I Love You

Those Nights -Skillet
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I remember when we used to laugh about nothing at all
It was better than going mad
From trying to solve all the problems we’re going through
Forget ‘em all
Cause on those nights we would stand and never fall
Together we faced it all
Remember when we’d

Stay up late and we’d talk all night
In the dark room lit by the TV light
Through all the hard times in my life
Those nights kept me alive
We’d listen to the radio play all night
Didn’t want to go home to another fight
Through all the hard times in my life
Those nights kept me alive

I remember when we used to drive anywhere but here
As long as we’d forget our lives
We were so young and confused
That we didn’t know to laugh or cry
Those nights were ours
They will live and never die
Together we’d stand forever
Remember when we’d

Stay up late and we’d talk all night
In the dark room lit by the TV light
Through all the hard times in my life
Those nights kept me alive
We’d listen to the radio play all night
Didn’t want to go home to another fight
Through all the hard times in my life
Those night kept me alive

Those nights belong to us
There’s nothing wrong with us
Those nights belong to us

I remember when we used to laugh
And now i wish those nights would last

Stay up late and we’d talk all night
In the dark room lit by the TV light
Through all the hard times in my life
Those nights kept me alive
We’d listen to the radio play all night
Didn’t want to go home to another fight
Through all the hard times in my life
Those night kept me alive

Stay up late and we’d talk all night
In the dark room lit by the TV light
Through all the hard times in my life
Those nights kept me alive
We’d listen to the radio play all night
Didn’t want to go home to another fight
Through all the hard times in my life
Those night kept me alive
Those nights belong to us
There’s nothing wrong

Tell Me, Muse…

Is it possible to live life as a nobody? Or is it that you’re a somebody and people don’t take time to notice the things you do?

Boredom Is a Chance

Boredom is a chance for creativity…

Or a chance to do things you…may not have done had you been occupied.  But as long as you had fun doing it, even if you never recover, I suppose we can’t complain.

Supernova

When I get new songs on Itunes or something, I always put them onto a certain playlist: Supernova.   I’m not sure how I came up with it, but the playcount on those songs are always explosive within the first few weeks.  Kinda like a supernova.

So this week’s list is my Supernova playlist:

• Here We Go Again -Demi Lovato
• Solo -Demi Lovato
• U Got Nothin’ On Me – Demi Lovato
• Falling Over Me – Demi Lovato
• Quiet – Demi Lovato
• Catch Me – Demi Lovato
• Every Time You Lie – Demi Lovato
• Got Dynamite – Demi Lovato
• Stop The World – Demi Lovato
• World of Chances – Demi Lovato
• Remember December – Demi Lovato
• Everything You’re Not – Demi Lovato
• Gift of a Friend – Demi Lovato
• So Far So Great – Demi Lovato
• A Place in This World – Taylor Swift
• Cold As You – Taylor Swift
• The Outside -Taylor Swift
• Stay Beautiful – Taylor Swift
• Mary’s Song (Oh My My My) -Taylor Swift
• Our Song – Taylor Swift
• I’m Only Me When I’m with You – Taylor Swift
• A Perfectly Good Heart – Taylor Swift
• Are You Happy Now? -Michelle Branch
• Ordinary Day – Vanessa Carlton
• Paper Bag Princess (Hey Elizabeth) – Hello Kelly
• 10 Good Reasons – Hello Kelly
• Got My Mac On with IPhone 3Gs – Julian Smith
• An Epiphany – The Send
• Magic (Pilot) – Selena Gomez
• Don’t Look Back -School Boy Humor
• Paint Me Envy – School Boy Humor
• One Time – Justin Bieber
• Where Are You Now? – Honor Society
• Little Wild One – The Wonders
• Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) – The Monkees
• You Just May Be the One – The Monkees

Toddler Tickler

(While babysitting and making smoothies)

Lauren: Are you making a smoothie for your brother, too?
4yo Munchkin (as I’m helping him blend the ingredients): It’s coming right up!!

Gotta love the little ones….

Today’s Lesson:

Affirm and Accept, rather than criticize and control

To Affirm is to look for the bold, the courageous, the beautiful, the good, the admirable, and the honorable.

