more promises (eSa)

tired? rest in his faithful arms. he’s been in the business of holding his people for decades, centuries, millenia…and despite all the many years of saints, he is still absolutlely loves. little. YOU.

Why would you ever complain, O Jacob,
or, whine, Israel, saying,
“God has lost track of me.
He doesn’t care what happens to me”?
Don’t you know anything? Haven’t you been listening?
God doesn’t come and go. God lasts.
He’s Creator of all you can see or imagine.
He doesn’t get tired out, doesn’t pause to catch his breath.
And he knows everything, inside and out.
He energizes those who get tired,
gives fresh strength to dropouts.
For even young people tire and drop out,
young folk in their prime stumble and fall.
But those who wait upon God get fresh strength.
They spread their wings and soar like eagles,
They run and don’t get tired,
they walk and don’t lag behind.

Jesus is indeed indescribable, but I still have a few words for Him.. (Baruka)

He is love. He is our redeemer. He is hope. He is peace. He is strength. He understands. He carries our burdens. He never leaves us. He is the best Father we could ask for. He never loves us less. He reigns the heavens and the earth. He created you. He created every single living and breathing thing on this earth. He gave His life for us. He forgives us. He sees us in a different light than anyone else. His blood covers us. His word is our law. He is in us. He is omnipresent. He knows us the best. He has things under control. He never lets us go. He fills our lungs with air. He holds our hand. He is the wounds that healed us. He satisfies us. He is the beginning and the end. He wants us to talk to Him. He can conquer anything. He has overcome the world. He will never forsake us. He never disappoints. He is perfect. He meets us in our low points. He celebrates with us in our high points. He breaks us. He draws us closer to Him. He wants us to be near to Him. He is worth living for. He is our teacher. He knows our story. He knows our motives. He is compassionate. He adores us. He is GOD.

Um welp, I signed on to our blog and saw we had 60 posts and that made me so happy. Then I was like hm, I want to say 60 things about who Jesus is. So I just sat here and those came flowin out. That’s definitely not 60–I think only 40 something..but those were on my heart. I didn’t want to press it any further once it wasn’t genuine anymore, ya know?

Love you, Bec.  Love you, Ash. Love you, Camilla, Love you, Bethany. Love you, Caroline.

Blog blessings and much love– Baruka : )

Shut de door keep out de devil (eSa)

Morning besties!  I’m so thrilled about this weekend: y’all, mayer, y’all, auburn, y’all, JESUS.  Why do people ever resort to substance abuse when they can do things like this??  I’ll be on a high for weeks. We’re so blessed.

Anyway, can we each share a prayer request?  I think we are getting in the thick of things, and I guess I just encourage each of you to let us know what we can be praying for in your life. This weekend we can talk about things on a deeper (and gazing-into-each-others-eyes-not-the-laptop) kind of way.

Me? As Beth has seen first hand, I’m overloaded. No surprise, I know, but the busier I get, the more my relationships/compassion is at stake. With Crimson deadlines, ADPi, Miss AL and class, I sacrifice my friendships for workaholicism, and that is so dangerous. God has shown me he is holding me through my busy days, so why don’t I read out and connect to his beautiful creation–PEOPLE???  ps can’t wait to tell y’all what He showed me about AU/Samford.

Fun story: Rach and I lock our door like it is our job to keep pesky people out that come in our room to chat. We are child workaholics. We do not have time to listen to your Pi Kapp boyfriend story, people. Seriously if we didnt, the door opens once every 10 minutes and I”m NOT exaggerating. Bad news? I locked Beth out when she needed me most. i didn’t know it was her and didn’t answer the door.  She was crying. I didn’t know. I think I’m installing a camera on my door.

Cheesy blog! (Baruka)

Everytime I type in our password, I see each of y’alls’ faces.

BAHA! k bye.

Hello my dear friends,

   I am finally re-emerging from my blog hiatus and I hope to be fully back in action. Between rush and the first week of school, lots of things got swept under the rug. But even with all of that, I have dearly missed all of you I haven’t seen (Ash and Beth), and treasured every moment I got with the rest of you. Whenever  I get to spend time with ya’ll  I can tell that my heart is at peace. Cheesy I know, but seriously the friendships we share are constantly uplifting, and hopefully glorifying to the Lord.

