As Long As You Are Glorified

I'm really glad someone else has written about this song, because usually I can't find Sovereign Grace lyrics online. But another blogger posted and commented on this song. It came to my mind a few minutes ago.

Shall I take from Your hand Your blessings
Yet not welcome any pain
Shall I thank You for days of sunshine
Yet grumble in days of rain
Shall I love You in times of plenty
Then leave You in days of drought
Shall I trust when I reap a harvest
But when winter winds blow, then doubt

Oh let Your will be done in me
In Your love I will abide
Oh I long for nothing else as long
As You are glorified

Are You good only when I prosper
And true only when I’m filled
Are You King only when I’m carefree
And God only when I’m well
You are good when I’m poor and needy
You are true when I’m parched and dry
You still reign in the deepest valley
You’re still God in the darkest night

Bridge: So quiet my restless heart, quiet my restless heart
Quiet my restless heart in You

This is such a comforting song when it comes down to, well, anything. If you're sad or discouraged, feeling like you've failed or haven't anything to show for your faith or service, it is so good to remember that one basic thing we can and should focus on is just bringing glory to God. This song reminds us to abide in Him (more specifically, the song says in His love). That's something I've been trying to learn recently. The song takes us through good and bad situations and asks the rhetorical questions of "Are You good only when...?" "Are You true only when...?" "Are You King only when...?" etc. To sum it up, the verses ask whether God is still everything He says He is in joyful, glad times, terrible, heat-breaking times, and even empty, numb times. And He is. "Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations. The LORD is faithful to all His promises and loving toward all He has made." Psalm 145:13. I love that verse (I say that sentence with every word emphasized!). It's so reassuring. *Sigh* of happiness :). Thank You Lord for being completely constant even when we're so up and down.

Peach Pie

This week I made a peach pie. It was fun! Although, it seems I thought about how yummy it would be too much beforehand, so when I actually tasted it it wasn't quite as good as expected. I took pictures of the crust, peaches, and pie, so I decided to write about it!

Even if you don't particularly like cooking, making something simple can be fun every once in a while. Try making chocolate chip, sugar, or peanut butter cookies, a pie (it's simpler to buy the crust though, or use a canned filling... like cherry filling... YUM), or brownies!

Another thing that you could try if you're looking for something to do is start a blog. You don't have to post in any certain pattern (though I wouldn't recommend deserting your blog for multiple months if you still want people to check it). If you've read different blogs and toyed with this idea, try it out! For a test run, write a post in a note on Facebook. That way, if you change your mind, there's not a random blog that's left floating in cyberspace for ever and eternity.

5:03!!! Speaking of which, I had an in-car driving session with a driver's education instructor yesterday when my 5:03 alarm went off. It was pretty funny. I gave him a short version of the story of 5:03... if you want to hear it, do ask!

Anyways, I put a new POLL up. Please vote in it, it's basically a yes-or-no one and it won't take long at all. :)

Toll Booths

Last night (well, actually this morning) I watched a movie that had a columnist in it. I realized, oh! a column is a lot like a blog. The guy who wrote the column was talking about a lot of different things very quickly, mostly listing topics he'd been writing about in the column. One of the subjects was toll booths! I remembered how I'd though about them one time. So. I'm going to write to you today about toll booths!

This summer when we were on a long trip, we had to go through multiple toll stops. There weren't really lines to get to the booths, people were just fighting it out to be first. It's only sensical that it would bless others to let them go first... but in this case, you can't become a pushover or else you'll be stuck in the stream of cars for a loooong time. Finally, each and every person who passes through gets their turn to pay the people waiting at the booths (which isn't a very rewarding ending, giving up your money in exchange for maneuvering about other tired, angry drivers).

I think it would be kind of awesome to work in a toll booth! You could try to cheer up people as they pass through. Instead of making the whole experience worse by being grumpy or monotonous, it would be neat for a worker there to be friendly and cheerful. You'd have your own little space, you're not on your feet, and get can attempt any number of ways of making the random people happy. Easier said than done, of course.

Anyone have any topics I could write on? How about the first object that pops into your mind. The first character. Celebrity. Book. Tell me in the comment section...please? :) I'll see what I can write on some of them.

LA out.

;)

Why Hello Again :)

Well, as you can tell, I haven't written in almost a month! Yikes. After our family beach week I was at camp for two weeks. It was an amazing experience, as camp usually seems to be. If you want to hear more about it, just ask me :).

This week begins the college people heading out. It's weird... this time some who are leaving are people who aren't much older than myself. But thankfully, not toooo many of my close friends are going far, far away.

Oh! I must add - I did a drawing for the nature calendar at some point since I last wrote. I put all four of the entrants' names onto scraps of paper. I crumpled them up and put them into a bowl. And I had my sister pick one (so NO, there couldn't have been bias, you see! ;) ). Sooo drumroll... Luke won! I'll give you the calendar sometime when I see you in the near future.

So I bought a new CD on iTunes recently. It's Britt Nicole's new CD, The Lost Get Found. Maggie (my sister) and I have her older CD (self-titled). They're both really good. I enjoy her first CD as a whole and so far that goes for her new one too. I definitely recommend this CD - it's less than most CDs on iTunes, at $7.99. Britt Nicole is a Christian pop-type singer. She's similar to Jessie Daniels (also really good, look into her music!) and maybe even Barlowgirl. Although, Britt Nicole strikes me as a bit more current than Barlowgirl.

Well, that's all for now, folks.... I'll write again, SOONER this time! ;)