And everything in the world went on and then a baby was born.

A baby to save the ones who were his own creation.
Why don't we remember this every day?
Merry Christmas

"When we draw near to Him in the breaking of the bread, the hearing of the Word, the searching of the Scriptures, prayer, or praise, we find any form of approach to Him to be the return of peace to our spirits."
Evening by Evening//Charles Spurgeon

Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird!

No hungry getnerations tread thee down;

The voice I hear this passing night was heard

In ancient days by emperor and clown:

Perhaps the self-same song that found a path

Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home,

She stood in tears amid the alien corn;

The same that oft-times hath

Charmed magic casements, opening on the foam

Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn.

Ode to a Nightingale//John Keats

Do you hear the people sing
Singing the songs of angry men
It's the music of the people who won't be slaves again
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drum
There's a life about to start when tomorrow comes

LES MISERABLES

the madness begins.....

coming to a theater near you

November 29th-December 1st 2007

YOUR INVITED!

irish pancakes

'Twas hard the woeful words to frame to break the ties that bound us
But harder still to bear the shame of foreign chains around us
And so I said, "The mountain glen I'll seek at morning early
And join the bold united men," while soft winds shake the barley

But blood for blood without remorse I've taken at Oulart Hollow
And laid my true love's clay cold corpse where I full soon may follow
As round her grave I wander drear, noon, night and morning early
With breaking heart when e'er I hear the wind that shakes the barley.

In Flanders Fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead.

Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

In Flanders fields.

a captive spirit

Ariel: Before you can say 'come' and 'go,'

And breathe twice and cry 'so, so,'

Each one, tripping on his toe,

Will be here with mop and mow.

Do you love me, master? no?

The Tempest//William Shakespeare

tear drops

Somebody said this to me today. "Every tear that falls is caught and put in a jar in heaven. Jesus does not forget those tears."

"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels or demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to seperate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."//Romans 8:38-39

Angel

And suddenly I thought that the mast of the ship was a kind of never-to-be-shut-in chimney, and that perhaps Angel has first thought of going to sea as he had stood on some roof top and seen from afar the ships in the harbour before he was forced down into the black hole of his work once more.

That was the last I saw of Angel, high amidst the air and sun, looking up towards the sky. I shouldn't have cried, for indeed I was happy for him, but I did, a little.

-Street Sparrows //Rose Ayers-a wonderful author and aunt

In Christ alone my hope is found,

He is my light, my strength, my song;

this Cornerstone, this solid Ground,

firm through the fiercest drought and storm.

What heights of love, what depths of peace,

when fears are stilled, when strivings cease!

My Comforter, my All in All,

here in the love of Christ I stand.

In Christ alone! who took on flesh

Fulness of God in helpless babe!

This gift of love and righteousness

Scorned by the ones he came to save:

Till on that cross as Jesus died,

The wrath of God was satisfied

-For every sin on Him was laid;

Here in the death of Christ I live.

There in the ground His body lay

Light of the world by darkness slain:

Then bursting forth in glorious Day

Up from the grave he rose again!

And as He stands in victory

Sin's curse has lost its grip on me,

For I am His and He is mine

-Bought with the precious blood of Christ.

No guilt in life, no fear in death,

This is the power of Christ in me;

From life's first cry to final breath.

Jesus commands my destiny.

No power of hell, no scheme of man,

Can ever pluck me from His hand;

Till He returns or calls me home,

Here in the power of Christ I'll stand.

Run when you can, walk when you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.

"People come, people go- they'll drift in and out of your life, almost like characters in a favorite book. When you finally close the cover, the characters have told their story and you start up again with another book, complete with new characters and aventures. Then you find yourself focusing on the new ones, not the ones from the past." //The Rescue-Nicholas Sparks

Some of us,

We're hardly ever here

The rest of us,

we're born to disappear

How do I stop myself from

Being just a number

How will I hold my head

To keep from going under

Down to the wire

I wanted water but

I'll walk through the fire

If this is what it takes

To take me even higher

Then I'll come through

Like I do

When the world keeps

Testing me, testing me,testing me

John Mayer//Vultures

Little Things Matter

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
Matthew 10: 28-30

Never do you realize how much you love someones friendship until they are gone. <3

For our high priest is able to understand our weaknesses. When he lived on earth, he was tempted in every way that we are, but he did not sin. Let us then, feel very sure that we can come before God's throne where there is grace. // Hebrews 4:15-16

bluejays & mockingbirds

"'I'd rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you'll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mocking bird."

That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it.

"Your father's right," she said. "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.'"

To Kill A Mockingbird/Harper Lee

captivate

You say, strength is found in weakness

Peace in incompleteness

So why do I hold on?

You look, For a heart that's open

For beauty in the broken

So why am I withdrawn?

