2009

2009... In 2009 I learned and/or was reminded of ..

Jesus is all I need. At the end of the day I try and remember I can get through stuff it may be hard but i will get through it and if it kills me then i'll be with Jesus and it won't matter. :-)

Jesus loves me in spite of myself

We all wanna be loved.

There is more to people then what meets the eye.

Empathy can really help you move on sometimes.. Put yourself in the other person's shoes.

God can help you move mountains..

I want to be a Christian Counselor.

Sleep is necessary

Trying new foods you might find some food that is good..

My family is amazing..

how awesome my church is..

that if you have something hard to tell someone sometimes it's good to just do it sometimes instead of just do it instead of worrying about it...

You are only responsible for yourself .

I can't do it all by myself

I need to take things one day at a time

All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts
-S

Why? Why a stage? Why not tell the truth? Why act and pretend? If one isn't happy with the status quo what makes a person think lying and putting on a mask would make it better? Nothing lasts forever. peopple need to remember that. We only have so much time on this earth. Why fill it with lies and things you don't really mean? I think a lot of it is people are scared . Maybe if they realized they had someone who accepted them as they are always they wouldn't be so afraid ... and if they knew they can do much more then they think they can with help..to get through hard stuff... they wouldn't have to pretend anymore.

more then..

More then ..

dedicated to Liz M. by her best friend. For those who don't get us and to let her know again how much I appreciate her and reminders of our friendship.


Our time spent is not just a waste
Our friendship is so much more
Not just talking online at night about nothing
Though we would talk so late we'd fall asleep on the floor

More then our love of taking pictures
More then our love of dogs and cat
More then all our similarities we have
More then our (almost) matching kenny chesney hats

It's not just being being bored
so that we're (almost) always online
it's not even that on the hearts day
no guy has asked us to "Be Mine"

More then all our crazy conversations and laughs
More then all our silly and serious late nights
More then all the poking shoving and handshakes
More then us never really having fights (ever :-P)

Now you're probably wondering being so far..
how do you stay that close to each other?
Why with other friends would you fly out to see her?
It's complicated and not easy to be sure!

More then both being homeschooled for a long time
More then the hard thingn of having a parent with fibro
More then loving country music and singing taylor swift
More then us at times it being hard for us to go with the flow

We are just about 2 peas in a pod
A lot of the time we are one and the same
Even sadly with loneliness , family ,and friend issues
but we're moving on and others we don't want to blame

More then our liking big sunglasses
More then almost always wearing flip flops
More then us having the same awesome sweatshirt
More then us having accidents and each having to deal with cops!

It's not just one thing that makes us so close
Like being willing to stay up late and talk.. again
it's that and EVERYTHING and what's next that make us -
while she's not perfect she tries- and in my book a ten!

The thing is that our friendship
is bigger then just us talking her and me
God is helping us use each other to
become all that He wants to be

I thank God for you my friend You've helped save
My life and for that I'll always hold you dear
Yes it's true though serious issues she's helped me
Without God using her , I probably wouldn't still be here

graduation poem

Normally It's poems I've written but this isn't the case I have to show you where I think I got my abilities.. he read it to me and kay at graduation and made me cry.

I try to come to terms
As time passes by
You've grown from child to woman
in the twinkling of my eye

Honor me as time goes past
When your talents you will try
As the road gets rough before you
Just say daddy yes i'll try

For trying gets you something
Even when you fail
the knowledge that you gain
May help you win as well.

When you fall down just get right up
dust off yet again
keep striving for the goal you want
have Jesus as a friend

Dear Jesus sure can help you out
So for his mercies cry
Honor him when I am glone
Say Jesus, Yes I'll try.

I know, awww right? :-D I love my daddy!!

You put your right foot in
You put your right foot out
I think the hokey pokey
is really what it's all about..

This poem came to me randomly. I love my lightbulb moments. It actually came from a flair that asked ' what if the hokey is really what it's all about ' so i thought to apply it to the christian life. you need to try and move in the right direction try and grow in love and in christ and then serve God by serving others remember really you need to depend on God and you can't do it all and that God's love is really amazing no matter which you do . Feet arm head and whole self...

You're finally moving your feet
Slowly but surely in the right direction
Remember the fact that you're moving
It doesn't have to be at a run

Keep walking on the good path
even if you feel like you don't belong
Serve and love God and keep him first
He'll catch you if you fall and keep you strong

You think you've got your life down
That you won't fall back in and stuff just clicks
You mess up again your head hurts and..
Your candle is burned to the end its wick

You realize God loved you first
God loved all of you for yourself
No matter what junk you've been in
or if that old sin isn't back yet in the shelf

so hard

Honestly Some things in life can be so hard
It's so easy to let something out of control
driving a car,keeping up with school and friendships
things pile up and get crazy even when it's not the goal

depression can get a hold of you
or the opposite losing your temper
and letting things get out of hand
but those things are never the cure

if you let go for a little bit it can be lost
even in some cases a moment
a lot can change in a heartbeat
and then in your life there's a big dent

but don't get discouraged or upset
even if things get out of hand take it from me
that no matter what has happened
it may be hard for you but with whatever
if you let God help for him it's easy


He's always willing and able
things won't be perfect it'll still be rough
but God will help you through it and with His help
things are easier when you know you have his love

why and what if?

Why and what if ?

