enough to go 'round

i love this commercial

I just watched my 19th movie of the Christmas season. That means I only have 6 to go. Is it possible? Doubtful! We'll see..

Tomorrow is one of my favorite days of the year,so I better go rest up.

May the JOY you have from the Lord be enough for you today.

Song for Mia

I went down to the water , all night long
I'm putting my feet in ,all night long

And I went down to the water , all night long
And I'm putting my dreams in , all night long

And what you think of me ,I can't say
I'll take these bad dreams and I'll drove along the way

I'm at the shore now , the shadows at my back
I can feel the waves coming there , heavy and black

But I can't turn away now 'cause I
They're singin' a song

And I , I'm in harmony
I'm singing along

And what you did to me I , I can't take no more
I'll take these bad dreams and I'll lay them at the shore

The end of the ocean I'll never see
I stare out in the distance and it's looking back at me

And I'll look down to the water all night long
And I'll put my feet in , all night long

And I'll put my dreams in , all night long
And I'll put my tears in , all night long
I went down to the water


"Song for Mia" - Lizz Wright

GO LISTEN TO HER NOW.

The More I Seek You

I've found lately that the songs that move me to the heart of God aren't always necessarily sung in church. There have been times recently that the Holy Spirit speaks to me through Coldplay or JJ Heller or John Mayer. There are days when I'm driving through town and I feel His presence in the voice of James Taylor or Stevie Nicks. Nothing like cruising through town with a hand raised in praise as Gladys Knight blares out "Midnight Train".

What is a "worship" song anyways? Isn't it a heart cry.. a response to the greatness of our Maker and His creation? Whether thats people, places, things..?

Sure, Gladys isn't singing Hallelujah, but somethign about that song brings up raw, real emotions for me and reminds me to surrender all of me to the Lord. There is something about James Taylor that makes all of creation come alive to me. That's worship, right? I guess there are no rules that say "It is only a worship song if it is sung by Tomlin, Crowder, or Hillsong". Truth is, it's not as if someone said that James Taylor can't move me... if anything, I'm the very one who puts them in categories and limits those songs to the boxes i have designated them for.


However, there is one of those " real worship" songs (again, whatever that is..)that consistently ushers me to the Throne. It is written and sung by Kari Jobe, a worship leader for the Dallas-based Christ For the Nations. I heard it for the first time last summer in Swaziland. I remember running into the hut right after we got home that day... and frantically scribbling the lines that had struck me and gripped me so tight. They are honest words, and I experience such joy in knowing that people all over the world have intimate encounters with the Lord like Kari expressed in this song:

The More I seek You
The More I find you
the more I find you
The more I love you

I want to sit at you feet
drink from the cup in your hands
lay back against you and breath
feel your heartbeat
this love is so deep
it's more than I can stand
I melt in your peace
it's overwhelming

What a sweet meeting with our Jesus. Resting in Him. Drinking from His cup... delighting in the very things that please Him! Refilling- Refuling- being refreshed by the life-giving nourishment we only find in Him. Feeling His heartbeat.. the one that rejoices in each of our salvations.. the one that beats frantically for the prostitutes and their victims... the heart that beats wildly for the orphans and the diseased. To rest with The One whose love is so deep you can't even express it- physically or emotionally. The kind of love that leaves you parlayzed with awe and reverence. The peace that comes in knowing that sitting in His arms or resting in His will is your one safe place, your one refuge from all the chaos in life. The place that offers you hope and life amidst that messy divorce or cancer diagnosis.
It's overwhelming, all right. To me, overwhelming is an understatement. Is there a more weighty word than overwhelmed? If so, I'd use it.

I dont know about you, but this girl captured the very essence of time spent with the Father. Let us seek Him and find Him.. let us then love Him with a deeper, more raging love.



a amazingly talented friend of mine, jerel (you'll see his back), and i actually kinda recorded this song in our prayer chapel last fall. it's no kari jobe, but maybe you get the idea. if not, download it.. its WORTH it (Kari Jobe "The More I Seek You" - CFN'S Glorious CD)

do any of you have songs that move you to Him? "Real" worship? Random?

..

