love song

I've heard it said that a man would climb a mountain
Just to be with the one he loves
How many times has he broken that promise
It has never been done.
I've never climbed the highest mountain
But I walked the hill of calvary

Chorus:
Just to be with you, I'd do anything
There's no price I would not pay
Just to be with you, I'd give anything
I would give my life away.

I've heard it said that a man would swim the ocean
Just to be with the one he loves
How may times has he broken that promise
It can never be done
I've never swam the deepest ocean
But I walked upon the raging sea

Repeat chorus

(Bridge)
I know that you don't understand
the fullness of My love
How I died upon the cross for your sins
And I know that you don't realize
how much that I gave you
But I promise, I would do it all again.
Just to be with you,
I've done everything
There's no price I did not pay
Just to be with you,
I gave everything
Yes, I gave my life away.

-- Third Day

* And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
Ephesians 3:18-21

the price is right

I have been watching "The Price Is Right" since I can remember; Bob Barker and I would always have our daily date at 11:00am on CHTV (that is until school and a summer job would get in the way.) I would just like to say that one day you will be able to see me on that show, running down the alley, leaping on the stage to kiss Bob Barker's weathered cheek, choosing the right price to my new car, and then I will have the closest score to my showcase so Im the ultimate winner of the show. Then the experince will be complete when Bob says his classic line of "Remember to get your pet spade or neutered to control the pet population!" *sigh... how I love this show.

I celebrate the day

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?
I celebrate the day that You were born to die so I could one day pray for You to save my life.
- Relient K

What is the true defintion of glory? The answer to this question, in my opinion, is revealed through Christ's birth. God sending His only Son, Jesus, who would one day die to save our lives, was not a minor event. God had every right to make it a huge deal. He could have chosen Jesus to be born to a King and Queen in the midst of wealth and celebrations, with crowds of people around him acknowledging the birth of a Saviour. Yet, Jesus' mother was Mary, he was born in the little town of Bethlehem - in a manger, and the only audience was the shepherds. This night was God's ultimate showing of His glory - He humbled Himself and send us the greatest gift we could ever recieve, a Saviour. Through this He is able to obtain the highest glory. For this I give thanks and give God the glory... I celebrate the day.

here I go again....

well - if you did not notice, I haven't used my blog space in forever - due to the fact that I was using the good ol' MSN space... but then I decided that I prefered Blogger. So here I go again. - I posted a couple of my favourites from my MSN space

will you walk away? - december 19

I was studying English, and I came back to the story of "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" by Ursala Le Guin, and once again realized what an incredible story it is. It is the story of a Utopian society whose survival depends on the existence of a child who is locked in a small room and mistreated. Although all of the citizens of Omelas are aware of the child's situation, most of them accept that their happiness is dependent on the child's "abominable misery." Sometimes, however, a few people, after visiting the child and seeing the deplorable conditions under which it lives, leave Omelas forever.
This story can be seen as a parallel to the current society in which we live, although an extreme one. We do not live in a total Utopian society, and yet a large amount of the luxuries that we enjoy are at the expense of others who are less fortunate than us. One example of this would be capitalism. Just like the story when we first encounter the reality of these injustices we are shocked and bothered, but we ussually rationalize it and then accept it as the way society works.
There are the few that can never accept this "false" happiness, and decide to walk away from Omelas. They cannot accept that their happiness is dependant on those who suffer. It is not an easy journey, for they are going against the grain, ussually traveling alone. In our current situation, it is hard to stand up for the injustices that are happening, to leave this city and take a stand. We feel so helpless because we are only one person and feel so inadequate to change the many injustices in our world. It is possible to obtain a better world? Is it possible to walk away? Will you walk away?

Colossians 3:15 - december 14

"And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which you were called in one body; and be thankful." Colossians 3:15 NKJV

Keep your head up and hold fast to Christ's hand.

what I love about winter - december 13

during this stressful time, i am more prone to think about all the negative sides to winter, so i decided to make a top 11 list of what I love about winter...