Why do I have such trouble connecting with people?
Why am I always think people have false intentions
That they only don't have anything better to do, so that's why they're talking to me?
always feeling people are fake when we're joking around or talk about how they care?
why do I hear important people say they miss me but sometimes I don't miss them?
Why do I just push back the pain?What will I do when I can't push it away anymore like before?
Why is past pain so overwhelming at times and how does it go away?

Why do I know God will take care of stuff but still I worry all the time?
Why can I not talk about the past with one of the people that it matters most?
Why am I so self-conscious with some old friends but can chit chat with strangers and parents?
What if it doesn't work out? What if it does?
Why do I make her feel bad when I know she didn't mean to hurt me and she missed me ,
and she did it for a good reason?

Why is it i want so much for other people who aren't usually, to feel accepted but when I get around them unless they're my close friends i feel awkward?
How can I let help those people who needs God's love when they aren't on the best terms with him, or the ones i'm not sure where they stand ?
Why am I one of the most ungraceful people ever?
Why did I let my fear rule ? Why did I play it safe?
Why do constantly think of what others will think?

Why can't I drive like a normal person?
Why am I so fickle?
Why do I start to like , so quickly? then all i can do is try and beat down hope but it doesn't work and i eventually find out they don't like me and usually liked someone else?
What do I look like to others?
Does the shortness bother anybody?
Why do I let that get ahold of me?
Why until now did i ALWAYS had poems that had to rhyme?

Why am i sometimes scared to open up but other times I do it way too fast?
Why do I go to bed 2 am or later?
Why do I stay up that late and then not always but sometimes then just fall asleep and miss devos but i'm willing to be on here late ?
Why is some stuff so hard for me? why do I freak out and become useless just about in a panic wondering what do i do about little things?

Why do I ask questions i know the answer too and ask questions no one can answer anyways..?
Why do I write prayers for people and I get nothing in return?
Why do I get hurt so easily?
Why do I doubt God sometimes?
Why do I miss things that I didn't feel so close too?
Why do I feel as if there's something wrong with me?
Why am I writing this? I sound pathetic

Hokey pokey poem

think about this..

don't let things hold you back so much... Some people may have really messed up but you don't know their story what they've been through. As one of my favorite quotes' don't judge someone without walking a mile in their shoes then you're a mile away and you have their shoes' 

We all wanna be loved, yeah 
We all want just a little respect 
We all wanna be loved 
Tell me what's wrong with that 
Oh, somebody tell me

A rainy Monday afternoon 
There's a funk over the city 
Everybody's movin' to a different tune 
Some are weak and some are strong 
And some are sittin' pretty 
And then there's others who are barely hanging on

It's no easy situation 
People living in their separate worlds 
But one thing we got in common is

CHORUS: 
We all wanna be loved 
We all want just a little respect 
We all wanna be loved 
Tell me what's wrong with that

I've never heard a dying soul 
Wish that he had taken 
More time on his portfolio 
I swear I've never heard a mama say 
Should've never had that baby 
As a doctor holds her newborn on display

It's the heavenly prescription 
A little bit will go a long, long way 
Just put yourself in their position, don't...
We all wanna be loved 
We all want just a little respect 
We all wanna be loved 
Tell me what's wrong with that? 
.....
Faith and hope are worth a mention 
But love is holding it's position

Love is a thing that we all crave 
Let's get it straight

Wanna be loved - DC talk

stay beautiful

Hey, Well I haven't has as much to post lately so that's why just to let you know. The other day I was upset but this helped . My thoughts and different points of view are in bold

Cory's eyes are like a jungle

He smiles, it's like the radio He whispers songs into my window In words nobody knows There's pretty girls on every corner That watch him as he's walking home Saying, does he know Will you ever know

You're beautiful Every little piece, love, don't you know You're really gonna be someone, ask anyone When you find everything you looked for I hope your life leads you back to my door Oh but if it don't, stay beautiful

Oh God you're so beautiful though all I do 

I hope you always stay the way you are loving, patient , and good.

 Cory finds another way to be The highlight of my day I'm taking pictures in my mind So I can save them for a rainy day It's hard to make conversation When he's taking my breath away I should say, hey by the way...

Your love is so amazing I don't know I always

 like to remember the special moments with you to save them 

to help me get through the hard times.

You're beautiful Every little piece, love, don't you know You're really gonna be someone, ask anyone When you find everything you looked for I hope your life leads you back to my door Oh but if it don't, stay beautiful  If you and I are a story that never gets told If what you are is a daydream I'll never get to hold, at least you'll know

God I don't ever want to lose you but if I walk away 

and don't care about you I pray I'll come back and you'll take me in again..  You're beautiful Every little piece, love, and don't you know You're really gonna be someone, ask anyone When you find everything you looked for I hope your life leads you back to my front door Oh but if you don't, will you stay beautiful?  Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful  Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful  ohhh oooh  ohhhh oh ohhh  oh but if it don't, stay beautiful  Stay beautiful

When nobody else will listen

page  1 of a book called nobody else will listen a girls conversation with God . I feel like this a lot ( not that it's anyones fault ) - Marjorie Holmes 

Forgive me LORD but I'm coming to you because no one else will listen. Almost no one else will listen. Parents try to but they can't Most of the time they can't . So often they're not around when I need them. Pr they're too busy with their own affairs to listen. Or maybe they're scared to listen. 

My friends and I talk , we talk a lot, but they've got their own problems. None of them really listens. I prayed when I was just a little kid , God , prayers I've been taught. It was all very innocent and simple, like talking to Santa Claus .

