Yes!! This morning I got a phone call from the library. I have a job!!
I begin next Tuesday at 4:00 pm. I finally won't be bored anymore.
Anyway...since the last time I wrote on here...I had a great Christmas! It was awesome to see Josh and Nat and Candice. It was also good to be busy for a little while.
Our Christmas program on Christmas Eve went off very smoothly (surprisingly). Also we had a birthday party for Heather last Wednesday.
We had a blast playing games and watching movies. The highlight of that night was seeing Warren fall backwards in his chair. :)
Now I need to figure out what to do for my birthday. If it snows some more, maybe we can go sledding.
Well..I've gotta go.
ttfn
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
Sunday, December 19, 2004
I Love Christmas!!
This past week has been one of the best weeks ever! Christmas must be my favorite time of year! It used to be that it was the best because of all the great presents and stuff, but now it's more about relationships with other people and with God.
At Christmas everybody gets together to do stuff and it feels like we all get just a little bit closer personally. Josh is coming home tonight and Nat and Candice will be around a bit more for the next couple of weeks. I guess now, after they have moved out and away, it is more special to have them around.
Right now for me it seems like everything I say, do, read, sing and whatever, are a lot more clear. I guess I'm just paying more attention.
Tonight I was at Alex and Julie's place for supper and we were talking about how long they have been here. We've known them for about three years and to me it seems like I'm just getting to know them. It's the same way with a lot of other people. I've been babysitting Natalie Klassen for over 3 years and it seems like just a few months. I've been friends with Heather for 10 years. Wow!
How does time go by so fast? I've been saying that "I'm getting old" but I don't think that's quite the feeling. I'm not old, but I've let a lot of things pass by without thinking about them enough and enjoying them to the fullest. All too soon somebody else will be babysitting Natalie and Ryan because I won't be around to do so. Heather and I will always be friends, but so many years have passed already and things will never be quite the same. I was actually talking about moving out next fall! :O
I want to go back to being 15 and just stay that age and have nothing change, and yet I want to go on and see what else God has in store for me. I hope I will appreciate life a lot more as I get older.
Here are the Lyrics for a great Christmas song:
"I Celebrate The Day" by Relient K
And 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 then half as close as I want to be
And the first time
That You opened Your eyes did You realize that
You would be my Savior
And the first breat that left Your lips
Did You know that it would change this world forever
And so this Christmas I'll compare
The things I 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
In the hope that what You did
That You were born so I might live
To look back and think that
This baby would one day save me
And I, I celebrate the day
That You were born to die
So I could one day
Pray for You to save my life
God Bless! ttfn
At Christmas everybody gets together to do stuff and it feels like we all get just a little bit closer personally. Josh is coming home tonight and Nat and Candice will be around a bit more for the next couple of weeks. I guess now, after they have moved out and away, it is more special to have them around.
Right now for me it seems like everything I say, do, read, sing and whatever, are a lot more clear. I guess I'm just paying more attention.
Tonight I was at Alex and Julie's place for supper and we were talking about how long they have been here. We've known them for about three years and to me it seems like I'm just getting to know them. It's the same way with a lot of other people. I've been babysitting Natalie Klassen for over 3 years and it seems like just a few months. I've been friends with Heather for 10 years. Wow!
How does time go by so fast? I've been saying that "I'm getting old" but I don't think that's quite the feeling. I'm not old, but I've let a lot of things pass by without thinking about them enough and enjoying them to the fullest. All too soon somebody else will be babysitting Natalie and Ryan because I won't be around to do so. Heather and I will always be friends, but so many years have passed already and things will never be quite the same. I was actually talking about moving out next fall! :O
I want to go back to being 15 and just stay that age and have nothing change, and yet I want to go on and see what else God has in store for me. I hope I will appreciate life a lot more as I get older.
