Friday, May 8, 2009
Picks and flowers
I took some nice pictures today of some flowers that I am growing and also my guitar picks, I hope you like them! :)
Happy Mother's Day!!!!
I know I am two days early, but I just wanted to say...
To everyone!!!!
And especially my mom! I love her so much. We fight sometimes but she is always there for me whether I need her or not! I know that she will always be there if i need someone and i love her tons! So, Happy Mother's Day Mama and to all the other moms out there!!!
To everyone!!!!
And especially my mom! I love her so much. We fight sometimes but she is always there for me whether I need her or not! I know that she will always be there if i need someone and i love her tons! So, Happy Mother's Day Mama and to all the other moms out there!!!
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Week #4- Who am I by Casting Crowns
Another song! Yay! It is called "Who am I" by Casting Crowns... (it is on my playlist. One of the last songs actually)
I just heard someone do a piano part for this song, and then I started singing along with it, and the words really hit me. I think almost all of my life, I've been asking God, Who am I? And I even wrote a poem about it, and I feel like I still honestly do not know who I am or why I'm here. (Good quote by the way, my dad always says, "Who am I and why am I here?)
Anyways, I feel like God has just always told me, "You are mine." But I never really took that into my heart, I just kept living life trying to find my purpose. I heard this song just a few minutes ago, and as I was singing along, I listened to the words and I figured out this. All this time I was trying to find out who i am and why I'm here, when God already told me the answer. I am His. I am God's child. This song made that so clear to me, I figured i would post it.
The Lord of all the Earth, the voice that calmed the sea, the bright and the morning star cares about me. That is something that I have always struggled with. I have always thought, "Why would God want me? I am so messed up and I make so many mistakes, how could he possibly love me?" I have thought these things my whole life and never really realized that all that doesn't matter to God. He made me in his image and to him I am absolutely perfect being me.
Not just me, but everyone! We are all God's children and he loves us. We don't have to do anything or be anything but ourselves.
The bible says: "I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well." (Psalm 139:14) God has made us all wonderful and we don't have to have a certain place on this earth. Our certain place is in His arms. A lot of times, we feel like we are made to do something extraordinary. I know I do, but when I spend my whole life trying to figure out that one thing, I miss what is right in front of me. That is, God's open arms.
So, Who am I? I am God's child. I am His. He sees my sins, he watched me rise again. He holds every tear that falls from my eyes and he hears me when I am calling. All this, not because of anything I have done, but because of who I am and who He is in me.
That is absolutely extraordinary!
Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth
Would care to know my name
Would care to feel my hurt
Who am I, that the Bright and Morning Star
Would choose to light the way
For my ever wandering heart
Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are
I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
Vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours, I am Yours
Who am I, that the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love and watch me rise again
Who am I, that the voice that calmed the sea
Would call out through the rain
And calm the storm in me
Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are
I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
Vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours
Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are
I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
Vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours
I am Yours
Whom shall I fear
Whom shall I fear
'Cause I am Yours
I am Yours
I just heard someone do a piano part for this song, and then I started singing along with it, and the words really hit me. I think almost all of my life, I've been asking God, Who am I? And I even wrote a poem about it, and I feel like I still honestly do not know who I am or why I'm here. (Good quote by the way, my dad always says, "Who am I and why am I here?)
Anyways, I feel like God has just always told me, "You are mine." But I never really took that into my heart, I just kept living life trying to find my purpose. I heard this song just a few minutes ago, and as I was singing along, I listened to the words and I figured out this. All this time I was trying to find out who i am and why I'm here, when God already told me the answer. I am His. I am God's child. This song made that so clear to me, I figured i would post it.
The Lord of all the Earth, the voice that calmed the sea, the bright and the morning star cares about me. That is something that I have always struggled with. I have always thought, "Why would God want me? I am so messed up and I make so many mistakes, how could he possibly love me?" I have thought these things my whole life and never really realized that all that doesn't matter to God. He made me in his image and to him I am absolutely perfect being me.
Not just me, but everyone! We are all God's children and he loves us. We don't have to do anything or be anything but ourselves.
The bible says: "I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well." (Psalm 139:14) God has made us all wonderful and we don't have to have a certain place on this earth. Our certain place is in His arms. A lot of times, we feel like we are made to do something extraordinary. I know I do, but when I spend my whole life trying to figure out that one thing, I miss what is right in front of me. That is, God's open arms.
