Words.
What are words?
Falling all around me tonight, off my friend's blogs. Like rays of dancing sunshine on water, water rippling in a little breeze. You could float on them. So pretty, dancing. Would that I could write like they do. But I was made for something else. I think. Or at least words do not always have a habit of forming underneath my fingers. It's usually small pictures, clips, fragments of a sentence, a small thought that vanishes before I even know that it was there, and the next moment, the memory fades too. Mostly quick thoughts. Sometimes, when I am working by myself, singing to myself (I would say quietly, but most would object), I take a napkin and try to catch the fragments together. It doesn't add up in the end.
At work, I've been singing a lot. I've been happy. When I am happy, I have to make joyful noises. Those noises are notes. Mostly of praise to the One who made us all. Who created me. Today, two people liked my noises. That made me even more joyful. I love to make people happy. Would that I spent all my time doing just that. But alas, I am a selfish person, not realizing that I'm happier when I'm helping.
My room is a tumbled heap right now. My sheets still not replaced from when I washed them last week. I have no love for the act of cleaning right now. Or hadn't, till this morning. I cleaned the floor. But there are all sorts of things from my old car still, my papers are scattered all over the bed and floor, clothes thrown over the end of the bed so long ago, I don't remember if they are dirty or clean. So I wash them again.
My hair is making a mess of things. Shedding all over. I would cut it, but I would never forgive myself. And Ryan wouldn't either. I love my hair the way it is. Only it makes a mess...
What do you know, I can copy the writing of others. That is probably my favourite thing to do, copy things about other people, and sometimes animals, that fascinate me.
28. My lovely date the other day
29. Words
30. Music
31. Happiness
32. Graffiti
33. Pictures
34. Peace
35. A car
36. A car that works good
37. A car that is blue
38. Accapella
39. My secret sister
Friday, May 13, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Amazing Grace!
Basic summary of this morning's sermon;
Psalm 22. David wrote this psalm about a thousand years before Christ died. He was running from Saul.
The first 21 verses are of suffering and lament, midway verse 21 and the remainder is thanksgiving.
This is a psalm that is about Jesus Christ, but it is also our song, written by a man.
God often seems distant during times of hardship. David asks Him to be near three times in this psalm. If David (or we) didn't have God, he wouldn't have anything. No hope, no future, no reason to live.
Jesus teaches us to call God our Father, but when He was dying on the cross, He called Him 'My God'. He was truly forsaken by His Father.
How could God forsake God?
David felt forsaken, but God was near him all the time, because Jesus went through being really forsaken, He took away the separation that we had created between us and God.
David felt like God was far away, but he continued to trust in Him.
The suffering described in psalm 22 is extreme, David was speaking metaphorically. Someone today might say 'I feel like I got hit by a truck'. It is more expressive of the actual pain someone is going through.
David described the worst spiritual and physical suffering he could imagine, Christ was forsaken by God and died on a cross. And He referenced David's psalm.
If Christ had not come, our suffering would be meaningless. But He did, and our suffering is like the last few blows of an already defeated enemy. Painful, but we know we've won.
When we are suffering, we need to go to Jesus, because He knows what we are going through and can help us.
David was answered in the middle of his prayer, and goes on from suffering to thanksgiving and praise. Verse 21 he demands help, mid-way the verse, he received help 'from the horns of the wild oxen' as he says.
God did not deliver Jesus, but He was resurrected after He had gone through everything. Jesus went through more than David did, or than he imagined in his psalm. God saves us in a way that's more than we could imagine.
God is beyond our imagination.
These are basically the exact notes I wrote in church.
It was an awesome sermon. Tonight's sermon was amazing as well, but in a more personal way. Submitting fully to God's will, and being happy while doing it. Thy will be done in the Lord's prayer. LD 49.
17. Quiet.
18. God's blessing of an amazing pastor.
19. Books.
20. Being able to give to people.
Psalm 22. David wrote this psalm about a thousand years before Christ died. He was running from Saul.
The first 21 verses are of suffering and lament, midway verse 21 and the remainder is thanksgiving.
This is a psalm that is about Jesus Christ, but it is also our song, written by a man.
God often seems distant during times of hardship. David asks Him to be near three times in this psalm. If David (or we) didn't have God, he wouldn't have anything. No hope, no future, no reason to live.
Jesus teaches us to call God our Father, but when He was dying on the cross, He called Him 'My God'. He was truly forsaken by His Father.
How could God forsake God?
David felt forsaken, but God was near him all the time, because Jesus went through being really forsaken, He took away the separation that we had created between us and God.
David felt like God was far away, but he continued to trust in Him.
The suffering described in psalm 22 is extreme, David was speaking metaphorically. Someone today might say 'I feel like I got hit by a truck'. It is more expressive of the actual pain someone is going through.
David described the worst spiritual and physical suffering he could imagine, Christ was forsaken by God and died on a cross. And He referenced David's psalm.
If Christ had not come, our suffering would be meaningless. But He did, and our suffering is like the last few blows of an already defeated enemy. Painful, but we know we've won.
When we are suffering, we need to go to Jesus, because He knows what we are going through and can help us.
David was answered in the middle of his prayer, and goes on from suffering to thanksgiving and praise. Verse 21 he demands help, mid-way the verse, he received help 'from the horns of the wild oxen' as he says.
God did not deliver Jesus, but He was resurrected after He had gone through everything. Jesus went through more than David did, or than he imagined in his psalm. God saves us in a way that's more than we could imagine.
God is beyond our imagination.
These are basically the exact notes I wrote in church.
