Western (or maybe it's eastern...) Colorado's First Snow ~ September 23rd

Part of my back porch



Snow on the railing

The view from my kitchen window

View into the living room onto the deck from the upstairs little hallway thing.

Ok, this has nothing to do with snow, but it started snowing too hard for photography for a little while, so I took photos of my breakfast. Those are "fake" sausages if you couldn't tell. And I like my fried eggs really wet.:P

Front yard - the forest is beautiful, I miss the plains though.

I feel like it's time for Christmas carols...

I took this on a different day - it's blurry because it was raining and we were going like 50 mph.

For Those Tears I Died

One of my favorite hymns to play is "For Those Tears I Died."

You said you'd come and share all my sorrows

You said you'd be there for all my tomorrows

I came so close to sending you away

But just like you promised, you came here to stay

I just had to pray

Chorus

And Jesus said,

"Come to the water, stand by my side

I know you are thirsty, you won't be denied

I felt every tear drop, when in darkness you cried

And I strove to remind you,

It's for those tears I died"

Your goodness so great, I can't understand it

And dear Lord I know now that all this was planned

I know You're here now and always will be

Your love loosened my chains, and in You I'm free

But Jesus why me?

Chorus

And Jesus said,

"Come to the water, stand by my side

I know you are thirsty, you won't be denied

I felt every tear drop, when in darkness you cried

And I strove to remind you,

It's for those tears I died"

Jesus I give You, my heart and my soul

I know now without God, I'll never be whole

Savior, You opened all the right doors

And I thank You and praise You from earth's humble shores

Take me I'm Yours!

Chorus

And Jesus said,

"Come to the water, stand by my side

I know you are thirsty, you won't be denied

I felt every tear drop, when in darkness you cried

And I strove to remind you,

It's for those tears I died"

Principle #2: Love is Action - Not Just Words

Chosen Generation~

Realizing that love is an act leads to the fact that love is an action, and not just words. How simple life and consanguinity would be if love was just words.

But – at the same time how barren our subsistence would be.

You see, just as any child will eventually get sick of candy and long for casserole (as the Bible puts it – we will tire of milk and yearn for meat), so will you.

This is true of both our spiritual and of our physical relationships – anyone can “talk the talk,” but only the committed will truly “walk the walk.” Commitment cannot be defined as a one time decision, but as a life long pursuance.

True love takes the time to do the work necessary. True love will joyfully accept the required action, no matter how strenuous, or how tiring.

1 John 3: 18 explains how Christians are charged to love:

“My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth."

As I gaze around at the people engaged in my life, my poisoned brain thinks only of what I can get out of them, and not what I can give them. But as one prays for renewing of the mind God will open their eyes, and they will see that every single person – whether it be family, friends, or someone at Wal-mart – gives them an opportunity to serve through love.

            The work clothes of pure and selfless love may not be your favorite to wear, but the Lord promises that they will never go out of style when the season changes.

To you, dressing in love may seem tedious, maybe even disgusting – but love works in a way such that the more often you put on that outfit and purposefully endeavor to truly love, the more beautiful it will become on you. The Love of Christ is an outfit that doesn’t look better depending on your hair or on your makeup – but on your heart.

True love is not tricked by appearances.

Impossible is Nothing~

-Be a World Changer-

Credits: A Young Woman's Wak With God, Elisabeth George, http://biblegateway.com

I'm not looking forward to class tomorrow, because I miss Credo.
And you Credo girls (because the boys are LAME - and if you guys read this, no offese - but talking once in a while would help) should comment and tell me how boring class is without the class clown.... or whatever I am. The smart class clown? The Killer of the Innocent? The Most Creative Writer Ever regarding Strange Subjects? Did you know that Neutrogena contains ox bile? This is why you need me. A fact you will never use again, yet it will be ingrained and irk your mind for the next twenty years.


Sarah to the Third Power
"Forgath," "You there!," and "Hey," works also.