So, Who am I? I am God's child. I am His. He sees my sins, he watched me rise again. He holds every tear that falls from my eyes and he hears me when I am calling. All this, not because of anything I have done, but because of who I am and who He is in me.
That is absolutely extraordinary!
Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth
Would care to know my name
Would care to feel my hurt
Who am I, that the Bright and Morning Star
Would choose to light the way
For my ever wandering heart
Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are
I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
Vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours, I am Yours
Who am I, that the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love and watch me rise again
Who am I, that the voice that calmed the sea
Would call out through the rain
And calm the storm in me
Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are
I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
Vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours
Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are
I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
Vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours
I am Yours
Whom shall I fear
Whom shall I fear
'Cause I am Yours
I am Yours
Thursday, April 30, 2009
I believe in Love-BarlowGirl: Week #3
Ok, so it's about time for another song. I'm not sure which one to do, so I will chose a barlowGirl song, since of course that is my favorite band... (Just a side note, Barlowgirl is currently on vacation with their family after being in the studio for a few months, and their new album will come out September 22nd, also they will be touring with Superchick this fall!)
Anyways, this song is called "I believe in Love" (on my playlist below)
Here are the lyrics:
How long will my prayers seem unanswered?
Is there still faith in me to reach the end?
I'm feeling doubt I'm losing faith
But giving up would cost me everything
So I'll stand in the pain and silence
And I'll speak to the dark night
I believe in the sun even when it's not shining
I believe in love even when I don't feel it
And I believe in God even when He is silent
And I, I believe
Though I can't see my stories ending
That doesn't mean the dark night has no end
It's only here that I find faith
And learn to trust the one who writes my days
So I'll stand in the pain and silence
And I'll speak to the dark night
I believe in the sun even when it's not shining
I believe in love even when I don't feel it
And I believe in God even when He is silent
And I, I believe
No dark can consume Light
No death greater than this life
We are not forgotten
Hope is found when we say
Even when He is silent I believe in the sun even when it's not shining
I believe in love even when I don't feel it
And I believe in God even when He is silent
And I, I believe.
The middle sister in BarlowGirl usually gives a speech before this song about where it came from, the lyrics, this is what she says... (it's about a story she heard about a man in a concentration camp during the holocaust)
"The quote just simply said, I believe in the sun even when it's not shining. I believe in love even when I don't feel it. I believe in God even when he is silent. And guys that quote just shook me that day, because, to be honest there's a man, who's going through one of the darkest times in history, he probably lost everything, he probably lost his family. Guys, here he was, instead of looking at those walls and saying, 'Why God, why? Why me? Why do I have to give me life, why do I have to lose everything?' Guys, instead of looking at those walls in despair, he wrote who his god is on those walls that were meant to keep him down, that were meant to keep him discouraged. He spoke to that darkness, he spoke to that trap, he spoke to that person, he said, 'you know what? Maybe you can stick me in a cell, maybe you can keep me here, but my God is bigger.' I think that guy is telling us, 'Who are you? Who are you concentration camp?' Before my God you are nothing."
I really think that she sums it all up right there. I think that the lyrics to this song are just incredibly powerful, because when you think about it it is all true. The sun may not be shining one day, but we still believe it is there. We may feel absolutely, and completely unloved by everyone, but we still believe in love, and we can just feel like God has abandoned us and He is gone, but honestly, He isn't. He is still here with us, every moment of every day. Even in our darkest, worst moments, God is there. He is with us, and He is loving us.
I think that my favorite line in this whole song is in the second verse, "And learn to trust the one who writes my days." I love that line.
God is writing our days. He knows everything about us and He will always be there. I think that trusting in God is something that we all have to learn. Just trusting, that He will lead and guide us every step of our lives, no matter how hard it gets.
I like the bridge too, and i have a quote actually from the same Barlowgirl, that goes along with it and says this...
"Darkness can never overcome light. No matter what an opposition, no matter what a situation looks like, it is never greater than who God is and it is never stronger than what God is about to do in our lives."
Anyways, this song is called "I believe in Love" (on my playlist below)
Here are the lyrics:
How long will my prayers seem unanswered?
Is there still faith in me to reach the end?
