Friday Night
Dinner at Luna’s
Last Day
Just a few more hours ………. and two more finals.
After that …….. finis – for this semester. :-)
How I am looking forward to tomorrow! No more (forced) studying, no more (forced) early mornings, no more bus rides (!), no more depressing evenings with the math professor (she is retiring), no more, no more.
I love the feeling of the last day of school (disregarding the mild stress of finals)!!!!!!! It is a bit similar to going barefoot for the first time in the spring …………. (happy sigh).
Sisters
Longing
“Let not our longing slay our appetite for living.”
-Jim Elliot
A Wedding
Today was a big day.
A wonderful day, full of joy, and yet bittersweet.
Eric married my neighbor Deann.
Her mom, Eric’s parents, two other very dedicated and loving relatives and I, decorated the hall and yard this morning. We arrived at 7 am, and were finished by 10:30 (no, we weren’t experienced, just frantic).
Gayle (the bride’s mom) was a little stressed, but enjoying every minute. Gayle loves stress, thrives on it. Deann, on the other hand, does not! But it was okay. She made it until 5:30, when her dad walked his daughter down the aisle and gave her away.
The afternoon was hot, but it made the bride and groom even more radiant. The officiating minister challenged Eric and Deann to put Christ at the center of their marriage. He challenged them to love sacrificially, as Christ loved the Church and gave Himself for her. They promised to be true to each other until death. God, grant that this may be so! May God bless them with a knowledge of His love, His love for them and for each other.
“A man should leave his father and mother, and be forever united to his wife. The two shall become one – no longer two, but one! And no man may divorce what God has joined together.”
– Matthew 19:5-6 (Living Translation)
amazing love
All of You is more than enough for all of me
For every thirst and every need
You satisfy me with Your love
And all I have in You is more than enough
You are my supply
My breath of life
And still more awesome than I know
You are my reward
worth living for
And still more awesome than I know
…
You’re my sacrifice
Of greatest price
And still more awesome than I know
You’re the coming King
You are everything
And still more awesome than I know
More than all I want
More than all I need
You are more than enough for me
More than all I know
More than all I can say
You are more than enough for me
– Chris Tomlin, “Enough”
Love that overwhelms, and makes me to stand in awe.
Love that I have dreamed of, and yet surpasses my dreams.
Love that is more.
More than enough.
I will never learn the depths of His love for me; every now and then I may see a glimpse of the vast wonder of it, but I will never be able to fully grasp its totality.
His love is always more.
It will always be more than I can fathom.
I can rest in the security of Him.
Beautiful Love
P4140034 mini rose b&w, originally uploaded by Lizi Beth.
Wonderful, so wonderful
Is your unfailing love
Your cross has spoken mercy over me
No eye has seen no ear has heard
No heart could fully know
How glorious, how beautiful you are.
Beautiful one I love you
Beautiful one I adore
Beautiful one my soul must sing.
Powerful so powerful
Your glory fills the skies
Your mighty works displayed for all to see
The beauty of your majesty
Awakes my heart to see
How marvelous how wonderful you are.
Beautiful one I love you
Beautiful one I adore
Beautiful one my soul must sing.
You opened my eyes to your wonders anew
You captured my heart with this love
Because nothing on Earth is as beautiful as you are.
– Jeremy Camp, Beautiful One
What A Wonderful World
I see trees of green…….. red roses too
I see ’em bloom….. for me and for you
And I think to myself…. what a wonderful world.
I see skies of blue ….. clouds of white
Bright blessed days …. dark sacred nights
And I think to myself …..what a wonderful world.
The colors of a rainbow….. so pretty .. in the sky
Are also on the faces ….. of people .. going by
I see friends shaking hands ….. sayin’ .. how do you do
They’re really sayin’ …… I love you.
I hear babies cry…… I watch them grow
They’ll learn much more ….. than I’ll never know
And I think to myself ….. what a wonderful world
The colors of a rainbow…..so pretty ..in the sky
Are there on the faces…..of people ..going by
I see friends shaking hands ….. sayin’ .. how do you do
They’re really sayin’ … I ….love….you.
I hear babies cry…… I watch them grow
You know they’re gonna learn
A whole lot more than I’ll never know
And I think to myself …..what a wonderful world
Yes I think to myself ……. what a wonderful world.
Sisters
Empty
“He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said.”
– Matthew 28:6
– Matthew 28:6
He is risen indeed.