Sweet Disposition

all along my journey, interesting little things, & searching for beauty

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Istanbul, Turkey

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Done.

I've graduated! I'm so excited for the new journey ahead. I'm so thankful God gave me the opportunity to graduate early- it was one of the best decisions I've made!

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Off to Estonia.

Yesterday I sent Shane off to Estonia! Mixed emotions of course...9 weeks without him will be interesting BUT I'm sooo excited for him. Close to when we started dating, he had a spark of interest in this "Estonia" Random. But now it's finally here! He's off! I'll be praying for him everyday and writing him letters.

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Prom!

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Wet 'n Wild

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Wonderful 17th Birthday.

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Successful strawberry picking outing.

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Vintage Clothing For Sale

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High Fidelity

Oh how I wish to be a pleasant person

                  A beautiful person

                                    Soft touch

                                    Sweet voice

                                    Cheerful disposition

That all God’s goodness I see with my eyes

                  Would seep deep into my heart

                                    And call my soul to deeper love of Him

But that through life’s battles

                  I would praise him even there

                                    Speak his truth      

                                    Recite his promises

                                    Know better his character

To desire, to desire more

                  Desire good

                                    Purity

Honesty in the deepest parts of my heart

To search

                  For his purposes

                  Beauty

                                    In pain

Oh how I long to know what love truly is

                  Genuine love

                  Sacrificial love

                                    And to practice it

To reflect my creator as accurately I can

                  To possess a high-fidelity

To take trials

                  Simply as they are

And give victory to Jesus

                  For every battle

To confront every day

                  With a broken heart

                                    Realizing my need

Quotidian habit of falling on my knees

To find joy

                  In every season of life

To stand strong in the face of decrepitude

                  But that my desire for truth

                                    Would stand

                                                      Unchanged

To become more

                  And more

Beautiful of a person

                  As life continues

                  And experience changes my eyes

To stand in the rain

                  In the turmoil

                  In the hurt

And to say,

                  With a broken heart,

                                                                                          My God is good.

                                                                                                            And he is faithful.

I want to know you, Lord.

That is what I want.

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I love Kelly's freckles.

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David Platt makes a good argument. 

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Society

-Eddie Vedder

It's a mystery to me We have a greed with which we have agreedYou think you have to want more than you needUntil you have it all you won't be free

Society, you're a crazy breedI hope you're not lonely without me

When you want more than you haveYou think you needAnd when you think more than you wantYour thoughts begin to bleed

I think I need to find a bigger place'Cause when you have more than you thinkYou need more space

Society, you're a crazy breedI hope you're not lonely without meSociety, crazy and deepI hope you're not lonely without me

There's those thinking more or less, less is moreBut if less is more how you're keeping score?Means for every point you make your level dropsKinda like it's starting from the top, you can't do that

Society, you're a crazy breedI hope you're not lonely without meSociety, crazy and deepI hope you're not lonely without me

Society, have mercy on meI hope you're not angry if I disagreeSociety, crazy and deepI hope you're not lonely without me