I Surrender All

This is my song of the week. I just keep finding the chorus running through my mind. It's brilliant. Once again, similar to Death In His Grave by JMM, this song just lays out worship to Him.

"All to Jesus I surrender..."

Everyday. Wake up and that is the first thing that should come from our mouths. We must surrender ourselves to Him daily.

I just encourage you this week/weekend to think about this song and wherever you are, surrender it all.

Death in His Grave

Though the Earth Cried out for blood
Satisfied her hunger was
Her billows calmed on raging seas
for the souls on men she craved

Sun and moon from balcony
Turned their head in disbelief
Their precious Love would taste the sting
disfigured and disdained

On Friday a thief
On Sunday a King
Laid down in grief
But awoke with keys
Of Hell on that day
The first born of the slain
The Man Jesus Christ
Laid death in his grave

So three days in darkness slept
The Morning Sun of righteousness
But rose to shame the throes of death
And over turn his rule

Now daughters and the sons of men
Would pay not their dues again
The debt of blood they owed was rent
When the day rolled a new

On Friday a thief
On Sunday a King
Laid down in grief
But awoke holding keys
To Hell on that day
The first born of the slain
The Man Jesus Christ
Laid death in his grave

He has cheated
Hell and seated
Us above the fall
In desperate places
He paid our wages
One time once and for all

On Friday a thief
On Sunday a King
Laid down in grief
But awoke with keys
Of Hell on that day
The first born of the slain
The Man Jesus Christ
Laid death in his grave

Take a minute, really go back and think about the words.  What comes to mind? For me it is deffintely how much we just forget what Jesus has done for us. Yeah we get that he rose from the grave and was the last sacrifice. But do we really get it? 

He has won. 

He has succeded. 

He has reign. 

He has overcome. 

He has loved. 

            loved enough to die. 

Today, I am thankful for that Jesus. This song is just such a beautiful reminder that He never had to do anything for us. He didn't have to die, He didn't even have to wait 3 days. All in all, He could have done things so differently but He chose to do them this way. 

Lord, thank you for all that you do, have done and will do for us. We come to you humble and willing to listen. Open our minds & ears to hear your will and plan. Let us seek not the kingdom of earth but rather your Kingdom, Father. The Kingdom you built from love and beauty. Allow us to live in this life in a way that always pleases you. Protect our endeavors and provide for our needs. Lord, following you is so worth it. If it takes my life to proclaim the Truth it is yours.

<3

chirp chirp!

With :28 left on the clock, on our 4th down, score at Buffalo: 25 BSU: 21, silence over comes Scheuman Stadium...

the ball is hiked...

thrown...

caught!

(insert incessant screaming at excessive decibels)

That was the 1st down the Cardinals would need to win the game. i'm not sure i've ever been happier for a first down.

Ahhhhhh! it was such a good game. Everything about it was great. Just a tad colder than "perfect weather" because we didnt have our warm ups yet but still.. a GREAT NIGHT!

Final Score: BSU 28 - Buffalo 25


to that i say, chirp chirp i'm a Cardinal!

carmel macchiatto and i'm good to go?

well thats what i thought.. picked up my coffee beverage at 8:45.. and it didn't do much. its 12:30am and i'm honestly worried that i won't make it through my shift.. we'll see..

today was a mostly fabulous day. i mean that in an ironically unserious yet kinda almost truly serious way. more or less, fabulous played both sides of the fence today.

home opener tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

honestly i am excited for this.. :) even though it will be cold it will be fun. at the same time, i work now - 4am, call time is 2:45pm at the stadium. game ends at 10ish. i work again at 3:45am (sunday morning)...

can't wait for monday night.. bed time on monday then sleeeping till noon on tuesday. AWESOME.

soooo... not really much has gone on.. and i'm gonna go now.

:)

$

What exactly is money? Why does it matter so much? Why does it take so much to have "nice" things? These were the questions I found myself coming back to today. Honestly, I am a little angry at society. All money is so social currency. Technically, we determine how much a dollar is worth... why did we make everythign so expensive.