My soul's screaming out

To be found in You

Spirit draw me to my knees

Captivate all of me, all of me

Here before You honestly

Captivate all of me, all of me

I'm so messy and distracted

Undisciplined and tactless

Here on the inside

I thought age would tell the secrets

But the secrets are still secret

And the years are passing by

Teach me to wait in the moments of my need

Teach me to hear the melodies of peace

"captivate"/starfield

home sweet home

so there is a song and i don't know the name of it and i couldn't find anything about it on google. but i love the lyrics and i probably don't have them completley right but it goes something like this from what i remember.

HEAVEN IS MY HOME

WHERE I'LL LIVE FOREVER

SHINING LIKE THE SUN

WITH MY KING FOREVER

EVERY SORROW GONE

HE WILL REIGN FOREVER

HEAVEN IS MY HOME

HEAVEN IS MY HOME

Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."~ Matthew 19:14

my big red suitcase is filled with clothes, strawberry jam and cookies. what more could i need to live off of for two weeks? i am leaving for the airport in an hour to fly away to calgary, my favorite hick town. well it will be a hick town for the next two weeks anyways. i had an amazing weekend with all of you at celebration and i wanted to thank you for that, you all are crazy fun people.

Quote of the Day: We cannot change our past. We cannot change the fact that people act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play the one string we have and the is our attitude. ~ Charles R. Swindoll

Verse of the Day: Shout for joy to the Lord all the earth, burst into jubilant song with music; make music to the Lord with the harp, with the harp and the sound of singing, with trumpets and the blast of the ram's horn-shout for joy before the Lord, the King. Let the sea resound, and everything in it, the world and all who live in it. Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy; let them sing before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the people with equity.~ Psalm 98: 4-9

adios amigos, hasta luego. <3 jess
*kara's picture, but the timer did the work

A Time for Everything

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:

a time to be born and a time to die,

a time to plant and a time to uproot,

a time to kill and a time to heal,

a time to tear down and a time to build up,

a time to weep and a time to laugh,

a time to mourn and a time to dance,

a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,

a time to embrace and a time to refrain,

a time to search and a time to give up,

a time to keep and a time to throw away,

a time to tear and a time to mend,

a time to be silent and a time to speak,

a time to love and a time to hate,

a time for war and a time for peace.

What does the worker gain from his toil? I have seen the burden of God that has been laid on men. He has made everything beautiful in its time.

Ecclesiastes 3

the coke side of life

i saw it and i had to buy it. my world has been cokeisized. ain't it just grand?

changed

Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart,

naught be all else to me, save that thou art;

thou my best thought by day and by night,

waking and sleeping, thy presence my light.

Old Books and Poems

Last week when I was empty out the bookshevles I found a bunch of old books. I love old books, they smell good. Anyways there were these two old poem books that my mom had as a little kid. They are falling apart at the seams and one is from 1905. So this is one of those poems from my good smelling, falling apart book. enjoi...

THE LAND OF NOD

From breakfast on through all the day

At home among my friends I stay;

But every night I go abroad

Afar into the land of Nod.

All by myself I have to go,

With none to tell me what to do-

All alone beside the streams

And up the mountain-side of dreams.

The strangest things are there for me,

Both things to eat and things to see,

And many frightening sights abroad

Till morning in the land of Nod.

Try as I like to find the way,

I never can get back by day,

Nor can remember plain and clear

The curious music that I hear.

No greater joy

Is there than this

To know for what

We're meant to live

To hold Your hand

To touch Your face

To find ourselves

In loves embrace

I want to stand before the King

Join in the song that heaven sings

I want to hold the hand that holds the world

I want to know the mystery

Reach out and touch the majesty

I want to hold the hand tht holds the world

No greater love

Could be bestowed

That You would name us as your own

Your daughters sing

Your sons rejoice

They gather here before Your throne

You are, You are

The author of creation

We are, the chrildren of your heart

You are, You are,

The light of all the heaven

We rise, to worship all You are

*Starfield, The Hand that Holds the World

Time is the one thing we cannot stop. We cannot go back and we cannot

go forward. Our future is in the past and our past is in the future.

a little piece from a land far away....

Tu justicia es justicia eterna y tu ley a verdad.~ Salmos 119:142

This verse was on the wall of the church in Honduras. It means "Your righteousness is everlasting and you law is true" Psalm 119:142. God's righteousness is higher than the heavens and wider than universe, how great is His love. have a good long weekend. luv, jess

"Nothing is sure to last in this wicked world, not even our troubles." ~ Charlie Chaplin

