Acumen

Life is fleeting before my eyes

The old embrace the young

Their eyes shine with experience

Their skin gathers with prudence and reason

The counsel of the wise to forever be adorned

To live for today yet entertain the ideas of tomorrow

We will all sink, subside and settle

Bare your heart to their words

Take captive the worn

Breathe in the vibrance of life

For theirs is the touch of consciousness

For theirs is the strength to abide

And abide we shall.

i am not but i know I AM

When Moses asked God what his name was, God replied "Hayah" Hebrew for " I AM " translation "to be" or "be".

He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers [to Him]. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to line in. "To whom will you compare me? Or who is my equal?" says the Holy One. Lift your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry hosts one by one, and calls them each by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.

God is more massive that our wildest imagination, bigger than the biggest words we have to describe Him. And He's doing good today- sustaining galaxies, holding every star in place, stewarding the seemingly chaotic events of earth to His conclusion within His great glory.

God is constant. He blinks and a lifetime comes around and goes. To Him one day is like a thousand years and a thousand years like one day. All of human history could be written on His fingernail, with plenty of room left over for more.

And God is doing well today, thank you. He has no dilemmas. No quandaries. No counselors. No shortages. No rivals. No fears. No cracks. No worries. He is self-aware. In other words, He's God and He knows it.

I luh me some pictas.

tea.

I know most art students are addicted to coffee, which I love. BUT. I am definitely becoming addicted to tea. My new favorite - Zen by TAZO. so. good. Also, new addictions #2= film photography. I can't wait to get a film camera for Christmas! My mom just gave me her old brownie kodak film camera she got when she was like 8, it's awesome but I have no idea if it even works. Guess we'll find out :).

CREATED not CREATOR

A good friend told me to read Jeremiah 29:11 tonight. It started out because I was curious as to what was helping her pull through her hard times, and I wanted to know what she had been reading so I could become more understanding.

This verse turned into something a lot bigger than that.

I keep forgetting the fact that I am NOT the Creator, I am NOT the one in control. There is nothing I can do to bring my friends back sooner, I cannot control time, I cannot prevent anyone from getting cancer, there are so many things that I CANNOT do. And I fall so short of realizing that that is a BLESSING. I don't have to do anything but trust in God. TRUST IN GOD. Trust that he is good, that his plans are to prosper and not to harm me, realize that His will WILL be done. That is such a beautiful thing that I have such a hard time coming to terms with. Once I begin to realize this, it is so much easier for my faith to grow. How can we have faith if we don't trust God's decisions. Our bodies and minds are so intricately made, everything about me is formed to the exact T that God wanted it to be. I have got to start letting go of some things or I will never have the faith I desire. It is such a blessing to not have to be in control, to have a loving God who will take care of it for you. May we all begin to come to better terms with ourselves, realizing that we need to be humbled, and put back in our place. And also realizing that being put in your place can be such a refreshing and revealing time.

May God humble us all this week, so that He may become GREATER and we may become LESS, for the sake of HIS glory and our sanity.

Romans 1

I was reading Romans over the summer, but got side tracked at school and stopped. So I've decided to just start over.

My mom pointed out to me once that I don't have to cut everything out of my life so that nothing is placed before God. I have a fear of placing things and people before Him. Which I believe is a good fear, but sometimes I forget that we are given fellowship and relationships for a reason. Paul was talking to the Romans and telling them that he was longing to see them so that he could impart a spiritual gift upon them to make them strong, which was the spiritual gift of being mutually encouraged by each other's faith. Today, I'm really going make an effort to be encouraging to those around me, pursue God before all things, but be thankful for the friends and family I've been given.

Clothing

My new weekend work in progress. And I def. mean a work in progress. SO much left to do

Anddd.. gotta love clothing warehouse! $10!!

Hope you're having a lovely labor day weekend.

September! It's so good to see you!

