Jesus is my nutritive

"When you seek more, you will see more!" -- Mike Haman

Powerful message tonight at Church! 

Intuitive

Glossy air swirling in your mind--

Opaque and pearly,

It chills as it moves.

In this silky fog,

glide all your dreams--

over icy and remote vales and hills.

Faces and voices

of long-past people

are beckoned by the mind-spun wind.

And softly as the faintest whisper

It begins to hum

gently calling you to act.

End of September

Walking outside barefoot,
I am happily surprised to feel the faint chill in the air.
It circles around and hugs your bare skin.
It's the end of September, and the year is nearing an end.
And we really feel it on days like this.
There are no crispy, red leaves
being methodically raked in large front yards.

But there is the air.
Air that flows not just over me
But over the world.
Lifting and cooling from the topmost points
Shifting and raging its way down the globe
Till finally, it hit me here.
Soft and subtle cold.
The kind of cold that northerners would snuff at--
Thinking to themselves, "You don't know what cold is."
You're right. I don't.
I've worn flip flops on Christmas Day.
I'm wearing flip flops as I type today.
But the air doesn't lie,
And its song is universal.
Singing, "Fall is come.
And the year is near done."

You always wait

Till the impossible moments--

Right when it's time to end.

Hard to read

Even tougher to mend

Are the blurry and idle

Words you send.

Then higher and higher we both go--

Leave it to me to let it all go.

Leave it to you to never show.

What you mean 

Way down below.

Not that serious at all to you.

I wish for me that were also true. 

For those of you who love the ShamWOW! Introducing: Paper Towels

The things i say

My daughter breathes in my face:  "EwwwWww Lia... you've got dragon breath"  

--Translation: Your breath stinks.

I look at my bum in the mirror at Target: "That's terrifying... I've got goblin butt!"

--Translation: My butt is dimply and saggy and horrendous.

I attempt to eat the nastiest chicken ever cooked @ Macaroni Grill: "Ixnay on the artichokesnay"

--Translation: I don't know what I'm saying and apparently I think its called a Snartichoke.

What am I thinking about this Sunday evening?

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Its also a Zonderkids book, which if you aren't familiar... they publish veggietales and other REALLY awesome, moral kids books and stories!

Wouldn't winning this be amazing!?! I could give one out to each of Lia's classmates. We have a toddler bible that we read at night, but we're about half done the new testament.  It would be nice to begin again with fresh words and pictures. 

2 Cor 12: 5-10 (NIV)

⁵I will boast about a man like that, but I will not boast about myself, except about my weaknesses. ⁶Even if I should choose to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I do or say.

⁷To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. ⁸Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. ⁹But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. ¹⁰That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

To remind me to always allow the LORD to rest his power on me, for his strength is made perfect in my weakness.

The Road

Finding a place for my mind to rest peacefully is difficult right now.  I'm at  a place where i can either let things go or build them back up. Its a really dizzy spot.  I'm sure we've all found ourselves facing crossroads.  The funny things is we often don't realize that we have 3 choices... Take the left route, take the right route, or come back the way we came and do it all over again. Perhaps someone will have paved an interstate over these forks by then...

I've been tagged!!

It only took me 2 eternities to check my blog!  

My beautiful blogging friend Kelli, tagged me for this! Enjoy.

1) What’s your current obsession? Mafia Wars on Facebook

2) What’s your weirdest obsession? My celebrity crushes. I really do obsess sometimes.

3) What are you wearing today? khakis shorts and a white tank top

4) Why is today special? Today is lia's first day of school

5) What would you like to learn to do? sight read music

6) What’s the last thing you bought? Food and school supplies

7) What are you listening to right now? The TV playing in the other room. ER just finished.

8) What’s your favorite weather? cold bright autumn days or rainy evenings

9) What’s your most challenging goal right now? trying to become a teacher

10) What do you think about the person who tagged you? An incredible writer and a very sweet woman with lots of things to teach and share.

11) What's your favorite guilty pleasure? cinnamon pretzels from the mal

12) Favorite vacation spot? I can count on ONE FINGER how many vacations i've been on.  I'd have to say the beach though.

13) What would you like to have in your hands right now? MONEY lol

14) What would you like to get rid of?  My debt.

15) If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go: Backpacking across Europe. Visit its history and its richness.

16) Which language do you want to learn? Sign Language

17) What super power would you like to possess?  Super Spiritual Strength

18) What’s your favorite thing about the city you live in? LSU Tigers!!  Its really amazing the camaraderie you feel as a tiger fan.

19) What’s your favorite piece of clothing in your own closet? A comfy dress i can throw on and go about my day

20) What’s your dream job? Broadway actress or singer. Wouldn't it be nice to hear applause every night? (OMG! That's my dream too!! Always been)

21) If you had $/£/€150 now what would you spend it on? In US Dollars that's $215.43. Can you point me to the nearest bookstore? I also would like to finally get an Ipod:)  (OMYGOODNESS again!! I totally agree)

22) Do you admire anyone’s style? Style::::: I'm not very stylish! i really wouldn't know

23) Describe your personal style. Just grab it and go. Its doesn't even have to be ironed :)

24) What is your weakest character trait?  I always think I'm right. 

25) What talent would you like to have?  Dancing... dont' get me wrong. I can groove, but like ballet or tap...

26) What are you most proud of? Finishing college

27) If you could choose one person to have lunch with who would it be and why? I would like to each lunch with Georges St. Pierre and then ask him to marry me. (don't bother that I have a husband lol!)

Now the rules of this tag: 
1) Respond and rework: answer the questions on your blog, replace one question you dislike with a question of your own invention.

Okey dokey! So its been a while

I've been away

With nothing to say

And too much to do

Without words to assign it to.

I 'm feeling the urge

For my writing to surge

and i'm rapping this rhyme

for you one more time.

Keep your eyes open

And keep your heart hoping

I'm coming back

With my blogging Rap!