ponder that.

if you have not seen this, go watch it now. amazing.

http://realbeautysketches.dove.us/

"it's spring fever. that is what the name of it is. and when you've got it, you want- oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!" -mark twain

thankful for this wonderful weather arriving, and absolutely amazing friendships. remembering to soak it all in.

i feel like i have so many things i want to blog about, but can't seem to find the time (or i'm just prioritizing better). so for now, thanks patty for always being there.

"'it is finished.' may  those  words  land  on  your bones  for the  nights when  fear  tells you  that the  cross  was a  beginning  and you must  finish grace."  -jon  acuff

powerful.

with easter comes new life, and spring could hopefully really be here to stay. so happy happy april everyone! hope you got some good april fools tricks today!

"sin is what you do when your heart is not satisfied with God... no one sins out of duty. we sin because it holds out some promise of happiness. that promise enslaves us until we believe God is more to be desired than life itself." -john piper

anyone watch any of the history channel's The Bible? i've followed a few episodes with my parents but watched the final one last night which covered Jesus being put on trial and crucified through acts in which his disciples go and spread the word. i was thinking, while watching the horrifying torture that Jesus endured, about how i take for granted what he did for me every single day. the tv portrayal obviously does it no justice, but i could hardly watch what was happening. and he did it all, willingly and peacefully, because he knew he had to take on my sins and save the world. its crazy and so real and so full of love and grace i get overwhelmed thinking about it sometimes, but its something i need to be overwhelmed about every day. because he didn't just rise on easter once, he rose that day and he is still risen and alive in me today. so as i move on from lent and easter, i hope to be less like doubting thomas... i hope to believe, even though i do not see, i hope to be overwhelmed by God's promise every single day. and i hope to remember that nothing here is as important as my relationship with him.