See The Way

This song never fails to make me cry& smile &..sighh...God is so amazing..and beautiful..and incrediblee =) Haha..
I'm in loveeeeeeeee =) <3

See the way
He holds the stars in His hands
See the way He holds my heart

Just one word of Your mind were the heavens made
Just one breathe of Your lips the foundation were there
When just one dream in Your thought
You have wanted me
Just one pulse of Your heart
Your were wound in me


Yeah
For God is a Lover
Looking for a lover so He fashioned me
God is a Lover
Looking for a lover so
He formed my heart
God is a Lover
Looking for a lover so He fashioned me
God is a Lover
Looking for a lover...


Just one pulse of Your heart
I am in love...

There's nothing like You& I =)

And I Thank You...

There are so many things in this life that I really want...

But because I don't have these things-because I haven't [yet] received them (or when I see others having what I want), I feel like I don’t deserve it…

I hate that I feel the way I do; it makes me feel small…Like I can’t dream or hope

But then I look at God…with Him all it takes is one look and He knows everything…And it doesn’t end there…To Him, He understands how and why I feel the way I do…He understands it better than I myself do…And it’s not silly or irrational to Him…He always tells me “If it matters to you, then it matters to Me”

As for me feeling undeserving…He does His best each and every day to change that….I can’t begin to describe how much gratitude and love flows through me when my Father tells me I deserve all I want…That He wants to give me *everything*…He wants me to know I’m worthy of His blessings =)

 I don’t know where or who I’d be without Him. To me, it’s such a scary thought ...I’m in *SO* deep with Him…I can never go back…And I would *never* want to! He’s all I have and I’m so so glad…

“Love Came Down And Rescued Me, And I Thank You, I Thank You. I Once Was Blind But Now I See, I See You, Yes I See You…”

My Heroes :)

Sandra Chin (I've actually met her before&she's the best,haha) 

Kenneth Chin (when he speaks, you will laugh and cry yourself off the chair)

Philip Mantofa (such a cool and amazing man of God :) )

Bobbie Houston (my spiritual momma :) love her..really can't wait to meet her :) )

Priscilla Shirer (she preached a killer message at Hillsong Conference '11!) 

Banning Liebscher (Jesus Culture changed me forever)

Kim Walker (haha! love her! she's just *too* amazingg..I know we could be best buds!)

Darlene Zschech (another momma of mine :) )

Judah Smith (this is my spiritual daddy! love him! :) he's my favourite leader by far! cannot wait to meet him! )

Debbie Prescott (she reminded me that I am valued and worth it :) )

Sam Evans (she invites His presence like none other!)

Brian Houston (my other spiritual daddy! :) )

I have honestly had the most profound privilege of being able to be influenced by such awesome men&women of God in the last year or so.It's like I know God is wrapping all these people up in a pretty little box and going "Here Anne, I know you'll love this one!" and true enoughh,haha!...He knows me too well =) Hard thing though is not being able to meet these people face to face and really pour my gratitude and heart out to them! It's not that I'm fans of these people, I just really like them cause they've change me and my relationship with God...and when a person does that to you, you kinda wanna say 'Thank You!'  Haha...After experiencing three conferences throughout 2011, (Acts Church Conference 2011, Hillsong Conference 2011, Kingdom Women's Conference), I come home so moved and changed and inspired, but sometimes a little sad too, cause a part of me wishes that I could meet and bond with these awesome people...

Then this one night I had a conversation with God =)

Here's sorta what happened:

Me: ...But God, I *really* wanted to give her a hug and speak to her and tell her how when she talked about that bit it *really* moved me to tears...I like *really* want to see her one day and tell her all these things...Can you make it happen pleaseeee??

God: Haha! You really like them don't you??

Me: Yesss!! They're like *so* cool!!! =D

God: Okayhh!! Haha, yeah they are pretty cool =)

Me: So when?!?!

God: Oh, about meeting them?? You'll meet them all for sure one day!

Me: Really!? No!!? When?!?!

