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#thingsimlearningat24 (at Orange Beach, Alabama)

note to self. #thingsimlearningat24

only goodness + mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and i will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. psalm 23.6 - promises x #thingsimlearningat24

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when God puts something on your heart, listen. #thingsimlearningat24

I used to want to leave a big legacy. Change the world. Do the big things that really make a difference. Now I see that the biggest difference I can make in anyone's life, the only way to really change the world is to sit at the feet of Jesus, the one who changed the whole trajectory of humanity, with an open hand and a willing heart. It is to show others how satisfying this place of intimacy is. All of my life is to magnify Jesus and make much of him... because as I look upon his face, while I sit at his feet and as I walk with him each day, I will begin to reflect his glory, not my own. At his feet he has assured me that He knows my heart, my passions, my desires more than I do...because he put them there! Hah! His dreams for me are bigger than mine as they aren't even mine in the first place. Even his desire for me is way bigger than my desire for him. So here's my life: a day by day walking with him and trusting in his steadfast love, goodness and faithfulness. I'm no longer just waiting to be somewhere, no longer waiting for someone, no longer waiting to feel equipped. I'm just here with an open heart and hands...expecting and believing that he who has began the good work and he will bring into completion that which he has already began. Receive love well, daughter, and you will love well. He must increase, I must decrease.

Pretty tea time ❄️☕️🎄 I've officially finished winter term and am heading into 4 weeks annual leave from Uni. Such bliss. It's the longest amount of time off I've had since starting my course and I'm deeply expectant and ready for resting, therapeutic bike rides and walks, time with family, much needed spaced out un-demanded time, talking and walking with God in that spacious abiding that sabbath-rest brings. I'm very aware that being a student may be the only time in my life that I get to experience these kind of extended gaps, so I will take hold of it with both hands and not regret a minute! Now is a great time to Skype, if you have tried and I have been unavailable, if you have held out and been patient, then let's get a coffee, or an Internet connection, in the afternoon one day. #win #thankyou #thingsimlearningat24 (at Kennington)

Soho moments. Soho is such a wild place. There is an abrupt coming together of east, west, the new age and a craving for history, depth and meaning and shallow feeling. I walked past a door that said 'young Thai model upstairs', and we all know what that means... And a second later I'm distracted by some kind of intoxicating dim sum deal that catches my own senses and drives my mind to my stomach. I walk past windows of bookstores, with men and their beards pretending to read, and maybe some actually reading, drinking the best flat white ever and heading upstairs later to check out the antiques. I met a 20 year old Romanian girl sleeping rough because she came over for a job that fell through. She has to stay till her flight home in 1 month because she has no income to change the flight. She sleeps in the park. Buzzing and vivacious I'm reminded suddenly of KINKY BOOTS and LION KING and JERSEY BOYS and swanky, eager tourists queueing up to complete their weekend in London with the perfect treat: west end wonder. All in the same place I find these things. So easy and painful it is to be distracted from the dark in the world of bright lights. soho, I love you dark and light, and Jesus loves you far more #soho #London #JesuslovesSoho #thingsimlearningat24 (at Soho)