"These waves"

I hate when I know I'm somewhat wrong but swear I'm right.

I wish people could hear what it is I'm saying and not consternate on a F150 somewhere in Simi.

I wish we could finish off a good afternoon on somewhat of a good note.

I wish it was easier to seek and ask for forgiveness. (when it comes to humans)

I pray there will be forgiveness tonight.

"In our comings and our goings"

God, You keep us without failing

As You watch us from above

In our comings and our goings

Sheltered by Your precious love

In the pouring rain of mercy

Comes the grace by which we're saved

For the glory of Your Name

For the glory of Your Name

You have touched our lives forever

Can we be the same again?

May our hearts be ever faithful

Ever faithful as a friend

Let us live that we may serve You

Overflowing with Your praise

For the glory of Your name

For the glory of Your name

We behold the Man of Sorrows

Hanging there upon a cross

Where we wounded One so holy

Yet these wounds are life to us

For the blood You shed was perfect

And You finished work we made

For the glory of Your name

For the glory of Your name

-Michelle Tumes

"pretend to be nice"

I hate loans.

and Sallie Mae is not one of my favorites either.

thanks for listening

"Down by the Bay..."

The Niles hills welcomed us in this weekend, minus the old lady with blue hair and her cows (ghost tale).

A Hawaiian party was finally put together after one of the hardest years our extended family has come to know.

and

I rested in knowing that we were all gathered to celebrate the life of a man that leaves me speechless every time I try to explain his character. My uncle Rich.

This post is nothing special to anyone other than my family or myself. But I wanted to share a little piece of Niles Canyon and a little piece of family

supporting the wrong team.

Auntie time...x 2

My twin and my joy

cousin time!

My amazing uncle and aunt.

They both leave me speechless.

wanting a little movement. I got nothing.

... And finally my first look at my little niece.

In 3 short months I get to see this little lady.

I cant wait!

"Look at this stuff... isn't it need!"

I'm a lover of good bible study books.

My two favorite at the moment.

The Calvary Road

&

Space for God.

Amazing!

The end.

"just wanna have fun..."

I'm not gonna lie, I love these two.

I love playing the 'movie game' in a swimming pool with them.

I love talking about our family in a hot-tub over-looking the home of snakes and flowers.

I love ice cream in an old truck and their love.

...and I'm learning that

birds will always fly above us.

"And I'll fall facedown, As Your glory shines around."

"the admission that doing and bearing

what we have in the way of meekness

and humility, we have not done one

stitch more than it was our duty to do."

- Roy Hession

"God made man in the first place simply that he may be God's bondservant.

Man's sin has simply consisted in his refusal to be God's bondservant.

His restoration can only be, then, a restoration to the position of a bondservant.

A man, then, has not done anything specially meritorious when he has consented to take that position, for he was created and redeemed for that very thing."

-RH

The trumpets began to sound, Old Joshua shouted glory

I sat down in a rush this morning to read a quick chapter in Philippians before I ran off to work. If you know me you know that I hate to rush my quiet time. But after hours of meaningless boredom this evening I found myself back in this green chair reading as the world kept on moving outside of this room.

I've been reading Numbers and I can honestly say it is not my favorite book in the Bible, but today I was blessed in a mighty by the Lords words and His truth. I came across this passage.

"The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to blow the trumpets. This is to be a lasting ordinance for you and the generations to come. When you go into battle in your own land against an enemy who is oppressing you, sound a blast on the trumpets. Then you will be remembered by the LORD your God and rescued from your enemies.

Everyday my beautiful family and I face a battle in our "own land". We fight against the enemy as He fights for the life of my brother. We rise in the morning with as much hope as we can muster and before we sleep we are found on our faces begging God to give him rest. To give us rest.

This evening I was reminded that Gods people have fought with the sound of a trumpet. They would sound a blast before each battle and as the Lord inspired a tradition to take place, their faith in Him would be heard in all the land.

In Exodus 19 it speaks of Moses bringing the people before the Lord and before they went they would sound a trumpet.

On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, with a thick cloud over the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast. Everyone in the camp trembled. Then Moses led the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.

In Nehemiah as the people set their minds on rebuilding a wall they were told

this late in the night...

"Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, join us there. Our God will fight for us!"

And then in Revelations as John watches angels gather around our King he describes what he saw.

"And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets."

According to Revelations at the sound of these trumpets plagues would be sent and wrath would take place...and then in chapter 11 it tells us this...

The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said:
"The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ,

and he will reign for ever and ever." And the twenty-four elders, who were seated on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God.

I am humbled by all of these moments of worship.By Gods deliverance and faithfulness. And His consistence. And now as I go back to the beautiful book of Numbers I find this passage right after the last

Also at your times of rejoicing—your appointed feasts and New Moon festivals—you are to sound the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, and they will be a memorial for you before your God. I am the LORD your God."

...So I know this has been long and drawn-out, but I felt the Lord revealing to me that I need to go before Him with a trumpet... ready to fight, ready to worship and ready to fall on my face before an Almighty God that knows what it's like to fight in His own land. A God that knows what it's like to be oppressed and a God thats knows what it is like to rescue at the sound of His peoples cry.

That is the God I worship tonight and the one I delight in. It is the God my brother will return to and the One that is faithful to hear me.

"blessed assurance"

"I am faithful.

I am all you need.

Look at what I've given you.

You are dearly Loved."

1. Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!
   Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine!
   Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
   Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.
   • This is my story, this is my song,
     Praising my Savior all the day long;
     This is my story, this is my song,
     Praising my Savior all the day long.
2. Perfect submission, perfect delight,
   Visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
   Angels, descending, bring from above
   Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.
3. Perfect submission, all is at rest,
   I in my Savior am happy and blest,
   Watching and waiting, looking above,
   Filled with His goodness, lost in His love.