Perfect plan

I'm realizing every day that I am in control of so little. I try to let God's peace fill me. I try to remember that His plan for me is perfect. I'm a sinner though and I fall. I am weak, but maybe He will give me brownie point for admitting this.
Even though not knowing is scary, I think I'm starting to feel really comfortable with all of this. Not knowing is good. He really does have a perfect plan for my life.

"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
~ Jeremiah 29:11

beautiful book excerpt

This stole my breath for a second tonight. sometimes when I read really beautiful stuff I get shaken up, just a little bit. I can't really explain it.


" Who after all, made the world of nature, and then made possible the development of sciences through which we find out more about nature? Who formed the universe of human interactions, and so provided the raw material for politics, economics, sociology, and history? Who is the source of harmony, form, and narrative pattern, and so lies behind all artistic and literary possibilities? Who created the human mind in such a way that it could grasp the endless realities of nature, of human interactions, of beauty, and so make possible the theories of such matters by philosophers and psychologists? Who moment by moment sustains the natural world, the world of human interactions, and the harmonies of existence? Who maintains moment by moment the connections between what is in our minds and what is in the world beyond our minds? The answer in every case is the same- God did it. And God does it."

~Mark Noll- The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind

memory of the past

We were both good at the act of love, but we were never "in love".

Me?

How would I describe myself?

I am a

Daydreamer.

you are greater than I

The fact that I have no control is my reminder that "His ways are better than my ways"

Jesus blurbs

Something I am sure Jesus would Never say....

"I was here first"

Something I am sure He would say....

"I make the World's best coffee"

Annie Truths?

I have come to realize that I am a tiny (not skinny, just short) girl filled with lots of tiny blurbs. They hold very little significance, of that I am sure.
But perhaps, just maybe, they make someone smile. If I can make someone smile, I will smile. And I'm sure my soul will be filled with a million tiny smiles, and I will be a happy Girl.

Brilliance and more truth

A blurb from one of my favorite authors Anne Lamott

" If I were going to begin practicing the presence of God for the first time today, it would help to begin by admitting the three most terrible truths of our existence: that we are so ruined, and so loved, and in charge of so little."

The Honest truth

I have this friend. It's one of those friends that can absolutely drive you out of your mind insane sometimes, but this never stops you from loving them with your entire heart, strength, and being.
I'd like to tell this friend 3 things right now.

1.you're so selfish lately that you probably can't even remember the last time you asked how I was doing.

2. you're not praying the right way

3. your faith looks like a quashed tuna fish sandwich.

That feels nice to have off my chest, but there are 3 things I must remind myself of.

1. Life is not about me.

2. Only God can define the "right" way to pray

3. Only God knows how little and strong a person's faith is.