You Are Loved-Hope's Call

Have you ever felt the Father’s love
As He holds you in His arms
When you start to say I’m sorry
He says you’ve done nothing wrong
Have you failed to meet the standards that you thought you should attain
Only to hear Him call your name, saying

Chorus:
You are loved beyond your failures
You are loved beyond your past
The hope that you’ve imagined
Is now reality at last
You are loved with no conditions
You are loved with no remorse
The scars of your forgiveness
Are engraved upon the Lord
You are loved

Have you seen your life be torn apart
By things you could not help
Until you finally reach the point
Where you could only blame yourself
Have you laid your head to sleep
And think you’ll always be alone
Then waken to His voice calling you home,
He says

Chorus repeat

ahhhhhhhh

Here's why I'm ahhhhhhhhhhing....I have a ton of stuff to do this week. Yes, I acknowledge that this is nothing but a post of me complaining, but I just wanted to get it all out. Plus, writing this out will help me remember what I've got to do.

Sunday
Meet SCP group to go make group presentation
Work on all the following stuff that's due this week..

Monday
SCP response paper due (and I have no idea what I'm going to write it on)
Presentation to Habitat for Humanity Board of Directors
French response paper due about a movie we watched last week

Tuesday
Judge Alex II science fair projects
Micro lab notebooks due (all 13,000 write ups, that is)

Wednesday
French presentation, that she just told us about Friday

Thursday
Micro unknown paper due

Friday
10 page research paper due about how healthcare inequalities affect the homeless-nope, haven't started it yet

So, yeah, this week's gonna be CRAZY

When I Don't Desire God by John Piper

"How sweet all at once it was for me to be rid of those fruitless joys which I had once feared to lose . . . ! You drove them from me, you who are the true, the sovereign joy. You drove them from me and took their place, you who are sweeter than all pleasure, though not to flesh and blood, you who outshine all light, yet are hidden deeper than any secret in our hearts, you who surpass all honor, though not in the eyes of men who see all honor in themselves. . . O Lord my God, my Light, my Wealth, and my Salvation."

-Augustine, Confessions, 181 (IX.1)

Pour L'amour du café

I haven't posted in a while so here's what's up...I'm currently sitting in Java City sipping on some coffee, which I love. Mmm, yes, coffee is my addiction. I've been hooked since the beginning though, ever since my Grannie would make me coffee as a tot.

Anyway, I'm just chillin, studying for a Microbiology test. Other than that, not too much going on. I also have a French Test on Wednesday, and it's going to be completely oral, so that's kinda scary...

So, church was pretty much awesome today. It was something that I really needed to hear. The power of Christ's resurrection, and the freedom that comes through that. I know that's pretty basic, but it was so refreshing to hear it again.

Well, I suppose that's about it for now.

sometimes i like to write down words as they come into my head...

green
close
water
coffee
sleep
God
future
supper
ham
mccorkle
bible
homework
phone
highlighter
soccer
clouds
mama
expedition
camping
africa
missions
french
micro report......which i really need to work on

quite random, and perhaps stereotypical

I would just like to make the general statement that girls are extremely confusing/misleading, and they shouldn't be...

East to West

Here I am, Lord, and I'm drowning in your sea of forgetfulness
The chains of yesterday surround me
I yearn for peace and rest
I don't want to end up where You found me
And it echoes in my mind, keeps me awake tonight
I know You've cast my sin as far as the east is from the west
And I stand before You now as though I've never sinned
But today I feel like I'm just one mistake away from You leaving me this way

Jesus, can You show me just how far the east is from the west
'cause I can't bear to see the man I've been come rising up in me again
In the arms of Your mercy I find rest
'cause You know just how far the east is from the west
From one scarred hand to the other

I start the day, the war begins, endless reminding of my sin
Time and time again Your truth is drowned out by the storm I'm in
Today I feel like I'm just one mistake away from You leaving me this way

I know You've washed me white, turned my darkness into light
I need Your peace to get me through, to get me through this night
I can't live by what I feel, but by the truth Your word reveals
I'm not holding on to You, but You're holding on to me
You're holding on to me

Jesus, You know just how far the east is from the west
I don't have to see the man I've been come rising up in me again
In the arms of Your mercy I find rest
'cause You know just how far the east is from the west
From one scarred hand to the other
One scarred hand to the other
From one scarred hand to the other