Desperate

Okay, so I'm listening to Desperate by Lecrea and I read this note with this verse

10"Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my convenant of peace be removed, says the Lord, who has compassion on you."
Isaiah 54:10

That verse is amazing because it's basically saying
Baby there ain't no mountain high enough,
Ain't no valley low enough
To keep me away from you babyy

So yeah, that's what God's trying so say to everyone for real, God's always searching for and loving you.

Just like taylor swift
...Forever and alwayyyss

Mainstream artists don't realize that the things they're trying to find in the world, is all of what God is. Love, acceptance, protection..all of it.

So this one is going to be really short, since there's a line for the computer at my house (ha) so I just wanted all of you to know..he's always there. And hopefully I got "Ain't No Mountain" stuck in your head,so you'll know..He made the mountain.

Love Is Here

I sang this song at my church. It's epic.

Come to the waters
You who thirst and you’ll thirst no more
Come to the Father
You who work and you’ll work no more

All you who labor in vain
And to the broken and shamed

Love is here
Love is now
Love is pouring from His hands from His brow
Love is near it satisfies
Streams of mercy flowing from His side
Cause Love is here

Come to the treasure
You who search and you’ll search no more
Come to the lover
You who want and you’ll want no more

All you who labor in vain
And to the broken and shamed

Love is here
Love is now
Love is pouring from His hands from His brow
Love is near it satisfies
Streams of mercy flowing from His side

And to the bruised and fallen
Captives bound and brokenhearted
He is the Lord, He is the Lord
By His stripes He’s paid our ransom
From His wounds we drink salvation
He is the Lord, He is the Lord

Love is here
Love is now
Love is pouring from His hands from His brow
Love is near it satisfies
Streams of mercy flowing from His side



Behind the Song:
“‘Love is Here’ is a song that was written in response to frustration of just hearing kid after kid after kid and adult after adult after adult just saying, ‘You know I would know that God loves me if. . .’ Fill in the blank with whatever, but we run a dangerous game if we start asking God to prove things that he’s already proven. Romans 5:8 says God demonstrates present tense, his love, in how, while we are still sinners Christ died, past tense, died for us and basically with that verse he’s saying, ‘Look God is proving his love for you today.’ Christ died on the cross and our responsibility is to simply fix our eyes on Jesus. Love is here. Everything we are longing for, whether we would say it this way or not, is really Jesus. Our hearts are made for him and are hearts are restless until they rest in him. That’s what St. Augustine said, so that song is just a call to anyone everywhere that the thing you want is here in the name of Jesus.” - Mike Donehey (Tenth Avenue North)

Easter Sermon Video - True Love by Phil Wickham

This is beautiful.

Are You Naked?

So I was at camp, in like June. And the speaker talked about being self-concious and God-concious. Like in the beginging, Adam and Eve were God-concious. All they cared about was what God thought of them. And after they ate the forbbiden fruit..they became self-concious here, I'll show you

Genesis 3:7
7"Then the eyes of both of them were opened,
and they realized that they were naked; so they
sewed fig leaves together and made coverings
for themselves."

I mean they lived for like months, happy in Eden. And then all of the sudden after being put into sin, they started to think about what other people thought of them. All of the sudden Eve started to think her nose was too big, and her thighs weren't like they used to be. And they both started to think they weren't good enough. So they covered themselves up.

I think that when you're self-concious you are naked. But the more you become God-concious the more you don't care.

So the question is, do you care that you're naked?
I would say that I still care. Even though I'm less self-concious as I was before. But still, I guess it'll take awhile to be totally God-concious.

It's horrible how many girls just in my school that have no other adjective for themseleves except ugly and fat, and none of them are either. I think that, even if we've all been self-concious since birth, we can still become God-concious.


p.s. I do not mean physically naked, you can get arrested for disorderly conduct for being physically naked in public.

Blinking Cursor

So I came downstairs, to blog. And now I don't know what to write about. Elijah is watching The Incredibles. And I was just thinking about the part where Bob is walking into his house, and the little boy on the tricycle is just sitting there and Bob goes "what are you waiting for?" and the little boy says.. "I don't know, something amazing I guess"

Me too.

I mean, as I write this, I'm trying to think of a verse that I could incorporate into this whole thing..but I don't know. I really like the one in Psalms 16:2

2"I said to the Lord, "You are my Lord;
apart from you I have no good thing.""

As in write now, I feel distant. And nothing seems good. Isn't that cliche? Ha. But it's true. Without God, there is like nothing that measures up. I mean some people get high, and they say "nothing's good without my fix" and people who drink say "nothing's funner than being drunk". Even though funner isn't a word. But I say, without God, everything is bland. And you can't really appreciate the world around you until you understand Who made it, and Who loves you. I guess later I'll blog about Love, and what it should be.

