The Heart

What if it's true, that the heart is deceitful? What if the very thing you ache for is the very last thing you should have or will even want to have once you know what it really is?

But what if the one thing you ache for is the only thing that can bring relief? What if your heart is right?

How can you tell the difference?

They say the eyes are the windows to the soul, but how do you discern what you see in them?
Our eyes look outward onto the world where our knowledge and other 4 senses come together to discern what's in view. But what tools do we have to look and discern what is inward, what is on the other side of the eyes which at the moment hold our gaze and hold our heart?

There is a heart that is pure, a soul that is all goodness. There is one pair of eyes, when gazed into, one finds absolute peace, pure love and a sure hope. Maybe there's something about these eyes that can teach us about our search into others. What if we could look through this one pair of eyes? Would we not see into others with nothing less than purity and hope? Would we not see the soul maybe not as it is but as it could be? As it should be? Would we not here find hope?

Rest easy heart and hope...

Family

I wrote this on the plane on my way "home" to Californnia..

I thought about it today, and I realized that as much as I'm going home to my family... I'm leaving my family behind. God has given me a family in this place I called home the last 2 1/2 years. I have seen His promise to give us mothers and brothers and sisters 100 fold, when we leave ours behind, fulfilled. He has given me a family, those familiar faces you can always count on, homes where you feel at rest just being there, hearts that cherish you and that you cherish no matter what happens. Thank you Lord that your Word is true. Thank you Lord that you will do it again. Thank you Lord for family.

Mark 10:29-31

Sorry For taking so long but...

So, if you check this often you will know that I have left a very important update out for a few weeks now... I will paste the update below with the following disclaimer: All of the information contained in this update was a suprise to my beloved sister Audrey until today, therefore I didn't post just in case she might check out this site. It was so worth it!! I wish you could've seen the look on her face when I opened the door at my mom's house today.... priceless! We got it on video! Anyways, here you go


Hello Friends,

"But I trust in you, O Lord; I say, 'You are my God, my times are in your hands;'"
Psalm 31:14,15

"In his heart a man plans his course but the Lord determines his steps."
Proverbs 16:7

When I left California this summer I planned to stay in Germany for an extended amount of time. It seemed that at the end of every semester I was asking God about my next step and I finally decided to stay put where I knew he had last called me until He moved me on to something new. So I sold my car, cancelled my cell phone and prepared all of my friends and family for at least another year of my absence until I would return for a visit...
BUT... God had another plan!

I am returning to California December 13th and will be staying in California. I'm really excited to see what the Lord has in store and overjoyed at the thought of being with my family and friends in California once again.

I don't have any plans as yet other than to enjoy the holidays with my family and seek the Lord for His direction.

My two and a half years here in Germany have truly been above and beyond all I could ask or imagine, the Lord has done great things. I know that He has incredible plans for my future as well, He is faithful! Jeremiah 29:11-13

I would ask for your prayers as I make this transition:
For those of you who don't know, I have pneumonia and would ask that you pray for healing and easy travels on the 13th. The Lord has used the pneumonia greatly in my life and I pray also that His purposes in it will be accomplished.

Please pray for my heart as I say goodbye to what has become a second home... though I know even more now Hebrews 11:13-16 to be true, our home is in heaven!

Please pray for God's direction and provision as I begin a new journey in California.

Thank you so much for all of your faithful prayers and support, I am so blessed by each one of you.

If you are in California, I hope to see you soon!

Please feel free to email me anytime

God Bless!

"Many, O Lord my God, are the wonders you have done. The things you planned for us no one can recount to you; were I to speak and tell of them, they would be too many to declare." Psalm 40:5