Adios :)

thats right...im leaving blogger land. but dont worry...i still plan on blogging. im just going to blog on facebook. so if your really depressed...just get a facebook. :) its awesome.

my mom even got one. :)

Let us pray..

some things i know FOR SURE:
1. God is real - and he is the one and only God. He has been here forever. he is everlasting.
2. God created the heavens and the earth..and everything living (including me)
3. God has a Son named Jesus Christ who is 100% man and 100% God.
4. Jesus Christ came to the earth by way of a virgin teenager.
5. Jesus Christ lived a perfect life, then was acussed of being evil and was bruttely beaten and crucified on the cross for ME..but not just for me..for the world.
6. Because of Jesus's death on the cross i now live and one day Jesus will come back and get me and i will go and be with him for eternity...
7. God answers prayers!!!

to me, number 7 is as certian in my mind as 1-6. i did not say, though, that God answers all prayers. why? i dont exactly know. i could ask questions and try to explain some stuff, but that would go on for a long time and i dont think that it would really get me anywhere. but what i do know is that i dont know what prayers God chooses to answer and which ones he doesnt- so i should pray no matter what!!! ITS IMPORTANT!!! i could go on and on about the things that God tells me i should pray for in the Bible...but that really isnt my "point" in this post. my point is that...prayer is important!!! we are commanded to do it! i dont believe that i would be doing what God teaches in His Word if i don't pray. i think it is important to remember that prayer is something of the heart...and it cant just be something i do beacause i think i should or have to. but i tend to forget sometimes that...prayer is important!!! God hears my prayers, and when he thinks its best (and he knowss much better then i do what is best)...he answers my prayers. so, lately- my challenge is to pray constantly!! pray for the hollywood actors and actress's i see on the tv everyday, pray for the people i pass on the street, pray for my family, pray for my friends...and most importatly..that i would constantly be remembering that this life isnt about me -- its about my everylasting God and his will for my life! i heard this song on the radio this morning...and its what got me thinking about all of this. im sure you all know the song...but i really heard it today..and it got me thinking...

I hear you say your heart is aching
We´ve got trouble in the making
And you ask if I´ll be praying for you please
And in keeping with convention
I´ll say yes with good intentions
To pray later making mention of your needs
But since we have this moment here at heaven´s door
We should start knocking now, what are we waiting for?
Let us pray, let us pray, everywhere in every way
Every moment of the day, it is the right time
For the Father above, He is listening with love
And He wants to answer us, so let us pray
So when we feel the Spirit moving
Prompting, prodding and behooving
There is no time to be losing, let us pray
Let the Father hear us saying
What we need to be conveying
Even while this song is playing, let us pray
And just because we say the word, Amen
It doesn´t mean this conversation needs to end
Let us pray, let us pray, everywhere in every way
Every moment of the day, it is the right time
Let us pray without end and when we finish start again
Like breathing out and breathing in, let us pray
Let us approach the throne of grace with confidence
As our prayers draw us near
To the One who knows our needs
Before we even call His name
Let us pray, let us pray, everywhere in every way
Every moment of the day, it is the right time
For the Father above, He is listening with love
And He wants to answer us, so let us pray
Let us pray everywhere in every way
Every moment of the day, it is the right time
Let us pray without end and when we finish start again
Like breathing out and breathing in, let us pray

powerful words...powerful thinking..prayer is powerful!!

Updates. :)

well it seems much has happend in blogger land since i have last posted. well...not much...but one MAJOR thing. tanya has left! WHAT?? crazy. well, tanya, you will be missed. :) oh and blogger automatically saves your blogs now. nice.

but anywho...on to more important things...ME (ha! totally totally kidding)
here are some simple updates on my life for all who love me. :)

- i arrived in columbia tennessee last wednesday (may 23rd) and i am loving it here. the first few days i just settled and got moved in which was nice and relaxing! i am loving having my own place upstairs BUT i miss my family very very very much. its weird coming "home" to normal people. haha. just kidding...kinda ;)
- i officially started my job this tuesday. my first week went really well! i am loving it. i have my own cubicle (which, i might add, is decorated very cutely). i am in charge of the wednesday night program at church. the first "KIDS Church" starts june 6th and will continue throughout the summer so please be praying. besides working on the wed night program, i am helping plan sunday morning and night kids services and just helping pastor rick whenever he needs me. :) i am loving it! it is a very fun job.

