Thursday Morning Listening

Ben Rector // I Wanna Dance With Somebody from capture studios on Vimeo.

You'll love it. I swears.

Wanna Laugh?

Watch this video.

It's the Newby-Daniels-Faber comedy team.
Enjoy!

Liste Joyeux

What's been making me smile lately?

1. Zumba. Zumba. And more zumba. 
2. 5 hours of solitude this afternoon.
3. This video. She's my homegirl.
4. Also, this one.
5. A week's worth of orange creamsicle cookies.
And you guys wonder why I zumba so much...
6. Quality time and conversation with roommates.
7. Spring! Spring!
8. The Village Church, seriously.
9. The Screwtape Letters.
10. Text messages from Poppa and Sassy--
Best parents a girl could ask for.
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 Top: A handmade reminder of truth.

Bottom: This will be the wall above my bed soon. 

(Credit: MoreDesignPlease)

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This Semester I Am...

Delighted to be  
dependent upon Him, 
obedient to Him, and
satisfied in Him. 

I hope your Saturday is shaping up as beautifully as mine is...

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I didn't do it on purpose, but I'll take it. I didn't set aside this morning or a couple of hours this afternoon to sing, read, write, and sing some more, but it happened. Because I'm seriously obsessive compulsive about organizing all remnants of my life, I scribbled my goals, dreams, and plans for the coming semester. (Note: Some call this control, I call it order.) If I'm lucky, these goals and dreams will form a sort of resounding theme for the coming months, a mantra of sorts to cling to.

Dependence.
Obedience.
Satisfaction.
Delight.
Contentment.
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On a lighter note: I've painted my nails for the third time in two weeks (addiction), decided I'm officially in love with Chris Brown (got it from my momma), and dreamed of owning a boutique stationery brand (far fetched).

Have a happy Friday, my few and far between readers!

(Match Book Mag)

One day, when I own a boutique stationery brand, I'm going to take my own pictures...

Two. Thousand. (and). Twelve

Beginnings and fresh starts- I love them. Newness- I love it. Few things are greater than these, so with the beginning of 2012 (ten days ago), happy new year! 
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As most of you probably know, the ushering in of this year wouldn't be nearly as sweet without reflection on 2011, so if you could choose one word to describe your life for the past 365 days, what would it be?

Do you want to know what I would pick? Rescued. That's what I would pick. The past ten days have offered ample time for reflection, and as I have thought about 2011, the fact that I have been rescued becomes more and more evident. I have no doubt that the Lord mightily worked in situations and circumstances in my life to rescue me from that which robbed me of joy and Him of glory. I am certain that He plucked me from familiar surroundings and placed me in unfamiliar ones to rescue me from that which wasn't healthy or beneficial. And what's so beautiful about all of it? I believe He worked in these ways so that maybe, just maybe, I would begin to learn the sweetness of dependency (amongst other things)- dependency solely on Him.

While my New Year's resolution is to not make any New Year's resolutions, I do desire for 2012 to bring me further into the knowledge and love of the Gospel, as well as daily dependency on Him who saved me.

Hopefully I'll write more, too, but no promises.

(photohome.)

2012, get at me.