My Savior

My Healer

Redeemer, that is who You are

Creator

My Maker

MY FATHER that is who You are

You are everything, Jesus. my EVERYTHING.

...

.we are Yours

we are Yours

we are Yours, we are Yours, we are YOURS.

we are Your sons and daughters and You are our Holy Father

all our fountains are in You

we open wide our mouths and YOU fill us.

we are Yours.

I am His. I am His. I am HIS.

I needed to hear this. I needed to hear it so bad.

I'm in such a strange, new, different place with the Lord right now.

I'm having a hard week.

I'm struggling with being vulnerable with the Lord.

why? I dont know either. I wish I did. He IS going to be faithful in answering that question. He is going to be FAITHFUL in establishing new intimacy with Him.

I am his daughter. why am i struggling to receive that?

I am His holy child, I have been adopted by Him, HE CHOSE ME AS HIS.

I dont know. I can't tell you what that is doing for my heart. It releases so many emotions. Its so good. Its so good. It's so humbling. His arms are around me.. ME. ME! whatttt?? that is insane. I've known it. But its fresh. It's true. It's sinking in. and is drastically changing how I relate to Him. I wish you could feel my heart. I wish you could watch my skin crawl. I wish you could see what He is doing to me.

I AM HIS.

Father, I AM YOURS.

wow.

meet my valentine..

yea thats right.

KEITH URBAN!!!!!

whatttttt! and yes.. we were that close to him. ohwamyagawsh. im still crazy excited. what a funnnnnnnn night. (so many funny stories. haha. i am laughing just thinking about them. thanks to william and katlin for being amazing, trusty men and helping us get out of the ghetto in huntsville.. ahh) i mean who cares if we did have to drive 4 hours and then drive 4 hours back at 12:00 a.m. yea..) SO WORTH EVERY PENNY and every minute of time. i had such a great Valentines (p.s: thanks to everyone who got me goodies and for all the stuff I had when I got home.. i just love it. love it love it love it. LOVE is what you guys are to me.. EVERYDAY!) ahhhh! ok. im going back to sleep. we got in bed around 3 a.m. so im really really tired.

sorry these pictures aren't that clear.. somethings wrong with my camera! bah. these definitely dont do him justice!

its good to be alive and breathing air again

take the time start a new

maybe its in front of you

take the time to walk down your street,

heaven only knows who you might meet

take the time to stop and stare

oh heavens beauty is everywhere

take the time to be ok, laugh a bit along the way.

so run into the fields, scream louder than you can

oh its good to be alive and breathing air again.

..robbie seayband..

if i could pick a song that would best illustrate the current situation that exists between my head and heart, it would be this.

its good to be alive and breathing air again

...back here baby..

you forgot about BBMAK didn't you? SHAME! not me...

.. i will stand up for you, no matter what you're going through

im still on your side

any time day or night, dont care if its wrong or right.. im still on your side..

or

..until your back here baby,

miss you, want you, need you so,...

come back here baby YEAAA..

so i know what you're probably thinking... "how old is she, really?" well. im 20. so that answers that. and i have NO shame.. im a boy band fan. you probably are too, just admit it. so as i sit here and sing along to my boys (bbmak, backstreet, nsync, 98 degrees, lfo.. you know..), im reminiscing about the old times. i miss them A LOT. the roller rink, ice-skating. spend the night parties, swimming parties, cookouts, push-pops, treehouses..man. anyone want to relive the good old days with me? oh innocence.. life was so easy back then.

yep. thats little lee. sometimes i wish i was that little me again. Ya know when you hear people share about a "child-like faith".. thats what I want. I want to go back to the time when i didn't fear, because I didn't know how... when I was honest because I had nothing to lose.. when staying in with mom and dad was cool just because no one did anything else. a time when i didn't care that i had mud and markers on my face and gum in my hair. when there was no such thing as "being cool". when walking barefoot was acceptable. Innocence is such a beautiful thing. There is such purity and holiness that comes with innocence. There is opportunity for growth in innocence, no pride that shakes you. There is respect and reverence that comes out naturally, simply because that is what we were made for. I want to believe in Jesus, and LIVE in Jesus like that again.