I was reading in Psalm 23 and 143 yesterday and some of the verses spoke to my heart. In Psalm 23 it says "He leadeth me in paths of righteousness for His Name's sake." I thought about how God leads us in paths of righteousness so that we can give Him a good name. A good reputation. We as His creation, and even more as His children, are a reflection on Him. People should see Him when they see us because He is living in us!
Then the verse "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever." How wonderful :) Even though I don't deserve it, God is always merciful and good to me.
In Psalm 143 I really liked verses 1, 8 & 10.
1. "Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications: in Thy faithfulness answer me, and in Thy righteousness."
8. "Cause me to hear Thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in Thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto Thee."
10. "Teach me to do Thy will; for Thou art my God: Thy Spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness."
Thank you God for your everlasting faithfulness!
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
Spirit of God Descend Upon My Heart
Spirit of God, descend upon my heart;
wean it from earth; through all its pulses move;
stoop to my weakness, mighty as thou art,
and make me love thee as I ought to love.
Has thou not bid me love thee, God and King?
All, all thine own, soul, heart and strength and mind.
I see thy cross; there teach my heart to cling.
O let me seek thee, and O let me find.
Teach me to feel that thou art always nigh;
teach me the struggles of the soul to bear.
To check the rising doubt, the rebel sigh,
teach me the patience of unanswered prayer.
Teach me to love thee as thine angels love,
one holy passion filling all my frame;
the kindling of the heaven-descended Dove,
my heart an altar, and thy love the flame.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Grate Is Thy Faithfulness
Great is Thy faithfulness," O God my Father,
There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not
As Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be.
Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above,
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.
Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
Thy own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
BLESSINGS ALL MINE WITH TEN THOUSAND BESIDE!
Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided—
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
1 John 5:14 And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask any thing according to His will, he heareth us.
There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not
As Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be.
Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above,
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.
Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
Thy own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
BLESSINGS ALL MINE WITH TEN THOUSAND BESIDE!
Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided—
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
1 John 5:14 And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask any thing according to His will, he heareth us.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
weekend at the V pt. 2
Sunday we went to our beloved Southeast church. The message was so good. Pastor Ray talked about loving God. How do we show God our love? He preached on Mary, the sinful woman who came and anointed Jesus' feet with expensive perfume. He asked us, "when was the last time we brought Jesus and expensive gift?" and it made everyone think. When was the last time I really sacrificed something for Jesus? I mean really? I have my quiet times w/ Him just about every day, and I love it. But when was the last time I brought Him an expensive gift, something that cost me alot of time or resources? Christ has sacrificed everything for me. I want to give something of value back to Him...
Sunday afternoon Josh and I played foosball with Daniel and Hannah Witten. They're so cute :) Afterwards we went and played Dutch Blitz w/ 6 others. That was alot of fun. That evening we had prayer & praise. We sang and worshiped the Lord and prayed together. It was a wonderful time of worship and fellowship.
After prayer & praise, I met one of the '11 students. She said she assumed the guy I was with was my brother. I was like, well, not exactly. lol. I told her Josh was my fiance. She said that we looked alike, which I took as a very nice compliment :)
Before we knew it, it was time for the super bowl party. They had awesome food there! All kinds of goodies. "Adam and the Chipmunks" (Josh, SamJo, Peter & Adam) sang Brighten the Corner during half time. It was awesome! Everyone loved it and I was so proud of Josh ;)
After the surprising turn out of the game, everyone milled about and chatted for a while. Then the '09ers gathered in the lobby and reminisced and talked for a couple hours. We finally went to bed around 2:45am.
Monday morning we all got up to see Darren and Nathan off. Then we got some coffee and went to chapel. That was fun. We talked in the hallway for a while after that while all the students had their accountability groups. Then we packed up, said goodbye to our dear friends and headed out.
A little ways down the road we decided to go to breakfast and called Rhett and Sarah and had them come join us. It was great just chilling and talking. Then we got on the road at 11 and headed south.
We weren't too far into the trip when something went wrong w/ the car. :P We stopped for gas and noticed the car was smoking. We had noticed this the day before and checked it out, but couldn't locate the problem. After a bit the smoke died down so Josh decided to drive to the next exit and look at it again. This time he found the problem. The upper hose by the radiator was leaking. It was so good. We saw God at work the whole time. We had stopped at a diner, and right across the street was a little shop where this nice old guy repaired and sold used cars. He tried to fix the hose, but it was old and really needed to be replaced. His name was John White. John drove us all over town and we went to 3 different stores before we found the right part. It was only $10 :) As we drove around town we were able to talk to John and share the gospel. He said he believed what the Bible said, but that he believed that he was a good person and was hoping he'd get into heaven some day. We shared with him that he could be sure of his salvation, but he only replied that he hoped our God was the right god. :( He needs prayer. We believe we were sent to share that with him, and are praying that God brings someone else along his path to continue to point him to the Savior. John drove back to our car which we had left at the shop, and put the new hose on. All in all, it took an hr of our time and cost $10 for the part. We gave John a track and something for his trouble. God was definitely with us and worked everything out for good. It could have been alot more complicated and we were really grateful to the Lord and to John.
