SUMMER 2O1O

Well here we are again! Another summer. This time I'm not grounded.
Thank hayvens!
What brought me to this old blogspot was three things.

1. Downstairs, they're eating an absurd amount of dessert that my stomach was not able to handle
2. My AP Spanish teacher has assigned us to create a blog for summer homework. JOY
and 3. I was watching some of Lil Wayne's music videos and had to stop watching when the girls started going...wild.

But it made me think. Watching the music video for Drop the World by Lil Wayne and Eminem, I couldn't help but notice the harsh and almost saddening lyrics. And the scenery of the abandoned city streets and blood spillage. I guess it's all a part of their thug image, but when they almost boast about the horrors they've seen, you can't help but realize that they're humans too. They were once children. And below all of the sex, drugs, and music, they go to bed at night thinking and possibly worrying.
Maybe I'm being too Hallmark, but I can't help but be a bit fascinated by what the inner feelings are of these rap stars. The things they've seen and the lives they lead is not all that glorious. When the music fades (if you will), there's still a real life to live.

Hello world!

It's been a while.

Today was Black Friday....

And black it was indeed.

So many women, so little space...so little employees! The lines were dreadful. But yes, I was clocked at 9 hours of non stop shopping.

I think Black Friday should be the day before Thanksgiving...therefore we can give thanks for all the stuff we got the day before!

The grand world of technology

Challenge:
Try a day without the computer or a cell phone. Like nothing at all.

Where would we be?!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
Just kidding.
But seriously.


Really.

Big Band

If you have the gift of XM Radio...or iTunes-try listening to any sort of music from the 40's.
It's life altering.

So is God.

So maybe pray and listen at the same time. Double whammie.
Just kidding.


But really.

You'll feel like you're in an old movie.

Whew.

So time is passing SO quickly. The funny thing is that despite my forgetfulness, He loves me.
The lyrics to this song called "He Loves Us" are actually so down to earth and almost comical. My favorite part? Thanks for asking!

If grace is an ocean, we are all sinking.
So Heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss
And my heart turns violently in my chest
I don't have time to maintain these regrets when I think about the way He loves us

Apathy beyond compare.

There are times, such as these were Hiroshima could repeat itself 30 times over your neighborhood, and life would be just the same.
Have you ever felt like God's sense of humor is just too funny for you to laugh at. Things just seem to pan out all too well and sometimes its unwanted. Hah maybe that's just me.
And when music can't even describe how you feel...




Whoa. That's a first.
So yes, I'm swimming in a large lake of apathy. Floundering and floatin' around. It's dangerous.
But right now I'm not feelin' it.
God, if you're reading my blog...help a sister out.

This IS NOT just about the guy who got swallowed.

Jonah...this big 'ol prophet from Israel. God tells him one day to go preach to the city of Ninevah. {Ninevah=the capital of Assyria, the biggest and baddest nation that was Israel's enemy.}

Jonah thinks to himself "heck no" and runs away from God.

How many times have we been so scared and just ran away from God?

So he catches a boat to Tarshish...the farthest place a guy can go from Ninevah. And God sends a hugeee storm. All the shipmates are Assyrians, praying to idols and such. And here's Jonah...A STINKIN PROPHET, who falls into a deep sleep. Now what the heck was he thinking? He's got a whole boat full of people he could be witnessing to...and he's sleeping.

Good job, Jonah. Good.

So the captain of the ship runs to Jonah's room and is like "Listen-all of us are praying to our gods and it's not working. Get up and call on yours, maybe He'll spare us!"

Long story short, all the shipmates draw straws to see who's fault it is for this storm...

So Jonah gets called out. He tells them to throw him overboard and promises that the storm will then stop. Well it does, and the whole crew praises God.

Well...Jonah get's swallowed. He sits in the fish's stomach for three days and finally Jonah cries out to God.

Don't we do the same thing? We're sitting in the mess we've made for ourselves and like little babies we yell for our Father. And, since God is SO faithful, He helps us wherever we are, no matter what we've done. Jonah RAN from God and got stuck in a fish belly...but the Lord redeemed Jonah and ordered the fish to spit him up! God will do the same for US.

Jonah goes on and preaches to Ninevah and warns them that God is going to ruin their land if they don't shape up. And what do ya know-these wicked and sinful Ninevites change their ways and God changed His mind about punishing them.

Well Jonah is pissed. He doesn't understand why God would redeem these sinful Ninevite creeps. So Jonah leaves sets up camp...God grows a small vine to cover Jonah's head from the sun. But overnight, God sends a worm that eats the vine.
And you can assume the rest of the story...Jonah wakes up and starts whining about the vine.

So what can we get from this commonly overlooked story?
God. Is. Faithful.
No matter how many times Jonah was a nincompoop, God was always waiting for him to return on the right path. And whatever mess we get ourselves into, He is ready to help whenever you call it quits. He's our Father. He loves you.