Good post and gets you thinking, from my friend Zach.
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IN OUR FRONT YARD
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Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Leading & Struggling-Aaron Ivey
Hebrews 13:5
Loved this tonight:
Hebrews 13:5b (amplified version) "[God] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not, [I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down (relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!]"
Hebrews 13:5b (amplified version) "[God] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not, [I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down (relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!]"
Monday, July 06, 2009
New Goal=The Moonwalk
No matter how creepy Michael Jackson was...you can't deny that he is a musical genius. He has taken over my playlists and I'm determined to learn the "Beat It" dance. I found myself tearing up during "Man in the Mirror" and I found myself trying the moonwalk to see if I could do it. (I can't) That's my new goal. Two goals in life right now...
1. The Beat It dance
2. The Moonwalk
My sisters got out our old Barbies the other day in hopes that Lily would be interested...not so much. BUT my sisters were very interested. They sent me some pics and in there was this little goodie...
It's our Michael Jackson barbie doll, and yes...he's pantless.
1. The Beat It dance
2. The Moonwalk
My sisters got out our old Barbies the other day in hopes that Lily would be interested...not so much. BUT my sisters were very interested. They sent me some pics and in there was this little goodie...
It's our Michael Jackson barbie doll, and yes...he's pantless.
Friday, July 03, 2009
Walter Just Made My Day
I'm sorry, but this is stinkin' hilarious. I love this show and Walter just made my day.
Thursday, July 02, 2009
My Morning Playlist
My playlist (on shuffle) this morning is kicking me in the pants.
Some days are just hard. I don't know why. Some days I just get sad and I don't really know why. Today is just one of those days. It's one of those days that I have to cling harder and harder to my Love. I'm thankful that God never lets me go.
Here are some things hitting my soul this morning from my playlist:
"When hope is lost I call You Savior
When pain surrounds I call You Healer
When silence falls You'll be the song within my heart
And I will praise You I will Praise You
When the tears fall Still I will sing to You
I will praise You Jesus praise You
When the laughter fails to comfort
When my heart aches, Lord are You there.
When confusion is all around me
And the darkness is my closest friend
Still I'll praise You Jesus praise You" --When the Tears Fall by Tim Hughes
"Oh how many times have I broken Your heart
Still You forgive if only I ask
And how many times have You heard me pray
Draw near to me.
Everything I need is You
My beginning my forever
Everything I need is You" -- All For Love by Hillsong United
"Lord I wanna yearn for You
I wanna burn with passion over You
And only You
Lord I wanna yearn for You
I wanna burn with passion over You
And only You
Lord I wanna yearn." -- Yearn by Shane & Shane
"In the chaos and confusion I know You're sovereign still
In the moment of my weakness You give me grace to do Your will
When You call I won't delay
This my song through all my days.
All my delight is in You Lord
All of my hope, all of my strength
All my delight is in You Lord" -- None by Jesus by Hillsong United
"I will love you for you
Not for what you have done or what you will become
I will love you for you
I will give you the love
The love that you never knew" -- Love Me by JJ Heller
"The fullness of Your grace is here with me
The richness of Your beauty’s all I see
The brightness of Your glory has arrived
In Your presence God, I’m completely satisfied
For You I sing I dance
Rejoice in this divine romance
Lift my heart and my hands
To show my love, to show my love
A deep deep flood, an Ocean flows from You
Of deep deep love, yeah it’s filling up the room
Your innocent blood, has washed my guilty life
In Your presence God I’m completely satisfied" -- Divine Romance by Phil Wickham
Some days are just hard. I don't know why. Some days I just get sad and I don't really know why. Today is just one of those days. It's one of those days that I have to cling harder and harder to my Love. I'm thankful that God never lets me go.
Here are some things hitting my soul this morning from my playlist:
"When hope is lost I call You Savior
When pain surrounds I call You Healer
When silence falls You'll be the song within my heart
And I will praise You I will Praise You
When the tears fall Still I will sing to You
I will praise You Jesus praise You
When the laughter fails to comfort
When my heart aches, Lord are You there.
When confusion is all around me
And the darkness is my closest friend
Still I'll praise You Jesus praise You" --When the Tears Fall by Tim Hughes
"Oh how many times have I broken Your heart
Still You forgive if only I ask
And how many times have You heard me pray
Draw near to me.
Everything I need is You
My beginning my forever
Everything I need is You" -- All For Love by Hillsong United
"Lord I wanna yearn for You
I wanna burn with passion over You
And only You
Lord I wanna yearn for You
I wanna burn with passion over You
And only You
Lord I wanna yearn." -- Yearn by Shane & Shane
"In the chaos and confusion I know You're sovereign still
In the moment of my weakness You give me grace to do Your will
When You call I won't delay
This my song through all my days.
