A Little Piece Of Me

The fullness of Your grace is here with me

The richness of Your beauty’s all I see

The brightness of Your glory has arrived

In Your presence God, I’m completely satisfied

For You I sing I dance

Rejoice in this divine romance

Lift my heart and my hands

To show my love, to show my love

A deep deep flood, an Ocean flows from You

Of deep deep love, yeah it’s filling up the room

Your innocent blood, has washed my guilty life

In Your presence God I’m completely satisfied

Phil Wickham- Divine Romance

Wow, to be completely satisfied. That is something that I really struggle with, but I know that my satisfaction lies wholly in the the grace of God and His undying love for me. The Lord has saved me, and I am so thankful my life will be used for His glory. I need to seek the satisfaction that can only be felt from His presence and rejoice in it.

Lightning breaks around Your throne

Streams of Glory bursting from your robe

You are the God in Heaven

Voices sing Your endless praise

All who see you bow for countless days You are the God in heaven

Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord, God almighty

Worthy Worthy, Worthy is the Lamb

The only one who was and is and will come

Phil Wickham- Holy Holy Holy

And Lord, here this as my prayer.

Oh who am I that Your merciful eyes should fall on me

A sinner a fool, who doesn’t deserve You

And what am I that you’d offer Your life and die for me

What can I do, I’m nothing without You, I’m nothing without You

I’m nothing without You my love, my saving love

So I fall into You, I’m desperate and weak

Crying out from my heart, take all of me

How can it be that the heart of my God would long for me

For all that You do, Jesus I love You, I’ll Always Love You

Jesus I love You with all of my heart

Maker of sun and moon and stars

I throw myself into Your arms, into Your arms

Phil Wickham- Fall Into You

Another Baby Needs You

Dear Heavenly Father, We ask for your healing on baby Harper and for you to grant her family peace in their struggle. In your name, Amen

Oh The Pictures

All of the sudden I have become a picture-aholic on my blog. Honestly, I think I'm trying to avoid any real emotions or thoughts. Posting pictures is easy. Putting raw emotions out there is not so easy. But stick with me y'all, deal with the pictures for a while longer. Substance will return soon enough... I hope. :)

I will leave y'all with this little piece of news: Jesse McCartney is coming to Houston for a Valentines Day concert. I can't help it...I lurve him. His music is my guilty pleasure that I will deny listening to if anyone ever asks. ;-)

Edited to add: After a text conversation with my Unit (best friend, Laura), it looks like she may be my "Valentine's Date" to the concert! She is such a good bestie!

A Little Pink For A Miracle Baby

A grieving family asked that those in the blogosphere to wear pink today in honor of their miracle daughter, Magdalena. Today this family is celebrating the life of Magdalena, so stop by and let this family know that you will say a prayer for them.

Wordless Wednesday- Do my teeth look whiter? Did I waste my money on teeth bleach?

Before: After:

You Know What Sucks....

• Having to clean out your recently deceased loved one's apartment.
• Finding letters from your recently deceased grandmother (in her handwriting) in your recently deceased grandfather's apartment.
• Losing 2 of your grandparents in a 3 month period.

But you know what doesn't suck....

• Knowing Mawmaw was waiting in Heaven to welcome Pops to the party.
• Knowing Mimi was probably pushing Mawmaw out of the way to be the first one to hug Pops.
• Knowing that I will see them all one day when I get my VIP pass to the party in Heaven.

Oh No Not Me!

Yes it is that time again, y'all.

I did not just take down my Christmas decorations yesterday.

I did not wear heels and a new Ralph Lauren sweater to the Boat Show just in case, you know... ;-)

The best part of the boat show was not the pet accessory lady.

I did not take down my Christmas lights off my patio and just leave them outside because I was too cold to put them in a box.

I did not post an ad on Craigslist for the first time and then get really nervous about some crazy person buying my TV armoire.

And I did not write the post on Sunday and schedule it to publish on Monday :-)

Nope not me I didn't do any of those things.

If You Need A Good Cry or Some Perspective

Then you must go here.

Angie and her video about her daughter is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.