Here are the Lyrics for a great Christmas song:
"I Celebrate The Day" by Relient K
And 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 then half as close as I want to be
And the first time
That You opened Your eyes did You realize that
You would be my Savior
And the first breat that left Your lips
Did You know that it would change this world forever
And so this Christmas I'll compare
The things I 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
In the hope that what You did
That You were born so I might live
To look back and think that
This baby would one day save me
And I, I celebrate the day
That You were born to die
So I could one day
Pray for You to save my life
God Bless! ttfn
Monday, December 13, 2004
It's That Time of Year
It's that time of year when we all go crazy and enjoy doing so.
This week looks like it will be quite busy. My dad just got home Saturday night and it already feels like he wasn't even gone for a day, never mind three weeks. Last night we had an awesome college and career games night in Altona. Tons of fun!! (If you weren't there, you should have been). Tonight is Worship Team practice. Tomorrow night is Celebration Night at WBC. Thursday night is carolling. Friday night is "adult" dessert night. Saturday night I'm babysitting Natalie and Ryan. (Yay!)
I guess for this week it might be a good thing that I don't have a job. :)
I got my shopping done earlier this year than normal. Last year I waited till the week before Christmas to do my shopping. Boy! Was that stressful! I think my parents are out buying a tree right now. I can't wait to set it up and decorate it. We haven't done any decorating in our house yet. I guess it just didn't feel right to do that while Dad was gone.
I'm really looking forward to seeing Josh, but he doesn't even know when he's coming yet. :( It'll be good to see him.
Well I've gotta go figure out what to do for supper since the parents aren't home yet.
ttfn
Oh yeah, I almost forgot :) Here's a verse to help keep you mindful of the reason for the season. (he he)
Matthew 2:11
On coming to the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh.
This week looks like it will be quite busy. My dad just got home Saturday night and it already feels like he wasn't even gone for a day, never mind three weeks. Last night we had an awesome college and career games night in Altona. Tons of fun!! (If you weren't there, you should have been). Tonight is Worship Team practice. Tomorrow night is Celebration Night at WBC. Thursday night is carolling. Friday night is "adult" dessert night. Saturday night I'm babysitting Natalie and Ryan. (Yay!)
I guess for this week it might be a good thing that I don't have a job. :)
I got my shopping done earlier this year than normal. Last year I waited till the week before Christmas to do my shopping. Boy! Was that stressful! I think my parents are out buying a tree right now. I can't wait to set it up and decorate it. We haven't done any decorating in our house yet. I guess it just didn't feel right to do that while Dad was gone.
I'm really looking forward to seeing Josh, but he doesn't even know when he's coming yet. :( It'll be good to see him.
Well I've gotta go figure out what to do for supper since the parents aren't home yet.
ttfn
Oh yeah, I almost forgot :) Here's a verse to help keep you mindful of the reason for the season. (he he)
Matthew 2:11
On coming to the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh.
Friday, December 10, 2004
You've Won My Heart
Hey! I thought that since Warren never put this song on his blog that I would just steal it. So this is my "Lyric of the Day".
At The Foot Of The Cross
At the foot of the cross
Where grace and suffering meet
You have shown me Your love
Through the judgment You received
You've won my heart
You've won my heart
Now I can
Trade these ashes in for beauty
And wear forgiveness like a crown
Coming to kiss the feet of mercy
I lay every burden down
At the foot of the cross
At the foot of the cross
Where I am made complete
You have given Your love
Through the death You bore for me
You've won my heart...
Sorry Warren, but you forgot and I love this song!
At The Foot Of The Cross
At the foot of the cross
Where grace and suffering meet
You have shown me Your love
Through the judgment You received
You've won my heart
You've won my heart
Now I can
Trade these ashes in for beauty
And wear forgiveness like a crown
Coming to kiss the feet of mercy
I lay every burden down
At the foot of the cross
At the foot of the cross
Where I am made complete
You have given Your love
Through the death You bore for me
You've won my heart...
Sorry Warren, but you forgot and I love this song!
