#sketchaday (Taken with instagram)

#sketchaday (Taken with instagram)

Summer sketch book #sketchaday (Taken with instagram)

I asked my father once to tell me when he absolutely knew he was in love.
He said “The moment it came, there was never a question”

I’ve been wandering in the desert for quite some time now.
By day it’s a blistering hot with regret that burns my skin back like the paper
that burns away from a cigarette.
At night bitter cold loneliness without a creature in sight to keep me warm.
I was not meaning to come out here when I wandered in from the shore.
This place is the opposite of every thing I desire,
but it is the result of my decisions.
I walked passed so many houses with the lights on,
when all I needed to do is go knock and see if they would have me.
But I marched on.
A few came outside and invited me in, but I would never stay very long.
So I marched on.
Past churches, past bars, the places people go to fill in the missing parts.
I marched on.
As I came to the edge of town I met a girl, soaking wet, she stopped me.
“I was looking for you…” she said. At first I could not believe her.
She was beautiful, grace wrapped her head like a halo.
“I saw you out at sea and I swam towards you…I want you…”
She took me into her heart.
“I can’t believe I could ever love as much as you have loved me.”
I ran away, into the desert,
that loneliness,
that selfishness.
So now I wander, in desert of my discontent. 

Alone

And I will continue to wander,
until I can figure out a way to make my
weak dying heart beat for two.

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I know I am a type nerd but this is super awesome. SUPER AWESOME. 

Font Maps are easily the most self-explanatory product we have ever covered. It’s a collection of city (London, Manhattan, Chelsea, Kensington) and country (USA, France, Japan, Italy) maps composed out of, you guessed it, fonts. Cool typography pictures are nothing new if you spend any amount of time on the Internet, but the people at […]

I’ve never won anything before this is cool.

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behold the man upon the cross
my sin upon his shoulders
ashamed to hear my mocking voice
call out among the scoffers…

I love hymns, there words are so beautiful, and still relevant today.

My heart has been really heavy the past few days. A lot of my friends have been going though hardships. This song has been following me around and has become my prayer.

“What have I to dread, what have I to fear,
Leaning on the everlasting arms;
I have blessed peace with my Lord so near,
Leaning on the everlasting arms.”

brothers.

truth.

(via youngwhaledesign)

Charcoal Pencil

I asked my dad what it felt like when he was my age
and all of his friends were finding mates
and getting married.
He said “It felt hopeless.”

So here I am.
In that same place.
Floating in an ocean with my peers.
Watching couple after couple, rush past me like waves.
Hands clasped, I see them roll onto the shore.
Ready to start their life’s journey.
With every wave that rushes past, I slowly see my prospects fade.
I fear that I will be swept out to sea.

Alone.

But I know that God is faithful.
I will wait…
Love is patient.
Love is patient.
Love is patient.