I can't believe it's already September! My art classes are starting to get more intense, which hopefully will make time go by a little faster! I love having projects to think about! My latest one is for Graphic Design and we have to connect a tangible and intangible thing somehow. My tangible is "markers" and my intangible is "energy". This has been taking a lot of brain storming because both subjects are so broad. My mind can't get off the idea of little children running around with a lot of energy drawing all over the carpet and the walls. But we'll see where it goes in more time :) In painting we've been practicing direct gradations and things, which seems like it should be easy but the concept really twists my brain. :

These were some of my very first attempts painting with oil paint and working on direct paintings. It's a weird concept but I'm enjoying it!

On the other hand, God is good. :) He is teaching me to be patient, and accepting of what he brings into my life whether I want it to happen or not. I am an EXTREMELY impatient person, but I have no choice but to trust in God and pursue Him and His love daily if I want to be fulfilled in any way possible. Every day He is proving to me that he is all I need to fill any voids.

I hope everyone has an excellent weekend! I can't believe its already time for the weekend again!

Anderson vs. Spain

I thoroughly dislike Spain and the fact that Bradley is there for EEVVERR. (at least it feels like forever.) Skype is such and blessing and a curse.

School is so far very non-stressful. I haven't started any major projects yet, just little ones. I almost wish I would get bombarded with projects so that I could keep myself busy, and this semester might go by a little bit faster.

My biggest struggle is adjusting to a new dorm, new roommate and 2 of the most important people in my life being somewhat out of reach. I'm thankful that they are safe where they are though.

On a happy note, I love all my friends at school and all the new friends I've made so far this year. Especially my suite mates!

I'm also having a hard time wanting to read my Bible. I've gotten rather bitter that Bradley and Bennett are far away from me and it makes me sad. Not necessarely bitter at God, just a general feeling of "What in the world, now what am I supposed to do?" But thank God for amazing friends, and His wonderful timing of my sister moving home from Charleston. It's easy to see that our age gap is becoming less and less of a barrier. And now she is one of my closest friends.

Life is a beautiful thing whether I want to admit it in my times of frustration or not. Fighting for joy is a daily thing these days, but may God give me the strength to carry on.

"Dont worry, its just razor blades and glass"

My Fall

semester

is looking like:

Spanish.Kinesiology.Graphic Design.Painting.Print Production

The New Room!

A Day In The Life

Moving into school on Saturday, Woop! Saturday night Bradley is playing at a benefit concert for Greg's world tour at Radius Church! (7pm be there, it's also an art show). Sunday morning bright and early Bradley and Bennett are leading worship at a church in Boone. This is them "practicing".

nose

today. i got my nose pierced. i can honestly say, it did not hurt at all. and i can honestly say, i was absolutely scared. now i feel like i have a giant booger in my nose.

Random thoughts

I've been trying to discipline myself more with reading scripture. We read one book a week in my community group, this week is Acts. Claire came up with a really good idea for diving the chapters up into days. Then the concept of "feeding your soul before feeding your body" came up. Which is a really good idea, to start your day by being nourished by God's word instead of jumping to get breakfast or get on facebook. The hard part is making a habit out of it, and keeping up with it daily. But the more effort I put into it the more I find myself not wanting the chapter to end, and wanting to continue with the next one. Usually I would keep reading but I decided to discipline myself by not only reading every day, but only reading the specific amount. Which might sound stupid, but I really want to teach myself patience with everything, especially when it comes to waiting for God to speak or move.

ACTS

I can't even explain how cool I think Paul is. His story is so encouraging to me the way he travels all over despite being persecuted everywhere he goes. It gives me so much hope that God will provide no matter what situation I am in. And that people literally rejoiced that they were persecuted in the name of God, like it was a great honor and they could not believe they were chosen to suffer for the Word. I definitely do not have that mind set every day. Which is hard to have living in America where we dont usually get physically harmed or jailed for what we believe. But even in the small things, like peer pressure and whatever college brings, its important to stand firm in what you believe and not be swayed by society, culture, or your friends. Our culture is constantly changing, what is acceptable, how we should speak, the music we listen to, how we should act, how much clothes people wear (or dont wear). But I encourage you to find a stable hope in this: God never changes. He is the same God who lead the Israelites through the desert, the same God who led Paul around all over the place to be put in jail and yelled at, the same God who loved the world so much that he gave his perfect and beautiful son to die in our place. He is FOREVER faithful, and UNCHANGING. No matter how much your friends, family, school, or situation changes, God is still there whether you like it or not, he still cares and he is still breathing life into you as you read this. He will NOT forget about you, or stop loving you.

