we are:

broken. looking for

a cure that is easy and

requires nothing.

ten/thirty.

Day 10 -> Someone you need to let go, or wish you didn't know.

Sad. These questions are getting quite dim and dreary. I would say that a few girlfriends have come and gone, and there are a few girls (mainly one) that I should just let go of and realize that we are not friends anymore. However, I strongly believe God brings all people into my life and far be it for me to claim to know the reason why every individual is here; instead, I will try to invest in the relationships I see as most beneficial from both ends.

i would like to wrap a ribbon around you

(neatly done, of course),

and put you under my tree

as a reminder of how much you mean to me.

whenever things start to get difficult

(whenever i think it's too hard),

i'll simply untie that ribbon

and see your face.

instantly i will remember why i am still here

(because you're always so good to me),

and i'll wrap you back up

and write down again what you mean to me.

daily lecrae

"salvation aint' a feeling, it's a position."

"used to do it too" by lecrae.

seriously lecrae is so good and every time i listen to him (like every single day) i get more and more pumped to follow Christ.

on Aslan:

after a whirlwind of stress, finals, a 23-page long final devotional project, late nights, endless reading, and little rest, i completed my last final of the semester on wednesday afternoon. i went on to celebrate by going straight to job#2 and then job#1 the next day. finally, on thursday night, i was able to see the most recent narnia film, the dawn treader. the symbolism was so apparent and nothing less than beautiful. i could go on and on about how lovely this third installment was, however i will try and keep it brief.

a lion is a perfect Christ-like idea. lions are strong and bold; they can roar loudly and grab the attention and fear of anyone nearby, especially those who know a lion's behavior and character. one would never walk up to a strong lion and assume he has a defense, or try and upset one. he would be fearful, careful to show respect. on the contrary, lions have a sense of majesty and a feeling of complete calmness. they are gentle and beautiful, and the mane around their necks always beckons me to run up and offer a hug.

so then, it is no surprise that the brilliant c.s. lewis chose a lion to represent what Christ would look like if He were in a mythical world. lewis noted that he never planned on adding symbolism or theology to his narnia stories, as they were merely supposed to be light entertainment for children. as he began to write, the themes of Christianity wrote themselves. he noted that because of his Christian beliefs and how deeply they reside in him, he was not able to write these stories without theology becoming a part of it all (source unknown, i read an article by lewis last night and forgot to bookmark it, oops).

now, back to making this brief. i do not want to spoil anything, but this passage shows, in my opinion, the most incredible scene in the movie, and the most moving part of the book.

(confession-i cried in the theatre as the final scene was being depicted).

now, onto c.s. lewis' words, which are much better than mine.

"Oh, Aslan," said Lucy. "Will you tell us how to get into your country from our world?"

"I shall be telling you all the time," said Aslan. "But I will not tell you how long or short the way will be; only that it lies across a river. But do not fear that, for I am the great Bridge Builder. And now come; I will open the door in the sky and send you to your land."

"Please, Aslan," said Lucy. "Before we go, will you tell us when we can come back to Narnia again? Please. And oh, do, do, do make it soon."

"Dearest," said Aslan very gently, "you and your brother will never come back to Narnia."

"Oh, Aslan!!" said Edmund and Lucy both together in despairing voices.

"You are too old, children," said Aslan, "and you must begin to come close to your own world now."

"It isn't Narnia, you know," sobbed Lucy. "It's you. We shan't meet you there. And how can we live, never meeting you?"

"But you shall meet me, dear one," said Aslan.

"Are-are you there too, Sir?" said Edmund.

"I am," said Aslan. "But there I have another name. You must learn to know me by that name. This was the very reason why you were brought to Narnia, that by knowing me here for a little, you may know me better there."

"And is Eustace [the children's cousin] never to come back here either?" said Lucy.

"Child," said Aslan, "do you really need to know that? Come, I am opening the door in the sky."

Then all in one moment there was a rendering of the blue wall (like a curtain being torn) and a terrible white light from beyond the sky, and the feel of Aslan's mane and a Lion's kiss on their foreheads and then-the back bedroom in Aunt Alberta's home in Cambridge.

