aaaaaah so this summer has been a little crazy. no i completely take that back. its been totally 100% INSANE. i went on choir tour for 10 days (which was amazing. im going to be lazy and not go into specifics. but it was.) got back sunday. worked monday, tuesday, and im working tonight, three days off then i leave on sunday for leadership retreat ( Read more... )

so... end of the year.  and what a year it has been. Freshman year pales in comparison.  It's as though i spent 9th grade learning the ropes: making mistakes, finding myself, learning God, questioning things... and now, i've sort of got it figured out. and this year was all about trying out this whole 'being me' thing.  and it's been absolutely ( Read more... )

i love my life. 
i love everything about this life... 
i'm the luckiest girl in the world...

As your children gather in peace
All the angels sing in Heaven
In your temple all that I seek
Is to glimpse your holy presence

All the heavens cannot hold you, Lord
How much less to dwell in me?
I can only make my one desire
Holding on to Thee

All the angels exalt you on high
What a kingdom to depart
But you left your throne in the sky
Just to live inside my ( Read more... )

Weep not, weep not,
She is not dead;
She's resting in the bosom of Jesus.
Heart-broken husband--weep no more;
Grief-stricken son--weep no more;
Left-lonesome daughter --weep no more;
She only just gone home.

Day before yesterday morning,
God was looking down from his great, high heaven,
Looking down on all his children,
And his eye fell on Sister ( Read more... )

1. Love does not hurt. Physical and/or emotional abuse are not a part of love.
2. Love is not manipulative, it should not be used to get others to do what you want. You should never give in to demands based on the, "you would do it if you loved me!" tactic.
3. Love is an intense feeling of caring for another person. It can take many different forms ( ( Read more... )

There's a song that's inside of my soul.
It's the one that I've tried to write over and over again
I'm awake in the infinite cold.
But you sing to me over and over and over again.

So, I lay my head back down.
And I lift my hands and pray
To be only yours, I pray, to be only yours
I know now you're my only hope.

Sing to me the song of the stars.
Of ( Read more... )

ok so we have the coolest God ever. its storming outside. and i adore storms. there was a huge lightning and everything got bright and beautiful and then a big powerful bass-drummy guffawing peal of  thunder and i couldn't help it. i just bounced up and down and giggled. God is so BIG. and so POWERFUL. AND SO COOL!!!!!!!!! i mean, REALLY! ah i LOVE ( Read more... )

I GOT MY LICENSE!!

now i have to convince my parents to let me drive... but whatever. the fact remains, i could, if i had to, drive all by my lonesome.

spring break is almost over. its been nice. but im bored. not bored enough to want to go back to school, but still bored. tomorrow's saturday and i have nothing to do. i have an interview for a ( Read more... )

so... DNOW...

how great is our God!
sing with me... how great is our God!
and all will see how great, how great, is our God...

+i waltzed with gmac in the sunshine in the courtyard... and sobbed on his shoulder in the dark in the sanctuary
+i saw the biggest church/mall thing ive ever seen in my life. the place had ESCALATORS. and a FOOD COURT!
+i ( Read more... )