I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety. ~ Psalm 4:8

So, there's a family at our church whose little boy Toby was born premature, at only 25 weeks.

And yesterday he came home, 13 weeks after his birth. :)

It's good we have this, you know.

And He knew what was going on all along....

Everything is good now.

100th blog of the year

I want these. I'm like really hungry now.

I love your ways, your true, your perfect ways ♫

'Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.' ~ Philippians 4:6-7


I love this verse. But I always forget how important the word 'transcends' is. Transcend means to pass beyond the limits of something, to be be greater than something in intensity or power, and to exist above or independent of something.

It's so incredibly important to remember that God, and his peace, is beyond my understanding. It's greater than anything I can understand, it's more powerful ... and his peace exists and did exist before my worry. So I don't need to be anxious because God is here even when I feel alone, and even when I don't understand his ways. God guards my heart and my mind in ways I cannot even fathom ... because he cares.

you're silver lining the clouds

Things that make everything better: 

A warm jumper straight from the dryer

Crunchy peanut butter

A kitty on your lap

Getting a trenchgun in COD
French Toast made by Mommy
When Justin makes me laugh
Hugs from Katherine
A text that says 'I miss you!' received 2 seconds after you left the person. :)

please come back

I'm trying, ok?

The amount of stress this seems to be causing me really can't be that good for me. I just want it to stop, and have everything work out the way it's supposed to.

I feel like screaming.

I Like You, Let's Be Friends

Have you ever thought about how I am me

And you are you

And there is nothing we can do to change it?

 You have your life

I have mine

Our paths cross

But never do we experience

The same things

In the same way

 Is it strange that I am fascinated

By the way your world runs?

Is it strange that I find it difficult to grasp

The fact that what I have

Is what I have

And you have something different?

  Today

 We sat side by side

Occupying the same space

At the same time

 And everything I saw

Was nothing like what you see

My world satisfies

And my world defeats

But I wonder sometimes

How does your world work?

Is it strange that I am fascinated

By the way your mind works?

Is it strange that I wish I had experienced

The things you had

So that I could understand?

 Sometimes I feel so detached

And I just want you to know

That I try hard

Not to be like that

Because really all I want to do is know you.

It gets like that when you find yourself quite fond of someone.