfied with your product,  you can send back the empty bottles for a full refund. 

Rodan and Fields has a less than 2% refund rate...give it a try. 

Be you, be beautiful, and feel beautiful. 

and lets share with others how beautiful they are, because God created them that way.  

What size is faith?

Faith the size of a mustard seed..... (Matthew 17:20)
This scripture is something I have heard my whole life. I knew in my heart what it meant, and that it meant to believe God that He will do what He says He will do. That by believing, I have strong faith.
I knew it meant that my God will take care of me.
I knew that it meant my God will bless me because I am His child, and I am obedient to what He asks of me.


But now as I am an adult at 27 years old and clinging to life with my husband,
This scripture has a new meaning to me. We are truly walking out what "faith" means to us.

We moved to California to go to Life Pacific Bible college for 4 years, and to start working towards our dream of planting a church, and being fully invested in ministry.  All because of the simple truth that we both adore people with our whole hearts, and long to help people in whatever way we can.

But that is all we know. School was the reason we decided to move from Washington to California.
Pack up our stuff and drive down to California.
What we didn't know was:
We did not have a home to live, I did not have a job, and we did not know what church we would be apart of.
Let me tell you, its been about two weeks and we still do not have any of those answers.
Although my child like faith believes and knows it will happen in His timing.
My flesh struggles.
I long for a place to call home.
I long for a community in a church home.
I long for deep relationship with friends and mentors.
I long for a job that will provide for my husband and I because he is devoting himself to school during this season of our life.
But the more I write these things out...all I see is "I want, I want." What does Jesus want for me? for us?

I have been gently reminded that my life is not about me.
It is about loving God, loving my husband and loving people.
It is about enjoying each moment that I am given, whether it fits into my comfort zone or not.
I was so comfortable at home in Washington; strong faith, cozy coffee shops,family around, a thriving marriage, strong church that I knew was more family, my job working with kids, and with my life....feeling perfect and abundant because of God.  He was faithful.
But now that we left our comfort zone, and said "Let's GO, because God told us to GO!"
life has a whole new spin to it when we actually left.
Someone once told me that faith was spelled R....I....S.....K......
now I know what he meant by that.

> we are stretched
> we are uncomfortable
> I feel lonely, which I have not felt in years
> I feel fearful because of the unknown
> I felt unworthy again
> I feel sad because although my husband is going to school, I want to go too. I want to learn and grow in biblical studies....but right now it is about my husband.
> I feel like my head is spinning with job opportunities and I don't know what to choose.
> I feel uncertain.
....but underneath it all. I have really learned about the simple pursuit of Jesus, and about becoming an audacious servant.

"Delight yourself in The Lord, and He will give you the secret petitions of your heart. Commit your way to Him, Trust in Him, and He will help you."Psalm 37:4-5

My life verse. Which now has a whole new meaning to me than it did before.

In the times that I do not feel like my outgoing joyful self, and that the enemy is winning over my mind. I am reminded of how simple Jesus is and His love for me.
I whisper "Jesus" in the times that I don't know how to pray.
I blast worship music in the car and pray as loud as I can and it calms me.
My current situation is not overwhelming anymore when I delight in Him.
I cry, because I have learned to feel each moment that we go through and really embrace that it can be scary to not have all the answers. But remembering that He does.
I trust Jesus. I trust in His timing. I trust that He has a plan, and His plan is to give us a life full of joy, hope and an abundant future.
I trust that we are in His will right now.
I trust that the best is yet to come because of our obedience.
I trust, and believe and speak life over our current situation because I know that my God is bigger.
I trust that God will work out everything for our good.
I trust that my God, my Father in Heaven, is taking care of us.
I trust.
I trust,
I trust. Which means I believe. I believe and have faith that everything is okay.

I know during this time He is reminding me that all He longs for is a simple pursuit. He longs for us to call on Him, to need Him, to long for precious moments with Him.
Well Lord, that is all I long to do. I don't have any answers, but I choose to pursue you, pursue my husband and pursue people. Thank you Lord for what you are doing, and what you continue to do in my husband and I.
Above all, thank you that I have my husband to walk out life with. He is such a gift to me, in ways that are intimate to my heart that only He knew about.

To be your audacious servant who is full of faith.