 Well I'm not so innocent anymroe and it isn't simple any more.  It's real-very real , my need to talk to -someone . To seek help somewhere. And even if I never see you , never hear an answer , I know that you too are real.

 Now that I'm older I'm beginning to feel it , deep inside . Where it helps and where it hurts sometimes. You made the universe , you made the world. You made me. Me, with all these hopes and dreams and faults. You are listening. Day and night you are with me , listening.

 I can tell you how it is , in my own words now. You won't critisize, you won't be  shocked . You will listen. Thank you for listening to me God.  

 I read family is the place you acy your worst and are treated the best. 

 Thank God for families. 

Doubting Thomas

Just last night I was reading my Bible and suddenally bam! again I get hit by something to write. I think doubting thomas had faith .I  really do. Why doubting thomas?  He's called that from when he didn't believe Jesus was risen He wanted proof.

 I think Thomas was what our faith is all about .. and I'll prove my point.In what i'm about to tell you He just really misses what's it's all about  .. or so you think . Jesus is wanting to go to Judea . Pretty dangerous for him as he wasn't received well the last time he was there. . And what does Jesus say? He wants to go because his friend lazarus is asleep. 

His discliples don't get it . Then Jesus explains that Lazarus is dead and he didn't go before because he wants the disciples to have faith . I'm sure they were confused. Why go for a dead man? But Thomas misses the point more then that. He says " Let's go that we may  die with him!" I'm sure they were all wondering what he's going to do . 

What a mistake huh?  For those of us that know that for a  while Jesus remains very much alive and Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead. You think ' If I had said that I would go hide in a corner for a while. ' I thought that too. Until last night. 

I don't know whether or not it really was true or not but the too be named doubting Thomas had faith. Look at what he says . I think we need to concentrate on what he says..  He KNOWS that Jesus is going on a dangerous situation . He may not know why Jesus was going to a dead man maybe he thought Jesus would heal maybe not .. if not also that might heighten the danger because when Jesus went a few people could be angry Jesus hadn't saved Lazarus beforehand. If he did believe Jesus would heal look at what happened when he did! What happens next is that the Jews are plotting against him and even Lazarus. 

He understood the danger yet he said to the others let's go and die with him! To not just make the decision for himself but to try and persuade others. I just thinks it's cool though stuff may sound weird or not be the best timing when we say something God looks at the heart .Though we all mess up even as Thomas did by not believing Jesus had risen like he said he would he still wanted to see Jesus. And right after he did see Jesus he believed . 

And isn't that why Jesus died to rise again in the first place to clean up after our messes? To be faithful to his promise even when we weren't faithful? 

The greatest day in history,

 Death is beaten

You have rescued me
Sing it out Jesus is alive
The empty cross, The empty grave
Life eternal You have won the day
Shout it out Jesus is alive
He's alive

Oh happy day, happy day
You washed my sin away
Oh happy day, happy day
I'll never be the same
Forever I am changed

Happy Easter! 

Gifts

I was just thinking today God's giving us so many gifts big and small.. 

a family that loves me so much.. :-D ( especially my crazy sister kay who prayed for me the other night and who always can make me smile by being silly ) 

awesome friends that listen to me when i need to talk about stuff... 

Just this morning i was annoyed because i had to help do stuff and i was like ugh when really i shouldn't have been that i had to help without eating breakfast not 5 seconds later my whiny little heart received pop tarts . God is good even when we're not.

It's been that way for a long time of course I wish tonight i was going to the good friday service but i got asked to work.. but i'm doing devotions here. 

How deep the Father's love for us,
How vast beyond all measure
That He should give His only Son
To make a wretch His treasure

How great the pain of searing loss,
The Father turns His face away
As wounds which mar the chosen One,
Bring many sons to glory

Behold the Man upon a cross,
My sin upon His shoulders
Ashamed I hear my mocing voice,
Call out among the scoffers

It was my sin that held Him there
Until it was accomplished
His dying breath has brought me life
I know that it is finished

I will not boast in anything
No gifts, no power, no wisdom
But I will boast in Jesus Christ
His death and resurrection

Why should I gain from His reward?
I cannot give an answer
But this I know with all my heart
His wounds have paid my ransom

I listened to this song. it's amazing.

I really connect with this song. And as the shirt from the song amazing grace says . " I am the wretch that song talks about'  I don't deserve anything from God but he wanted to give me this big gift , and he has it for all of you. I hope you accept it. I hope you guys have a good friday and remember it ! 

I'm glad sunday we'll get to say he is risen and can hear back he is risen indeed! 

The secret to life

I may be young but somehow
I think the secret to life I've realized
and no, I won't look back and think I'm wrong
I won't look back and think I lied

It's not about money power or beauty
how much You know or having fun for a spell 
You will never really be satisfied with those things..
They all can hurt like a knife and are empty like a dry well 

You may be wondering What is it then?
To try and always be a good person?
No I've tried, it's too hard and it's not enough
The noblest thing for you has already been done !

The secret of life I think we all look for ,
You'll wonder when you hear it,really it sounds odd ,
But knowing You can't do anything by yourself 
You need to let go and let God

small blessings for Jesus..

So many unknown people blesed God's heart

10 lepers were healed only one gave thanks

 women and men who knew just a touch or word from Him  would heal

a widow who trusted God about  giving all of her small piggy bank

God has always been so good to me ,

On me he's let his blessings pour

I want to bless Jesus's heart like one lady especially

When I think about what she did I like her more and more! 

