restore the joy of your salvation

so the new picture behind my blog title was found on lomography.com. red daisies have become new favorite of mine since valentine's day. a girl in the dorm, where i worked at the time, were given those and i've been in love with them ever since. they are so beautiful and simple.

so i ordered a new camera today for my birthday present. it's from my mom :D
it's a Diana F+ and i'm pretty excited about it. i can capture more of the Lord's beauty in different ways with this camera and with a different type of film.

we went on a beach retreat this past weekend to Destin, FL. it was called REhab. it was really good. it was exciting to see two different churches who have never worked together before unite in worship and as one body. that doesn't happen very often (at least i haven't ever seen it). the main verse was out of Psalm 51 about restoring joy (v12). it was great... great to spend 3 days with friends, great to see His beauty shine throughout the whole weekend, and great to make new friends.

here are some pictures of the ocean.
enjoy!






sailboat.

sips n strokes pics

enjoy!

the original:
the edited:




all of us. we had a great time!

life in general

so i'm finally taking time out to update on what's going on right now in my life.

to start:
the last few weeks have been a little 'rough' but not really. trying to find a job to make a little extra money is really hard. i've interviewed at two different places in the retail business and been denied due to lack of experience. well that sucks. after this last one fell through, i came to terms with myself that i shouldn't look anymore. at least for a week or so. i started studying for the social work licensure exam. i barely put a dent in it but i'm glad that i at least started to study. i had fun re-reading some of the stuff i read over too. kendall was with me which made it more fun.
i'm just trying to have more faith and trust in the Lord.

my music playlist for the last couple of weeks consists of:
cory asbury
justin rizzo
needtobreathe
and a few others...

cory asbury & justin rizzo's cd is amazing.
here are some lyrics that have really stuck with me:
Oh the peace of pure abandon
Oh the joy of sweet surrender

i have to give you everything
and then the yoke is easy
i have to give you everything
and the burden is so light
This is True Life by Justin Rizzo (you should really listen to the whole song)


There's nothing I can do to change Your mind
Mercy by Cory Asbury


Everything you do
it just screams "I love you!"
Everything you are
says "I care."
Everything You Do by Cory Asbury

i love worship music!

yesterday was my birthday. 22 on 9/22. my dad reminded me that this will never happen again. thanks dad :D
i will post pictures later today hopefully.

it's not raining today. i'm glad but i have also enjoyed the last month of rain. we really needed it and it's the Lord cleaning our earthly home.

verse of the week:
The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one Lord, and his name the only name.
Zechariah 14:9

i'm praying for her today.

i want this for my birthday... it's coming up soon!

labor day weekend

i went to seagrove, fl for our annual family vaca.
















it was beautiful!

randoms from the beach:
i got my mom hooked on NEEDTOBREATHE's new cd.
i love the fried pickles at the seaside grill.
we saw some friends down there.


i watched The Shining with jack nicholson on sunday night with some middle school girls & high school girls. it was a little weird and creepy. not a fan but it wasn't that bad of a movie. we definitely had a great time watching it. lots of laughs.

watching a movie right now... update later.

the dress.

so i think i found my wedding dress... i was just browsing and i saw this:



it's beautiful!