simple.

Sometimes I think we make life too complicated.

Every day is about rushing here and there, doing this and that. We have to be the best at this, buy this, go there, get this, run faster than that person. When it comes down to it, I know that I have to try and peel back everything that the world throws at me - things that don't really matter - and get back to what life's really all about. Life's about God - serving Him every day. Life's about people - loving them, reaching out to them, and treasuring every moment you have with the ones you love. A hug, a smile, an "I love you" - those are the things that really matter. I want to live a simple life - a life lived for God and putting others first. It's hard when everything around you pulls you to think and do the opposite. I just want to live a simple life for God.

2 months after

what's important

Forget not the hope that's before you

And never stop counting the cost

Remember the hopelessness when you were lost

There is a joy in the journey

There is a light we can love on the way

There is a hope and a wildness to life

And freedom for those who obey

this isn't why i'm here

there must be more than this

oh breath of God, come breath within

there must be more than this

spirit of God, come take me in

fill me anew i pray

fill me anew i pray

consuming fire

fan into flame

a passion for Your name

Spirit of God

won't You fall in this place

Lord have Your way

Lord have Your way

with me

missing it

A graveyard of buried memories.

That's what it felt like to eat lunch today at PA outside on the grass during my break.. the same spot i sat with my friends for three years.. but i was the only one there. It was sad. Memories are everywhere on campus. At every corner. At every turn. On every bench. In every hallway. It was like I saw the past three years flash past me. They were good years. The best of my life. But they're over now, and I have to move on. I just wish it wasn't this hard. Yes, I very excited for the future. Yes, I just want to run out into the world with my arms outstretched, just waiting to see everything and meet new people and learn new things. I'm ready to move on to a new chapter. It's just that some days it's hard to turn these pages, because the story was so so so good. So good. But I'll always have that part of the story with me. I'll never forget.

all that skate summer

I really wish I could go to Korea right now. Pretty much the best skating show ever is there this weekend! And wow... the 3 best skaters of all time are there together. :) Me? Wish I was there.

i'm holding it out to you

Sometimes the night was beautiful

Sometimes the sky was so far away

Sometimes it seemed to stoop so close

You could touch it but your heart would break

Sometimes the morning came too soon

Sometimes the day could be so hot

There was so much left to do

But so much You'd already done

One star in the night had been lit for me

And on this road to righteousness

Sometimes the climb can be so steep

I may falter in my steps

But never beyond Your reach