A very sad ,desperate  woman 

Who must have had a very pain-filled life

She braves the rejection she felt she deserved

and others because of her past,will  give her strife

But what she didn't know how she blessed God

Was what the savior  had planned and was doing 

That he loved her so much for what she would do

For her , she was preparing him for when he be dying!

She blessed Jesus's heart , even she,

With a beautiful love offering 

She put perfume on His feet

People around him who should've, did nothing 

Through a hard life she was a sinner

She was saved by her act of kindness

She wasn't looked down on by Jesus 

She found wasn't forgiven or loved less

Closeness...

I think we're all scared. We don't want to admit it but we are,especially me. We're really scared. 

Of what you might ask? We're scared of rejection. Don't just up and leave because I said that. I'm not going to give some crazy sermon about how you don't need to worry about that because if you just read this book or do this or that that you'll have perfect friends like that, The End. That's not it. Some people might not really care what people think,and at times I wish I could be more like that . But I'm who God made me. I think it's cool for people who can always put themselves out there, and make people laugh and break the ice. The ones who everyone seems to like them and it doesn't look like anyone would reject them.. But what about the rest of us? 

The ones who sharpie their shoes .. ( guilty) , who really do care what people think ,and are very easily embarrassed and deal with rejection like all of us?Or who like me get nervous something as simple as asking a friend to hang out because you worry if they'll say no (again) they're busy or that they'll say yes and it'll be awkward. I've had that a lot.There has to be something for the rest of us .. who well maybe don't feel very close to their friends, and want to open up and become closer.. But they're scared. Or maybe you need friends maybe you've been hurt before. Maybe you need new ones because you've grown apart..Honestly with someone I was very sad to have leave and change it affected me a lot but the thing was.. I wasn't as close to her anymore and when we were it was mostly the fact that we've both faced rejection. I feel awkward a LOT. 

They say write what you know right? Well as some of you know... this is something I know about. A lot. I still deal with this. I've gone from a few ' best friends ' and we've eventually just grown apart. So for the friend department I wasn't doing so hot. And now my best friend of about 3 years is great and I love her , even all the way to rainy Washington state on the complete opposite side of the country basically.I've had many a lonely weekend. And it hurts when plans don't work out.

I've felt before it  would just be easier to just kinda give up on people before but on the asking to hang out a lot. But I didn't . You know why? I think a lot of things in this life we get mixed up. I think you need to do things you may feel are wrong. Like be yourself.  Be a little random and don't be so self conscious or take yourself too seriously, everyone sounds dumb sometimes honestly. A quote I like    " Don't take life too seriously no one gets out alive anyways."  

Honestly I'm trying to remember times where people got tongue tied and I can't remember a lot .. though it is me .. :-P Just try talking to people . A little small talk is OK but see if you can expand on it more. Get to know people , all people.You don't have to be limited. Do nice things for them. Jesus wants us to be nice to everyone. It's hard I know. ( Within reason I mean I'm not saying to force an old lady across a street you don't know or to put yourself in a dangerous situation but to have less of a filter I guess you could say.) 

A big part of it is knowing that you ARE going to get rejected sometimes.Welcome to life. But that may not necessarily mean they don't like you if they can't hang out. Keep trying. Try other friends. Still unfortunately not everyone will like you. But you know what? It's not going to be very much fun hardly having anyone you can talk to is it? People you can relate too who can give you feedback or just be a soundboard. Think about it. I think it's worth the risk. You have to take it. Also at least you won't have to wonder what if you had said yes and could have had a great time and gotten closer. 

And this wouldn't be complete without of course you've been more then accepted by someone who can be the best friend you'll ever have, Jesus of course. He will always listen to you , always forgive you , will never leave you, he's just not ' being nice' by all those things , He loves you so much! I think it's helped me handle rejection.. oh it still hurts but you can get over it with a bit of time. 

Unfortunately I don't have maybe the answer some of you were looking for, to the  friend whose friends aren't good friends. I can't answer that what I have to say is pray , try and talk to them and try and talk them maybe it's a miscommunication I hope that's the case but other than that all I have to say is you are very special and you deserve to be treated better then that .

 I felt it was kinda strange that I'm mostly talking about rejection when I thought about writing about closeness, but you'll have some of the 1st I think with people before you get too the 2nd (and you've got God always no matter what don't forget that) Also to help find true people you can be close to you do I think have to be yourself and maybe break out of your shell a little. And I'm still in this so I don't know if all this is right and I'm not saying this is all perfect because chances are pretty good it's not. 

Needs

                                                           " I need you." 

I heard those 3 words today. I was very glad to hear them. In short they were from someone I love very much , who I had been mad at and been childish about it I took something the wrong way though I knew I shouldn't have ..Anyways it was good to hear them .Needs, we have so many. Food clothing shelter... those in a class I took were said to be the 3 basic needs people need for surivival but are they really? I think we have more.. 

For some reason need , desperate need is so ... attractive for some reason. Or maybe it's just me.. it wouldn't be the 1st time. But really I guess what I really love about it is how it's so raw and real.  A real need just can't be ignored. It has to be denied. It won't downplay itself , it won't settle for less.. I hope you can tell I don't mean something trivial like ' I need some gum' or whatever.   

A real need is always in the back of our minds , It wants to be fullfilled quickly. It HAS to be done. Think of after you've just run a LOONG way (or maybe not so long if you're like me and running around my house a few times and..) what do you instantly want ? Well I don't know about you but if it's hot or anything I'm WATER!!

