Everyone needs compassion
Love that’s never failing
Let mercy fall on me
Everyone needs forgiveness
The kindness of a Saviour
The hope of nations


Saviour
He can move the mountains
My God is mighty to save
He is mighty to save
Forever
Author of salvation
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave


So take me as You find me
All my fears and failures
Fill my life again
I give my life to follow
Everything I believe in
Now I surrender


Shine Your light and let the whole world see
We’re singing
For the glory of the risen King

So, I'm not entirely sure this has anything to do with my thoughts but it has been in my head for quite some time and I love it! The lyrics are incredible and its worth sharing.

I have really had to quetion where I put my hope lately. With life crashing around me at times, its very easy to see if my hope is placed in Christ or in some other material, person, or emotion. Do I place my hope in my friends? my abilities? my circumstances? or Christ? Am I able to stand strong and trust that there is lgiht at the end of the tunnel even though I can't see it? Or, do I in fact ride the rollercoaster of emotions every time something doesn't go my way simply because my hope isn't invested correctly? These are all questions I've really been dealing with lately and although I think a good portion of the time I place my hope in God, I know there is also too many times my hope is placed in someone, something, or possibly nothing. In any of the three cases, I might as well be hopeless because the world will fail me. Its a hard truth to swallow and a tough lesson to learn...

The only consistency in my life right now is my inconsistency.

I desire so much to fall in love with God's Word all over again.

I long to run into the arms of Jesus instead of the arms of my own clutteredness

There are times friendship isn't all its made out to be...

And then there are times it is so much more...

I wish the latter were more the case these days.

Today I had the opportunity to sit on the steps of Morril Hall and simply people watch. It was absolutely beautiful out, so I sat and watched for about 40 minutes. During those 40 minutes I noticed the majority of people who passed me by were either in a hurry or had somewhat of a distressed or angry look on their faice. It was so sad to me to realize how despite the warm, beautiful, God given day, which is rare for mid-October, people let schedules and circumstances run their life and miss out on whats around them. The beautiful colors, the shining sun, all of the animals, and a gorgeous campus are right at their fingertips, and yet those 150 pages of reading hanging over their head allow them to miss it. I am just as guilty, but today I had just a few moments to sit back and enjoy. I wish I could look outside my circumstances each day in order to see the beautiful picture God paints.