Happy Happy Happy List #4

1. Brooke Fraser's album, Albertine.
2. Wintery mix in the forecast for tomorrow. (!)
3. Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis.
4. Any & every Origins product.
5. Anticipating date night!
6. Dad's servant heart. He washed & waxed my car.
7. Song of Solomon 2:3-7
8. Baking this apple tart. And eating it.
9. The Script's album, Science and Faith.
10. A made bed.












(P.C.: Smitten Kitchen)

Welcome, 2011

Quiet. All I can hear is the hum of my laptop, & amidst this quiet, not much is rustling through my mind, but I have been sporadically pondering what twenty-eleven will look like…I have yet to think of New Year’s “Resolutions,” because I never keep them, but I’ve resolved thus far to take this- this life- one day at a time. Even that is hard.

One day. A lot can change in one day. A lot of people die in one day. A lot of people are born in one day. And these are just two events amongst a bazillion that a single human being could experience in a day’s time. How about 365 days? How differently does your life look now than it did January 6, 2010? Mine looks much different. The Lord has given, & He has taken away. May He be praised.

I foresee much change this next year, & if I may be honest, it scares me. I don’t know what the Lord has in store for those around me, our relationships, our time together. I don’t know what He has in store for my life, my time, my future. I feel as if I can kind of guess, but even then, I remember that my God is not a time line I have written. My God is not myself. Although my heart would love to plot out each day’s agenda, plan all important events, & live according to a schedule, I can't do that. I cannot put my hope in life as it has been or how I want it to be. I can only be founded in the hope of Christ in me, the hope of glory & live a life that glorifies Him.

So, as this year continues, I am set on becoming a woman devoted to the expansion of the Gospel, selfless in my actions and thoughts, obsessed with communicating with the God Most High, intent on spending time with the Lover of my soul every single day. These are just a few thoughts I have conjured up this morning, but mostly, I have decided that each day I wake up, I must decide who or what I am going to put my hope in. Who will be my foundation this year? I want to be founded in Christ. I really do.

Change cannot make me uneasy in 2011 as Christ is the foundation of my times (Isaiah 33:6). In Him, I will put my hope. In Him, I will stand. I am sure of these things, & I can't wait to see what this year brings!

 

(P.C.: pennyweight. Love her blog!)

When the world has fallen out from under me,
I'll be found in you, still standing.
When the sky rolls up and mountains fall on their knees,
When time and space are through,
I'll be found in you.

I hope you have a pretty 2011!

Updates

Christmas has passed, New Year's is approaching, & the boyfriend & I are heading to Austin, TX this weekend to celebrate the union of two friends. His friends, namely, but they can be my friends, too! Anyway, the blog will remain the same, but I'm trying to figure out how to make small changes here & there. Some changes have happened, some are forthcoming..

Stay tuned?

Can I?

Can I add a few things to my happy list? Thanks.

I would like to add Suzi Skis in the Pyrenees nail polish.
Another big round of applause to OPI.
And peppermint ice cream. Someone needs to sell this year round.

What makes you happy?
Please have a pretty Monday, my faithful eight followers.

Edit:// Ten days until that Aggie boyfriend of mine comes home. All I can say is "whoop." Eleven days until a much anticipated Future of Forestry concert (check out their Christmas albums)!

Happy List #3!

A few more things that make my heart swell with gladness...

1. Seeing Christmas lights out my windows.
2. Dads who can fix the world (at least it seems).
3. Snowflakes on various cans & cups. Starbucks? Coca-Cola?
4. Oral-B Essential Floss.
5. December 15th.
6. Clean rooms.
7. Coffee on a Saturday morning. It's just better.
8. Pomegranate & mango body wash.
9. The Grinch. Cartoon & Jim Carrey.
10. Bath & Body Works Christmas lotions. Dig 'em.

(A little bit of cooking...)
I hope you're enjoying the Christmas season, too!

Give Me a Sight, O Savior

Oh me, oh my. Two posts in one day! Again! It can't be...
But, really. This hymn has pierced my heart tonight. I must share it.

Give me a sight, O Savior,
Of Thy wondrous love to me,
Of the love that brought Thee down to earth,
To die on Calvary.

Oh, make me understand it,
Help me to take it in,
What it meant to Thee, the Holy One,
To bear away my sin.

Was it the nails, O Savior,
That bound Thee to the tree?
Nay, 'twas Thine everlasting love,
Thy love for me, for me.

Oh, wonder of all wonders,
That through Thy death for me,
My open sins, my secret sins,
Can all forgiven be.

Then melt my heart, O Savior,
Bend me, yea, break me down,
Until I own Thee Conqueror,
And Lord and Sov'reign crown.

Have a happy Monday, please!

Happy List #2

These things make me happy. Elated, really.

1. Sufjan Stevens' Song for Christmas. (+hisholidayPandorastation!)
2. Quiet.
3. Cranberry Oatmeal White Choc. Chip Cheesecake Bars.
4. A vacuumed floor.
5. Reunions.
6. Coffee. In any shape or form.
7. Paper products. Journals, stationary, cards, you name it.
8. My noise machine.
9. Two blankets while sleeping.
10. Being known by God.

(P.C.: ohmydeer!)