Do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthan you and help you:
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."
-Psalms 41:10
Someone quoted this on fb and I thought it was rad.
I haven't read Isaiah since I was like 12.
Looks like its time to hit the classics :D
enjoy!
- Postion on the Planet:my couch
- Mental Status:
calm - Tunes I Am Grooving To:the soundtrack to Karate Kid 2
"To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
In you I trust, O my God,"
Psalms 25:7
"Remember not the sins of my youth,
and my rebellious ways,
according to your love, remember me,
for you are good O Lord."
Psalms 25:16-21
"Turn to me and be gracious to me,
for I am lonely and afflicted,
The troubles of my heart have multiplied:
free me from anguish.
Look upon my affliction and distress
and take away all my sins
See how my enemies have increased,
and how fiercely they hate me!
Guard my life and rescue me;
let me not be put to shame,
for I take refuge in you.
May integrity and uprightness protect me,
because my hope is in you."
okay so these aren't psalms, but they are on my mind and pertinant to my day:
"It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by the yolk of slavery." - Galations 5:1
"You were running a good race. Who cut in on you and kept you from obeying the truth?" - Galations 1:7
just thoughts...
- Postion on the Planet:my couch
- Mental Status:
contemplative - Tunes I Am Grooving To:Richard complaining that he screwed up the pies for tomorrow
- Postion on the Planet:my couch
- Mental Status:
tired - Tunes I Am Grooving To:rain and the sound of the dishwasher going.
here are the lyrics:
"Savior I come
Quiet my soul remember
Redemptions hill
Where Your blood was spilled
For my ransom
Everything I once held dear
I count it all as lost
Lead me to the cross
Where Your love poured out
Bring me to my knees
Lord I lay me down
Rid me of myself
I belong to You
Lead me, lead me to the cross
You were as I
Tempted and trialed
You are
Te word became flesh
Bore my sin and death
Now you're risen
To your heart
To your heart
Lead me to your heart
Lead me to your heart"
Lyrics just don't have the same effect.
I wish I could post a .mp3 of this tune.
God is calling me and I am answering.
We are dealing with the layoff well... not in a denial way, but with eyes wide open.
God will provide.
Amen
- Postion on the Planet:my dining room table
- Mental Status:indescribable
- Tunes I Am Grooving To:"Lead me to the cross" Brooke Fraser
The image of the toddler holding the naked newborn in the field is burned into my brain.
Who is loving these kids?
Who is praying intercession on their behalf?
A large part of my heart is in Africa and the remainder is burning in my chest.
I don't understand what any of this means, only that I am supposed to go.
The details elude me, where, what, when, how..... only the why is clear.
The boys are grumpy today and hard to handle.
I am hanging in there... I really need to try and get a few moments to myself tonight to center.
Maybe I'll try out that Yoga Booty Ballet tape after D goes to sleep?? who knows??
Psalm 16
A miktam of David. [a]
1 Keep me safe, O God,for in you I take refuge.
2 I said to the LORD, "You are my Lord;
apart from you I have no good thing."
3 As for the saints who are in the land,
they are the glorious ones in whom is all my delight. [b]
4 The sorrows of those will increase
who run after other gods.
I will not pour out their libations of blood
or take up their names on my lips.
5 LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup;
you have made my lot secure.
6 The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
surely I have a delightful inheritance.
7 I will praise the LORD, who counsels me;
even at night my heart instructs me.
8 I have set the LORD always before me.
Because he is at my right hand,
I will not be shaken.
9 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my body also will rest secure,
10 because you will not abandon me to the grave, [c]
nor will you let your Holy One [d] see decay.
11 You have made [e] known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand."
My psalms for today seems especially poignant in light of Richard's impending lay-off. It is but another reminder that our role in our finances is two-fold and nothing more,
1.We are to be open-fisted when it comes to our cash. It is God's and we are merely holding it for him. Drake drives this point to me every day when he tells me that he isn't going to share because "It's mine" I want to remind him who gave it to him, and then I realize that this is often the conversation that I have with Jesus. He asks to use a resource and I tell him no because "It's Mine" It is humbling. This is an ongoing struggle... one I certainly haven't conquered. It seems like the less I have, the harder I hold onto it. like I said, it is a work in progress.
2. We are to be "good stewards" of our resources. How can we be trusted to hold more, if we don't care properly for the ones we are already have? We have been working hard on getting organized and being proactive with our spending. Tracking spending is painful but has been a wake - up call. We found out this weekend that over the course of 5 wks (between the two of us) we spent over 500 bucks on the dollar menu. What the heck??
Other than that, our job is to butt the heck out. God is in control of Richard's employment and we need to trust that God will take care of us.
5 LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup;
you have made my lot secure.
6 The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
surely I have a delightful inheritance.
It sounds so cut and dry in print.... why can't it be easier to convince my head?
- Postion on the Planet:my living room
- Mental Status: contemplative
- Tunes I Am Grooving To:the hum of the computer
"Psalm 15
A psalm of David.
1 LORD, who may dwell in your sanctuary?Who may live on your holy hill?
2 He whose walk is blameless
and who does what is righteous,
who speaks the truth from his heart
3 and has no slander on his tongue,
who does his neighbor no wrong
and casts no slur on his fellowman,
4 who despises a vile man
but honors those who fear the LORD,
who keeps his oath
even when it hurts,
5 who lends his money without usury
and does not accept a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things
will never be shaken."
I looked up the Psalms for today and found this.
It makes me grateful that I am someone "who keeps his oath even when it hurts."
I really am. I have also reaped the benefits of that though and I wouldn't take it back... even if it sucks at the time.
