morning...?

It's amazing to me how it takes a whole hour and a half for me to fully wake up...

I've heard that you can make yourself be a morning person, but I really don't think that's true. I mean...I am definitely NOT a morning person. That doesn't mean that I'm crabby or nasty all the time, but I normally don't speak for a good hour after I wake up unless it's absolutely necessary. And my face feels like it's still sleeping. And I move as little as possible. I just flip on the Fox News Channel and eat my cereal. Pretty much a zombie in most aspects, aside from the dead part and being controlled by something evil.

And then...there are morning people.

BOY! are there morning people. They can hop right out of bed and get ready for their day with such an energetic attitude that it astounds me. They can be bubbly, talkative, and awake without really trying to be.
I'm sorry, that just is not me.
I shuffle around with my eyes have closed...and when a "Good morning!" comes my way I'm usually known to give a caveman-like response. Either "Mmm.." or "ughhh" or something to that effect.
It's not that I'm not glad that a new day has begun, because hey, this is the day that the Lord has made and I will rejoice and be glad in it. But I believe that my way of "rejoicing" at 7:00 is just a wee bit different than it is, say, at 9:00.
It's a time of contemplation for me...I can almost see things more clearly when I'm eating my breakfast in a fog. It's normally the time when I go over my schedule for the day. I also go over things that have happened during the past few days, and wonder how I could have handled situations differently and in a better way. It's also a time of learning patience and love. With 3 younger siblings, you have a really good opportunity to exercise that Christlike attitude...
But one thing that always wakes me up...
My morning time with God.
How I love Him.
He is so good.

Have a blessed day, and if you made it to the end of this extremely boring post, I commend you.

(Have you read Deuteronomy 28 yet? No? What's keeping you?!)

*yawn*

so much HTML to learn...so little time, energy, motivation...

Read Deut. 28 today. It'll do you a world of good. Believe it. God promised those things to YOU.

oh...PSSSSST! Thanks, Christy for the ride home...it certainly was "meant to be" as you so often say! ;) I love you, and have an amazing day at school tomorrow! See you at church!

Yes, yes, another post...

A excerpt from an email that my dear friend, Danielle Flewelling, sent to me a while back...

ok well...the devil went down to georgia, he was looking for a soul to steal. but he can't have mine. cause it doesn't belong to me any more and the guy that i gave it to is a lot tougher than the devil. so anyways. have a good night and don't let the devil in your house...he might want to steal someone's soul...so make sure they all belong to someone tougher.

Keep in mind that when she wrote this it was after midnight...
But the truth in this little, er, "song" still remains.

Music...

I thought of something today...
It seems that these days people are so wrapped-up in listening to music than they are in making it. They buy albums, download songs off the internet, watch music videos on tv, listen to radio stations, attend concerts, but whatever happened to the lost joy of making music? All of these so-called "stars" of the music industry, in my opinion, do not even come close to comparing with TRUE stars Sinatra, Garland, Bennet, Andrews, etc. And, seriously, aside from movie scores, who last sat down and wrote a song that even comes close to comparing to Mozart's Sonatas? Chopin's Seasons?
It's just sad to me that the complex art of making true, good, thought-provoking music is slowly fading away...

For your viewing, and wearing, pleasure...

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Comments?

i really don't feel like making a witty title

haaaaaaaaaaa, check out this link while i pass out.
http://www.offthemark.com/thanksgiving/thanksgiving.htm

One of those beloved biblical posts...

If you don't already know, I am currently in a mentorship/accountability/Bible study kind of thing with Threasa Doiron. (She is AMAZING.) And we're going through this series called "Fully Devoted - Pursuing Spiritual Transformation". It's written by John Ortberg, Laurie Pederson, and Judson Poling. But anyway, what I really want to get to is something I read today as I was preparing for our meeting tonight.
This week's topic was "Growth" and what it truly means to grow in Christ Jesus. It covered things like reading and meditating on Scripture, solitude and prayer, and corporate learning and worship. The corporate learning and worship section really caught my attention. So...I've decided to bless you all, (all 2 of you that read this) by typing out this section!

Corporate Learning and Worship
Let him who cannot be alone beware of community...
Let him who is not in community beware of being alone...
-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together
Just as we must pursue the stillness of solitude, we must seek the fellowship and accountability of community if we want to fully experience and express spiritual life. So we commit ourselves to coming together and submitting to the teaching of the Word. We also gather to worship God. We do this simply because God is worthy of our praise. In addition, God, in his grace, has decreed that in worship we are often encouraged and transformed in ways we could not be apart from this practice. In these corporate practices we root out self-absorption. We are reminded that we need and are a part of each other, that our life is about something bigger than just ourself.


