trust me.

Psalm 85:8

mlk.

love.

love, always. <3

New Year: 2016!

New year, new focus.
Love first, love well.

Your grace will never be forgot
Your mercy all my life
Will be my soul's forever song
My story and my light

From mountaintop to valley low
Through laughter and through tears
Surely the goodness of my God
Will follow all the years

For all that You have done, for us
For every battle won
We'll raise a song to bless Your heart
For all that You have done

In all our failures and regrets
You've always led us home
Redemption's arm has raised us up
Our triumph in the storm

In unity we'll stand as one
As family we'll go
Shoulder to shoulder, hand in hand
Into the great unknown


HNY 2016

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'Tis The Season

I had the pleasure of decking the halls with one of my favorite Florida families this weekend. There is nothing like turning down the AC and turning up the Christmas tunes to get in the spirit of the season. A mix of fun, festive and chic pieces can create warmth and love in every home this holiday season!

A few inspiring items I picked up:

The best part, the decor party! Everything has a special place...

'tis the season,

Jessica

Overflowing Love. 09-11-2001

http://dn.educationaltravel.com/sites/the-911-national-memorial/

11 Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus clear the way for us to come to you. 12 May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you. 13 May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comeswith all his holy ones.

1 Thessalonians 3:11-13

Shallow and Profound

Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God —1 Corinthians 10:31

Beware of allowing yourself to think that the shallow aspects of life are not ordained by God; they are ordained by Him equally as much as the profound. We sometimes refuse to be shallow, not out of our deep devotion to God but because we wish to impress other people with the fact that we are not shallow. This is a sure sign of spiritual pride. We must be careful, for this is how contempt for others is produced in our lives. And it causes us to be a walking rebuke to other people because they are more shallow than we are. Beware of posing as a profound person— God became a baby.

To be shallow is not a sign of being sinful, nor is shallowness an indication that there is no depth to your life at all— the ocean has a shore. Even the shallow things of life, such as eating and drinking, walking and talking, are ordained by God. These are all things our Lord did. He did them as the Son of God, and He said, “A disciple is not above his teacher . . .” (Matthew 10:24).

We are safeguarded by the shallow things of life. We have to live the surface, commonsense life in a commonsense way. Then when God gives us the deeper things, they are obviously separated from the shallow concerns. Never show the depth of your life to anyone but God. We are so nauseatingly serious, so desperately interested in our own character and reputation, we refuse to behave like Christians in the shallow concerns of life.

Make a determination to take no one seriously except God. You may find that the first person you must be the most critical with, as being the greatest fraud you have ever known, is yourself.

Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest

http://utmost.org/