A song

It's been VBS week, which means that I've pretty much had a bunch of little kid songs in my head most of it. One in particular had a tendency to get stuck (mostly because it was a new song, and those always end up going round and round). But tonight, something else came to mind. I can't remember what put it there, but it's here, and I'm happy because I like it. :) After looking for it online, I realized that it was probably one of those that got phased out, and not in any of the new hymnbooks. I thought I'd share. The title is "In Thee Do I Live" and these are the words:

All that I am or hope to be,
O Son of God, I owe to Thee,
For Thou has bought me; I am Thine
And by Thy mercy Thou art mine.

Chorus:
Thy mercy sought me, Thy love has bought me
Thy grace as taught me to believe
Then, in believing, Thy peace receiving
Now in Thee only do I live.

Thy blessed cross has sealed my peace,
Thy sorrows make my own to cease;
Thy power has cleansed me from all sin;
Thy presence keeps my conscience clean.

Thy cruel wounds my own have healed;
Thy broken heart my pardon sealed;
Thy death, O Christ, means life for me,
A life for all eternity.

Lately, I've been on the sidelines for a few issues between people, Christian people. I do what I can, try to give sound, godly advice, and be an encouragement and such. I end up wondering what things would be like if we'd all recognize that there is life ONLY in Christ. It seems to me that we forget too often. We're not behaving like we're alive when we act without God. Who wants to go back to being dead? Then why would we imitate it?

Anyway. Some thoughts that came to me brought on by a good song. :) I used to have a picture on my wall when I was little. It had a little girl playing a flute-type instrument and there was some kind of animal next to her (a bunny or squirrel or something). At any rate, it said, "The Lord puts a song in my heart." He certainly did today. :)

Wedding!!

Okay, so. . . . It's in January - on the 29th, to be exact. :) I'm getting married in eight months. Ha! So cool. =)

Went to look at churches today. The idea of "church browsing" is kind of odd to me, but ah, well. Gotta get married somewhere. Then there's the question of, who all do I invite? I have the important people down - all the family and stuff. But. . . . Do I want people from school there? Do THEY want to be there? What about my internet friends that I've met all of once in my life? Maybe just an e-vite? lol I don't think any of them will come anyway though.

It'll be right at the beginning of the new school year. None of them would probably be able to make it. But . . . what if they could? What if they would? What if they actually wanted to? I can't see it. . . . . But I don't like being the one to stop trying. If other people don't want to try, that's their business. I like to try to keep my friends. The problem is, when exactly does a person stop being your friend? I don't know.

I hope all my family can make it. I really do.

I killed my foot somehow. I don't know what I did to it, but it's angry with me apparently. :( It's been objecting quite vehemently to being walked on today.

You know what would be totally awesome? To write a song and have other people really like it. . . . I think that would be like my "dream come true" type of thing as far as being some type of famous goes. . . . I was going to make a meaningful blog post the other day - some deeper things, but all my pizazz for it got lost in transition somewhere. Maybe I'll find it again. For now, it's good to be writing at all. :)