You're meant to shine...

So Bright (Stand Up) - Superchick

you're bored, gotta wonder if there's more
waiting for the dreamlife you thought you had in store
trying to feel something you can chase a life thats thriller
living on the edge drinking, smoking dream killers
coulda been shoulda been woulda been,
what might your life have been
today you're not a has been
but at your life's end
will you have regrets then, have regrets then?
are you ok with today if tomorrow is the end

live today through the future's lens
don't wanna wish you could rewind and play it again

[chorus]
stand up, write the soundtrack for your life it doesn't happen to you, you happen to life
stand up, you know you're gonna have to fight, don't wanna lose the will to find your light
stand up, God gave you the gift of life it doesn't happen to you, you happen to life
stand up, do something with your light
you're a light on a hill, you're meant to shine so bright
so bright so bright so bright so bright so bright so bright

we're all scared, gotta wonder what's out there
shooting down the ones who did what we wish we dared
everybody's scared to karaoke in the open
afraid we're not as special as what we might be hoping
so we're frozen, haven't chosen just going through the motions
faith and belief, courage overrule emotions
stand up and be counted for something when it's time
decide where you stand, take your hands raise em high

live today through the future's lens
don't wanna wish you could reset and play it again

[chorus]


Yes! Talk about inspiring!! This song is another of my faves --from long ago, but it's as powerful now as it was then.

I realized something again today.... just how much college, work, guys, life in the 'now' --have chipped and shaped my outlook... my mindset and outlook on life which was once so vivid and alive and 'in focus' --somehow that got blurry along the way and left me utterly turned around. When once I could sense the race... I saw eternity as the goal line... I would trip, get up, dust myself off and keep running... Christ was the focal point of my writing --I wrote for Him... I wrote to worship, adore and proclaim Him. in my mind, life appeared as short as it truly is... I lived in light of that. I wanted to live life to the fullest --run hard. no compromises. This song highlights some of those nuances extraordinarily well... 'to live' is not something passive... it's an active, intentional verb --I wanna live like this... want this focal point, focused mindset and centered heart once again.... oh how much I overlook --this song has refreshed some memories that never should have been forgotten... just absolute greatness.

*listens to it on repeat... sings along*

8-)

Go big for Jesus! <-- :-D

Madison Excerpts

I mean, I know that life as a believer is hard… I know it’s difficult on many levels –Jesus, Paul, the apostles… they all understood the price of following. Yet there is a beauty that belongs to life because we’ve been saved. In a sense, life loses many of its cares because we have the proper understanding that this is all temporal… we have the hope of eternity in our hearts… we have the power of the Spirit to live victoriously. So many of these aspects are such a reality to me…

"...Life is not about you!” It’s not about this struggle that you have made it… it’s not about living merely in light of tomorrow --or yesterday. Your sin has no eternal claim on you… furthermore, this life is all about God… read His word! It’s ALL about Him! *sigh*

...worship brings such focus, clarity and joy –because in those moments, we are doing what we were created to do… we are tasting a tiny bit of eternity where we will sing praises to God forever. When we read His word, we are renewed and refueled to live in this world… we are equipped to battle the enemy and we are free to live life to the fullest for Christ. When we spend time in prayer, we experience God’s peace… We come to know His heart… we come to see the world the way that God sees it… we know Him better through all of this –and then, and only then, when we have “right view of God”, does everything else fall into place… right view of self… right view of life… right view of others… right view of sin… right view of trials. Everything falls into place.

written 2/22/09

A plea for consistency

Yay! New blog --aka a new website to frequent while procrastinating ;-) hehe... j/k!!



Sooooo.... what's news? Today is my grandparents' 55th wedding anniversary --talk about awesomesauce! Crazy cleaning times, but tomorrow is THE day when party-ness will abound.



Remember the good ol' days when I would actually get all my work done ahead of time and have plenty of guilt-free time to relax, have fun and enjoy all that available down time before any of my projects were actually due? ...No?? oh... well... that's cuz those days never existed :-P But not to fear... I've taken my anti-procrastination pills this morning.... they ought to be effective some time tomorrow (lol).



I really needed a blog for purposes pertaining to the random variety... In fact, I'm seriously considering changing the title of this blog --and I might just change it every week :-P *hasn't decided yet*

I tried to do a blog of diversity... but just couldn't seem to do it.... maybe i'm incapable of doing so... am I really THAT compartmentalized that my journals and blogs are each characterized by different moods, separating my thoughts, in a sense, into neat little boxes with various labels?? ............yup. pretty much. :-P

...and the clock ticks on.

Time for a break. *two seconds later* aaannnndd.... she's back!

hehe...

til the next time i want to entertain myself with randomness....