House Hunting

Hello! Guess what!?!?!?! I may be buying a house soon! I'm oh so excited! I met with the mortgage company, now to look at houses and start the whole process I actually started about a year ago. I'm also kinda nervous. Is home ownership something I can really do? And financially? Despite all of my possible questions, i'm pretty confident. and of course the freedom of doing whatever I want to the house makes everything worth it too. With that said, i've been pinning things a lot on pinterest for home ideas. Here's some things I hope to in some ways to incorporate into my new home-

Love this simple and pretty dining room. My favorite is the stone wall (maybe a fire place?). In reality, I have my heart set on similar purple chairs from Ikea. Though i'll be buying one at a time because I think they are close to $200 a chair :).

 

I would love to have a library, or at least start out half office half library. What I like about this is more the organizing of the books by color. So fun. I actually organize by what the book is about- money, cooking, inspirational, etc.

The type of house i'm looking for is either a craftsman, cape cod, or ranch. I like certain things about each one. What I like about this house is the front porch and the house it self. Which I haven't found something similar in my area but i'm open as long as it's cute, on a street with a good name, in a nice neighborhood, fenced in yard, garage, near a library and a park, and so much more.

House buying is fun and tough. Nothing of what the HGTV show house hunters shows, lots more work involved. Speaking of HGTV, i wonder what they have for full episodes. Anyways, i'll be pinning a lot more house ideas from now on!
Well time for bed so I can get up on time for church in morning! 

Night-
Jen

(Oh yeah- Sources- Photo 1 was just found on Pinterest. Photo 2 from Here. Photo 3 also on Pinterest.)

Vous Ete Mon Coeur

You are my heart.
A very interesting statement. I've been on a Gungor kick lately, listening to nothing but Gungor. I came across this song: Vous ete mon coeus (You are my heart) and I instantly loved it, but more was consumed by it.

Where have you hidden yourself oh my beloved
You fled having wounded
I pursued but you had gone

In search of you my darling I would scale the highest clouds
Scour wooded valleys, roaring torrents whispering gales

Vous etes mon coure

When you first regarded me
Your eyes filled me with grace
Thereby again my eyes
Merited to adore you

Vous etes mon coure
You are my heart.

I instantly felt this was a song between Jesus and us. A conversation. When we are wounded, sin, don't do something God would like, sometimes instead of seeking God and His forgiveness we hide from God. God is always in pursuit of us. Despite our falls, God still and will always love us. He loves us so to make a way so we can be with Him forever by giving His Son as a sacrifice for our sins. When receiving Jesus into your heart, He changes your life completely. And the pursuit continues. "You are my heart." Jesus says. He is always thinking of us. That will never change. God's heart is that none shall perish, that's why He made a way. He sees our brokenness and still wants us. As I live my life, I want Jesus as my heart. I want His character, His motivation, and His love to over take who I am. This is one of my life goals. To be so caught up in Jesus and have Him truly as my heart that it changes me even more so and i'm compelled to do things they way He would, and see people the way He does. Vous ete mon coeur, Jesus.