To Accept is to take things the way they are and not look to change everything

To NOT criticize and NOT control is learning to not say “There’s something wrong if it’s done your way and not mine.”

Good Thing Lightbulbs Are Cheap

Ever get those “ah-ha!! I get it!” moments?

I do…they’re so much fun.

There was a reason I chose Mondays to be my thoughtful posts;  it’s because on Sundays, I usually have light bulb moments.  So it was only logical to make the day after it dedicated to my light bulb moments.  Right?

(Enter point of post)

Communion in church has always been awkward for me.  I never got what we were supposed to be thinking or doing while we waited for everyone to get their cracker and juice.  The pastor (or whoever is leading) will tell you it’s a time to “reconnect with God”.  But I always end up being really ADD and thinking about what we’re going to eat for lunch that day or if I can talk my mom into having a friend over or how I’m going to solve the latest drama crisis within my social group or wondering just what exactly we’re supposed to ‘remember’??

The other thing is when they say, “If you have any unconfessed sin in your life, go before God with that before you take communion.”  For whatever reason, this always annoyed me.  It felt like putting a condition on connecting with God.  Like I couldn’t ‘be’ with God unless I got rid of this sin.

If you look up the definition of ‘confess’ this is what it says:

1. to own or admit as true,

2. to acknowledge or avow (a fault, crime, misdeed, weakness, etc.) by way of revelation.

I knew all this.  I understood that confessing was saying the same thing about your sin that God does.  And God says it’s wrong and needs to stop.  I had this cemented in my head, I would say the exact same thing to kids I would witness to.  But I had never heard someone use the word ‘confess’ and the definition at communion.  Somehow, the dots didn’t connect because when I thought about confessing my sins at communion, I felt like I had to do something.  I felt like I had to go and fix that sin before I could take part in communion.

But this Sunday, our pastor said what I needed to hear.  He said that we needed to confess our sins AND told us what ‘to confess’ meant.  The lightblub went on.  It’s nothing I can do.  Forgiveness isn’t earned and confession doesn’t require physical effort.  It’s all Christ.  His love is unconditional and His grace is unbounding.

Thou Shalt Read This

TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR A LONG AND PEACEFUL LIFE

1. Thou shalt not worry, for worry is the most unproductive of all human activity.

2. Thou shalt not be fearful, for most of the things we fear never come to pass.

3. Thou shalt face each problem as it comes.  You can handle only one at a time.

4. Thou shalt not cross bridges before you get to them, for no one yet has succeeded in accomplishing this.

5. Thou shalt not take problems to bed with you, for they make very poor bedfellows.

6. Thou shalt not borrow other people’s problems.  They can take better care of them than you can.

7. Thou shalt be a good listener, for only when you listen do you hear ideas different from your own.  It’s very hard to learn something new when you’re talking.

8. Thou shalt not try to relive yesterday for good or ill – it is gone.  Concentrate on what is happening today.

9. Thou shalt not become bogged down by frustration, for 50% of it is rooted in self-pity and will only interfere with positive actions.

10. Thou shalt count thy blessings, never overlooking the small ones.  A lot of small blessings add up to a big one.

- Unknown

Because I Was Thinking Of You…

Hey Elizabeth, don’t raise the drawbridge darling.
I’ve been waiting a long time for someone like you.
For someone like you.
You hide behind your insecurities.
The paper bag around your waist
And the mud upon your face puts them above you.
But I still love you.

Cause I’m standing in my tin foil armour,
My dollar store broad sword is by your side.
And did Ronald break your heart when he called you ugly?
And can I hold you arm?

Hey Elizabeth I’m just a peasant school boy.
But I’ve been waiting a long time to hold your hand,
Or something like that.
I’m not a soldier and I’m not a king,
But I can play a mean guitar
And you can talk to me about almost anything,
Without worrying.

Cause I’m standing in my tin foil armour,
My dollar store broad sword is by your side.
And did Ronald break your heart when he called you ugly?
And can I hold you arm?

Hey Elizabeth don’t think that I am ok
Cause I’ve got problems just like you, but I’m fine.
Cause you are mine.
If we put our faith into God above,
Then He will protect us both, and He’ll keep us strong
As long as we have love.
And we’ve got love.

Why Mirrors Are Usually Small:

When mirrors are big, you get pictures like this…