   God is so amazing and I know he has so many things to teach me this year. I already feel him working in my heart, and of course ya’ll know me and Im not quite ready to share what that is yet. But I promise you will all be the first to know. (PS that sounds like some crazy: Im moving to Africa, statement and its not just for clarification.)I continually pray for each of you, and lift you each up to His hands.

  Yah today for Beth and nursing school. I know we all can’t wait for the awesome stories, and we are praying for you. “Look to the Lord and His strength; seek His face always.” Psalm 105:4

Ya’ll rock, can’t wait for John to sing me to my knees.

PS watched Mamma Mia on chapter retreat, and its a 100 positive that we will all take a trip to Greece together. And jump off a cliff (via sisterhood). Its an adventure we must take!!!

good love is on the way…

Girls! i have missed the blog. Glad that rush and the first week of school are out of the way so that i can get on more of a schedule and fit blogging into my life again. I was thinking as i read the blog of why i love it so much and i realized it is because it has shown me more than ever, what great company i am in. The continual lessons that the good lord teaches me through yall. I have humbly realized how deep yalls relationships are with the lord and it puts me in awe. To know that i am surrounded by such Godly women is inspiring. My only prayer is that some of my words might be used to spur yall on also. I’ve been learning alot about jesus lately and one of the things that he recently revealed about himself to me is awesome. So you know how it is so frusterating for us sometimes because we feel like we can’t truly communicate with the Lord, or you just want to hear him so clearly and be near to him, but there is a wall of flesh that you just can’t get through? well imagine this…Jesus went from being in completely perfect communication with God all the time, he was God and God was him and they fit together perfectly. So all the struggles we have he didn’t have. Until he came to earth, and then he too was bound by flesh. So think about how much of a barrier it is for us and then imagine being Jesus going from perfect communication to whatever we have. Can you imagine what a struggle that was for Him? I think that is such a cool picture, just another thing he gave up for us. Gosh i love HIM. Just thought i share that little tid-bit with yall..i have more that i’ll share later.

yall are awesome…can’t wait for some johnny.

peace- bec

Dreams don’t just come true at Disney..(Baruka)

Atlanta.  That’s where dreams come true.

Our most desired dream will be fulfilled in just a few short days. I cannot wait!

School has been school. I’ve been staying on top of my work and it’s been great so far. I am absolutely obsessed with the new student center. I’m in there most hours of my day, ha! Not completely seriously, but kinda. Auburn rocks as usual : )  Weather conditions were severe last night! I called sweet Care because I figured she’d be up b/c of the storm, ha! I even called home at 2 a.m. wondering if I should wake Laura up b/c of the tornado warnings. I woke up this morning and realized I need to be mature enough to make those kind of decisions on my own. K, great lesson. baha. But anyways the official song of last night was “cyclone” because of the tornadoes–INGENIUS! right? 

Um, Charlie Hall has a new album out called “The Bright Sadness.” It absolutely positively rocks. Like hardcore rocks.

“The heartbeat of Jesus always beats compassion.” Pastor Steve said this today in church and I really loved it. We talked about Jesus feeding the five thousand and he highlighted Jesus’ heart. The heart that never beats anger, jealousy, hatred, etc. ..it only beats love, compassion, etc.  We’ve always known hatred, jealousy, anger, etc. is not of God, but it was a cool image to think about it in terms of Jesus’ heart beating. Love-enriched blood beating out of his heart that poured right through his skin (just the love, not the blood) and out to others around Him. (I KNOW. I ACTUALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT SICK BLOOD IMAGE ON MY OWN. Jesus blood doesn’t gross me out, just human blood, ha!) Steve also talked about the lost people around us that we should love. We should not judge their actions, but look beneath the actions (the wandering, hurt and suffering.)  Only then, can we strive to show the compassion Jesus did. Then I thought about how it’s kinda cool that God left us to do Jesus’ job, ya know?  It’s pretty big shoes to fill, but since Jesus does live in us, it’s definitely possible. At least definitely possible to attempt. I also give y’all permission to punch me in the face when I’m not showing compassion or love to y’all. I can assure you, my heart desires nothing more than to be loving all the time, but my imperfections tend to rob me of that desire.

Haha in fact, Leona Lewis’ song “Bleeding Love” says it perfectly in the chorus. So guys, let’s “keep bleeding, keep keep bleeding love.”

