yearnineteen

•organizing all the thoughts on my heart• nineteen. Redeemed.

[emeraldboreas-deactivated201809]

"I want to pray more..."

“…but I don’t have the time.”

“…I don’t know how.”

1. Whenever you’re moved with pity for someone, pray for them. That old lady you saw at the grocery store who struggled to walk? The missing child on the poster you just saw? The kids looking for their lost dog? The man who looks kinda lonely on the bench? The boy with the ratty, dirty shoes? All those people around the world whose tragedies are trotted out for everyone to see?

2. Give thanks whenever you’re grateful. Got a series of green lights? A particularly excellent haircut? Is the sky the most stunning shade of blue? Saw a video of a soldier’s homecoming and had Feels? Spent an hour with a friend?

3. When you’re done speaking with someone, lift their unknown intentions up to the Lord.

You’ll find that you spend all day praying without trying.

[nele15-deactivated20180318]

Thanks emerald!

[katherinehenson]

God pursued Adam and Eve to restore the relationship He wove… He does the same with us.

To Adam and Eve: “Where are you?” (Gen. 3:9) It was not a word of condemnation, but of love, of longing, of honest pursuit for the ones He loved so deeply.

To us: “Surely His goodness and steadfast love will [pursue me] relentlessly all the days of my life.” (Psalm 23:6) HE PURSUES US. In all that we are, He chooses us. Every single day. (See also: Psalm 139:1-4, Luke 15:3-7, John 3:16, Philippians 1:6, Ephesians 2:10)

Lesson: God will NOT stop pursuing me… but I also need to surrender. I need to lay all my brokenness and nakedness and fear aside and call to Him.

#theintentionalprayer “Lord, I am Yours, I am here, come, I no longer want to hide behind my sewn fig leaves, I am Yours alone.”

[tylerknott]

This is the spoken word version of yesterday’s Typewriter Series #1756 so many of you emailed me asking for.  Your wish is my command.  Also, I love you all.

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[thegetty]

Whose Values?, a collaborative project between Barbara Kruger and local high school students, asks some big questions. Here’s what our visitors have been saying.

What do you fear?

[the-humdrum-gatsby]

"If he writes her a few sonnets, he loves her. If he writes her 300 sonnets, he loves sonnets"

- my english professor

[pervocracy]

I think about this quote all the time and I feel like it explains a lot of things about human behavior

[ambermozo]

AND THEN EVERYTHING SUDDENLY MADE SENSE 

[explorationsofaheart]

Check it out: L.A. Hearts Boho Off… is $20 on Mercari! Use “VYHCWZ” to sign up and get $2 off!

[explorationsofaheart]

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[earthstory]

[wordsnquotes]

I don’t pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you’d imagine. I’m interested in other people’s experiences and inconsistencies, and…I remember and use them for my own benefit.

Louisa May Alcott, Little Women (via wordsnquotes)

[househunting]

$424,901/4 br

McKinney, TX

[yesdarlingido]

No relationship is perfect, ever. There are always some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up in order to gain something greater…The love we have for each other is bigger than these small differences. And that’s the key. It’s like a big pie chart, and the love in a relationship has to be the biggest piece. Love can make up for a lot.

Sarah Dessen, This Lullaby (via yesdarlingido)

[andrewtkearns]

This was hands down, the best trip of our whole lives. Check out the vlog/cinematic re-cap video of our time in Iceland.

[sixpenceee]

The worn marble steps at the Leaning Tower of Pisa. This is the result of 500 years of walking. 

[yesdarlingido]

I don’t write out of what I know; I write out of what I wonder. I think most artists create art in order to explore, not to give the answers. Poetry and art are not about answers to me; they are about questions.

Lucille Clifton (via yesdarlingido)

[noorshirazie]

In trying to shine for the wrong people, you may lose your glow.

Noor Shirazie (via noorshirazie)

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