love. sing. dance.

seestas..

2009-05-14T23:05:00.000-07:00

in this case, my lil sis. can you say wow. i've been so stressed about so many things lately. and man, she is amazing. she deals with all my bull crap and still wants to help me figure things out, especially with my grad dinner, which i was like this close to canceling all together.

sistas. this bond is like no other. unbreakable. it goes through fire and water and still remains beautifully in tact.

thank you god for knowing how much i needed my lil sis. when i was still in my momma's womb. i just wish i could be this shining star in her life, when she needs it the most. how can she not know you? when she makes your love so tangible that it never fails to bring me to tears. because of the extravagance of your love. can you make me this in her life? someone who makes it impossible to deny your relentless love for her. this is the prayer of my heart.

thank you for knowing me god even when i fail to know you and what makes your <3 jump with glee!

daddy

2009-05-03T19:53:00.000-07:00

daddy daddy daddy!

..daughter [of the most high king]

teach me to live this truth.

rainydayshowapowow

2009-05-01T14:51:00.000-07:00

[;

god is in the rain too. and the rain is glorious. today i got wet wet wet..my flats were sloshing with rain water. my hair was drip drip dripping galore. and im still smiling. the rain is glorious. just how blue skies + blindingly white clouds are glorious.

random thoughts--
vietnamese salads are yum yum in my tum.
i really love my pastor. he's like a dad to me [; i love lw. i love the beautiful and handsome faces at lw.
i enjoy looking up words and seeing their meanings.

grad yay!
i get excited each time someone says they want to come to my grad and i smile each time i have to purchase my tickets cuz i only get 2 free. it makes me so happy to celebrate life with my fam and chingoos. pengyou. amigos. ;D ;D ;D

evergreen tree

2009-04-30T22:41:00.000-07:00

jeremiah 17.7-8 (from god to me via nina's gchat status [;)

⁷ but blessed am [i] who trust in the lord
and have made the lord [my] hope and confidence.
⁸ [i] am like a tree planted along a riverbank,
with roots that reach deep into the water.
such trees are not bothered by the heat
or worried by long months of drought.
[my] leaves stay green,
and [i] never stop producing fruit.

this is the most beautiful imagery ever. [; i want to be this tree. in my life, lord be my hope and my confidence. so. i can be this evergreen tree rooted deeply in the depths of your waters. that this evergreen tree would not be bothered by heat or worried by long months of drought. may my leaves stay green, and never stop producing fruit.

you give and take away, yet i choose to bless your name.

hold my hand ok?

2009-04-30T03:15:00.000-07:00

^{proverbs 3.5
i will trust in you lord with all my heart (not just 3 quarters).
i will lean not on my own understanding but in all my ways i will acknowledge him, and he will make my paths
straight.

jeremiah 29.11
because i know that he has plans for me (that i do not know yet).
his plans are to prosper me, not to harm me.
but to give me hope and a
future.

imminent future--worry + anxiety. i want to be in control i want to know now. help me to let you be god in my life (to not take things into my own hands). to be like soft clay..moldable in his hands.

i choose to trust him.
he heard my cries. i will not go through whatever comes my way alone. he holds my hand. don't let go ok?}

matching tattoos?

2009-04-29T23:35:00.000-07:00

me and sareene both want song of songs 2.16 (i don't know if i want the entire verse..it seems a lil more painful).

all i know is we better be going to zebra's together or else i will be so mad you got it w/o me if you read this!

side. i'm still reading song of songs. i love how he is passionately in love with me. i am falling in love with him too..with each passing day. more and more and more.

hi team!

2009-04-29T23:29:00.000-07:00

"gena you can do it! start on that rewrite! go go go! hi-team! love you!"
[an e-mail from my lil sis] <3 <3

haha get it? ;D

i love my seesta..she is always god's gift to me (though we still fight at age 22 and 21).

l.o.v.e

2009-04-29T01:04:00.000-07:00

god is how i know love. i know i am loved by him. that nothing i do changes that eternal truth. i never knew love before his love hugged me tight and never let me go.

i dream.
to be loved by him. and to love him back like there is no tomorrow. for him to feel that love tangibly through my lifesong. for my family to know this love. that one day. we will worship our god together. to love with his heart. to sing. to dance as one family. i'm waiting with hope.

hellO

2009-04-20T22:38:00.000-07:00

yellOw!

..what to do now?