A Song-ett

{hoping you got that little play on words up there in the title! Instead of Sonnett, a Song-ett. i know.. pretty weak.}

As I was listening to some songs on my ipod, i realized that i was starting to make sentences of some of the song titles. I grabbed a piece of paper and pen, and this is what i ended up with! So, this is made up mostly of song titles, and it is a great summary of what the Lord has been doing in my life. 

Though You Slay Me and Move in Mysterious Ways, I will Turn My Eyes Upon Jesus, and cry out, "Jesus, Draw Me Ever Nearer". Because You Walked in Lonely Places, I can now Lift Up My Sorrows, knowing that You Did That For Me. Amazing Grace sets me on A Firm Foundation, knowing that Jesus exchanged His Robes for Mine. In Christ Alone can I truly say "It Is Well With My Soul!" Amazing love, how can it be that Thou, my God, shouldst die for me? Praise the Lord, for GREAT things He IS doing!!

Here are links to the songs if you want to listen to them :):
Though You Slay Me 
God Moves in a Mysterious Way
Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus
Jesus, Draw Me Ever Nearer
You Walked in Lonely Places  (M. Card talks about this song here)
Lift Up Your Sorrows
You Did That For Me
Amazing Grace
How Firm a Foundation
His Robes for Mine
In Christ Alone
It Is Well With My Soul
And Can It Be (Amazing Love)
Doxology 

In His Steps

"Our Christianity loves its ease and comfort too well to take up anything so rough and heavy as a cross. And yet what does Jesus mean? What is it to walk in His steps?"

~Charles Sheldon, In His Steps pg. 189

This will be considered in the next few posts. 

What are your initial thoughts?

The Gospel of Jesus Christ

Please take 9 minutes to listen to the glorious Gospel of Jesus Christ, presented by Steve Lawson in October. This was an impromptu question he was asked, and he just NAILED it! It is sooo good for us to meditate on the riches of grace that are found in Christ alone..

(the video has embedding disabled, so you will have to click the link to see it)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4exu-7RDdKE&feature=share&list=TLhhXqGXUdHxplWoh0kLn8G0XmWS9RHQiP

Soli Deo Gloria! 

Free From Facebook

it has been 6 months since i left facebook.
yes.
i am still alive.
and kicking.

i hopped on my husband's the other day, and i can honestly say i don't miss it.
at all.

I am finding that when i talk to people, it actually forces a conversation, because,
no.
i didn't see your post on fb.
so,
how was your weekend?

an observation from a former fb user:
Facebook has done something to our culture. Something i am not a fan of. It has given people a boldness to say things publicly online, that they would not dare to say face-to-face. Why say it online for the world to see, if you are not willing to say it if the person were standing right in front of you?  You may think you are hiding behind the screen, but at some point, reality has to be faced. We need to have the same standard for "facebooking" as we have for conversations that are face-to-face.

Which leads me to another observation:
Some things are better kept private between people, not plastered all over fb for the world to see your disagreement. Some of the things i saw posted grieved me.

We need to learn the art of discretion again.

I am not saying that fb is all bad either.  I see it used for good. I know that people use it to post verses and encouraging songs, sermons, and snippets for the edifying of the Body of Christ.. Kudos!! Keep it up!

I may or may not return to facebook. For now, i am content NOT being on it. And i have decided that for another good chunk of time, i am not going on my husband's account either. If you are a facebook user, may i humbly suggest that you think twice before you post once? It can be used for God's glory...

Danger Zone!

Kenny Loggins... Eerie coincidence?

So, this picture was in a magazine selling items for Christians. All that i could think of when i saw this picture of what is supposed to be Jesus, was Richard Marx, with a beard. I showed my husband when he came home, and all he could think of was Kenny Loggins!

So, here we have a shepherd of the Danger Zone, Holding on to the Night?
sorry... couldn't resist.

Really, we need to stop trying to draw what Jesus looked like. NO ONE knows! And this picture is for sure ONE reason why. I mean, really... the guy who drew this pic could have very easily used a picture of Kenny Loggins for his "model"!

Just for fun, here is a pic of Richard Marx...

Quotable Quotes

shaky-quakey

Here's a little "bit" for ya: 

One of my sons had to take a quiz on the Middle Colonies. 

There was a question where he had to type in the answer.

The question was: How would you describe a Quaker, and who was the leader of the Quakers? 

His response? Shaky, and William Penn was the leader of the Quakers in America. 

All i could do was shake my head and laugh...and re-assign the question!