Live Life Loud

I cannot wait for it to be July. I am moving, going to camp, and then there is the Mission trip to OK. I am so excited. I am really excited for camp, because all of my favorite people are going, and I've never been to this camp, and according to the people who went last year, it's life changing.

Then we have the mission trip to a reservation is Osage, Oklahoma. I am probably most excited about this trip because a lot of people from our youth group are going, and everyone one who went last year said that it's amazing.

All of this is happening in a 3 week time period. insane.

To wrap this up, HN just released their EP, "Live Life Loud", and I am sooooooo excited. Here are the lyrics

Someone throw your hands up
If you wanna take a chance, then
You gotta sing a little louder
Let's wake this crowd up

Someone throw your hands up
If you wanna take a chance, then
You gotta sing a little louder
Let's wake this crowd up

I got a hankerin' for something special
Tonight's the night it becomes official
Don't stop the rock, hold both your hands up
S-show these people how to shake things up

I'm not sittin' down 'til I'm older
And I'm not shuttin' up 'til it's over
Raise your hands and shout if you're with me
Then once we start it won't make a difference

If you wanna live life loud, throw your hands up
If you wanna scream and shout, lemme hear you
Takin' all the fakers out if you're with me
Everybody work it, just keep living

Wow oh oh, wow oh oh, wow oh oh

I started figurin' with good intentions
Listen up now, give me your attention
Don't make a sound if you don't believe me
You won't wake up, you'll just keep living

Wow oh oh, wow oh oh, wow oh oh

I'm not sittin' down 'til I'm older
And I'm not shuttin' up 'til it's over
Raise your hands and shout if you're with me
Then once we start it won't make a difference

If you wanna live life loud, throw your hands up
If you wanna scream and shout, lemme hear you
Takin' all the fakers out if you're with me
Everybody work it, just keep living

Every time that I close my eyes,I catch a glimpse of the west coast sunrise
And I can tell you you're just as beautiful
Someone throw your hands upIf you wanna take a chance, then
You gotta sing a little louder

Let's wake this crowd up
Someone throw your hands up
If you wanna take a chance, then
You gotta sing a little louder

Let's wake this crowd up
If you wanna live life loud, throw your hands up
If you wanna scream and shout, lemme hear you
Takin' all the fakers out if you're with me

Everybody work it, just keep living
Wow oh oh, Wow oh oh (Just keep living) Wow oh oh



I love Hawk Nelson B-)

Peace Love and Happiness

So I was reading Psalms 119, which is the longest chapter in the Bible. Here's verses 1-2.
"Happy are people of integrity, who follow the law of the Lord. Happy are those who obey His decrees and search for Him with all of their hearts."

Now, I was thinking . . . what goes along with happiness?? Peace and love of course :D

Luke 1:79 says
"Jesus will give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadows of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace."

Then 1 John 4:16 says "And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him."

Now, if you know me, you know I love "peace, love, and happiness". I love it more when my best friend does the "motions" that go along with it :D But I never really thought about what the term actually means. But with the verses above, this is what I find the 3 words to mean:

Peace- When God shows us light, and calms us. It's when we just let go, and let God control whatever situation we are in.

Love- Love is being with God. When everything seems to be going wrong, its having that knowledge that God is going to show us a way out. It's when we surrender to God, and let Him know that we trust in Him.

Happiness- Having joy in our lives. Knowing that everything is taken care of, and just knowing God is there.

Peace, love, and happiness!

VBS

I cant believe VBS (Vacation Bible School) is already over. I had the best group :) Yellow fireflies group #4. B-)

My favorite thing about VBS has to be the Praise and Worship. It's so cool to see so many kinds praising God together. Its so cool. Plus, everyone gets a work-out with all the crazy moves :D I love helping out with VBS. It is so much fun! When you are there, there is no doubt that you will have a bayou-tiful time [this years theme was a bayou, or swamp, whatever you want to call it:D] I loved it when all the kids in my group said that they can't wait til they are old enough to be a crew leader, so they can help other kids know Jesus :D

One of the days, we were singing "You are the Everlasting God, the Everlasting God. You do not faint, you won't grow weary. Your the defender of the weak, you comfort those is need, you lift us up on wings like eagles". To me, that just wraps up everything God does for us in a sense. A simple children's song. And it's cool to see all the kids singing this, doing the motions, with a huge smile on their faces :D

Another cool part is to see all the teens and adult workers get into the songs. Sure, the movements can be a little bit silly at times, but everyone gets into it at the end. And it's much fun to tell a friend to really get into the movements for just a couple seconds, and while they are doing to motions with such enthusiasm, the "picture-guy", as the kids call him, snaps a picture right then :D haha that was awesome :)

We also learned that when we have God, we don't have to fear anything. We learned a bible point every day, such as "God is with us", "God does what he says he'll do", and "God cares for is". And every time you hear one of the 5 points, you say "FEAR NOT!!" Which is so true! See, you can learn stuff at VBS :D

Blog

Im tryin out this new ''blog pics from ur phone'' thing. And i was thinking...I might as well upload a pic of my fave band on here! i mean, whats better than HN in terms of music? nothing thats what. So im just trying this out. There really is no meaning to this. So yea :DDDD enjoy the pic of the most awesomeist band ever (awesomeist is my new word :DDD) luv u guys. Blog soon i promise! peace!!! love!!! happiness!!!!!

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Rude Awakening

So I have been reading the "Left Behind" books, which are about teens who are left behind after the rapture, and show how they go through the Tribulation as normal teens. The books explain about all the judgements that will happen, like the Wrath Of The Lamb earthquake, which is basically a world-wide earthquake. What I love about these books, is that they describe it in as much detail as possible. Anyways, I was thinking about the books one day as I was on my way down near St. Louis. In the world-wide earthquake, pretty much all roads will be destroyed, and in the books there is a "scene" where the kids are trying to drive over a road after the quake. As I was driving, I was thinking what that road would look like after the quake. Then it hit me. Whoa. The rapture is coming..soon. And people are going to be on this world, in the state, this town, this road when everything happens. This is real. I think that people don't process that. This is the place where people will be when it happens. People are going to be here. HERE. I know I never seemed to think about that. That awakening made me think... as Christians, we need to step up our game, and stand up for God, and make him known.
Also, as I was having these thoughts, I thought of all my friends who I know are not saved, then I thought of the judgements that they would have to go through. It's scary, I don't want my best friend to endure when all along, I could have saved her. I could of told her of the saving grace. It makes me feel horrible to even think about what would happen to my friends if I never tell them of God. I know I always talk of witnessing, but no one can stress the importance.

Provider

So, as many of you know, my youth group is going on a Mission Trip to Osage, Oklahoma this summer. Well, it costs to go there, so we did fundraisers, because 24 people are going :) So we started fundraising a couple of weeks ago, and now we are already done! It is amazing! We raised a couple thousand bucks in a matter of weeks. God provides!! Its so cool :))

God provides for everything. You may not get what you want right away, and maybe not the way you wanted him to.

So God is amazing, simple as that :)

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