"In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express."

Oh the power of prayer! This is the verse for today's My Utmost For His Highest and what a blessing it is for today. Last night, or really early this morning, after i got ( Read more... )

I've been reading a book my Leslie Ludy and this is a song her and her husband wrote...

Faithfully by Eric and Leslie Ludy

Tonight I saw a shooting star
Made me wonder where you are
For years I have been dreaming of you
And I wonder if you're thinking of me too
In this world of cheap romance
And love that only fades after the dance
They say that i'm ( Read more... )

Today i woke up with this overwhelming feeling of doubt. Doubt about God and is all this really worth anything. I've been trying to really super charge my relationship with Christ and get to know Him more and more. Trying to study more of His word and make Him my true focus. I've felt lead in many different ways but this morning i just have this ( Read more... )

"She'd learned other stuff too. How to gain seventeen pounds eating cafeteria food and chocolate at night when you felt lonely. How to be invisible to guys. How to not wake up for your nine o'clock psychology class. how to wear sweatshirts almost ever day because you felt self-conscious about your body. how to elude the people you loved most in ( Read more... )

"Why don't we have pubs in America? Or cozy little villages? When I think of England, these things are the things I think of. And tea shops. When I think of America, I think of oversized strip malls and chain restaurants. It's all very depressing."

A Walk with Jane Austen by Lori Smith

this is what i've read the past 3 weeks...

6.) Lost and Found by Carolyn Parkhurst
7.) Pandora by Anne Rice
8.) Bollywood Nights by Shobhaa De (although i didn't finish...i couldn't get into it)
9.) The Story Jar by Robin Lee Hatcher, Deborah Bedford, Angela Elwell Hunt
10.) The Dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst

and i just started to read Interview with ( Read more... )

so far this summer i've done a lot of reading with my free time, mostly when i'm at home and i just wanna get away to a quiet place and relax...

1.) Prince Caspian by CS Lewis
2.) Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (twice*)
3.) New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (twice*)
4.) Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (twice*)
5.) Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

and ( Read more... )

for some reason this song makes me want to cry just about every time i listen to it...

Mary's Song (Oh My My My) by Taylor Swift

She said, I was seven and you were nine
I looked at you like the stars that shined
In the sky, the pretty lights
And our daddies used to joke about the two of us
Growing up and falling in love and our mamas smiled
And rolled ( Read more... )

so i've been home for 4 full days...that doesn't sound like a lot of time but i feel like i've been here FOREVER. my days are short too...i sleep in til like ten and then i go to bed at like 11 or 12. very boring...i've been working on my room too...ugh. it's a long process. it's a messy process....but it must be done. it's gonna look freakin ( Read more... )

1-2 The Word was first,
      the Word present to God,
      God present to the Word.
   The Word was God,
      in readiness for God from day one.
 3-5Everything was created through him;
      nothing-not one thing!-
      came into being without him.
   What came into existence was Life,
      and the Life was Light to live by.
   The Life-Light ( Read more... )