Your kingdom come...

I've been thinking a lot recently about the holy moments we get to encounter... and how it's like heaven on earth. Heaven on earth is such a beautiful thought in itself. It's crazy to think that we play a part in bringing heaven to earth.

On the other hand... hell on earth is a reality too. Recently at NIU... but more than that... in our own hearts and in our own lives. We are also capable of sometimes hellish things and when I think about us being capable of bring hell to earth... it makes me quiver. I don't want to do that... but I know at times, I do.


My heart needs some major healing... laughter and music have been helping with that this week...

it's going to have to get deeper than that...

"We struggle in our connection with the earth, in our connections with each other, and with being connected with ourselves. But it wasn't always like this. We were born into a world, into a condition, of disconnection. Things were created to be a certain way, and they're not that way, and we feel in in every fiber of our being." Rob Bell

I feel it in every fiber of my being...

Thank you Anne...

"But the way I see things, God loves you the same whether you're being elegant or not. It feels much better when you are, but even when you can't fake it, God still listens to your prayers."

"Auden was right when he wrote, "I know nothing, except what everyone knows- if there when grace dances, I should dance."

I'm dancing...

"It's just a phase"

Today... I have never been more thankful for friends... and for grace/mercy.

A spirit of thankfulness can be so refreshing sometimes...

And solid friends can be even more refreshing...

The Goat with Jen A, Allison, and Jen M... a long and understanding-ful chat with Aubrey... a freedom talk with LLC... and wonderful Caribou chats with Kel Kim and Lisa really softened my heart today. All in one day... all those beautiful people who I love and who love me. That feels really really good. And really really needed.

Thank you for the imperfect love of people Lord!

Here and now, the only part of eternity that we get to touch is each other...

good call sis.