11. the puffs of breath
10. sliding on patches of ice
9. lighting candels
8. snowflakes
7. christmas lights
6. having snowball fights
5. taking walks when it is snowing
4. i can wear my Oma slippers
3. the crinkle of my winter coat when it's really cold
2. singing Christmas hymns
1. the smell of wood stove smoke

hearts are like rollerblades - december 10

Yesterday was a blast and a half. To celebrate being done classes, Angie, Liz, Willem, Steve, Matty, and I all went to Liz house. We had an intense game of scrabble, that's right scrabble, one of the best games out there. Steve and Liz won -- though no thanks to Liz :). Willem and I got in a close second and opened the playing board many a time. Angie and Matty get an honourable mention, I guess.
For supper we had coke and pizza, two foods that I haven't had in FOREVER, which is really wierd considering Im in univeristy and those are ussually the staple foods.
After supper we went into the hot tub, I think I am going to Liz's house more often... for the hot tub. Soooo relaxing. And our hearts are stronger today due to the famous Swiss tradition of going in the snow before the hot tub, except Im not sure if they make snow angels...
We then went inside to go back into our childhoods and watch Home Alone 2 - Lost In New York. It was still good, but Angie and I had a hard time getting past analyzing Kevin's family - lacking. Though when watching the movie when older you catch things that you over looked as a child. Such as deeper meanings. There is a lesson in the movie from the Special Hide Out when Kevin was with the Bird Lady --- ahh heart touching.
I had a nice pair of Rollerblades. I was afraid to wreck them... ...so I kept them in a box. Do you know what happened? I outgrew them. I never wore them outside. Only in my room a few times. A person's heart and feelings aren't very different than skates. They're kind of the same thing. If you won't use your heart, who cares if it gets broken? If you just keep it to yourself, maybe it'll be like my Rollerblades. When you do decide to try it, it won't be any good. You should take a chance. Got nothing to lose.
It was a great night - thanks Liz. Now I should be all refreshed and ready to study - hahaha, studying will be the death of me. (especially cause it means that I am in my bloody cold room and i am going to catch pneumonia.)

hallejuah, the beans are coming off - october 31

You know you're a hick when... your parents send you an email with the subject title "hallejuah, the beans are coming off." Oh how I love it. I am actually happy that we are able to get the beans off, cause my dad was pretty worried about not being able to get a crop off. I can't wait to be home again :) Im leaving Wednesday night so I am going to be home for four days, quite happy about that. My mom's cooking mmm. Being able to do laundry for free.
I went to the Fall Entreat this weekend, and it was amazing, really worth it. It hepled me refocus on God and keep everything in perspective. The topic was about finding your vision and a passion through Christ.
Tonight was halloween, I didn't go trick-or-treating though, but in the festivities of it we watched Silence of the Lambs - a sick, sick, sick, creepy movie. Hence the reason I am still up right now. I can't sleep - blah. I've made a new decision, I am never going anywhere alone, no drivng alone, no walking alone, no living alone... too freaky.
But hey, good news a little, I think I am the new computer nerd. My labtop was sounding like a refrigerator so I did sergery on it and took off the fans part and vaccumed it and now it is A LOT quiter. Im pretty much a genius.
Well I think Im going to try to get some sleep, but for some reason I think I might have insomnia for life. eek.

update - october 16

Here I am at Redeemer University - totally loving it! I am meeting so many new people and making really good friends, and of course the school work comes with it - blah. I made it on the student senate and now am officially a nerd. I have a great dorm and am having a blast living with 8 other girls, it has it ups and downs obviously though. Anyways this entry is gonna be very general cause i could go on and on with stories of what has happened. Though I must say I LOVED coming home for thanksgiving. Once i was there I didn't want to leave again. Too bad though I couldn't hang out with friends while I was there - stricly family time. Though I am coming home again soon and we will get together then.
Cheers!