tonight i got to catch up with some of my favorite girls in tuscaloosa. we just talked about our hearts and what we want to see in our group of friends. we really talked about many different things but the one i want to share is about Jesus' love for us. It's so beautiful and we can't even comprehend it!
i'm reading Deep Unto Deep by Dana Candler. i've only gotten through the first chapter due to lack of time to sit down and read it. she is explaining how we just glance at Jesus and he goes crazy over us and how we overcome Him! song of solomon 6:5 is mentioned in this and this is what she says:
I imagine Jesus, with eyes as flames of fire, turning to His Father and exclaiming, "Look at her Father! She has not seen Me yet she believes! She is once more lifting her eyes to Me. She has chosen to fix her gaze again upon what is unseen. Oh, she overcomes Me! How she conquers My heart with her lovesick gaze!"
How beautiful is this?! a gaze makes HIM go nuts! i want to know more about being lovesick and i want to be more lovesick for my Daddy, for the Bridegroom.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Sunday, March 22, 2009
rest of spring break 2009
the rest of the break was pretty amazing.
Wednesday i went to the prayer meeting before church. it was good to intercede for my church. there has been a lack of faith in the church due to the economic crisis. i pray that the faith of God will be restored in his Bride. Scott spoke on the interruptions in life and how we can react to them. we need to focus on the good in those interruptions. i went to ONE afterwards at Church of the Highlands. Dave spoke on what we were chasing. it was a pretty good service.
Thursday i had lunch with a friend and we ended up talking for 3 hours. it was amazing. we both share what's on our hearts and encourage each other. i loved it. i then saw my friend who got her wisdom teeth taken out. she looked good! not swollen too bad. then i got to see a different friend for dinner and we got to catch up for a little bit. it was good talking to her too. small group was after that with my church. it was really good. we talked more on repentance. my pastor talked about repentance on sunday. we shared what it means to repent to us individually.
Friday i got breakfast with the girls from the small group. then we went to botanical gardens and walked around and took pictures. it was fun. then i had lunch with a friend who i went to China with and caught up with her. then saw my wisdom teeth friend and hung out with her for a few hours. i love her so much. she is so beautiful and precious. my mom and i hung out after that and ordered pizza. she made me go with her to see one of her friends who needed help and i really didn't need to go but you know mothers... so i made go with me to blockbuster to buy a movie.
Saturday, kendall came back from the beach. she went with me to our young adult cookout. it was so much fun! she got to meet everyone i will be hanging out with for this summer when i move back home. they all liked her too. i played guitar hero with some of them afterwards and we made a midnight run to ihop... the pancake place, not prayer.
church on sunday was great. an evangalist came and spoke and just spoke life back into our church. my church is going to have a breakthrough and it's already happening. i love it!
i really can't wait to move back home and start working and serving there. it's going to be a great new chapter in my life.
Wednesday i went to the prayer meeting before church. it was good to intercede for my church. there has been a lack of faith in the church due to the economic crisis. i pray that the faith of God will be restored in his Bride. Scott spoke on the interruptions in life and how we can react to them. we need to focus on the good in those interruptions. i went to ONE afterwards at Church of the Highlands. Dave spoke on what we were chasing. it was a pretty good service.
Thursday i had lunch with a friend and we ended up talking for 3 hours. it was amazing. we both share what's on our hearts and encourage each other. i loved it. i then saw my friend who got her wisdom teeth taken out. she looked good! not swollen too bad. then i got to see a different friend for dinner and we got to catch up for a little bit. it was good talking to her too. small group was after that with my church. it was really good. we talked more on repentance. my pastor talked about repentance on sunday. we shared what it means to repent to us individually.
Friday i got breakfast with the girls from the small group. then we went to botanical gardens and walked around and took pictures. it was fun. then i had lunch with a friend who i went to China with and caught up with her. then saw my wisdom teeth friend and hung out with her for a few hours. i love her so much. she is so beautiful and precious. my mom and i hung out after that and ordered pizza. she made me go with her to see one of her friends who needed help and i really didn't need to go but you know mothers... so i made go with me to blockbuster to buy a movie.
