wow... today was such a good chapel.... it was nice to just have an entire praise chapel where all we did was sing and just praise God... it was cool : )

Worthy is the, Lamb who was slain
Holy, Holy, is He
Sing a new song, to him who sits on
Heaven's mercy seat

Holy, Holy, Holy
Is the Lord God Almighty
Who was, and is, and is to come
With all creation I sing
Praise to the King of Kings
You are my everything
And I will adore You

Clothed in rainbows, of living color
Flashes of lightning, rolls of thunder
Blessing and honor, strength and glory and power be
to You the only wise King

Holy, Holy, Holy
Is the Lord God Almighty
Who was, and is, and is to come
With all creation I sing
Praise to the King of Kings
You are my everything
And I will adore You

Filled with wonder, awestruck wonder
At the mention of your name
Jesus your name is power
Breath, and living water
Such a marvelous mystery

Holy, Holy, Holy
Is the Lord God Almighty
Who was, and is, and is to come, yeah
With all creation I sing
Praise to the King of Kings
You are my everything
And I will adore You

i love this song.... i just think it shows God in a light that we don't always think about. we always think of Him as a really loving God who wants to be our friend. while that's true, He is also a King of Kings and a mighty God who created EVERYTHING. i mean, He is so huge and so powerful and majestic and... i don't even know. there really isn't a word to describe it. it just shows how much above us He really is. He isn't somebody that is just our pal or something, but He's an incredibly huge powerful God..... we really don't even deserve to enter His presence, but He lets us and i dunno... this song just helps point that out to me i guess.... it's just a great one.. : )

on a different note, i am about ready to quit school. ha... well not really but it sounds wonderful right now. i have sooo much stuff to finish before the end of the year and i'm freaking out a little bit. but it'll be ok... one day at a time!!!

plus there are some things i get to look forward to, like JS and ELLIV. i'm really excited for both of them...

anyway, better get started on that work i was just complaining about... haha...

 yikes it has been forever since i wrote in here....

i have a feeling nobody really reads this, but just incase (and because i like to and i'm procrastinating) i'm going to write anyway : )

so many things are happening this semester, i feel like i've never been so busy in my whole life. but it's ok, because it's good for me and lots of good and happy things are added to my busy schedule. phil and i figured out that we met a little over a year ago at cedarmania and let me tell you, i did not know i would be dating him a year later! but i am very glad i am : ) he's a wonderful boyfriend and i care about him so much. it's almost 7 months of official dating at the end of this month, but we've been dating about a year. i can't even believe it, it seems like it has just flown by.... it seems like just yesterday that i got an email from him asking me to study for our midterm together, and we spent about 5 hours together studying and pretty much laughing the whole time. that was a year ago, and that just seems insane to me..... anybody else feel like time is flying by???

anyway, it makes me happy that i've been able to share so many experiences with phil. i just feel like we go so well together in so many areas. we're both silly and goofy, but we can also be serious and have deep conversations that challenge us both and make us both think. we also go well together in ministry settings such as leading groups together for the hslc or leading games for cedarmania, he leads by taking control and i pay attention to details : ) i just really like him a lot, and i just enjoy being with him. even if we aren't doing anything but sitting, it's still so much fun : ) i hope God blesses me with that relationship for a long time...

other than that, basically just classes and reading like mad since i decided it was a good idea to take 5 psych classes and a Bible class this semester. i wouldn't reccommend it. psych is nothing but reading, writing papers and tests like mad. i have 3 tests and 4 papers due every week, not to mention all the extra little stuff they like to add in there. it's. madness.

OH and ok... basically the school just rediscovered salt because the walkways finally just melted yesterday afternoon and it definitely snowed last tuesday. so a week later it finally melts.... welllll let me tell you, that is not good for people like me who aren't so graceful and i definitely slipped and fell so hard and i am sore like crazy. not. cool. i did not appreciate that madness.

finals and madness, here i come.....

all my big things are done until finals next week, which is great but the problem is... i have 5 finals..... yuck.

but after that i get to go to indianapolis with my boyfriend, stay at his house, then i'm flying out saturday morning to georgia to be with my family : ) then i'm flying back into indianapolis on the 5th, stay with my boyfriend again then going to my roomie's wedding on the 6th : ) craziness... i can't believe fall semester is over! it flew by all right. but it sure was a good one. lots of challenges, but we just talked about trials in worldview development and those that are faithful during trials get a crown of life. so you know what i say, i say bring them on because it's worth it to bring glory to God and to receive our rewards in heaven. i'm excited for that day : )

on a muuuch different note, i am knitting a red scarf and i love it, but i wish it was done already. hmmm... oh well, it'll be done soon enough.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!

sooo i haven't updated in a long time. so i'm bored and i have nothing due and i don't have class till 1 so here i go...

well i'm sitting in my lovely room in johnson and the sun is coming in my window and it feels good : ) today dr brown challenged us in chapel to be thankful for EVERYTHING. not just some things or the things we like, but for everything... and he talked about how we feel as though we're entitled to blessings from God, and we're just not thankful people. well, i know somebody who lives life with such a grateful attitude. this person always thanks me for everything, even just for talking to them. i want to be more like that. to recognize things in my life that i need to be thankful for and find reasons to be thankful for them...

here are some things i'm thankful for:

a good country that i live in that gives me the freedom to worship God and to study His word

my family that i'm going to see tonight : )

a great school that is not only educating me, but challenging me so much

my friends who are all around me and i never have to know what it's like to be lonely

an amazing boyfriend who i can't even begin to tell why i'm thankful for him because there are just way too many reasons.... i have one special guy in my life and God has completely blessed me in that area

christmas music

a yummy thanksgiving dinner that i'll be eating this thursday with my whole family : )

and for those who know mark cahill, i sent his book to my dad in prison.... so hopefully he'll read it and God would do a miracle in his life. i've been praying for his salvation for about 12 years, and i feel like he's at a point where he is finally maybe a little more open to it, so pleeeease pray for him as he reads this book. it would mean a great deal to me...

happy thanksgiving everybody!!!!

wow, haven't written in here in a long time but that's because stuff has been sooo busy.....

my family is moving to georgia this week

classes are crazy

my friends are amazing : )

i like my boyfriend A LOT and he's so good to me aaand it'll be 2 months this saturday : ) a very good 2 months i'd say.....

i like it being like this outside, it's beautiful today...

courtney and i are now accountability partners and it's wicked awesome... we're probably the best ones ever haha.... but devotions are going well and it's been awesome. PLUS memorizing colossians is going well too, so i'm wicked excited about that. and we also started a prayer group on thursday nights and i'm just growing and being challenged so much and it's great : )

class in a half hour... i was reminded of this today on somebody else's xanga, so i'll leave you with it....

"my name is crap bag... if you have trouble remembering it, just think of a bag of crap."

hahahahahahaha.....