So I was sitting in church this morning, during worship and I noticed in the aisle, a special needs girl who I later found out was the same age as me, worshiping God with everything that she had. She wasn't paying attention to whether other people were watching her or not. She was just focused on God and nothing else. Then I looked around the rest of the church, most of them perfectly healthy people, some with their hands raised, some clapping in worship, some clapping because everyone else was doing it. But nobody seemed to have the passion that this one girl had....and even though she's worse off than most of us....she was praising God because she was alive and nothing else...we have so much to praise God for, but we tend to just sit there and worry about what other people think. Why can't we just praise God with everything we have just like that girl was? We're so concerned about drawing attention to ourselves...they're not gonna be there on judgment day....

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Okay, I decided to use blogspot again for the fact that everyone has one, and it's easier to connect with people on here.

So I've been paying really close attention to politics lately, since it's my first year that I'm allowed to vote and I'd rather know the details on who I'm voting for rather than blindly pick a candidate for a dumb reason. One thing I really noticed is that the candidates and journalists go above and beyond to dig up dirt on their opponents/candidates. For example, I like to read the news and I get it on my cell phone...One of the titles of the article was "Sarah Palin's town made people pay for such and such an examination." And it's her fault how? This made me really think. Isn't it kinda cool how Jesus knows all the dirt on us, everything we ever did and will do, but still loves us the same? Nothing we do wrong could make Him love us any less.

New blog.

I have way too many blogs, so my new main one will be http://www.xanga.com/emmaloser and the other one that I'm using is http://www.livejournal.com/users/emilyadele

I will not be using blogspot anymore.

I wonder what it would be like if Eve never sinned or Noah didn't obey God and build the ark, I wonder...

AWESOME SONG.

He is jealous for me
Love's like a hurricane, I am a tree
Bending beneath the weight of His wind and mercy
When all of a sudden, I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory
and I realize just how beautiful You are and how great your affections are for me.
Oh, how He loves us so
Oh, how He loves us
How He loves us so.

Yeah, He loves us
Woah, how He loves us
Woah, how He loves us
Woah, how He loves.

So we are His portion and He is our prize,
Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes
If grace is an ocean we're all sinking
So heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss and my heart turns violently inside of my chest
I don't have time to maintain these regrets when I think about the way

That he loves us,
Woah, how He loves us
Woah, how He loves us
Woah, how He loves

He loves us,
Woah, how He loves us
Woah, how He loves us
Woah, how He loves

[Whispered]: Well, I thought about You the day Stephen died and You met me between my breaking
I know that I still love You, God, despite the agony
...they want to tell me You're cruel
But if Stephen could sing, he'd say it's not true, cause...[voice breaks]...

Cause He loves us,
Woah, how He loves us
Woah, how He loves us
Woah, how He loves

Yeah, He loves us
Woah, how He loves us
Woah, how He loves us
Woah, how He loves

Day of Silence

Today I have been participating in the Pro-Life day of silence, losing your voice for the kids that have never had one. I have learned that focusing on Jesus is the key. I have been praying all day for God to stop abortion, the facts are sad. This has made a tremendous impact on my other classmates, I really hope everyone will participate next year. silentday.org

Epiphany!

Here are some things I've learned recently:
1. I'm really hard on myself.
2. My mind wanders around a lot.
3. It's hard not to smile when I think about certain things.
4. I have not been able to hold still lately.
5. Choir is the most amazing class that ever existed.
6. It's not always scary when people yell stuff out their car windows to you.

Yeah, I really have not a lot to write...but I'm extremely bored because the teacher won't LET me do the assignment.