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Simplify.My Life

Rest.More.Sabbath

Relationships.Build.Strengthen.Celebrate.Cherish.Love.

Live.Continue Eating healthy.Take lunch to work.Workout more. Be consistent.

Refocus & Listen to God's voice

Devoted.Trust.Be an open vessel.

 

* something more:

 

 

Currently Reading:

The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoffer

Already started reading and need to finish:

Lost Women of the Bible by Carolyn Custis James

Bad Girls of the Bible by Liz Curtis Higgs

The Idiot by Fyodor Doestevsky (translated by Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky) 

New Books:

Everybody Wants to go to Heaven but Nobody wants to Die by David Crowder

Crime and Punishment/The Brothers Karamzov/The Adolescent (only if I finish The Idiot)

 

 

The band: Worth Dying For

The music: Ammunition

Go listen. myspace.com/worthdyingfor

You can even get ringtones. I did =) hehe.

Go buy or listen to more samples:

They have some great worship material. You've got to check out their song Unafraid: you can hear the whole song here: click on Music and it is the first song on there. I wouldn't listen to any of the other songs...they're a little rough...

They also have the charts on their myspace page.

I got to see them live at Spirit West Coast and will have a couple pictures up soon.  Enjoy =)

 

 

Since 24 and Prison Break are not on, I have enjoyed watching less television. With one exception. The Lion Man series about a Wildlife sanctuary for big cats in New Zealand is a fascinating watch. The animals are gorgeous. Check it out:

This New Zealand television site has more information than our PBS sites. (obviously) Check out the slide show/photo gallery. Here are some of the gorgeous animals from the site. First two pictures are of Gandor, the white lion cub from Africa that is brought to New Zealand. Below that is another picture of Gandor with Craig, the Lion Man.  Next to Gandor is a picture of Lion Man with a white tiger cub. The bottom two pictures are of Aslan, a lion. Aslan has a brother or sibling named Narnia (not shown). Isn't that cute?

 

   

 

Finally, when we watch at home, my sister's cat, Stryder likes to sit in a chair in front of the t.v. and watch. No, really. CUUUUTE! =)

i don't want to be here. i am never satisfied. i tried really hard to come to work with a good attitude and all. but church yesterday was .... the worship, the videos, the stories, the significance of reaching out. "You said, the harvest is here, the kingdom is near, You said, ask and I'll give the nations to you, O Lord, that's the cry of my heart, distant shores and the islands will see as it rises on us."

I think God is stirring my heart. and I don't know if I can hear him. Is he speaking? Am I listening? I'm trying.

We have international students here and I loved it. I loved connecting and being a blessing to them. I love culture. I grew up overseas, but missions has never been something I wanted to do. Be a part of, yes, go, no. I mean, I've already been there, done that, right? I have not been in Indonesia for ten years, in just a few months. Hard to believe. Language is pretty easy for me. Probably cause my parents are linguists.

This verse has been on my mind the past week. 1 cor 7:34. this is the short version. a woman who is no longer married or has never been married can be devoted to the Lord and holy in body and in spirit.1 Cor 7:34 (nlt)

the longer message version
I want you to live as free of complications as possible. When you're unmarried, you're free to concentrate on simply pleasing the Master. Marriage involves you in all the nuts and bolts of domestic life and in wanting to please your spouse, leading to so many more demands on your attention. The time and energy that married people spend on caring for and nurturing each other, the unmarried can spend in becoming whole and holy instruments of God. I'm trying to be helpful and make it as easy as possible for you, not make things harder. All I want is for you to be able to develop a way of life in which you can spend plenty of time together with the Master without a lot of distractions. 1 Cor 7:32-35 (The Message)

So I'm single and I can devote everything to the Lord. What do I do with that?

I have a lot of scattered thoughts right now as I seek after God and listen for his voice and process my thoughts and such.

Brooke Fraser has a song called CS Lewis Song. In the first verse she gets straight to the point. "I can only conclude that I, I was not made for here." The bridge is powerful as she sings that we are meant to live, to love, to know God. The words to this song do not do it justice. The melody, the whole song is a whole, and you must find it and listen to it. Heck, just go buy the whole album. It is worth every penny.

She sings,
C.S. Lewis Song (Album Version)

If I find in myself desires nothing in this world can satisfy
I can only conclude that I was not made for here
If the flesh that I fight is at best only light and momentary
Then of course I'll feel nude when to where I'm destined I'm compared

CHORUS
Speak to me in the light of the dawn
Mercy comes with the morning
I will sigh and with all creation groan
As I wait for hope to come for me

Am I lost or just less found,
On the straight or on the roundabout of the wrong way?
Is this a soul that stirs in me,
Is it breaking free, wanting to come alive?

`Cause my comfort would prefer for me to be numb
And avoid the impending birth
Of who I was born to become

CHORUS

Bridge
For we, we are not long here
Our time is but a breath
So we better breathe it
And I, I was made to live
I was made to love
I was made to know you

Hope is coming for me

CHORUS

Copyright Brooke Fraser

so when the day is long and the work on my desk seems unending i like to go to a little site called virb and visit some music pages and listen. This new jewel I found and I love her voice, her style, and she has a song called 'california sunshine' that you really should check out. Christa Black

she also plays the violin and her song, 'I'm Still here' is so pretty and begins with a gorgeous violin solo. listen here:

enjoy it!! I believe you can get her EP on itunes. take a listen.

 

so we had a great weekend full of great music and worship and fun and fellowship.

had breakfast at denny's yesterday morning in murrieta on the way home with our cousins and a couple friends. lots of fun. 

came home and showered the dirt away and slept for a couple hours. woke up and did laundry and cleaned my room. finally enough room to lay my rug back down.  

woke up feeling pretty good. walked in to work and it hit me.

i was at work.

ugh.

bad case of the mondays...and it's tuesday.

the high didn't even last a day.

but then I walked to panera bread listening to all of the above (hillsong united) walked back humming and singing along, and feeling much better.  it helps that I had lunch.  and yeah. doing much better than I was this morning.  I think I am ready to tackle my desk. the end of the month is coming, which means spreadsheets and numbers. oi.

i'm ready. yay for music, my ipod, and virb music =)

here i come. 

in just over 13 hours my sister and I will be on our way to San Diego to Spirit West Coast for a musical Feast. =) alright!!!

i need to get home and pack and stuff. so see you next week.

Have a safe and fun weekend.

and please don't drink. let alone drive.

 

When I worked at camp last summer, the high school camp worship was led by brian. He has an awesome band called Brayline. Check their website out. They have a modern worship cd out that is sweet. I love it, but I still love it live a little more...

For a little taste, here is a video of the band playing Brian's song, "Fearfully and Wonderfully Made", from College Briefing 2006 at FoHo. You can also check them out on myspace. If you're into that... (I'm so over it, my last two comments were spam...from friends...lame)

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It was such a blessing to have them here at Hope last night, and we had a beautiful night worshiping.

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
In the mystery of his immeasurable love,
by the hands of the maker of all,
I've been formed in the image of God
made whole through his sacrifice of love

I praise you Lord
for I am fearfully and wonderfully made

By the awesome and mighty,
perfect and holy,
I worship you for all you have done

Glory and Power,
Praise and Honor,
creation cries out

Total surrender
my deepest affection,
I give to you alone
Hallelujah, we've been fearfullly and wonderfully made.

Through the life that he gave
and the freedom we live,
we've been fearfully and wonderfully made.

written by Brian Wurzell

Have a beautiful day!!