As I was walking through campus thinking about the amount of money we spend on things I couldn't help but realize the amount of just what I had in my hands. It was suprisingly more expensive than I thought..
      iPod classic
      Flip camera
      iPhone 4
Now, maybe I'm over reacting but if technology is really cheap (relatively) these products should not have totaled over the $1,000 in retail value that they did. The mark up is ridiculous. Really, the only reason an i(anything) is so expensive is because we pay for the name and the assurance that comes behind it.

Later as I was thinking about college, you know $19,500 (give or take a few hundred) is absurd! Pure mark up! Here's the thing, I love that I have the opportunity to go to school and futher my education and life. I really do value that and am thankful for that. But come on!!!! $19,500! a year! not total, a year!

(insert anger)

There comes a point where you wonder why or if it even matters anymore. Who really cares how much money you have or how much student loans you are swimming in. We live in a debt driven catch 22. You can't have a life with out a college degree, but in order to get that college degree you either have to have a really "good life" (lots of money) or take out all the student loans you need at obscene interest rates that you will be paying off for a significant chunk of your life. Then moving into the job market, often times, you can't get the job without the experience, you can't get the experience without the job tho.

So what matters really? I am completely fine sitting here at Ball State University knowing that I might not get my first job, or my second job as my dream job. I am fine knowing that I might not have a steady income because of the field I am learning and loving. I am completely content in all of these things because no matter what at the end of the day, my God still loves me. Rich or poor, He will love me no matter what! No matter where I am, He will love me. No matter the value of a dollar, He will love me.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, no matter what happens, everything will be alright because I trust in Jesus. I have been promised something better & incomparable. I will say there is nothing better than waking up every day knowing no matter what happens I still have God.

<3

yup, still here

oh hey...

i promise i haven't fallen off the face of the Earth.it may seem like it.. but i haven't

whats new?
     homework
     church
     projects
     color guard
     Lucas Oil was pretty awesome. just sayin.
     the boy <3
     excited for The X Kickoff on Sunday!
     Seattle planning 
     yeah.. thats pretty much it.

Venting:
      who makes an aesthetics course go theough a whole book in 5 weeks?
      working my night shift is pointless, they pay me to do homework & blog..
      getting sick, really. i will go to the doc and he will tell me to wait it out then give me a zpac..
     
School:
      i have a recording session tomorrow to do my 1st radio commercial. record my own voice, find music, mix it. i'm kinda excited. i've got an epic video to put together for kickoff. haven't had color guard since Saturday (practice was canceled yesterday due to rain). slowly but surely figuring out ProTools.. converged projects will be started next week.. uummmm...


* NEW MUSIC COMING SOON *
               Coldplay, City Harmonic, NEEDTOBREATHE, Classic Crime?
    Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!

I apply for my CIY interniship within the next two weeks! It starts May 21st - August 10th. The craziest part of this is that its a paid internship. Those are very hard to find and get. I'll find out in January if I got it or not. The theme is brilliant for next year and I'm excited to be praying for & about CIY.

God has so much in His plans and I'm really excited to be living out His agenda. I know if I don't get the internship He wanted it that way and I'll do something else, crazy awesome next summer.  I'm super excited to run home this weekend and do sound for The X Kickoff. I love that I can still help out with The X.

Prayer Requests:
      my cold to go away or not start, let it not be tonsillitis or any other -itis
      The X - kickoff is this week, go smoothly, but for the entire school year to go well
      oh. I have a music history test on Monday.. i'm kinda terrified.
      safe travels home
      find time to spend with Billy where homework is not involved for once..
      Seattle
     
I'm currently planning things out with Greg for my spring break back to Seattle. Please pray that, even with the time change, we find the time to talk and plan out my week in Tacoma. Also, please begin to pray for safe travels, Network & what they need right now, as well as what I will do there to help them.  Some of the things Greg & I need to talk about are lodging/food & how I can help them. A big thing to consider praying about, is that since I am going there on mission, I will be collecting funds for them. 100% of what I collect goes straight to Network (I will double check but I do believe it is tax deductible) because my plane ticket is my Christmas gift from my parents. This will be my 1st trip alone as well, but I am excited for the adventure and wonderful experiences I know God has planned.

I think thats it for now.. I'll try to blog again before next Thursday.

oh heyyyyy

right now i cannot organize my thoughts properly, i had about 20 lines or jibberjabber and cheerleader speak so i decided to save you from it.
check back soon.

:)