All my delight is in You Lord
All of my hope, all of my strength
All my delight is in You Lord" -- None by Jesus by Hillsong United
"I will love you for you
Not for what you have done or what you will become
I will love you for you
I will give you the love
The love that you never knew" -- Love Me by JJ Heller
"The fullness of Your grace is here with me
The richness of Your beauty’s all I see
The brightness of Your glory has arrived
In Your presence God, I’m completely satisfied
For You I sing I dance
Rejoice in this divine romance
Lift my heart and my hands
To show my love, to show my love
A deep deep flood, an Ocean flows from You
Of deep deep love, yeah it’s filling up the room
Your innocent blood, has washed my guilty life
In Your presence God I’m completely satisfied" -- Divine Romance by Phil Wickham
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
My Beloved
My friend Andrea put this on her blog today.
The beautiful people in this video are from Botswana Africa.
OH MY HEART! It makes me want to get on a plane and go there now.
The song that is playing is "My Beloved" by Kari Jobe
Here are the lyrics...it's a beautiful song.
Thank You Jesus, that You call me Your bride, Your beloved, Your love. You sing over me with delight. You call me to Yourself and You take me away to the depths of You. Thank You for breathing life into me, thank You for hiding me in Your strength and for making me whole and complete. You are my Comforter, my Restorer. You look at me and You see a pure, lovely, beautiful child. Thank You for reminding me of my beauty in You. You call me beautiful. Thank You beautiful Jesus.
The beautiful people in this video are from Botswana Africa.
OH MY HEART! It makes me want to get on a plane and go there now.
The song that is playing is "My Beloved" by Kari Jobe
Here are the lyrics...it's a beautiful song.
You're my beloved, you're my brideThis is speaking to my heart today.
To sing over you is My delight
Come away with Me, my love
Under My mercy come and wait,
Till we are standing face to face
I see no stain on you, my child
You're beautiful to Me, so beautiful to Me
I sing over you My song of peace
Cast all your cares down at My feet
Come and find your rest in Me
I'll breathe my life inside of you,
I'll bear you up on eagle's wings
And hide you in the shadow of My strength
I'll take you to my quiet waters,
I'll restore your soul
Come rest in Me and be made whole
You're My beloved, you're my bride
To sing over you is My delight
Come away with me, my love
Thank You Jesus, that You call me Your bride, Your beloved, Your love. You sing over me with delight. You call me to Yourself and You take me away to the depths of You. Thank You for breathing life into me, thank You for hiding me in Your strength and for making me whole and complete. You are my Comforter, my Restorer. You look at me and You see a pure, lovely, beautiful child. Thank You for reminding me of my beauty in You. You call me beautiful. Thank You beautiful Jesus.
Colossians 1
Loving these verses today (from the message translation):
"Be assured that from the first day we heard of you, we haven't stopped praying for you, asking God to give you wise minds and spirits attuned to his will, and so acquire a thorough understanding of the ways in which God works. We pray that you'll live well for the Master, making him proud of you as you work hard in his orchard. As you learn more and more how God works, you will learn how to do your work. We pray that you'll have the strength to stick it out over the long haul-not the grim strength of gritting your teeth but the glory-strength God gives. It is strength that endures the unendurable and spills over into joy, thanking the Father who makes us strong enough to take part in everything bright and beautiful that he has for us. God rescued us from dead-end alleys and dark dungeons. He's set us up in the kingdom of the Son he loves so much, the Son who got us out of the pit we were in, got rid of the sins we were doomed to keep repeating."
"Be assured that from the first day we heard of you, we haven't stopped praying for you, asking God to give you wise minds and spirits attuned to his will, and so acquire a thorough understanding of the ways in which God works. We pray that you'll live well for the Master, making him proud of you as you work hard in his orchard. As you learn more and more how God works, you will learn how to do your work. We pray that you'll have the strength to stick it out over the long haul-not the grim strength of gritting your teeth but the glory-strength God gives. It is strength that endures the unendurable and spills over into joy, thanking the Father who makes us strong enough to take part in everything bright and beautiful that he has for us. God rescued us from dead-end alleys and dark dungeons. He's set us up in the kingdom of the Son he loves so much, the Son who got us out of the pit we were in, got rid of the sins we were doomed to keep repeating."
Getaway Weekend...Please?!
I have been yearning for a getaway.
A getaway by myself to somewhere beautiful where I can sit and read my bible, play my guitar and write songs. I have so many ideas in my head and I am having a hard time focusing on sitting down and putting it all together.
How beautiful would it be to get away and spend a weekend writing, reflecting, praying, reading, worshiping by myself! I would love it!