so thats basically it. :)

In Christ Alone.

i know, i know...3 posts in a row..crazy. i have just had alot of thoughts/songs/lessons/ideas going through my head. and i dont really journal..so this is all i have. :) maybe i should start journaling..haha. but anywho, today in chapel we sang one of my favorite songs ever! i have learned to love it even more this year, and i think i can say it is my favorite christian song by far! i love just meditating on what the words mean. the song goes like this:


In Christ alone my hope is found
He is my light, my strength, my song
This Cornerstone, this solid ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm

What heights of love, what depths of peace
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease
My Comforter, my All in All
Here in the love of Christ I stand

In Christ alone, who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless babe
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save

‘Til on that cross as Jesus died
The wrath of God was satisfied
For every sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ I live

There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain
Then bursting forth in glorious Day
Up from the grave He rose again

And as He stands in victory
Sin’s curse has lost its grip on me
For I am His and He is mine
Bought with the precious blood of Christ

No guilt of life, no fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me
From life’s first cry to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny

No power of hell, no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from His hand
‘til He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I’ll stand


wow!!!! that is all i can say. i cant even pick out a favorite part of that song! that whole thing is just stinking awesome. and what's even so much more amazing to me is the fact that every word of that is true!!! and i know it full well in my heart! although i wont say this part is my favorite i do love the stanza that says "no guilt in life, no fear in death. this is the power of Christ in me! From life's first cry to final breath, Jesus commands my destiny!" that line just reflects so much what Jesus has been tugging on my heart recently. mainly that part that says this is the power of Christ in me! it has NOTHING to do with me! it has everything to do with the power HE put in me. another thing...Jesus commands my destiny. as much as i want for my destiny to be one way, i have realized that his way is far better.

gosh. i love this song. i think i could go on and on about how i love each verse...but i will leave you all with these refections for the evening. :)




ohhhhh. 2 more day of real classes. i cant believe it.

Dear Lord..

Take my heart, I Lay it down
At the feet of you whose crowned
Take my life, I’m letting go
I lift it upto You who’s throned
And I will worship You, Lord
Only You, Lord
And I will bow down before You
Only You Lord
Take my fret, take my fear
All I have, I’m leaving here
Be all my hopes, be all my dreams
Be all my delights, be my everything

Freshman Year Countdown. What?

so i am officially done with my freshman year of college in 11 days [8 school days].

what? it seems like yesterday we were packing up the van and the honda with my stuff and coming here. i remember exactly how i was feeling like it was yesterday. never in a million years did i expect to have such an amazing year! i have made so many amazing friends that i know will be there for me for the rest of my life! God has taught me so so so so much! i cant even begin to explain how much i have grown. he has stretched my faith this year in many ways. i can say now without a singe doubt in my mind that i serve a sovereign God!

my brain is also alot bigger after this year. :) corban has done a wonderful job of stuffing my brian with information. but what i am so thankful for is that it is great information. i remember posting at the beginning of the year and saying how funny it was that the pastors daughter knew nothing about the bible. well, now i do!! for real. im not saying that i know everything, but wayyyy more then i knew before! i can tell you who wrote hebrews, i can tell you the difference in historical premillennialism, amillennialism, postmillennialism, and dispensational premillennialism, and i can tell what i think the bible says about if we can lose our salvation or not. so yeah, there ya go. :) thats what im paying all this money for, i think im okay with it...ahaha. like im paying for it. [thanks parents]

but anyways...this post doenst really have a point, as you can see, i am just rambling. but i really do feel so blessed by this year! the Lord has shown me so many things about who he is, and who i am in him! something i would not have experienced the way i did anywhere else. so, anyone ever considering corban...come!!!! its well worth it. :) i have loved it here. and Lord willing [something i have learned to say this year. :)] i cant wait to come back next year!

now i have to study for finals...boo.

If Women Controlled the World...

so my mom sent me this rediculous email with picutres of things that could possibly be invented if women controlled the world. this one was my favorite. some of you might not know this, but i recieved my first speeding ticket about 2 weeks ago. it was not good. haha. lets just say that i was going "hold on" when i should have been going "bit scary".. too bad one of these things couldnt have been around. you know what i would really like to see? maybe a car that completly STOPPED if you were going over the speed limit. :) or atleast beeped annoyingly until you slowed down or something...yeah. i like that idea. someone invent it.