Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Engagement Story


So after church, Tim took some pictures of me for a photo assignment that was due the next week. We took the pictures at his house, but went back to my apartment to edit them because he had to be in town to shoot the softball game later that afternoon. He kept calling me over to his computer to look at what he was doing with the pictures. I can't lie, I was getting really tired of getting up and down (I was comfy on the couch, don't judge me). So the last time I was over there, I told him about a cool idea for a picture that I had thought of that morning (a True Love Waits ring and an engagement/wedding ring...cool symbolism, right?). So he called me over there again, promising that this was the last picture as I made a face at him. When I looked at it, it was a picture of my ring next to an hourglass (the one I attached to this note), and he said "You mean a ring like this?" Being the slow (and slightly sleepy) person that I sometimes am, I said "Yeah, like that!" Then it finally clicked in my head what was happening, and when I looked up from the picture, he had the ring out. He asked me to marry him, and of course I said yes :D Our wedding will be December 19, 2009 here in San Angelo.

Monday, January 26, 2009

Sit With You Awhile

When I cannot feel
When my wounds won't heal
Lord I humbly kneel
Hidden in You

Lord You are my life
So I don't mind to die
Just as long as I'm 
Hidden in You

If I could just sit with You awhile
If You could just hold me
Nothing can touch me
Though I'm wounded, though I die
If I could just sit with You awhile
I need You to hold me
Moment by moment 'til forever passes by


I love this song. It's exactly where I am right now. I've reached the end of my rope. Sometimes I can't feel anything, and sometimes I feel too much. And I definitely have some wounds that won't heal. All I can do is sit here and let my Father hold me. I wish I had gotten here sooner. I wish I could learn to just let it all go sooner. But despite all the pain, I'm glad I'm here. It's the best place I could possibly be...safe in my Father's arms.