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seasickwithoutwater: I was taking a walk today alone and thought about how much I enjoyed being by...

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:40:10 -0400

I was taking a walk today alone and thought about how much I enjoyed being by myself. But how I also want to share being alone with someone else. I’m not sure if it makes sense, but I just want to be able to spend time with someone and still feel as comfortable as I am with just myself. I want to be alone, with someone else there.

Lord, remind me to lean on You. Not my own strength. Big changes are happening now. I’m scared...

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:20:39 -0400

Lord, remind me to lean on You. Not my own strength. Big changes are happening now. I’m scared but You’re here. I want to always know that You’re here.

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Sun, 19 May 2013 22:20:31 -0400

anchorthisheart: scruffy beard + puppy = perfect Tom Hardy...

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:20:26 -0400

anchorthisheart:

scruffy beard + puppy = perfect

Tom Hardy holding a puppy.

shrimpsays: I want to enter into any situation with a ready heart to accept that I am not always...

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:14:28 -0400

shrimpsays:

I want to enter into any situation with a ready heart to accept that I am not always right so not to deny opportunities for truth to enter my life. Many times I have stood unrelenting to a brother or sister out of bitter, stubborn conceit, that my will be accomplished rather than God’s. Sometimes I allow pride to direct my life. May the grace of God cover me, that I may remember where I came from and to always know where He is bringing me.

"You know, the Bible doesn’t teach us to be defensive in relationships. It doesn’t tell us to protect..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:13:45 -0400

“You know, the Bible doesn’t teach us to be defensive in relationships. It doesn’t tell us to protect your heart and be extra cautious ‘cause you don’t know who’s going to betray you, who’s going to leave you, no it doesn’t say anything like that, it just says love. And it says love always trusts. And it always tells us to forgive; forgive means they’re going to wrong you first and then you’re gonna forgive. And then go back up and trust again. That’s what the Bible says about our relationships. It never says, ‘No, close your heart ‘cause you’re going to get hurt. Be protective. Protect your own heart.’ No, it never says that. It says, ’Get hurt, I will heal you, I’ll restore things, reconciliation is for you, and then get back up and love again. Trust again. Go belong to that group again.’ That’s how the word of God teaches us.”

- Myunghwa Choi, ”Loneliness Unmasked” sermon (via breanna-lynn)

"We the unwilling, led by the unqualified, kill the unfortunate, and die for the ungrateful."

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:13:32 -0400

“We the unwilling, led by the unqualified, kill the unfortunate, and die for the ungrateful.”

- Soldier from Vietnam (1971-1972)

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Sun, 19 May 2013 01:03:29 -0400

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Sun, 19 May 2013 01:02:35 -0400

Lord your grace is abounding, show me how to extend that grace to those around me.

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:01:58 -0400

"As I look back on my life, I realize that every time I thought I was being rejected from something..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:01:49 -0400

“As I look back on my life, I realize that every time I thought I was being rejected from something good, I was actually being re-directed to something better.”

- Steve Maraboli (via breanna-lynn)

So I graduated from university today. :)

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:07:20 -0400

This is all so surreal. I’m just so thankful to God for getting me through all of this awesome-ness and insanity. At the start of college, I was so unsure of myself. But now I can honestly say I’ve had so much growth spiritually, emotionally, and mentally. I’ve met so many wonderful people and have great relationships with them. I’ve grown more open to possibilities and strengthened the bond to my convictions.

I was afraid of losing myself and at the same time never really understanding who I was. Now I realize how much closer I am to the desires of my heart as a person. So thank you to everyone for all of the congrats, support, prayers and best wishes! Thank you to friends who have stuck with me in the highs and lows of my life. Thank you to wonderful parents who have sacrificed for me and still continue to believe in my dreams. And thank you God for building me up and making me who I am today.

To my fellow graduates—we did it!! :D

"I want to be a woman who lives totally abandoned to the first commandment: to love my Lord, my God,..."

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:42:18 -0400

“I want to be a woman who lives totally abandoned to the first commandment: to love my Lord, my God, with all my heart. I don’t want the reputation that I love God, I don’t want to write songs about loving God, I don’t want to talk about loving God. I want to actually love God. When I close my eyes, I want my heart to move. When I close my eyes and I look at Him, I want to feel alive on the inside. I want to look at Him with a fire in my heart and it’s real.”

- Misty Edwards (via breanna-lynn)

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Thu, 16 May 2013 22:42:14 -0400

am i the only person i know who really likes Gale, even up to...

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:42:02 -0400

am i the only person i know who really likes Gale, even up to the end? i don’t like or agree with all of the choices he made or the way he handled certain things, but i totally understood why he was the way he was…

"Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong."

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:30:51 -0400

“Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.”

- 1 Corinthians 16:13 (via breanna-lynn)

mugrumblr: Does anyone know this guy’s real name? I call him...

Thu, 16 May 2013 02:03:41 -0400

mugrumblr:

Does anyone know this guy’s real name? I call him Naptime Nathan. He’s like literally asleep every day in the library.

"being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until..."

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:28:16 -0400

“being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”

- Philippians 1:6

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Thu, 16 May 2013 00:28:13 -0400

"We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:58:49 -0400

“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”

- Maya Angelou (via circumstanceanddisposition)