Abundant Life

2006-05-30T16:43:00.000-04:00

I've moved here.

May 13th

2006-01-07T20:31:00.000-04:00

Snow- Clouds, originally uploaded by rainbow11.

May 13th Lord willing I will graduate. And I will not be blogging again most likely until then. I will be busy with school and work etc. I am excited to go back and finish strong!

Today was my last day at work here in Columbus and it was bitter sweet knowing I won't come back probably as I will probably move somewhere in PA after graduation. But it was good knowing that I learned alot at my old workplace and enjoyed the people there alot also.

I will miss keeping up with my small band of blog friends! May you be blessed these next few months!

John Calvin

2006-01-07T00:36:00.000-04:00

echinacea pink, originally uploaded by MissPasta.

"A true Christian posseses a consolation which affords him more sweet satisfaction than the greatest wealth, or power, because he belives that his affairs are so regulated by the Lord as to promote his salvation." (p. 41, Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life)

This reminds me of Joseph...After darknesss, light.

"A faithful believer will even in all circumstances meditate on the mercy and fatherly goodness of God." (p.43)

"We must assign first place to the knowledge of our religion, for that is the beginning of our salvation.
But our religion will be unprofitable if it does not change our heart, pervade our manners, and transform us into new creatures."(17)

The book from which these quotes are taken is probably first on my list of top 5 favorite books. It is intensly rich and practical. It is a small paperback book to boot. It covers alot of ground though.

daisy -Switchfoot

2006-01-06T17:11:00.000-04:00

, originally uploaded by pht.

daisy, give yourself away
look up at the rain
the beautiful display
of power and surrender
giving us today
when you yourself away

rain, another rainy day
it comes up from the ocean
to give herself away
she comes down even
and all of us the same name
when you give yourself away

let it go
daisy let it go
open up your fists
this fallen world
doesn't hold your interest
doesn't hold your soul
daisy let it go

pain, give yourself a name
call yourself contrition
aberits of fame
giving isn't easy
if anybody'd like to say
if you give yourself away

daisy, why another day
why another sunrise
who's gonna take the blame
for our redemptive motion
and every rainy day
when he gives himself away

let it go
daisy let it go
open your fists
this fallen world
it doesn't hold your interest
it doesn't hold your soul
daisy let it go

Comments should work now ;)

2005-12-30T17:22:00.000-04:00

Happy New year everyone!

I was informed by a kind fellow blogger that my comment settings were not working...well I reworked the template a bit and now they are working again hopefully for a long time.

Justin, Mom and Tyler

2005-12-27T16:15:00.001-04:00

Justin and Mom
Originally uploaded by Jessi Joy.

Tyler

2005-12-27T16:15:00.000-04:00

Tyler
Originally uploaded by Jessi Joy.

Tyler

2005-12-27T16:12:00.001-04:00

Tyler
Originally uploaded by Jessi Joy.

Tyler

2005-12-27T16:12:00.000-04:00

Tyler
Originally uploaded by Jessi Joy.

Introducing Tyler....

2005-12-27T14:44:00.000-04:00

As I write this there is a puppy named Tyler sleeping contentedly on my lap. He is very cute. Pictures will be up soon hopefully.
He is very sweet and loves to be held and play....and chew ALOT!

Christ the fountain of Living waters

2005-10-03T20:11:00.000-04:00

Healing Waters by Michelle Tumes
This has to be my favorite song of hers. The lyrics are so poignant.

I've built a bridge
All of my strength cannot cross over
I stand at the edge
The end of a road that I have followed
Sinking from the weight of my own world
Wanting the waves of Your ways to wash my feet

Healing waters
Solace flows
Through the river of forgiveness to my soul
Oh, I need You
Healing waters

Pour over me
Water to clean all my intentions
Baptising streams
I swim in the freedom of redemption
Floating on the sea of purity
Knowing I can dive in the love that rescues me

Memories are raging high
Floods so deep they touch the sky
All the things I've done to You
All the parts of life untrue
Healing comes from outstretched hands
Saving me from what I am
Carry me

I can't say how many times my heart has felt the power of these words!

Everything by Lifehouse

2005-09-28T13:13:00.000-04:00

She reminded me of this song [make sure your speakers are turned up]

Find Me Here
Speak To Me
I want to feel you
I need to hear you
You are the light
That's leading me
To the place where I find peace again.

You are the strength, that keeps me walking.
You are the hope, that keeps me trusting.
You are the light to my soul.
You are my purpose...you're everything.

How can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

You calm the storms, and you give me rest.
You hold me in your hands, you won't let me fall.
You steal my heart, and you take my breath away.
Would you take me in? Take me deeper now?

How can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?
And how can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

Cause you're all I want, You're all I need
You're everything,everything
You're all I want your all I need
You're everything, everything.
You're all I want you're all I need.
You're everything, everything
You're all I want you're all I need, you're everything, everything.

And How can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?
How can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

How can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

This is my favorite song!

When......

2005-09-27T21:02:00.000-04:00

When we turn from God.........
We turn from beauty..........

And rather pursue lostness...........
Shattered fragments of creation.......

When we are found by God.......
Life happens.......
Real life.

