Posted by Lauren


i wrote this a few months ago on my blog....
right now i am disappointed, in myself, and my lack of discernment.





My secret as obvious as it may be is that I need God--I am shattered and no longer can I make it on my own. I need God to help me give, because I no longer seem to be capable of giving; to help me be kind, as I no longer seem capable of kindness; to help me love, as I seem beyond being able to love. To help me forgive because I am no longer capable of forgiving.

To give me humility, because I was never capable of practicing it on my own.

Yes,
I think my questions are now answered
Me fears are now crushed
My excuses are no longer...



I need God, and that is all there is to it

 

Posted by Lauren

we will remember
we will remember the works of thy hands
we will stop and give you praise
for great is your faithfulness

i need to start remembering then, and stop dwelling on the now
because the now
it's pretty dreary

You can have all this world
But give me Jesus

 

Posted by Lauren

i can't make sense of it...but yet i will still spend countless time trying to analyze it...
& then get absolutely know where

isn't it funny...  

Posted by Lauren

recently i have been reading through Corinthians...once again this morning i was encouraged by God's great love. It was one of those mornings, when my first inclination was not to open the bible, but busy my self with other things.

& once again i was putting all my hope in things, not in my Father who is unchanging.

2 Corinthians 4:8&9
We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.

vs. 16-18
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

Well I don't understand it
I don't think I'll ever comprehend it
It's so hard to conceive it
So I guess I'll just believe it
This will be my finest hour
This will be my finest hour
~ matthew west

Wholly Yours  

Posted by Lauren


I am full of earth
You are heaven’s worth
I am stained with dirt, prone to depravity
You are everything that is bright and clean
The antonym of me
You are divinity


So my day started with dreading something...
i am sure you could all guess what it is.
particularly relating to tomorrow

i was acting like a fool
i was mad
i was being selfish
seeking my own desires
and not how God will grow me the next few months
i am pretty sure ming could tell when i talked to her this morning that i just wasn't myself

& i haven't gotten over it
but i was freshly reminded as this song came on my itunes that you know what
it doesn't matter
my Father is in control
he knows
he knows everything

it's going to be okay, it's going to be okay, it's going to be okay.

Love so incredible to know
It's never gonna go
Never gonna go

I'm finding everything I'll ever need
By giving up gaining everything
Falling for You for eternity
Right here at Your feet
Where I wanna be
I am Yours





ready guys???  

Posted by Lauren


you know what my favorite is???

carrying my books around, not just any books nooo but a good 30 pounds of books...it makes me feel smart :)

 

Posted by Lauren

you want to know what i think?


oh nvm

you don't want to know what i think

i don't even know what to think

it's a crazy thing called Life I guess...

they even made a game out of it

to leave you with a picture:



Ming and I strongly recommend this book
even though we haven't read it...but don't take our word for it, read it yourself...then tell us how you like it

haha maybe i should audition to be on Reading Rainbow (anyone remember that show?)


Why do we like to take pictures in bookstores...."don't ask!"

want to know something?  

Posted by Lauren

My God is so great...
so great that there isn't one thing you could say about Him to downgrade who He really is...and you want to know something...there just isn't one word that can sufficiently sum up His being...and you want to know something else that is amazing, my situation seems pretty crappy to me right now...but for some reason He has chosen to give me joy about it. The kind that makes you want to jump off of a cliff and dive into His ocean of pure love

that is what is so marveling...


& i can't remember a trial or pain he did not recycle to bring me gain...

i wish  

Posted by Lauren


i wish i could say some things, i wish that when i said them they could come out right, i wish they could come out in love, and genuine care. I really wish my heart would just scream the truth so my tongue wouldn't have a chance to mess it up. i don't think i will ever be able to say it though...

it's funny how these little things make me run for my savior even harder...

in it's own funny way though it brings me joy...

ha. that made no sense to you did it?
that's okay...maybe one day you will understand...

i just can't tell you now...it just won't come out right

 

Posted by Lauren

i'm so selfish....