The second half :)

So, on Wednesday night at my ABSOLUTELY AMAZING CHURCH called "Third Day Worship Center" our Pastor preached a message that I really learned a lot from. he said that on July 1st (Canada day) we are exactly HALF-WAY through the year, now before you go all crazy and think about how we are in the last days before an alien invasion in which zombies take over and the whole world ends in 2012 or whatever the false prophets say, Pastor gave it a whole new meaning and I learned a lot from it.

He said that this half way is going to be a turning point for us. He said that even though we may have messed up, and made wrong decisions in the first half, Gods grace is available to us and he is here to forgive us of our sins only if we repent and turn from them.

He used the story of "The Prodigal Son" to depict exactly what God has to offer us in the second half. In the first half of this story,the Son messed up bad. And I mean BAAAAAD like, I'm so horribly un-wise with my money that I now have to eat with the pigs BAAAAAD. But listen and understand this...that was the first half.


In the second half of the story when the son returned home to repent of his sins, come clean, and ask that his father give him another chance, his father said, "No son, you wretched young boy. You stupid and unworthy man." NO HE DIDN'T SAY THAT!!!


HE HAD A CELEBRATION!!! They killed the fattened calf for goodness sakes people! God has that for you!  (not a fattened calf) but something better! he has his grace, his amazing grace. He is willing to forgive you and give you a second chance, because not only is He the God of second chances, but he loves YOU SOOOOOO MUCH! I mean, I can't even comprehend. All you have to do is ASK for forgiveness, TURN from your wicked ways, and CHANGE.

Everything is always better is the second half, movies, sports, games. So let the rest of 2011 be the best AND LIVE IT UP... for him <3 Your one and only Savior.

They played a song last night, and it is honestly just loving on God and telling him how much you love him. Instead of a song in which you just keep asking God, in this song you praise Him. so stop what your doing and just love on him for a couple minutes or hours LOVE ON HIM YOUR WHOLE LIFE because his grace came with no price and I am certain that none of us deserve it.

Go to youtube and look-up "We Love Who You Are"
I would post a link...but I am still blog-challenged.

P.S. Check out my new part on Shift at the bottom of my blog! (I'll explain it all later, but I have to go to bed!)

Your Grace...still amazes me.

Birthday of one of the finest :)

So, today is someones birthday. Actually, I am sure that it is many people out there's bithday today but someone VERY SPECIAL to me is having a birthday today and this post is dedicated to her. Her name is Phoebus. Okay, okay so that isn't her actual name but I figure that it makes a great nickname for her.

Pheobus means soooo much to me! She is 25 today which therefore makes her my FAVORITE 25 YEAR OLD IN THE WHOLE WORLD! That is, until next year when she turns 26. :) She is one of the funniest, quirkiest, most enjoyable person I know and she is beautiful inside and out! She makes me laugh whenever I am to down to laugh and together we make a great team, laughing at eachothers mistakes and helping eachother through the best and worst of times.

Pheobus is the older sister I never had and I love her to pieces. I hope that this is the best birthday ever Pheobus and  love you so much! <3