hope in the midst of hurt...

// Even in the midst of pain and confusion...He is still good, and we are still loved. // 

"Our notions about happiness entrap us....

We forget that they are just ideas. Our idea of happiness can prevent us from actually being happy. We fail to see the opportunity for joy that is right in front of us when we are caught in a belief that happiness should take a particular form."

 Thich Nhant Hahn

words to remember...

I have been having a lot of fun making these typography / quote / picture things....  I love them because I set them as the lock-screen on my phone, and then every time I turn on my phone I see the truths that my soul needs to remember and grasp hold of....

xx,
bailey =)

*** just look up

we are both under the same starry sky. and we are both held in the hands of the One who breathed the stars into being.  the One who writes our stories.  who knows our hurts.  who catches every tear we cry.  and who promises that all things will be beautiful in their time.  and Who promises that He will be with us every step of the way. 

look up. 

the way of the Lord is good...

"He knew her lack. He knew her vulnerability. He knew the ways Ruth had been hurt and the things she’d lost. And He provided her just what she needed at just the time she needed it. It may not have been the life she would have chosen, if she had her way. But it was the way of the Lord, and the way of the Lord is good..."

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leave it all behind, and come to the Well...

Leave it all behind, Leave it all behind, 

Leave it all behind, Leave it all behind,

I have what you need, But you keep on searchin, 

I've done all the work, But you keep on workin, 

When you're runnin on empty, And you can't find the remedy, 

Just come to the Well.

You can spend your whole life, Chasin what's missing, 

But that empty inside, It just ain't gonna listen.

When nothing can satisfy,And the world leaves you high and dry, 

Just come to the Well

And all who thirst will thirst no more, 

And all who search will find what their souls long for, 

The world will try, but it can never fill, 

So leave it all behind, and come to the Well

So bring me your heartNo matter how broken, 

Just come as you are, When your last prayer is spoken, 

Just rest in my arms a while, You'll feel the change my child, 

When you come to the Well

thankfulness through my lens || may 18

…this song...

Cal·va·ry

 

noun, 

1.

Golgotha, the place where Jesus was crucified. Luke 23:33.

"Calvary covers it all, my sin and shame don't count anymore. All praise to the one Who has ransomed my soul.  Calvary covers it all." 

::inspired::

\\ the warm sun rays pouring through the windows \\ 

\\ decorating paper hearts with Bekah \\

Yes…these pictures were taken with my iPhone…not my Nikon… But, I'm ok with not picking up my camera today.  I'm allowing myself to be ok with not picking up my big camera today…but, still choose thankfulness… 

I'd rather share some of my heart with you today… or rather, what the Lord is working in my heart.

I love Pinterest. (that's a huge understatement) But, I mostly love it for all the quotes that I get from it. =) I love love love going to Pinterest and reading new inspirational quotes, or funny sayings, or song lyrics, or scriptures or whatever… A lot of times when I go there, I'm actually reminded of What/ Who is important…

So, I'd like to share some of my favorites from this week…

this was actually from a book I read this week...