Jesus

I find Jesus fascinating. I find some of the things that some people do in the name of Christianity totally hypocritical. Jesus died for our sins. Jesus was friends with everyone. He was friends with tax collectors, and prostitutes, and other kinds of people. I can't say for sure, but I am pretty sure that Jesus wasn't caucasian, he was Jewish, and he was also like, "Love your neighbors as yourself." And I am pretty sure that referred to ALL the neighbors, not just "certain neighbors", but ALL the neighbors. I try to lead a life worthy of following Jesus. I fail more than I succeed, but someday, maybe, I'll get there.

Life

Life is a beautiful, chaotic mystery. It is amazing and sometimes it tears me apart. It is a contradiction. Sometimes it makes sense. Most of the time it doesn't make sense. There is a difference between living and existing. I choose to LIVE.

A Well-Read Woman is a Dangerous Creature

Reading is very important to me. I love reading books. All kinds of books. Fantasy. Sci-Fi. Historical Fiction. I'm not much for non-fiction, but sometimes I come across non-fiction that doesn't bore me. There are so many great books out there, and I am not sure I am going to live long enough to read all of the books on my list, but I'm going to try :)

"One must always be careful of books and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us."-Cassandra Clare

"When Words Fail, Music Speaks"-Shakespeare

Music is incredibly important to my life. I don't usually talk about how important music is to my life, but I have playlists for pretty much everything. I love songs with meaningful lyrics. I like upbeat songs. Sad songs. Love songs. Songs about betrayal. Losing someone you love. Basically, anything. Music without words. Classical music. Celtic music has a certain pull on my heart. Music has been around forever. When I was growing up, there was a song that we used to sing in church sometimes, called "When Long before Time (The Singer and the Song)". When I was older, and finally got around to reading "The Chronicles of Narnia" by C.S. Lewis, there was a section, in "The Magician's Nephew", when Aslan literally sang Narnia into existence, and when I was reading that, I immediately thought of "When Long before Time". I also love playing the piano, it is always calming to me. Music is relevant in all situations, and one of my favorite quotes, which, I don't know who to attribute it to, but it goes, "Music is life, that's why our hearts have beats."


 When Long before Time (The Singer and the Song)


1. When long before time and the worlds were begun,
when there was no earth and no sky and no sun,
and all was deep silence and night reigned supreme,
and even our Maker had only a dream...

2. ...the silence was broken when God sang the Song,
and light pierced the darkness and rhythm began,
and with its first birthcries creation was born,
and creaturely voices sang praise to the morn.

3. The sounds of the creatures were one with their Lord's,
their harmonies sweet and befitting the Word;
the Singer was pleased as the earth sang the song;
the choir of the creatures reechoed it long.

4. Though, down through the ages, the Song disappeared,
its harmonies broken and almost unheard,
the Singer comes to us to sing it again:
our God is with us in the world now as then.

5. The Light has returned as it came once before;
the Song of the Lord is our own song once more;
so let us all sing with one heart and one voice
the song of the Singer in whom we rejoice.

6. To you, God the Singer, our voices we raise;
to you, Song Incarnate, we give all our praise;
to you, Holy Spirit, our life and our breath,
be glory forever, through life and through death.

Sami

I have known my other friend Sami since sometime in high school. We had some classes together, and we became friends. We didn't spend a lot of time together outside of school, but one day I did spend most of a day at her house. We haven't seen each other since high school, but we still talk on Facebook quite a bit, and we WILL see each other again someday.

Amy Petersen and How to Deal with Having to Put up with the Same Sassy Child in Sunday-School for, like, 5 years in a Row....

I have known Amy for most of my life, and she put up with teaching me, and the rest of my age group, in Sunday School for, I'm pretty sure it was 5 years in a row. I am impressed that she managed to survive that. She is a lawyer, and in Sunday School in the 5th grade, she made us do a mock trial, but I don't remember what Bible lesson we were doing in which a mock trial was relevant. Anyways, I was the defendant, but it turned out that someone else was guilty, so....that was fun :) Anyways, I have always liked Amy, she's delightful, and supportive, and fun to have around :)

My Big Brother Wesleigh

When I first met my brother Wesleigh, I was 15 years old. I've spent a bit of time with him since then, and he is a great guy, and I love him.