Meanwhile...

"The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song I will praise Him." Psalm 28:7

The wind has been rushing around frantically all day. The phonebook that got dropped outside our front door was making the best windblown sounds you can imagine - so I left it there. I wish I could make sounds like that...or maybe I just want to crawl into the middle of that sound. Kind of like standing in a storm with the wind driving against you...swirling around your ear drums. It's not chaotic though. It's all in order. I'm glad that I serve a God of order. I'm glad he makes sounds like this. The "be still and know that I am God" sounds.



Drop Thy still dews of quietness,
Till all our strivings cease;
Take from our souls the strain and stress,
And let our ordered lives confess
The beauty of Thy peace.

mmmmm monday :)

And we sing 'cause You are bigger
Than any reference we could make
And we dance until we're tired
'Cause we know Your name is great

On our journey give us Grace
As we follow lines Your hand will trace
You have called us to a crown
But for a time, to taste the ground
Give us edge by ones You love
Shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves
Songs will always find their endings
But Your story never dies, that's why

we sing 'cause You are bigger
Than any reference we could make
And we dance until we're tired
'Cause we know Your name is great

Wow...

don't you love those days when you're made to realise just how human you are?

Please, pray for the Brunner family

God is good

God is faithful

God is merciful

God is bigger

Econ is trying to eat my soul...

guess it's a good thing I already belong to God then, eh?

*number savvy boyfriend = Godsend (that's not the only reason he's a Godsend btw)

*evening with the Brunner family = priceless :)

*risotto with eggplant, portabello 'shrooms, and pesto: created and feasted upon with Em = crazy tasty and one of my abiding memories from the weekend. 'Twas glorious....

that... and chopping all her hair off while watching Emperors New Groove

*asterisk (*) (Latin asteriscum "little star", from Greek ἀστερίσκος)

thanks wikipedia

I really identify with this guy...

....dude, whoever you are, I feel ya

*hokay, so

*two page ( I know, short - right?) report on American Apparel and corporate responsibility = about to be written

(no big deal, but it still kinda makes me want to slap a Mr. yuck sticker on my forehead)

*God is bigger

*that is all

On the behalf of dear friends...

Dear God, I know you know best...but must there be more?

So I'm not sure why it always flows downhill
Why broken cisterns never could stay filled
I've spent ten years singing gravity away
But the water keeps on falling from the sky

Abide with me; fast falls the eventide;

the darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide.

When other helpers fail and comforts flee,

Help of the helpless, O abide with me.

"We're not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be" C.S. Lewis

And here tonight while the stars are blacking out
With every hope and dream I've ever had in doubt
I've spent ten years trying to sing these doubts away
But the water keeps on falling from my eyes

Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day;

earth's joys grow dim; its glories pass away;

change and decay in all around I see;

O thou who changest not, abide with me.

"Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear."

Isaiah 65:24

And heaven knows, heaven knows

I tried to find a cure for the pain

Oh my Lord! To suffer like you do

It would be a lie to run away

I need thy presence every passing hour.

What but thy grace can foil the tempter's power?

Who, like thyself, my guide and stay can be?

Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me.

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But let those rejoice who put their trust in You; Let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them; Let those also who love Your name Be joyful in You. For You, O Lord, will bless the righteous; With favor You will surround him as with a shield.

“The Lord bless you and keep you;

The Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;

The Lord lift up His countenance upon you,
And give you peace.”’

Amen

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WHOOP!

There are five gorgeous A's dancing before my eyes.....

yes, I place too much self worth in my grades...I'm obsessive...and I know they (whoever they are) say that recognising the problem is the first step to recovery, but I've been dawdling around in that first step for a very long time...oh, mercy.

Here, look at a happy picture :)

God is good

That is all