Thursday, December 09, 2004
Wonder upon wonder
I was just recently reading in Isaiah and came upon a passage in chapter 29:13-14. It says:
The Lord says: "These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is made up only of rules taught by men. Therefore once more I will astound these people with wonder upon wonder;"
He goes on to tell what He will do in order to win His people back from their sin.
I read about the Israelites and kinda laugh and think "What is wrong with these people? They were given Miraculous signs over and over again and they still turned away!"
Yet on the other hand I'm exactly the same. I don't think that I can say that I would be different in their situation.
God gives us wonder upon wonder in so many things. John 1:12-13 the right to become children of God, John 16:7-8 He sent the Holy Spirit to us to guide us. The whole Bible points toward the wonder of salvation through Jesus, there are many more "wonders" that would take hours to write down. God has shown me all these wonders, but I constantly take them forgranted. When I sing worship songs I am often too "busy" thinking about other things rather than using the time to actually worship God with more than my mouth.
To be brutally honest, I could probably look at one of those pharisees that I always laughed at in sunday school, and see myself. (horrors)
The other day I was complaining to my mom about how complacent all the Christians in Winkler are. I realize that is a really general statement, but sometimes it really feels like that's the way it is. We have missionaries come to our church every once in a while and it just feels like a normal thing. Or we have special speakers come to town and it gets advertised in the newspaper and all the pastors are made aware of it but only a dozen or so people show up at the meetings.
I'm exactly the same way though. As long as nothing wrecks my world I'm happy. I was probably complaining more about myself than anyone else. I'm all for people doing mission work or helping out with money, but when it comes to me, I brush it off saying, "someone else will do it."
I'm a terribly self-righteous person and always find some way to forgive myself for my actions or lack thereof.
As I lift my Hands by Philmore
Lord I know my own righteousness is as filthy rags to You
so change me, cleanse me, purify me, make me white as snow
And even if I run one thousand miles away from You
I know that You're always just one step away
As I lift my hands before You
Jesus, oh how I adore You
I worship You, I worship You
Isaiah 64:6
The Lord says: "These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is made up only of rules taught by men. Therefore once more I will astound these people with wonder upon wonder;"
He goes on to tell what He will do in order to win His people back from their sin.
I read about the Israelites and kinda laugh and think "What is wrong with these people? They were given Miraculous signs over and over again and they still turned away!"
Yet on the other hand I'm exactly the same. I don't think that I can say that I would be different in their situation.
God gives us wonder upon wonder in so many things. John 1:12-13 the right to become children of God, John 16:7-8 He sent the Holy Spirit to us to guide us. The whole Bible points toward the wonder of salvation through Jesus, there are many more "wonders" that would take hours to write down. God has shown me all these wonders, but I constantly take them forgranted. When I sing worship songs I am often too "busy" thinking about other things rather than using the time to actually worship God with more than my mouth.
To be brutally honest, I could probably look at one of those pharisees that I always laughed at in sunday school, and see myself. (horrors)
The other day I was complaining to my mom about how complacent all the Christians in Winkler are. I realize that is a really general statement, but sometimes it really feels like that's the way it is. We have missionaries come to our church every once in a while and it just feels like a normal thing. Or we have special speakers come to town and it gets advertised in the newspaper and all the pastors are made aware of it but only a dozen or so people show up at the meetings.
I'm exactly the same way though. As long as nothing wrecks my world I'm happy. I was probably complaining more about myself than anyone else. I'm all for people doing mission work or helping out with money, but when it comes to me, I brush it off saying, "someone else will do it."
I'm a terribly self-righteous person and always find some way to forgive myself for my actions or lack thereof.
As I lift my Hands by Philmore
Lord I know my own righteousness is as filthy rags to You
so change me, cleanse me, purify me, make me white as snow
And even if I run one thousand miles away from You
I know that You're always just one step away
As I lift my hands before You
Jesus, oh how I adore You
I worship You, I worship You
Isaiah 64:6
Now after stating all these things maybe I can try to do something about them in my own life. Please hold me accountable. :)
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