Well, today hasn't exactly been the most productive of days. I wasn't feeling so hot this afternoon. I think I may have had a fever...but I didn't check. Either that, or the throbbing of my head made me feel like my head was extremely hot. But I'm getting a cold too...not fun. So I took some nyquill, so hopefully that'll knock me out and I can get some good rest tonight. I decided to skip out on celebration tonight. It's really different from how it used to be...but I guess you can always expect changes when an entirely new leadership team comes in. I usually just try to get past the muscial aspects anyways so that I can worship. But sometimes it can almost just be distracting. However, I'm not relying on celebration so much now for a corporate worship time since I've started going to One18. That was my biggest concern because I was playing at every service I was going to, so I really didn't have any time where I could just experience worship without playing or having to do something. And don't get me wrong here...I love using the gifts that God has given me to further glorify him...but sometimes you just need to go and be. Oh well, the nyquill is starting to take effect. I must go to sleep before it completely kicks in.

I pretty much spent all afternoon writing my paper on a "real beaut." Then I went to the church and gave a few lessons. However, a couple cancelled, so I had some extra time on my hands...so I cleaned up around the stage area. So I did a little researching online today and found out that you can buy just caps for your jumpdrive. How exciting! For those who don't know, I lost mine on Sunday at the church. The last time I remember seeing it was when Josh was playing with my keys in the atrium...then the next thing I knew it was gone when I got upstairs. I literally looked everywhere.

So at church today I saw the printed out bulletins for next sunday, so I stopped and looked at the attendence. There were 3,935 people! Holy crap! that's amost 4,000!! Just to think that there were that many people there was amazing! That's nearly 1,500 more than any other given Sunday at RiverTree....so that's 1,500 more that heard the good news! Man, I'm sad that there are "holiday christians" but at the same time I'm estatic because so many people were there that heard. Greg's sermon was really good to...he "brought the thunder." haha. I know the Holy Spirit was working...I just hope that people are going to be acting on their convictions. I tried to sneak in on Saturday night to see the service and ended up sitting on the floor because it was so crowded. By the way...on monday (only 1 day after the easter service) I went to Panera to get some lunch. The one up on the Strip has some comfy chairs and then some tables next to them. I was sitting at a nearby table when I saw someone in the comfy chair pull out one of the those cards the church handed out and start talking to the girl next to him. I couldn't believe it....it was only the next day and I had already seen some of the cards begin to circulate! Well, I'd better get going...I've got some stuff still to finish and I have to get up somewhat early for my 9:30 class tomorrow morning...plus JR comes home tomorrow! Yay!

Wow, you guys should be proud...two entries in two days! Today was once again normal. However, I did get to sleep in! Ah, that was great. I love waking up to the sunrise. Speaking of the sun, the other week I was driving to One18 and the sunset was amazing. I literally just kept driving past the church. It was like I was so awestruck by its beauty that I couldn't help but to "drive off into the sunset." But then I had to turn around or else I would have been late. The beauty just reminded me of God...like sunsets and sushi*...finding God in everyday circumstances. I love it when he reveals himself to us like that. Sometimes we're so focused on our own lives we forget to look around and see that God is all around us. It's like when we go to CIY or on missions trips. We are anticipating to see God to amazing things...and indeed he does...but we only recognize it because we are expecting it. Sometimes if we just look around, we can see God working in those same amazing ways in our everyday life.

Recently, God has really been revealing himself through my...dare I say "quest"...to travel the right road by following His will. There are so many questions and so few answers. How am I going to pay for college? What should I major in? Should I even go to Malone? I know that's where I want to go, but is that where He wants me to go? What about church...Should I bump back down or follow my 8th graders up? What am I going to do when all the seniors go away to college? Are things going to change with my friends on the worship team? It's scary to even think that amidst our everlasting pursuit to follow God's will, we can infact be outside of His will. In Isaiah 55 it says:

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,"
declares the LORD.
"As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts."

So that ultimately leave us with one question...
Our thoughts are clearly insufficient, so are we seeking His thoughts and ways rather than our own?


*title of Crowder's new book/cd

Well, after much persuasion from others, I finally decided to make one of these things. I think I had one of these when I was in middle school...but I forget...it's probably still out there somewhere. I think it lasted about a week before I just stopped updating it. I'll try to keep it sort of up to date for those of you who actually care enough to read about my somewhat interesting life.
Well, today was my last day completely off this spring break (probably the last entire day off for the year..unless there's a holiday between now and the end of May). Malone resumes classes tomorrow. I spent most of the day in the musical disaster I call my room. It's cleaned up now...but earlier I had my Triton right in the middle of the floor, plus the guitar, both the cases, cords everywhere, and two notebooks full of worship music to choose from scattered around my room. (Not to mention all my books from Malone) But seriously...my room IS actually clean. I've been practicing up on the guitar a lot more lately...really buckling down and learning theory stuff like scales. I can't wait to get my new guitar...but we haven't even started looking yet, so it may be awhile. Anyways, I had a paper I needed to write...but I didn't. The draft isn't due until Thursday, so I still have some time. I'm still stuck on the whole brainstorming proccess of picking out a "real beaut"--that is an ordinary person I respect for their not so ordinary actions. Well, I'm going to go downstairs and see what's going on...see if my brother talked to Adam about my car yet. We made a deal...if I give up the garage spot, he will give me his $300 stereo from the Cavi, and Adam will hook it all up right. In return, Adam will receive Nick's subs and amp from his Cavi. Not too bad of a deal for all of us...except I had to forfeit my garage spot. Oh well, there are more important things in life than parking a car in a garage. I'll live.