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

truthfully,

it's never any fun

to realize that the work in you

will really never be done.

beautiful melodies you sing, mumford.

so good. so good.

it can only go up from here.

[insert various complaints about my terrible, no good, very bad day here]

sometimes everything just goes completely wrong in a day

(getting your first speeding ticket at five am could be an example, just saying),

however nothing's worth crying over and getting upset over, sometimes things just go wrong.

but don't worry, it only took me until after a fit of crying on the phone to my sister for me to realize this all. ha.

well loves,

have a better day than i have so far.

and don't worry, my chin is up. i still have the whole day ahead of me :)

love,

m