i reach up high
i touch the ground
i stomp my feet and turn around
ive got to *woo woo!*
praise the Lord!

i jump and dance with all my might
i might look funny but that's alright
ive got to *woo woo!*
praise the Lord!

my favorite junior camp song! haha. its damn childish i know sorry. but i keeps playing and replaying in my head and i just want to do the actions with the kids and jump and dance with all my might! cos they just look so happy when they sing this song (:

i have lost count of the things i have to be thankful for. each day i find new reasons to praise Him. i see how His grace has been poured out on my life even when i am unfaithful. even when i fail to make time to read His Word or pray, He still makes things alright for me. just because He loves me with an everlasting love.

today, my heart is exceptionally full. filled with thankfulness for all my family, friends, pastors and teachers that have been praying for me. the heart is a very vulnerable thing (especially for girls!). it can be broken in a second for a myriad of different reasons, and it takes years to be put back together. but when the Lord is your strength and stay, when He becomes the balm for your heart, it gets better. when you set your sights on Him and trust that He sees beyond what you see, it gets better.

Psalm 147

3 He heals the brokenhearted
And binds up their wounds.

Isaiah 35

4 Say to those who are fearful-hearted,

“ Be strong, do not fear!
Behold, your God will come with vengeance,
With the recompense of God;
He will come and save you.”

even with tears, you know He holds them in His bottle.

Psalm 56

8 You number my wanderings;
Put my tears into Your bottle;
Are they not in Your book?

unbelief is a very dangerous thing. it plagues even the best of us. and unbelief tears you apart. when i stop believing in Him, when i wallow in a state of self pity andi doubt, its the hardest to move forward, cos the One i look to for strength seems to no longer be there. but the fact is He always is. even when i dont see Him, even when i dont feel Him. and when i choose to move forward by faith, led by His hand and willing to follow His every command, then what fills my heart is something that man cannot explain. and its called peace.

and so i pray for that everyday. for without it, without Him, there is just, nothing.