Take and Seal it

"Prone to wander Lord I feel it
Prone to leave the God I love
Here's my heart, Lord, take and seal it, seal it for Thy courts above."

I love when lyrics seem to sum up your exact feelings.

Gosh, I'm so prone to wander. The thought of leaving the God I love.. hm, hurts my heart.

Sitting in the libe, as usual. Been sweet to see how priorities have fallen right into place when I leave it to the Lord and manage to seek him first. I willfully try to plan each day, hour by hour, and where do I end up? Frustrated and hating spontaneity more than I thought possible, haha, gosh.

When I just realize I have nothing, I've lost it all, things just ...well, work. It's the strangest thing. The lord is so deserving:) and sufficient.

Found this verse this morning, Psalm 51:12 "Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit to sustain me."

He sustains our lives, so he IS sufficient; further proving our being a whole lotta' nothing. But then I'm reminded of my dad's love for us and his building us and growing us up in him, so we lack nothing when seeking him and his glory in all we do.

I love how faith all connects. Each aspect leads to another and clarifies many other aspects.

Wow, most random blog entry ever, huh? haha :)

ode to joy (revamped pieces of joy, haha:)

music

lyrics

mom sending texts where she writes in ALL CAPS

learning to love cold weather..(tough)

slumber parties with D group girls

laurie making breakfast for brittany and I :)

dropping my straightener and it clamping on my foot, typical

eating HOT soup every day (and tea)

making a linner with Alicia and discovering 4:30 to be much too late a time for linner

running in cold weather ( numb body= no pain)

the lord teaching me about priorities

focusing on strengths and weaknesses being perfected through them

restful weekends

going to an Army Ranger school graduation(awesome)

plans to go home this weekend to be with bay! and hopefully trick or treat, haha

sowing my moccasins after breaking (by sowing I mean hot glue..)

having a pet squirrel that hangs out on our AC window units all day and night

meeting 13 members of jake's family..all at once, ha. they're really great.

having aspirations to actually start cooking something besides my "dish" (rice,chicken, veggies, and sauce...it tastes much better than it sounds. I think.)

not wanting to go back to my freezing cold house.. and thinking of ways to campout in the libe

sitting on the roof:)

being asked "If I were a power ranger, which one would I be?" and "Why"?

....responding to the previous question, "the pink ranger, Kimberly"

discovering i like Grace Potter a lot...and discovering this after I had already NOT gone to the deep roots festival that night, haha, whoops

the temptation to buy TOMS..

that's all for now:) his love!

perspective.

Listening to Francis Chan and eating Cinnamon Toast Crunch on this Friday afternoon:)

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7815550195732165394&ei=LJDYSoGfMJC2rgKixbW0Dg&q=francis+chan+sermon&hl=en#

I love how the Lord provides exactly what I need (not necessarily want) to hear. The week had been interesting to say the least, got super caught up in school work, and almost even got mad at God for it. Wow.

So, in light of Francis' sermon 'Intimacy with God," What if I had just had an eternal perspective?

I acted like a...well, fool.. questioning my own father. And he still stands there, holding my hand; guiding my way. mm, mm.

Psa 73:23 Yet I still belong to you; you are holding my right hand.
	Psa 73:24	You will keep on guiding me with your counsel, leading me to a glorious destiny.
	Psa 73:25	Whom have I in heaven but you? I desire you more than anything on earth.
Fall break was a really sweet time. Got to spend some quality time with Bay. It's so neat watching her grow. I think that's something I love most. Watching people grow into the characteristics of Jesus. Really a beautiful thing. She's such an encouragement; the most chill fourteen- year old you will ever meet. But seriously, interesting to see how someone that young can teach me so much. ello, joy:) seeing family grow. seeing family, period. watching bay kick butt in soccer, and trip a girl.. having had this cough forrr.. 1 month and 1 week (record). SAVANNAH with elle, mary alice, and molls this saturday! Jenna winning homecoming last weekend. my Father and his crazy(awesome)plan. rain jackets. the sky looking like it should give us some snow:) learning patience with technology.. laughing with tae. photographs. watching the leaves change. whippin' out the sweats and hot tea to prepare for the freezing winter ahead. hugging friends. sleeping in until 7:15! boyfriend jeans. thinking my sis was having a sweet birthday bash last weekend, but finding out it wasn't until..well, today :( understanding. learning about a life devoted to prayer plenty plenty more joy, but my brain is quite honestly fried. haha, dang school. his love!		My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever.