a thought or two...

Revolutionary Love

Because you call me to die in order to live

To be first, I must become last

In my weakness, is your strength

My enemies I am to love

And be good to those who mistreat me

Love those I don’t want to like

To hear your spirit, I must be still

And know that you are God.

You come in a whisper, A storm,

in tragedy, you are there

with joy, I will seek your face

To surrender, I must fall on my knees

Before you, the Holy One.

Whom the angels fall on their face

No eye has seen the radiance of your full glory

I tremble at your throne, creator God.

Even in the quiet, you alone can sustain me.

Currently Listening How To Save A Life By The Fray Look after You see related

the future

it's been a while...and a lot has changed in my life. but i keep on trusting God because he's the only one who knows me completely, despite my flaws and mistakes, he loves me no matter what. i've been learning a lot this semester at Liberty. it's just the waiting part that is hard for me. waiting till the right one comes. waiting for God's perfect timing. waiting for my life to make sense and for me to know what i want to do with my life. as i sit here wondering what will my life be like in a few years? it's crazy to think about. it seems like not too long ago...
i know i'm becoming more of who God wants me to be. I have really great influences in my life, my friends and family. i know that God has a purpose for my life and won't forget about my future. all will be in God's hands. and his timing will be perfect :)

How to save a life--The Fray
Step one you say we need to talk
He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right on through
Some sort of window to your right
As he goes left and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
And you begin to wonder why you came

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

Let him know that you know best
Cause after all you do know best
Try to slip past his defense
Without granting innocence
Lay down a list of what is wrong
The things you've told him all along
And pray to God he hears you
And pray to God he hears you

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you've followed
He will do one of two things
He will admit to everything
Or he'll say he's just not the same
And you'll begin to wonder why you came

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life.

Currently Reading Captivating : Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul By John Eldredge, Stasi Eldredge see related

"Beauty is transcendent.  It is our most immediate experience of the eternal...Sometimes the beauty is so deep it pierces us with longing. For what? For life as it was meant to be. Beauty reminds us of an Eden we have never known, but somehow know our hearts were created for. Beauty speaks of heaven to come, when all shall be beautiful.  It haunts us with eternity."

"She fills a place in the world nothing and no one else can fill"

Captivating
by John and Stasi Eldredge

"we do not want merely to see beauty, though. God knows, even that is bounty enough. We want something else which can hardly be put into words--to be united with the beauty we see, to pass into it, to receive it into ourselves." (The weight of glory)

basically, i love this book.

so i like closure...but i have a problem with change. why can't things go back to when we were kids and didn't have so much drama in our lives? we could just sit back, eat some icecream and watch cartoons. or go play on swings. i would like to go on a swing now. but it's raining out.

but you know what? i'm welcoming the new year with open arms. cause i want to experience what God has in store for me, and not just sit on the sidelines waiting for something to happen.

hello new year. how do you do?

So I leave for break in about two hours. Wow, and i haven't even packed yet.
I still have to feed Toby before i leave so he won't die. Lenore left yesterday which made me sad. I mean i haven't slept alone in a while and it was weird last night. ha.

but yeah, I'm basically starving right now waiting for sam to get out of class so her, anna, and I can go eat some of my favorite food, taco bell. i mean what can i say? that's my new saying. hope you all like it. I wrote my last paper for english like a few minutes ago so I don't have to worry about that class until i get back.  Also, I won't have any classes on friday's when i get back from break. I'm so excited to see my friends! But, hopefully it will go over smoothly.

peace out lovers. hello thanksgiving break! where have you been all my life?