yep....not much explanation for this........other than that glasses rock. period. oh, and I didn't bother fixing the red eye, haha.
yeahhhhhhhhhhh...that's all. A more sane post coming later.
.....Macie!! Yes, I have yet another animal. I drove all the way to Shelby, NC a few days ago to get her. And, although I'm sure no one cares about this, here is a picture of her:
....by: Rush of Fools
oh, how true this is.
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Just like the ocean waves
You crash on me
Just like a tidal wave
You ruin me
Just like a hurricane
You devastate everything that needs to change
You are the only thing that’s beautiful in me
Beautiful in me
You are the only thing that’s beautiful in me
Beautiful in me
Just like a mountain peak
You lift me up
Just like a desert stream
You fill my cup
And like a heart that beats
You are the blood that covers me
You cover me
You are the only thing that’s beautiful in me
Beautiful in me
You are the only thing that’s beautiful in me
Beautiful in me
And all I can say is thank you, thank you
And all I can say is thank you, Lord thank you
And all I can say is thank you, thank you
well.....I felt like posting, but now I have nothing to say. actually, I do, but I don't have anything to say that will make much sense to anyone. Or at least part of it won't make sense. Or who knows, maybe it will!?! I bet you're confused already?
I think eyes are amazing. I know that sounds weird, but they seriously are. And I don't mean in a weird way, I mean that they are very interesting when you think about it. God was so creative when He creating them.
I also think cameras are amazing, as well as computers. Like seriously, it boggles my mind how someone could invent that.
Key Lime pie is so glorious. I mean it really is. There is not many things that taste better than that.
I have been thinking about Morgan, Marissa and Bethany. They have been on my mind today. I'm so thankful for them. I hope that all 3 of them will be at care group on Sunday because it has been a while since the last time we were all there. They are amazing friends.
I love care group times. I love the discussions we get into. I love the support and accountability. I love it when I'm challenged. Or, I should say that I like it's results.....sometimes it can be hard to be challenged.
I have been challenged a lot recently. I have realized a lot of character qualities that are lacking in me. There is a lot I need to work on. I have been very aware of my sin, but also of God's grace.
I want to start a book/bible study for the teens in Crossway. I know I've talked to a few of you about this. I think we could have some amazing fellowship and that it would be very beneficial to all of us. Would anyone else be interested in this if I organized it? It may be something I look into starting January.
And I say all of this because it's on my mind. There you go. I look inside the mind of Emily.
I feel like a lot of people have been struggling or going through hard stuff recently. I just want everyone of you to know that I'm praying for each and every one of you, individually today and this week.
Below are two songs that I love and I think are pretty fitting :-)
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"For The Moments I Feel Faint"
Relient K
Am I at the point of no improvement?
What of the death I still dwell in?
I try to excel, but I feel no movement.
Can I be free of this unreleasable sin?
Never underestimate my Jesus.
You're telling me that there's no hope.
I'm telling you you're wrong.
Never underestimate my Jesus
When the world around you crumbles
He will be strong, He will be strong
I throw up my hands
"Oh, the impossibilities"
Frustrated and tired
Where do I go from here?
Now I'm searching for the confidence I've lost so willingly
Overcoming these obstacles is overcoming my fear
I think I can't, I think I can't
But I think you can, I think you can
I think I can't, I think I can't
But I think you can, I think you can
Gather my insufficiencies and
place them in your hands, place them in your hands, place them in your hands
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"When I Go Down"
Relient K
I'll tell you flat out
It hurts so much to think of this
So from my thoughts I will exclude
The very thing that
I hate more than everything is
The way I'm powerless
To dictate my own moods
I've thrown away
So many things that could've been much more
And I just pray
My problems go away if they're ignored
But that's not the way it works
No that's not the way it works
When I go down
I go down hard
And I take everything I've learned
And teach myself some disregard
When I go down
It hurts to hit the bottom
And of the things that got me there
I think, if only I had fought them
If and when I can
Clear myself of this clouded mind
I'll watch myself settle down
Into a place where
Peace can search me out and find
That I'm so ready to be found
I've thrown away
The hope I had in friendships
I've thrown away
So many things that could have been much more
I've thrown away
The secret to find an end to this
And I just pray
My problems go away if they're ignored
But that's not the way it works
No that's not the way it works
Any control I thought I had just slips right through my hands
While my ever-present conscience shakes its head and reprimands me
Reprimands me
Then and there
I confess
I'll blame all this on my selfishness
Yet you love me
And that consumes me
And I'll stand up again
And do so willingly
You give me hope, and hope it gives me life
You touch my heavy heart, and when you do you make it light
As I exhale I hear your voice
And I answer you, though I hardly make a noise
And from my lips the words I choose to say
Seem pathetic, but it's fallen man's praise
Because I love you
Oh God, I love you
And life is now worth living
If only because of you
And when they say that I'm dead and gone
It won't be further from the truth
When I go down
I lift my eyes to you
I won't look very far
Cause you'll be there
With open arms
To lift me up again
To lift me up again
