Hold Me Jesus

Well, sometimes my life just don't make sense at all
When the mountains look so big
And my faith just seems so small

So hold me Jesus, 'cause I'm shaking like a leaf
You have been King of my glory
Won't You be my Prince of Peace

And I wake up in the night and feel the dark
It's so hot inside my soul
I swear there must be blisters on my heart

So hold me Jesus, 'cause I'm shaking like a leaf
You have been King of my glory
Won't You be my Prince of Peace

Surrender don't come natural to me
I'd rather fight You for something I don't really want
Than to take what You give that I need
And I've beat my head against so many walls
Now I'm falling down, I'm falling on my knees
And this Salvation Army band is playing this hymn
And Your grace rings out so deep
It makes my resistance seem so thin

I'm singing hold me Jesus, 'cause I'm shaking like a leaf
You have been King of my glory
Won't You be my Prince of Peace
You have been King of my glory
Won't You be my Prince of Peace


Rich Mullins

He Meets Me Where I Am

Seemingly ironic, but surely a "God-thing" that today I read our Bible study chapter on doubting. The following is the prayer at the end of the chapter, from the book "Lord, Change My Attitude" by James MacDonald (I highly recommend it!!)

Lord, I thank you today that You are a good and a faithful God. Oh, God, increase my faith! Give me this day and this week a greater capacity to trust you, to rest in Your promises. Lord, help me to see You related to the very circumstances I face. Might I see how all that comes our way and how we handle it is directly related to our willingness to rest in Your promises and walk closely with You. Grant that kind of victory to me. May this day be different because of what I've prayed and acknowledged before you in this moment. And I promise to give You thanks and praise and glory for Your care and compassion for my life. In Jesus' name I ask these things. Amen.

P.S. I guess I won't go to Australia.... they probably have bad days too! : )

Is this the beginnings of a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day???

. . . I wanted to stay in bed . . .

. . . My Mp3 player froze . . . completely . . .

. . . My mind is confused and whirling . . .

. . . I miss everything about home . . .

. . . it's a Monday . . .

I am absolutely loving my classes, especially since they are progessively more "nursing-y" : ) And, I am enjoying more free time (can you believe it?)!



But . . .

How can three weeks of classes go so fast, but three weeks of life go so slowly?

I miss so many people, so many conversations, so many things . . .

My New Baby : D

Today was like Christmas-in-January . . . I got my new pride and joy : )

1.5 years closer to being a nurse, and 1 step closer to looking like a nurse : )

Here it is:

And, a few more fun things . . .

Proverbs 30:8,9

Keep falsehood and lies far from me;
give me neither poverty nor riches,
but give me only my daily bread.

Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you
and say, 'Who is the Lord?'
Or I may become poor and steal,
and so dishonor the name of my God.

Thank you

I just want to take a moment to say that I am so grateful for those who are older and wiser than me who are willing to share honest but loving wisdom with me as I navigate through this adventure called life.

Thank you to all of you.

Our New Do

Here are some pictures of our hall before . . .

. . . and after decorating!

Our God Saves

Hear the joyful sound of our offering
as your saints bow down
as your people sing
we will rise with you
lifted on your wings
and the world will see that

Our God saves
Our God saves
There is hope
in Your name

Mourning turns
to songs of praise
Our God saves
Our God saves


Paul Baloche

A friend read this story in her devotions yesterday, and it was insanely applicable for both of us... In the midst of saying goodbye and returning to school with a mixed bag of emotions, I am trying to remember to make the most of each moment instead of constantly wishing for the future. God has me here for a reason, and those at home are at home for a reason... Even though I might not prefer the circumstances, I can still look for His hand in each day and find ways to be a blessing to others.

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A story is told of a king who went into his garden one morning, and found everything withered and dying. He asked the oak that stood near the gate what the trouble was. He found it was sick of life and determined to die because it was not tall and beautiful like the pine. The pine was all out of heart because it could not bear grapes, like the vine. The vine was going to throw its life away because it could not stand erect and have as fine of fruit as the peach tree. The geranium was fretting because it was not tall and fragrant like the lilac, and so on all through the garden. Coming to a heartsease, he found its bright face lifted as cheery as ever. "Well, heartsease, I'm glad, amidst all this discouragement, to find one brave little flower. You do not seem to be the least disheartened." "No, I am not of much account, but I thought that if you wanted an oak, or a pine, or a peach tree, or a lilac, you would have planted one; but as I knew you wanted a heartsease, I am determined to be the best little heartsease that I can."

Others may do a greater work, but you have your part to do; and no one in all God's heritage can do it so well as you. They who are God's without reserve, are in every state content; for they will only what He wills, and desire to do for Him whatever He desires them to do; they strip themselves of everything, and in this nakedness find all things restored a hundredfold.

Captivating Beauty

Beauty is, without question, the most essential and the most misunderstood of all of God's qualities--of all feminine qualities too. We know it has caused untold pain in the lives of women. But even there something is speaking. Why so much heartache over beauty? We don't ache over being geniuses, or fabulous hockey players. Women ache over the issue of beauty--they ache to be beautiful, to believe they are beautiful, and they worry over keeping it if ever they can find it...

A woman knows, down in her soul, that she longs to bring beauty to the world. She might be mistaken in how (something every woman struggles with), but she longs for a beauty to unveil. This is not just culture, or the need to "get a man." This is in her heart, part of her design.

Captivating, John and Stasi Eldredge

P.S. Ladies, if you haven't read Captivating by John and Stasi Eldredge, buy it or borrow it from someone. I definitely recommend the 52 pages I've read so far!