“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.” -Epicurus (Greek philosopher...my people)

Daily prayer to my daily Valentine

Lord, unweave the web I've wove and tangle me up (again) in You. Capture my soul (again) because You already have my heart---and surely, my body will follow. 

Found this in a journal entry from February 2009. Still seems so applicable.

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

How enticing is that place
The brink of risk
The edge of uncertainty

How captivating is its taste
The end result
Will it be worthy?

How much will it cost
The loss of comfort
The gain of currency

How much is lost
Relationships I've built
Tossed out with urgency

How do I stay
And not hunger
And not yearn

How do I go
And walk away
And not return

A Thousand Words...He Speaks Through Creation

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Assuming that's true, I can't resist the desire to share a few...

(All of the photos below were taken by me. But the dragonfly pictured above was taken by the super lovely Faith)

Sometimes God's brilliance speaks the loudest to me through His creation. The simplicity of something's beauty mixed with the complexity of the entity itself. An entity that seems at first glance to stand alone, but in reality lies so heavily dependent on something bigger than itself. Simply incredible.

Miller knows best...

In an ever-changing world, be consistent. Every organization has room for a rock. (Donald Miller)


Today I left work 30 minutes late cause I lost track of what time I was supposed to leave. I was having too much fun. Try it. (Interpretive movement or conversations about breakdancing are both good places to start). 

Blessed (Period)

Everything God gives me is a blessing...and everything that the Lord doesn't allow me to have is a blessing. 


A better way to view His nature. In His entirety...His offering of a relationship with me is an incredible Blessing.


(An adaptation of something Tara-Leigh Cobble said at Bible Study Tuesday Night).

Even the shallowest of hearts are still searching for something to fill them...


(More posts coming soon. Thanks to all of you who read these blog posts.)

Consistently inconsistent.

(Photo Credit: J. Hall)

(I acknowledge that I need to be more disciplined in my blog writing by posting a little more diligently. Not for others, but for myself.)

So, over the past several months...I've began observing patterns. You know, everyday routines in my life or the lives of those around me or the just in our culture in general. And one thing I've consistently noticed is inconsistence. Interesting, right?

I got to thinking what's so different now from when my mom or grandma were my age. People get married later in life, yes, but is that a bad thing. People change jobs a lot and go back to school to further their education, but that's something to be admired and respected, right? Change is everywhere. But change is great. Or so I seemed to be trying to convince myself.

But what I began to realize is that it isn't going back to school or getting married later in life that has me concerned. It's the "Why?"... It's the lack of consistency and constant desire for change in OUR culture, among OUR generation that seems alarming.

We've become a generation full of indecisiveness. I've changed jobs several times since college, no big deal and I've never thought about it negatively. However, recently I started to examine the WHY? (You know, the most important of all the W's...). Why do I always have the desire to switch things up? Why do I get the itch to move and start all over? Why does marrying one person and accepting them as my husband for a lifetime scare me?

My discovery was discouraging (but nonetheless insightful). Our generation (of course this is a generalization and does not apply to everyone) lacks loyalty. Lacks commitment. Why should I buy into something when something better could hit the market in just a short matter of time?

No big deal though, right? Wrong. Does this aspect of our personality become so second nature that it bleeds over into our relationship with Jesus? Do we lack commitment? Do we lack loyalty? Are we always bought in with just one piece of our heart? Eager to buy into to the next adventure...eager to change? Our we indecisive when it comes to our relationship with the Father? When it comes to following him?

CAN WE BE FRUITFUL WHILE BEING SO INCONSISTENT, SO INDECISIVE?

So, now you know what I've been up to the past few months...or some of it at least.

To be continued...

The fruit needs the root...

‎"The root of your salvation glorifies God privately, and the fruit of your salvation glorifies God publicly." - John Piper