goodbye 2011.

2012 is coming! this is happening all too fast. but i like it. i've had enough of you 2011. i hope it gets sunny soon, rain is pooosy. not long till SUMMER CAMP!! i secretly wish we were the ones staying in tents. not the boys.

“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover your life. I'll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly.” Matthew 11:28

amen.

destroy.

It began long ago, when darkness, through its deceit captured the hearts of the sons and daughters of light. We looked for light but we found only darkness. We searched for bright skies but walked in gloom. We fumbled like the blind along the wall, feeling our way like people without eyes. We were destined to fall, even in the brightest days. We stumbled as if it were dark. Among the living, we were like the dead. We looked for justice, but it never came. We looked for rescue but it was far from us. 

So He, Himself, stepped in to save us with his strong arm and justice to sustain Him. He put on righteousness as armor, salvation His helmet. He clothed Himself with the robe of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of divine passion. He slipped out of his royal garments, left eternity to enter time, divinity to wrap himself in humanity. The sea of glass, for the ocean of separation. He left peace, and for the first time felt pain. 

Because the very hands that held the stars were now sentenced to wear my scars. 

It was love that purchased this traitor’s heart. It's what the prophets spoke about when they envisioned light living in men once again. For this reason, I AM LEGEND, predestined for greatness, built for the final hour. I was born for this with weapons in hand, armor in place. I now march to the beat of a different drum. I will break through battle lines that have been drawn by discouragement and despair. 

What more is left to be said? Time has met its end. It's now or never. Collision with me, myself, and I. You see my mission today is clear: to wake the dead. So let freedom's song rage. You’re not abandoned. You're not alone. Last day warriors arise from yesterday's ash and raise your fist with us. We are the army that is charging upon the land. Defeat is no longer an option. IT IS VICTORY.

We stand. We rise. We give our lives.

the beginning.

how beautiful is it, that when one thing, one season, one event, one dream, 

ends and another one fills the spot that once was occupied?

you think it's the end. but it's really just the beginning of 

something else. something bigger. better. brighter.

a.k.a 

- i've finished school for the rest of my life! 

which means i'm on the verge of a whole new adventure learning to live the life of a uni student. (albeit freaky.)

- summer is on its way.

- it's almost Christmas time.

- i'll be 18 in january.

- elevate will be brimming with hungry teens in 2012.

- we've handed over our school and entrusted it into the hands of some incredible, God-ordained women.

- my camera broke :( but a new, flasher one is on its way. hopefully.

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