Ash- funny funny post. And duh, we better be the most photographed friends in your room! You’re definitely all over mine : ) miss you.

Camil- thanks again for feeding me lunch. I’m taking you on a date soon.

Care- how ’bout those cyclones? Hope you got some sleep.

Beth- can’t wait to meet KYLE! I promise I’ll be normal when I’m around him. miss you.

Bec- loved your white pants today. stay hot.

Blog blessings,

Baruka : )

“I don’t need therepy, I’ve got YOU guys” -Carrie Bradshaw (eSa)

Oh. My. Gosh. I miiiiisss y’all!  I hope last night was a blast, you have no idea (or maybe you do) how badly I wish I could have been there. Like I told y’all, Mom and Dad didn’t really want me to drive up again, and I understand…I had fun Monday but I kinda wish I waited for a reunion.  Don’t worry next weekend: throwdown like it’s our job.  And, drumroll please: (not kidding. do it. now.)

JOHN MAYER AND JEN ANNISTON BROKE IT UP. OH YEAH. best news eva.

we can get married now and i don’t have to homewreck.

But really. I’m getting more excited about Samford, but it’s not me, it’s definitely the Lord. I ‘ve had a bad attitude and that is NOT praising him! I’m working on it!  Part of me wonders if I’m just excited about rush. Ha. And I can’t wait to live with Beth again

Beth–talked to your roomie today. no surprise we talk every day. And about 98% of why I want to go back is you. Brookhills is 1%, Rush is .75% and SU Crimson is .25%.

Bec–Baruka showed me pics of your boy. You underdescribed his outward appearance. he is quite the looker.

Care–Joe Jonas and Taylor Swift are dating. Thought you would want to know. I read people.com today, okay everyone? And I have on an outfit for the Mont. Living fashion show that spells C-E-P.

Camil–according to fbook Mahane stalks you in auburn. sorry. And maybe I should tell you that Taylor Swift and Joe Jonas are dating. If you find a Jo Bro look-a-like, this could be fun. I’m thinking paparazzi…

Baruka–I would like to thank you again for being my personal photog this summer. Soon as I get the pics developed, I’m sure my SU friends are going to be jeal. I have way more pictures of y’all in my room every semester.

TOMORROW!

Hello my beautiful ladies!

Happy Tuesday to my favorite girls on earth! I have missed yáll and the blog so much, but I am so glad to see that its back in full swing! The first two days of school have been quite stressful for me, but hopefully by the end of the week, all will be be back to normal. Most of y’all know this, but please be praying that I will trust fully in the Lord regarding my future. lately I have had a hard time trusting that the Lord does have a plan for me, no matter how hopeless it may seem at times. When things here on earth don’t work out the way I want them to, I tend to panic. God has been so good in using yall and my sweet sweet family in reminding me that no time is wasted time in God’s eyes, and that matter what obstacles the world may throw at us, His plan will eternally reign! I love you all and cant wait for tomorrow!!!!

-care

can’t stinkin’ wait! (beth)

first of all, i will see every one of yall in 2 days and quite frankly, i am ecstatic. another time we will all be together! God is good. today has been a super day for me and i hope it has for ya’ll as well. today has been special for many reasons…first off, today is my mom’s birthday. it’s been a blessing to be here and help dad make her day special. she turned 49 (she will be a young granny . also today we got the best news i might have ever received in my 20 years of life. you all know this by now…but it’s a boy. honestly, i’ve been hoping so much for a boy but more than anything just a healthy baby. and he is so healthy and sooo hyper. in nursing you hear of so many problems with newborns, and quite frankly it is scary. so today, we are rejoicing in a healthy baby boy. it really is the greatest feeling…i already love him. my sisters mean the absolute world to me so i think just knowing that he is a part of Lindsay is what gets me. i know he will rock our world, not to mention be quite spoiled :) today is also special to me because 3 years ago today, my family and i received the heartbreaking news about my mom. we sat in the oncologist’s office and listened intently as he explained what my mom’s life would consist of for the next year. i thought my life was falling apart that day but God proved me wrong (as usual). yes, it was without question the worst birthday present she could have ever received. i know ya’ll remember it quite well too, because ya’ll are part of the reason i made it through senior year. i am thankful today for ya’ll and for the constant encouragement each of you are to me. today celebrates another year of her being cancer-free. To God be the Glory! i love ya’ll.

2 days and COUNTING….