Her faith and trust in God's plan is astounding and inspiring.

Go check out Bring the Rain.

Life Lesson

When exiting the car wash at a gas station, it is not ok to take a hundred years to leave the stall. Yes I know you want your car to dry but that does not mean the rest of us should have to wait.



Come on go to a "real" carwash if a dry job is that important! There is a line of people that want their $5 wash.



Face it your car will never be dry after leaving one of those things!

Blackberry, aka Crackberry

I have reserved judgment on our president-elect. But I will admit that I did not vote for Obama. However my feelings towards our nation's new president may be changing.

Today I read on CNN.com that Presidet-elect Obama is fighting with the lawyers and secret service about giving up his Blackberry during his term(s) as president. Apparently Mr. Obama is nursing a pretty serious Crackberry habit and doesn't think he should have to give that up.

I have to respect the man that: 1) he admits his deep affection for his Blackberry and 2) wants to hold onto just a piece of his former "normal" life. I, too, am addicted to my Crackberry so I can sympathize with the president.

I say that President-elect Obama should keep fighting for his inalienable right to feed his Crackberry addiction.

The Obama Blackberry should be welcome in the White House just like everything else!

Long live Blackberry addictions!
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Wordless Wednesday- Pawpaw and Maddie Mae

Not Me!

I have too much serious/sad/heavy/heart-breaking stuff going on to do a Not Me Monday!

But you should check out MckMama's because it is super funny this week.

I Am Weary

Matthew 11:25-30

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

I Feel Like I Got Punched In The Gut

Bring It On 2009

This is the start of my list of goals for the new year and things I want to do or accomplish:

• Be honest with myself
• Get a job
• Get involved in a church
• Be more self sufficient
• Read 50 books
• Read the bible cover to cover (in order)
• Love more
• Run/Exercise regularly
• Take a trip somewhere I have never been
• Do a Project 365- Year in Pictures

I hope to add to this list as the year progresses.

I am excited about what this new year can bring!

Wordless Wednesday- Last Picture Of 2008

What a Crazy World We Live In!

Wow, so today has been a day of technology adventures.



First, my new laptop has a fingerprint scanner that allows me to access all my online accounts, profiles, and shop online all with the swipe of my finger.



Second, I went to Darque Tan today and they had me set up fingerprint scan there so no one else can tan under my name.



Then this afternoon, I set up a Skype account and proceed to call my Pawpaw and chat with him over webcam.



I mean seriously people, how much more high tech can we get? It really blows my mind that all these new technologies are available to the general public and so easy to use.



I know I sound silly that all this stuff is so exciting to me and that it completely shocks me that this is the world we live in. But I can't help it, as a culture, we have come along way.



If you think about it, just in my 26 years I have seen cordless phones, the computer, the Internet, cell phones, and cable television come into almost every home.



If you stop and think about it, it is crazy!

Sunshine!

You know that you have been in a long string of gross weather when you wake up and wonder what that crazy light is. You have to double (triple) check your alarm clock to make sure that you didn't oversleep. It seriously took a good few minutes to realize that I wasn't late or confused but rather that light coming through my window was the sun!

The weather has been gross, wet, cold, and gray for SO LONG that I had forgotten what the sun looked like. I actually had to get my sunglasses out on the way to work!

Welcome Back Sunshine! We missed you!

I Bowed On My Knees and Cried Holy

I dreamed of a city called Glory,
So bright and so fair.
When I entered that gate I cried, "Holy"
The angels all met me there:
They carried me from mansion to mansion,
And oh what sights I saw.
But I said, "I want to see Jesus,
He's the One who died for all."
Then I bowed on my knees and cried,"Holy, Holy, Holy."
Then I clapped my hands and sang, "Glory,Glory to the Son of God."

I thought as I entered that city,
My friends all knew me well.
They showed me the streets of Heaven;
Such scenes too numerous to tell;
I saw Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,
Mark, Luke and Timothy.
But I said, "I want to see Jesus,
He's the One who died for me."

I Bowed On My Knees and Cried Holy- Michael English

I *heart* my family!

The older we all get the closer we have become and I love it!