You're all I Need

I made this a week or so ago in photoshop. I haven't been making these in photoshop lately because I found something faster and funner that I could use on my iPod and share on instagram. Phonto is neatest little app, and best of all, it's free! This is one of my favorite songs at the moment, so I thought I'd share it here as well. Every line is special and true for me.

Oft times I’ve tried to live my life

According to my will.

When darkness comes it’s difficult

To rest and just be still.

But Lord, You are my shepherd

That guides me in the way,

And I will learn this glorious truth

If I Your Word obey.

You’re all I need.

You’re the Lord of everything.

All I need –

This is why I humbly sing.

Your strength is sustaining

And your grace has made me free.

You’re my heart’s lone desire,

You’re all I need.

By wanting more I’ve wanted less

Than all You’ve given me.

You gave your all by laying down

Your life at Calvary.

So I surrender all, Lord

My best to You I give.

And thank you now for giving me

A reason to live.

You’re all I need.

You’re the Lord of everything.

All I need –

This is why I humbly sing.

Your strength is sustaining

And your grace has made me free.

You’re my heart’s lone desire,

You’re all I need.

More than enough,

You’re all I need.

Thought-provoking post coming up soon - if God gives me the words!

Dreams

I'm not a writer. Once upon a time I thought I was, and I wrote stories that contained gigantic families with fanciful names. One story got so complicated that it never got finished. But I loved writing and sporadically wrote down my dreams and thoughts in journals. Some of those dreams have been shattered and some of them just never came true, but through all the stories and journal entries runs the thread of God's goodness, faithfulness and mercy. The content of the dreams is irrelevant, but God in not fulfilling them was faithful. You see,  He knows what I need when all I see is what I want. Like a kind parent not allowing their child not to have something they crave because they know it will harm them, He withholds that which will harm me. My initial reaction to not getting "my way" is usually one of despair and to beginning to doubt His love for me, but over time He usually enables me to see why He did it. I know that when I am in the process of dying to a dream I am anything but kind and selfless to those around me, but these times are the times when I can feel the Lord's presence the most. I can almost feel Him holding my broken heart in His hands and whispering to me that it's okay, because this too, will pass. He has something better in mind. Through His sufficient power, broken hearts can continue beating. I really don't understand a lot of things that happened to me, but one thing I know: I must trust my Father's hand and seek His heart. His is worthy of all my trust and all my devotion.

[Look up, for this too, shall pass]

"Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him"  Job 13:15


Everlasting Love


"I have loved you with an everlasting love.
Before you knew my name, I sought you,
I have washed you with My blood.
Throughout the centuries, through all history,
And through eternity above, I will love you with an everlasting love"


- Brigette Shevy

The most wonderful time...

to:

count your blessings

Slow down.

Spend time with family and friends.

Enjoy fellowshipping with the One who gave the greatest gift of all.

Sip a warm drink and watch the snow (or rain) fall.

Appreciate every moment.

Remember less is more when stressing about what to buy who. The thought is more important than the actual gift.

Thankful

I'm trying to remember to be thankful for these things all year round, not just on the 4th Thursday in November. Here is what means the most to me at this time.

God's creation

The beauty of fall's color.

The fact that Jesus went through all the physical agony of the cross to bear my sin, yet His physical pain at that time was nothing compared to the weight of the guilt of all the sin of the world at the moment just before He said "It is Finished"

My wonderful family. All 12 of them are very special to me.

Warm weather.

Music

Friends who hang around me even when I'm not super takative or happy.

A wonderful church where people love God and each other.

Thunderstorms

Air Conditioning

Bicycles

A God who never gives up on me and never loves me any more or less.

[photos in this post don't necessarily go with the content]