off the top of my head.

i told you once
i told you twice
can't that be enough?
will it ever suffice?
my words are pure
my promises true
everything I do is what's best for you
sometimes it's hard to believe in what you can't see
but that's why I gave you faith in me.
this blessed assurance can always ring true
i'm daily on this walk with you
i know it gets scary
and it often gets tough
but i want you to know you'll always have more than enough
though you can't always see it,
my path is clear
remember i'll never leave you dear.
i'm holding your hand and i'll lead you along
if you listen you can hear me, though my voice might not be strong
for i don't like to yell and i won't often shout
but if you listen for my whisper i'll remove all your doubt
i'll never let you hold more than you can bear
i'll help you with the weight of it that's why i'm right here
i love you more than you could ever know or feel
but none the less i assure you it's real
so take my hand and walk with me
there is so much of this world i want you to see
you'll go many places
shake things up
move lots of mountains
no matter how tough
that's why I love you
no matter the cost
because of your faith
my death was not a loss.

what was i thinking

So it's official, you may in fact make fun of me, mock me, and point and laugh next time i walk by because I have started a blog. I never thought that this would happen to me and I don't know what I was thinking, but it's official so i might as well use it right? But this also means that the whole world will now in fact be able to see my poor grammar and judge me on my misuse of commas and capitalization, if I thought more than 3 people would actually read this I might be intimidated by that fact, but somehow I think i'll survive.
Yesterday was thanksgiving and I realized that I have an abundance of blessings in my life. These range from things like the generic family and friends, to things like i'm glad that i got to spend my summer in delaware, i'm thankful that i'm being forced to do things that scare me like planning this trip to haiti, i'm thankful that i get to wake up every morning and know God is watching over me, and i'm thankful that i'm being taught how to be happy regardless of my material possessions. As thanksgiving was drawing to end yesterday i began to get discouraged by the number of commercials that I was seeing telling me that to be happy I needed to go out the next morning and spend lots of money on my loved ones. It is just hard to see how we can shift for a day focused on the blessings that we have and what we are grateful for, most of which are things you cannot buy, and then the next holiday that we celebrate is based on buying our happiness. I just wonder when Christmas shifted from the holiday to remember the birth of our savior into a day where we celebrate greed and material happiness. I guess i just want to see people be reminded of what is really important in life and that we all have much more than we need. But it takes time to learn and I have to continue to be patient with other people and know that change takes time, all I can do is try to show people another way and pray I make a difference.
I feel like i'm going to look back on this post one day and think why is there not something more earth shattering and prophetic, but hey this is my first post so I get some leeway, but you can expect to a list of 101 things to do in 1001 days, and all the adventures that that list will bring so brace yourselves for what is coming.