CONSTANT COMMUNION

A thought I had yesterday while I was driving was how hard it is to stay in constant communion with God throughout the day. I find it easy to acknowledge that God is there, by looking at the world around me and it's beauty, but I'm talking more that acknowledgment, I'm talking like an intimate interaction throughout the day. Literally. Talking to God in your head while you're driving, or instead of letting your mind wander to random placed, let it wander into a conversation with God. I find myself talking to Him like he is just one of my buddies. I truly feel like the more I make an effort to have intimacy with God, the more I will find out about myself, how God views me, and who exactly I am in God. Its really fulfilling and beautiful to get a glimpse of how the creator of the universe views his daughter, and how beautiful he thinks she is. It gives me more confidence than anything else in world.

Break Every Chain - Live at the Bijou theater

FOUND IT!

fight the fight

Today I was reading John, and I can't help but notice how frustrated Jesus keeps getting with everyone who does not understand what he is trying to say. It makes me laugh but makes me feel really stupid all at the same time.

My mom leaves her bible open every morning at the place that she read before she goes to work. When I wake up in the morning I love getting her bible and reading the same thing she read. Today was Psalm 32:

Oh, what a joy for those

whose rebellion is forgiven,

whose sin is put out of sight!

Yes, what a joy for those

whose record the Lord has cleared of sin,

whose lives are lived in complete honesty!

When I refused to confess my sin,

I was weak and miserable,

and I groaned all day long.

Day and night your hand of disciple was heavy on me.

My strength evaporated like water in the summer heat.

Finally, I confessed all my sins to you

and stopped trying to hide them.

I said to myself, "I will confess my rebellion to the Lord."

And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone.

Therefore, let all the godly confess their rebellion to you while there

is time,

they may not drown in the floodwaters of judgement.

For you are my hiding place;

you protect me from trouble.

You surround me with songs of victory.

The Lord says, "I will guide you along the best pathway for your life.

I will advise you and watch over you.

Do not be like a senseless horse or mule

that needs a bit and bridle to keep it under control."

Many sorrows come to the wicked,

but unfailing love surrounds those who trust the Lord.

So rejoice in the Lord and be glad, all you who obey him!

Shout for joy, all you whose hearts are pure!

Lately I have been thinking a lot about the concept of having disciples. I feel like it is a word that is heard quit often in the church but lacks a true meaning to most people, especially those of youth. By jumping in with the interns at Radius I started to understand more what it means to be discipling to others and how important it really is. I mean, the entire purpose of our existence is to spread the love of Christ and let his glory be known. So how can we undermine something so big as making disciples?Christ made it a point at the very beginning of his ministry to have disciples. Making disciples is a true blessing, and is also incredibly challenging. It is just one more example of how to fight for the Kingdom every single day. And if there is one thing I learned from Stuart Fuller this summer, it is that if you don't have any disciples, and you are not seeking out any, there is something totally wrong with you. haha

So I encourage you, as Christians, to seek disciples, love on other people so much that it hurts, and pray for God's love to help you love others, because you CANNOT do it with your love alone. I feel strongly that there is something special about our generation, that God is moving in most excellent ways. All we have to do is let him in, run the race, and fight the fight.

