Heart = Happy

I love you, Lord, and I lift my voice, to worship You. Oh, my soul, rejoice! Take joy, my King, in what You hear. May it be a sweet, sweet sound in Your ear.

"Then my soul will rejoice in the Lord, and delight in His salvation." -Psalms 35:9


"But I trust in Your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in Your salvation." -Psalms 13:5

"The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to Him in song." -Psalms 28:7

My mouth is rejoicing. Humming, singing, praying!
My hands are working, sharing about Him in as many ways as I can.
My eyes are joyful. Showing people how happy I am, and letting it show in my face.
My mind is learning. Storing up His word, learning, and allowing Him to show me things I hadn't seen before.
My heart is happy. Everything is as He would have it be, and His blessings pour down.

No Such Thing.

A few weeks ago, I read a verse that I loved. To my dismay, I lost the bookmark holding the page.
Talk about heart-breaking..
Until today.
I was reading a post on Facebook from a sweet sweet lady I know, and I accidently clicked her name and it took me to her wall. Coincedence? No such thing.
I read something she posted, a verse from Psalms 63.
After logging off the computer...
"Well, aren't you gonna do your bible study?"
"Yes. Where do you want me today?"
"I've already showed you."
"Psalms 63?"
"..."
Okie dokie.
I open up my tiny backpack bible, and within a few minutes, I see why I'm there.
Psalms 63:7-8. The verse I had been looking for!!!
"Because You are my help, I sing in the shadow of Your wings. I cling to You; Your right hand upholds me."
Coincedence? No such thing.
God working in mysterious, yet perfect ways? Yes.
Thank you, Lord.

These are the words I would say...

"Be strong in the Lord,
never give up hope.
You're gonna do great things,
I already know.
God's got His hand on you,
so don't live life in fear,
forgive and forget,
but don't forget why you're here.
Take your time,
and pray.
These are the words I would say,
from one simple life to another,
I would say,
come find peace in the Father."

If I could talk to every struggling, hurting person,
everyone who wants to give up,
everyone who doesn't have confidence,
everyone who doesn't think they have the strength,
to do God's will, or to get through their struggles,
These are the words I would say.

Love love love!!

 I love....

Trains... Railroad tracks, and signs, right by my house make for good picture places. :)

Sunrises... Beautiful.

Orientation. IT WAS AWESOME!

My new lappy! Yayyayyyay!! :)

And I love my Lord. My heart sings out to Him, my mind learns, and studies His word, so that I can hide it in my heart, and my soul yearns, prays and reaches towards Him daily. Hourly. Minutely.

Lazy Summer Days

 Been having an amazing summer, full of fun, and growth, and love. Lots of busy days, but I've had my fair share of "lazy days" too.

Momma has the week off. It's been fun to hang out with her, especially before I go off to school. Heart is joyful. :))

Orientation was a BLAST! I met some cool people, fell in LOVE with the campus all over again (almost broke my heart to leave it) and got my classes all in a row!

• NO MATH CLASS THIS SEMESTER! 
• English 112 = (sophomore level english! No freshman level for this girl!)
• KINE ??? = BEGINNERS SWIMMING... Yeah, I get to swim for credit. 
• PSY 101 = Psychology. You betcha I'm excited for this one.
• Last and least (favorite) CHEM 105 = This. Class. Is. Gonna. Stink!

NO CLASSES ON FRIDAYS! Makes my heart happy! :]


These lazy summer days have been amazing. :) Loving every moment. Truly. And LOOKING FORWARD to moving to Stephenville to TARLETON in 24 DAYS. It's finally almost here.
Thank You, Lord for all the blessings.

I'm ready.

I love you, Lord. ♥

I love you, Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. -Psalms 18:1-2 ♥

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. - Mark 12:30 ♥

After all that He has done for us, how could we not? ♥ 

He Calls Me Lovely

He calls ME lovely??
Me. A sinner. A still-awkward-even-though-I-should-have-outgrown-it-by-now-18-year-old-girl. Not perfect, not even close. I mess up daily. Trust me. But, Jesus loves me. He died for me, so that my sins would be forgiven, and I wouldn't have to be separated from Him for eternity, as long as I believed in who He was, and what He did, and accepted Him into my heart.
He loves me. Me... I just think to myself sometimes "I'm God's child. I am a child of God. And He loves me." and I am amazed.
Even though, I have flaws, imperfections, sins... The Creator of the Universe listens to me, speaks to my heart, walks with me daily, and thinks, despite of everything, that I am lovely.
Me. I don't deserve it.
But oh, how I love Him. And oh, how He loves us. All of us. He calls us lovely.
Lovely, inside and out, because He forgave our sins, our imperfections, our flaws, when His Son died on the cross.
LOVE-ly. He loves us, and thinks we're lovely.
Jesus, I love you too. Thank you. I'm forever grateful, and forever yours.