Breathing by Lifehouse

2005-09-26T10:10:00.000-04:00

Music Video Code Proudly Provided by HitMusicVideoCodes

Lifehouse Take Me Away Live in Amsterdam
lyrics:

this time all I want is you
there is no one else
who can take your place
this time you burned me with your eyes
you see past all the lies
you take it all away
I've seen it all and it's never enough
it keeps leaving me needing you

take me away
take me away

I've got nothing left to say
just take me away
I try to make my way to you
but still I feel so lost
I don't know what else I can do
I've seen it all and it's never enough
it keeps leaving me needing you

take me away
take me away

I've got nothing left to say
just take me away
don't give up on me yet
don't forget who I am
I know I'm not there yet
but don't let me stay here alone
this time all I want is you
there is no one else
who can take your place
I've seen it all and it's never enough
it keeps leaving me needing you

take me away
take me away

I've got nothing left to say
just take me away
take me away
take me away
I've got nothing left to say
just take me away

Here are the lyrics for Breathing (the music video I posted first)...It reminds me of a Psalm...Anyone have any guesses as to which one? :)

I'm finding my way back to sanity, again
Though I don't really know what
I am gonna do when I get there
Take a breath and hold on tight
Spin around one more time
And gracefully fall back in the arms of grace I am hanging on every word you say
And even if you don't want to speak tonight
That's alright, alright with me
'Cause I want nothing more than to sit
Outside Heaven's door and listen to you breathing
Is where I want to be

I am looking past the shadows
Of my mind into the truth and
I'm trying to identify
The voices in my head
God, which one's you?
Let me feel one more time
What it feels like to feel
And break these calluses off me
One more time
'Cause I am hanging on every word you say
And even if you don't want to speak tonight
That's alright, alright with me
'Cause I want nothing more than to sit
Outside your door and listen to you breathing
Is where I want to be

I don't want a thing from you
Bet you're tired of me waiting
For the scraps to fall
Off your table to the ground
I just want o be here now

New look :)

2005-09-25T18:00:00.000-04:00

Hello! Hope all of you are well! I thought it would be nice to try a different look. Another change is that at present I am mainly posting on my xanga site which I refuse to call a blog, :) But I have for the most part failed in not posting and doing homework instead. ::Sigh:: I guess writing is just too much a part of how I process life. So I started posting on my xanga at school because it is what most students at Geneva use, and its a little faster to publish to. (Whats weird was I kept telling myself I am not going to post...but I always did sooner or later!) So here's the link.

::smile::sigh::Yea I'm still alive

2005-09-17T11:43:00.000-04:00

Life is going great here at Geneva! :) Busy...and loving it. :) Drawing class is currently my favorite class to date...it is so wonderful to have a class to just draw and draw and draw and actually not be discourged from it while in class. ;)

Here's a poem I have been working on...I love to write poetry but am trying to grow in my ability. It really helps release emotion and also helps me understand life, people and myself a lil better.
Hope you all are doing well!

Skin deep

I say ....

Just a little more

God knows

It will never be enough

My nature grasps for wind blown scraps...

When will I see

God hedge me in from my skin deep desires

They prowl silently seeking unwitenly lives inherent destruction....

Hazy white lies composed of security, status, comfort, ease

Nawl'ns sees a lil clearer now....

When will I see

Sleepy eyes rudely wakened

To see colors; shades of red and black

Empty desires jarred

Awakened to mankind's plight

Will I stand still questioning the darkness

Or in sobered reverence wait this stormy night out

Awakened now drawing towards the light

Where I will be for about 13 weeks...

2005-08-27T16:42:00.000-04:00

Just a note to all: I've moved in here at Geneva College for my final year of "the college experience". And while quite excited at the year also I am slightly busy with my semester's courses and writing papers (seeminglly incessantly) here so I will be refraining from blogging until I have finished the semester.I will perservere in the season of life I am in right now. It is a unique and fleeting season for sure!

May the Lord richly bless each of you as you seek Him!

By the way the link above, you may see me walking by Old Main some morning around 8:00 going to my philosophy class.

michael and mom

2005-08-26T20:59:00.000-04:00

michael and mom
Originally uploaded by Jessi Joy.

I just got to Geneva today and I am a little homesick...can you tell by the pictures I posted? But I am also glad to be back. Excited about this year and beyond what it holds only God knows. It is wonderful to be able to trust His hands for my future!

michael eats

2005-08-26T20:40:00.000-04:00

michael eats
Originally uploaded by Jessi Joy.

and makes a funny face... Taken lastnight...way past his bedtime :)

A wise warning from Edwards's

2005-08-26T20:25:00.000-04:00

How often are we reminded of this truth?

Christ in me my only hope of glory

2005-08-25T23:23:00.000-04:00

Truth be told, the problems around me I complain about are purely symptomatic to the war raging in my heart

I have met my most stalwart enemy and I am her

This corrupted and deranged Adam-born flesh

The battlefield is my very self

The cost is my life

I must die

How can this slow death impart satisfaction to foreshadow justice complete?

How could I be so torn unless there be two that indwell me?

God and flesh at war within me

Christ in me my only hope of glory

Can I live?

2005-08-24T22:26:00.000-04:00

This music video is SO worth seeing. It may help to rekindle a fire of compassion for a certain segment of our soiety.

Montana

2005-08-23T09:03:00.000-04:00

Originally uploaded by Jessi Joy.

My favorite landscape picture from the trip.

2005-08-22T12:34:00.000-04:00

One Last Cry !!..
Originally uploaded by MaD Gi®L•™.

good sermon

2005-08-21T14:45:00.000-04:00

My home church pastors been preaching on Colossians about putting sin to death. Todays sermon was very helpful and encouraging!