- Postion on the Planet:jill's house
- Mental Status: contemplative
- Tunes I Am Grooving To:"handy manny" theme song
- Postion on the Planet:my living room
- Mental Status:
melancholy - Tunes I Am Grooving To:"drum drum" by Diego
The movie was so funny I nearly swallowed my gum from laughing so hard. I totally recommend it.
As for Terra Vista, the ambiance was beautiful and the food was delicious.
I tried Sambuca for the first time:
and it was amazing. I LOVE SAMBUCA.
The funny thing is that when I did a google image search for this picture, a whole bunch of horse and cat pictures popped up too. Apparently it is a popular horse name :D who knew??
I think it is time to hit the liquor store :D
I am now in love with Africa and desperately want to go. I need to lose weight first. The heat would kill me otherwise. Perhaps that is how I will celebrate a svelte figure??
Who knows.
** Avoid: wiring money, cross-border deals, work-at-home
** Beware: cashier checks, money orders, escrow, shipping
** More Info: http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams.ht
You: We are a family of three looking for a new place. We are currently living in the south-end and would like to move closer to our church which is in Bothell.
*I wanted to email her back and fuel the fires of her delusion, but realized that perhaps revealing my actual email address would not be smart...... My favorite is them trying to get someone to rent from a place that gets vandalized frequently. I am sure that I am being pranked by some stupid a**hole but it is fun to imagine that this is legit. I love stupid people. They make life fun at parties. I think my favorite part is that they highlighted my text in red and responded accordingly. It makes me feel more special.*
- Postion on the Planet:my dining room table
- Mental Status:
amused - Tunes I Am Grooving To:The repo truck backing up to the apartment building behind us.
" It's time to get over my issues with being mediocre and realize that I am an individual just like everybody else."
"In the stillness,
even through the residue of yesterday
you are all I seek,
to dwell in your presence,
to break the monotonous,
standing face to face with my God,
you are my God and I am your child,
eternally,
In the stillness,
My soul crys out in hunger for you,
I long to know and be known fully,
without restraint,
Even the cells of my body cry out the name of Jesus Christ,
Though people may scream and wave their hands to distract,
I close my eyes and run blindly to you,
because I know you will meet me,
Nothing standing in my way,
I collapse at your feet,
at peace,
knowing and being known,
in the stillness
- Postion on the Planet:my dining room table
- Mental Status: contemplative
- Tunes I Am Grooving To:Drake singing twinkle twinkle in his bed while he should be sleeping.
Still going through my old journal from when R and I were dating. I found this written inside.
I had tremedous insight into marriage then. I suppose it was pure and uncomplicated by the actual rigors of being married.
Although at the time I had no idea that I had hit the nail on the head.
another excerpt, " I pray for him (Richard) that God would fortify him, and that God would reveal himself to us as a couple, but we should be seeking him as a couple first."
Where along the way did I lose the vision?? I never lost the desire to be married... to fight for it. but somewhere I lost the precious vision of what Christ has for us.
- Postion on the Planet:my dining room table
- Mental Status: contemplative
- Tunes I Am Grooving To:kids playing outside.
caveat
\KAY-vee-at; KAV-ee-; KAH-vee-aht\ , noun:- Postion on the Planet:my livingroom in front of the fan
- Mental Status: accomplished
- Tunes I Am Grooving To:dido "no angel"
found an old journal from a couple of months before Richard and I were together... outlining the end of my relationship with Hector and the tender beginnings of my engagement to Richard.
some things were fairly enlightening:
(about Hector)
"how tragic that in the process of loving him (Hector) I lost myself. Loving someone else should bring out the best in you... enhancing and strengthening your character.. not hiding or diminishing it. I am having to relearn to be me. I now have a better understanding of what is worth the sacrifice and what is not. I also know that you can't make someone love you back... no matter what you do for them. I was convinced that if I put myself on hold for him that he would wake up one day and realize he was madly love with me and couldn't live one second without me. But it didn't happen. Love is always a risk and there is always a sacrifice, but I certainly don't hold that sacrifice lightly any more. It takes two to make a partnership and I want balance and harmony in my life."
(about Richard)
"I am sitting here on the porch drinking coffee and finally coming to grips with how very distracted I am. I am "all consumed" with Richard... and I think that I am going to take a few proverbial steps backwards with him... we are so over the edge in concerns to physical boundaries. In order to uphold the law we have broken the spirit of the law. I just need to get my feet underneath me again so that I can see him for the fabulous person that he is and not just the object of my lust. It is hard because he is so intoxicating... and I want to spend the rest of my life with him... but if we continue on this downwards spiral, we will ruin it. Richard is far to precious to waste like that. He is my match and I don't want to lose him in my lust.
Please forgive me Lord.for being selfish.. help us to grab hold of our plan for our lives that we might see you glorified through our actions with each other. Help us to turn to you with that much passion; pushing ever onwards towards true worship. Holy is your name Lord."
(also about Richard)
"Lord, help me to see you in Richard, Lord help Richard to see you in me, so that we would honor the sanctity of marriage, our union of souls, glorifying you with our minds, bodies, and lives. Help us to stay focused on what is important... you above all else... amen"
so that's me ya'll... can't believe I nailed it so directly at the tender age of 20.
Isn't our God good?
It is just me and the doodimus until after nap (he actually gets one :D)
and then I get the afternoon with my lovely ladies too.
Why can't every day be wednesday?
- Postion on the Planet:my couch
- Mental Status: cheerful
- Tunes I Am Grooving To:the fan blowing in my direction
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