You Are Beautiful

The days will come when you don't have the strength

When all you hear is you're not worth anything

Wondering if you ever could be loved

And if they truly saw your heart they'd see too much

You're beautiful, you're beautiful

You are made for so much more than all of this

You're beautiful, you're beautiful

You are treasured, you are sacred, you are His, you're beautiful

And praying that you have the heart to find

Cause you are more than what is hurting you tonight

For all the lies you've held inside so long

And they are nothing in the shadow of the cross

Before you ever took a breath, long before the world began

Of all the wonders He possessed, there was one more precious

Of all the earth and skies above

You're the one He madly loves enough to death

You're beautiful, you're beautiful in His eyes

You're beautiful

You were meant for so much more than all of this

You're beautiful

You are treasured, you are sacred, you are His

You're beautiful, you're beautiful

You're meant for so much more than all of this

You're beautiful, you're beautiful

You are treasured, you are sacred, you are His

(Beautiful-MercyMe)

We are people who want to be wanted. I think it is also a very real struggle especially among women to feel beautiful in today's society. When Society tries to tell us what beautiful is, we tell ourselves that we aren't. I love that God made us IN HIS IMAGE. I love to see the BEAUTY God has created, and the Beauty that God is, and that God calls us beautiful and we are his most PRECIOUS of all CREATION. He finds us CAPTIVATING. He TREASURES us. We are a HOLY and CHOSEN people BELONGING to God.

You're the one He madly loves enough to death

Lets Play Pretend...

Remember when we used to play pretend and put moms nylons on our heads? With multiple pairs we could manage long black hair that we braided and would travel down our backs past our bums. With just a couple of pairs of nylons each, along with a couple of head bands, we transformed into INDIAN PRINCESS SPIES!

Were we allowed to use moms nylons? No we weren't. We stretched them and put runs in them. So partially while we played this game we were spies. We crawled on the ground through "no-mans-land" which is also the kitchen where mom was washing dishes. Sometimes when we crawled, one of us would purposely step on the others "hair" and it would fall off. We would roar with laugher at the thought that our hair just fell off.

I remember Indian Princess Spies with you. The imagination of a child is quite beautiful. This memory makes me smile. I wonder how many pairs of mom's stockings we ruined.

Father Me.

You have loved me with such a perfect love,

Fathered me with such a tender touch.

Your faithfulness surrounds my soul,

Your mercy lifts my head.

How could I repay all You have done?

Father me, faithful Father.

Father me;

No one else could ever be

The perfect Father God to me.

You now clothe me with Your righteousness,

Hide me in the shadow of Your wings.

And even in my darkest days,

Your light will guide my way.

Hallelujah to the King of grace

(Paul Oakly "Father Me)

I think back to what happened in Haiti just over a year ago. Thousands of people lost their lives in an earthquake. Thousands of children lost their fathers.

I think of children who never had a father figure. Their father let them down. Especially for those who fear their father will do hurtful things to them.

...there are so many stories.

Let God be your father, because no matter what comes your way, He is there. He will never leave you (Deuteronomy 31:6). He holds your hand (Isaiah 41:13). He loves you HE LOVES YOU.

HE LOVES YOU

He has plans to Prosper you, not to harm you. Plans to give you hope and future. (Jeremiah 29:11)

He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing. Deuteronomy 10:18

Our Father. Who art in Heaven. Hallowed be YOUR name.

Sacred Raisin Cakes

so theres this bible verse i came across in the NIV version of the Bible the other day (I checked other versions and they don't all have it phrased the same. It made me laugh.

"The LORD said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.”

The whole "sacred raisin cakes" made me smile. But maybe thats just me.

no more exams

done

no more english

no more exercise science

no more data management

done.

for a few days anyways.

then i will start

families

biology

chemistry

but for now

:)

6:11

I dont know why i am up so early.

I've already takenn a shower and am dressed.

and Its 6:11.

WOW!

last exam today.

nbd.

1 more...

two down

one more tommorow

...that would be english and exercise science done

...with only data management tommorow

this is good.