Anyways, I think that if your looking for life, you should try God. He's like the best energy drink out there. For sure(:

Much Love, to all of you

Somewhere Over the Rainbow(:

So, today is Sunday, church day. And Pastor was talking about being joyful in all situations! And I'm listening to Somewhere Over the Rainbow! How cool? Ha, okay maybe you don't think it's cool. whateverr

anyways, the verse that really stuck out to me is in Philipians, 4:4 to be exact. And it says

4"Rejoice in the Lord always. I say it again: Rejoice!"

And the guy who wrote this (Paul) was in a stank jail cell, where it was dark and there were rats and nastyness. And he's still telling other people to rejoice! Wow, he's got some mad faith. He's teaching and being a blessing, while in jail. That's good stuff.

So I was thinking about how I could put this into my life, and I realized I could be doing it now. I mean, I had to stop blogging and go load the dishwasher, and I'm totally not rejoicing right now ha, so even though I'm sort of annoyed I need to learn to be happy. I mean I found Jesus! Seriously! God is so good, and he knows my name! He calls me friend! I should be happy. So this music (somewhere over the rainbow) is making me more happy. And reading verses like that puts a smile on my face. So hopefully as you are reading this, you begin to smile. At all the little things that make you laugh. Like the Geico commercial with the old man as the psychologist, yelling at his patient. Ha! I find that reallyyy funny, since I want to be a Psychologist when I'm out of college, and I would probably be fired for yelling at someone like that. But I guess some people need that. But, oh man, ha that was hilarious (:

So even when all of my friends are getting things I'm not, or their lives are better than mine at the moment, I will still rejoice in the Lord. Because he's really awesome (:

4"Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL7Caq1UJ2Y&translated=1 <== somewhere over the rainbow(:

Tough Love From the Most High

Okay so today I went to church. And umm, yeah, God is good. And in James, he can be kind of harsh you know?
But pastor talked about how James was harsh in his words because lives and eternities were at stake!
Like, some people think that God is just a religion.
He's just a rule, but I will tell you that
He's not a rule, He's a relationship. He's a friend,
and he wants to keep us from evil, and so
sometimes, like in James, God is harsh.
Tough Love I guess.

I Hope You Dance

I'm listening to Gladys Knight sing I Hope You Dance, she has such a gift! I hope one day, I can bless people with my voice like she does(:

So I was again, reading my Bible, with my family actually and I came across this verse Job 19:25
and it says:

25"I know that my Redeemer lives,
and that in the end he will stand
upon the earth."

I mean, dang, this guy has SO MUCH FAITH! And absolutley EVERYTHING except his life has been taken from him. Like his kids, his money, his land, his health..everything. And he STILL believes in his God. This is like one of the most firm confessions of faith in the entire Bible.

We need to be more like Job. He lost everything but he still held on tight to God. He still held on, the thing he kept asking throughout the entire book, was "what have I done?" he didn't blame God, he wanted to know why he was taking this punishment. And I mean, he did get a little dramatic with the whole cursing of his birthdate, but he sort of had a good reason to. His friends and his wife gave him crap advice and he still stayed strong. I mean, if I did the same things everytime it got rough, I'd be a reallyyy strong Christian by now. I mean, wow.

I didn't want to make this very long, since I've already posted something today. But blogging is so addictive! Even if only a couple people read it, that's alright with me! Anyways, the song that I'm listening to, is soo inspiring! Every time I listen to it, I wanna go dance in the rain. Even though I'd be getting my hair wet. Ha, that's a big deal. (:

I hope to remain faithful in my blogging all throughout my whole high school expeirence, so you can know all the little things..ha! Okay, sorry back on track. Hopefully, I'll write almost everyday, even when I'm supposed to be doing homework and try to bless all of you, just a little more (:

Blessings!(:

Selfishness vs. Unselfishness

I'm listening to this piano. And I keep thinking of all the things I want to do in my life. Like things that I just don't even know how to do but I know I need to do them. Have you ever felt that way? Well anyways, I might not be as talented at writing as my other friends. But I guess I'll just keep posting things anyways. Yesterday I read Matthew 5:16 and it says

16"In the same way, let your light shine before men,
that they may see your good deeds and
praise your Father in heaven."

So I was thinking about it, and really absorbing it. And I realized that God didn't give me talents to sing and dance and entertain people for my social gain, or to be "cool" or whatever. He gave them to me so that I could reach people that others couldn't and share God. And just be a blessing. Does that sound cliche? I don't care. I keep reading that. Over and over. And I keep thinking about all the times I've prayed and asked to be a light for God. But then I go out to school and things and I miss so many opportunities to share God, because I'm worried about myself and what people think of me. And while I'm complaining about MY life, or MY problems, I'm missing everyone else's.

I guess I just need to realize that its not about me. It's about them. The people who need to light. The people who need a friend. And I hope that while I'm praying to be a light and the friend, you're praying with me.