Listen to Paige Morses Playlist

Radius and John

I feel like summer is somewhat coming to an end. These last few weeks are going to fly by. This has by far been one of the greatest summers ever in my book. Between bike riding, a great boyfriend, excellent friends, and an excellent church. I have been interning at Radius Church in downtown Greenville the last month of summer. It has shown to be such a blessing since I started. I get to work with amazing people who have such a passion for the Kingdom. It has also been super fun getting to work on graphic design projects. We are doing a fund raiser for a school in Haiti so that we can feed all the children in the school for one year [which is incredibly abnormal there]. So Claire, Nate, and I get to plan out crazy events to raise money and awareness for this school. Also, me and Austin took over a prayer walking project for the church where people from different communities get to come in and soak the gathering in prayer before it starts. It's definitely got some kinks to be worked out but I know that great things will come of it and the way in which it impacts the gathering as a whole.

I've really learned a whole new outlook on serving the body of Christ, and how to break and bleed for the body using your gifts and by simple loving. I feel so blessed to get to work with these people on things that I am truly passionate about. Truly fighting for the Kingdom is a lot more hard work then I thought, it is literally a battle. But it is important for me to try to keep in mind that I find my nourishment in God's word, and doing God's Will, and not in food or rest alone.

My community (similar to a house church or small group) is reading through the book of John this week. It is by far one of my favorite books of the Bible. I don't think I have ever read all the way through it from start to finish. Obviously one of my favorite verses is John 3:30 "He must become greater I must become less" when John was speaking about Jesus starting to baptize people in another river near by. I also love how John referred to himself as "a friend of the bridegroom". It's hard to understand how John was so humble in preparing for the coming of Christ. But besides all the small details, I have really just been finding strength, literal strength, to get up and get going with my day when I listen to the way Jesus would teach. I find it funny that in so many parts of the Gospel, Jesus says things like "how much longer must I be with you?!" obviously fed up with our lack of faith and understanding.

Upcoming events:

• Ultimate Frisbee Tournament THIS SATURDAY 6PM @SHANNON FOREST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. 5 v 5 teams of 7. Donation of $10 would be appreciated. Let me know if you are interested! All of the proceeds go to the school in Haiti so that we can feed the children for one year!
• DANCE: a benefit for Tykim Rogers. Ty got into the Governor's School but needs help paying for it! He is putting together a show with African dance, step, and lyrical! It is free to get in but donations would be AWESOMME!! This Friday JULY 16TH in the Radius Church Sanctuary!!!
• [HEY-TEE] SHIRTS. $10 PER SHIRT goes towards funding the school in Haiti! The shirts look awesome!! Savannah designed them! They are blue with green writing and you should get one.
• Craig's List Sell-a-thon. Bring your stuff to Radius Church and we will sell it on Craig's List to help raise money for Haiti!!

LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ANYTHING!!!!!

visit www.amouhaiti.com and add amouhaiti on twitter to follow our events!!!!!

length

I haven't written in a very long time, even though I don't think anyone reads this. But I guess people always say that, and someone always reads it.

Lately I've been giving a lot of thought to how life is changing, and seems to be beginning a new chapter in my life. Between new school, new friends, new boyfriend, new management at work, everything seemed to be upside down for a while. It's really reassuring and nice to know that God is so constant. Sometimes I feel like we don't stress the importance of God enough. It's just like we know he is there, and thats that. But lately I have been praying that I will be able to stress God's importance to other people more. I know that sounds silly and simple, but.. it is. Not very many people can wake up and acknowledge God in every breath every day. It is so comforting and yet so frightening to know that God is so omniscient. It really brings to a new meaning to the saying "fear God". I feel like once you literally FEAR him, as in "this guy is so huge, he could poof me into flames at any given moment if he felt like it", you've truly grasped something. Granted, its obviously impossible to grasp the God in his entirety. But to maybe even get a small small glimpse, is so absurd and awesome.

