2008!!

December 31, 2007- only a year ago. o have things changed


January 2008- Jan 5. First day in Perugia, Italy

: ))) Perugia by night!

February- Field trip with my Creative Writing class

March- Traveled to countries with some good friends, what a blessing!! The Arch de Triomphe in Paris

April- Learned about the History of Christianity in Rome

May- Said goodbye to the roommates :/


Tina and I set out to backpack! On the Spanish steps
Did some touristy things in Barcelona


In the Alahambra in Granada

The most beautiful place i've ever been Cinque Terre, italy

Went to London alone,- by the grace of God- what an adventure!

June- Came home!- missed the country!

July- Coldplay, summer consisted of a lot of friend time. : ) lots of growing too.
August- I moved into Heaton 11 with some great girls! : )


September- a wonderful group of friends and I took a blessed Yosmemite trip to Tuolumne Meadows. :)



October- Filled with ultimate frisbee! Ended in a championship. : )


November- a trip to enjoy God's grace in Yosemite



December- A group of friends gathered to celebrate a birthday.
Oh how so much has changed. Thank goodness this has been a year of incredible growth for me. I've learned, been challenged, and stretched. I still have a long way to go! I look forward to more times like above, by God's grace and God's grace only. I wonder what is ahead... and if anything is ahead...

2009 is here!

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My prayer

Grace For Me
Words and Music by Michael Gungor and Michael Rossback

This jar of clay and all its weakness;
Somehow inside dwells Your fullness.
Even though I’m not yet flawless,
You are forming me.

Your grace for me is all I need
All I need is here
Your grace for me
Is all I need
All I need is here

Everything that I desire really may not meet my needs.
Help me to seek first Your kingdom.
You’ll provide for me.

Your grace for me
Is all I need
All I need is here
Your grace for me is all I need
All I need is here

Valleys come and tears aren’t dry yet and there are things I don’t yet see.
But I’ll rejoice despite of hardship; You’ll watch over me.

Your grace for me is all I need
All I need is here
Your grace for me is all I need
All I need is here
Your grace for me is all I need
All I need is here
All I need
All I need is here in You

The right motive

"Devotion to God is the only acceptable motive for actions that are pleasing to God."

-J. Bridges

GAhh. What are my motivations?

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And as fast as they came, a snicker interrupted her tears in the darkness around her. Ella jumped, with terror. She slowly came to her feet, and voices grew closer and closer, waddling into the night.

Large bats, wicked and limping crawled on the floor under the tree, towards Ella. They were arguing and cursing, fighting over the jacket that the Prince had been wearing earlier that day. The claws at the ends of their wings were gnashing and tearing at the jacket. The bats were growling, biting their fangs at one another.

Ella sharply inhaled at the sight of them and as she did so, the bats took sight of her. One by one, they soon released the jacket and set their eyes on Ella. They approached, slowly at first, picking up the pace, until they were at full charge. Screaming, Ella stumbled backwards falling over a rock, scrambling to quickly pick herself up again.

She ran so fast that she lost her shoes, continuing in bare feet slapping the earth. Her heart was beating faster than ever before. The wicked bats were fast in pursuit. Flapping their thin wings, they screeched and screamed at her. Half wheezing, half whimpering Ella continued down some unknown direction.

The bats followed every once in a while dipping through the branches trying to claw her. The screeches grew louder as the night sky began to show the first signs of morning.

How He loves

He is jealous for me.
Love's like a hurricane; I am a tree.
Bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy.
When all of a sudden,
I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory.
And I realize just how beautiful You are,
And how great Your affections are for me.

And oh, how He loves us so,
Oh how He loves us,
How He loves us so.

We are His portion and He is our prize.
Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes.
If grace is an ocean, we’re all sinking.
So Heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss,
And my heart turns violently inside of my chest,
I don’t have time to maintain these regrets,
When I think about, the way…

He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.
Yeah, He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.

-John Mark McMillan

yep

last weekend we went to yosemite.

it

I've realized how far from it i really am.

I've realized how America's view on women has skewed my understanding and perhaps... even goals.

And the questions grow. I continue to learn.

New pens

There is freedom in this thought: last year I didn't know the people, friends, roommates that I love now. And the year before that.

There is freedom in this thought: at that time, I could not have possibly guessed that I would be where I am now, what I am desiring now, what I am doing now, what I am thinking now.

There is freedom in this thought: GOD HAD IT ALL PLANNED AND WAS PREPARING EVERYTHING FOR THIS DAY.

There is freedom in this thought: I have no plans for where I will be 6 months from now. But God does.

There is freedom in this thought: I don't know, and the possibilities linger at my fingertips.

There is freedom in God's sovereignty.

Beautiful.

1 O LORD, you have searched me and known me! 2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. 3 You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. 4 Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O LORD, you know it altogether. 5 You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it. 7 Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence?
Psalm 139

Clouds.

The sky was beautiful today.

Go here.

Go here and discuss.


www.raisedwithChrist.org

To be alone with me.

I love the rain.






"to be alone with me, you went upon a tree"
-Sufjan Stevens

I long for the day, when my mind can fully and willingly be set upon my Savior who loves me so much that he died for me.

1 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.
3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
Colossians 3

I need so much grace.

The Lord's mercy endures forever.

Take my life and let it be, consecrated Lord, to Thee

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Isaiah 55:8-9

Face the fact that you have no control over the future and no knowledge of the future, despite what you want to think.

Stare at the stars.

I desire to learn how to study the Bible for real.

"I could run away
But You would never leave
You would always stay
Right by my side

Everything I've ever wanted
I've found in You

and I need You, oh I need You
every step of the way"

-Enter the Worship Circle.

Mi abuelita

I love this lady.