Revolution

So you say you want a revolution?

Now is the time to go out in the world and live like it.

Everything we do either helps or hinders the impact the Good News has on the world.

So you say you want a revolution...live like it!


You say you want a revolution
Well you know
We all want to change the world
You tell me that it's evolution
Well you know
We all want to change the world
But when you talk about destruction
Don't you know you can count me out
Don't you know it's gonna be alright
Alright Alright

You say you got a real solution
Well you know
We'd all love to see the plan
You ask me for a contribution
Well you know
We're all doing what we can
But if you want money for people with minds that hate
All I can tell you is brother you have to wait
Don't you know it's gonna be alright
Alright Alright Alright

You say you'll change the constitution
Well you know
We all want to change your head
You tell me it's the institution
Well you know
You better free your mind instead
But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao
You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow
Don't you know know it's gonna be Alright
Alright Alright
~The Beatles

College is all about "finding yourself," right? Trying new things and seeing what helps to define your identity in this world.



I've have had my identity set for quite some time, but I'm continually verifying it. I find my identity in Jesus Christ. No matter how much I look to worldly things I keep going back to my love for Jesus to be the only defining thing about me. I hope and pray that shines through to some extent. I hope people do not see me as a lover of science, a lover of cooking, a lover of music, a lover of friends but that people can look at me and see I am a lover of Christ. I'm going to work on turning this love into a more public declaration. Its a relationship that helps me get through the day, to wake up and start anew even if i don't feel like it. I was made by my God to love others and to love Him. To worship and adore a risen King that knows me more than anyone on this earth will ever begin to.

The infamous question of "who am i" was answered before I was ever created, I'm just glad I've already found that answer. Who am I? A child of God, who was created to love and adore a holy God with fierce passion.

Thinking of A Project

So I have been thinking about the impacting the world project. I have an idea but I don't know if it is entirely plausible. This past summer I went to Mexico on a missions trip. The people in charge of the Bethshean Mission have set up and run a nursing home very successfully for several years. This is a very rural part of Mexico, with people in these tiny towns having to travel at least 2 hours on bad roads to get the least of medical care, with 6 hours to make it to a decent hospital. Every year or so doctors, dentists, and their teams go down to this rural part of Mexico to treat people for a few weeks. They are trying to raise funds to build an actual hospital where visiting physicians can treat patients with better care and facilities. I would like to make my project a fundraising project for this hospital. I do not really know how I will go about this yet, but I think it is an amazing cause.

Until other ideas come along...

Life gave me lemonade

I love to be optimistic about things, but I feel the world doesn't want us to be that way.
So I struggle with this joy I have and how to expose it upon a world that couldn't care less.
So what if I smile at the kids playing in the park, so what if my heart melts when an old couple is walking hand in hand. I love happy things. I love to be happy. Life was made to be lived with joy.

However, happiness is a fleeting emotion that can be tossed about by the waves in our lives. True joy comes from deep within. I find my joy in personally experiencing God in my life.

This song just makes me feel like its okay to be joyful about life, because, in reality, our lives are pretty amazing. I cannot say that life has ever truly given me lemons; God has always blessed my life with lemonade.

With no further ado, the lyrics to lemonade by chris rice:

So go ahead and ask her For happy ever after 'Cause nobody knows what's coming So why not take a chance on loving Come on, pour the glass and tempt me Either half-full or half-empty 'Cause if it all comes down to flavor The glass is tipping in my favor Life gave me lemonade and I can't imagine why Born on a sunny day, beneath a tangerine sky I live life without pretending I?m a sucker for happy endings Thanks for the lemonade Thanks for the lemonade! Now take your time to answer me For the beauty of romancing Is to calm your trembling hand with mine While begging love to fill your eyes I can hardly breathe while waiting To find out what your heart is saying And as we're swirling in this flavor The world is tilting in our favor Life gave me lemonade and I can't imagine why Born on a sunny day, beneath a tangerine sky I live life without pretending I'm a sucker for happy endings Thanks for the lemonade Thanks for the lemonade! I've got it made Rest in the shade And hold my love While God above Stirs with a spoon We share the moon Smile at the bees More sugar please He really loves us after all We're gonna need another straw! We're gonna need another straw! Life gave me lemonade and I can't imagine why Born on a sunny day, beneath a tangerine sky I live life without pretending I'm a sucker for happy endings Thanks for the lemonade Thanks for the lemonade!

Blessed!

So I'm going on a mission trip with the Christian Student Fellowship here at school and I've been all stressed out about how I'm gonna raise all the money and everything. But ya know what? God is awesome and He took care of it....ALL! My church is giving me 2/3 of the money, while the ladies group at church is paying for the rest. And my youth group is doing a fundraiser for me to pay for my passport and have some spending money. Gosh I love them!

Now pray really hard my passport gets back in enough time!

Go and Be

Just to let everyone know, the blog address is "goandbe" because it is the title of a song that is important to me.

Go and Be is a song by Audio Adrenaline
and in a way its a lifesong of sorts for me

Here are the lyrics:

you're like a letter that's never mailed
you're like a hammer without a nail
you've been standing in this place for far too long

you come to the table and you get fed
then you hide it inside your head
so why not open up and start to run

(chorus)
go and be
nothing less than you
'cause you begin in Him
He'll show you what you need to know
to go and be
every single day
go and be

you're like a winner without a prize
like a bird without a sky
you're not into the race until you run

so run with your life and you will find
all the things that you leave behind
don't mean that much when everything's brand new

go and be
nothing less than you
cause you begin in Him
He'll show you what you need to know
to go and be
every single day
who you are in Him
go and be

will you be the one
to come and see
will you be the one
to go and be

go and be
nothing less than you
cause you begin in Him
He'll show you what you need to know
to go and be
every single day
who you are in Him
one who loves as Jesus loves

now go and be
nothing less than you
go and be
nothing less than true
would you come and see
all there is to be
come and see
go and be

(I will go... I'm goin' now... I'll be goin' now...)

Little life, big world

Life is short.

It took a song by Ginny Owens the other day, along with some other events in my life to realize that we need to live in the moment as much as possible, that we need to take chances and make our dreams come true.

So in other words I turned my deposit in to study abroad in Scotland for 5 weeks this summer. I'm thrilled that I am taking advantage of this opportunity, and I can't wait until July gets here.

"you only live once, so don't think twice"- Ginny Owens