Saturday, kendall came back from the beach. she went with me to our young adult cookout. it was so much fun! she got to meet everyone i will be hanging out with for this summer when i move back home. they all liked her too. i played guitar hero with some of them afterwards and we made a midnight run to ihop... the pancake place, not prayer.
church on sunday was great. an evangalist came and spoke and just spoke life back into our church. my church is going to have a breakthrough and it's already happening. i love it!
i really can't wait to move back home and start working and serving there. it's going to be a great new chapter in my life.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
spring break: day 2
today was spent with one of my bestie's of all time....
we realized just last semester that we have been friends for 11 years. that's a long time for a friendship.... and we have been through fights and not talked for a while and we are still friends! God seriously knows what he is doing for our friendship. we went to michael's and hobby lobby with her sister and friend to buy supplies for an arts and crafts day. so i painted again. i'm not finished but i will post a picture of the finished product later on this week or tomorrow if i finish it then. we then went to the dollar theater. saw bride wars-which is pretty funny. then i walked one theater to watch seven pounds with some different friends-too depressing for me. i didn't really like that one.
i got to catch up with a really good friend of mine and it was so good to hear her heart and what she is going through. it's crazy that we have gone through the same thing within such a close time period. i love being there for her. it's a blessing that God gives.
well that's it! night!
we realized just last semester that we have been friends for 11 years. that's a long time for a friendship.... and we have been through fights and not talked for a while and we are still friends! God seriously knows what he is doing for our friendship. we went to michael's and hobby lobby with her sister and friend to buy supplies for an arts and crafts day. so i painted again. i'm not finished but i will post a picture of the finished product later on this week or tomorrow if i finish it then. we then went to the dollar theater. saw bride wars-which is pretty funny. then i walked one theater to watch seven pounds with some different friends-too depressing for me. i didn't really like that one.
i got to catch up with a really good friend of mine and it was so good to hear her heart and what she is going through. it's crazy that we have gone through the same thing within such a close time period. i love being there for her. it's a blessing that God gives.
well that's it! night!
Monday, March 16, 2009
spring break day 1
relaxing monday. slept in until 10 then went to starbucks around noon and read some of my social psychology book for class. watched old csi:ny episodes on spike. went to sips n strokes with some friends tonight. now listening to the prayer room and it's my favorite worship leaders: matt gilman, cory asbury, & jay thomas. i'm going to worship before i go to bed. good night!
Saturday, March 14, 2009
prayer room #2
"Jesus let me see your eyes
let me feel your embrace
let me feel you all around me"
"i was made for
i was made for
LOVE"
cory asbury & jay thomas are leading this set. it's good to hear them again after last weekend at ONE Thing.
let me feel your embrace
let me feel you all around me"
"i was made for
i was made for
LOVE"
cory asbury & jay thomas are leading this set. it's good to hear them again after last weekend at ONE Thing.
Friday, March 13, 2009
prayer room
"This is love hanging on a tree
Bleeding on a tree, calling me lovely."
repeat this over and over.... then sing "you call me lovely"
"It starts and ends in the Love of this man."
I love the prayer room. i love how they sing scripture so it will be written on your heart.
Bleeding on a tree, calling me lovely."
repeat this over and over.... then sing "you call me lovely"
"It starts and ends in the Love of this man."
