So, I noticed that I haven't posted in almost 20 days!!!! Back to my old ways of having a blog and never posting. I have several photos (dogs, Jenna's party...) and a video that I want to post but haven't been able to do it yet. Jon and I have been busy just doing odd stuff around the house and things like that. Softball is about to start up again for Jon which is always fun and stressful at the same time. Games are on Monday nights so getting home from work, eating and then driving to the other side of town is no easy task, but we enjoy time with friends. We are trying to not watch as much TV lately and doing other things instead. We are reading our daily Bibles, studying, doing laundry, I have been organizing our photos on the computer, taking walks... Things like that. TV consumes SO much time and sometimes we just plop down in front of the TV and then it is time for bed. On Monday night we watched 1 hour of TV, which is quite a downgrade for us. We didn't even turn it on until almost 9pm!! I feel like the night passes by more slowly without TV and we definitely get more done.
Sunday is our 6 year anniversary so we will be going out on Friday night to celebrate. I am not sure what we are doing yet but I am sure it will be good times. Spring is almost here, and I cannot wait. I want to get out and plant stuff RIGHT NOW!! I want my ugly brown grass to be pretty and green again and I want to ride my lawn mower again. I am planning a vegetable garden and should maybe begin that on Saturday and Jon and I are getting a tree for the front yard. I love spring and all of the new growth that it brings, I just wish it would hurry up and get here! Anyway, I will post more later...when I get the time!
Lilypie First Birthday tickers
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
Something I always do
Usually when I hear a song on the radio I like I will buy it on iTunes for my iPod. Sometimes I will listen to some clips of other songs by the artist/group and decide if I just want to go ahead and buy the whole album. I have this bad habit of buying a CD and then ONLY listening to the song that I bought it for. Most recently I have bought the new Jeremy Camp CD (only listen to 2 songs I know on it), Switchfoot "The Best Yet," and Above the Golden State. Well, since I have 600 Christian songs on my iPod; that's right 600!!! It is hard to hear them all and I have a really bad habit of flipping through the songs like crazy. I can tell immediately if I want to hear a song. I am sure that there are songs on there that I have never, ever heard before. I have the songs on shuffle so it randomly goes through them.
Several weeks ago I finally put my iPod on Switchfoot and gave them a try. I love their song, "This is Home," from the movie Prince Caspian; so Jon bought me their greatest hits album. Anyway, I gave them a try and LOVE the entire CD. Who knew? I have had it since Christmas and just now like it. Well, even worse than that...we bought a CD on iTunes back in September or so. It was a group called Above the Golden State. I heard their song "Sound of Your Name" on our local Christian station and loved it!! I had never even heard of them before. So, I went home that day and listened to a couple of clips and then bought the whole album, never even listening to the other songs until last week.
So, like I said my habit is flipping through songs like crazy, I have to be in a certain mood to hear certain songs. If I don't know the song or the title too bad, it gets flipped through. Last week I was in the car and not really paying attention to my iPod and then I heard a song I had never heard before. It was "Comeback" by Above the Golden State. I really liked it and told Jon about it. He had never heard it either. Like I said with 600 songs it is hard to hear them all. So, later that day when we went out we put it on Above the Golden State and listened to their album for the first time. I have got to say, they are my new favorite. I really like the whole album, they are upbeat but get a good message across. So, give them a listen. I think you will really like them. It took me months to listen to them and now I am listening to them nonstop!!!
Friday, February 6, 2009
If you feel lost...
James 1:2-3: My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.
This was written a couple of days ago, but I just posted it today, sorry for the delay...
This is my favorite verse in the Bible. It has been for a couple of years now; for reasons that are personal and are my own. I try to remember this every time something pops into my life that is a “trial.” That we are to count it a joy, something good will come from it; whether it be here on earth or in Heaven. I feel like everyone will encounter the storms of life at some point, and in those moments we need to reach out to God and pray to him and make him the center of our lives. Sometimes it is so hard to hold on in times like that; sometimes God is the only thing to hold on to. It is when you are on your knees that you look up and see God and remember what this life is all about.
I think it is hard for me in times like these because life really does not seem “fair.” I know that no one was promised a “fair” life but sometimes it is so easy to get down and feel really low. You start to wonder and ask “why me?” I know I have done this a lot lately and there is no answer to this. My life in recent years has had its ups and down; happy times and sad times; and when something new strikes, a new trial is brought on, it can be really overwhelming. And the questioning begins. It is hard to stop it once it starts, and it is hard to just realize that God has a plan for our lives and what is meant to happen will happen. God works in wonderful and mysterious ways; we just have to trust Him. I say all of this even as I struggle to understand it myself. Jon reminds me all the time that what is meant to happen will happen. But, no matter how many times I hear it I struggle to understand it and accept it. I need a daily reminder of this, a daily reminder to trust Him. I try every day to do this, but sometimes it is so hard for a cynic such as myself. I know all of this sounds cryptic but I really just needed to get my feelings out there. Some will know what I am talking about, others will not and I am sorry about that for now.
Anyway, I heard this song this morning on the way to a doctor’s appointment and I have heard several times before but sometimes something just hits you when you are in a different place in your life. It is like I had never heard it before. It meant something totally different to me than it did the last time I heard it. Jon has always liked this song and I have listened to it with him several times. But, this morning I had a lot on my mind and on my heart and this song really spoke to me; it was like it was for me in that moment. Music is so healing to me. It can do wonderful things; it can make you cry, it can make you happy, it can bring something into perspective, it can open your eyes. This song really touched my heart today and I wanted to share it with you. The lyrics really do not do it justice. I will post a link too, you can listen to the song on the right hand side of the page. It is such a pretty song...
Shine Your Light on Us
Robbie Seay Band
Oh, my God
Shine Your light on us
That we might live (repeat)
I've been holding on
I've been holding on
All that is inside me
Screams to come back home
Chorus
If you feel lost
If you feel lost
Sing along
If you feel tired
If you feel tired
Sing along
If you feel lost and tired
This is your song (repeat second time)
I've been broken down
I've been broken down
I ain't giving up
Love will come back around
(Chorus 2x, repeat last 2 lines 2nd time)
Shine Your light
Shine it down
Let Your rescue come for us, we long to love
And if you feel lost, sing along
And if you feel tired, sing along
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