July 2010
106 posts
It is well, it is well with my soul.
loveadinfinitum:
“Our soul waits for the LORD;
he is our help and our shield.
For our heart is glad in him,
because we trust in his holy name.
Let your steadfast love, O LORD, be upon us,
even as we hope in you.”
You know… it’s starting to feel like I can’t even remember days without a heavy struggle, and it’s hard to believe these storms will ever pass. But I’m learning to stop...
“Sometimes the spark of faith is slight,
And does not make the darkness bright.
But keep it lit and you will find:
Far better this than being blind.
One little flame when all is night
Proves there is such a thing as light.
Remember now the place and price
Where Jesus promised paradise.
One answered prayer when all is gone
Will give you hope to wait for dawn.”
-John Piper
“No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has...”
– 1 Corinthians 2:9
“Do you want to be great? Then begin by BEING. Do you desire to construct a vast...”
– St. Augustine
There is ALWAYS hope in Jesus Christ. Always.
Here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;
which grows higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
& this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart:
I carry your heart (I carry it in my heart).
-E.E. Cummings
“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to...”
– Jack Kerouac
“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.”
– Hebrews 11:11
My heart is so delicate, Father. Help me to feel Your love…to feel Your acceptance…turn my heart towards You. You alone can sustain me.
You dream of colors that have never been made,...
“O light that followest all my way,
I yield my flick’ring torch to thee;
My...”
– George Mattheson
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are...”
– unknown
I have to believe the sooner we find trusting God to be beautiful, the sooner we will fall in love with the God who keeps shaking things up, keeps changing the path, keeps rockin` our faith in Him - teaching us not to rely on easy answers, bullet points, magic mantras, or genies in lamps, but rather in His GUIDANCE, His EXISTENCE, His MERCY and His LOVE.
“Upon that cross of Jesus, mine eye at times can see, the very dying form of One who suffered there for me; and from my smitten heart with tears, two wonders I confess: The wonders of redeeming love and my unworthiness! I take, O Cross, thy shadow for my abiding place. I ask no other sunshine than the sunshine of His face! Content to let the world go by to know no gain nor loss, my...
Jesus paid it all;
All to Him I owe.
Sin had left a crimson stain:
He washed it white as snow. :)
“When you have found the greatest treasure in the world [Jesus], you don’t...”
– John Piper
This soundtrack never ceases to amaze me. Lovely.
“The earth is music for those who listen.” – Shakespeare
Fact: I`m a firm believer when I say that our Heavenly Father is the Ultimate Artist.
Fact: My best friend can attest to me randomly grinning and saying, “Guys, we`re instruments of His praise. AHHHHHHHHHH! How frickin` awesome is THAT?!?! We MAKE MUSIC!”
Therefore: The above-mentioned facts should support this...
