Mighty To Save

The smiles in the photos, year to year
Remind everyone in the pews why we're here
A summer filled with prayer and devotion
Give the growing hearts more than empty emotion

Senior night, bus rides, young love and more
Silly games, saving grace, a reason to live for
Gently teaching, quietly showing and guiding along
Every hug and wiped tear, every praise and worship song

Even now, as the years have passed
The legacy of those summers live on in new faces
Group shots, nightly devotion, "flashback" and songs
The heart of those summers continue to move along....in Him.

{Youth Camp Summers}

Explaining To The Bosses

"A woman's heart should be so lost in God that a man needs to seek Him in order to find her." ~ Unknown

Story of the Neighbors

I've been nostalgic of the memories these two ladies have given me over the last six years. Great friends, great time, great roommates. Great sisters.

There Is No Doubt

Stephanie's Top 5 Things To Do This Week:

5. Fold laundry that has been sitting in the basket since last Tuesday
4. Go to the grocery store
3. Finish reading book for book club (duchessess and dukes don't impress me much)
2. Chill out for once
1. Beat the highest level of difficulty on Spider Solitaire (this is a very hard task!)

I listened to Christmas music last night. It was definitely time for a little Christmas cheer :)

In All Your Ways

Just now marked the third time in two days that I have come across Proverbs 3:5-6.

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths."

I've seen this verse in very random places and it has reminded me how much God is a part of my everyday life. It's easy to forget that he is there when I'm frustrated at work or in a meeting, or eating a snack, or doing anything. He's there and I need to trust Him.

I've had trouble lately with completely trusting him with the BIG stuff. The life decisions that I feel I should have the greatest control over. And I find it no coincidence that this verse has continually been around me the last few days. What a fresh and amazing reminder of the freedom we have to just have FAITH.

Asking Him To Change His Ways

Have you ever thought about what protects our hearts?
Just a cage of rib bones and other various parts
So it's fairly simple to cut right through the mess,
And to stop the muscle that makes us confess

And we are so fragile,
And our cracking bones make noise,
And we are just,
Breakable, breakable, breakable girls and boys

And you fasten my seat belt because it is the law
In your two ton death trap I finally saw
A piece of love in your face that bathed me in regret
Then you drove me to places I'll never forget

And we are so fragile,
And our cracking bones make noise,
And we are just,
Breakable, breakable, breakable girls and boys...

-- "Breakable," Ingrid Michaelson

Holy Guacamole

Man - it's been a while. Lots of stuff happening, eh?

Well the highlights are as follows:
24. hospital. gross-ness. work. birthday. work. immodium. saltines. work. national champions! work. sprite. more birthday. work. and work.

Half of 2009 is gone. My favorite half is yet to come (football! fall!) but this summer has turned out to be slower than expected, which is nice. Friends, family, food and food.

Cheers!