Though I am not worthy....

Beach Day

Here our some fun pictures from our day at the beach! I hope you enjoy them!

Happy birthday to me!

So I am WAY behind but here is all about my birthday.

Tara had me over for dinner and surprised me with my favorite 

dinner, and friends to be waiting at the door. It was SO special.

Jacob took the picture of the adults at the table (way to go Jacob)

and Jenn took about 20 pictures of just faces. I saved you from having

to look at all those but I thought you would enjoy getting a good laugh 

out of the one of me.

 

Thank-you Tara for making my birthday so SPECIAL! 

I loved that you surprised me by inviting Val, Steph and Jenn to join us and for taking the time to make my FAVORITE dinner (chicken, blackbeans, yellow rice, sourcream, cheese and taco sauce :) Thank-you for the 

yummy cake too. You are a blessing to me and I am so

thankful to be apart of your life! I love you!

(Scroll over the pictures so you can read the captions)

This is for you Medana :)

I don't even know where to begin. March was a crazy month for me. I celebrated my 27th birthday with some special friends of mine (pictures & post to come), then I did some scrapbooking, my dad came into town for a WHOLE week (craziness I tell you, pure craziness) He started another project (still has not finished all the projects that he has already started-MEN but I do have to say I love my baseboards! :) There was the Deluge retreat which was absolutely AMAZING. That will be it's own post too because God really showed up in ways I never thought possible. Then there was Easter (which was much different this year for me) Now it is April and this month is looking like it will be crazier than last month. Well since Medana would like me to post something new I thought it would be fitting for me to share the pictures of taking her older children Taylor, Colin, and also Katelyn, and Hallye to my elementary school-Lake Sybelia. They have an amazing playground and though usually no one is there on Saturdays of course this day they were having a school clean-up day (and of course there were people there I knew-I even forgot names and made a fool of myself-oh well :), and there soccer games going on in the field but we still had fun! I cannot wait to do it again! The first picture is on top of the jungle gym! (You should have seen me trying to climb through so I could take this picture it was quite funny :) My favorite one is just of Hallye. I LOVE it! The very last one was a few minutes after Hallye got hurt, but she still wanted to be apart of the group picture.

Well for some crazy reason I could not get this post to go with the youtube video so read this and then enjoy the video below :) We all know I love worship music (right Jenn? :), and love learning about new songs. This is much different than you probably might expect but it is AMAZING. It reminds me just how small I am in this little world, how prideful my heart is, and just how beautiful and big He is. He loves me more than I will ever know. Think of that first line of the song "He is jealous for me, loves like a hurricane, I am a tree." WOW! My friend from Georgia, Laura Susan, had this on her blog and she talked about how she had danced around singing "Oh how he loves us." I think the same thing but my version (and I dream of this often) would be that I was outside when it is raining, sun peaking through a dark cloud with my arms wide open, a little girl who is broken, and in love with her daddy. I know many days I lack to come to Him, to come to His feet and bring Him EVERY piece of my heart, and my life. I am grateful for this moment where He reminds me that He loves me, every scarred memory, every mistake, every minute of stupidness and when I think I can't go on any longer He loves me anyways. NOTHING can SEPARATE me from the love of my Father, OUR Father. How Great is our GOD! I hope and PRAY that this song and the words that you hear will comfort your broken heart and remind you of how much you are loved and how MIGHTY He is. HE LOVES YOU! And I love you too for how you continue to remind me to run to Him and to seek His face and that my strength should only come from Him, and His perfect word. Thank-you for your friendship, and the love you pour into my life and allowing me to be apart of your lives even though I know most times I am stubborn, prideful but I am grateful you still love me anyways :) Love you all!

jesus culture - how he loves us

Here are the words to the song: Verse 1: He is jealous for me, Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree, Bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy. When all of a sudden, I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory, And I realise just how beautiful You are, And how great Your affections are for me. Pre-Chorus: And oh, how He loves us so, Oh how He loves us, How He loves us so Chorus 1: Yeah, He loves us, Oh how He loves us, Oh how He loves us, Oh how He loves. Yeah, He loves us, Oh how He loves us, Oh how He loves us, Oh how He loves. Verse 2: We are His portion and He is our prize, Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes, If grace is an ocean, we’re all sinking. So Heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss, And the heart turns violently inside of my chest, I don’t have time to maintain these regrets, When I think about, the way…

You...

So for the past few days I have pretty much been in bed, or on the couch resting, trying to get better. Everyone knows I LOVE worship music and this is a song that has captured my heart over the past few days. I pray that it stirs your heart like it has mine! By: Hillsong United titled "You." As I pray and wait up on the Lord. I know your grace in love I am restored. As I think of all you've done for me. The mystery of your love. Who walked upon the sea? Who lived to die for me? You Lord, You Lord, You are Lord. As I look upon You I am changed and though I fail your faithful love remains. As I sing and worship you I find again no words describe your love. Who watches over me? Whose love has covered me? You Lord, You Lord, You are Lord. Halleujah, Halleujah, Almighty one there is none like You.