quotes.

*note: another honors english II assignment.. see, we have these weekly 'journal entries' and i'm beginning to enjoy them. ssh ;)

I love Bible verses.  They're God's words to us; pieces of the most genuine love letter ever written.  It would be crazy-difficult to pick just one.

So instead I'm going with a lyric that I've always found ingenious.  Kudos to Matthew Thiessen of Relient K.

"I know to live you must give your life away."

^ It never ceases to make me think and yet, at the same time, it spills -- spells -- out everything.

My life is mine, yes.  But really, no it isn't.  I'm the one living it, but then again, am I really living?

See, to live -- really live -- you have to know God.  I can't imagine not knowing Him.  Life is so hard with Him, life without Him must be torturous.  See, when you give God your life, you're actually getting your life.  The life that you were meant to live rather than the one you were given.  Rather than trying to navigate through the rejection, anger, hurt, and frustration, you can let God take the wheel.  Sure, life's still going to be tough, but let's face it, that's life.  But instead of being brought down by the heavy loads life packs on you, you can run free and enjoy the little things like your favorite song on the radio or cake batter ice cream from Coldstone.  When you give you life to God, you're exchanging it for hope.  Peace. Happiness.

I'm glad I made the trade♥

a bunch of rambles rolled into one.

I've had lots of earth-shaking, ground-breaking, amazing ideas for posts lately, but guess what?  I can't remember any of them.  Normally when I think of a post, I can head to my computer, start a draft, and save it.  But not now >.<

My computer's still being fixed *heavy sigh*, so yes, I'm at the library doing my weekly post.  Hopefully we'll have it back soon, but until then I 'spose I'll just have to settle for weekly library-trips, which aren't all that bad I must admit.  Books, movies, computer time...eh, I can live with that ;)

I kind of figured you might be wondering what's been up with me (or not...).  Well, if you're reading this post I guess you are wondering...moving right along...

Summer's been going great so far.  I went to Holiday World with my youth group and had a blast.  I rode the world's #1 wooden rollercoaster, The Voyage, and survived ;)  Raced down (what else?!) the Jungle Racers with the other nine of us that went, like, 5 times in a row.  I think the lady working them was getting annoyed just a bit...but oh well.  It was my favorite part of the whole day!  We walked single file with our boards all on the same side and filed up the stairs like a kid-army or something.  It was pretty hilarious.

I've had sleepovers with my bud, Shan, and plenty of girl talk sprinkled inbetween.  X-men marathons, peanut butter pie, and diving for volleyballs in the front yard.  Oh yes.  We're awesome :)

And now I'm working VBS and it's a *glorious music, like angels...oh, you know!* concert theme.  You know how I am with music.  So it's pretty cool :D  Go Fish remixed traditional songs (Jesus Loves Me, B-I-B-L-E, etc, etc.) and made them Vacation Bible School-worthy.  Not only are they catchy, they're teaching kids what matters most in life.  Anyway, I'm working Rec, which has been wild and crazy (but really fun!).  Can't wait to see how the rest of the week pans out.

So...yeah.  That's it, haha :) I'm really bad at wrapping up posts.

due to extreme amounts of homework...

I won't be posting for the next few days.  But -- I will eventually finish the 28 day challenge and get back to blogging regularly.  In the mean time, hope ya'll are having a pleasant day :)  As of this moment, I'm sitting in English gazing out the window, anticipating the weekend.  A homework free, retro T.V., sweats-and-ponytail-all-day, kind of weekend.  A weekend full of blog-reading, leaving comments, and writing blog posts. Until then, though, I'll leave you with this.

"...if His grace is an ocean we're all sinking."

-anna :)

life is like a roller coaster...

life is like a roller coaster
that doesn't ever end
it goes up and it goes down
sometimes you lose, sometimes you win

i wonder on the worst of days
why i'm even here
then i remember i have purpose
and then it's all so clear

if life was good, all peachy-keen
we wouldn't need a Savior
we'd be happy all the time
and forget about our Creator

so i'm still ridin'
up and down
twistin', turnin'
round and round

on the roller coaster we call life
i get dizzy and confused
but my Savior's next to me
and He will see me through

i know it.

-anna :)