take every chance you dare

erin marie.

[christmasspiritallyear]

[ernmarie]

There's an old saying for travelers. A car's headlights only shine for fifteen feet, but that fifteen feet will get you all the way home. God knows just how much clarity will be good for us—not too much, not too little. We don't follow clarity. We follow God.

John Ortberg

[ernmarie]

how can it be? hallelujah--  i feel this love overtake me

Feeling Low, Will Reagan & United Pursuit

[tilldeathdousart]

[sociedadelbosque]

[lizclimo]

#FridayFeeling

[ernmarie]

Destructive to marriage is the self-fulfillment ethic that assumes marriage and the family are primarily institutions of personal fulfillment, necessary for us to become "whole" and happy. The assumption is that there is someone just right for us to marry and that if we look closely enough we will find the right person. This moral assumption overlooks a crucial aspect to marriage. It fails to appreciate the fact that we always marry the wrong person. We never know whom we marry; we just think we do. Or even if we first marry the right person, just give it a while and he or she will change. For marriage, being [the enormous thing it is] means we are not the same person after we have entered it. The primary challenge of marriage is learning how to love and care for the stranger to whom you find yourself married.

Stanley Hauerwas

[amormedarei-deactivated20200116]

[classy-tattoos]

❀ ✿ Instagram: Classy.tattoos ❀ ✿

[stayingonpace-blog]

[buttahcup]

[ernmarie]

t-minus many days until hip hop class. can they be my instructor? 

[ernmarie]

Loving someone is like moving into a house. At first you fall in love with all the new things, amazed every morning that all this belongs to you, as if fearing that someone would suddenly come rushing in through the door to explain that a terrible mistake had been made, you weren't actually supposed to live in a wonderful place like this. Then over the years the walls become weathered, the wood splinters here and there, and you start to love that house not so much because of all its perfection, but rather for its imperfections. You get to know all the nooks and crannies. How to avoid getting the key caught in the lock when it's cold outside. Which of the floorboards flex slightly when one steps on them or exactly how to open the wardrobe doors without them creaking. These are the little secrets that make it your home.

A Man Called Ove

[ernmarie]

The issue at hand isn’t God’s ability to keep his word to us, but whether we’ll trust him enough to enter into our own Promised Lands in full faith.

http://www.christianitytoday.com/women-leaders/2016/september/trusting-god-when-future-is-unknown.html?start=2

[wolf-teeth]

[1of1doodles]

[ernmarie]

I give it all to you God, trusting that you'll make something beautiful out of me.

[ernmarie]

To the truly great man, who raised a family that loves nothing more than to be in each other’s company, thank you. You made each person in your life feel special and valued, and I loved the way you kept me smiling. Soon, only the best memories will remain—and a part of you will always live inside of all of us.