It was an awesome sermon. Tonight's sermon was amazing as well, but in a more personal way. Submitting fully to God's will, and being happy while doing it. Thy will be done in the Lord's prayer. LD 49.
17. Quiet.
18. God's blessing of an amazing pastor.
19. Books.
20. Being able to give to people.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Thankfulness
So, one of my amazing friends posts about what she is thankful for a lot. And since I tend to make lists like that quite often, and it's a very good habit, I think I shall steal her idea... I hope that's ok...
Today I'm thankful for:
1. My nephews
2. My Dad's care of me
3. Yummy supper waiting when I got home
4. My co-workers at Wally's
5. My favorite black shirt
6. Jesus' death on the cross took my sins away!
7. Blue
8. Smiles
9. A reliable car
10. Warm hands early in the morning
~Thus far, perhaps I will think of some more tomorrow. Or soon. Or sometime...
Today I'm thankful for:
1. My nephews
2. My Dad's care of me
3. Yummy supper waiting when I got home
4. My co-workers at Wally's
5. My favorite black shirt
6. Jesus' death on the cross took my sins away!
7. Blue
8. Smiles
9. A reliable car
10. Warm hands early in the morning
~Thus far, perhaps I will think of some more tomorrow. Or soon. Or sometime...
Friday, February 18, 2011
So.
Life's busy.
My sister and her husband got a Kinect set, which is like a wii, only better. So I get to use it for free. Yay! It's good exercise.
I sent my application in to the bank the other day. We'll see what happens there. I very much doubt that they would hire me, especially since I made a typo which makes me look ignorant. (don't instead of doesn't) but now I can go and apply other places, 'cus I'm not using that for an excuse any more.
I finally forced myself to buy a map, after driving for an extra two hours looking for the skihill the other day. I figure it's probably worth the twenty buck, because I ended up using about that in gas when I was lost...
Other than that, God is good, my boyfriend is super, and my family is irreplaceable.
Life's busy.
My sister and her husband got a Kinect set, which is like a wii, only better. So I get to use it for free. Yay! It's good exercise.
I sent my application in to the bank the other day. We'll see what happens there. I very much doubt that they would hire me, especially since I made a typo which makes me look ignorant. (don't instead of doesn't) but now I can go and apply other places, 'cus I'm not using that for an excuse any more.
I finally forced myself to buy a map, after driving for an extra two hours looking for the skihill the other day. I figure it's probably worth the twenty buck, because I ended up using about that in gas when I was lost...
Other than that, God is good, my boyfriend is super, and my family is irreplaceable.
Friday, January 21, 2011
Life, in general
So...
Life's been interesting.
Last week Saturday I went to West Edmonton Mall's Waterpark by myself. They had super cheap rates that evening, for some charity or other.
So, I'm walking through West Ed, and this fellow stops me. He's like, "Do you wear makeup?" "Nope, I don't" "Really????" "No, never" " No eyeliner, either?" "Nope!" "Do you have a boyfriend?" "Yup" "Well, I can make you look prettier for him" "Well, I think my boyfriend likes me the way I am"
Hehehe, he looked so nonplussed. I'm pretty sure most girls would have stopped to try whatever he was offering, and I might have, just for fun, but I was going swimming! I for sure did not in any way need any jazz dripping down my face in the water!! So he eventually just gave up, and I walked on my merry way...
Work's been interesting recently. It's really weird to work in a place where basically nobody gives a rip about the job. I ended up putting my back out, because nobody really cares what happens, so they weren't doing their jobs... So, I'm REALLY looking for a different job now.
Oh, and now I picked up some nasty bug from my little nephew, so I'm not going to work, either. At least I got a raise recently, so I'm earning more in the hours I do end up working...
So my family were planning to visit, and they aren't going to, because of us being sick, and my boyfriend can't come either, I for sure don't want him sick...
I read an awesome book I'd recommend to any girl who is even starting to think about relationships and stuff, called And The Bride Wore White. I think I'm going to let my sisters borrow it... There is a boy version, too, written by the lady's husband, called Who Moved The Goalpost? It made me think a lot. And that's good, right now especially...
Life's been interesting.
Last week Saturday I went to West Edmonton Mall's Waterpark by myself. They had super cheap rates that evening, for some charity or other.
So, I'm walking through West Ed, and this fellow stops me. He's like, "Do you wear makeup?" "Nope, I don't" "Really????" "No, never" " No eyeliner, either?" "Nope!" "Do you have a boyfriend?" "Yup" "Well, I can make you look prettier for him" "Well, I think my boyfriend likes me the way I am"
Hehehe, he looked so nonplussed. I'm pretty sure most girls would have stopped to try whatever he was offering, and I might have, just for fun, but I was going swimming! I for sure did not in any way need any jazz dripping down my face in the water!! So he eventually just gave up, and I walked on my merry way...
Work's been interesting recently. It's really weird to work in a place where basically nobody gives a rip about the job. I ended up putting my back out, because nobody really cares what happens, so they weren't doing their jobs... So, I'm REALLY looking for a different job now.
Oh, and now I picked up some nasty bug from my little nephew, so I'm not going to work, either. At least I got a raise recently, so I'm earning more in the hours I do end up working...
So my family were planning to visit, and they aren't going to, because of us being sick, and my boyfriend can't come either, I for sure don't want him sick...
I read an awesome book I'd recommend to any girl who is even starting to think about relationships and stuff, called And The Bride Wore White. I think I'm going to let my sisters borrow it... There is a boy version, too, written by the lady's husband, called Who Moved The Goalpost? It made me think a lot. And that's good, right now especially...
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