Midnight Moment

...brought to you by: Sleep Deprivation. AND. Late-night Facebook Wanderings.

Weddings, proposals and bridal magazines...

There's something about them that just spark something within me... They make me smile... they warm my heart. It could be that I'm a sucker for "happily ever afters"... It might be that I love to see God's thumb print amidst a couple's "signature" stamped on their relationship... their proposal story... their wedding. It is uniquely theirs........ and it is uniquely beautiful :-)

Maybe the beauty rests in the overall reflection... Marriage, after all, is one of those biblical 'mysteries' that derives it beauty from its function of illustrating a trinitarian truth. It also reminds us of our heavenly Bridegroom and His bride-to-be, the church. Further, each story attests to God's sovereignty... orchestrated by a divine hand... God is an expert at matchmaking... After all, He has literally MADE/created both people individually and then, as they continue on their journey through the adventure called "life", He MATCHES them together when the time is right.

I just love these kinds of stories... I don't know why..... Or maybe I do. : )

Ultimately, they are near and dear to my heart and I can't help but smile..... and sigh... ^_^

http://mountainsofmaneadero.blogspot.com/2010/09/how-he-asked-me.html

Heart Aches

Vivid memories haunt me more
Vaguely fading like a nightmare from the night before
Shadows pursue... Words undo any progress made...
I want to go... I need to stay.
I'm weary now
No more to say...
Pain tomorrow...
Pain today.

Inflicted wounds...
Hurt just festers in my chest
Can no longer discern what's best...
Can't determine what comes next.
Mind in shambles... thoughts in ruins.

I feel cornered, caught and trapped
Heart is wrapped in gauze
--The cause? Another injury of the acutest kind...
The kind that trancends cuts and scrapes...
I try to rest, unravel, unwind...
I try
and yet, as hard as I might...
The more I always seem to find
that, still...

my.

heart.

aches.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YiULD_Ng8o&playnext=1&videos=CZDIy69cohg

...just grieve, Jess...

but know that you're going to be ok...

you're going to get through this... because God is with you...

because God has placed people around you who care... and who love you.

God is good.

God is in control.

God is faithful.

But... It stings, it aches, it hurts so bad...

Then cry... but know: This too shall pass.

James 1:17

"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change."

:-)

Thank You, Father. . .

*likes this song*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEzSiwub8Js

Good

Morning

The night is over and gone. . .

: )