heard through the walls of unit 48

this Hymn is beautiful
.all versions 
i'm currently a fan of this one Pandora uncovered for me. 


My favorite verse:
O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be.
Let that grace now like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to Thee.Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here's my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above.

Luckily, Optimum decided to slap DIY network back onto their channel lineup. 
It must have been my complaining to the customer hotline.
I've been watching back to back episodes of my favorite, Salvage Dawgs from the DVR. 
Check it out - it's worth some television binging. 

not my will but .Yours be done

hebrews 11:39 - 12:3 

These were all commended for their faith, 

yet none of them received what had been promised, 

since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us 

would they be made perfect. 

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, 

let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. 

And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and the perfecter of faith. 

For the joy set before him He endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 

Consider Him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

it's gonna be wild

 
Come away with Me, Come away with Me
It's never too late, it's not too late
It's not too late for you

I have a plan for you
I have a plan for you
It's gonna be wild
It's gonna be great
It's gonna be full of Me

Open up your heart and let Me in

today's repeat

while setting my alarm

strange how the second i'm setting my alarm,
in a pretty low. low. Low spot.  about to most likely cry myself to sleep.. .
i hear this.
just set out before me.


[[sigh]

                                                                   [LYRICS]

what kind of prayers are you praying Right now?

i stumbled upon both of these videos within two weeks of each other.
i Need to listen. 


these are powerful words. 
i suggest watching them through. 
[ignore any attempts at artisty close.ups and hear the words] 

{steven furtick}

{the circle maker}

because i know .that You love me

I was standing at my refrigerator staring at these two things. 

The second received most of my attention, much to the chagrin of my dog, Tess. 

Look at those sad eyes. 

My important [i knew that the day of]
left.over. scribbled. saved.notes. were
left intact on the door staring back at me. 

.DWELL. 

PSALM 91:14-16

then back up to the top one....  

"faithful in prayer"

i quickly found my purse for my bible, turning to the outlined verses. 

.noticing it already marked. 

[14]"BECAUSE HE LOVES ME," SAYS THE LORD, 

"I WILL RESCUE HIM;

I WILL PROTECT HIM, FOR HE ACKNOWLEDGES MY NAME. 

[15] HE WILL CALL UPON ME, AND I WILL ANSWER HIM; 

I WILL BE WITH HIM IN TROUBLE. I WILL DELIVER HIM AND HONOR HIM. 
[16] WITH LONG LIFE I WILL SATISFY HIM AND SHOW HIM MY SALVATION."

[9] IF YOU MAKE THE MOST HIGH YOUR DWELLING _ EVEN THE LORD, 
WHO IS MY REFUGE _ [10] THEN NO HARM WILL BEFALL YOU, NO DISASTER WILL COME NEAR YOUR TENT. 
[11] FOR HE WILL COMMAND HIS ANGELS CONCERNING YOU TO GUARD YOU IN ALL YOUR WAYS.

more gungor please.

please be my strength.

it's Your .love that's Keeping me.

i  pray Your glory shine.

and all would know that You.. . 

that You are my Strength 

that You and You ALONE 

that You keep bringing me back home

that YOU ARE MY STRENGTH 

so Bright.

through All the ages 

into the sky.

You're Amazing.  

creation cries

You have Never changed.

Jesus help me believe. ..

too .true.

with all my heart

I heard Search my Heart this morning for the first time.
it woke me up.
i love when God sends me 'morning messages'.

i didn't realize - at the time .. . it was Hillsong.
i didn't realize it was just released this week.
HILLSONG UNITED: AFTERMATH 


Search My Heart - Hillsong United - Aftermath by factor7agency

but, i did love it.

Your Spirit

I may be weak

but Your Spirit's strong in me

my flesh may fail

my God You never will

acoustic link 'Give me Faith' ::  Elevation Worship

Pete Wilson Post.its

my computer screen is covered in tiny "stickies".
Apple can't officially call the tech version 'Post.its', but that's what they are... and they are post.ited 
all over my screen.

i have websites to remember to return to... not yet favorited. 
to do lists.
phone numbers
blog ideas swirling about.
and most frequently quotes that i've collected. 


this one in particular i have been re.reading.
and re.reading.
and.. .. 
by pastor, author, blogger 
and so it seems, the more I read of him.. .all around fun guy. Pete Wilson.

