Psalm 84:10-11

Psalm 84:10-11.

I came upon this verse the other day. It hit me like a ton of bricks.

What an awesome promise.

Friends, God shines on us. He showers us with grace. He is our shield. He bestows favor and honor. He withholds nothing good from those who walk uprightly. He blesses the children who put their hope and trust in Him.

Let these truths take root in your soul today. Let His promises wash over you and make you new. Whatever you're going through, He knows. He sees. He hears. And he wants to help.

RUN to Him, friends. Our God is full of wisdom and He knows what is best for you right now.

Wherever you find yourself today, if you are walking close to Jesus, than God is withholding no good from you.

His, Beth

Alive.

I am so in love with this song, from "The Story".  We're singing it in choir for Easter, and it gives me chill bumps every time.

Alive- Mary Magdelene- Natalie Grant

His, beth

Quotation Marks.

By now y'all know I have this thing for quotes. Half my posts are quotes. (I realize now that I should've done a tumblr instead of a blogspot, but oh well!) Here are some of my favorite quotes and verses as of late.

 

 

"Ladies, the true meaning of beauty and perfection is found in Scriptures. Not in magazines, or any tumblr pictures. So don't even listen to the devil's lies. 'Cause honestly, a real guy should love you not because of your weight or stature, but because of your love for the Lord our God- a love that is real and pure." ~Mark Muldez

 

"Gratefulness. Gratefulness is a double edged sword. Because I think we’ve poured it into a feeling. And the batter of gratitude gets kind of stuck to the edges of the Williams Sanoma melamine mixing bowl. But gratefulness. The act of being grateful is actually… a verb. It’s an activity. Grateful only blossoms with activity through being. What does it mean to be utterly and totally grateful? Some might associate it with weakness. To be grateful you lay yourself down before others for them to trample. Or grateful is a crack in the door to “being taken advantage of”. “They’re grateful. They’ll do it”. I don’t know. I think it’s just serving one another. When you are grateful, you feel called to serve… others. No? Isn’t that a powerful move. To feel so grateful that you care not what others think or how you are perceived, you only think about the action of filling another’s void?" ~Abigail Spencer

"Now, devote your heart and soul to seeking the LORD your God." ~1 Chronicles 22:19

"Faith is the art of holding onto things in spite of your changing moods or circumstances." ~C.S. Lewis

"Love isn't perfect. It isn't a fairytale or a scrapbook and it doesn't always come easy. Love is overcoming obstacles, facing challenges, fighting to be together, holding on and never letting go. It is a short word, easy to spell, difficult to define, and impossible to live without. Love is work, but most of all, love is realizing that every hour, every minute, every second was worth it because you did it together."

"The best thing to hold onto in life is each other." ~Audrey Hepburn

"Our light and momentary troubles are acheiving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all." ~2 Corinthians 4:17 

"Refuse to be content with just the knowledge of God, but insist on experiencing His presence."

His, beth

 

Somewhere After Midnight

"Somewhere after midnight, in my wildest fantasy, somewhere just beyond my reach there's someone reaching back at me..."

Late night musings of a girl pondering her heart. Musing and meandering through my apartment...

I spent my evening praising my Savior. Listening to my pastor preach about marriage to a room full of college students. Took notes on how to improve myself as a a young woman before I can ever be a good wife. Chatted with other students and hugged dear friends. 

Somtimes my heart aches at the way life has turned out. Aches in a good way, and aches in a bad way.

Yet still I muse and I ponder and I roam and I wander.

 

(I wasn't trying to rhyme, I swear.)

 

"Even now," declares the LORD, "return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning. Rend your heart... Return to the LORD your God, for He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love." ~Joel 2:12-13

 

***written on Tuesday, February 5th; posted on Thursday, February 7th***

Music & Movie Monday

Hey y'all.

This week's music selections include:



Emily Reeves- Restless EP.
Think Colbie Calliet, with a more acoustic twist. Light and airy and beautiful. Buy it on Itunes or CD Baby. Visit her website.
 
This week's movie selections include:



Enchanted. Amy Adams as a princess, a squeaky squirrel, clothes made of curtains, singing in Central Park, McDreamy, and we can't forget the Evil Stepmother- speaking of which, did the Grimm brothers have issues with step-moms or what? They needed extensive counseling. But that's a whole other blog post.

Enjoy! Beth

Shine Bright

Source

 

xo, beth

Playing Catch Up.

Well, it's been about three weeks since I last posted.
 
WHOOPS.
 
In my defense, life has been insane. Too insane to type up poems, or post pretty pictures, or recap what my morning quiet time showed me. Too insane to reply to the emails that have piled up. Too insane to do anything but sink into the couch at the end of the day, thanking the Lord for giving me the strength to make it through another day. My plans continually got changed, until I gave up writing in my calendar because it contained an illegible mess of inked out lines and pencil eraser marks. My phone has rung with calls and beeps with texts and vibrates with each email, til I forced myself to shut it off. (I don't need all that technology anyway, contrary to what my generation would like you to think.) As my plans and what I wanted to do were thrown out the window, I found myself purposefully giving each day to God. Who do You want me to meet with today? Who do I need to check in with today? Where can I serve you?

In the midst of all this busyness, the Lord showed me a word: intentional. And at first I thought I misheard Him. Here's God, who wants me to give my days to him, and yet He's telling me to be intentional. With what? With whom? How?

With my time. With my people. With the questions I ask God. With everything. He wants me to be intentional in living for Him. He wants YOU to be intentional in living for Him.
 
Living like this has flipped my life upside down. I feel like a little kid that is trying to learn how to cartwheel. They are so terrified that they are going to fall, but whoa baby! Their hands hit the pavement. They feel their feet fly over their heads before hitting the ground, and they're stunned as they stand up and brush their hands off. They're ecstatic. All because they completed the cartwheel.
 
An epiphany happens when you realize how much more awesome life is when you include God in EVERYTHING, from the little details to the big.

Til next time, Beth