New stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's right. New stuff. 

Not only is Jack Johnson coming out with a new cd on Feb 5th but he just released the first single. Yep, I got it. It's good!! 

And while I was downloading this song I found out that Keane has THREE new songs!! So yeah, I got them too. And not only are there THREE new songs but one of them is a remake of the amazing song..... by Queen.... well Rita you'll just have to come find out ;) this is your invitation to come listen to them and thank me a million times for buying them on itunes. :D

Some Awesome Possum Things.

Here we go..

1. The Giving Tree

2. Guitars 

3. Coffee and Tea and the mugs/cups we drink them in

4. Chocolate so dark it's bitter as worm wood.

5. Elf

6. Books so old that I'm not sure what they mean but love them regardless

7.  My big beautiful family

8. The one friend who gets me, Rita! 

9. Parties with people you actually want to be around

10.  Green

11. Molly and Dusty

12. Journals

13. Lewis and Clark

14. The Princess Bride (book and movie)

15. Wintermint gum

16. SUE

17. Christmas

18. Squishy pillows

 

19. Singing and Dancing

20. Music

Fortress or Prison?

What is stopping me?

What is holding me back?

Is it even mine or is it someone else's problem altogether?

I feel as though it is not mine to deal with and yet how could it be another's?

For it is not one point of resistance, directed at me from one source,

but I see a blockade everywhere I turn.

No, It must be mine and mine alone to defeat.

And yet, how can I?

I try my most cunning plan and it is in vain.

Is this a wall I have built to guard myself?

Or is it a cage someone else has put me in?

If given, then was it given to me for my good or to confine me?

Is it of my hand or from another?

Or is it merely there, unchangeable?

Is it to be defeated at all,

Or is it there to keep safe the things I value most?

Perhaps I shall never know from whence it came or for what purpose.

I only wish I knew what to do with it now.

-Sabrina Bleu

warning: Don't worry, I'm not going through some major struggle or anything. Although, it would be a lie to say it isn't at all inspired by real life. Take it for what you will.

This is a really funny video! Unfortunately, this will probably happen to me some day.... ;)

The True Knowledge

Thou knowest all; I seek in vain

What lands to till or sow with seed -

The land is black with briar and weed,

Nor cares for falling tears or rain.

Thou knowest all; I sit and wait

With blinded eyes and hands that fail,

Till the last lifting of the veil

And the first opening of the gate.

Thou knowest all; I cannot see.

I trust I shall not live in vain,

I know that we shall meet again

In some divine eternity.

-Oscar Wilde

The Letter

I wrote you a letter
Things could be better
Full of promises, every hope and dream
Did you get it
Have you read it
Talks about you and me
And the future, you see
Something no one can do
Is take the place of you
Can't you see you’re....one of a kind
CHILD, YOU'RE LIKE A STAR
SET APART
SET APART FROM THE START OF THE WORLD
THIS IS YOUR TIME
RISE AND SHINE
CHILD, YOU’RE ONE OF A KIND
Sometimes every thing’s too much
Like the deepest cut
You hurt to be touched
When you hear it
If you feel it
Don't let it have its way
I'm writing to say
Something no one can do
Is take the place of you
Oh can't you see you’re...one of a kind
CHILD, YOU'RE LIKE A STAR
SET APART
FROM THE START OF THE WORLD
THIS IS YOUR TIME
RISE AND SHINE
CHILD, YOU'RE ONE OF A KIND
I know it's hard to hear promises
When the blue has turned to grey
Nobody said it was easy
But I know you'll find your way
CHILD, YOU'RE LIKE A STAR
SET APART
FROM THE START OF THE WORLD
THIS IS YOUR TIME
RISE AND SHINE
CHILD YOU'RE ONE OF A KIND

-Newsboys

"Then you will be blameless and innocent. You will be God's children without any faults among people who are crooked and corrupt. You will shine like stars among them in the world."
Philippians 2:15

