loving this band

love the words to this song...and her passionate expression of love for her Creator.

being redeemed

I've been reading in Isaiah the past few nights, and have been struck with how many times God is referred to as our redeemer - more so, how incredible that thought is. In the dictionary, the word redeem is defined as "to buy back," or "to release from blame or debt." When I think of its meaning, I think of it as collecting something of worth. Any of these definitions describe exactly what God desires with us - to buy us back from the life of sin we were born into, releasing us from the debts we owed to him (by sending Jesus to the cross)....hence, collecting something of worth....us. He cannot NOT be redeemer...and we cannot NOT be redeemed. Redeeming us -any single one of us, regardless of our past, regardless of what we have done - is His very nature - it is who He is.

***
But now, O Jacob, listen to the Lord who created you.
O Israel, the one who formed you says,
“Do not be afraid, for I have redeemed you.
I have called you by name; you are mine.
² When you go through deep waters,
I will be with you.
When you go through rivers of difficulty,
you will not drown.
When you walk through the fire of oppression,
you will not be burned up;
the flames will not consume you.
³ For I am the Lord, your God,
the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.
I gave Egypt as a ransom for your freedom;
I gave Ethiopia^a]">[a] and Seba in your place.
⁴ Others were given in exchange for you.
I traded their lives for yours
because you are precious to me.
You are honored, and I love you.

--Isaiah 43:1-4

craziness

I realize it's been awhile since I last blogged. I feel like it's been awhile since I've done anything other than work. However, life is slowly returning to its usual groove, and awesomeness is on the horizon. Like tonight. Irish Festival & Crystal. What more do you need?! Hopefully tomorrow, I'll have some super sweet photos to post!

question

So I just got back from California. And on 3 of my 4 flights (no direct connections for me!), people around me had their cell phones on (and using them) well after the doors were closed - one guy answered his phone as we were barreling down the runway for take off. I've always thought (maybe naively) that cell phones interfered with FAA signals. Is this true? Are people putting others' lives in danger when they don't abide by this one simple rule? Am I over analyzing things? I love to fly, but this has become a major pet peeve!

almost time

a week and a half until she gets married.


a week and a half until I see these faces.

San Francisco can't come fast enough.

JK Wedding Entrance Dance

best wedding video ever. forget sentimental crap.

on the solar eclipse....

"You can't find words to adequately describe it," Charles Fulco, a middle-school astronomy teacher from New York, told CNN. "You become addicted. You need to see the next one. You count the days and years until you do. Nothing else compares to it."


not quite what I would say, but to each his own, right?!