-from C.S. Lewis' The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, chapter sixteen "The Very End of the World"

lucy begs Aslan to see narnia again, and Aslan has to let her know that narnia is not in her future. he exlplains that the only reason he ever brought her through narnia was so that she could know him. here lucy is recollecting and thinking of the journeys and incredible time she has had in narnia (surely she has thought of her accomplishments there), and Aslan informs her that her journey was never even about her; it was all about knowing him.

likewise, this is what Christ does for us. everything in this life is about Him, and everyday is an opportunity to represent Him (although i much to often do not adequately do so). it has never been about me, and it never will be. all throughout our lives God has been pursuing us, even before we knew Him or desired to call Him Lord. every circumstance in life (the good and the bad; the joy and the pain) is a part of God's plan for us to truly know Him. if we know Him we have something incredible. romans 8:16 says that, "the Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, heirs also, heirs of God, and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him."

wow. i told you this was incredible. i guess i cannot keep this brief. after all, the love of God is anything but brief, it is vast; high and low and it never ends.

micah 7:18&19-"who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His possession? He does no retain His anger forever; because He delights in unchanging love. He will again have compassion on us; He will tread our iniquities under foot. yes, You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea."

as lecrae says in his song "background":

"just let me shadow You. and just let me trace Your lines. matter of fact, just take my pen. here, You create my rhymes. because if i do this by myself i'm scared that i'll succeed and no longer trust in You, because i only trust in me."

now go see the voyage of the dawn treader.

post script-

i would like a bedroom fort like this, please and thank you.
ashlee is so cute!

nine/thirty.

Day 09 → Someone you didn’t want to let go, but just drifted

i guess we never plan on drifting away from people, especially people we at one point identified as "best friends". i could list a few friends that have drifted away, and i can list another specific person who i have decided to spend less time with because of who they have become. so maybe i have had both, letting someone drift (because they are a changed person) and having someone simply drift away. it may hurt at first, but i fully believe that everyone who is supposed to be in my life right now is; those who are not have drifted away, and probably for the good of both parties involved.

"because i don't think it's right

leaving me here alone this time.

as i lie awake my thoughts repeat;

and i don't think it's right,

but i won't let it kill me tonight.

and i think this time i'll fall asleep."

(the roosevelts seemed fitting).

SNOW.

it is supposed to snow 8-12 inches from tonight into tomorrow. YAY! this is perfect finals weather. what a lovely combination of a winter wonderland outside my window, people i love nearby, a constant cup of tea, and a stack of books and never ending note cards in need of memorization. i am excited to be snowed in for finals weekend. plus, hopefully it'll motivate me!

have a good weekend.

love,

m.

//study break//

"and Jesus stole this hear of mine-

and now i'm alive.

hallelujah,

hallelujah,

hallelujah sing,

for heaven came down."

eight/thirty.

i decided against answering this question.

'twas pointless and not edifying in any way.

however,

happy thursday and two weeks from today i will be back home just getting off of work. between two jobs (both pretty part-time, but still, and finals i don't have a break until like, christmas eve...yikes). pull me through, Lord. i need Your grace and strength. amen.

love,

m.

puritans=legit.

this is prayer from a puritan prayer book entitled, "evangelical hypocrite"

Of all hypocrites, grant that I may not be
an evangelical hypocrite,
who sins more safely because grace abounds,
who tells his lusts that Christ's blood
cleanseth them,
who reasons that God cannot cast him into hell,
for he is saved,
who loves evangelical preaching, churches,
Christians, but lives unholily.

wowza, we probably all fall into that category at some point in our lives. life is hard sometimes.

everyday=

*but not the caffeine free kind because that would just be ridiculous.

happy-

so very happy.

consumed.

scripture describes God as a consuming God, as a God who is life-fulfilling and deserving of His children's affection. He is worthy, oh so worthy of our lives and so much more. deuteronomy 4:23-25 states that: "so watch yourselves, that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God which He made with you, and make yourselves a graven image in the form of everything against which the LORD your God has commanded you. for the LORD your God is aconsuming fire, a jealous God.

there is a lot more i could write about this, but my words will not do it justice. if i could say one thing it would be this: we are all far too consumed with everything else around us that we have forgotten to be consumed with the One person who deserves our minds' attention.

contending for You also includes

loving You

and

honoring You

and

adequately representing You

and

responding to Your working

(not reacting)

and

satan may not be able

to

steal your soul,

but

he sure can distract you.

