Biiirrrd

I just want to be me.
Be a bird wild and free.



But now that the bird has left her cage, I'm not convinced she remembers how to fly.

200th post!

I will celebrate my 200th post with two of my favorite boys. They bring me much joy & silliness :):)

Braden & Tyler

Music

I used to search out and listen to legitly good music.

Want to start doing that again...

Also, I miss playing the guitar. I need to play more. I want to learn more.

humm

very soon i hope something inspirational which spurs on the creative juices and lends to some adventure comes my way...

adding to more flava in life.

Rainy

You won't relent
Until You have it all
My heart is Yours

I'll set You as a seal upon my heart
As a seal upon my arm
For there is love that is as strong as death
Jealousy demanding as the grave
And many waters cannot quench this love

Come be the fire inside of me
Come be the flame upon my heart
Come be the fire inside of me
Until You and I are one

You won't relent
-Misty Edwards

Valentines Day

found a cave.

got trapped when the tide came in.


glory to God

jn

John 21:25
Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.

Reasons

The rain-washed air caressed your gentle cheek,
And off your head there hung a crown of thorns.
From your hands and feet your blood has leaked,
To wash all those below, who left you scorned.
My heavy tree, you held upon your back.
A desperate cry was found laid at your feet,
Since for your glory, all my flesh would lack.
Darkness shone and sin—it left me weak.

Upon that dreadful hour there rose a hope.
Beyond the distant mount there peaked a sun.
For you, the Son of Man, will help me cope,
With dreadful reasons that your death was done.
And to this day insight I have not,
Reasons you have loved—and for me fought.

-Jackie R

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?

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

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