hephzibah

Your new name will be “The City of God’s Delight”
and “The Bride of God,”
for the Lord delights in you
and will claim you as his bride.
-Isaiah 62:4

I am a dreamer. a lover. hopeful. a worshipper. a follower of The Way. I am in love with the Lover of my soul. I fail Him everyday; but despite my failings, He pursues me with His relentless love. I want to make a difference and change the world with His love and hope.

truth is, there are a million steps and we don’t even know what the steps are, and worse, we may not be willing, or even able to take them and still worse, they are different for you and me and always changing. i have come to believe that the sooner we fall in love with the God who keeps shaking things up, keeps changing the path, keeps rocking the boat to test our faith in Him, teach us not to rely on easy answers, magic mantras, or genies, but rather is in His guidance, His existence, His mercy, and His love.

—from “searching for God knows what” by Donald Miller.  (via dancingunhindered)

JAMES BARNETT: Followers

officialjamesbarnett:

There are those who admire Jesus and those who follow Jesus. A Danish philosopher named, Kierkegaard, said that the Admirers, however good-intentioned, are merely spectators who want to remain safe. So then, we see that Admirers are only connected to the Admired through the thrill of the…

(Source: jamestheverb)

theseboneswillrejoice: “The vision is better endings.  The vision is the restoration of broken families and broken relationships.  The vision is people finding life, finding freedom, finding love.  The vision is graduation, a Super Bowl, a wedding, a child, a sunrise.  The vision is people becoming incredible parents, people breaking cycles, making change.   The vision is the possibility that your best days are ahead.   The vision is the possibility that we’re more loved than we’ll ever know.   The vision is hope, and hope is real. You are not alone, and this is not the end of your story.” — To Write Love On Her Arms’ vision statement

theseboneswillrejoice:

“The vision is better endings.  The vision is the restoration of broken families and broken relationships.  The vision is people finding life, finding freedom, finding love.  The vision is graduation, a Super Bowl, a wedding, a child, a sunrise.  The vision is people becoming incredible parents, people breaking cycles, making change.  

The vision is the possibility that your best days are ahead.  

The vision is the possibility that we’re more loved than we’ll ever know.  

The vision is hope, and hope is real.

You are not alone, and this is not the end of your story.”

— To Write Love On Her Arms’ vision statement

(Source: staypozitive, via theseboneswillrejoice-deactivat)

the work of the Creator #nofilter (Taken with instagram)

the work of the Creator #nofilter (Taken with instagram)

Facing Your Fears to Live Your Dreams

shannonicole:

[by Don Miller]

“We don’t normally face our fears willingly. Usually, God has to woo us into the desert. We are either chasing love or some other desire, and we find ourselves in the midst of a situation in which we have very little control. And when we lose control, we go into a mild form of trauma. But the good news is the greatest stories are lived in the desert. The great lives are lived in the places we most fear. If we fear being rejected, the great story has us standing at the door with flowers in our hands, if we fear losing love, the great stories have us letting that person go rather than clinging to them. If we fear taking a chance on a dream, the great stories have us quitting our jobs.”