shitalke mushrooms
i got accepted to my first college today. its a real thing now….
-eight
FALL
synonyms
perks of 7am^
i was reading love does by bob goff (great book, 12 out of 10 doctors recommend) and at the end of one chapter he said fully loving and fully living are the kind of life that jesus invited us to be part of. they are synonyms. you can’t fully live if you are not fully loving and vise versa.
invest your life to them…no strings attached just love them because jesus died for them and they are worth loving. fully living is a product of fully loving.
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abundance
so i’ve noticed recently that living an abundant life is my mantra. i’ve talked about it a lot so i think i’m gonna keep the trend goin.
this one’s for my haters:
one direction. harry styles… in a bun. ear-blasting music and high-pitched screams. harry styles. all in one night. last night’s concert was pretty freakin fantastic to say the least, but unfortunately, that’s not the point of this post.
after the concert, a bff that also went tweeted, “i’m only 17 and my life has already been well lived.” i rt-ed that faster than you can say “harry styles in a bun”. so it was late and naturally, the deep thoughts started flowing. i started listing everything i’ve done already in my short time here on earth, it was a hella long list.
just to name a few:
traveled all over the world(not to scale)
moved to a new city, met the most amazing ppl
saved by our god
^thats a good one to end on
my point is this, i have been able to expose myself to so many things that have made me the person i am now. and i’ve only been here for 17 years!!! think about all the years we have ahead and how much we are yet to see and foods we are going to taste and the miracles that are proof of our god and the infinite amount of love we will be able share… and receive. it’s just way too exciting and now i’m starting to get chill bumps as i type this.
-eight
sweet love of mine
TWL Buena Vista CO
//55mm manual SLR//
i finally finished developing all my film from this summer and all I can feel as I look at these pictures is my longing to be in those moments again and soak in the beauty of them. because man where they beautiful
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daughters of the day
i’m hashtag blessed with my group of people. every week we get up before the sun and go to the best smelling breakfast place in all of The Bubble and chat. we talk about love and life and pressures and jesus. we learn scripture, we see truths and promises in the word, it’s the best way to start a day.
today we talked about 1 thessalonians 5. we talked about encouraging the people around us and being patient. using faith to protect us from evil, we are daughters of the day. daughters of the light, all of us live under open skies.
patience is what i lack, i feel selfish more often than not, for god’s crazy love that i get to experience, and that the people i love aren’t apart of. my main goal is to share the gospel and i never understand why they are so stubborn. it doesn’t happen over night.
…we urge you, brothers and sisters, warn those who are idle and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone.
-eight
music quotes and other heartbeats of life
other peoples words have been the heart beat of my life for as long as I can recall. they have served as love in all different forms. i’ve clung to words as my life blood. and at my core i’ve clung to what i’ve known to be the truth. ive had the immense pleasure of hearing the gospel thru people who didn’t even know they where preaching it. sometimes I forget that God is bigger than satan. im horribly ashamed of that truth but also proud to know myself. in the book follow me by David Platt he talks about how satan tricks christians into believing they’re following Christ while in actuality they’re living their faith out halfheartedly which isn’t faith at all. so isn’t it embarrassingly obvious that god can preach thru whomever he wants to regardless of what their committed to. satan can trick but god, god created everything.
this weekend I had the pleasure of hearing two of the bands that have preached to my soul //musicmidtown14//
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younglife tonight
// Beuna Vista Co //
-nine
infinty times infinity
I’m glad of the change of seasons. I think it beautiful. and as I age I realize how lucky I am that each season is just long enough to make me miss the next. as much as I miss winter now I know I’ll miss summer too especially this one. its another blessing to be able to say this one will sit on my heart for eternity.
“Sun”
With golden string
our universe was clothed in light.
Pulling at the seams,
our once barren world now brims with life,
that we may fall in love
every time we open up our eyes.
I guess space, and time,
takes violent things, angry things
and makes them kind.“We are the dust of dust.”
“We are the apple of God’s eye.”
“We are infinite as the universe we hold inside.”“Infinity times infinity.”
“Infinity times infinity times infinity.”
“Infinity times infinity times infinity times infinity.”
“Let there be light, let there be light, let me be right…”
our universe was clothed in light.
Pulling at the seams,
our once barren world now brims with life,
that we may fall in love
every time we open up our eyes.
I guess space, and time,
takes violent things, angry things
and makes them kind.“We are the dust of dust.”
“We are the apple of God’s eye.”
“We are infinite as the universe we hold inside.”“Infinity times infinity.”
“Infinity times infinity times infinity.”
“Infinity times infinity times infinity times infinity.”
“Let there be light, let there be light, let me be right…”
The dust of dust.
We are the apple of God’s eye.
We are infinite as the universe we hold inside.
“Let there be light, let there be light, let me be right.”
With golden string
our universe was brought to life,
that we may fall in love
every time we open up our eyes.
this song wasn’t my summer song by any means but it does epitomize how much golden light there is in my life like the simple feeling of missing summer. which is infinitely more complex because it was given to us by the creator. I love the sun. I welcome you winter.
-nine
Being called
There have been a few times in my life when my ability to listen has coincided with gods plan for me. I’m referring to the feeling of being called. It’s a gut wrenching feeling of absolute clarity. My heart tends to beat at an utterly disturbing pace and I’m overwhelmed with the undeniable knowledge of what is right and what is wrong. I’ve never had god speak to me more clearly than in these moments when he decides to use me for his purpose. It’s hard. But also my divine privilege. House church tonight reminded me of that. I don’t want to deny my god or my faith with any part of my being so I’m going to walk his way.
James1-2
-nine
stressors
last day of junior year, 3:25, we thought our stressing was finally over. little did i know that a week and two days into senior year and i’ve got a list of stressors that reaches from here to tim buk too (not to scale). the stresses are different this year tho, they’re exciting stressors. perfecting your act score, which colleges to apply to, the college apps themselves, preplanning dorm rooms (note to reader: i’m a planner. i plan months/years/decades/centuries in advance) all of the things “stressing” me out right now lead to what my life is gonna be like in a year, in four. these decisions all lead to my future! (no pressure)
i’ve decided to handle these so called stressors differently this year.
1. let god handle it, he’ll show me to the path he has chosen for me
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from a friend:
“A life filled with community and communion and weariness due to incredible adventures and humble adventures that are amazing just the same and enough laughter to prolong our lives hundreds of years and people that will change the way you live and infinite oppurtunities to love and constantly being loved and the things we will see and the miracles that are testimony to Gods existence we will witness and our potential being fulfilled. It’s a rather adrenaline pumping existence we live. If not in the moment then at least in theory”
-eight
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