Month: February 2009

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It’s such a beautiful Sunday afternoon!!! Was nice and cold this morning when me and Rob went early to church…but it’s warmed up a bit now and it’s just glorious outside!

And besides today, it’s been a rather sweet weekend, I have to say! Friday night, we had Deanna’s birthday party…had good times eating and drinking at Outback..then we went over to Deanna, Amy and Shari’s place for more sweet times! We played lots of Rock Band(in which I got to play drums to Muse’s Assassin….YES) and eventually we sat in a circle and sang praise to God as Rob played guitar…what a beautiful end to the night. Yesterday, Deanna, Shari, Chris and I went to the basketball game(in which we DOMINATED Vandy, of course)…and then we had some awesome chili that Rob made…deliciousness! Later last night, a bunch of us went contra dancing! It’s a pretty sweet style of dancing…similar to square dancing, but BETTER. I got pretty dizzy midway through, but after going outside for a breath of fresh cold air, I felt tons better. The best part was spinning round and round…!!

This morning was glorious at church. Beforehand, I read 2 Peter(which is an AWESOME book, btw. Read it)…and I was really struck by the final verse, which just concluded the book beautifully. Anyways, after the awesome sermon on Romans 5 by Pastor Richard, he was about to read the benediction and I was just thinking to myself how he should read the last verse of 2 Peter. And then…he did. God is just so gracious to me…encouraging me in even small things like that!!!

And I was just interrupted by a few hour prayer and praise break…but I will now continue this recap of my marvelous weekend!

This afternoon, I didn’t really get a lot done…but had a good time chillin’ with the roommates nonetheless. This evening was prayer and praise at church, which as always, was deeply encouraging. And now…while I probably should do some homework or something productive…I think I will get some sleep.

Oh and before I go….

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEANNA!!!!!!

You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of unprincipled men and fall from your own steadfastness, but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

Peppermint mocha time!

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Soo, I’ve been at the christian study center relaxing, reading and enjoying life these past few hours…oh how I love to read and enjoy a good cup of coffee!! And for some reason I was rereading some of my old entries here(think high school era!) and I found this old song thing I did…and I thought I should redo it now to reflect my changes in music taste….so here ya go!

List your current six favourite songs, then tag six other people that have to do the same.

1. Starlight – Muse
2. Love Story – Taylor Swift
3. Supermassive Black Hole – Muse
4. College Kids – Relient K
5. Low – Flo Rida
6. Violet Hill – Coldplay

And yes, there are two Muse songs. I’m on a Muse kick right now, ‘k? I would have put more, but I thought I would try diversifying a bit…I also almost put more Taylor on there, but I refrained…

Now, I shall go back to drowning myself in espresso…and enjoying this delightful day!! Farewell all!!

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Holy, holy, holy is the LORD God, the Almighty, Who was and Who is and Who is to come…Worthy are You, our Lord and our God to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed and were created. – Revelation 4:8,11

I am so amazingly and incredibly blessed! I’ve had an excellent weekend all in all, but tonight really tops it off. I don’t think I can even really describe it in words, but was at prayer and praise tonight at church…and it was just heavenly. Truly, worshiping God through prayer is an amazing thing!! I prayed with Shari and Deanna for a while and all I can say is that God is so good. So good to allow us to pray to Him(and He answers!!) and so good for the friends and encouragement He gives to us. I wish I could find better words to express myself. I can’t. All I can say is that my heart overflows with gratitude for the goodness of the Lord!

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Why am I writing…I don’t know!! I just thought I should, since I’m in the Christian Study Center right now, and it seems I do half my entries from here. Maybe it’s because I’m trying to escape my homework. Yep, I’m sure that’s it. Even though my homework right now is pretty fun. I need to write about a “first” of my adolescent life in either a short story or poem…I have no idea what to write about. Any ideas??

And in other news, the weekend was pretty sweet(as always!!) Last night after Prayer and Praise(in which we did NOT watch the Super Bowl…didn’t really care what happened there), me and Rob and Drew came back to our place and chilled, watching the Ten Commandments. Epicness. Yes.

Ok, I really actually want to write a long post just about the nature of life and emotions and random stuff like that…but I think instead I will pour my muse’s energy into doing my lit homework. Once I think of an idea…hmmm….

Back to staring out the window into the rain. Farewell, all!!