The Revelation Song

My new fav song....

Texting

My ideas on Texting....

Ok so I like texting but not to have a big long conversation unless you are busy and that is the only way to talk. I think that sometimes texting is so impersonal. I just feel like when all you ever do is text someone you are never really talking. I miss sitting on the phone and talking for hours. Now I feel I spend a good part of my day texting people. I mean most of the time I could pick up the phone and call you and talk to you and it be so much faster than trying to text you. Anyway this is my frustration with texting.

Behind the scenes

So as you might have figured out I really love music. I listen to it all the time. Well this song called Behind the scenes I have really enjoyed. It is by Francesca Battiselli. I love it. As I was listening to it yesterday I started thinking about how everyone has stuff going on in their lives that not everyone knows about. I know in my life the last few days I have really missed my grandpa but you wouldn't know it by just talking to me because I keep it to myself. I also have some other stuff that I am dealing with that God and I have talked about. Then I think about our world and how we have NO clue what God is doing for us behind the scenes. I mean everything happens for a reason and only on looking back can you see what is really going on. Like here is an example. This weekend I worked a walk and we were doing communion and one of the ladies said that she felt like someone needed healing. Well that someone sat down and she began praying over her in tongues. Only after that when we were talking about it all did we find out that the lady being prayed over heard it in tongues while another lady heard English and yet another one heard nothing. The one who heard nothing had some issues with people speaking in tongues so we chose to believe that God was protecting her. How cool is that?? It was powerful and it goes to show that you never really know what is going on during a situation.

Here are the song lyrics....

You may think
I’m just fine
How could anything
Ever be out of line?

I take my time
To set the stage
To make sure everything
Is all in place

Even though I’ve got the lines rehearsed
A picture only paints a thousand words

(Chorus)
Things aren’t always what they seem
You’re only seeing part of me
There’s more than you could ever know
Behind the scenes
I’m incomplete and I’m undone
But I suppose like everyone
There’s so much more that’s going on
Behind the scenes

Sometimes I can’t see
Anything
Through the dark
Surrounding me
And at times I’m unsure
About the ground
Beneath my feet
If it’s safe and sound

When it’s hard to find hope in the unseen
I have peace in knowing it will find me

(Chorus)

You may think I’m just fine
How could anything ever be out of line?

(Chorus)

If my life were a song it would be...

So I took this quiz on facebook and it said that is my life were a song it would be...

 "Unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfield

The I-Live-Life-To-The-Fullest-And-I-Am-HAPPY type! You live life to the max, and you live each day like its your last. You forget the rules and just go for it, and want to experience it all before it all disappears... Your life is a book... and your writing it! Love it, make it, work it, and shape it... you make it what YOU want! Don't forget a happy ending though!

Here is the youtube! I love this song!! :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGlvZ3uYRB0 Check it out!! :D

Beauty

Lately I have been struggling with realizing I am beautiful. I think I have blogged about this before but it is still something I am struggling with. I mean I know that God doesn't care what we look like. He loves us no matter what but I am still having a hard time with it for some reason.

Last night I thought about this and just chatted with God about it. I love my car time because it gives me a chance to just be with God. It is pretty cool. Well then I was up till 3 am knowing I had to get up at 7 to go to the airport for work. My alarm clock went off and I just rolled out of bed put on a sweatshirt bushed my teeth threw my hair up and went to work. (so Im not looking all that great) I get the stuff from the plane and then I think that I should text my boss and see what he wants me to do with the bags he needs so I stop to do that. While I am stopped this UPS guy comes over and starts waving at me. I am not the happiest person that early in the morning so I wave and roll down my window thinking what in the world does this guy want. He says I've seen you out here before and I just wanted to tell you that I think your gorgeous. I said oh thanks. I didn't really know what to say. I mean it is not everyday that someone comes up to me and says that I am gorgeous. It was defiantly interesting. Then I started thinking that maybe God sent him my way to show me that he loves me and thinks I am gorgeous.

Progress

Tonight I went to community and it was amazing. I could feel God's presence in the room. It was awesome. I started thinking about my life over the past few months. It hasn't been easy but then again whose life is easy? I have had to put my dog down, my grandpa died, and had fights with good friends. It striped me from a lot of things and made me focus more on God. How awesome is that?!??! I have realized that I am more on fire now than I was before. I think that is pretty cool and it is so going to help me this summer. :D Im just so happy right now! God is so good. This reminded me of a song so I shall leave you with it. It is by Barlow Girl called Harder than the first time. It is talking about How she thought she knew God but then her eyes were opened and she fell in love with him harder than the first time. It also talks about how God was with her though it all even when she didn't feel him. How awesome is that?? So here are the lyrics. I couldn't find a good youtube video. BUMMER!

I walked with you

Just like we've done for so long

You seem so near

But even thats become so common its not just you, just been together so long

That I thought I knew everything about you

But today I saw

Did you open up my eyes?

'Cause I feel like I've just seen you for the first time

I didn't see you

But God I want to

You've come alive

and I think I've fallen harder than the first time

Was I so blind?

How did I not see you?

Yet in that time you never left my side

So far all my life I will live to know you 

So here I am, I'll take your hand

I see your face

I feel you close

The love you've always shown me

Won't miss it now can't waste a day

Jesus I'm Yours COMPLETELY

Can you sleep when the wind blows?

