The Countdown Begins...

The countdown begins! One day till my party, three days till my birthday and five days till I go to Hong Kong!

Wow, everything is getting close now...even still reality hasn't completely set in yet, and I don't think it will until friends start to arrive, presents are opened and I board that big ol' plane.

But even with everything going on I will make time to write to you dear readers! =D

Hmm, what else should I mention... oh yeah Koorong was GREAT!

If you don't know me and are just simply reading my blog (which I don't think is like likely...let me know if you are) I LOVE music and I have a new fave artist Sarah Reeves, y'all should check her out.

But other than her I got three other artists as well, Krystal Meyers, Revive and Barlowgirl...all great artists as well.

Not much else, be sure to fill y'all in soon about my part-ay and travels in Hong Kong!

Back to Reality

Just a reality check for me, looking at my blog posts I've realised I could so just call my blog, 'life' because that's all I seem to talk about. But really that's just what goes on in my head.

But in reality (outside my head, if I'm talking about my blog that is) my birthday is in 4 days, my party in 2 and I leave for Hong Kong in 6 days! I spent today at Koorong with my friend and mum and her friend.

My holidays (which is really the first week because the next week and the next I spend in Hong Kong) are PACKED! But that's good at least I know I'm living my life to 'full'. =D

Another reality check is that my friend, Jacinta, (who lives in Vanuatu, she moved at the start of the year), is gone. She's not on a long holiday, but I won't see her for another year or so, probably. It's hitting me hard knowing that we were so close and now in a literal sense she's far away.

So now birthday wishes are sent through the mail along with virtual kisses and hugs through the internet. Though I praise God because if this were 10 years ago there would have been no such thing as 'Skype' and 'Facebook'. I can 'feel' close to her even though kilometres of ocean separate us.

Even with this I can feel peace because I know that if I don't see her again in this earthly life, I WILL see her again one day...in heaven.

Innocence

My friend has recently had a baby, Kyra, another friend is due soon, and my sister, her due date is drawing near as well.

As I held Kyra Sunday night, ad looked upon her tiny face, cherry cheeks and rosebud mouth. The look of purity and innocence and peace was like none I'd seen before.

Today's world and generation is far from what I saw on that baby's face, our world is filled with all sorts of immoral things, which I couldn't even begin to list.

As chattering and laughing swirled me and that baby girl, she slept in complete peace, unaware of all the things going on around her. If only we as Christians could just 'tune out' to the things of the world and 'sleep' in peace.

But obviously we can't as you get older and older you become aware of everything that goes on around you. Even as a toddler you no longer hold the innocence you did as a baby, one of the first words the children learn is 'no'.

"Do you want to do this?" "No", "Come here", "NO"! As you can see this is FAR from innocent.

In this world today you can't be innocent. There are always going to be things that you simply can't 'sleep' around, you'll wake up and realise the reality. But even with these distractions we shouldn't just give it away either, yeah sure, there are things that you and I can't hide but just because we live in an immoral world we should NOT let the devil lead us to believe that we have to be part of it/them.

Sometimes I hear/see things that make me feel dirty, and really I can't NOT hear/see them their right there! But even with this sense of 'sprirtual innoncence' beeing gone I live in peace knowing that Jesus' blood can freely wash over me and remove any stains that may have left from that experiance.

WHATEVER It Takes

This evening we had a prayer meeting at church, and God moved mightily but there one was one prayer earnestly prayed that just stuck in my mind.

..."God, don't let me be ashamed of the gospel and of the truth, I'm desperate for the hearts and salvation of people that don't know you, God, I'm willing to do whatever it takes"...

As I sat there and listened with tears streaming down my face the thought kept going over and over in my head, am I willing to do WHATEVER it takes?

I am responsible for the salvation of the people I meet and do not tell them about God and his mercies. Not everyone is going to listen me, not everyone will believe but if I don't step out and plant the seed in their hearts then they may never see heaven, and the mercies of God.

If you think that I'm over-exaggerating or judging your life, I'm talking to myself, this is to me. I need to do this, and I'm sharing this with you all, to encourage you...

Whatever it takes, this may mean life or death, no, this is life or death, heaven or hell.

When I say Lord, do whatever it takes I'm saying, Lord, have COMPLETE control. There are people in this world that need you so bad, Lord they are desperate, I'm willing to be you vessel to reach this generation,

Whatever it takes. This is my prayer. Jesus, have your way.

Secrets...*shh*

Secrets, this is a word we all like to hear, it's like we all just love to know something nobody else knows. Am I right?

Something one friend told me was that if I told her my 'secrets' she'd tell me hers. Personally I don't see the point in this type of 'secret swap'. It's like even though I trust you with my secrets I'm not going to tell you unless you tell me!?

What's the point? If I have a secret and am willing to tell someone I trust there should be no limits. It's not supposed to be a bribe.

The other pain of this method of 'secret swapping' is that if you tell them say 3 secrets and they tell you 4 you apparently owe them a secret!?! What's with that?

Anyways, if I know you, NEVER do this to me =D. Just tell me the secret...=D