just a few odds and ends.

Heard this a million times before but still love it just. as. much.





I always wonder if pictures like this are 'real'...and if they are, i wish i could be there in a heartbeat.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fvcEb7iGpo&feature=player_embedded


love this video. something about the voices of the kids singing and lifiting up the people of 9/11 just seems to put things into perspective. and i realize more and more the "right" perspective is the answer to a lot of things in life.



i. want. this. puppy!!! sooo, cute.

Heart's Desire...no, no not the store in Frisco.

This was my email devotion that I get daily, honestly a lot of times I just delete, thinking, "oh, i'm too busy today or what not" but luckily today i read it. and needless to say, it hits close to home.

"There is a secret set within each of our hearts. It often goes unnoticed, we rarely can put words to it, and yet it guides us throughout the days of our lives. This secret remains hidden for the most part in our deepest selves. It is simply the desire for life as it was meant to be. Isn't there a life you have been searching for all your days? You may not always be aware of your search, and there are times when you seem to have abandoned looking altogether. But again and again it returns to us, this yearning that cries out for the life we prize. It is elusive, to be sure. It seems to come and go at will. Seasons may pass until it surfaces again. And though it seems to taunt us, and may at times cause us great pain, we know when it returns that it is priceless. For if we could recover this desire, unearth it from beneath all other distractions and embrace it as our deepest treasure, we would discover the secret of our existence.

We all share the same dilemma - we long for life and we're not sure where to find it. We wonder if we ever do find it, can we make it last? The longing for life within us seems incongruent with the life we find around us. What is available seems at times close to what we want, but never quite a fit. We must journey to find the life we prize. And the guide we have been given is the desire set deep within, the desire we often overlook, or mistake for something else or even choose to ignore. The greatest human tragedy is simply to give up the search. There is nothing of greater importance than the life of our deep heart. To lose heart is to lose everything. And if we are to bring our hearts along in our life's journey, we simply must not, we cannot abandon this desire. And so Gerald May writes,

There is a desire within each of us, in the deep center of ourselves that we call our heart. We were born with it, it is never completely satisfied, and it never dies. We are often unaware of it, but it is always awake? Our true identity, our reason for being, is to be found in this desire.

The clue as to who we really are and why we are here comes to us through our heart's desire."
Life is too short to not listen to, obey, go after, pursue, my HEART'S DESIRE.

Do not think that love in order to be genuine has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired. Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.― Mother Teresa

 

 

that bob marley guy was a wise one.

sometimes life just becomes too much. and it almost always seems like it blindsides me when i least expect it. and i get to the point where the Lord is just screaming at me to pray. pray for the hard situations. pray for others. that ALL i can do is pray. and pray. and pray some more. and trust that His will always prevails and not my own. as hard as that is sometimes and as unfair as it seems in some situations.

and while i am praying wait patiently for His promises. or for His light to come and just take me home. at the end of the day, that is what this life is about and i feel like sometimes he uses hard situations to remind me of that.

"Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever." 1 John 2:15-17

love this coat, those buttons, the blue chambray shirt and those bracelets. love, love.



i need a room like this is my house some day!! dream big, right??



http://dashofdan.com/post/6789933848/mini-oreo-cheesecakes
I really, really want to make these. Anything with oreos is always yum!!



I want to make one of these!! Good thing you can learn how here: http://meohmymama.blogspot.com/2011/04/diy-tutorial-for-wood-stained-painting.html 



this is a dream date if i do say so myself : )

i had the best day, with you, today.

saturday i just had one of those days. where i really wouldn't change one single thing about it. and it was everything i wanted and more.

lunch with some people i love so, so much.
cruising with the windows down in a 99 chevy blazer.
listening to new music by leagues, drew holcomb, andrew combs, the list could go on and on.
driving down music row.
chonga-ritas for hours, telling stories and reliving the glory days.
spending 6 hours at bluebird cafe listening to music & songwriting legends.
james t. slater, tony haselden, walker hayes, rory lee feek.
not being able to wipe a smile off my face.
thinking that all i want to do is thank God for these people at the table and the love and joy they give me.
tweeting inside jokes.
exploring a new city.
late night chats.
slumber parties.
listening to old and new friends play music, using their talents God gave them.
80 degree weather.
joy, lots of it. just lots and lots of smiles, laughter and JOY.

feeling inspired to bring a little nashville life back to dallas. slowing it all down a little and just taking things in. spending time enjoying what i have been given.