 So what do you guys think? are the things about all we really NEED?I don't think so. Not when I seen people writing sad poems or blogs online that are either just really sad or even sarcastic but you still see it.. 

I see it in my sister who tries to sing or make me laugh and I realize when I have to do something and she takes me that she's alone and doesn't seem to have anything to do..

I see it in my other sister who is let's just say in a relationship she shouldn't be in but she is..

I see it in my dad and my mom a lot in why they're where they're at from extreme pain and somehow are here today ..

I see it in my best friend who even though she is vey busy with school and chores and such still says I can call her anytime 

and... 

I see it a lot in myself. 

Every one of us has it . The need is love. We all need love. Show me someone who under normal circumstances , does not want love. We all want the best friend to be able to talk to, we all want that guy or girl who just so gets us. I remember I really had a crush on this guy. I felt I had a real need to finally do something about it and find out if maybe just maybe he could like me back... even me and he was so great ( or so i thought not that he's awful or anything but he's human) I hope you guys don't feel that way about who I'm going to talk about next. Like you're not good enough. Like if people really knew in your thoughts and heart... you shudder to think. If that's you keep reading please.

 Most of all but we don't know it, we want that God who loves us . Why? Because we know he loves us as we are. Maybe not all the time but I think deep down we know . He knows all our thoughts all the things we try and hide so others will accept us as we are. I certainally hope you know God does accept you as you are and love you even now . He only wants you to come to him.And He can and will fill your needs. 

That's why God made us in the first place. He wanted love too. He wanted real love. He had the angels but God wanted us to have a choice and He knew we could choose not to love him. But God made the world anyways. He didn't stop Adam or Eve, was born into this world , lived a perfect life and died and rose again. That's real love and I hope to show that. 

If you get anything out of this my worship leader spoke since my pastor was out of town but two things he said I remember ... 

There is nothing you can do that will make Him love you any less then He does right now.

And there is nothing you can do that can make Him love you and more then He does right now.

Also if ever you need someone .. email me. 

everyone read this

This may seem a bit of a basic truth but it's one we really need to remind ourselves a lot. I think God loves us and is all we need it doesn't matter what we've done He loves us anyways .. thinking about it brought tears to my eyes ,thinking about people who don't know this. I just want to let everyone know it and I hope God will use me to help people know that. Also I was just so thankful. It's so amazing to me I love realizing it again and again how God loves us.He's always going to take care of us we just need to come to him and at the end of the day that's all that matters. It 



There's something I want to say
A truth I want to be told 
It's a lie I believed 
which has quite a strong hold

This lie is well hidden 
It's a tough cookie
The lie is about perfection
That only 'good' people God sees 

we're told it's not true but
and feel what we're not up to par
and must do this do that, 
But God loves us as we are

We've heard it a million times before
But it really needs to sink in 
God loves you more then you can know
In his book you're more then a 10 

Know that there never is a time
Where we won't have any troubles
There's no secret to life except this ...
God loves us no matter how far we fall 

Sometimes you're doing too much
You don't need to go so fast 
God can speak in the slow times 
Remember God's forgiveness will always last 

Good people don't go to heaven 
Forgiven people go to heaven 
You're GOING to make a mess of things..
Remember you're loved by the King of Kings

Could You Help me to Keep Waiting?

So, it's that red and pink holiday again, and again i'm alone. well, not totally alone, after all, i have my family. But still, i'm alone. this is the second year in a row i've had to work on Valentine's Day, and while i'm not thrilled about going to work this evening (because of my cold that i'm battling) at least it'll keep me busy. At any rate, i'm ready to "release" a new song that i've been working on. maybe someday i'll have my brother record a video of me playing and singing it, but for now i'll just post the lyrics. It's called Keep Waiting. Some of this song came out of a letter i wrote to my future husband. I just ended up phrasing a sentance a certain way, and then poof! Melody and music came.(for those who haven't heard, i can "hear" in my mind an entire band, or even orchastra playing along to my songs. Weird, but true.) Anyways, this song puts me in a spot to just cry out to God when i'm getting anxious about this who Future Husband thing. Sometimes I find it extremely hard to wait, even though there's nothing i can do about waiting or not waiting. I know that God's timing is best, and He knows what He's doing. Even though it's tough, i just need to keep building my character, and moving closer towards God. I've jabbered long enough, here's the song, Keep Waiting:

I've been led back to the same conclusion
I need to wait it out
Avoid the road that leads to confusion
Because it only tries to knock me down

*chorus*
Could You help me to keep on waiting
'Til You say, "Let's go on."
I will let go
Surrender all control
And let You work in me

I am walking, wandering around
Will I ever find him
Will it all work out?
With my impatient heart
At times I can be jittery

chorus

bridge:
I don't know how
But I know you'll let me know
I don't know if I'll be ready
But I will be waiting anyway

So I keep sitting here
Writing my songs
I am hoping and praying
That it won't be long
But I'll keep praying for his life
As I go through mine

Chorus

Memories

I randomly feel i have to say this... 

