hmmm...

so, i realize it's been almost 3 months since i last said anything, and this post isn't going to be particularly informative, but i thought i'd leave a small bit anyway. suffice it to say, i've had an unexpectedly busy semester. busy, but fun. i've grown closer to some of the most amazing girls i've ever met and further from some friends i never thought i'd forget, but, more importantly, i've grown. and for that, i thank God. actually, some friends and i were talking about that, how much we've changed in the last two and a half years, and i have to say, of all the things i expected, this was not in the picture. i never expected to be one of "those" girls, wearing colors or caring (at least a little) how i look. i never expected to sit up half the night having deep conversations and laughing my head off with a girl who wears more pink than barbie and actually enjoys listening to the gaithers, and least of all to have come to call her one of my all time best friends. yeah, there have been a lot of "unexpecteds" here. it's been tougher than i thought it would be, and some of my greatest learned lessons have come with a lot of pain involved. but i wouldn't trade it for anything.

so, as yet another semester winds down to a close and i contemplate the fact that a year from now i'll be getting ready to graduate (and that terrifies the crap outta me), i thought, being in a christmassy mood, i'd post the lyrics to a christmas song i absolutely love for others' enjoyment (because i'm so sure anyone other than me reads my thoughts...). so, here ya go. this is "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 a lack of my persistency,
we're less than 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 breath that left Your lips,
did You know that it would change this world forever?

and 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?

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 really live.
to look back and think that
this baby would one day save me.

and 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?

and 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?

and i, i celebrate the day
that You were born to die,
so i could one day pray for You to save my life

pray for You to save my life

pray for You to save my life...

stuck in my head

so, it's late. and i can't get the lyrics to this song out of my head...so, my brilliant plan is to write them here, in the vain attempt that perhaps the song will stop playing over and over in my head and i can go to sleep, something for which my roommate would be grateful...to make matters worse, because the song was written by a member of our praise band, i can't go find it online and listen to it all the way through anywhere...until wednesday, that is!!! :) i'm so excited for the worship cd/dvd to come out!!! anyhoo, here goes. if i'm not mistaken, the song's called "uncovered". here's the chorus:

"Holy Father, uncover me
You the Truth that sets me free
break my pride till all i see
is all of You
uncovering me..."

that's the only part i can remember, so that's the only part you get...love, love, LOVE that song. props to harrison for some amazing song writing skills God blessed him with. anyhoo, now i shall go attempt again to sleep...night, night world.

...again...

yeah, so, remember me? i'm the one who forgets i have this and goes weeks without writing...


anyhoo, it's spiritual emphasis week hear on the mountain. clayton king, who is the most amazing preacher known to man, is speaking. i encourage you; if you are anywhere within the vicinity of lynchburg, va, come hear this man speak. you will not leave the same way you came in. amazing message tonight on accepting God's discipline and realizing it is yet another demonstration of His perfect and unfailing love. interestingly enough though, what spoke to me the most tonight was not actually his message; it was the song we sang right before the message. i've heard the song about a million times before; i absolutely love it/ it's by hillsong, and it's somewhere on my mp3 player (no idea where; i can never find the songs i'm looking for on there when i'm looking for them...). but tonight for some reason, the lyrics to that song absolutely hit me, like stabbed me in the heart style. anyways, since i really have nothing more eventful to write on here, i'm just going to put them up here. i encourage you to really think about these words...

mighty to save

everyone needs compassion
a love that's never failing
let mercy fall on me
everyone needs forgiveness
a kindness of a Savior
the hope of nations

my Savior
He can move the mountains
my God is Mighty to save
He is Mighty to save
forever
Author of salvation
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave

so take me as You find me
all my fears and failures
fill my life again
i give my life to follow
everything i believe in
now i surrender

my Savior
He can move the mountains
my God is Mighty to save
He is Mighty to save
forever
Author of salvation
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave

shine your light and let the whole world see
we're singing for the glory of the risen King...Jesus
shine your light and let the whole world see
we're singing for the glory of the risen King...Jesus

my Savior
He can move the mountains
my God is Mighty to save
He is Mighty to save
forever
Author of salvation
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave