1. 27 Mar



    Why didn’t God take away the scars? Because it was the most powerful story. Jesus didn’t even cover up His scars. They were healed wounds. Our scars are a witness to the world. They are apart of our story. Healed wounds that are symbols that God has restored us.
    — Louie Giglio  (via littlethingsaboutgod)

    (Source: abcjen, via gods-love-is-extravagant)

     

  2. 25 Mar



    “Bright Young Things”

    As a 19 year old girl, the thought of Victoria Secret marketing to middle school girls as sex objects makes me sick. Yes, I recognize that there are a large number of young girls who already buy VS lingerie, and so maybe they feel they aren’t reaching all of their clientele. As a business student, I see how a line for the younger generation makes sense.  What I do not understand is why the proposed line is basically installing in a young girls mind is what they are good for is sex. Don’t girls already have enough of a skewed view of themselves? I entirely agree with this letter and applaud the father who wrote it. 

    http://evandolive.com/2013/03/22/a-letter-to-victorias-secret-from-a-father/

    And here is my rant:

    Bright Young Things, really? Are you trying to invite more pedophiles  Do you want the age gap between mothers and their children to be 12 years? Do you want to go backwards in women’s rights by unempowering women? I wonder if the CEOs have daughters. Followers, what are your thoughts?

     

  3. 24 Mar



    Self Image, boys, and waiting

    I’m very secure in my self-image, well for a girl my age anyway. And I’m very certain God has the right someone for me at the right time. But sometimes I just want someone of the opposite sex to look at me and say “You are very attractive. Have a nice day.” And leave it at that. And then God’s like “oh silly child, don’t you know the plans I have for you? Don’t you know if that happens, you will not be able to leave it at that. You will move too quickly and fall for the wrong person at the wrong time.I am protecting your heart you see, and one day the right person at the right time will be able to tell you that and more and heal your loneliness for the rest of the days of your life.  Isn’t that better? Wait child, it will come” And then I’m all like “WAITING SUCKS. I’M LONELY AND THAT MAKES ME FEEL UGLY.” And then, I’m like “You’re right God. I would move too quickly. Dang it. Bu thank You for protecting my heart.”

     

  4. 20 Mar


    The Lost Sheep (Spoken Word) || Nick Vitellaro (by bball1989)

    because i was the lost sheep 

     

  5. 18 Mar



    Calluses 2/15/13

    I woke up
    with calluses on my hands
    but the calluses 
    on my heart
    are nothing new
    I pushed
    and I poked
    Tryin to pop
    it away
    I dont know
    what I did
    to get this
    —callus on my finger
    I havent sewn, baked, or
    picked cotton
    but it looks
    like
    that is
    all I do
    It somehow surprises me
    how parallel
    my heart and my finger are
    Callused
    With no way to heal
    Callused
    with no explanation
    Calluses
    That don’t belong
    The entirety of this poem was written by Madison Leigh Trentham on 2/15/13

     

  6. 18 Mar



    Two Pure Swans 2/13/13

    Two pure swans
    with parallel lives
    unknowingly
    looking for each other
    But because of their
    places, they will
    never meet
    such a sad story
    of unfound love
    So they head for 
    the deep and
    find themselves
    in a dark place
    where parallels
    can not exist
    so they find each other
    in the dark place
    but now their 
    both so dark
    they can not be
    the lights of each others lives
    what a sad story of a lonely life
    for two pure swans
    still white
    but not so
    pure anymore
    The entirety of this poem was written by Madison Leigh Trentham on 2/13/13

     

  7. 18 Mar



    Story Book Eyes 2/10/13

    Let me tell you a story
    about how I fell i love
    with this girl that I saw
    walkin down the street
    One look and I saw
    that she had a beautiful 
    secret to share
    I looked her in the eyes and saw
    where her secrets were kept
    written in her beautiful head
    And I said
    Baby why don’t you
    tell me where you’ve been
    You’ve got these story book eyes
    and I just want you to let me in
    I couldn’t believe it
    She’s too young to have those eyes
    a story book filled with pain
    and some secrets to hide
    There was just so much dark
    in her story book eyes
    so much that you’d think that
    her story book was near the end
    but her story was nearly beginning
    and I wanted to bring light
    into her story book eyes
    for she was the light in mine
    yea she is the light in my eyes
    And I said
    Baby why don’t you
    tell me where you’ve been
    You’ve got these story book eyes
    and I just want you to let me in
    Tell me the story
    behind your beautiful eyes
    And then I found her story
    had just begun
    I’m in love with
    her story and
    her story book eyes
    oh her story book eyes
    that put the light in mine
    The entirety of this poem was written by Madison Leigh Trentham on 2/10/13

     

  8. 18 Mar



    In My Thoughts 6/10/11

    I dont want to be alone 
    in my thought tonight
    There’s no one on the phone
    helping me through why my life has been such a fight
    Its a fight while living
    but I’ll be honest
    sometimes its the thinking
    when I lie at rest
    seeing the memories, vividly as if reliving
    that gives my hardest test
    That test that fight, no one knows exist
    this no one understands why Im not alright
    that test, that fight, that I choose to resist
    maybe it will go away, if I wish it might
    Despite, I put up my fists
    like I’ll never give up this fight
    Yet I still dont want to be alone
    in my thoughts tonight
    so if I wish with all my might
    will you please send me an angel down tonight?
    Cause sometimes its the thinking
    the longing the dreaming
    thats harder than the living
    Sometimes its the faking
    that brings the most breaking
    so please dont let me 
    be alone in my thoughts
    tonight
    The entirety of this poem was written by Madison Leigh Trentham on 6/10/11

     

  9. 18 Mar



    To Shine Bright 11/9/2011


    So I lie here
    Awake st night
    Thinking about all those stars
    Out there in the sky
    I wonder if
    Out there in that big black sky
    If they feel as trapped as i
    Because I lie here
    Awake at night
    Chained to the deathbed 
    called life
    Oh what it would be
    To be a heavenly star
    To not be chained
    From who you are

    Yet I lie here
    Awake at night
    Thinking about the stars
    Out there and I trapped here
    I wonder if
    they feel as lost as i
    Being told how to be
    But seeing a different way

    So I lie here
    Awake at night
    Thinking about the stars
    And how at least they shine
    So I lie here
    Awake at night
    Wishing to be
    Living my definition of life
     
     
    The entirety of this poem was written by Madison Leigh Trentham on 11/9/2011

     

  10. 18 Mar



    Why hello my lovelies! I’ve done a lot of re-blogging lately, I didnt realize that I havent actually said anything in awhile. Honestly, I just dont know what to say. My heart and mind have been so chaotically at peace I jut dont know what to do or say or think. So here’s an update on my life:

    • i’m falling more and more in love with God and His Plan everyday
    • this scares me, I dont know how Im gonna keep that up when summer comes
    •  the more I fall in love with God, the more I desire to share  life with someone; but it will all come in His Perfect Timing
    • waiting on His Timing sucks. but it’ll be worth it, but seriously, waiting sucks
    • I cant believe my freshman year is coming to a close soon
    • I’m so amazed with what God has done in my life here; I cant believe I ever doubted that He would put me in the right place at the right time
    • so why am i worrying about the financials of it all? cause I’m human and that’s what we do.