Several people lately have asked me when I'm going to record my own CD. What!?
It's been on my mind. Along with that come all the insecurities that like to creep in and grab hold of me.
I'm learning that I'm completely powerless over these. There is nothing that I can do to battle these. BUT GOD is completely powerful over them and HE gives me the ability to speak HIS truth to these lies and insecurities.
So...I'm praying and asking God to show me what He would want. I'm asking Him that He would fill me with confidence in the gifts and abilities that He's given me.
Would love it if He opened the door to record my own CD.
But first...I need a getaway weekend.
A getaway by myself to somewhere beautiful where I can sit and read my bible, play my guitar and write songs. I have so many ideas in my head and I am having a hard time focusing on sitting down and putting it all together.
How beautiful would it be to get away and spend a weekend writing, reflecting, praying, reading, worshiping by myself! I would love it!
Several people lately have asked me when I'm going to record my own CD. What!?
It's been on my mind. Along with that come all the insecurities that like to creep in and grab hold of me.
I'm learning that I'm completely powerless over these. There is nothing that I can do to battle these. BUT GOD is completely powerful over them and HE gives me the ability to speak HIS truth to these lies and insecurities.
So...I'm praying and asking God to show me what He would want. I'm asking Him that He would fill me with confidence in the gifts and abilities that He's given me.
Would love it if He opened the door to record my own CD.
But first...I need a getaway weekend.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Get The Word Out.
Get the word out. Get this CD. Ask God to move. Believe Him that He has something to tell you through these songs.
Between the Beauty and Chaos-Dance Moves
My nephew has come up with some sweet dance moves to Aaron Ivey's "Found". He's really on to something here. So cute!
The Browns Are Coming!
I get to see these sweet faces in Austin in 13 days!!!!! I can't wait!!!!
Sam is excited because he wants to jump in the pool with his clothes on. Not sure where he ever got that idea! haha! I have a feeling I will be going for jump #3 in my pool with my clothes on!
Sam is excited because he wants to jump in the pool with his clothes on. Not sure where he ever got that idea! haha! I have a feeling I will be going for jump #3 in my pool with my clothes on!
There's Just Something About Them part 2
Don't ask my why.I downloaded a bunch of Bee Gees songs from itunes the other day. I called Laura to see which album we had growing up. She was no help. She just thought it was a greatest hits record. Well...I figured it out. It's the "Living Eyes" record. As soon as I started listening to these songs it all came back to me. I know them all. It's so good!
For some reason Laura wasn't all that impressed with my Barry Gibb impression. I thought it was amazing in all it's high pitched goodness.
Apparently I have an obsession with the Bee Gees and so does my family.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Between the Beauty and Chaos-Available now!
Between the Beauty and Chaos is now available on itunes! You can download it here.
You can also download it from Amazon here. If you want a hard copy of it, they are available at the Austin Stone...if you don't live in Austin, let me know and I'll see what I can do. I believe that vinyl copies will be available in July or August!
Here is a post I did about recording. I feel so honored to have a very very small part on this record. Songs that I sang on: "Found"-BGV's; "Oh Love Divine"-Gang Vocals; "Pieces"-Gang Vocals; "The Name"-BGV's & Gang Vocals; "It is Well"-BGV's.
It's been really sweet seeing how some of these songs ("Let Your Kingdom Come" and "The Name") were birthed. As our church has grown in reaching the lost and broken people of Austin and the world, these songs have been a rock in our worship. God is all over these songs. As the Spirit has moved in people to live out love He has used these songs to give back to Him in worship. People go nuts! It's awesome!!!
God is all over it. Get it now. Sing these songs in your church, in your car, in your home. Let God change your heart, let Him change your life. Worship!
You can also download it from Amazon here. If you want a hard copy of it, they are available at the Austin Stone...if you don't live in Austin, let me know and I'll see what I can do. I believe that vinyl copies will be available in July or August!
Here is a post I did about recording. I feel so honored to have a very very small part on this record. Songs that I sang on: "Found"-BGV's; "Oh Love Divine"-Gang Vocals; "Pieces"-Gang Vocals; "The Name"-BGV's & Gang Vocals; "It is Well"-BGV's.
It's been really sweet seeing how some of these songs ("Let Your Kingdom Come" and "The Name") were birthed. As our church has grown in reaching the lost and broken people of Austin and the world, these songs have been a rock in our worship. God is all over these songs. As the Spirit has moved in people to live out love He has used these songs to give back to Him in worship. People go nuts! It's awesome!!!
God is all over it. Get it now. Sing these songs in your church, in your car, in your home. Let God change your heart, let Him change your life. Worship!
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