reflection...

With this Christmas wish is missed
The point I could convey
If only I could find the words to say to let You know
How much You've touched my life because
Here is where You're finding me
In the exact same place as New Year's Eve
And from the lack of my persistency
We're less than half as close as I wanna be

And the first time that You opened Your eyes
Did you realize that You would be my Savior
And the first breath that left Your lips
Did you know that it would change this world forever
And the first time that You opened your eyes
Did you realize that You would be my Savior
And the first breath that left Your lips
Did You know that it would change this world forever

And so this Christmas I'll compare
The things I've felt in prior years
To what this midnight made so clear
That You have come to meet me here

To look back
And think that
This baby would one day save me
And the hope that
That You give
That You were born so I might really live
To look back
And think that
This baby would one day save me…

And the first time that You opened Your eyes
Did You realize that You would be my Savior
And the first breath that left Your lips
Did You know that it would change this world forever
And the first time that You opened Your eyes
Did You realize that You would be my Savior
And the first breath that left Your lips
Did You know that it would change this world forever

And I
I celebrate the day
That You were born to die
So I could one day
Pray for You to save my life
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the last four lines of that song say what Christmas is.
He was born to die so we could one day pray that He would rescue us from His wrath.
he was born so we could be saved from God, by God, for God.

Philippians 2:5-11
5Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
6Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
7but made himself nothing,
taking the very nature[b] of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
8And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
and became obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
9Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.

EM

Cast upon my Savior's cross are all my sins...

Our God is working for the good,
Of those who love His name,
Of those whom He has called,
And we, the ones that He foreknew,
Will surely be conformed,
Into the likeness of His Son,

And He who did not spare His Son,
But gave Him up for us,
Will give us all we need,
For who can separate us from,
The love that is in Christ,
Jesus our lord!

~WCR~

(i kinda got used to using pagebreaks on xanga, so sorry if my posts don't always flow so well)

Our God is working for our good...
that will never cease to both confuse me and amaze me.
I will not get hung up on the confusion, but i will focus on the amazingness of grace that is His plan for my life... that thing i'll always try to find but will only see one step at a time.

Psalm 119:105- "Your word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path."
Your word keeps me focused on the goal, but gives me the grace i need for one step at a time.

Selah

EM

wetz, barnes, dixon, and gravel

Friday night I had my first Matt Wertz/Dave Barnes concert experience... and it was wonderful!! Gabe Dixon band was there too and he (Gabe Dixon himself) was amazing on on piano! I encourage all to check him out... you will be wowed...

after leaving the concert at midnight, my dad drove me and some others to meet the rest of the singles group in Jackson Ga for our camping trip. After a McDonalds stop, being scared to death by a hooded man, trying to go in the wrong gate, and almost dying with laughter, we arrived at the campsited at 1:30 and went to bed. There was some excitement outside of my tent until about 2:45... girls get very giddy and boys think it is quite funny to pester them... so we slept from about 3-7:30, woke up, ate pancakes, cut down a tree (which turned out to be a bad and anti-climactic idea), played games, ate lunch, most people left, and then we went hiking. Our 'hiking' was more like walking along a trail, but it was fun.
then, we drove home at around 2... the group i drove to the trip with was camping for a whopping 13 hours.... we need to do this again in the spring!!

i wish i had a camera to put up pictures... but they're are some on various facebooks if you are really interested... and my sister may post a Matt Wertz video later (www.countedworthy.blogspot.com).

here's the best Dave Barnes song ever.... it's a good wedding song is it not?
There's nothing fancy bout the way I love you,
There's nothing you could not find in any other man.
There's nothing fancy bout the way I love you,
But I love you as hard as I can.

There's no good reason for the way you love me,
But you're my walking dream come true.
There's no good reason for the way you love me,
But I thank God that you do.

I don't know the perfect conversation,
I don't know the way to turn a head,
I don't know the perfect way to prove my love,
But I know I'll love you till I'm dead.

There's nothing fancy bout the way I love you,
It's as simple as the stars in the sky, and the blue in the sea.
There's nothing fancy bout the way I love you,
But it sure is fancy how you love me.

now i'm gack to normal life- school, work, church, etc... and i like it. except for the lack of sleep part....
next week, wednesday-friday, is totally THANKSGIVING BREAK!!
i am way excited...
turkey+no school=gloryious.

wonderful.
now i must focus on persevering through this week and the first half of next week.

the best thing that could be happening...

so last night i went to the Relient K/Switchfoot concert at the Atlanta Civic Center... it was amazing!!
i got my shoes signed by Matt Theissen and Matt Hoopes!! I didn't get to get a picture, but we got some grat pictures from our seats... 4th row!!!
i'll post some more pictures tomorrow but here are some...

the fun has arrived

i have now made myself a blog...
i don't erally have much to say at this point, but i'm sure that won't last too very long!

EM