However, the one answer that does speak into every painful, difficult, relentless situation that we as individuals could ever face is this: 

God will never change. 

This is why our faith must rest on His identity and not necessarily His activity. 

     p. wilson

@ withoutwax.tv

the essence

while doing some online research .. .. i stumbled upon a job offering @ Lamb's Chapel in Long Island.

http://www.lambschapel.net/

not quite the geographic area I was originally looking.
: turns out the pastor is from Michigan.

More like the possible region i'm in search for.
but i did uncover this.

watch it.
more than once.

YouTube search

It would be very easy to sit around and watch the tribute to my mom on YouTube all day. 

and cry all day and night... . 

but I know she would not want that. 

So instead of typing her name on YouTube I searched her all time favorite
and found this. and immediately started smiling.. .
yes, tears still falling
but happiness filled my heart. 

Music Playlist at MixPod.com

God is in the public schools

there have been so many opportunities recently to talk about God at school
.. .within certain parameters that is.
[ i'm @ a public school ] : but i try to not let that hold me back.
Yesterday a child told me "there is no God".
You know I couldn't leave THAT go!?!? ?

this young man whom I do adore, is learning Hebrew afterschool. ..
but apparently doesn't believe that God exists.
Well, he's now teaching me Hebrew on the side.
I asked if he could share with me some words to use when I pray. I'm gonna break him down... .
the Spirit works in miraculous ways we don't understand, right?

If my mom taught me anything, it was to tell people about Jesus.
anywhere. anyone. any way.
I remember hearing stories about her when she worked at my first school of employment
_where she got very close to the "edge" : separation of church and state, that is.
and now I've become her.

So when we received an email from our principal sharing this YouTube video
.. . and "OK'ing" it for the students,
I tossed them all on the reading rug and pressed play.
They loved it _ of COURSE!
We're replaying it tomorrow.
Along with a read.aloud, The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey.
One of my mom's favorites.
A story of love, redemption and restoration.

mom's email chain

Can't even begin to explain or sort through my thoughts and emotions of the last two weeks with the passing of my mom.  Even as I type that I want to go back and hit BACK SPACE... DELETE>>>... .


I found this email today that she received about a week before her last days [-and then responded back to her friend]... . it made me smile. I know she certainly is smiling now. and endlessly praising .. as hard as it is for all of us stuck here without her. 




I'm leaving it in original form... so go ahead and scroll.


From: llanastasio@--------------
To: jeostrong@------------
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 15:44:15 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Re: Fwd: Beautiful explanation of death

Thanks for sending me this. I love you 
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From: jeostrong@---------------
Date: Sunday, November 14, 2010 10:40 am
Subject: Fwd: Beautiful explanation of death

> ~DEATH~
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re.made

guess you really did it this time_
left yourself in your warpath?
lost your balance on a tight rope?
lost your mind trying to get it back?
wasn't it easier in your lunchbox days?
always a bigger bed to crawl into
wasn't it beautiful when you believed in everything?
and everyone believed in you? 
... .
who you are is not where you've been.. ..
who you are is not what you did. 
today is never too late to be brand new. 


wasn't it easier in your firefly catching days?
when everything out of reach, someone bigger brought down to you 
... .before the Monsters caught up to you. 

:We've been RE.made:

You are more than the choices that you've made. 

Your are more than the sum of your past mistakes. 

You are MORE than the problems you create. You've been REMADE. 

YOU"VE BEEN REMADE.

17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.20 We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: 
Be reconciled to God.

:2 Corinthians:

love me.

heard this on the way to work today. 
walked into the office all red.eyed.


it's beyond beautiful. 
i would suggest hitting play and then minimizing the window to JUST hear the lyrics. 
Sometimes I find the videos distracting. 


hope you enjoy it as much as i do: 


surely hit my heart. 
hard.

mr. chan

some thoughts from francis chan:: :

if you haven't read Crazy Love - it's a book you need to get your hands on.
i blogged about it quite a bit ago  _ but uncovered him again today. 

his book is life changing.

i love to listen to him speak:  the stories -  his perspective.
one of my next "to reads" on my bookshelf is his newer book: Forgotten God.
FRANCIS CHAN online