A Good Idea
"Since you are God's idea, you are a good idea!"
--Max Lucado
This is Holly's blog about God / God-stuff.
(And sometimes she'll talk about other stuff too!)
--Max Lucado
This is Holly's blog about God / God-stuff.
(And sometimes she'll talk about other stuff too!)
Jun 06
Jun 03
Remember that nest from the other day? The robin layed an egg!
Jun 01
Mark and Matthew's Bedtime Story
Tonight I told Matthew and Mark a bedtime story. They really enjoyed it, so here it is =P
“Once upon a time there were two boys, Matthias and Markias. They were walking through a forest when they found out about a mystery monster! All over the place there were people and dinosaurs and animal friends hurt!
‘What happened to you guys?’ Matthias asked. The reply was that a monster was hurting them, but no one knew what it looked like! The only trail it left behind was a trail of poop.
Matthias and Markias gave their friends medicine and helped heal their wounds, then followed the trail of poop, hoping to find and defeat the monster. They followed it for a very long time, and came to a stop when they left the forest and walked into a huge field. And in the middle of the field was a big, black monster sleeping!
Matthias and Markias ran towards the monster but when they got closer they fell to the ground laughing! It wasn’t a monster after all. It was a big pile of poop!
While the two of them were still laughing about it, the pile of poop got up and roared! The mystery monster was a poop monster! They screamed and were scared, but then had a good idea. Markias turned to Matthias and said, ‘Toilets lead to the lake! Lets make him follow us to the lake!’
They ran away from the monster and on the outside they looked afraid, but on the inside they were brave warriors. They ran for miles and miles and finally got to the lake. The jumped in a started swimming. Sure enough, the poop monster followed them in yelling, ‘FEE, FYE, FOE, FUM! I COME FROM A GIANT BUM!’ He ran into the lake and realized that the two boys had defeated him, good poop monster police came and took him to their underwater jail (where it smelled really bad) and locked that mean monster up for good!”
This poor bird built his/her nest in the portulaca. I really hope no one buys it!
May 31
I picked these for my Holly.
Dating Myself - Poetri
Everywhere I go, I see cute people with ugly people
And I can’t help but to ask myself, “what does she see in that guy?”
Inner beauty? Well I have a whole lot of that.
I see these happy couples and I used to think, “what do I have to do to get a girl like that?”
And then that evolved into, “what do I have to do to get a girl?”
Now I’m exhausted from thinking
Fatigued from trying to convince myself that I’m worthy of another being
Tired of looking but not really looking so it doesn’t appear that I’m desperate
Weary of being afraid to tell someone that I’m interested
In fear that they will avoid me
Consumed from being alone
No longer will I be at the mercy of women to like me
No longer will I try to look my best for women that don’t know that I’m in love with them
No, all that is finished. Finito. Complete-o, no more-o
From now on, I’m dating myself
I mean I’ve already talked to myself so I know my conversations will be good
I’ve always said I wanted to be with someone that’s just like me
Well, there’s no one more like me than me
It’s not like I’m dating my cousin or nothing
I looked it up. There’s nothing in the law books that say a man can’t date himself
I don’t know why I didn’t think of this before
I amaze myself sometimes
I laugh and joke with myself on a lonely day
Praying hard for better days
Now we can get through the rough times together
No one to impress but myself
I mean I’ll probably still play games with myself
Cry to myself, lie to myself ‘cause I hate to hurt myself’s feelings
I’ll only be looking out for myself though
But you know how women are
Once they see you with someone, all sudden, now they wanna get with ya
All sudden I’m that cute guy that is dating someone now
Well I assure you I’m not doing this to make other women jealous
I am completely happy with myself
I like myself. I think I’m attractive.
Plan to be with myself ‘til the very end
Or until someone better comes along
May 28
YC Alberta 2009: Live it Loud
I’m sure that most of the people reading my blog right now know that I am totally obsessed with YC. I never want it to end, and when it does I immediately look forward to next year’s!
YC is a Christian youth conference run by Extreme Dream Ministries where “our denominational differences are set aside as we become one in Christ”1. The conference lasts three days and even though the event started back in 1994 with 500 people, Extreme Dream now ministers to approximately 16,000 young people annually! This year the event preached that if we want to follow Christ, we need to start “living it loud” so that our relationship with our Saviour can expand.
So how exactly does one “live it loud” in our society? How do we pull away from everything our society tells us to be and live how Christ wants us to live? Though there are many answers to this question, the main sessions focused more on understanding grace and forgiveness properly so that we can allow God to transform us, as well as overcoming lustful desires. Side sessions focused on how to spread the gospel efficiently, overcoming issues with self esteem and self mutilation, and getting away from things in our culture that are against what God teaches us in His word.2
So now that you know about YC Alberta 2009 and it’s main focus, I can introduce to you the day of Friday, May 22 2009!
After a spectacular display of fireworks and break dancers (A.K.A. the YC kick-off), the David Crowder Band walked on stage in front of their grand audience. This would come as no shock to those who do not know what YC is all about. They would probably tell you how Rexall Place, the home of YC Alberta, was created for the soul purpose of entertainment (eg. hockey, concerts, etc). But the David Crowder Band was not on stage for a concert appearance but to lead worship. As prayer and praise songs erupted from 16,000 mouths, Rexall Place lost it’s reputation as a building dedicated to entertainment and became a church.
1 Taken from the YC Alberta website in the “About YC” section
2 I did not attend any of the side sessions, so I won’t be talking about them in my blog. I’ve heard that they were really good though!