*this is NOT written to a specific person, more so every believer out there, especially myself*

ps-

i dream of being daring enough to have hair like this. wow. incredible.

"time to go"

"when i was young You waited patiently for me to grow;

Your smiling down, Your hand in mind, but i didn't know.

a voice i'd heard all my life locked away in my insides;

now whispering, "it's time to go",

so i told all i know goodbye.

You told me that You don't change when everything around me did,

and when i ran away You said there's no trespass You won't forgive.

sometimes it feels like when i was small; the way you still smile at me.

and after all these years You're still the One that i thought You would be.

the world says that You are someone You are not.

to know You better i've had to forget [some of the things] i've been taught.

and if the whole world decides to turn its back on you,

i'll be right here because they don't know You the way that i do.

i once had lots of family who all have gone away;

the storm came down and shook our house- they decided not to stay.

they feared the wind and rain and fled for their lives, but i didn't care.

i stayed and waited for the storm to pass; i knew you were there. "

tell all that you know goodbye. it is time to go and live for Him. that is all i can say.

ramblings.

so i realized as i was packing my bag to leave that i cannot leave campus, i co-lead a prayer group with a few girls my hall on thursday nights...oops...good thing i remembered that one and yet, i cannot believe i forgot that, haha. also, i have not eaten dinner yet so now i am watching the office with my roommate (aka-the sweetest and nicest girl EVER) until the pizza that zachary (the cutest most handsome man EVER) arrives. after diner and prayer maybe i will head out. i miss blogging so much and writing for enjoyment, that is for sure. ALL of my 18 credits next semester involve writing (i guess that is what i get for being an english major, huh?), and i do not feel near smart enough to take all of the classes i have next semester. including: 4000 level lit theory at 7:50 AM (i have an 8 am class this semester so i suppose ten minutes earlier is not that bad, but still, just sounds so darn early!) and the other two days of the week i have a 8:35 AM class. if you do not hear from me january-may it is not you, it is me. sorry to say that. hahaha. also, i am drinking icky peppermint tea. icky because it was mixed in a bag with cinnamon tea and though those two kinds are my two favorite kinds of tea, they are terrible after sitting in a bag together for so long. they are leftover from me free tea mark-outs from when i worked at caribou and though they were free, i cannot bring myself to throw the tea away (one because i have a grandmother who grew up in the depression and that would be just wasteful and two because i am pretty darn poor and do not have a budget to pay for things i already have at home). with that said, after this cup i only have one left! maybe i will just suck it up and drink the other cup tonight and then throw away that darn bag!! this is such a run-on paragraph, but i am far too lazy to edit it around and make it all proper and such. i do enough things in MLA format every other day of my life and my blog is one place i can write freely and ramble and just talk nonsense. oh, and our hallways smell like natural gas and rumor has it that there are some fire marshal men in suits checking it out. what would YOU grab if your place was burning down and you had to run out? i would grab my bible, journal, laptop, and television. oh, and my new glasses because i really like them and they are expensive. pizza is here, got to go.

check this out, ladies: my hair is getting SO long for me! as some of you know, i recently got a job at a smaller, upscale hair salon (just doing receptionist stuff) and i get my hair cut AND colored for FREEEE! however, it is just one lady working and we are booked until mid-JANUARY and my hair is driving me absolutely bonkers! this is the longest i have gone without coloring it since probably 8th grade (that is roughly seven years folks) and come to think of it, it is probably growing like a weed because it is actually healthy now. whoa, imagine what a little tlc can do. anyways, i NEED to trim it up because i am fed up...think my boss will notice if i get a little trim? hopefully not. i can wait to color it (why not, it is free with her!), but i need to cut it. blah blah blah, this is becoming far to centered on me. see you later ladies. i love you all. time for pizza with the nicest boy around :D.

love,

m.

stressed.

this is how i feel right now. going to a coffee shop now until i finish some stuff up.

seven/thirty.

Day 07 → Someone who has made your life worth living for.

well, i can honestly saw that Jesus Christ coming to earth and dying for me has made my life worth living. i mess this up a lot and don't always represent Him adequately, you see. i have this huge tendency to put myself first (don't we all?). all i can ask is that you would, please, not look at my life...i am praying for consistency, but in doing so i am learning i have to give up a lot. however, He is gracious and loving and does not give up on His children. can i get an amen? also, romans 5:8- "but God demonstrates His love towards us in that, while we were yet sinners Christ died for us." i think i went over my sentence limit, but it's the Bible so it's okay.

six/thirty.

