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super pumped!

i heart rob pattinson!

a is for adult.

several words define my life right now.

responsibility

loneliness

discipline

survival

brokenness

boldness

joy

obligation

growth

...

adult

the other day i realized that i am officially a grown-up.

i still long for my youth...which was only 6 months ago.

i am continually learning how to be broken joyfully.

it hasn't been easy.

life is much easier when it is not controlled by one's emotions.

in the past i have relied too much on friends...almost the the point of idolization.

no more...

slowly i am becoming content with being with just myself.

it has allowed me precious time to spend with God that i have never stopped to experience.

i am joyful, content, broken, lonely.

love and marriage

congratulations, mark and katie.

i love you both so much.

i cant wait to see how the Lord blesses your marriage.

i am so sad that i could not be at the engagement celebration tonight!

via sweeterie

...i want to see new moon, again

and again

and again

and again

addiction.

::post script::

dear roommates,

you are the best. you have made this austin adventure a true learning experience.

dear cupcakes,

you sit in the kitchen all day long talking to me. i do wish you would be quiet. you are driving me crazy! i am throwing you away...no more temptation!

dear friends scattered around texas,

i miss yall like crazy!! i am wishing that we would have made more videos during our short time in college. they would be fun to watch now...

dear thanksgiving,

please rejuvenate me.

dear nacogdoches,

here i come!!! i am so ready to swing, go to hastings, see the Woods, see the Irelans, and of course my family (including millie, mollie, maggie, midget, miss. kitty, and pumpkin spice latte!!!) eek i am so excited.

dear books,

you are burning a hole in my bag. i can't wait to read and relax!!

dear red lipstick,

you are currently my favorite play toy!

gobble gobble!

our God is in control.

This is not how it should be
This is not how it could be
This is how it is
And our God is in control

This is not how it will be
When we finally will see
We'll see with our own eyes
He was always in control

And we'll sing holy, holy, holy is our God
And we will finally really understand what it means
So we'll sing holy, holy, holy is our God
While we're waiting for that day

This is not where we planned to be
When we started this journey
But this is where we are
And our God is in control

Though this first taste is bitter
There will be sweetness forever
When we finally taste and see
That our God is in control

And we'll sing holy, holy, holy is our God
And we will finally really understand what it means
So we'll sing holy, holy, holy is our God
While we're waiting for that day

We're waiting for that day
We'll keep on waiting for that day
And we will rise
Our God is in control

happy midnight release of new moon day!

i know i know...i am not twelve but i love these books and movies!!

where my sanity lies...

during this time in my life i am clinging to a few things...

my love for reading

my love for jesus

and

these two verses...

now glory be to God! by his mighty power at work within us he is able to accomplish infinitely more than we would ever dare to ask or hope. eph 3:20

my daughter, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding, and if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find knowledge of God. for the Lord gives wisdom and from His mouth come knowledge and understanding. proverbs 2:1-6

(thanks calli)

everything else seems to be unstable.

i find myself clinging so tightly to wisdom and understanding that i might strangle them. searching for them so intently i might scare them away.

i pray that wisdom and understanding do not flee from me.

i need them.

they make the water i am treading seem effortless.

love

i have a slight obsession...can you guess what it is?

hint: its french

jack frost nippin at your nose

today in austin...it is cold!!

it is a lovely day.

tonight we are working with waking the world in showing the documentary manos de madre.

the part of the event that we are helping with will be outside!

we get to wear jackets and scarves and sweaters!!!

i am pumped!

eek!!

if you get a chance watch the trailer of the documentary at the link above!

partay.

i made this fruit dip for my j.crew meeting tonight.

1 8-oz. package cream cheese (you can use light cream cheese)

3/4 c. brown sugar

1 1/2 tsp. vanilla (you can add more to taste)

Toffee bits (look by the chocolate chips and try and find the chocolate covered ones if you can! Your dip won't be

pretty, but it will sure taste good!)

1 tsp. cinnamon

1/8 tsp. (about a pinch) nutmeg

all you do is mix and go!

you can add and type of desired sliced fruit to dip...and enjoy.

thanks katie t. and our best bites for the recipe.

angel, angel on the rim please don't let that ball go in!!!

tonight we are going to a professional basketball game!!

it is my first one ever!!

we are going to see the mavericks v. spurs.

although i am not an avid basketball or sports watcher...i like the spurs.

so kw (kortni) and I and elyse in spirt...are going to night!! eek

we are going to go early and eat at mi tierra's!!

it is my all time favorite mexican food restaurant in SA!

I can't wait!!!

GO SPURS GO!!

sorry dallas friends....i must stay true to my roots.

love it!

i am obsessed with this edition.

i especially love jump then fall but all are awesome!!

taylor you did it again!

how deep the Father's love for us.

if you could only grasp how wide and how long and how high and how deep, then

you'd know, yes, i really love you.

do you wonder if you are too far away from Me?

my love is wider still.

do you think that you've been away too long?

my love will wait longer.

do you believe that no one would ever want someone like you?

my love is higher than all the others.

have you been sure that you are too far gone?

my love is deep enough to reach even you.

you cannot fall past My love.

you cannot outrun My love.

you cannot reach the end of My love.

it is wide and long and high and deep enough for you.

we are all loved by a mighty, perfect, wonderful, merciful God.

joy.

this picture makes me happy.

there are other cat lovers out there!

there is hope.

picture from etc

::my day of rest::

enjoying a little bit of light reading.

i wish i could read faster...

i want to read everything.

i want to know.

i <3>

any good book suggestions?