The life of Lydia

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because sometimes quotes are good for the soul =) June 23, 2009

Filed under: Quotes — Lydia @ 4:18 am

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

flower

“The unreal is more powerful than the real. Because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it. Because its only intangible ideas, concepts, beliefs, fantasies that last. Stone crumbles. Wood rots. People, well, they die. But things as fragile as a thought, a dream, a legend, they can go on and on. If you can change the way people think. The way they see themselves. The way they see the world. You can change the way people live their lives. That’s the only lasting thing you can create.”

little girl

Summer nights lit up by flashlights. Won’t you take my hand, let’s get away. On top of buildings, or watching all your movies, now you’ve got my time; let’s get away.

car

when you’re forced to stand alone,
you realize what you have in you.

rainboots

everything is so busy & life gets out of hand when you’re not looking..and sometimes the biggest surprises come out of little beauties that keep on passing by. and i have to watch out, before i forget everything i’ve come to know and love. i won’t let life pass me by.

free

Do not go where the path may lead;
Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
+ Ralph Waldo Emerson

baby

It’s a curious thought, but it’s only when
you see people looking ridiculous that
you realize just how much you love them.

buildings

If you want to know where you heart is, look to where your mind wanders.

explore

You aren’t the only reason I smile,
but you’re definitely my favorite.

 

June 23, 2009

Filed under: Update — Lydia @ 3:13 am

What? I have a blog???………………………………………  oooohh yeah……..

 

Captivating- John and Stasi Eldredge May 30, 2009

Filed under: Books — Lydia @ 8:41 pm

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The essence of a man is Strength. A man is meant to be the incarnation– our experience in human form– of our Warrior God. A God who comes through for us.

The essence of a woman is Beauty. She is meant to be the incarnation– our experience in human form– of a Captivating God. A God who invites us.

 

Always learning.. May 30, 2009

Filed under: Life, Thoughts — Lydia @ 5:14 am

Sometimes we don’t realize how quickly time goes by…

Things that seem so big at the moment, will pass.

Find something to be passionate about.

Life is a playground, we just seem to forget this as we grow up.

Cherish the small things.

Rejoice in the truth.

A cheerful heart is good medicine (Prov 17:22)

Once you’ve experienced the love of God, nothing, NOTHING, can ever compare.

Love is not jealous.

Love never gives up.

Be patient in trouble, and always be prayerful. (Rom 12:12)

Follow your dreams, even if you are the only who who belives in them.

Allow yourself to be loved.

Hugs can heal.

Delight in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart. (Psalms 37:4)

jump

 

I Am… May 25, 2009

Filed under: The Message — Lydia @ 8:36 pm

free

 

Given bold and confident access to the Living God

A child of the Living God

A GREAT delight to the Lord

Justified through Faith

Not guilty anymore

Sanctified

Reconciled to God

Rescued

Complete

A chosen generation

God’s speacial person

Fearfully and wonderfully made

Given eternal life

Called

Glorified

A new creation

The righteousness of God

A part of His kingdom

Royal priesthood

A person set apart

Blessed with every spiritual blessing

Chosen before the creation of the world

Accepted

Forgiven

Shown the mystery of His will

Sealed with the Holy Spirit

Given a guaranteed ingeritance

Recipients of His power

Seated in the Heavenlies

Created for good works

A citizen of heaven

A holy temple

Loved

Adopted

Redeemed

Given wisdom and understanding

Alive in Christ

God’s masterpiece

Brought near to God

A member of God’s household

Recipient of God’s promise

I am.. His

 

Captivating May 23, 2009

Filed under: Books — Lydia @ 5:05 pm

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“We want a beauty that can be seen; beauty that can be felt; beauty that affects others; a beauty all our own to unveil.”

 

give me revelation May 20, 2009

Filed under: Thoughts — Lydia @ 3:56 am

I know that If I keep my gaze on Him.. If I continue to seek Him with all that is in me… He will guide my steps…

 

May 17, 2009

Filed under: Life, The Message — Lydia @ 5:35 am

I am CONSTANTLY having to remind myself of who I am in Christ…

flowers

 

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will- to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgivenes of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment- to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ.

Ephesians 1:3-10

 

I Will Run-Chosen May 15, 2009

Filed under: Videos — Lydia @ 8:58 pm

 

This is my vision.

 

May 14, 2009

Filed under: Life, Thoughts — Lydia @ 3:14 am

growing up

 

 

 

I just started working full time at the dentist.

I haven’t woken up before 7 since high school.. so that’s somewhat difficult.

I got accepted into the dental program!!  

I start classes next week.

I’m so glad I’ve found something that I really enjoy.

I also realized today for the first time that as you get older.. summer just means working more. 

 :(  bummer.

There is so much that I want to do!!

 That really busted my bubble..

For some reason I had it in my mind that I was never going to have to grow up.  

But that’s life.

You grow up. Things change.

It’s tough sometimes,

but

It’s exciting.

 

Psalms 143:8-10 May 10, 2009

Filed under: The Message — Lydia @ 5:57 pm

Le the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,

for I have put my trust in you.

Show me the way I should go,

for to you I life up my soul.

Oh Lord,

for I hide myself in you.

Teach me to do your will,

for you are my God;

may your good Spirit

lead me on level groud.

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My life as a teenage daughter, sister, girlfriend, friend May 8, 2009

Filed under: Life — Lydia @ 8:22 pm

I dream. Maybe one day they will come true.

I strive.  It’s more difficult than I thought.

I laugh. It burns calories.

I doubt. My heart is right when my head is wrong.

I cry.  When I am overwhelmed with the chaos of life and the gift of love.

I look. An opportunity could be knocking.

I learn. From my mistakes and the wisdom of parents and mentors.

I wait. It all takes patience.

 

Real April 30, 2009

Filed under: Books — Lydia @ 2:57 am

“What is REAL?” asked the Rabbit. “Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?”

“Real isn’t how you are made,” said the Skin Horse. “It’s a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.”

“Does it hurt?” asked the Rabbit.

“Sometimes,” said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. “When you are Real you don’t mind being hurt.”

“Does it happen all at once, like being wound up,” he asked, “or bit by bit?”

“It doesn’t happen all at once,” said the Skin Horse. “You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in your joints and very shabby. But these things don’t matter at all, because once you are Real you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand.”

 -The Velveteen Rabbit

 

Not sure what to think of this… April 29, 2009

Filed under: Humor, Videos — Lydia @ 9:39 pm

 

What in the world!?!? April 28, 2009

Filed under: Humor — Lydia @ 10:59 pm

Soooo. I was driving happily on my way to work listening to some music when I noticed my rearview mirror was crooked. So I fixed it and almost had a wreck when I saw what was lying right under the window in the back of my car. What was it? …A dead bird. I was so confused thinking all kinds of things.. “Is it real? Is someone playing a joke on me? Did I leave my car unlocked? How the heck did it get in here? What if I touch it and it’s still alive?” After a few seconds of thinking all these things.. I remembered I had left my windows a little cracked the other day. It must have flown in and died because of the heat. Still, soo crazy to me. At least it explains all the weird looks I was getting as people drove by…