For example, if you don't know me, or if you do, I am completely and wholly obsessed and in love with Africa and every single person living there. I was blessed enough to go on a trip 2 years ago to Zambia, South Africa. There hasn't been a day that has passed in these 2 years that I haven't thought about Africa, the people I met, and how I can someday return. Paul says we should carry eachother's burdens, and I feel like I could give up my life to carry the burdens of that country. It weighs on my heart a lot daily. A few nights ago I had a dream that I was at a church conference similar to the one I actually took part in while I was in Africa. The Africans started to teach us all of their praise dances and songs, and we all just gave ourselves to God while we were worshiping. The clouds started to come down from the sky to meet us where we were on the ground, and we all continued to dance in the clouds. Then all of the adults and children started to gather around a man who was singing. Lifting up the little ones on their shoulders so that they could see him. Now, I have never done drugs, but I can assume that if you are reading this, and you have, its sounds like I did something hardcore before I went to bed. But in that moment, dancing throughout the sky with the people I care about the most, I got to experience a feeling that was beyond comprehension. I woke up and remembered the dream and how "happy" (does not even do it justice) I felt. But there is no possible way that I could reenact that moment in time while on this earth, that feeling of such joy was beyond anything I believe that can be felt here. I can't positively say that this dream was some unbelievable message from God. But I can say with confidence that this is what I believe heaven on earth will soon be like. And that makes me so so so absurdly excited. I cannot wait to feel such joy again, and I hope that everyone I love gets to experience it.

God is good. and God is big. and he can rock your world if you let him.

Brain Map

- Tonight I was in the studio painting and started thinking about how they say that scent is the strongest sense tied to memory.

- I started thinking about music and all the nights that I will never forget simply because of the song playing in the background.

- I think of certain people, friends, boyfriends, family members, and the exact feeling I had that night comes back, the smell of the room, what I was wearing, what everything around me looked like, exactly what I was thinking at that moment when we were talking, or maybe what I was thinking about while we were sitting in silence.

- I started thinking about how some "sophisticated" people think that certain music isn't "good" because its not hard enough to play.

- I started to wonder why it matters what chords are played or how they are played.

- Came to the conclusion that music's soul purpose (in my eyes) is to evoke some sort of emotion or feeling.

-As long as you can listen to a song, and it moves you in one way of the other, whether towards action, tears, sleep, or dance, I feel like music has accomplished it's purpose.

-How could God not be real if there is something as beautiful as music for us to hear everyday?

Songs that remind me / have some sort of significance in my life-

Dave Matthews Band- Dancing Nancies

Coldplay- Politik

Coldplay- Lovers In Japan

Bon Iver- Skinny Love

Matt and Kim- Daylight

Needetobreathe- Girl Named Tennessee

LCD Soundsystem- Beat Connection

SIA- Breath Me

Third Eye Blind- Narcolepsy

Incubus- Oil & Water

Jesse McCartney- (dont judge me.) Leavin'

John Mayer- Slow Dancing In A Burning Room

Eric Hutchinson- Rock & Roll

Avett Brothers- I and Love and You

The Strokes- Is This It

Something Corporate- Me and The Moon

Shane and Shane- Yearn

Shawn McDonald- Take My Hand

Passion Pit- Little Secrets

Hillsong- Hosanna

Needtobreathe- Daylight

Guster- Happier

Jump Little Children- Vertigo

No Doubt- Spiderwebs

M. Ward- Chinese Translation

Sufjan Stevens- In The Devils Territory

Sufjan Stevens- Chicago

...more later. bed now.

BRADLLLLEYYYYYYYY

Praise God, easy mac, grass, and music.

upon the epiphany of tonight:

I really wish that people (myself included in all of this) didnt care so much about stupid stuff. let me break it down.

nothing we have on earth, clothes, cds, nice mac computers, tvs, cars, NOTHING is coming with us.

why do we worry so much about how we look? the clothes we try on a million times in a store to get the right size and the right color. lets break it back down to simplicity for a while.

our soul purpose and the whole reason we are wired the way we are is to love and praise the creator of the fingernails on your hands. (and everything else, of course.)

i often find myself worrying about what i will do when i graduate, how i will pay for school, who will i marry, will anyone even want to marry me for that matter? am i going to do missions? will i do graphic design or photography or both?

these questions are so stupid. if there is one thing i've learned as time has absolutely flown by my freshman year, its that we have got to start living for TODAY. which is so hard to do when you're worried about your paper due next week, or your big test tomorrow.

the speaker at FCA tonight told us that we should begin to pray every morning for God to let us touch someone's life TODAY. not for every day the next 3 years of your life, but just today.

