Beautiful

Don't know how it is you looked at me

And saw the person that i could be

Awakening my heart

Breaking through the dark

Suddenly Your grace

 

Now there's a joy inside i can't contain

But even perfect days can end in rain

And though it's pourin' down

I see You through the clouds

Shining on my face

 

I have come undone  
But i have just begun  
Changing by Your grace

 

Like sunlight burning at midnight  
Making my life something so

Beautiful, Beautiful

Mercy reaching to save me

All that I need

You are so

Beautiful, Beautiful

Beautiful, Beautiful

~Francesca Battistelli~

Some (emphasis on the some) of the leafs here are finally changing colors.  Most of the leaves here in TX turn brown and stay on the tree until next spring when the new leaves finally push them off the branches.  (It doesn't get cold enough for all of the trees to change colors or for the leaves to fall off.)  However, a very few trees do turn colors.  I think that there are about 5 very small trees between here and school that are a brilliant red.  God truly did a wonder when he created leaves and their colors...even though I would much rather be in the middle of the plains without a tree in sight.  I'm looking forward to the next time we go to OK when I finally get to see a good sunset without all of these trees in the way.  I miss those.

It was a good day today. It seems to me that when I can feel God with me everything is sooo much more vibrant and beautiful.  Maybe it's just that I need an attitude adjustment and need to stop thinking about me so much!!  Whichever.  This song just reminded me of that tonight.  Some days I feel like I could just explode with the joy and wonder of God and His creation!!!

Make a joyful shout to the LORD, all you lands! 

Serve the LORD with gladness;

Come before His presence with singing.
Know that the LORD, He is God;
It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves;
We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.    

Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,
And into His courts with praise.  
Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.

For the LORD is good;
His mercy is everlasting,  
And His truth endures to all generations.

~Psalm 100~

He's still there for me....

Once again I said my goodbyes
To those who I love most
My heart feels that familiar pain
As I long for home
'Cause this road is hard
When I feel so far
 
On the day that You called my name
All that I knew changed
I found when I said yes that I'd never be the same
Though the call is hard
You are worth it all

Even when the tears are falling
When I find I fear the calling
You remind me
Words You've spoken over my life
Promises I've yet to see
You comfort me

God I'm crying out tonight
'Cause I've given You my life
But I'm tired and I'm missing what's behind
So once more, here's my life
~Barlow Girl~

Even though I can't always feel God right next to me.  He's still there with me.  It doesn't matter what's happening in my life or whether or not I feel good.  He is always there with me.  This song popped up on my itunes tonight.  I found out that one of my tests that I took last week didn't go as well as I wanted it to.  I've really been missing all of my friends and family back home this week.  It's kind of discouraging knowing that I won't get to see most of them until Christmas break.  I'm exhausted and don't really know how I'm going to get through this week right now, but I do know that He will give me strength to keep going even when I don't feel like it.

On the up side...I do know how to study for this prof's tests for next time. :-)  Eventually, school will slow down a little bit and I'll be able to quit worrying about it so much....and I get to see my family in three months!!! :-)  For now though, I'm going to keep going where God has placed me.  He has brought me to this point for a reason.  I just don't always know what it is.

But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. ~Isaiah 40:31~

Meat Buns (Otherwise known as Meat Perishky)

So I decided to try something new tonight and it turned out really well!!! I made bread and half went into a cinnamon-sugar loaf and the other half I made into buns filled with a precooked hamburger, onion, cream of mushroom soup, dry onion mix, and sour cream mixture. The sour cream wasn't in the original recipe, but I thought that the dry onion soup mix made it too salty so I added the sour cream to tone it down a little.  I ate mine with additional sour cream. They were GOOD!!! :-)