Home Sweet, Sweet, Home!

Yay, we're finally home from Pebbly Beach, it was AWESOME!! I had so much fun. I won't go into detail about the trip at this imediate moment, as I will be updating what happened day by day.

Although yes I know, this post has been quite delayed considering I arrived home last Saturday, but with all do respect my big bro, Anthony...who has taken up residence overseas, Denmark to be specific, came home on Monday and I have been relishing my time with him, as I know it's short, he'll be leaving us to go back in three weeks time.

So it's been busy....how's everyones Chrissy *wink* going? Finally all my pressies have been purchased and I'm nearly done wrapping them all. I LOVE, I mean LOVE the Christmas season and although for some people it's a stressful and non-happy time of the year it's the complete opposite for me.

I feel so happy during the Christmas season, it's such a time of joy, this is Jesus' birthday. And I love the fact that as we wander aimlessly through the shops and the supermarkets, that the music playing is (mostly) praises to our king, unbeknown to the passers by or the employees they are filling their minds with songs of our Saviour!

I just love it!!! But any way, I will soon post a day by day, diary of our experiences camping, forgive me if it's not posted/begun until after Christmas, but I will do my best.

Thank-you for the wonderful year this has been and I want to wish all my readers a very, merry Christmas!

Saturdays...

Saturdays usually go in this sort of pattern...

1. Wake up
2. Go back to sleep, still tired
3. Bored in bed, get up
4. Get on computer check out FaceBook
5. Have shower, etc. etc.

I think you get my drift, they are not all THAT interesting, some Saturdays, to add dome spice we have a youth outing to Kiama or maybe a church sausage sizzle (how exciting *sarcasm*), considering it's late at night on a Saturday forgive me for my boredom.

Today was not so bad, we did have a youth thing, and we did have a sausage sizzle, and I still did that list up above (in case you forgot,scroll to top and re-read =D), so already my day was turning out to be better than most.

Today was actually our church's 'Battle of the Bands', I was largely involved with the pieces we were doing so that was good fun. We got down to church at around 3:30-ish and did a little practice, now the church that we battling it out with (Canberra) were running about an hour behind schedule so...that delayed things.

But anyway when they finally arrived we had good fun, We sang 4 songs

1. Hosanna - Hillsong - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQGJdTpMUcU

2. None But Jesus - Hillsong - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axqXMuW8x1U (which I led)

3. East To West - By Me - The lyrics are in this post.

4. Lord Your Holy - Done by a number of people - We sung it some thing like this - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17iSx-xVW8I

So yeah, check that stuff out, it's pretty awesome and if your wondering who won? Well, the youth leaders decided that since we were both SO good =D, they decided to not make it a competition, so no-one REALLY won, which is ok, I like it that way, nobody is better than the other or anything like that.

So yeah this Saturday was good! I'll post again soon.

My Song

In Psalm 118:14 it says,

"The LORD is my strength and my song; he has given me victory."

I didn't know how many of you would know, but I am entering a school talent quest tomorrow (:-s) and as we were doing our family bible reading this even my eyes wandered across the page to this particular verse.

It really stuck with me for some reason. It's like, God you are MY life-song. All that I do, is you. It has all been planned and pre-destined by YOU! You are my strength, when I am weak, you are my song, AND...

He has given us the victory!!! Aren't we a blessed people. Anyway, I am entering into a school talent quest tomorrow, I am going to be playing my song...which I have written to God's glory.

Wait, wait, wait. What did I just say?

"Playing my song..."

In that verse I just shared with you it specifically said that GOD is my song. So this song that I have written from my heart is not my song but God's! This is HIS song! May it be used to honor him.

So yeah, please pray for me, that God's light will been seen through me and that this talent quest would not be about saying "Wow, she's good/bad", but will be about God, how God has been glorified through this situation.

I'll just share the words to my song with you, be blessed:

Who said that I could be forgiven?
You said, Lord, you said.
Who said that I could be made whole again?
You said, Lord, you said

As far as the east is from the west
As high as the heavens above the earth
Our sins are gone
His mercy’s shown among us.

Who said that the enemy would be defeated?
You said, Lord, you said.
Who said that you’d fill me overflowing?
You said, Lord, you said.

As far as the east is from the west
As high as the heavens above the earth
Our sins are gone
His mercy’s shown among us

I will praise you O God for you are Holy
I will praise you O God for you are Worthy
And I’m gonna praise You Lord
I’m gonna praise You.

As far as the east is from the west
As high as the heavens above the earth
Our sins are gone
His mercy’s shown among us

Our sins are gone
His mercy’s shown among us