I'm feeling doubt I'm losing faith
But giving up would cost me everything
So I'll stand in the pain and silence
And I'll speak to the dark night
I believe in the sun even when it's not shining
I believe in love even when I don't feel it
And I believe in God even when He is silent
And I, I believe
Though I can't see my stories ending
That doesn't mean the dark night has no end
It's only here that I find faith
And learn to trust the one who writes my days
So I'll stand in the pain and silence
And I'll speak to the dark night
I believe in the sun even when it's not shining
I believe in love even when I don't feel it
And I believe in God even when He is silent
And I, I believe
No dark can consume Light
No death greater than this life
We are not forgotten
Hope is found when we say
Even when He is silent I believe in the sun even when it's not shining
I believe in love even when I don't feel it
And I believe in God even when He is silent
And I, I believe.
The middle sister in BarlowGirl usually gives a speech before this song about where it came from, the lyrics, this is what she says... (it's about a story she heard about a man in a concentration camp during the holocaust)
"The quote just simply said, I believe in the sun even when it's not shining. I believe in love even when I don't feel it. I believe in God even when he is silent. And guys that quote just shook me that day, because, to be honest there's a man, who's going through one of the darkest times in history, he probably lost everything, he probably lost his family. Guys, here he was, instead of looking at those walls and saying, 'Why God, why? Why me? Why do I have to give me life, why do I have to lose everything?' Guys, instead of looking at those walls in despair, he wrote who his god is on those walls that were meant to keep him down, that were meant to keep him discouraged. He spoke to that darkness, he spoke to that trap, he spoke to that person, he said, 'you know what? Maybe you can stick me in a cell, maybe you can keep me here, but my God is bigger.' I think that guy is telling us, 'Who are you? Who are you concentration camp?' Before my God you are nothing."
I really think that she sums it all up right there. I think that the lyrics to this song are just incredibly powerful, because when you think about it it is all true. The sun may not be shining one day, but we still believe it is there. We may feel absolutely, and completely unloved by everyone, but we still believe in love, and we can just feel like God has abandoned us and He is gone, but honestly, He isn't. He is still here with us, every moment of every day. Even in our darkest, worst moments, God is there. He is with us, and He is loving us.
I think that my favorite line in this whole song is in the second verse, "And learn to trust the one who writes my days." I love that line.
God is writing our days. He knows everything about us and He will always be there. I think that trusting in God is something that we all have to learn. Just trusting, that He will lead and guide us every step of our lives, no matter how hard it gets.
I like the bridge too, and i have a quote actually from the same Barlowgirl, that goes along with it and says this...
"Darkness can never overcome light. No matter what an opposition, no matter what a situation looks like, it is never greater than who God is and it is never stronger than what God is about to do in our lives."
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Britney by Bebo Norman-Week #2
Ok, so it hasn't fully been a week yet... but I'm ready to do my second song so maybe later I will change it to "Song of the day" or "Song of the every other day" :) Just kidding, but I might do it more frequently....
This song is called Britney and it is by Bebo Norman...(on my playlist below)
Lyrics:
Britney I’m sorry for the lies we told
We took you into our arms then left you cold
Britney, I’m sorry for this cruel, cruel world
We sell the beauty but destroy the girl
Britney, I’m sorry for your broken heart
We stood aside and watched you fall apart
I’m sorry we told you fame would fill you up
And money moves the man so drink the cup
I know love goes around the world we know
And you never see it coming back, you never see it coming back
And I know love goes around the world we know
And you never see it coming back, but I can see it coming back for you
Britney I’m sorry for the stones we throw
We tear you down just so we can watch the show
Britney I’m sorry for the words we say
We point the finger as you fall from grace
I know love goes around the world we know
And you never see it coming back, you never see it coming back
And I know love goes around the world we know
And you never see it coming back, but I can see it coming back for you
It’s coming back for you
Yeah, it’s coming back for you
Britney I do believe that love has come
Here for the broken, here for the ones like us
I know love goes around the world we know
And you never see it coming back, you never see it coming back
And I know love goes around the world we know
And you never see it coming back, but I can see it coming back for you
It’s coming back for you
Yeah, it’s coming back for you
Ok, so yes this song is a personal apology to Britney Spears. When talking about this song, Bebo Norman quoted,
“Britney is a song about what our culture says and does to young women these days. It’s about the lies we tell them about fame and money and what’s beautiful and what will give them life. It’s an apology for those lies. But more than that, it’s an invitation. An invitation to the truth about a God who is bigger than the pain this world so often leaves them in.”
