not just on Christmas

but ALL year long......

'tis the season of love...and mercy

42 degrees

something to think about: I discovered this week that I have certain opinions and views simply because I “claim” to have them. With only little consideration, I just assigned them to myself. How robotic. How disgusting. This week a found out about a situation and I was not pleased with my immediate reaction. However, this forced me to think critically about why I responded in a way that did not align with these views that I supposedly hold. Turns out I didn’t change my views, but I did gain some valuable insight as to why I initially chose them. This situation caused me to think about some very basic truths and from those I came to the conclusion that I still hold these views that I once carelessly and foolishly cast as mine. As I’m writing this a quote that my friend Amber once shared with me comes to mind. The situation presented to me this week didn’t concern following Christ directly, but nevertheless I find the quote applicable........

When you understand what Jesus means when He says that you must follow Him, you finally realize that this is not a cattle call. He is not calling you to the same life that everyone else will live. He's not even calling you to the same path that every follower of Christ will walk. Your life is unique before God, and your path is yours and yours alone. Where God will choose to lead you and how God chooses to use your life cannot be predicted by how God has worked in the lives of others before you.

-Erwin McManus

well, hello again!

eating guacomole. watching basketball. running a half marathon. working. going to church. singing. praying. cuddling a cuddly kitty. working. wondering. thinking. hoping. making stuffed mushrooms. not making important decisions. enjoying living in the moment. worrying about living in the moment. praying some more and working some more. just a few things i've been doing lately.

gooood morning

happy friday

In uncertainty I am certain that underneath their topmost layers of frailty men want to be good and want to be loved. Indeed, most of their vices are attempted short cuts to love.
-John Steinbeck

all the beauty

I can see you're new, awake
Let me assure you, friend
Every day is ice cream and chocolate cake
And what you make of it
Let me just say
You get what you take
From it, so be amazed
Whenever you stop...
You gotta be brave.

The Weepies

i think

that

are

today i love...

little lost love

kelly rae roberts

she calls herself a "possibilitarian." i love her website and i want her book!

livia patta

little lost love

interior inspiration

replacements

five months ago if i was having a crummy day or feeling overwhelmed by life, i could listen to Little Bird by Angus and Julia Stone and think of a few lines from American Beauty and transformation was instantaneous. Now? Not so much. I miss those days. They were simple and they were lovely. The thing is my life is pretty much the same as it was five months ago, but Little Bird and American Beauty just aren't doing it for me anymore. And that makes me downright sad. I guess it's just like anything else in life. We move on. We grow tired of things. We're on a constant quest to find something new....something better. What brought peace and satisfaction several months ago is replaced by something we deem better, but is it actually better? Finding replacements is tiresome and i really do like Little Bird and American Beauty. 

Lester Burnham:   ... but it's hard to stay mad, when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst... And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life... You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure. But don't worry... you will someday. 

poolga

iphone wallpaper from poolga

happy tuesday.

LAKE JANE

this week's recap

Here are a few things i've come across within the past week. All of which I'd gladly claim as my own. And several of which YOU or I could purchase. So much awesome art and photography floating around just waiting to be discovered and find a fitting home. Have a happy weekend!

reflected from My Fine Garden
MadeByGirl


a girl's heaven
sfgirlbybay
diencastillon
a fairytale dream from lophia loves

from me to you

LoveSugar
Voici Windi
unsure
LoveSugar

memphis.

Oh, and it's raining again
Loud on your car like, bullets on tin
Oh, and its raining again
Open the door and pulling me in
~Moby

photographer: steph parke

steph parke photography

what if you took this to heart?

behind

1. Untitled, 2. Untitled, 3. Jumping Someone Else's Train., 4. Untitled

shop: chez sucre chez and the smiths

from chez sucre chez

just a bird

take a seat and tell me something new
all i have's this journal that i write
sketches of a 20-something life
~la rocca

oct 9? really?

i haven't really felt like writing much this week, but here are a few things i've collected recently. love it!





rooms are both from daydream lily. the others...can't quite remember. ooops.

some truth on a thursday

what a neat idea!

a few monday happies

it's tuesday again.

trusting God is indeed the only agenda that makes sense at all. It is a posture of gracious uncertainty meaning that we have given up on the illusion of being certain of anything but God
-Paula Rinehart

interior inspiration

I think I found all of these on MadeByGirl.