I love the prayer room. i love how they sing scripture so it will be written on your heart.
sigh
as kendall said it earlier to me... it has been an humbling day.
first, this morning in my asian religions class i got really frustrated because of what the Pure Land Buddhists believe in. they are so deceived and i just kept getting mad so i just started to pray for the followers of Pure Land Buddhism. they are so beautiful and it makes my heart long for them and for China. i pray that God will break into their hearts and minds and they will learn the truth of HIM.
second, when i went to the ferg today for lunch and time to myself, i read in the CW about the 17-yr-old kid who killed 15 people in Germany. the kid was not accepted in school nor was he the smartest. he graduated and went back to the school and shot mainly girls and female teachers, then other civilians. this could have been prevented!!! my heart broke again for him and his family... if only someone shown him love and what it means to be accepted.
third, my social psychology class about the meaning of love and how people define and express it. we also talked about sex. it was funny and yet i didn't really like today's class. people are deceived on the meaning of love and how to show it or receive it. sex is not the answer especially if you are not married. it made me sad.
fourth (and last), at UnAshamed we talked about spring break. we need to be the light for people who are completely lost and confused. they then showed a drama on a song i don't know and it broke my heart AGAIN! they had one side a group of people having fun on the beach and the other side was a group of people in a club. Jesus was in the middle and basically everyone ignored him. it made me so sad because we do that everyday and i don't even think about it! those who are lost and confused and those who follow HIM! why do we reject him so much? have mercy on us Lord! please forgive us!
like i said, it's been a crazy day. i have loved it and God is definitely teaching me something through all of this. it has been a reminder.
first, this morning in my asian religions class i got really frustrated because of what the Pure Land Buddhists believe in. they are so deceived and i just kept getting mad so i just started to pray for the followers of Pure Land Buddhism. they are so beautiful and it makes my heart long for them and for China. i pray that God will break into their hearts and minds and they will learn the truth of HIM.
second, when i went to the ferg today for lunch and time to myself, i read in the CW about the 17-yr-old kid who killed 15 people in Germany. the kid was not accepted in school nor was he the smartest. he graduated and went back to the school and shot mainly girls and female teachers, then other civilians. this could have been prevented!!! my heart broke again for him and his family... if only someone shown him love and what it means to be accepted.
third, my social psychology class about the meaning of love and how people define and express it. we also talked about sex. it was funny and yet i didn't really like today's class. people are deceived on the meaning of love and how to show it or receive it. sex is not the answer especially if you are not married. it made me sad.
fourth (and last), at UnAshamed we talked about spring break. we need to be the light for people who are completely lost and confused. they then showed a drama on a song i don't know and it broke my heart AGAIN! they had one side a group of people having fun on the beach and the other side was a group of people in a club. Jesus was in the middle and basically everyone ignored him. it made me so sad because we do that everyday and i don't even think about it! those who are lost and confused and those who follow HIM! why do we reject him so much? have mercy on us Lord! please forgive us!
like i said, it's been a crazy day. i have loved it and God is definitely teaching me something through all of this. it has been a reminder.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
my thoughts of the moment
i am at work and i really need to be studying. i wish i was a better student when it comes to making good grades...
this past weekend was One-Thing by the IHOP and it was probably the best weekend of my life. worship was phenomenal and the Holy Spirit's presence was so thick in the room. i really want to study Revelations now but i think i will have to wait until summer so i can focus mainly on it. i have so many books i want to read. i need discipline so that i can do it all. i love Jesus. his presence is amazing and i never want his presence to go away or get caught up in something stupid and not feel his presence.
i love listening to the prayer room on the internet. i wish i kept listening more when i really needed too last semester.
my heart is re-awakened and i love it!
i graduate in about 6 weeks... at least that's what i heard from a friend last night. i don't want to grow up yet! but i seriously can't wait to see what the Lord has for me.
i love the passion when people sing for Jesus especially Matt Gilman. it makes me happy and inspires me to keep going for more of Jesus.
spring break starts on Thursday for me but i'm not going home until Friday. i'm excited for the break but it won't last as long as i would like... prayer furnace on friday! i'm excited, i haven't been in a while.
sips n strokes on tuesday most likely with my social work friends :D i love spending time with them. i love their hearts even when we all get super frustrated at our teachers and the world.
we are God's creation and beauty. i love HIS LOVE.
we are not worthy of it sometimes and yet we are!
verse of the day:
Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands.
