I absolutly adore music. Life would be completly uncomplete without it. Its a life line, it speaks to the soul, its sooths, it angers, and it can make you a very happy person. We worship with music, we admit our sorrows with music, and we celebrate our happiest times with music. Think about it, life would be so dull without music. I couldn't stand to ever be alone if it wasn't for music. The best part about music, is it will never go away. Even when we die, there will be glorious singing to praise God. We will sing holy, holy, holy, and it will the absolutly amazing. Better than anything one will ever experiance on this earth. Music is a part of people. It's in the soul. I think thats why i love it so much. It speaks to the soul. When you sit and listen to a song that explains exsactly what you are going through it becomes your anthem. Music is wonderful. It brings love, it brings peace. and Frankly it helps people through breakups. No lie. Have I mentioned I love music?
I honestly think there is no greater sound than a melody of instruments working perfectly together. A piano being played with perfect melody, a guitar sounding off the sounds of love between two crazy kids, a violin being used in classical music, along with the twangy wonderfulness of country blues and southern rock. My favorite thing to do is just sit and listen to music. The sound of a mans voice, working together with an acustic, its beautiful. The perfect harmonies of a classical choir piece, amazing. I honestly could not imagine life without music. Have you ever been out in the wilderness, no cars, no cell phones, no ipods, just the sounds of nature. Thats music. The sounds of the birds chirping is one of the greatest praise songs i will ever hear. The beautiful music of a waterfall, and the wind blowing through the tress. I really do not think i can convey the absolutle love of music i have.just the passion it brings. its amazing.
On a down side. the way modern society has ruined music, I really dont think most kids even know the sounds of real music when they hear it. It has been perverted and ruined. I really dont think people understand the power and influence music can have on the soul. If they did, i dont think they would have perverted it so. just some food for thought. I could be totally wrong, but its my opinion. I think ill just share with you one of my absolute all time favorite songs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQVeaIHWWck Moon light Sonata by Beethoven.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Never
Ever since I was born I was told to never say never, because everything can be possible. Well now that Im older i find myself saying the word alot. "ill never make it" " ill never find the right guy for me" "ill never have a lot of friends." etc. and more depressing things like that. As life gets going, it just gets harder and harder. That is when you learn to use the word never in a new light. Never give up, Never quit, Never lose hope, Never forget that God is the only one you need. When you learn to use words diffrently and see them in a new light they can be pretty powerful. Even if you may not realize it, what you tell yourself you can and cannot do makes a hudge impact on the future of your life. If you tell yourself " Ill never make it" then duh, you wont. but if you tell yourself " Ill never give up" then sooner or later youll start believing it. I was raised with my daddy telling me that if I wanted to do something I have to stick to it. and I did. even if the next season I didnt come around and play, i still finished the season no matter how bad I wanted to quit(basketball when i was in 5th grade) I may have been young in 5th grade and you may be thinking " hey its not bad to let an 11 year old just stop doing something they dont want to do anymore" but not my daddy. If I wanted to do something, and then hated it, by golly I was going to finish it, because thats the way it works. And trust me, it has helped me through so much. I can honestly say I have never quit anything in my life. I always finished it out, why? because thats what I was tought at a very young age.
So then why are things changing now? Why do I want to quit so badly now?Why is it that at this moment in my life I want to for the first time ever just quit and give up? Why do i want to use that word "never" in a bad way? Life changes and life changes fast even if you do not realize it. I may be scared, I may want something now, my lack of patience may be getting the better of me. But the main reason I think, is because I stopped trusting. Trusting in God, trusting in my ablilities, and mainly, trusting in God. I dont think I have sat and read his word, his true word, for over a month. And I have just now come to realize while writing this, that I always get this way when I stop trusting in God. I always just want to give up, crawl back into bed and sleep until reality is pushed to the side. And normally, until I start praying and reading again, thats exsactly what I do. Even if on the way I hurt those I love, and I make them feel sorry for me. Well. I hate that. I feel like such an aweful person. And I hate hurthing those who have given so much for me. So, I cant promise that I will never feel like this again. But I can promise that im through. I through using the word never in such a negative way, and im through being to negative. Im ready to live my life for God, no matter where that might be, and im ready to try for the things that I want, what ever that may be. So wheather this subject comes up again or not, im through talking about it. Im tired of feeling hopeless and its time to put some hope and light back into my life. Im tired of living in darkness, so let the light shine.
