God will lift your head

Give to the wind your fear
Hope and be undismayed
God hears your sighs and counts your tears
God will lift up, God will lift up, lift up your head

God will lift up your head
God will lift up your head
God will lift up your head
Lift up your head

Leave to His sovereign sway
To choose and to command
Then shall we wandering on His way
Know how wise and how strong
How wise and how strong
How strong is His hand

Through waves and clouds and storms,
He gently clears the way
Wait because in His time, so shall this night
Soon end in joy, soon end in joy
Soon end in joy, soon end in joy

Jars of Clay

empty

empty.

big hole.

cold ache.

looking ahead.

hard.

hope.

tears.

His plan.

all things new.

Do it more and more

Are you pleasing God in the way you live? Do so more and more.

Are you loving your brothers? Do so more and more.

from I Thessalonians 4: 1, 9, 10

glimpse

Having a glimpse of Him and eternity makes this present life pale. Oh, that the joy of tomorrow with Him will fill me with faithfulness and hope for today!

Family - part 1

Family - part 2

Family - part 3

Humility

There is no true and constant gentleness without humility; while we are so fond of ourselves, we are easily offended with others. Let us be persuaded that nothing is due to us, and then nothing will disturb us. Let us often think of our own infirmities, and we shall become indulgent towards those of others.

Francois Fenelon (from the book Daily Strength for Daily Needs by Mary W. Tileston)

a post-graduation photo shoot

Wilbur modeling my cap and tassle.

It's not sinking in

that I graduate tomorrow. Maybe when I actually walk across the stage it will.