For our high priest is able to understand our weaknesses. When he lived on earth, he was tempted in every way that we are, but he did not sin. Let us then, feel very sure that we can come before God's throne where there is grace. // Hebrews 4:15-16

bluejays & mockingbirds

"'I'd rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you'll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mocking bird."

That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it.

"Your father's right," she said. "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.'"

To Kill A Mockingbird/Harper Lee

captivate

You say, strength is found in weakness

Peace in incompleteness

So why do I hold on?

You look, For a heart that's open

For beauty in the broken

So why am I withdrawn?

My soul's screaming out

To be found in You

Spirit draw me to my knees

Captivate all of me, all of me

Here before You honestly

Captivate all of me, all of me

I'm so messy and distracted

Undisciplined and tactless

Here on the inside

I thought age would tell the secrets

But the secrets are still secret

And the years are passing by

Teach me to wait in the moments of my need

Teach me to hear the melodies of peace

"captivate"/starfield

home sweet home

so there is a song and i don't know the name of it and i couldn't find anything about it on google. but i love the lyrics and i probably don't have them completley right but it goes something like this from what i remember.

HEAVEN IS MY HOME

WHERE I'LL LIVE FOREVER

SHINING LIKE THE SUN

WITH MY KING FOREVER

EVERY SORROW GONE

HE WILL REIGN FOREVER

HEAVEN IS MY HOME

HEAVEN IS MY HOME

Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."~ Matthew 19:14

my big red suitcase is filled with clothes, strawberry jam and cookies. what more could i need to live off of for two weeks? i am leaving for the airport in an hour to fly away to calgary, my favorite hick town. well it will be a hick town for the next two weeks anyways. i had an amazing weekend with all of you at celebration and i wanted to thank you for that, you all are crazy fun people.

Quote of the Day: We cannot change our past. We cannot change the fact that people act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play the one string we have and the is our attitude. ~ Charles R. Swindoll

Verse of the Day: Shout for joy to the Lord all the earth, burst into jubilant song with music; make music to the Lord with the harp, with the harp and the sound of singing, with trumpets and the blast of the ram's horn-shout for joy before the Lord, the King. Let the sea resound, and everything in it, the world and all who live in it. Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy; let them sing before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the people with equity.~ Psalm 98: 4-9

adios amigos, hasta luego. <3 jess
*kara's picture, but the timer did the work

A Time for Everything

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:

a time to be born and a time to die,

a time to plant and a time to uproot,

a time to kill and a time to heal,

a time to tear down and a time to build up,

a time to weep and a time to laugh,

a time to mourn and a time to dance,

a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,

a time to embrace and a time to refrain,

a time to search and a time to give up,

a time to keep and a time to throw away,

a time to tear and a time to mend,

a time to be silent and a time to speak,

a time to love and a time to hate,

a time for war and a time for peace.

What does the worker gain from his toil? I have seen the burden of God that has been laid on men. He has made everything beautiful in its time.

Ecclesiastes 3

the coke side of life

i saw it and i had to buy it. my world has been cokeisized. ain't it just grand?