Day 06 → Something you hope you never have to do.

i hope i never have to bury any of my future children. seriously, i just want to be a mom and that would break my heart to lose any of my children. oh, and i hope i never live far from my sister...because if she's in new york i'll be there, and if she's in texas, well i'll follow her there. my sister is the one family member i have to be near; unless, of course, she stays where we are now...eww...can't do that one- too cold and too icky. haha.

love my hall.

nostalgia night 2010//"i will survive/stayin alive"//yes.

five/thirty.

Day 05 → Something you hope to do in your life.

i hope to travel the world and see rome and pisa and london and salisbury and bethlehem and stockhom and oslo and paris and dublin and saint petersburg and prauge and berlin and vienna and amsterdam and the secret annex and so many more places. i am not sure if i will make it to all of those places and more (probably not), but i do hope i get to at least a few.

happy friday!

love,

m.

four/thirty.

Day 04 → Something you have to forgive someone for.

this one is a tough one because i really don't have anything i need to forgive someone for. i feel like a lot of the times when someone is in need of forgiveness it's not all their fault and usually the other person (myself) is at fault, too. with that said, i try and figure things out right away and not let things build up. keep word try. i have failed at this recently, but God is good and gracious and others have forgiven me when i did not deserve it (because really i don't deserve anything, right?).

ps- i just thought of this one: i need to forgive the Jerk (yes, that's Jerk with a capital J) who flung open their car door and dented the side of my new car earlier this fall. but it is just a car and it drives just fine and you can barely see the dent and it's smallish and if you squint it just looks like a reflection of the sun, not a dent. i am so over it (almost).

typical girl.

so tonight i went home for the evening hung out with family for a while, ate a pot pie (yum!), saw my sister (yay!), did laundry for free (woot!) and now i am about to watch this:

and also, i cannot stop listening to this:

so basically i have somehow turned into a fifteen year old girl this week, but i am okay with that for now.

have a good night!

love,

m.

ps-i get to see my bestie elliot and the little practically ONE YEAR OLD westley (my sweet godson) tomorrow and i am so looking forward to that!

three/thirty.

due to midterms taking over my life i have not been able to get on here...but have no fear, i am back :)

Day 03 → Something you have to forgive yourself for.

honestly i would have to say i have to forgive myself for not being perfect. i have this incredible pressure to do everything right, but it can so easily turn into this attitude of always correcting and never being good enough. well that's exhausting and i have run myself dry more than a few times with that mindset. so i threw it out the window; i need not be perfect.

two/thirty.

Day 02 → Something you love about yourself.

i love how i can sleep for fifteen hours without interruption. but seriously, i love how confident i (finally!) am with my major and how excited i am to be in school and finish strong. i love that i can eat four cupcakes in one day and drink so much coffee that it is unhealthy at times...regardless to say, i am proud of the tolerance i have built up :D

goodnight you all- i am going to bed at 9:45...that is in one minute, so i gotta go!

love,

m.

one/thirty.

so my dear leah is doing this for the next thirty weeks, however i am far too impatient for that since that means i will have to wait until may 2nd or something like that. and that just freaks me out because then i will be well past twenty-one and actually in the last week of classes before finals and then (if all goes well and according to plans) i will be one semester short of a diploma (hoping to get mine december 2011---that is next year already!). so, i decided since i am too busy to type away on things that are not pertaining to homework, i am going to stretch this little endeavor over the next thirty days. it is kind of pointless, silly, insignificant, and probably nothing you ladies do not already know, however it looks like FUN to me. i enjoy reading leah's and suggest you all play along, too. you can be crazy and make it last until may, however in a world where i have a million things to complete i like the thought of starting a project where i know the exact day of completion.

okay, i love you all.

love,

m

here they are:

Once a [day] I'll answer the proposed question or statement truthfully for 30 [days] and I will do so in fewer than five sentences.

*as mentioned before, i changed weeks to days*

drum roll please...