God: Haha! When you come Home =) They'll all be here =) I'll introduce you to them =)

Me (teary eyed): Oh, hehe, okay..Cool =)

Home =) I have Home (Heaven) to go to and meet *all* my heroes =) How cool is that?? 
So whenever I wished I knew someone 'famous', personally, I just think of Home and I feel all better =) Teehee =D

Hello Hurricane

When I first heard this song, I instantly smiled. There’s just something empowering and assuring about the lyrics and the melody that makes you feel and think that “Everything’s gonna be okay =)”

I know that in every circumstance and season in my life, God has always come through. The good, the bad, the ugly, He’s always been there. And that has built my confidence in Him, to know that however big the storms may be, I can still smile and know I’ve already got the victory =)


"I've been watching the skies
They've been turning blood red
Not a doubt in my mind anymore
There's a storm up ahead

Hello hurricane, you're not enough
Hello hurricane, you can't silence my love
I've got doors and windows boarded up
All your dead end fury is not enough
You can't silence my love, my love

Everything I have I count as loss
Everything I have is stripped away
Before I started building I counted up these costs
There's nothing left for you to take away

I'm a fighter fighting for control
I'm a fighter fighting for my soul
Everything inside of me surrenders
You can't silence my love
You can't silence my love, yeah

Yeah, I said hello hurricane"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqxpDZfKHJ4

welcome to the aftermath

Soul Cravings

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been really challenged and changed by the writings of Erwin McManus in Soul Cravings. Here are a couple of quotes from his book that inspire me to dream and live a purposeful life:

We humans are most alive when we passionately pursue our dreams, live with purpose, and have a sense of destiny.

Bottom line: we cannot live the life of our dreams without an irrational sense of destiny.
And all of us have dreams.
More than that all of us need dreams.
Some of us sadly are just sleeping through them.

All of us long to become something more than we are. We are driven to achieve, moved to accomplish, fueled by ambition.


All of us long for our lives to count in some way. We all have an internal need to achieve some kind of success or to somehow find significance. Pursuing the future we desire energizes and inspires us.

Every one of us longs to create even when we don't know exactly what. All of us, at the very least, want to create a better life, a better future, a better us.

A part of growing up seems to be acquiescing to mediocrity. It's death to our souls. When we stop dreaming, we start dying.


There is a destiny that awaits us all. It calls us, and if we ignore it, we are soon haunted by it.

Without dreams we have nothing to pull us forward.

Not only is ambition a good thing; it's a God thing.


When there is no future there is no HOPE.

The maddening reality is that each and every one of us has been created with a soul craving to become-- to become something-- something better, something different, something special, something unique, something admired, something valued, something more than we are.


This is from me:
Here’s the thing, you are given one life, this one chance here on earth to do all that God has call you to do. Don’t waste it. Don’t live a life of regret, but take joy in your day to day living. Do all that you must for your King. “God has given you everything that you need, to do what He has called you to do, and only you can do it” Joel Houston.

Tyra's Essay

I was watching Friday Night Lights (a show I lovee so much!) and this was Tyra’s monologue; her college application essay:

“Two years ago, I was afraid of wanting anything. I figured wanting would lead to trying and trying would lead to failure. But now I find I can't stop wanting.I want to fly somewhere on first class. I want to travel to Europe on a business trip. I want to get invited to the White House. I want to learn about the world. I want to surprise myself. I want to be important. I want to be the best person I can be. I want to define myself instead of having others define me. I want to win and have people be happy for me. I want to lose and get over it. I want to not be afraid of the unknown. I want to grow up and be generous and big hearted, the way people have been with me. I want an interesting and surprising life. It's not that I think I'm going to get all these things, I just want the possibility of getting them. College represents possibility. The possibility that things are going to change. I can't wait.”

Here’s my version:

“Years ago, I was afraid of wanting anything. I figured wanting would lead to trying and trying would lead to failure and failure would lead to disappointment. But now I find I can't stop wanting. I want to travel the world; visit and experience every culture possible. I want to feed the hungry and clothe the naked. I want to teach and be taught by young child about faith, hope and love. I want to meet the famous people I’ve admired and tell them how amazing they are to me. I want to see myself as the beautiful child God has made me to be-to never second guess myself. I want to surprise myself. I want to be the best person I can be. I want to define myself instead of having others define me. I want to grow and have people be happy for me. I want to not be afraid of the unknown. I want to be generous and big hearted, the way people have been with me. I want an interesting and surprising life. It's not that I think I'm going to get all these things, I just want the possibility of getting them. And God represents possibility. The possibility that things are going to change. I can't wait."

Something changed in me when I saw this and when I found my own version of it. I hope hopelessly now, and I don’t feel silly about it. I love that God listens to me, and that’s all I really want; someOne to listen to me =)