Moral of the story, today is important, and that is all. so make the most of TODAY. go sit outside, stop doing homework or studying for 30 minutes and just admire the fact that God decided to let you wake up this morning.

There must be some reason you're here today, i challenge you to figure it out, and then DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

now go save the world.

sunset bike rides down 81 in Atown while listening to Led Zeppelin = excellent evening.

Presley Grace

A few of my favorites from our shoot downtown today. What a beautiful day, and what massive sunburn on my face!!!

-LOVE HER!!

Remember me

so I thought remember me was going to be a love story chick flick movie.

WRONG.

possibly the best movie I have ever seen.

Gjon Mili took this of Picasso drawing his signature Bull in 1949.

This is awesome

This.

breathe me

Be my friend

Hold me, wrap me up

Unfold me

I am small

and needy

Warm me up

And breathe me.

illustrator

I finally figured out how to do my Illustrator homework thanks to Kelly and Jen. It's times like these when I wonder why I'm doing graphic design. At least I know more about cameras then computers. I would put a picture up butttt I can't. I don't even know if anyone reads this or not but today was EPIC. Me and B rode bikes all over the world (aka downtown anderson) and ate at Matty's which was SO good. I've never been there. If you're ever in town, go there. It's SO excellent. I want to put a picture of something up here, but I dont really have any besides my sister and my mom donating blood... so! Maybe over spring break pictures will be taken.

He is before all things and in Him all things hold together.

In infancy, He startled a king; in boyhood, He puzzled the learned doctors; in manhood, He ruled the course of nature. He walked upon the billows and hushed the sea to sleep. He healed the multitudes without medicine and made no charge for His services. He never wrote a book, yet all the libraries of the country could not hold all the books about Him. He never wrote a song, yet He has furnished the theme for more songs than all songwriters together. He never founded a college yet all the schools together cannot boast of as many students as He has. He never practiced medicine, and yet He healed more broken hearts than the doctors have healed broken bodies.

He is the Star of astronomy, the Rock of geology, the Lion and the lamb of zoology, the Harmonizer of all discords and the Healer of all diseases.

Great men have come and gone, yet He lives on. Herod could not kill Him; Satan could not seduce Him; death could not destroy Him; the grave could not hold Him.

Yet this glorious King put on humanity that we might put on divinity. He became Son of Man that we might become Sons of God. He took the greatest cross that we might wear the greatest crown!

I found an apple in my book-bag today. I put it in there at the beginning of first semester...

gaga say what?

she currently gives me nightmares, but to my great disbelief...she was once normal. this is for kate:

Ba da ba ba da ba ba da

K8 's got me hooked.

Well you built up a world of magic
Because your real life is tragic
Yeah you built up a world of magic
If it's not real
You can't hold it in your hand
You can't feel it with your heart
And I won't believe it
But if it's true
You can see it with your eyes
Or even in the dark
And that's where I want to be, yeah
Go get your shovel
We'll dig a deep hole
To bury the castle, bury the castle

summer lovin.

im itching for some sunshine. only 8 more weeks until summer break. i love college. my favorites from last summer--->

some sweet vids---> boompsk.

MIA

I'm thinking about selling my alpha 100 series Sony (aka Mia) for a Nikon. What kind should I get? HELP.

Snow & Books

I haven't updated in a while. Its snowing in Anderson, I'm not sure how I feel about it. I'm ready for some sunshine. But! On a positive note, I've been re-reading a book by Donald Miller called "Searching for God Knows What". It's excellent, I'de recommend any of his books!

I have a few new pictures up on my photography facebook page: Paige Morse Photography. I shot for Christina Nicole at the Art for Hearts charity event. It was awesome and I'm so thankful for the experience! So check out the pictures and go by Christina's studio in Downtown Greenville on the river!!

A few of my favorites from the night: