These Dry Bones

This is my favorite song ever written. No joke. The lyrics, music and truth behind it are all absolutely incredible. This should be our prayer 24/7-crying out for God to satisfy us instead of seeking the things of this world. It hit me again listening to it the other day so I thought I'd share. Enjoy!

I love You Lord
But I want to love You more
I need You God
But I want to need You more

I'm lost without
Your creative spark in me
I'm dead inside
Unless Your resurrection sings

I'm desperate for a desperate heart
I'm reaching out, I'm reaching

All that I am is dry bones
Without You Lord, a desert soul
I am broken but running
Towards You God, You make me whole

You are exactly what we need
Only You can satisfy

Desert Soul-The Rend Collective Experiment

*P.S. Check out their other stuff too! Their lyrics are so raw.*

f a v o r i t e s.

I'm the type of person that gets really excited about good music, listens to it on repeat for about two weeks, gets tired of it, rediscovers two years later, repeats. At the moment, these are a few of my favorites! Thought I'd share :)


Highest Place-Desperation Band

Redeemer-Nicole C. Mullen

Half of My Heart-John Mayer

Lead Me-Sanctus Real

Satisfy- Tenth Avenue North

Beloved-Tenth Avenue North

All About Us-He is We

Light A Way-He is We

I Wouldn't Mind- He is We

All That You Are- Goo Goo Dolls

Light Up the Sky- The Afters

Long, Hot Summer-Keith Urban

Summer Wind- Frank Sinatra

Around the World-Frank Sinatra

Random Joys

Today I was thankful for…

•      Beautiful weather- Even though I hate winter for the most part, spring wouldn’t be as exciting if there wasn’t something to compare it too. Maybe there is a plus to living in Michigan…
•      Coming late to track practice-I have to run by myself so I get time to think.
•      That dead time in school after AP tests are over-3 movies in one day...glorious.
•      Journals-there is nothing like sitting out in the sun pouring your thoughts onto paper. It’s the best therapy there is.
•      Little friends- the two neighbor boys (3&5) were playing in my backyard today as I was doing homework and I got distracted. I forgot how wonderful the world of a child is. Everything is exciting and new.
•      Phone dates- I love laughing with friends even if it is over the phone and not in person
•      New music-Gungor, Hillsong, Brooke Fraser, Shawn Mcdonald, Mat Kearney…enough said.
•      Family time-it seems like I never see those three wonderful people I live with anymore. It’s good to sit and talk and laugh.
•      Time- I’ve missed having time to relax. It’s a splendid thing.
•      "Family”- my un-biological brothers and sisters never cease to encourage me and make me laugh.
•      Promises-“ For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.” Isaiah 41:13 “I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths will I guide them; I will turn darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them.” Isaiah 42:16
•      Sunrises-I've noticed that the sun now rises just as I'm getting up for school. I think God knows how much I love sunrises.

Look for the little things...they might make your day! :)

Good Friday Thoughts

In Christ alone my hope is found

 He is my light, my strength, my song
This Cornerstone, this solid ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm

What heights of love, what depths of peace
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease
My Comforter, my All in All
Here in the love of Christ I stand

In Christ alone, who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless Babe
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save

Til on that cross as Jesus died
The wrath of God was satisfied
For every sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ I live

There in the ground His body lay

Light of the world by darkness slain
Then bursting forth in glorious day
Up from the grave He rose again

And as He stands in victory

Sins curse has lost its grip on me
For I am His and He is mine
Bought with the precious blood of Christ

No guilt in life, no fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me
From life's first cry to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny

No power of hell, no scheme of man
Could ever pluck me from His hand
Til He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I stand.

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This song gives me chills. Not because of the music or the way the words are arranged but because of the amazing TRUTH that it states. It's easy to forget how incredible this story is. We so often brush it off as another holiday and a time to go to church but when you really think about Easter and the story behind it, you can't help but stand in awe. It is a day to celebrate the greatest act of love in history. Christ overcame death itself in order to save the souls of the very people that killed him. That is the epitome of love.

{There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends. John 15:13}

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"No guilt in life, no fear in death. This is the power of Christ in me. From life's first cry to final breath, Jesus commands my destiny."

I love resting in that promise-that the God who created life then defeated death commands my destiny. It is a truth that revolutionizes the way that you think and live your life. No matter what happens in life, this all-powerful God is still in control, protecting and loving you through it all. (Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Psalms 23:4) That is an incredible promise.

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I hope that you realize this Good Friday how deeply you are loved. 

Sincerely, Annie

Here in the power of Christ I stand.