A little update

Life sure has been hectic lately. I think my biggest prayer at the moment is learning how to take life in stride. I think that it can become so easy to create a long mental list of the "have to's" in life. "I have to do this...." "I must make sure I do that..." etc etc etc. Do we ever think "I have to relax" ?

Lord show me how to rest.

I've spent the last few days moving into our new.....HOUSE!! Yes, you're reading correctly, a house! Not more than a month ago did I have words with the Lord about feeling like if I stay in LA I'll never be able to live in a house...well...I stand silent before Him. It's funny how sometimes it seems like the prayers we deem little and meaningless are the ones He chooses to answer to quickest. He shows us that He cares about every inch of us in so many ways.

Anyway, as soon as we are all settled in, we're planning on having a house warming party. And all of you are invited!!

All 12 of you that follow this...
(one of which is my roommate...and one of which is my boyfriend...)

:)

Love you all.

So Close!

S.E.V.E.N

Inn of the Seventh Ray
For Seven months
Weather, hot
Missed the Concert
Summer Nights
Cheap movieeeeees
You+Me

Baby!

There is this fantastic MOPS (mothers of Preschoolers) group in Malibu who threw my client Sarah a baby shower! They went ABOVE AND BEYOND. It such a sweet blessing to be able to watch these women give Sarah advice and giggle with her about the joys...and the fears....of being a mother. We drove away with my Jeep Liberty entirely filled to the brim with baby gifts, we couldn't even fit everything, so one of the mothers is dropping off the remainder of the items at the clinic today!
God thank you for creating these women with the hearts that you did.
Great great day.

PS: I also had too much coffee....

Photo!

Photo 2!

Oranges
By: Gary Soto





The first time I walked
With a girl, I was twelve,
Cold, and weighted down
With two oranges in my jacket.
December. Frost cracking
Beneath my steps, my breath
Before me, then gone,
As I walked toward
Her house, the one whose
Porch light burned yellow
Night and day, in any weather.
A dog barked at me, until
She came out pulling
At her gloves, face bright
With rouge. I smiled,
Touched her shoulder, and led
Her down the street, across
A used car lot and a line
Of newly planted trees,
Until we were breathing
Before a drugstore. We
Entered, the tiny bell
Bringing a saleslady
Down a narrow aisle of goods.
I turned to the candies
Tiered like bleachers,
And asked what she wanted—
Light in her eyes, a smile
Starting at the corners
Of her mouth. I fingered
A nickle in my pocket,
And when she lifted a chocolate
That cost a dime,
I didn’t say anything.
I took the nickle from
My pocket, then an orange,
And set them quietly on
The counter. When I looked up,
The lady’s eyes met mine,
And held them, knowing
Very well what it was all
About.

Outside, A few cars hissing past,
Fog hanging like old
Coats between the trees.
I took my girl’s hand
In mine for two blocks,
Then released it to let
Her unwrap the chocolate.
I peeled my orange
That was so bright against
The gray of December
That, from some distance,
Someone might have thought
I was making a fire in my hands.

The Faithful

"You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also." - 2Timothy 2:1-2


It is interesting to me that Paul chooses to use the term "grace" in this passage, because it seems that Grace, God's grace, is the hardest concept for us, as Christians, to understand. So often we make the mistake of equating God's grace with our own understanding of the word; as if we have any idea what true grace actually looks like. We must remember that we, in no way, can measure God's attributes against our own. There is absolutely no basis of comparison.

And what about the later half of this passage? About us entrusting what we have heard to faithful men who will be able to teach others also? Have we, as the western Christian community, failed to do this? Is this why so many of us proclaim to non-believers, "Jesus loves you!" but lack the sound, theological doctrine to explain why this is true?

Where has this disconnect come from? And how can we, as the living church, bridge this gap?
Who will make us "faithful men"?

None other but Jesus Christ Himself.

Stay in the word.

XO,
Brie

S.I.X

........ is a GREAT number

XO to him.