Day 01 → Something you hate about yourself.

i have the impeccable ability to hear what someone tells me and somehow twist it to mean whatever i want it to mean. the funny thing is that a lot of the times i seem to make it negative or criticizing without even trying to do so. i think that a lot of the times satan likes to use past mistakes or even past misunderstandings and he like to throw them at us and feed lies day after day, and unfortunately i believe them some of the time. fortunately i realize this problem and and working on realizing when this occurs and nipping it in the behind immediately, before it becomes another hurtful issue.

free joy=

husband&wife worship duo (lovelite)

love you all so very much.

love,

m.

ps-today was my last day at caribou. yay! more time for sleep and homework, yesss!

roommates

these are my roommates. they are the nicest girls ever. everrr. i probably test their patience and kindness as their roommate sometimes. i am so thankful for these two gals.

post post script-

i now have even more wonderful flowers. the most beautiful beautiful (beautiful!!) white roses. gah, so happy right now...not sure how i will fall asleep. Lord, You have blessed me in so many ways; i cannot even count the blessings. wow. thank You for so many things, and on this day thank you especially for zachary :)

post script-

my hair is getting really long (at least for me it is long) ...

happy day.

look at those! just look at them! i currently have a ridiculous amount of flowers in my dorm room, and i am okay with that. happy four months of dating to zachary. best four months ever :)
westley, i love you with a love i never knew was possible, even though you are in fact a little stinker...
what a goon! this is the most normal picture i could get with him...love it :)

today is a showbread kind of day,

they are all i am listening to.

joy.

i like it when i find hidden treasures on my laptop

love you ladies, my fellow sbers :)

fact:

i am flawed;

there are so many things in life

and about myself that need improving

and growing and maturing and so on.

if i have ever come off as thinking i have it all figured out i sincerely apologize,

(for having it all figured out is exactly the opposite of how i see myself).

autumn

oh, i just love autumn weather and pumpkin spice americanos and books and leaves and walks outside with zachary and having the window open all of the time and baking cookies with my roommates and loose leaf tea and second samuel and oasis and chapel and friends and new shirts with nice flowers like these and brewing coffee with cinnamon mixed in the grounds. yes.

so crazy about you

zach is the nicest ever and so kind and so loving and so sweet and so caring and so handsome and so wonderful and so considerate and so cute and i am so blessed.

basically,

i have been listening to anything and everything by the glorious unseen lately. they are really good. elliot thinks his voice is, "too whiny". however, i think his voice (but more importantly what he has to say) is wonderful.

happy monday.

love,

m

finally friday (tomorrow).

1. The most adventurous thing I've done is: pack my bags and head east for twoish weeks on a road trip (where we had nothing besides a dear future concert planned) with my high school bestie, miss andrea lyn :)

2. If I were a pair of shoes I would be: cute little ballet flats like my brown ones from target that i have worn way to much.

3. My preferred mode of digital communication is: i love emailing when i'm working at the bank and feeling like a grown up and everything. i also like actual phone calls, they are nice.

4. I feel happiest when: i treasure Christ first and love others accordingly (easier said than done, huh?) and also when i work out and get that "high" afterwards. oh, and pretzel m&m's. yum.

5. A little dream I have for my life is: to be adored by the man i marry all of our days together and be the one who is a constant encouragement. and i dream of writing speeches and books and things. not sure how the Lord will work that all together quite yet.

6. The one modern convenience I could NOT do with out is: my car. i like being able to get up and go whenever and wherever.

7. Music, movies, TV or Books - if I could only choose one to enjoy I would pick: BOOKS. that is an easy answer :-)

goods.

"Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less."

"Christ didn't die for us because we're worth dying for, but because He is intrinsically love and loves infinitely."

"I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more."

"I pray because the need flows out of me all the time, waking and sleeping. It doesn't change God, it changes me."

"I need Christ, not something that resembles Him."

"Love is something more stern and more splendid than mere kindness."

"Spiritual nature, like bodily nature, will be served; deny it food and it will gobble poison."

"When I became a man I put away childish things including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up."

"3 propositions: 1-He will certainly return, 2-We can't possibly find out when, 3-We must always be ready for Him."

"God knows how hard we find it to love Him more than anyone or anything else, and He won't be angry as long as we are trying."

