Oceans Calling

Here is a sweet as 15 song playlist for some Saturday afternoon Jams! yummmm. . . . Oh how I need you - All Sons & Daughters Old Pine - Ben Howard Laura Palmer - Bastille team - Lorde Geronimo - Sheppard Sweet Disposition - the temper trap young and Beautiful - Lana Del Rey Best Day of My Life - American Authors Flaws - Bastille Love lost - the temper trap Michigan - the milk carton kids Rude - MAGIC! 1234 - Feist Banana Pancakes - Jack Johnson the Cave - Mumford & Sons

I find this to be a common request I ask of Jesus, Give me grace and grow my small faith. I know I am young, but I believe I have had the privilege to experience a lot with God. I have learned so much and be exposed to a lot of different cultures and environments of worship.  I don't say this to say I am somehow a better person or to be prideful, but really to say that I need Jesus more then ever. I need His grace more and more each day. I need His spirit to grow the small faith I have, because even though I have seen amazing things and God's faithfulness, I struggle.  I have struggled with believing the truth at times and so I have doubted God's character. I have struggled to choose faith over anxiety and apathy. I have struggled with comparing my walk with God with others. My calling with others.  I have feared peoples opinions and expectations. I need Jesus. However I don't want more of Jesus just so I can be a better person. I know now that that isn't ...

There is something about coffee shops. There is something about warm light, good Coffee, jazz music under the murmer of busy people talking about their busy lives. There is something about a journal that has seen better days, a new page waiting to be filled, and a God who has risked it all in order to maybe have a relationship with me. I say yes to all of the above. I love going to coffee shops and writing for hours. What do I write?  I write down my conversations with Jesus. We talk for hours, I drink Coffee. He helps me find new perspective and listens to all my dreams and fears. He gives me the truth. As people come in and out, more orders are called. "Vanilla Latte for . . . . ". Some people are writing papers for school, some are catching up with a friend or just feeding their caffeine addiction. While all this is happening I am falling in love at a coffee shop. Giving God the time to speak. I encorage you to think about the things you love to do and invite God to ...

I love the song of this band and the more I listen, the more captivated I become! I have been listening to their song "East" and the lyrics make me think. "Now I bear little resemblance to the king I once was. I bear little resemblance to the king I could become. Maybe paper is paper, maybe kids will be kids- Lord, I want to remember how to feel like I did." East - Sleeping At Last