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

phew!

wow. so it's been a while. the last month has absolutely flown by. (plus i'm absolutely terrible at keeping up with this whole blog thing...) let's see, what's happened since last i wrote?...

well, as i said, i got a job. i worked as a lead cashier at murdoch's for a little over a month, before i quit to move back up to va for another year here on liberty mountain. my mom and i made the trip together again; we had several close calls, but God kept us safe, and we arrived last thursday in lynchburg, va, where we unpacked my junk, ate, and crashed. and i was thrust strait into student leadership orientation and the full title of prayer leader on my hall. i won't lie; it was a little nerveracking at first, to think i might be responsible for the spiritual welfare of a bunch of girls. i struggle enough with my own messes; i don't need to be screwing up other peoples' lives. but, as always, isaiah 40 prevailed, and last night i led my first ever prayer group.

and it was amazing.

if i needed any more convincing that this year is going to be an amazing year for my hall, i don't now. the freshmen that we moved in over the last three days are absolutely amazing, and i can't wait to get to know them better and spend a year both teaching and learning from them about Christ.

and now, leadership orientation is drawing to a close with one last 40 minute seminar tomorrow morning, and the returning upperclassmen will begin pouring in tomorrow with a few early arrivals. and i won't lie; i'm a little nervous for them. (if i screw up with the fish, they don't know; but the uppers will know in a heartbeat...) but i'm also really excited. i firmly believe that a lot of the hall's attitude will be determined by the attitude of the leadership core. and ours is amazing. so i think we're set. i have some butterflies, but i'll make it.

in other news, i have a fish. he's a betta. he lives in a huge vase-bowl-thing with texan decorations all over it, and his name is pecos bill. he's about as random and adhd as me, and he loves the david crowder band. life's good.

i'm also struggling a little with homesickness. i just found out a friend from home is pregnant again, and i miss being home and hearing in person. but what's even scarier is when i think that the next time i see my family, i will be graduating in exactly a year. that's positively terrifying...maybe i need to go read isaiah 40 again...

hope your week's been as amazing as mine. :)