I changed my color for you I shed my coat with caution I lack the beauty you display See here there are the bruises And some were self-inflicted And some showed up along the way So i nod my head Im ready for the world to see The secret i kept here inside the man you thought id be Slip into coma calm The coma where i calm myself down Here comes excuses why i let you down Stand by for another breakdown Sound off the alarm Is this the chameleon boy i swore i wouldnt become Chameleon boy Chameleon boy So now weve come upon the hardest thing ive ever done Its telling you that im a mess What sort of mess i mean Is self-destructive gasoline The kind that strips you of your best And while i play instead the way that most would end up dead You sleep alone at home and wish that i was in our bed With this im telling you My color changes back to blue How do i ask you this Will you help me through? - chameleon boy blue october 

I thought I was ok but I don't know if i am. maybe i just read some stuff i shouldn't have. it was really sad. Memories of harder times , some things aren't so bad now but still ...

I want people to know I'm not perfect. Most peole know this but I think some people just think i'm ' so sweet' all the time and everything I just read a post about a girl who felt she always had to have it together and I want to admit I don't. .

What really one of the things I read is my longing to be closer to people. I feel so many times I nee to be closer to people. Some people have such closeness I want that. I'm so eager for that I think I scare people away at times how clingy I can be and by how many times I'll try and make it so we can hang out - ussually with the other person being busy.

 Everywhere I go it's awkward for me a lot , just standing around looking for someone to talk too.. even at the church I love. A lot of why I love it is my small group. Which we see each other at church but don't hang out otherwise I would like too though.

I've been upset a lot by honestly people saying they want to hang out with me and then guess what intead they hang out with my sister. It's happened a few times.

Elizabeth is and I hope forever will be my best friend. but she lives on the other side of the country. Even there it gets so we don't know what to talk about , and we both have things we're afraid to tell the other. We both end up at times where we wonder where God is and we feel we don't care kind of mood sort of like how i am now. 

My sisters lives are pretty much working out possibly to what they might be. My sister adele is engaged and seems to be pretty happy with the guy she's chosen, kay is trying to decide what school she wants to go to but is pretty sure of her boyfriend as well. I found that out a few weeks ago.

They have their lives planned out almost things could change from that but they won't be here with me forever . I don't think I'll be here forever. I worry about it because I don't know . I don't really have a plan.The ones I have i'm not sure off..  

I'm pretty much afraid of being alone. I want someone to love me for who I am in spite of myself . Despite how insecure I can be how it's hard for me to trust despite my moments like this .. despite the fact I'm scared . Even though sometimes I think I may have pushed away the truth so much I don't know what I feel and if those feelings are true. I want to be held . I remember once I was just really tired I don't ussually do this but a guy offered and I crawled into his lap and I leaned against him and closed my eyes. It felt really really amazing. ( and not romantically by the way I do not like this guy ) Though I wonder if I'll ever get a boyfriend. It always seems to be me liking someone when really I shouldn't. Someone who I don't know and who doesn't like me. 

I wonder if there's something about me that has honestly turned people off. Do I not take enough care of myself? Do I act too much like I don't want a boyfriend or do I scare them away? Kay has honestly asked what if I never get married and how would I feel about it. I don't know exactly I probably would feel different things. It makes me wonder if I'm the suppose to be like that , the type. On a humourous note though if honestly I'm older and I'm not married I am SO getting a heat up blanket. I'm tired of having a cold bed and if it looks like it'll always be that way for me i'm going to have something warm me up. . 

Before I started blogging recently I never knew love was so persecuted. Love is a battlefield does really seem like a deep song now.  I wish it could just be simple, like a retro pop song, "I want you to want me." Boom. End of story. We all live happily ever after. But it is never really like that, is it? - kate in john tucker must die .I think that's even with God.

I guess the reason why I wrote this in the 1st place is as I always do to come back to God. You may have noticed I have a lot of things I don't know in there. There is one thing though it may not seem like it .

But really I have to remember the things I do know deep down. I know there is a God who loves me more then words can say and he's given me so much. Eventually I will be in heaven with him. but for right now I'm living my life and I want to try and live it for him.I can't see how things will work out but they will. God will provide a way for me to live the life he wants me to live..I'm his and nothing is going to take me away from him. It's amazing to think about isn't it?  He won't abandon me or leave me friendless. I've got him and he loves me for who I am and he loves all of us. Remember that.

So I was just being dramatic but as always I came back to God and if it helps someone out I think it's worth it. 

You're all I want you're all I need..

 My head hurts from math today. I've been procrastinating math at times so I'm kinda hoping to be able to finish my mathbook  but i don't know i'm not halfway done and it's already about the end of january...  so i've been trying to do better the day before yesterday i got 2 lessons done and kinda like i have to get this and and this done .. i tried to do that today i could maybe have not been working so late but got distracted .i got so frustrated i started crying not a lot but ugh . i was stuck on this one problem basically and dad came in and said i should stop. Now i'm trying to not have a headache by listening to music I wish there was something else i could do all i can do is try it a few times and then give up.. You're probably wondering what this has to do with God ? Well I will tie it in later ..

 anyways i wanted to mention the other day randomly i was thinking and i think i finally realized Jesus is all I need. It's been pretty cool i do need to remember now that i can't just be by myself.

when I thought of that almost made it sound like I could just be by myself and not have my responsibilities though I wish  I didn't sometimes ,I have them.  I just really need my me time and i was thinking about it and I came up with this there are 2 gifts God gave us .. one is alone time (which you need this can just be time to recharge think or prayer or worship ) I am always  trying to have my me time whether it's a long shower  while singing , secretly not minding some chores too much if i can sing while doing them or.. you get the picture. 

Some people really need to be able to slow down. What's harder for me is 'speed up' . I make efforts but it seems people are so busy it seems to not be worth it or it seems just really awkward a lot ... but i know i need to keep trying. I'll need people to talk to and people will need me to talk to as well.  I need the funny things to think about people to maybe distract me and and though i worry i know that Jesus will always have friends for me and if i'm waiting for one i've always got one.  Hopefully  knowing Jesus is all I need might lessen how much i care what other people think. 

With Jesus being all i need with those things i remembered the everything skit  and I watched it . it's  amazing.  It made me think i have the things pulling at me my desire to try and ' do it all' with schol and everything when really i can't , the threat to worry about friends or future school or even work stuff will i ever drive...  i can really mess up a lot . I also listened to the song as far as the east is from the west. The other day i read where that is in the Bible in Pslams 103. What i hadn't noticed before is the verse. 

11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him.

 That's pretty far isn't it?He can deal with whatever I can throw at him. He can help me with things I wouldn't expect like with the friend thing , helping me with math and calming all m my fears. I wonder why they didn't put that also in the song.. and that's pretty cool to think about . 

 

Enough

One thing I finally did was make the above picture on paint I made it to remind me things I tend to forget about God, and I made it my background on my computer . So I can see it often. Check it out , you can use bits of it if you want and if you're curious as to some of the meanings on them be free to ask. 

Anways onto the blog.I think I'm onto something I kind of realized but it's hitting home more now. We all know that God knows everything right? Of course we do if you've ever been to Sunday school as a kid you know that. I was listening to a sermon again thanks to podcast on itunes and it got me thinking. For one thing God knows though I'm failing at following him..  I don't love him enough , I don't put him 1st, I worry , I have fears , I have pride vanity I waste my time with things I know I shouldn't ... but he knows that I'm trying.One of the biggest things I wish I could do that I can't  is to fully be able to love God with all my heart soul mind or strength.  I feel since God did all that he did for me I should be able to live loving him all the time while I'm here.. But I can't .But God knows I want too. I  doubt God, I don't feel I trust him enough really , I worry about the future, how people see me and things of that sort .

 How sad is it that I can't really trust and I worry even though I know  the one who won't lie to me , or want me to be hurt is in control and one that always is looking out for my good  also .But with God knowing I want to trust and love him , and doing my best  to do things that please him, I will mess up but trying anyways .. I think that's enough for God. Something else I realized is that people say love and forgiveness are actions and you choose to do them and that is true. But also Trust is in that same category. I wish I didn't rely so much on feelings they can be so misleading.

 Trust is an action, though I have doubts about all 3 of those that means I have a certain amount of fatih in them. Also think about this. When you love someone , you don't really care about obstacles do you? Things may come up in your mind as to why you shouldn't , why it won't work out , maybe what they've done to you before, whatever... 

Yet you don't care. You love them anyways I think how you love God is the same way . I  know you'll hurt God when I mess up, I know I don't deserve him. I know I can't give him the love he deserves .. yet I don't ' feel ' it all the time  (you know what they say actions speak louder then words  and i think somtimes even feelings. though I stray and get distracted I ussually am always trying to please God which I hope shows a bit at least of my true colors ..) I think deep down past my doubts and distractions I let come in , I love him too. I

 love how God loves me , how I know he's always listening to me , How nothing is too small for him and he cares about the little things like my little fears , and the big things how he dealt with all the pain somehow from the world and he he died for us on the cross . And that we just have to believe in him . And that's enough. 

Thank you LORD my back and forth love faith and trust in you is enough .help remind me of how much you love me and that you are more then enough for me . 

Have You been Sleeping In?

I thought it was high time for me to make my grand appearance on this blog. I would like to thank Barb for making me part of this opporation, even though I don't do very well with keeping up with blogs.



I wasn't really sure what to write about for this first post of mine. However, I know a lot about music, and songs. I love Christian music, and often find good quotes from songs. Thus, deciding to use this knowledge and passion to form this post.



A increasingly popular song has caught my attention in the past month, and helped me through a hard time. The song is called "Sleeping In." Listen to it here.

The lyrics are actually very powerful, if you really think about it. The basic concept of the song is that this person doesn't want to face the problems of the world, so a simple solution is to sleep, because otherwise they think about all these problems. But this person realizes that he's not the only one, and God let's him know that.

I feel like sometimes I get so caught up in the bad stuff around me, or things in my life that are going wrong. Lately that topic has been how the heck I am planning to pay for college. I've been really stressed by thinking about it, and thinking about everything I need to do before I leave for college in August. Even though it's a worry of mine, I just let it build up until it became unbearable. Did you know that stress can cause sickness? I knew that, but didn't think that was the reason why I didn't feel like myself. Since the beginning of 2009 I hadn't felt well. I had a cold, that was on its way out. But my stomach still didn't feel right, and I stopped eating, and wasn't drinking as much water as recommended.

After a few days I felt weak. Eventually it got to a point where I just wanted to feel better. Thankfully since that time, just a few days ago, I do feel better. Although, now that the second semester is starting tomorrow, I am feeling some more stress. I'll have three new classes, and so it's almost like the first day of school. Also, I'm honestly a little worried at what's to come with our country. Not in a good or bad sense, just a unknown thing. I've found that one of my biggest fears is the fear of the unknown. If I don't know what's going to happen, and how it's going to happen, I get unbelievably scared.

God still loves me in spite of my weird fears. Sometimes it takes awhile to let go and trust, but when I do, everything gets brighter and lighter. As it says in the Bible, "Perfect Love casts out fear," and it's true!

