i love you more than ______. this is an adorable blog. i love you more than (blank)
here are a few of my faves.





*that last one seems to sum up my roommate alisa perfectly :)

"sometimes, even when we try hard to do so, we just dont see God in our everyday lives or in the events of our world. Epiphany gives us the time and the resources to watch, wait, listen, look, and anticipate the light, life, and truth of the Lord's presence in our midst." i am so thankful for this time of Epiphany and i trust that the Lord will reveal Himself as my heart watches, waits, listens, looks, and anticipates Him in my everyday life.

look at this workspace. love it. love it. love it. if only my office looked like the pic :)

and, this room. the ribbons. the beads. the cute cups with little markers and pens. the polka dot curtains. it is oh so delightful.

if i were to get a tatoo this is maybe what i would get, except my birds would be sparrows not seagulls.

so another heart post. hearts are kinda one of my things. a few years ago my dear friend julie encouraged me to really look at the heart. my heart. the heart of others. and not just to look at the heart but to value the heart. God says that He looks not at outer appearances, but at the heart. so if the heart is what God looks at then it naturally should be what i look at in myself and the people around me. lately that has been hard. i am so prone to fall into the trap where i know the Lord values the heart but i see the world around me valuing other things and i begin comparing myself and seeing all of the places i feel i fall short. but the Lord looks at the heart. He does not look at how i look. how funny i am. if i can keep good conversation with strangers. what kind of music i like. who i was in high school. how i dress. if i am athletic. the Lord looks at the heart. i have started putting hearts up at different places in my house to remind myself that is what the Lord looks at and that is what i want to look at in the people i live life with. that is what He values. and i pray that my heart knows that more each day.

i am obsessed with this blog.
if you look closely you will see many of the same pictures.
(and figure out my secret of where i get many ideas)
www.littlebrownpen.blogspot.com

i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart).
-e.e. cummings

today is my little brother jays birthday. he is 26, married, in full time ministry, a college grad, a guy that can grow facial hair, and very much an adult. but to me he is still 4, with a white blond bowl cut, talking in the cutest little baby voice, chubby thighed, loving ozzie smith, letting me boss him around toddler. jay is the greatest brother and has set for me a standard of man to marry that is very high. he loves Jesus, loves his wife, and loves high school and middle school kids well. i am glad God gave me jay as a brother. here is jay as a child, as i will always remember him...

to all you faithful readers out there, it has been awhile. i am back in texas so back to blogging it is. as i rode on the airplane from the old north state (nc that is) i was thinking about my resolutions. but i dont want to call them resolutions lets call them ways to improve my rhythm of life:
(in no particular order)
-take a sewing class. for christmas i received a sewing machine and would love to put it to use making baby and wedding gifts for my friends. and of course, i would like to make some fun things for casita bonita. projects and being creative make me feel as if i am living life more as who God made me to be.
-journal...every.single.day. it is oh so good for my soul.
-play more tennis, so i get good at it. that way i wont cuss when i do play.
-tell people how much i love them and where i see the Lord in them, even if i am afraid they dont love me in return.
-work on not being the queen of the land passive aggressive.
-learn to play a few tunes on the guitar. in other words, take guitar lessons and practice more.

so that is my "ways to improve my rhythm of life" list. i feel as though it will be updated frequently in my mind as the Lord shows me my passions and those unevangelized parts of my heart that need Him.