Melissa Nieuwoudt

02/01/2020

Be kind to yourself.

30/12/2019

10/04/2018

Being a Proverbs 31 woman is not about being “perfect.” It’s about living life with purpose.
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You don’t have to be wife or a mother to be a woman of good character! You were called to be a helper to ANYONE that needs it, you don’t have to wait on being a wife and mother.
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31:25-31 //
25 She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.
26 She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
27 She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her:
29 “Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.”
30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
31 Honor her for all that her hands have done, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.
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Thank you Jesus for what you did on the cross for this heart of mine. I didn’t deserve it, but you did it anyway. •
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30/01/2018

I once heard someone say “I’m a sheep disguised as a wolf.”

It took me a while to figure it out.

If all the sheep run away, WHO WILL LEAD THE WOLVES HOME !?

Love those who are labeled “hard to love.”

(My sweatshirt is that bright cause if Jesus comes back tonight, HE NEEDS TO SEE ME FIRST! I’m going home first!)

26/01/2018

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
Galatians 2:20

20/01/2018

Oh I was a happy little chicken..
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Watch me I’ll find something deep to say cause that’s who I am.
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You see that “waterfall” in the background, the one we hiked 6miles to see ? Yeah me neither cause it’s not there.
The waterfall was dried up and the pond was fairly empty and green. Like you really wanna jump in but it looked so yucky I’m not sure you’d be able to get out without slipping all over the place.
So what I just described sounds disappointing.
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Unless you choose to see the following;
That waterfall might be dried up now, but that doesn’t mean it never flows, the proof of its power and capability it literally on the wall !!! It is more than ABLE, just not ready. It’s season hasn’t come!
The yucky green pond? It has little fish inside! It’s beaming with life !! It’s this way, cause it’s not yet ready! But even in it’s unready state it still has so much life to offer!
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Could we start looking at people this way ? Could we start supporting each other this way ?
COULD YOU START LOVING YOURSELF THIS WAY ?
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Love people in the process, when they aren’t there yet. Still being sculpted, still figuring life out, still walking with God, still overcoming addiction, still battling depression, still becoming who they strive to be. •
Could you see the waterfall against a rock? Could you find the Gold in someone while looking at a rock?
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I sure do appreciate the people that see the Gold in me while I’m still a rock. The ones that treat me like I’m majestic while I feel like a yucky pond. Cause believe me, I was no ray of sunshine on the hike back, but I’m working on myself.
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Let’s love always.

27/10/2017

This makes my heart so happy !

03/08/2017

Today might not be your best day, but I'll remind you..

Your heart is beating and your lungs are filled with air.

❤️

02/08/2017

I'll be honest... there is nothing like ordering pizzas at 4am to a sunrise like this!

Might I add; from a Penthouse in Vegas with 12 of my closest friends.

I'll do this over again !

To days we'll always remember!

31/07/2017

When was the last time you did something for the first time?

The last 11 months have been a game changer for me and a bunch of "first time" moments for me.

-Moved from South Africa 🇿🇦 to California!
-Left everything I knew do I could chase my dream! 💄
-I started traveling, actually traveling SOLO 🤙🏼🎉
-Went skiing for the first time... and got addicted to it! 🎿⛷
-Snorkeling around an island in Mexico 🇲🇽🐠🐙

What are your favorite firsts in the last 4 months ?

30/07/2017

One of my favorite parts of traveling.. sunsets....

My God, what a masterpiece You create day by day.

May I forever be a testimony of Your love.

Last nights sunset from UTAH to LA.
(No filter or editing 🙌🏻)

22/08/2016

His been God for a long time !
He knows exactly what you need.
Allow Him to provide.