Thursday, September 29, 2011

i will love a man...

for his cardigan wearing ability.
swoon.
life list.

love the Lord unconditionally.
write your own story.
be strong.
Inspire.
feel.
show compassion.
be weak.
understand.
be into politics.
volunteer.
dance.
day dream.
create.
laugh out loud.
understand.
be.
"This idea of dying to self and "taking up your cross" is one of the hardest concepts in the Christian faith to understand. But it is hard not because it is complicated. It is hard because it is so difficult to accept. We try to complicate it precisely because we know intuitively what it means, and we do not like the idea. No one likes to die." (John Fischer, "On a Hill TOO Far Away, 126)

Friday, September 23, 2011

woke today with these words: "The joy of the Lord is my strength."
when we dare to believe he rejoices over us and our ashes turn into beauty.