Amen.

a random post...

This sounds really dumb...but I love cleaning out my mouse. It fascinates me how it manages to get all that crap in there... Why? What? Where? Who? When?

The girl that was always thought of as my "twin"

Does she still look like me?
(Give me your answer in a comment.)

God is good...

Matthew West - "If you ever need me"

I saw your sky fall today
Suddenly turn from blue to grey
Till one by one the raindrops
Turned to tears upon your face
Wish there was something I could do
Wish I could ease this pain from you
But I’ve never felt so helpless

It’s like you’re drowning right in front of me
And I’m reaching out and you can’t see
There’s something holding on to you so tight
So I guess this is all I’ll say to you tonight

If you ever need me
You know where to find me
I will be waiting where I’ve always been
If you ever need me
You know where to find me
I have never left you, I’m where I’ve always been
Right by your side
Right by your side

If the whole world is on your back
If the strength you need is the strength you lack
If you’re in a crowd but all alone
If you can’t stay here but you can’t go home
If you can’t answer all the why's
'Cause you're too tired to reach that high
I want you to remember

If you ever need me
You know where to find me
I will be waiting where I’ve always been
If you ever need me
You know where to find me
I have never left you, I’m where I’ve always been
Right by your side
Right by your side

If the whole wide world is on your back
If the strength you need is the strength you lack
If you’re in a crowd but all alone
If you can’t stay here and you can’t go home
If you can’t answer all the why’s
'Cause you’re too tired to reach that high
I want you to, I need you to remember

If you ever need me
You know where to find me
I will be waiting where I’ve always been
If you ever need me
You know where to find me
I have never left you, I’m where I’ve always been
Right by your side
Right by your side

Wow....

bougainvillaea:
Any of several South American woody shrubs or vines of the genus Bougainvillea having groups of three petallike, showy, variously colored bracts attached to the flowers.

what a crazy word is that??? gotta love my literature course...

In my own little corner, in my own little chair...

I can be whatever I want to beeeee....whoa, sorry. Didn't see you there.

If you can't tell, I'm going to see Cinderella tonight at PIHS. My cousin, Paige Nichols, is playing one of the step-sisters, and I am so very proud of her! I have threatened to make a huge sign and jump up and down screaming, but...seeing as how my mom and I did that to her when she was in 7th grade...I will spare her the horror.

I just got done reading "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck. Very interesting book. I really like the point of the story...

Anyway! I must be going! Jazzband is going to start soon, and I need to get to Presque Isle!
Have a lovely day!

"A merry heart doeth good like a medicine, but a broken spirit drieth the bones."
-Proverbs 17:22

Ever wonder what those little things at the end of your shoelaces are called?

ag·let (n. )
A tag or sheath, as of plastic, on the end of a lace, cord, or ribbon to facilitate its passing through eyelet holes.

I need to go and make myself a life now...

Check it out...

...the new Strong Bad email.
www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail138.html
At the end make sure to click the tire, the cardboard box, and the CD.

Enjoy!

The word of the day for Nicole and Rachelle

Nicole's WOTD: ragamuffin
Rachelle's WOTD: tatterdemalion

(FYI- the mean the same exact thing. Mine is cooler though.)

A song that is flippin' sweet to play and sing....

"Don't Give The Devil An Opportunity" by Janny Grein.
Sure, it's old school, but it's awesome.
It's super fun to sing and play on the piano, and the truth behind it is pretty darn sweet as well.
I'll post the lyrics on here sometime soon when I have the time to type it all out... (I can't seem to find them online...probably because it's not that well known...)

Major prayer request...

I have family coming to visit from Ohio this weekend and I need some serious prayer-coverage over the whole thing. They aren't Christians, and my family and I desperately want them to be. (Every Christian should want them to be...) They are AMAZING people, and I can't even begin to think of how much more amazing they would be if they had Christ in their lives. So, be praying about that. A lot. And seeing as how I won't be attending church this weekend, (because I'll be spending time with da family) I'll update you on how things turned out next week.
Thank you so much.

Songs...

It's amazing how a song can get stuck in your head for hours, possibly days, at a time.
Just a few of the songs that have been finding their way into my mind over the past few days:

"Unfailing Love" - Chris Tomlin
"Daydream Believer" - Monkees
"Existence" - Kevin Max
"Say It Loud" - Sanctus Real
"The Blues" - Switchfoot

Quite an assortment there, eh?

Okay, well, it's off to another family birthday party. These things never get old.
Not with the entertainment my family provides. No way.