happy night to you, friend!
:)
this song is from of one of my very favorite movies.. if you ever have the chance to watch "return to me," ya GOTTA! the scene with this song in it is the happiest! and gosh i just love it.
happy night to you, friend! :)
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God is teaching me more & more about how to love people, and what that even means and what it looks like to love people and love them well, like He does. what a beautiful thought that He does that & i hope He never stops! and in the midst of this ongoing lesson, this quote really stuck out to me and i thought i'd share it. it keeps coming back to my mind and i keep thinking about it and what it means. not gonna lie, though, this made me realize things about myself that i didn't really like realizing. and my hope for you, dear reader, is that God would also pull out those hindering and not-so-lovely things within you, and it would convict you in order that you might become more like Christ in this humbling life-long endeavor of loving. & i was also reminded of this really meaningful song for me, called "safe" by britt nicole... give it a listen. i hope it speaks. even to your old age and gray hairs I am He. I am He who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you. isaiah 46:4 sustain: \sə-ˈstān\ 1. to keep in existence; maintain. 2. to supply with necessities or nourishment; provide for. 3. to support from below; keep from falling or sinking; prop. 4. to support the spirits, vitality, or resolution of; encourage. today i was made so rawfully (<<not a word ha) aware of my need for Jesus. i feel that as we live, there is this string that is holding us together, and without it, we will fall apart. that string is Jesus and what a beautiful thought that He sustains.. nourishes, provides for, supports, carries like an umbilical cord that holds my existence together... the world's existence. the even more beautiful thought to me, is that it's not like it is a tied-down dread to be sustained by Him.. it is JOY. it is my life in freedom. it is deep peace, deep knowing, deep love. we need God like this tree needs it's roots, like the earth needs the sun, like we need our next breath. p.s. oh lordie this is beautiful! i just can't even believe my ears...
sometimes i just get so cheesy with saying my heart languages but i don't even care. like what even is a "heart language?" WOW, what a great question! i'll tell ya! (; i'd say they're little things that just getcha right in the heart... certain things, like trees and music, that you just can't put words to as to how they move you or make you feel. one of mine is my name. i haven't always liked my name, but i'll tell ya, when someone says "what do you think?" compared to "what do you think, alexi?" it just really means a lot. i'm not sure why. but my favorite favorite thing is when people call me lex. and i think i've figured out it's because anyone can call me by my name, but only those who feel truly comfortable enough around me call me lex.. those who really know me, i think. cuz an acquaintance isn't just gonna come up to me and call me lex. so i feel like when people call me lex, it's like an honor. it's almost like a trustworthy thing and a deeper knowing. my family calls me lex. and lately so does my family here, at eau claire. and it just means the world, i can't even tell you. But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine." Isaiah 43:1 ^^^and here's a song that I've literally played about fifteen times straight, passed along by a person who means a lot to me.^^^
this song makes me happy to be alive.
i think it's because it reminds me of IVLI this summer, and it particularly reminds me of this really wonderful moment when my dear friend, Manny, pulled out his phone while we were walking through the woods one day and played this song. You guys, songs sound different when they're played in the woods. Seriously. I'm convinced they're meant to be played in the woods. Happy Friday, friends! Enjoy that GLORIOUS sunshine. I know I sure will! |