Imagine you and the Lord Jesus are walking down the road together. For much of the way, the Lord's footprints go along steadily, consistently, rarely varying the pace. But your footprints are a disorganized stream of zigzags, starts, stops, turnarounds, circles, departures, and returns. For much of the way, it seems to go like this, but gradually your footprints come more in line with the Lord's, soon paralleling His consistently. You and Jesus are walking as true friends! This seems perfect, but then an interesting thing happens: Your footprints that once etched the sand next to Jesus' are now walking precisely in His steps. Inside His larger footprints are your smaller ones, you and Jesus are becoming one. This goes on for many miles, but gradually you notice another change. The footprints inside the large footprints seem to grow larger. Eventually they disappear altogether. There is only one set of footprints They have become one. This goes on for a long time, but suddenly the second set of footprints is back. This time it seems even worse! Zigzags all over the place. Stops. Starts. Gashes in the sand. A variable mess of prints. You are amazed and shocked. Your dream ends. Now you pray: 'Lord, I understand the first scene, with zigzags and fits. I was a new Christian; I was just learning. But You walked on through the storm and helped me learn to walk with You.' 'That is correct.' 'And when the smaller footprints were inside of Yours, I was actually learning to walk in Your steps, following You very closely.' 'Very good.. You have understood everything so far.' When the smaller footprints grew and filled in Yours, I suppose that I was becoming like You in every way.' 'Precisely.' 'So, Lord, was there a regression or something? The footprints separated, and this time it was worse than at first.' There is a pause as the Lord answers, with a smile in His voice. 'You didn't know? It was then that we danced.'

*this is one of those cushy little stories, but it made me smile when it was just one of those days

Children

He called a little child and had him stand among them. And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
"And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me. But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.~Matthew 18:2-6

*please pray for my friend Ben, he went into the hospital tuesday with a collapsed lung and they don't know why or how long it will take to heal, thank you.

prayers

" Here in dust and dirt, O here, the liles of his love appear." ~ All the Way Home by Ann Tatlock

My friends grandpa was diagnosed with cancer and he found out last night. My dad is going in for back surgery next week the day I leave for Nelson. Please pray for my friend and my dad, I really appreciate it. Thank you.

"The desert and the parched land will be gald; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy." ~ Isaiah 35

I hear the Savior say,

“Thy strength indeed is small;

Child of weakness, watch and pray,

Find in Me thine all in all.”

Jesus paid it all,

All to Him I owe;

Sin had left a crimson stain,

He washed it white as snow.

For nothing good have I

Whereby Thy grace to claim,

I’ll wash my garments white

In the blood of Calvary’s Lamb.

And now complete in Him

My robe His righteousness,

Close sheltered beneath His side,

I am divinely blessed.
Lord, now indeed I find

Thy power and Thine alone,

Can change the leper’s spots

And melt the heart of stone.

When from my dying bed

My ransomed soul shall rise,

“Jesus died my soul to save,”

Shall rend the vaulted skies.

And when before the throne

I stand in Him complete,

I’ll lay my trophies down

All down at Jesus’ feet.

Jesus paid it all,
All to Him I owe;
Sin had left a crimson stain,
He washed it white as snow.

Honduras

Where do I begin? Everyone keeps asking me how my trip was and I don't know how to put it into words. If I could tell you every little thing I would, there is just too much unless you would want to sit down for 3 hours and listen. I miss it a lot. The people there were amazing, I have never met a group of people so loving, so caring, so accepting. What I saw was people living a life that I probably will never have. What they were living seemed to be so much more real then the life I live every day in Canada. The Hondurans sincerly cared about you and accepted you for being you from the moment they saw you. They were so grateful for the small things. The kids wanted to be with you everywhere you moved. They wanted to hug you, hold your hand, talk to you even if you couldn't understand. They wanted you to spin them in circles til they couldn't walk straight. There are so many little stories that mean the world to me. It is too hard to write them all here, but I'll let you know sometime. This world holds so much more then I understood until I went to Marcala. If you ever get an oppurtunity to go on a missions trip take it. I can gaurentee that you will come back feeling blessed. God is amazing and He is everywhere. Dios le bendiga. Buen suenos. ~ Jessica

Green and White

i made a promise to go back, and i intend to keep it. thank you for praying for me. i will tell you all about it when i see you next. goodbye is never forever, for we will see each other in heaven.

please pray

please pray. time flies. i remember finding out back in september what team i was going to be on, i can't believe that i am finally going. please pray for me and my team that are going down to honduras. i arrive tomorrow in tegucigalpa after 18 hours of travel. the next day we are driving to marcalla where we are spending all of our time. we are working in christian and public schools, building a playground and working in the villages surrounding marcalla. if you happen to think of it please pray for our saftey and health. thank you for you support and prayers. i will be thinking of you too. adios and gracias. see you in 10 days. love, jess

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.~Matthew 7:7

Friends and Family

friends and family are the ones who keep me going. i am so grateful for these people.
"There are greater things ahead then any we leave behind."~C.S. Lewis
"We can do no great things, only small things with great love."~Mother Teresa

"For great is your love, higher than the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies."~Psalm 108:4
"Love sought is good, but given unsought is better."~William Shakespeare
"One can never consent to creep when one feels and impulse to soar."~Helen Keller
"For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline." ~2 Timothy 1:7

"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." ~Albert Einstein