the promise of the meadow

Physically I’m here but mentally I’m tending to the strawberry patch outside my forest cottage and listening to the ferns rustling in the cool breeze

Notice too that he didn’t even give Elijah some encouraging words to comfort him.  He just told him to eat.  Sometimes just being there and making sure someone gets through their anguish is enough.

And God said, “Have a Snickers.”

today feels like a great day to move far away to the mountains and never come back, who’s with me

If I can’t get married by being wholly faithful to Jesus then I don’t need to be with anyone. If I have to compromise who He is to find someone, then I don’t need anyone. If I have to be less than like Jesus to get someone to stay with me, then I’m not ready for them to be with me.

Reblog this if you’re pro-receiving a brown paper package containing one (1) handwritten love letter, a small jar of strawberry jam from the farmers market, and a smattering of pressed flowers.

your secrets are safe with me because i will forget all of them immediately

“I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, This is what it is to be happy.” - Sylvia Plath (via sylviaplathquotes)