The rest of the trip home went pretty well. We stopped to get the car washed (from all the salt and snow and slush that was caked on it) and we stopped for dinner. We got home at 11pm. It was a great trip and our friends made it so worth it! We love you guys! Hope to see you again soon!
weekend at the V pt. 1
Crazy weekend! :) Here is my stream-of-consciousness post about this weekend...
Friday was busy. Josh was at work and I was busy w/ things at home. We randomly decided to go visit Verity and surprise our friends there over the weekend. We heard that several of our friends were going to be there for the super bowl. It was going to be a 9ish hr. drive. We needed to leave in the middle of the night Sat morning so we could be there by brunch Sat. We were going to eat dinner Fri night and take a nap before getting up to drive. Josh is assistant coach of the basketball team and we had a game Fri night.
Around dinner time, Josh called me and said that we were going to leave right after dinner, head to the game, and get on the road to Indy right after that. So I scurried around packing our stuff and getting a good supply of snacks. Josh came home and we ate and ran to the game.
The game went really well in the first 1/2. But the other team dominated the second 1/2. :/
After the game we ran back to school, tied up some loose ends, and hit the road to Indy around 10:30. I drove the first few hours while Josh slept. It was rainy/snowy and very foggy. The mountain roads I was driving on were very curvy and windy. It was definitely an experience. :) Josh took over around 2am and drove the rest of the way.
The trip took way longer than it was supposed to because of the weather. After Cincinnati we got on to highway 74 and the roads were terrible. We were going 30mph and even stopped dead and turned the car off and sat for 20 min on the road!
We finally pulled into the V around 11:45 - 13 hours later. We were really tired, but stopped by a McDonald's and freshened up before getting to the V. We were excited about seeing our friends and surprising them. The timing was perfect. We called Darren to wish him happy birthday and he put Josh on speakerphone so he could say hi to everyone. Josh acted like it was no fair that Darren was at the V and Darren said "you guys should be here right now!" Then we walked in the door. It was priceless. It was so worth the long drive the night before. They were all shocked to see us. They said the weekend just got that much more amazing when we walked in :)
It was SUCH a good weekend. Josh and I hung out w/ Rhett and Sarah and had a blast w/ them. We did all the Verity things. Ultimate frisbee, rook, Dutch Blitz, and foosball. It was awesome. Josh and I owned at foosball ;)
After brunch we hung around greeting all our old friends and chatting. Josh played a few rounds of ping-pong then we headed out in the snow and played Ultimate. Then we came in and relaxed w/ some hot chocolate and a game of rook.
For Darren's birthday Saturday night we went to a Mongolian restaurant. It was awesome.We experimented with different foods and I had duck for the first time (tastes like chicken). I also ate little octopus legs. It was kind of gross. Too chewy! lol :P It was an awesome time. Great food and great friends! We played rook while waiting to get our food, and SamJo came and hung out w/ us too. :)
We got back to the V around 10 and wanted to hang out, but Josh and I were exhausted from the night before. So we went to bed and got 11 hrs of much needed sleep. I got to stay w/ my awesome roommate Bethany and Josh stayed w/ our good friend SamJo. :) It was a great day!
Friday was busy. Josh was at work and I was busy w/ things at home. We randomly decided to go visit Verity and surprise our friends there over the weekend. We heard that several of our friends were going to be there for the super bowl. It was going to be a 9ish hr. drive. We needed to leave in the middle of the night Sat morning so we could be there by brunch Sat. We were going to eat dinner Fri night and take a nap before getting up to drive. Josh is assistant coach of the basketball team and we had a game Fri night.
Around dinner time, Josh called me and said that we were going to leave right after dinner, head to the game, and get on the road to Indy right after that. So I scurried around packing our stuff and getting a good supply of snacks. Josh came home and we ate and ran to the game.
The game went really well in the first 1/2. But the other team dominated the second 1/2. :/
After the game we ran back to school, tied up some loose ends, and hit the road to Indy around 10:30. I drove the first few hours while Josh slept. It was rainy/snowy and very foggy. The mountain roads I was driving on were very curvy and windy. It was definitely an experience. :) Josh took over around 2am and drove the rest of the way.
The trip took way longer than it was supposed to because of the weather. After Cincinnati we got on to highway 74 and the roads were terrible. We were going 30mph and even stopped dead and turned the car off and sat for 20 min on the road!