Deuteronomy 7:9
this past weekend was One-Thing by the IHOP and it was probably the best weekend of my life. worship was phenomenal and the Holy Spirit's presence was so thick in the room. i really want to study Revelations now but i think i will have to wait until summer so i can focus mainly on it. i have so many books i want to read. i need discipline so that i can do it all. i love Jesus. his presence is amazing and i never want his presence to go away or get caught up in something stupid and not feel his presence.
i love listening to the prayer room on the internet. i wish i kept listening more when i really needed too last semester.
my heart is re-awakened and i love it!
i graduate in about 6 weeks... at least that's what i heard from a friend last night. i don't want to grow up yet! but i seriously can't wait to see what the Lord has for me.
i love the passion when people sing for Jesus especially Matt Gilman. it makes me happy and inspires me to keep going for more of Jesus.
spring break starts on Thursday for me but i'm not going home until Friday. i'm excited for the break but it won't last as long as i would like... prayer furnace on friday! i'm excited, i haven't been in a while.
sips n strokes on tuesday most likely with my social work friends :D i love spending time with them. i love their hearts even when we all get super frustrated at our teachers and the world.
we are God's creation and beauty. i love HIS LOVE.
we are not worthy of it sometimes and yet we are!
verse of the day:
Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands.
Deuteronomy 7:9
Friday, March 6, 2009
light & wine
here are a couple of pictures i took of my glass of wine on my window seal. i think they turned out pretty cool but that's just me.
i'm really excited for the ONEthing conference in Montgomery this weekend. it's focus is on the End Times and I'm super pumped about it!
I can't wait to worship God tonight!
Have a wonderful day!
Sunday, March 1, 2009
encouraging weekend
highlights of the last couple of days.
Thursday:
-found out that the bars in Tuscaloosa has decreased 20% in their profits due to the economic crisis; business has been really slow and the slowest night is on Thursdays! God is moving at Unashamed.
Friday:
-barns & noble tornado/thunderstorm
-the start of the girls' hangout weekend
Saturday:
-hearing how God is moving in my friends' hearts while they are still young in spirit. God is raising them up and training them into leaders.
-the way the Holy Spirit moves in our lives.
Sunday:
-snow
-hearing people who do not have access to a Bible and know very little of the Word, except for that they know Jesus died for them and now that they are following him and accepted him and are forgiven, go and be martyred for Jesus Christ. that's inspiring for me.
-spending time with the girls and being able to have quality time no matter what we do.
-i pray that i will be that bold to die for Him.
-praying tonight was great and felt like old times.
overall:
-how we all overcome our hardships and worship our Father.
-my Father is so good to me.
-I accept his love.
Thursday:
-found out that the bars in Tuscaloosa has decreased 20% in their profits due to the economic crisis; business has been really slow and the slowest night is on Thursdays! God is moving at Unashamed.
Friday:
-barns & noble tornado/thunderstorm
-the start of the girls' hangout weekend
Saturday:
-hearing how God is moving in my friends' hearts while they are still young in spirit. God is raising them up and training them into leaders.
-the way the Holy Spirit moves in our lives.
Sunday:
-snow
-hearing people who do not have access to a Bible and know very little of the Word, except for that they know Jesus died for them and now that they are following him and accepted him and are forgiven, go and be martyred for Jesus Christ. that's inspiring for me.
-spending time with the girls and being able to have quality time no matter what we do.
-i pray that i will be that bold to die for Him.
-praying tonight was great and felt like old times.
overall:
-how we all overcome our hardships and worship our Father.
-my Father is so good to me.
-I accept his love.
snow, snow, snow
Yes, it is snowing outside... in Alabama. It's hard to believe that it is snowing and that it is sticking. A good bit of churches are closed today. I hope the church I attend is not closed today.
it was panhellenic weekend here apparently and it shows. some high schools just came through and half of them had the stamp that is on their hands on their faces.
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