Hope

hope: /hoʊp/ [hohp] – noun: to believe, desire, or trust

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Reverent Worship

My kitten has chicken legs.
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Ten days until I can see my summer family again.
I'm very excited. I love them and I've missed them so much.

I'm also very excited for our New York trip.
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Church this morning was really awesome. I wasn't feeling the greatest and I was pretty spacey during most of it, but there were two moments when I felt totally alive and totally in the presence of God.

The first was when I was playing bass... I haven't done it in almost three months and I forgot the passion I guess. Being able to praise God through the movement of my fingers and the feel of the music, the words that bring reverent worship to the One deserving of it.... it was a fantastic feeling.

The other was after Allison spoke her message. We sang a few songs that really expressed my gratitude towards Jesus.

Lord you are...
More precious then silver,
More costly then gold,
More beautiful then diamonds.
Nothing I desire, compares to you.

This one really was a testimony for me. All the things in the world that I cherish, none of them are anywhere near as important and magnificent as my Jesus. From material things to the different ways in which I love people... God is the only one that can fulfill me in every way.

I dunno, He's just so awesome and cool like that.
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Anyway... I have the most ginormous headache of all.

And the temperature is killing me... it is so unbelievably humid. I want it to rain.
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The 'Twilight' book is taking over my time. I'm so addicted to it, I can't put it down. I'm half way through it and with every page I turn I get a little upset because that's one page closer to the end.

Good thing there are 4 books in the series.
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My house almost burnt down last night at dinner. It's a funny story actually... I remembered it in church this morning and started laughing to myself.

My mom made fajita things and we were sitting around the table, just having a lovely dinner. Suddenly, mom jumped up and ran over to the oven... when she opened it I could see the flames, and they were getting bigger. Just as she opened the oven, my dad jumped up from his seat, literally threw Kerrie across the room so he could get there faster, yelled at someone to open the door so we all ran to different doors in the house. He was talking to me though, I was near the sliding door that leads to the backyard... I yelled "it's open!!" thinking he just wanted the glass part open to let the smoke out. I didn't know he was planning on bringing the flaming fajita outside, so he got made when I didn't open the screen too haha. Oh man, it was hilarious. I had to push Logan out of the way so I could get the door open and haha awe... good times.

We love fire.
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I was inspired to rearrange my bedroom yesterday... now it's somehow twice as big and way more tidy. I love it though, it's so cozy.





Some might say it's cluttered, but it's not really. I really like looking at things, and so I display everything from my jewelry to my scarves (using them as curtains, it's kinda cool). I also have a lot of photos - obviously - but not nearly enough paintings.
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I know you really were dying to know all that.
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Band practice tomorrow! I should go practice now...

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His Plan For Me

  • Get In To the Word and Deep In Prayer
  • Prayer Journal - To see God's amazing power through Prayer
  • Committment Journal - Record my struggles and successes to visually see progress over time
  • Personal Goals - Start doing more of the things that make me happy and save some "me" time (art, writing, reading, etc.)
  • Work - Pleasing to God, to be happy in what I do and offer my abilities whenever I can
  • Tithing and Saving - Respecting my money and using it appropriately
  • Education - Study God's word and begin thinking more about my future
  • Touch Cleansing - Relationships (family, friends, dating, God, etc.)
  • Taste Cleansing - What I eat and put into my body (food, drink, nutrition, health, etc.)
  • Smell Cleansing - Waking up and smelling the roses, appreciating small things
  • Sound Cleansing - What I listen to and hear (music, language, people, messages, truths, etc.)
  • Visual Cleansing - What I watch and see (movies, television, magazines and media, pictures, people, etc)

God's Amazing Power

In Christ Alone

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
'Till 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 it's grip on me
For I am His and He is mine
Brought with the precious blood of Christ

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