this weekend.

i found psalm 38.

wow.

she is home once again.

and i'm very glad about that.





and just to warn you, i think i'll be absent from the blogging world for the rest of the summer cause i'm too tired to get back into it. but i'll be back in the fall FOR SURE.

i caved.

okay...so i admit i'm reading the 'forbidden books'.

:) i'm very much enjoying them.

lately

...light the fire again...

this is for my dear Amy

Zephaniah 3:17

D A G

The Lord your God is with you

D A G

He is mighty to save

D A G

He will take great delight in you

A D

He will quiet you with His love

D A

He will rejoice singing over you

Bm G

He will quiet you with His love

D A

Yes, He will rejoice singing over you

G A D

For with you, He takes great delight

D

He will lighten your load (lighten your load)

A

He will gather you (gather you)

Bm G

He will rescue you, He will rescue you,

D

He will lift you up (lift you up)

A

Wipe away the pain (wipe away the pain)

Bm G

He will rescue you, He will rescue you

Majesty

F^#m E D A D

Here I am humbled by your Majesty

A E
Covered by your grace so free

F^#m E D A D
Here I am, knowing I'm a sinful man

A E
Covered by the blood of the Lamb

F^#m G^#m A F^#m G^#m A
Now I've found the greatest love of all is mine

Bm
Since you laid down your life

D
The greatest sacrifice

Chorus:

A E F^#m D
Majesty, Majesty

A E
Your grace has found me just as I am

F^#m D
Empty handed, but alive in your hands
Majesty, Majesty
Forever I am changed by your love
In the presence of your Majesty

Here I am humbled by the love that you give
Forgiven so that I can forgive
Here I stand, knowing that I'm your desire
Sanctified by glory and fire

Now I've found the greatest love of all is mine
Since you laid down your life
The greatest sacrifice

Chorus

St. Patrick's Prayer

St. Patrick & Dwight Beal

Intro: D2 D2/Bb D2/C D2/G (2X)

Dm Bb

Christ be with me and within me

C G

Christ behind me and before

Dm Bb

Christ beside me and to win me

C Dm

Christ to comfort and restore

C Bb+7

Christ beneath me and above me

Gm7 Asus A

Christ in quiet and in danger

Dm Bb

Christ in hearts of all that love me

Gm7 Am7

Christ in mouth of friend and stranger (intro)

F C

Christ in every heart that’s broken

Dm Bb

Christ in every joy and pain

F/A Bb

Christ in every word that’s spoken

Csus C F

Christ in sun and moon and rain

Bb C

Christ in resting and in rising

Dm Bb

Christ the Lord of all my life

F/A Bb

Christ to guide me and to shield me

C D2

Christ protecting me in strife (intro)

You Laid Aside

You laid aside Your majesty
Gave up everything for me
Suffered at the hand of those You had created
You took all my sin and same
When You died and rose again
Now today You reign in heaven and earth exalted

I really want to worship You my Lord
You have won my heart and I am Yours
Forever and ever I will love You
You are the only one who died for me
Gave Your life to set me free
So I lift my hands to You in adoration

deydrated.

yes, that can be taken literally and figuratively.

pictures i've been meaning to post

trying to distract myself...

of the day.

today's verse: huh. Yeah.

what profit is it if you gain the world (everything you could ever want)

but lose your soul (the ultimate of eternity)?

- - -

I have perma-dirt. Major.

entering another world

sorry for the lack of posts.

i've joined the throngs in the summer job joys.

of broken backs and aching muscles.

AHHHHHHHHH!

somehow that didn't make me feel better.

my new obsession

THE SKY

for great is Your love, higher
than the heavens;
Your faithfulness reaches to
the skies.

Be exalted, O God, above the
heavens,
and let Your glory be over all
the earth.

Ps 108:4-5

i'm especially fascinated by it at dusk, and when i'm driving.

and lightning shows are breath-taking.

you don't always have to hold your head higher than your heart.

It's strange how one minute you can be laughing so hard you almost cry, and the next you are sad and feel lonely. One minute you can be full of thankfulness and praise, the next minute you feel tired and grumpy.

let my mouth be filled with Your praise
and Your glory ALL the day
then my soul which You have redeemed
SHALL sing unto Your name.
(ps71)

wake me up when it's over.

in the meantime, i'll try to practice hard.

some things.

it takes me forever to fall asleep these days. and my sleep is never a good sleep. i think i need to go back to work.

i can't wait until my exam is over so i can go to work and not feel lazy at home. and i'm getting sick of practicing the same old songs every day. one more week!

there are some people that i really need to hang out with again. cause it's been too long.

youth group is over after tomorrow night. i'm kind of sad about that.

life can seem very boring and repetitive sometimes.

i seem to have forgotten about journaling.

- - - - -

some musings on the whole concept of love in the Bible. love for others.

love is not self-seeking.
love always protects.
loves does no harm to its neighbor.
love must be sincere.
love honors one another above yourself.
love is being devoted to one another.
love is a debt that is never finished being paid.
love fulfills the law.

love is a garment that i often forget to put on.

*exclamation mark*

so that last two times I've been to the mall, I've heard Jack Johnson playing. I like that.


i also heard a version of that song that Justine likes on youtube...the one with Naturally Seven singing on the train.

coldplay is a good example

I don't understand the lyrics of songs until I experience what they are talking about. It happens every time I don't understand a song. Something eventually happens or someone talks about something or I learn something in my life, and then the next time I happen to listen to the song, it makes total sense. And I end up loving the song. And forever after, that song reminds of that particular time in my life.


Pretty cool actually. Like, people learn things in their life that I will learn eventually too. Except that they can put them into mysteriously perfect words and write a song about it. And those mysterious words are opened up suddenly and I'm on the inside of their secret. Sharing in what they've learned.

before the thunder rolled tonight...

Mom's camera is pretty much amazing.

in the dark.

the sound of a train whistle in the dark is very lonely.

on a happier note......oh wait, maybe not.

The 'happier note' referring to the three adorable kittens born on my birthday in our barn.





The 'maybe not' referring to the death of one of the four kittens born a week after my birthday in our barn.

"I Asked the Lord"

sometimes it hurts real bad that she's not here.