I love everything about this.

A list.

I feel uneasy in my own decisions; but trusting and learning confidence in His care for me.

I will rest in grace.

I should not worry.

I want a heart that isn't so deceptive.

I can't wait to go to Mexico this July and Singapore/Philippines in January! Saving for those as we speak :)

I have been listening to Of Monsters and Men. King and Lionheart on repeat for days.

I think it's bizarre how massive this world is, and how beautiful creation and sunsets and animals are, yet God still loves us more than that. He sees righteousness when he looks at us; we are made in HIS image. How nuts is that!?

I like how many amazing people have been brought into my life all because of one year in San Francisco.

I struggle with insecurities and recognizing how they affect my behavior.

I plan on pursuing dependency on God with everything I have.

I rejoice in knowing God looks down on me with love, care, compassion, and infinite mercy. 

Borrowed from my legit friend Erin.

Abba, father, papa, daddy.

I've been thinking about God as father a lot lately. Especially after being at the orphanage and surrounded by the 'fatherless.' I feel like God is continuing to nudge me on what it means for God to be a father, Abba. A good friend told me about this song and I'm in love with it. Enjoy.

He cares.

Our true hope is not that we can be strong enough to heal our own blindness, but that Jesus actually knows, sees, cares, and is powerful enough to do something about it.


From here.

Beauty.

CH Spurgeon does it again. MMM.

You have no place in which to pour your troubles except the ear of God. If you tell them to your friends, you but put your troubles out a moment, and they will return again. Roll your burden unto God, and you have rolled it into a great deep, out of which it will never by any possibility rise. Cast your troubles where you cast your sins; you have cast your sins into the depths of the sea, there cast your troubles also. Never keep a trouble half an hour on your own mind before you tell it to God. As soon as the trouble comes, quick, the first thing, tell it to your Father.

PEACE

I think God is trying to nudge my stubborn heart and mind with peace; a peace that surpasses all understanding. 

A peace that comes from God, by the means of Jesus making peace through his blood. 

"Now may the Lord of peace himself give you his peace at all times and in every situation." 2 Thess 3:16

I can't control time or people. I can't be everywhere at once and expect to be rested as well. I'm stubborn and need the peace of Christ to dwell in my heart at all times. I need to cast my cares on him the first chance I get. What a waste it is to let myself become overwhelmed when I am given access to a trusting, faithful, loving, and kind provider. Why should I worry? 

My jaded mind can't understand how God hears all my prayers, knows my hopes and fears, knows exactly what I need,  knows exactly where I fall, etc. It's too much for me to understand. And that's exactly why I need a peace that surpasses all understanding. 

A peace greater than intellectual wisdom....

A peace based in the confidence of the sovereign rule of the God of the universe, who is also the God of my heart.

My King and my best friend. 

That's my main desire right now. 

In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, O Lord, will keep me safe.
Psalm 4:8