So then why are things changing now? Why do I want to quit so badly now?Why is it that at this moment in my life I want to for the first time ever just quit and give up? Why do i want to use that word "never" in a bad way? Life changes and life changes fast even if you do not realize it. I may be scared, I may want something now, my lack of patience may be getting the better of me. But the main reason I think, is because I stopped trusting. Trusting in God, trusting in my ablilities, and mainly, trusting in God. I dont think I have sat and read his word, his true word, for over a month. And I have just now come to realize while writing this, that I always get this way when I stop trusting in God. I always just want to give up, crawl back into bed and sleep until reality is pushed to the side. And normally, until I start praying and reading again, thats exsactly what I do. Even if on the way I hurt those I love, and I make them feel sorry for me. Well. I hate that. I feel like such an aweful person. And I hate hurthing those who have given so much for me. So, I cant promise that I will never feel like this again. But I can promise that im through. I through using the word never in such a negative way, and im through being to negative. Im ready to live my life for God, no matter where that might be, and im ready to try for the things that I want, what ever that may be. So wheather this subject comes up again or not, im through talking about it. Im tired of feeling hopeless and its time to put some hope and light back into my life. Im tired of living in darkness, so let the light shine.
Monday, August 9, 2010
give me your eyes.
Wow. That is all I have to say about these past two weeks. They have been interesting, joyfull, sad and thought prevoking.
About two weeks ago my friends father passed away from cancer. He was an absolute blessing and joy to anyone he came in contact with and I was extremely blessed to have him as a teacher. His light shines through his daughter, she is an amazing woman and truely her fathers daughter. My heart goes out to her and her family.
On Thursay I found out that a 15 year old kid that I knew from my highschool took his own life. 15 years old. I was not super close to him, but its still sad, and very shocking. I really do not know who say it coming. I may have not known his situation, but my heart still aches for the reasons why a 15 yearolds life would be so bad that he would take his own life. He was an outgoing kid with a lot of life ahead of him. and even though I do not know his situation, or how bad it was, all I can think of is that he stopped trusting in God. That is the absolute most important thing in life, to trust God. Dare I say, but it is more important than human relationships.
This situation caused me to think about people. We pass people on the streets every day not knowing thier story, all we know is they cut us off, they're going too fast, or they bump into us walking, and all we do, or at least I do, is just get mad at them, some flip them off, and others are just plain rude. The point is, we do not know other peoples lives, they could have something horrible going on and all they want is to see a nice face, but our world today is full of such mean and selfish people. This brings me to a song I heard on air1 the other day, and it is my prayer.
"Looked down from a broken sky
Traced out by the city lights
My world from a mile high
Best seat in the house tonight
Touched down on the cold black tile
Hold on for the sudden stop
Breath in the familiar shock
Of confusion and chaos
Are those people going somewhere?
Why have I never cared?
Chorus
Give me your eyes for just one second
Give me your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me your love for humanity
Give me your arms for the broken hearted
The ones that are far beyond my reach
Give me your heart for the once forgotten
Give me your eyes so I can see
yeah .. yeah .. yeah .. yeah
Step out on a busy street
See a girl and our eyes meet
Does her best to smile at me
To hide whats underneath
There’s a man just to her right
Black suit and a bright red tie
To ashamed to tell his wife
He’s out of work
He’s buying time
Are those people going somewhere?
Why have I never cared? "
So Christians this is my challenge to you. I challenge you to get out there and start loving people, trusting God, and help change the world one life at a time.
About two weeks ago my friends father passed away from cancer. He was an absolute blessing and joy to anyone he came in contact with and I was extremely blessed to have him as a teacher. His light shines through his daughter, she is an amazing woman and truely her fathers daughter. My heart goes out to her and her family.
On Thursay I found out that a 15 year old kid that I knew from my highschool took his own life. 15 years old. I was not super close to him, but its still sad, and very shocking. I really do not know who say it coming. I may have not known his situation, but my heart still aches for the reasons why a 15 yearolds life would be so bad that he would take his own life. He was an outgoing kid with a lot of life ahead of him. and even though I do not know his situation, or how bad it was, all I can think of is that he stopped trusting in God. That is the absolute most important thing in life, to trust God. Dare I say, but it is more important than human relationships.
This situation caused me to think about people. We pass people on the streets every day not knowing thier story, all we know is they cut us off, they're going too fast, or they bump into us walking, and all we do, or at least I do, is just get mad at them, some flip them off, and others are just plain rude. The point is, we do not know other peoples lives, they could have something horrible going on and all they want is to see a nice face, but our world today is full of such mean and selfish people. This brings me to a song I heard on air1 the other day, and it is my prayer.
"Looked down from a broken sky
Traced out by the city lights
My world from a mile high
Best seat in the house tonight
Touched down on the cold black tile
Hold on for the sudden stop
Breath in the familiar shock
Of confusion and chaos
Are those people going somewhere?
Why have I never cared?
Chorus
Give me your eyes for just one second
Give me your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me your love for humanity
Give me your arms for the broken hearted
The ones that are far beyond my reach
Give me your heart for the once forgotten
Give me your eyes so I can see
yeah .. yeah .. yeah .. yeah
Step out on a busy street
See a girl and our eyes meet
Does her best to smile at me
To hide whats underneath
There’s a man just to her right
Black suit and a bright red tie
To ashamed to tell his wife
He’s out of work
He’s buying time
Are those people going somewhere?
Why have I never cared? "
So Christians this is my challenge to you. I challenge you to get out there and start loving people, trusting God, and help change the world one life at a time.
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