Psalm 55

Psalm 55

4-8 My insides are turned inside out;

specters of death have me down.

I shake with fear,

I shudder from head to foot.

"Who will give me wings," I ask-

"wings like a dove?"

Get me out of here on dove wings.

I want some peace and quiet.

I want a walk in the country.

I want a cabin in the woods.

I'm desperate for a change.

From rage and stormy weather.

16-19 I call to God;

God will help me.

At dusk, dawn, and noon I sigh

deep sighs- He hears, He rescues.

My life is well and whole,

secure in the middle of danger.

Even while thousands

are lined up against me.

God hears it all. And from his judge's bench,

puts them in their place.

But, set in their ways,

they won't change;

they pay Him no mind.

22 Pile your troubles on God's shoulders-

He'll carry your load, He'll help you out.

He'll never let good people

topple into ruin.

23b And I trust in You.

God and Barbers

A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. Asthe barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. They talked about so many things and various subjects. When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said: "I don't believe that God exists." "Why do you say that?" asked the customer. "Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn't exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain. I can't imagine a loving a God who would allow all of these things." The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't want to start an argument. The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop. Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked dirty and unkempt. The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said to the barber: "You know what? Barbers do not exist." "How can you say that?" asked the surprised barber. "I am here, and I am a barber. And I just worked on you!" "No!" the customer exclaimed."Barbers don't exist because if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, likethat man outside." "Ah, but barbers DO exist! What happens is, people do not come to me." "Exactly!"- affirmed the customer. "That's the point! God, too, DOES exist! What happens, is, people don't go to Him and do not look for Him. That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world."

I saw this on one of my friend's facebook's today. :)

P.S. I will update about Haiti as soon as I can, I want to get pics on here first though so I can update with pics and not have to try and explain everything... haha. But soon I promise.

4 Days!

We leave in 4 days... 7 hours... and 30 minutes. :) But who's counting??

VBS in America started today. I am in the movie room with Brenda and mi madre. It's fun but I kind of miss being a guide :( Brenda told me this morning that she was glad she wasn't in all the chaos that was going on before the opening part started. It was nuts out there, but I like that. Oh well. I will be a guide next year then I guess... unless we are leaving for Haiti the Saturday after Bible School gets done. Then I will not be a guide. Too much stress :)

Oh and we had homegroups yesterday... and we figured out that me and my mom are seeing Brenda for 15 or 16 days straight. Yikes. Just kidding. We love her :) So that should be a lot of fun. But I don't have to sit next to her on the plane, I sit next to Anna. YAY

I'm not sure how much I'm going to be updating for the next couple of weeks, cuz of Bible School and Haiti and everything. I will try to update in Haiti at least once, but that's only if the internet is cooperating.

When we get back I will definitely post about it. No worries ;)

T♥R!

Five Factor Personality Test

Your Five Factor Personality Profile

Extroversion: You have high extroversion. You are outgoing and engaging, with both strangers and friends. You truly enjoy being with people and bring energy into any situation. Enthusiastic and fun, you're the first to say "let's go!" Conscientiousness: You have high conscientiousness. Intelligent and reliable, you tend to succeed in life. Most things in your life are organized and planned well. But you borderline on being a total perfectionist. Agreeableness: You have high agreeableness. You are easy to get along with, and you value harmony highly. Helpful and generous, you are willing to compromise with almost anyone. You give people the benefit of the doubt and don't mind giving someone a second chance. Neuroticism: You have medium neuroticism. You're generally cool and collected, but sometimes you do panic. Little worries or problems can consume you, draining your energy. Your life is pretty smooth, but there's a few emotional bumps you'd like to get rid of. Openness to experience: Your openness to new experiences is medium. You are generally broad minded when it come to new things. But if something crosses a moral line, there's no way you'll approve of it. You are suspicious of anything too wacky, though you do still consider creativity a virtue.

The Five Factor Personality Test

I don't even know what some of those words mean :) haha oh well.

"Jam Session"

Or so Aaron called it. He took the video using my camera while I was outside hanging out with Tiffany and Paige and everyone. Sorry it's a little long, about 2:15...

13 Days!!

My mom pointed out today while we were laying out that we can officially say we leave next Saturday. :) YAY :) Except to be completely honest, I almost don't want this trip to come. Don't get me wrong, I want to go and I am extremely excited, but since the Livesay's are moving and stuff, we don't know when we're going back. So once this trip comes, it's going to be over, and we're going to be in America again for who knows how long. And I don't like that feeling of not knowing. But I definitely am going to enjoy every single stinkin' (literally and non-literally :D) second of this trip.

I don't really know what else I can say about this, so I guess that's all for now. Have a good rest of the day!

America's Got Talent

Here are some videos of America's Got Talent from this year:
Kaitlyn Mathers -4 year old singer
Nuttin' But Stringz -R&B violinists
Jonathan Burkin -baton twirler
Neal E. Boyd -opera singer (he is good, usually I don't like opera.)
Eli Mattson -singer
Next II None -boy band (lol they are good and I just realized watching this video that they are from the great GR Michigan!)
Mary Bly -80 year old dancer
Russian Bar Trio -extremely suspenseful gymnastics type thing
David Militello -9 year old autistic singer
Jessica Price -singer

Here are some from other countries or a different year:
Terry Fator -ventriloquist (winner of last year I think)
Kaitlyn K -11 year old singer
Europe's Got Talent -10 year old singer
Gary and Vinny -7 year old twin singers
Connie -6 year old singer

Sorry there's so many. It's hard to pick from! There were more on the sidebar of kids singing that I wanted to watch, but I really need to go eat lunch now. Maybe later. :) Enjoy! (try to watch as many as you can, I don't think I'll be posting for a couple days to give you time to watch these)