love always.
I need this.
I haven’t blogged since the summer, and my excuses have been varied. For the most part, I feel as though I’m too occupied with other—often school, service or socially-related—things to really reflect and give myself time to think, just me. My mind is so flooded right now, I’m so concerned with other supposed obligations. I let the responsibility I feel I owe to others take precedence over what I deserve for myself. In obscuring my view of God and his place in my heart, I have come to feel so alone even with the amount of activity surrounding me.
So here it is, my escape. My moment of silence to be at peace with myself and seek contentment in God’s presence alone. He is around me and is protecting me always and I have failed to acknowledge this in becoming so consumed by worldly things. I need to really evaluate to whom I owe all of my health, prosperity, and happiness. Everything that brings me joy is a gift from Him. I must always keep in mind the One whose love is most great and unrelenting. I pray that I keep my faith and never again lose sight of what is most important. I must never forget my God.
"God is always true to His promise that whatever He started in you, He will take it to completion because He perfectly loves you. Nothing is hard if the heart has love; nothing is impossible when the heart understands; and nothing is heavy when God is in your heart."
— (via iamlovedbytheking)
(Source: shaisupergirl, via darnell)
I feel this is what God is saying to me. Love Me. Choose Me. Want Me. Forget this world, come with Me. You’re only guaranteed now - why won’t you spend it with Me?
"If there is any secret to this life I live, this is it:
the sound of what cannot be seen
sings within everything that can.
And there is nothing more to it than that."
the sound of what cannot be seen
sings within everything that can.
And there is nothing more to it than that."
— Brian Andreas (via quote-book)
"Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs."
— Jonah 2:8 (NIV)
New mercy’s in the morning.
"It feels like someone kicked you in the stomach, feels like your heart stopped beating, feels like that dream — you know — the one when you are falling and you want so desperately to wake up before you hit the ground, but it’s all out of your control. You can’t trust anything anymore, no one is who they say they are, your life is changed forever, and the only thing to come out of the whole ugly experience is no one will be able to break your heart like that again."
— The Women (via quote-book)
i’m not like this.
i hate that i can’t focus on the good right now. i hate that my happiness is at the liberty of other people. i hate that i can not be content with everything i have, and instead focus on what is lacking in my life. i pray for peace. i pray that i acknowledge all the love that is surrounding me and that i can delight in this and this alone. i want to find my God again. i want to be unconditionally happy again.
