I was watching the movie Amazing grace and saw a music video for Chris Tomlins amazing grace and thought it was worth sharing:
hope you enjoy
till next time
Thursday 30 June 2011
Wednesday 22 June 2011
Observe the Sabbath day....
So, I honestly believe that every thing that happens to us, happens for a reason. You might not see the reason until a few days later or even years later but if we really sit down and think about it, nothing happens 'just because'.
Take this last week for example, i had 4 days off than i worked 8 days on. I really felt inhuman, walking took every single ounce of concentration i had (i'm not kidding, i almost tripped on a, nothing, and it took me like 5 min just to walk from a building to my car that would usually take 30 secs...) , if someone had pushed me i would have fallen over, if someone said boo! to me i would have cried and so on. It was unreal how weird i felt. I fell asleep on my desk at tafe at lunch time, i couldn't carry on with a conversation, i tried real hard but as soon as the person i was talking to said more than 5 words in a row i didn't hear them, i couldn't read my music (i was at band). i'm sure that the last 3 days (as soon as i went over the 6 day limit or work) i couldn't eat properly, and when i did eat it was not healthy, i didn't want to drink anything. Every thing was just out of wack.
So any way to get to the point, i was thinking about it just a few seconds ago and i felt this overwhelming sense of joy, and knowledge that God got it right again! He gave us the right amount of days on and days off so that we might stay 'normal'. He knows our weaknesses and our strengths. And even though there were days in this last week where i didn't have to get out of bed early but could sleep in, the thought of going to work still wore on me, i was like a zombie...
God is Almighty and all knowing. Its humbling, awesome, and joyful to know that we have such a God looking out for us, every moment of every day. He gave us the Sunday for a reason, not just to go to His house to worship Him but it is a day of well deserved rest from the hard working week. I often took that day for granted but this week has put it in to proportion for me.
Even in the little things, trust God, for nothing is too small or great for Him.
until next time
xoxo
(enjoy those weekends)
Take this last week for example, i had 4 days off than i worked 8 days on. I really felt inhuman, walking took every single ounce of concentration i had (i'm not kidding, i almost tripped on a, nothing, and it took me like 5 min just to walk from a building to my car that would usually take 30 secs...) , if someone had pushed me i would have fallen over, if someone said boo! to me i would have cried and so on. It was unreal how weird i felt. I fell asleep on my desk at tafe at lunch time, i couldn't carry on with a conversation, i tried real hard but as soon as the person i was talking to said more than 5 words in a row i didn't hear them, i couldn't read my music (i was at band). i'm sure that the last 3 days (as soon as i went over the 6 day limit or work) i couldn't eat properly, and when i did eat it was not healthy, i didn't want to drink anything. Every thing was just out of wack.
So any way to get to the point, i was thinking about it just a few seconds ago and i felt this overwhelming sense of joy, and knowledge that God got it right again! He gave us the right amount of days on and days off so that we might stay 'normal'. He knows our weaknesses and our strengths. And even though there were days in this last week where i didn't have to get out of bed early but could sleep in, the thought of going to work still wore on me, i was like a zombie...
God is Almighty and all knowing. Its humbling, awesome, and joyful to know that we have such a God looking out for us, every moment of every day. He gave us the Sunday for a reason, not just to go to His house to worship Him but it is a day of well deserved rest from the hard working week. I often took that day for granted but this week has put it in to proportion for me.
Even in the little things, trust God, for nothing is too small or great for Him.
until next time
xoxo
(enjoy those weekends)
Tuesday 14 June 2011
Maybe....
As i sit here and think of what i could be doing right now at this particular moment there are so many things i could be doing. one of which i really should be doing is going to bed as it is nearly 11 and i have to go to tafe tomorrow. But i take off my dirty glasses, push aside my stray hair and sit here wondering why it is i don't know what i am going to write about until i actually start writing. Maybe its because i think with my fingers. Maybe its because i actually don't have any thing to write about or maybe, just maybe, i am hoping there is something good that suddenly pops up for me to write about while i write my intro to this blog entry. Well only one of them appear to be right at this point of time and it is the 2nd one at the moment.
So maybe i'll just tell you what has been going on in my life....... and let you get bored of reading this before you get to the next sentence. Maybe i'll tell you about what i did to mum today for their anniversary (i bought her a present and wrapped up the empty box and put the present in the cupboard) but not very original. Maybe i'll tell you where not to buy coffee (the aroma cafe in the perth library near the train station) but than you can't figure it out on your own. Maybe i'll tell you that i have been playing my sax so much i can't whistle cause my lips are so raw but that would be putting a downer on any musician who hasn't picked up their instrument in a while and make them re-think doing so.
And suddenly a thought pops into my head. I am completely happy with nothing to write about. My head is empty, nothing important that people have to know about, nothing at all. bliss.... absolute bliss..... and welcome to my world. :) smile, put on some music, and just let your head empty. hear the pounding of the keys on the keyboard, or leave the music off and hear the silence of a house full of people who are asleep... listen to the clock ticking in the background and breath.... isn't it beautiful. imagine every minute of every day to be this peaceful, uninterrupted.... and then the fridge turns on and the silence is gone...
Every day, take a moment to just sit back, relax, pray perhaps, meditate on things gone wrong and then things gone right, just let your mind wonder... it rained today, we need the rain, the rain was good... Just think about whatever pops into your head and write it down... Take time out of your usual routine to de-stress and just enjoy the moment.
Until next time
So maybe i'll just tell you what has been going on in my life....... and let you get bored of reading this before you get to the next sentence. Maybe i'll tell you about what i did to mum today for their anniversary (i bought her a present and wrapped up the empty box and put the present in the cupboard) but not very original. Maybe i'll tell you where not to buy coffee (the aroma cafe in the perth library near the train station) but than you can't figure it out on your own. Maybe i'll tell you that i have been playing my sax so much i can't whistle cause my lips are so raw but that would be putting a downer on any musician who hasn't picked up their instrument in a while and make them re-think doing so.
And suddenly a thought pops into my head. I am completely happy with nothing to write about. My head is empty, nothing important that people have to know about, nothing at all. bliss.... absolute bliss..... and welcome to my world. :) smile, put on some music, and just let your head empty. hear the pounding of the keys on the keyboard, or leave the music off and hear the silence of a house full of people who are asleep... listen to the clock ticking in the background and breath.... isn't it beautiful. imagine every minute of every day to be this peaceful, uninterrupted.... and then the fridge turns on and the silence is gone...
Every day, take a moment to just sit back, relax, pray perhaps, meditate on things gone wrong and then things gone right, just let your mind wonder... it rained today, we need the rain, the rain was good... Just think about whatever pops into your head and write it down... Take time out of your usual routine to de-stress and just enjoy the moment.
Until next time
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