Lewis and Clark

If they were alive, I'd marry one of them.
I'm reading excerpts from their journals and it's absolutely amazing. I love reading about them and what they did especially in their own words. It's so interesting to hear an account of their adventures from both of their view points. You can see so much of their personalities through their journals. I hope that someday when I'm 200 years gone, someone will find my journals interesting! Maybe it would help if I went on some 28 month excursion into the unknown. Anyway.. They were incredible and I find myself deeply engrossed in every detail of their journey. There is really something noble in what they did. In fact many things. I love reading about their relationships with each other, the other men in the party, the Indians, Sacajawea and everyone else they encountered. I've learned so much about the culture of the different Indian tribes of the time through their descriptions. They were explorers, anthropologists, adventurers, linguists, ambassadors, and many other things. Their men trusted them so deeply and they each other. They risked their lives for each other and fought together for a common goal. Although some will say they never even really accomplished what they set off to do, I find them heroic and worthy of admiration. I dream of doing something very similar with my life. Unfortunately the Western United States has been adequately explored so I shall have to find some other territory.

Evolution?

I think not.

Gang signs....

This one is used exclusively for the Six Year olds gang:

I'm not sure what gang this one represents but it's especially intimidating:

jUmPiNg iS gOoD fOr ThE sOuL.

(and I'm sticking to it.)

Family Reunion and other stuff...

This past weekend we went to a family reunion on the Kraft side. It was lots of fun! I love my family, I'm proud to be a Kraft! :)
The main point for this post (since everyone reading it already knows about the reunion and was either there or has already heard details) is so that I don't go on to get 11+ comments on my last post. Wow. Whoever E.P. is, she sure likes to talk a lot... and give threats..I am also trying to avoid being threatened. Alright, here ya go. No more threats because this is in fact a post!! Now comment away! :)

John the Baptist..

I was reading in Luke 3 where John the Baptist is preaching and he gets mad at all of these people who are coming to be baptized and don't change the way they're living. He says that they have to bear fruit in order to show true conversion. So (since this is all new stuff to them) they ask him how they do that.
This is his response: "He who has two tunics, let him give to him who has none; and he who has food let him do likewise."
Then he goes on to give a few specifics to tax collectors and soldiers. But his main point in the passage about bearing fruit is to share. When we have extra give to those who have none. Be content with wages, not greedy and be giving.
This makes me think about a few things:

1) If that's how we bear fruit, how much fruit do we bear now-a-days?

2) We say we want to use our money however God leads us to but has he already told us what to do with anything extra right here?

3) I think I have more than one tunic..

Sabrina Bleu

There are so many places I've never been that deserve to be seen. Places that must be so beautiful.
So many people I've never met. People who could teach me so much with cultures so intriguing.
All of these things worth seeing, hearing, and learning and yet so many go on not knowing, careing, or even trying.
Ignorance is bliss for them.
If ignorance is the only bliss in this world, then may I never find bliss!
What a pity to never see, hear, or know, simply because we never cared to look, to listen, or to learn.
And never to help simply because we were so caught up in our little blissfull, ignorant world so see the pain in another.

So, I was just pondering this and thought I'd share. What if the apostle Paul strolled into and American city, would he reognize the churches? Probably not the outside because architecture has changed, fair enough. What about the inside? When he went into a church, would he know it was our place of worship? Would he recognize disciples as disciples, or just another part of the busy population? Would he see the passion for Jesus on our faces that he saw on the faces of his contemporaries? Would he "know us by our love"? Would he wonder what had happened to worship? And where the idea had come from of going to church out of habit, with little if any thought actually given to Jesus. How could we call it a church when only a small percentage of us really, honestly were trying to seek God with all of our hearts? Where was our fellowship? Imagine if he started to question us, the way he may have written a letter to one of his churches, about our faith, ministries, our impact on our community. Wouldn't he wonder why we even came to church? The churches he started were made up of people who's lives were dramatically changed by Jesus and who came to church to be encouraged to go out and, through much persecution, reach out to a lost and dying world, to make new disciples. Where has that idea gone? What have we made of the church? When our youth groups look and function much the same as any other group of teenagers, and the main difference is that they act a little different. Clean up their acts for an hour or so. They don't cuss inside the church. That would be bad. But the same type of messages are conveyed with much the same attitude. They're not as physical with their boy friend or girl friend but that changes as soon as they leave. They pretend to care by saying "I'll pray for you." instead of just blowing you off. But soon forget the promise made. They talk to tons of people while at church but nothing is said about Jesus. They sing songs but only a few worship. Is this the church the apostles started by Jesus' command?May we test our churchly ways against scripture and find what went wrong. Please God, reveal to us the distortion we have caused.