My grandma sent this to me and I really enjoyed it so I thought I would post it on here.

Years ago, a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast.

He constantly advertised for hired hands. Most people were

reluctant to work on farms along the Atlantic. They dreaded the

awful storms that raged across the Atlantic, wreaking havoc on the buildings and crops.

As the farmer interviewed applicants for the job, he received

A steady stream of refusals.

Finally, a short, thin man, well past middle age, approached

the farmer. "Are you a good farm hand?" the farmer asked him.

"Well, I can sleep when the wind blows," answered the little man.

Although puzzled by this answer, the farmer, desperate for help,

Hired him. The little man worked well around the farm, busy from

dawn to dusk, and the farmer felt satisfied with the man's work.

Then one night the wind howled loudly in from offshore.

Jumping out of bed, the farmer grabbed a lantern and rushed

next door to the hired hand's sleeping quarters. He shook the

little man and yelled, "Get up! A storm is coming!

Tie things down before they blow away!"

The little man rolled over in bed and said firmly, "No

sir. I told you, I can sleep when the wind blows."

Enraged by the response, the farmer was tempted to fire him on

the spot. Instead, he hurried outside to prepare for the storm.

To his amazement, he discovered that all of the haystacks had

been covered with tarpaulins. The cows were in the barn, the chickens

were in the coops, and the doors were barred.

The shutters were tightly secured. Everything was tied down.

Nothing could blow away. The farmer then understood what his

hired hand meant, so he returned to his bed to also sleep while

the wind blew.

When you're prepared, spiritually, mentally, and physically,

you have nothing to fear. Can you sleep when the

wind blows through your life?

The hired hand in the story was able to sleep because he

had secured the farm against the storm.

We secure ourselves against the storms of life by

grounding ourselves in the Word of God.

We don't need to understand, we just need to hold

His hand to have peace in the middle of storms.

A friend of mine sent this to me today,

and I enjoyed it so much, that I wanted to send it to you.

I hope you enjoy your day and you sleep well.

My weekend!!

This weekend was our fifteenth year to do the Highland church family retreat. I took both Thursday and Friday off from work. I thought I was going to be leaving Thursday with my parents but it ended up not being the case. They had a lot going on in their lives and decided to leave on Friday. I found this out and decided to leave Thursday anyway and come down and see my grandma Thursday night and have dinner with her. It was a great night. We had a lot of fun and she really enjoyed me coming over to spend time with her.

Friday I slept in till 9:00. I remember when noon used to be sleeping in. Man I miss those days. Anyway I called my parents to see where they were and I found out that they were about 30 min from when I needed to be leaving to meet them at camp. I got up and ready. Then I packed my stuff and headed out. I really enjoy driving so I had a blast driving over to camp. I thought about the last few months of my life and then for some reason I thought about Job. He loved God so much and even when he hit his lowest of lows he still believed in God. I feel like my life has been shaken lately and I hit rock bottom a few weeks ago but I realized on this ride that my relationship with God has NEVER been better. I feel like some of this was his way of saying HELLO Don’t you remember me?!?!? Wake up! Well I am awake now. I am much happier and most of the stress in my life is gone!! :D YEA! Anyway then I got to camp and unloaded my stuff before my parents arrived and I helped them unload. We then headed to Leakey to meet my grandma for lunch. It was a great lunch. We waited on the food truck and it didn’t show up. We found out it might be awhile so we left. Then we came to camp and finished up stuff here and I went to the top to wait on the truck. I spent an hour on the top just waiting. He never showed. Then my dad and I switched places and finally we got a phone call and he showed up. :D Then my parents unloaded the food truck and I headed to Leakey to get dinner and sugar. Mom always forgets something and this time it was sugar. We checked people in and I went to bed! :D

Saturday I woke up took a shower and headed up to the dining hall. I helped some with breakfast. Then just walked around and talked. My parents went off to other places and I started the meeting. Then I went with the hikers over to the Hayby ranch to start the hike. Then I checked my e-mail and called Jordon to find out if we got tickets to the Jonahs brothers concert. We DID!! :D I am pumped! I can’t wait. It is going to be so much fun. Then I went back to camp. I just chilled most of the day. Some people from Hilcrest which is here staying in Singing Hills got lost on the hike and ended up here at our camp. I went with my parents back to Singing hills to drop them off. That was fun. It is really nice over there and we thought about getting together for worship in the morning but that never worked out. I played some botchee ball but quit when a child came up and wanted to play. I took a 20 min nap helped with dinner and just had some fun. I helped mom with the history of camp. Then I played some 42 shut down the dining hall and went to bed.

Sunday I got up and packed all my stuff up and then I went to eat breakfast. I told my parents that before church they had to have their stuff packed to I could clean our cabin. Then we headed to church. Church was only about 45 min. It was awesome. I had the cabin cleaned and packed by noon. We have to be out by one so that was good. The kitchen and everything else was also cleaned and pretty much packed by noon. We were done and waiting on the camp director to check us out. That doesn’t happen very often.

Overall it was a pretty awesome weekend. I think everyone had fun and got some time to socialize and relax.