Lead me to the Cross

Savior I come
Quiet my soul remember
Redemptions hill
Where Your blood was spilled
For my ransom
Everything I once held dear
I count it all as lost

Lead me to the cross
Where Your love poured out
Bring me to my knees
Lord I lay me down
Rid me of myself
I belong to You
Lead me, lead me to the cross

You were as I
Tempted and trialed
You are
Te word became flesh
Bore my sin and death
Now you're risen

To your heart
To your heart
Lead me to your heart
Lead me to your heart

My day in a glimpse

~Eating homemade chocolate chip cookies.

~Reading a book, just for fun.

~Visiting the library (and running into my mom there. hehe)

~Going to the dentist, for the first time on my lonesome. If I've never said that I love having a GPS before, well, I'm going to say it now. I love having a GPS. :P

~Enjoying my little brother - he was showing off his clothes he's made for his Webkinz. He's so cute! (But don't tell him I said that) ;)

~Sleeping in!! Later than I wanted to *ahem*, but it just felt so nice.

~Not having to work! :)

And that about sums up my day...now, it's time for pajamas, devotions, and some sleep!

“The remarkable thing we have is a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... We cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.”

~Charles Swindoll

Friendship ♥

A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails. ~Donna Roberts

Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things. ~Author Unknown

The language of friendship is not words but meanings. ~Henry David Thoreau

The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away. ~Barbara Kingsolver

Life is nothing without friendship. ~Cicero

How rare and wonderful is that flash of a moment when we realize we have discovered a friend. ~William Rotsler

I love little kids. I think they're one of God's greatest creations. (although, I do say that about a lot of things....since God's a pretty awesome Creator). I love the way they think, the way they process, the things they say, the way they're not afraid to try new things. I love the way they hug, wrapping their little arms around you, and smiling like you hung the stars. I love their smile, the way their whole little baby face lights up when they're happy. I love their tender little hearts, and their simple faith, and how they trust people. I love how life is just so fun to them, and they're constantly learning and exploring, and enjoying every minute of it. Everything's an adventure to them, anytime a grownup or a big kid shows interest in them, it can mean the world to them.

I'm really blessed for all the opportunities that I have to spend time with little kids. ♥ Babysitting them, helping out in the nursery, loving on them, playing with them, it all just brings such joy to my heart. I can't wait to start teaching Sunday School (well, assistant teaching) and Explorers (which is kind of like a Children's Church sort of thing our church does). And someday, soon hopefully, I want a job where everyday, I wake up happy to go to work, and I get to work with little kids all day. Not that they're not frustrating, stubborn, hard to deal with sometimes, since they definitely are. Not that working with little kids isn't challenging in many ways, since it is. But it's also sooo worth it!

And one day, I really, really want my own children, and lots of them!

Tidbits of my day

I feel like posting, but since I don't have anything rather witty or interesting to say, I shall merely post tidbits of my day.

So, my day consisted of:

~working this morning, 6 - 2. Only me and Hanna were scheduled til noon, and we were SO crazy busy from about 9:00-11. It was sooo crazy. But we survived! ;) And thankfully it slowed down after noon, and we had some help come in, so we were able to do prep work and wash dishes and eat something and catch up from our crazy morning.

~a quick nap, of sorts. It wasn't officially a nap, since I was on the living room floor, and I kept waking up, due to all the activity of my family, such as throwing laundry that they were supposed to be folding onto my face. :P

~playing "Family Feud" on facebook with my siblings. It's kind of our addiction. ;)

~making chocolate chip cookies with my brother. They didn't come out quite normal, since we ran out of regular flour 1 cup into it, so we used a whole wheat flour for the other cup. And we used two different kinds of brown sugar, one of which was a granulated brown sugar. It was kind of weird looking, but thankfully they ended up turning out really good!

~reading a book for a while! it's so nice to just sit and read by the fire.

~and now, I'm sitting in the living room, typing this blog post, and listening to my siblings playing Monopoly (they invited me to play, but I opted out....it's not my favorite game. ;)) and my parents watching some funny skits from "The Carol Burnett Show" on a laptop. It's kind of a nice, cozy feeling. :)

Tomorrow, we're supposed to have some rather bad weather, what with snow and sleet and ice, so I'm kind of hoping for a snow day, not only since I want to prolong school for as long as possible (ha), but also since I hate driving in bad weather. But, my dad did offer to drive me in, if class isn't canceled, which was really sweet. ♥ We shall see in the morning I suppose! But for now, it's time for some much needed devotional time, and then some sweet sleep.

When I feel worthless, He reminds me that He created me for His purpose.

When I feel unattractive and unlovely, He tells me I'm beautiful, and created in His image.

When I feel weak, He holds my hand and makes me strong.

When I feel like crying, He wipes away my tears.

When I am depressed, He lifts me up.

When I am going through life's storms, He carries me.

When I feel like I'm not good enough, He reminds me that He loved me while I was yet a sinner.

When I feel like no one cares, He reminds me that He died for me.

When I feel awkward and out of place, He reminds me that my place is with Him, and He is even now preparing it for me.

When I feel all alone, He tells me that I am His, and He is mine.

When my heart hurts, He fills it with His love.

Quite simply, my Jesus is amazing beyond all words. ♥