this has been one of the best days this year. new camera+lumberjack shirt+snow=awesomeness
only sad thing is i got a call from vans about setting up an interview. turns out it was the one at coronado and i don't know if anyone from cottonwood will call :( but i guess carly is going to find out if i need to do anything later. oh well still happy :))))))))))))
ahh good day. thanks, Jesus
I've got a diabolical plan this Halloween
One that's sure to increase my popularity
Didn't get invited to the costume party Friday night
But I won't stand here sulking in the twilight
I'll show up to the party as Edward Cullen
the guys will be jealous but the girls will love it
Running so fast that it's never a race
Spreading lots of glitter all over my face
I'll show up to the party as Edward Cullen
Not receiving invitations never stopped me
beforeI will show up knocking on their front door
Vampire teeth completes my costume, almost done
I bet Edward shops Forever 21
I'll show up to the party as Edward Cullen
the guys will be jealous but the girls will love it
Running so fast that it's never a race
Spreading lots of glitter all over my face
I'll show up to the party as Edward Cullen
*whining*
Drivin' this Benz like I got no license
Bitin' on necks like they're made of spices
Suckin' on blood cause it tastes like honey
Climbin' up trees with my spider monkey
Playin' baseball, swing a bat like lightnin'
Gotta save Bella with some vampire fightin'
Playin' hooky from class cause I gotta go feed
Rippin' up roots askin' "What do we eat?"
I'll show up to the party as Edward Cullen
the guys will be jealous but the girls will love it
Running so fast that it's never a race
Spreading lots of glitter all over my face
I'll show up to the party as Edward Cullen
i love reading my friend rachel's blog. the woman is a genius. reading her posts/comments i can't help but feel a little stupid sometimes that i don't have knowledge like that. that, however, is strictly my own fault.
she recently made a post about people recognizing her at church from seeing her at school or some other place. some of the comments on it made me think. i won't summarize cause ill fail, but since im going to talk about this, go read it.
http://yoterahava.blogspot.com/2009/10/this-is-moment-that-you-know.html
i am pretty much an idiot when it comes to knowledge of the Bible, of Christ, of God, and of anything having to do with those three. i have no one to blame for my lack of knowledge but myself. i could be sitting down and studying the bible, memorizing, talking with people about it, doing research on it, etc. yet over the 14 years of my relationship with the only Person that truly matters, i have the knowledge of a new born baby. if i was to sit and have a conversation with an unbeliever, i would prolly do a horrible job of showing them Christ. i know nothing except His love for me. that matters, but if i don't have facts to back up my faith, what good is it? ive always wondered why He has never presented me with opportunities to talk with people about Him (maybe He has, i either missed it or ignored it), but its prolly because i don't know enough. im not prepared. no one goes into battle not knowing how to fight. people don't send librarians off to Iraq to fight on the front line. they aren't prepared (ok they might be if they are librarians who joined the army). if i was to be sent overseas, i wouldn't be prepared. i don't know how to shoot, i don't have endurance, i don't have strength, i have absolutely no pain tolerance, i don't know how to drive a humvee, and i don't know how to do what needs to be done. I AM NOT PREPARED! i think it is one of the most important things as people who have a relationship with Christ to be prepared when situations arise. Do we know why God created the universe, the world, and us? Do we know why He allowed Adam and Eve to fall in the garden of Eden instead of keeping everything perfect and beautiful. Do we know why He sent His only beloved, precious, holy, and perfect son to die a death so hideous it is still talked about today, nearly 2000 years later? Do we know why He has kept us here? Do we know why everything has happened?
If we don't, we are not prepared. those aren't even all the questions people have concerning God, Jesus Christ, the Bible, etc. We will never have all the info, but if we have none of it, i wonder sometimes if this has all been a waste. God didn't create us to play in the NFL, to find a cure for cancer, to marry and have kids, or to live the funnest life we could dream of. Some of these things may be in His plan for us, but He ultimately created us to choose to love Him, follow Him, worship Him, be His friend, love Him, pursue an intimate relationship with Him, etc. He also created us to share His gift of enduring, endless love with those who haven't experienced it. we were created to go to the ends of the earth and share the story of the gospel.
we may not always be treated with kindness and respect. people may not always be openminded to what we have to say. they may treat us like crap, deny everything we have to say, tell us we are liars, or tell us we are fools. we may not be able to reach everyone, or have everyone accept what we have to say, but trying is what counts. we cannot force people to do what we want, or what He wants. it is ultimatly their decision. if they choose to ignore, we should still love, be open, and know that He loves them, even if they don't return the feeling.
if i ever happen to have a conversation with any of you, and i completely fail at telling you how much He has changed my life, all i want you to know is He loves you.
The End
i love my friends. i realize that i don't say that enough, and if i do i don't realize the meaning behind it. God really knew what he was doing when He said we can't go through life alone. i have no idea what i do without everyone. actually i do know what i would do: die or worse, go crazy.
=)
