how great is our God

the last two days have been a whirlwind... God is so good, and praise him for his faithfulness!

Update:

I am the new assistant manger of a cafe/coffee shop.
The cafe (Cafe Enterprise) is situated in the cutest-seriously my ideal- little town.
My new boss had a friend who works as a leasing agent; I met her and now have an apartment.

!!!!

crazy, huh!? As i rode home on the L yesterday, i just started crying because I just realized how much God loves me. I knew that he would provide, but that He would grant my every--even ridiculously small--desire, is just so crazy. the city that i'm working in, Evanston, has every shop that i frequent. Urban Outfitters, Gap, Panera Bread, Taco Bell, Barnes and Noble, Borders, Jamba Juice. Its also in a college town (which i wanted), and is seriously precious. The apartment is a huge studio in a vintage building, with the curved-window wall, a decorative fireplace, nice bathroom, great closet. It has hardwood floors, and when i walk out the front door I can see Lake Michigan. (picture Kathleen Kelley's apartment on You've Got Mail) Today I went to pick up the keys and sign the lease, and saw all these sailboats on the horizon... I just can't believe that i'm doing all of this... its so big!! :) it scares me, and thrills me, and makes me depend on him.

Thank y'all for praying for me... God answered all of those requests more than i could imagine. I'll post pictures of all the goodness soon. :)

oh, and there's an olive garden 3 miles from my apartment. :)

the gaze of the soul

This thought was extremely challenging to me, and has altered the way that I pray for community and churches:

"Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other? They are of one accord by being tuned, not to each other, but to another standard to which one must individually bow. So one hundred worshippers meeting together, each one looking away to Christ, are in heart nearer to each other than they could possibly be were they to become "unity" conscious and turn their eyes away from God to strive for closer fellowship." - A.W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God

my beloved guitar

met its end, at the hands of a cruel AirTran Baggage Services employee. This is a warning to all of you guitar players...

caw caw

this is Erin history in the making... i'm wearing a UNT t-shirt. thats right, i'm sporting a green and white, University of North Texas t-shirt! Thanks to Kate, my pro-UNT friend, i am outfitted to be a real alum. apart from being comfortable, i think i just wanted to wear a little bit of home.

happy moments

ahh... bliss

my precious, precious girls!

Merit's and my shiny shoes!

Look what my cool new camera can do!

Sid the Sloth, Ladies and Gentlemen :)

*disclaimer: i unfortunately have no pictures of David and Beth's wedding, since my camera was out of batteries. but it was awesome, moving, beautiful... and B is the first of the gallery girls to tie the knot! way to go, woman. ;)