-Clive Staples Lewis, of course!

still she has chosen to rejoice.

she carries just as many dreams as she does books with her wherever she goes;

she finds beauty where others cannot even find a light.

she sees purpose in every moment of life (in joy and in suffering),

and she is brighter than you have chosen to believe.

she pays attention to details usually left unnoticed;

she has ideas and passions inside of her she will never let out.

she may seem strong,

but she is more than terrified to step out and be herself.

she is alive and Christ and knows where her soul stands

(for Christ is the reason she exists and Christ is the one causing her to rejoice).

she mourns for sisters who have let go of the very things that matter the most;

she wants her brothers to grasp the weight of their responsibility in this life.

she is smarter than you give her credit for,

and she is not as careless and fickle as the girl you portray her to be.

she is standing right in front of you waiting for a kind word,

but understands that would be like waiting for rain in a drought.

[she is more fragile than you think]

and this is what makes my head spin:

You're forever holy.

overwhelmed

with the feeling of God's grace and love, and it leads me to my journal. quite possibly the first time all summer that i've experienced that wonderful and terrible feeling of having so much to say, and so many ways to say it that i cannot even begin to write it all out. one thing i know through all i've learned- Lord, You are love (oh, the perfect kind of love) and You are patient. yes, our God is an awesome one at that.

this came at exactly the right moment:

"He is not the best student who reads the most books, but he who meditates the most upon them; he shall not learn most of divinity who hears the greatest number of sermons, but he who meditates the most devoutly upon what he does hear; nor shall he be so profound a scholar who takes down ponderous volumes one after the other, as he who, reading little by little, precept upon precept, and line upon line, digests what he learns, and assimilates each sentiment to his heart by meditation."

-Charles Spurgeon

Lord, You are good and gracious and mighty to save. You are unending in Your grace and mercy, Lord and You desire a relationship with me (sinner me) and I am blessed by Your word daily. Help me to grow each and everyday, regardless of the outside circumstances that can distract me and hold my mind captive. May my words be few and Your grace be much in my life. You are so so worthy and I am so so unworthy, which makes me love You all the more. You deserve my life and so much more, my beautiful King.

"You've shown me life
You’ve opened my eyes
So I give You my praise
Yeah I give You my all
You’ve shown me life
You’ve opened my eyes
To the truth that

there’s

no greater love"

zachary, zachary.

i miss my boyfriend.

two weeks and then some is far too long to go without him.

only four days until i get to see zachary and actually have conversations with him that last more than eight minutes! i love camp, but hate it because it takes him away from me. guess i will have to share this great guy. but only sometimes :)

ps-i love that last one of him. no one can make me laugh like he can. i am so blessed and don't even deserve a guy like mine.

to dine with Him i must die to self.

I've got voices in my head and they are so strong

And I'm getting sick of this, oh Lord, how long

Will I be haunted by the fear that I believe

My hands like locks on cages

Of these dreams I can't set free

But if I let these dreams die

If I lay down all my wounded pride

If I let these dreams die

Will I find that letting go lets me come alive

So empty my hands

Fill up my heart

Capture my mind with You

Oh empty my hands

Fill up my heart

Capture my mind with You

With You, with You Lord

These voices in speak instead and what's right is wrong

And I'm giving into them, please Lord, how long

Will I be held captive by the lies that I believe

My heart's in constant chaos and it keeps me so deceived

But if I let these dreams die

If I could just lay down my dark desire

If I let these dreams die

Will I find you brought me back to life

So empty my hands

Fill up my heart

Capture my mind with You

Oh Lord, empty my hands

Fill up my heart

Capture my mind with You

Cause my mind is like a building burning down

I need Your grace to keep me, keep me from the ground

And my heart is just a prisoner of war

A slave to what it wants and to what I'm fighting for

So won't you empty my hands

Fill up my heart

Capture my mind with You

Oh empty my hands

Fill up my heart

Capture my mind with You

With You, with You

I need You, I need you my Lord

With You, with You

I need you now Lord

empty my hands-tenth avenue north.

they have really moving and powerful Christ-exalting worship music.

check it out.

be blessed.

God is love.

love is real.

His love will not turn you away;

His love endures and is relentless-

the whole point of unconditional love.

precious.

on evidence:

"Who has seen the wind?

Neither you nor I,

but when the trees bow down their heads,

the wind is passing by."

-Christina Rossetti