Celebrate Being Alive

There's a silent celebration

For every breath you breathe

I left all I knew

And found a better part of me

Stripped of Self

I stumbled upon (no pun intended) this photo on my friend's tumblr (smleaden.tumblr.com) today and realized that it so aptly embodies a prayer that I have been praying oh so fervently lately: "Jesus, strip me of myself." To my eyes, this piece of artwork is a tangible exemplification of the concept "Dying to self, stripping yourself of your fleshly nature." A very accurate representation of a very misunderstood Biblical truth: regeneration and sanctification.

Assumptions

Time to get something off of my chest. Something that has been particularly and acutely bothering me lately. Women and girls tend to make assumptions. Everyone makes assumptions. But females specifically seem to be under the impression that they know exactly what's going to happen in the future...when no one knows that for sure. They always refer to their future by saying WHEN they get married and WHEN they have kids. Not IF's, never if's, of course. We need to realize that yes, most people were meant for marriage and a family. Yes, it is a plausible option and sometimes the more likely one. That does not change the fact that it could also not happen. The point is we do not know and women need to sever this presumptuous outlook and just walk by the Spirit. There is nothing wrong with hopefully looking forward to a husband and a family someday. But do not try to swim in the uncharted waters of predicting our unpredictable God and His plans.

Song for the Broken: The Wedding

Don’t give up on the hope

That keeps you breathing

Cause after all is said and done

It’s all your lonely heart has

So look forward to your day of liberation

When you can stop grieving

So how much would it cost for you to gain everything

Everything you lost deserved to be gone anyway

So don’t give up, yeah, don’t give in

To the world around you that pressures you

To give up the fight, roll over and die

Forget the way you were

So how much pain could you take

before you gave up

would you throw it all away

would you fight for that one day

when you heard your Savior say

when you heard your Savior say

my child I always knew you'd make it home

so walk through those gates of gold and claim your throne

So I wait for you to save me

So I wait for you to save me

Still I wait for you

To lift me off my feet and

Still I wait for you in the dark of the night

(Still I wait for you to save me)

Cause I won’t give up the fight

(Still I wait for you to save me)

Still I wait for you in the dark of the night

(Still I wait for you to save me)

Still I wait for you, again

Still I wait for you, again

Cause in the dark of the night is where you’ll find me

Head held in my hands is where,

Still I wait for you

Don't give up on the hope

That keeps you breathing

Casue after all is said and done

(So I wait for you to save me)

It's all your lonely heart has

(So I wait for you to save me

Aesthetically Pleasing

Here are some photos that I've accumulated over time from various places; many of them are from other people's blogs & pages, some I discovered on the internet, some I found in art class. Enjoy.