cry in my heart

lead me to the cross where Your love poured out
bring me to my knees, Lord i lay me down
rid me of myself i belong to You
lead me
lead me to the cross
...
break my heart for what breaks Yours
everything i am for Your kingdom come

Jesus loves me.

Today (I think it was today, anyways) I was thinking about the verse where God says, 'I desire mercy more than sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.' So I was thinking about mercy vs. sacrifice and why God would desire mercy more; like okay let's get basic here, what's the difference? And I think the answer is that mercy involves relationship. Here's how I broke it down: It's easy enough to determine in my heart what involves a sacrifice and do it and get it done and look back at my sacrifice. However, mercy involves me in a relationship with someone else, because it means I'm having mercy on someone, showing mercy to someone. A sacrifice is independent, whereas mercy is dependent. And a huge thing that God keeps showing me is that our relationship with God is not in a box, nor is it strictly personal between me and God--it's meant to spill out into my relationships with everything, people, events, &c... And really, if I'm pursuing mercy in relationships, I'm going to end up sacrificing myself on the altar. Does that make sense?

lookit how beautiful seattle is!
today i am...
making a quiche
going running
collaging with friends!
working.
loving Jesus!

father's day.

happy father's day.
this is meant to be a bowl of ice cream; unfortunately it doesn't strongly resemble such.
God is good.

currently

reading:
A Passage to India
Black Like Me
Miriam's Kitchen
Walking on Water

listening:
LaRue

copeland.

hi. i'm not very good at this blogging thing am i? i know right.
anyhow. school's ALMOST out. 3-ish weeks? then summer! even tho i'm taking an online class. i'm crossing my fingers/PRAYING it will go alright/be easy-ish.
and FRIENDS. kelsey/michaela in june. i keep forgetting about july. stephanie in august. jessy and bryn everyday for the rest of my life haha i wish. but sometime in there, maybe september. and lindsay! and hopefully becky. sarah. buhe.
but yeah.
need to paint the room. it's truly horrendous. i have this thesis that it's creatively stifling.

likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. for we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
romans 8:26

apparently 'groanings' is not a word.