Like it says in the song: "And I get carried away like I'm the only one/ Who's ever felt the way that I do/ But I can hear you say, 'you're not the only one./ 'Cause everybody hopes to get through,'" It can get to a point where it feels like we are all by ourselves on this journey. But God is here to remind us that we don't need to go through this by ourselves. There are also other people out there wanting to help, and share the burden. I've been thinking about this part of the song a lot lately.

I encourage you to bring your stresses to God. He'll know what to do with them, and He'll show you want to do with them. Because God is Love, and God won't leave us, this means Love won't leave us either. transitive property.

Behind my closed eyes

I just thought of something random I could blog about. 

 I don't know if anyone has noticed this i think once someone asked me but when i'm worshipping ussually whenever I know the words to the song or most of them my eyes are shut.  Almost always .Why you may ask? Because I don't think worship is a time for friends or to be staring around the room at people. I want to try my best to focus on God it's hard enough when i have my eyes open and i'm seeing my friends. I want to try and think about the words. I always try and give that time to God if nothing else. 

Like I said it sometimes doesn't work i ussually end up thinking about something else anyways but i'm trying to eliminate distractions. Also if I go the side or move around when i am looking at the words because i don't know the song , i am most likely just trying to see the words past someone tall i'm not trying to be distracting or trying to get away from you. Also I may move anyways when i try and worship it's not that either, I am again trying to not feel distracted. I may still want to clap but am trying to not worry about what you're going to think if i'm by off the beat some or possibly i may be trying to do some of my own ( or maybe not ) of my motions . to  a few songs i have made up some hand motions to the words they may not make sense to you but i feel like doing them sometimes and trying to not care what you possibly think and just to do it anyways. I feel worship is very important . Sometimes i may be ironing , outside or just in my room and i'll listen to worship music and sing with it .  I feel with that there is no need to worry as much what other people think because if they could seriously hear me kay would tell me . It takes away from the distrations more and it doesn't matter what i do or how i sound. just less distractions again and i'm turning a chore or something into something better by christian music i love and giving him some time of my life by singing for him even if it is while i'm ironing .  a bit of a hard thing for me to grasp is the worship all the time. But i'm just always trying to do my best with jobs. I am always a hard worker. I don't like to leave a job half done.  But other then that it's still hard for me to get it . So i'm not perfect at worship but i'm trying. I don't know exactly all about it and don't understand everything , but I'm trying and you know what i was thinking? God knows me he knows i'm trying. So even if i'm not listening to worship music all the time or every single second thinking about God. God knows what i'm capable off and i don't know if i'm loving him with all my heart strength soul and mind but i'm trying and he knows i'm trying and that's all the more reason why we need his grace in the 1st place right? :-D 

I hear voices in my head.

Seriously . I do .

But not in the way you think I mean it .  I don't mean it in that the voice in my head says for me to kill myself or to ruin the life of someone for no reason. No  A great song that partly made me think of this blog is the voice of truth by casting crowns.

Oh what I would do to have

The kind of faith it takes 
To climb out of this boat I'm in
Onto the crashing waves

To step out of my comfort zone
Into the realm of the unknown where Jesus is
And He's holding out His hand

But the waves are calling out my name 
And they laugh at me
Reminding me of all the times 
I've tried before and failed
The waves they keep on telling me
Time and time again. "Boy, you'll never win!"
"You'll never win!"

Chorus: 
But the voice of truth tells me a different story
The voice of truth says, "Do not be afraid!"
The voice of truth says, "This is for My glory"
Out of all the voices calling out to me
I will choose to listen and believe the voice of truth

Well to continue with that I want to continue I think this will really help people hopefully I think a lot of people feel like this though all the time with things like this you think and worry if it's just you or not.

What I mean by that is I have all kinds of different thoughts in my head. I have the very hopeful ones , and the doubtful one  let's use an example ...  I applied for a job at the library . I had an interview and that went pretty well but they had an organizational test . They had a few small ones you would put things in alphabetical order, sounds easy right? Well The names were all alike  like only a few letters would make it different making it really hard. Obviously my doubtful voice would be I didn't do that well my handwriting was awful on it , the first 2 I took a while and on the 3rd I might have gone too fast and got it wrong. My hopeful voice says The 3rd one I made pretty sure I did it well it was easier I probably did well on that one and I apologized about the handwriting they seemed to understand it was the pencil they had that needed to be sharpened it's better then using a pen and having to cross things out . So that's how different the views can be. It's really hard when viewing people and situations because you never know for sure if they meant what they said. It happens with everything I do. It's really frusterating but I think now I know one thing to pray for is to weed out the thoughts that are wrong and to bring help me discern God's voice. 

1st blog

I tried to find You but I didn't know Your name
I searched for love, but I found only pain
I chased the truth, but I only caught the lies
When I searched for beauty
Dirt got in my eyes

And then Your love showed up
And it erased my pain
Lord, You gave it all just to clear my name

Why You love me I cannot understand
How You love me, can't even comprehend
That You want me as broken as I am
I can never repay
The way You love me

The closer that I get to You the smaller this world seems
Deep inside my heart You placed eternity
You gave me room to breathe, a place to get away
Standing in Your presence with a debt I can't repay

There's no high, there's no low
There's no power or control
Nothing's gonna keep me from You

I love the way, the way You love me

 thank you for reading my blog. I became inspired to start this blog after I wrote a prayer down as that heplps me I wrote down about God's love. How crazy it is. You can read it  here

I hope to write lots on here and I hope you are encouraged from it. God bless