I think that this song works for more than just girls but for celebrities in general. I think that a lot of times, we will judge celebrities or famous people for the choices they make that we may or may not agree with. There are so many people out there that will just bash these celebrities into the ground because maybe they made a mistake. And, we don't have to love their music, or their choices, or their movies, but I think there's something bigger out there that we sometimes miss. God loves every single celebrity out there just as much as He loves me and you. God loves us unconditionally whether we make mistakes or not. Whether we are famous or not. I think that we just, as humans, see a magazine or see the headline on Yahoo and just automatically judge these celebrities because their choices are poor. But the truth is, it's not our place to judge! We don't want to be judged by the poor decisions we make, and we shouldn't judge the poor decisions that other people make. Without doing a single thing, God loves us. He loves us for who we are. God loves each celebrity for who they are, every single one of them, Britney Spears, Vanessa Hudgens, Miley Cyrus, and all the rest of them. This song really talks about what this world does to the famous girls. We just completely pull them down and then watch them fall. Instead of judging them, let's just love them. Not for their songs, their movies, or their pictures, but for themselves. Even if we don't know who they are, we just need to love them like God loves us, and understand that they will make mistakes, and bad choices, but so will we, and God still loves us and God still loves them. Everyone out here, famous or not, is a child of the King, made in His image and he loves us all the same!
This song is called Britney and it is by Bebo Norman...(on my playlist below)
Lyrics:
Britney I’m sorry for the lies we told
We took you into our arms then left you cold
Britney, I’m sorry for this cruel, cruel world
We sell the beauty but destroy the girl
Britney, I’m sorry for your broken heart
We stood aside and watched you fall apart
I’m sorry we told you fame would fill you up
And money moves the man so drink the cup
I know love goes around the world we know
And you never see it coming back, you never see it coming back
And I know love goes around the world we know
And you never see it coming back, but I can see it coming back for you
Britney I’m sorry for the stones we throw
We tear you down just so we can watch the show
Britney I’m sorry for the words we say
We point the finger as you fall from grace
I know love goes around the world we know
And you never see it coming back, you never see it coming back
And I know love goes around the world we know
And you never see it coming back, but I can see it coming back for you
It’s coming back for you
Yeah, it’s coming back for you
Britney I do believe that love has come
Here for the broken, here for the ones like us
I know love goes around the world we know
And you never see it coming back, you never see it coming back
And I know love goes around the world we know
And you never see it coming back, but I can see it coming back for you
It’s coming back for you
Yeah, it’s coming back for you
Ok, so yes this song is a personal apology to Britney Spears. When talking about this song, Bebo Norman quoted,
“Britney is a song about what our culture says and does to young women these days. It’s about the lies we tell them about fame and money and what’s beautiful and what will give them life. It’s an apology for those lies. But more than that, it’s an invitation. An invitation to the truth about a God who is bigger than the pain this world so often leaves them in.”
I think that this song works for more than just girls but for celebrities in general. I think that a lot of times, we will judge celebrities or famous people for the choices they make that we may or may not agree with. There are so many people out there that will just bash these celebrities into the ground because maybe they made a mistake. And, we don't have to love their music, or their choices, or their movies, but I think there's something bigger out there that we sometimes miss. God loves every single celebrity out there just as much as He loves me and you. God loves us unconditionally whether we make mistakes or not. Whether we are famous or not. I think that we just, as humans, see a magazine or see the headline on Yahoo and just automatically judge these celebrities because their choices are poor. But the truth is, it's not our place to judge! We don't want to be judged by the poor decisions we make, and we shouldn't judge the poor decisions that other people make. Without doing a single thing, God loves us. He loves us for who we are. God loves each celebrity for who they are, every single one of them, Britney Spears, Vanessa Hudgens, Miley Cyrus, and all the rest of them. This song really talks about what this world does to the famous girls. We just completely pull them down and then watch them fall. Instead of judging them, let's just love them. Not for their songs, their movies, or their pictures, but for themselves. Even if we don't know who they are, we just need to love them like God loves us, and understand that they will make mistakes, and bad choices, but so will we, and God still loves us and God still loves them. Everyone out here, famous or not, is a child of the King, made in His image and he loves us all the same!
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