We finally pulled into the V around 11:45 - 13 hours later. We were really tired, but stopped by a McDonald's and freshened up before getting to the V. We were excited about seeing our friends and surprising them. The timing was perfect. We called Darren to wish him happy birthday and he put Josh on speakerphone so he could say hi to everyone. Josh acted like it was no fair that Darren was at the V and Darren said "you guys should be here right now!" Then we walked in the door. It was priceless. It was so worth the long drive the night before. They were all shocked to see us. They said the weekend just got that much more amazing when we walked in :)
It was SUCH a good weekend. Josh and I hung out w/ Rhett and Sarah and had a blast w/ them. We did all the Verity things. Ultimate frisbee, rook, Dutch Blitz, and foosball. It was awesome. Josh and I owned at foosball ;)
After brunch we hung around greeting all our old friends and chatting. Josh played a few rounds of ping-pong then we headed out in the snow and played Ultimate. Then we came in and relaxed w/ some hot chocolate and a game of rook.
For Darren's birthday Saturday night we went to a Mongolian restaurant. It was awesome.We experimented with different foods and I had duck for the first time (tastes like chicken). I also ate little octopus legs. It was kind of gross. Too chewy! lol :P It was an awesome time. Great food and great friends! We played rook while waiting to get our food, and SamJo came and hung out w/ us too. :)
We got back to the V around 10 and wanted to hang out, but Josh and I were exhausted from the night before. So we went to bed and got 11 hrs of much needed sleep. I got to stay w/ my awesome roommate Bethany and Josh stayed w/ our good friend SamJo. :) It was a great day!
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Awesome week :)
Visiting Josh this week! :) I had a fun ride down to SC last Wednesday. :) It was fun hanging out w/ my brother and cousins. We stopped by my uncle's house in NC on the way and then met Josh in SC. My cousin Ryan graduated from the marines on Friday the 29th. We're very proud of him. He did very well and graduated one of the top marines in his platoon. He also grew alot closer to the Lord while he was down there. That was the best part of it. :)
On Friday we got snow :) It was really cute. I was at school w/ Josh and all the kids were freaking out because of the snow. hehe. It was nothing to me, having lived in up north my whole life. But everyone here was really excited about it. It was enough to snowboard down the hill in the front yard anyway!
The roads were very icy on Saturday. So icy that it was dangerous to go out. So we had a fun day at home sleeping in, cleaning up, playing games, eating hot soup and homemade bread, sipping coffee and watching movies :)
Sunday, church was moved to 3pm so the ice on the roads had time to melt. We got to sleep in again and go snowboarding down the hill :) Josh, Ben, Joel and I had a great time. Ben and Joel made a little jump. We videoed everyone trying out the jump and caught some funny moments on tape :)
The service really good, and choir was fun. We sang selections from The Majesty and Glory. Good stuff. We had Pizza Hut for dinner. Good stuff. Hadn't had that in a long time. after dinner we played Mario on the wii. :) Then went and hung out at a friend's house and played Sequence and watched a movie.
Yesterday was a snow day so everyone was off of school. The snow is all gone now and it's raining outside. But it's gonna be a good day :)
This week Josh and I memorized Isaiah 9:1-6. I like verse 6. I prayed that God will be all of that to me. He is my Wonderful, my Counselor, my Mighty God, my Everlasting Father, and my Prince of Peace. :) Whether or not I deserve it, He is always faithful.
Thank you God for Your love. You are Amazing God! :)
On Friday we got snow :) It was really cute. I was at school w/ Josh and all the kids were freaking out because of the snow. hehe. It was nothing to me, having lived in up north my whole life. But everyone here was really excited about it. It was enough to snowboard down the hill in the front yard anyway!
The roads were very icy on Saturday. So icy that it was dangerous to go out. So we had a fun day at home sleeping in, cleaning up, playing games, eating hot soup and homemade bread, sipping coffee and watching movies :)
Sunday, church was moved to 3pm so the ice on the roads had time to melt. We got to sleep in again and go snowboarding down the hill :) Josh, Ben, Joel and I had a great time. Ben and Joel made a little jump. We videoed everyone trying out the jump and caught some funny moments on tape :)
The service really good, and choir was fun. We sang selections from The Majesty and Glory. Good stuff. We had Pizza Hut for dinner. Good stuff. Hadn't had that in a long time. after dinner we played Mario on the wii. :) Then went and hung out at a friend's house and played Sequence and watched a movie.
Yesterday was a snow day so everyone was off of school. The snow is all gone now and it's raining outside. But it's gonna be a good day :)
This week Josh and I memorized Isaiah 9:1-6. I like verse 6. I prayed that God will be all of that to me. He is my Wonderful, my Counselor, my Mighty God, my Everlasting Father, and my Prince of Peace. :) Whether or not I deserve it, He is always faithful.
Thank you God for Your love. You are Amazing God! :)
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