writing, music and all things my opinion

These will be long so I'm only going to include a few, the ones that may not speak for themselves.  the christmas songs we listen to have meaning, they play over and over throughout the seasons, year after year. I have learned that the true value of any God inspired song isn't the music or the voices used to sing it but the message, the reason for God giving someone a song is to bring a message to teach us, to touch us, to fill our hearts with joy and hope... they are not purposeless... 1) 12 days if Christmas this was in my church (pleasant view's) monthly newsletter a few years ago...  The meaning of the 12 days of Christmas, From 1558 to 1829 Roman Catholics in England were not permitted to practice their faith openly. Someone during that era wrote this carol as a catechism song for young Catholics. It has two levels of meaning: the surface meaning plus a hidden meaning known only to members of their church.  Each element in the carol has a code word for a ...

I don't like making many blog posts about "dating" but I was thinking about this post I made on facebook, like it just started getting to me, it was a joke but it was this: person: "why are you single" me: "I'm the real life version of kat stratford" lol well... that IS the reason and it annoys me, it's a joke based in truth but it annoys me that if you are a male, you are expected to be yourself and if you say dumb things to get a girl, people say "poor guy" and "she should give him a chance" but if you are a girl and you don't respond or act in the exact way that males think you should based on fictional characters they've seen in action movies, you're "mean" or "clingy" or "crazy" if you are mean, it has to be comically mean but you also have to be super attractive and not wearing much... if you want to act a certain way, you have to conform it into something that i...

What should be our main goal as Christians? We are to go to church to get closer to God, so that we can be changed, we don't go simply to be entertained. I personally find most church services to be fulfilling, I do enjoy myself while there... however, I feel like "entertainment" is too shallow and flippant a word to use for it but I feel like that’s what some are going to get. And some Sundays days I'm sleepy in morning service because I'm human, but I go to be faithful, and because I NEED too. We NEED to learn, we can't learn enough about God, we can't get close enough...But in today’s society you do hear a lot of complaining, that “old fashioned” churches don’t do enough “fun” things. That they don’t get up and shout and dance enough, there isn’t enough going on. People complain that although they go all the time, they still don’t have money or good health. Or that they got something from God but haven’t had a “yes” answer again and I’ll refer you ...

My mom said something very profound yesterday, she said "in this country there are people with different beliefs, and they have a right to that (God gave us freewill) and while some of those people will kill people who disagree, being bold as a christian is not about going around forcing people to believe the way we do, being bold for us means that even if someone were to put a gun to our head and tell us to give up our faith, we are to die for our faith" That is very true, while the world's way is to try and force their beliefs, religions or opinions on others, christians are supposed to stand out. Other's kill, literally (or figuratively by bullying) for what they think or believe, christians are different, we are supposed to die for ours. That doesn't mean agreeing with others or keeping quiet about the truth, but this attitude that we are supposed to go around telling people what they are doing that's a sin before they've ever even been in church, it...

   A few months ago, when the electric was out, I still had battery on my laptop and nothing to do. I tried to write more of the mystery short story I have been working on, but I couldn't. I knew I had something to write, so I just started writing and this is what came out. I don't know if this is it, but I ended it with room to add more stories about him, true stories. If anyone wants to send me a private message of something he did that could fit in with this, please do and we will see what happens.          "There was a man, he was very unique, just about everything he did  wasn't  considered normal. Yet, everyone he had met liked him, and called him a great man. That man was my grandpa. He grew up in the country, and was born with slight hearing loss. But he worked hard his entire life, and went to school until the sixth grade. School was harder for him than most because of his hearing issues. But that was okay because he liked ...

Jesus said,in matthew 5:14-16 " 14  Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. 15  Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. 16  Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven." then in matthew He says, in matthew 6:1-6 " 6  Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. 2  Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 3  But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 4  That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly....

As a christian, I think about art, I think about the fact that almost everyone in the world can sing, some better than others but literally everyone has the natural ability to sing instead of talk, without anyone even explaining how, or what it feels like... we are born with the ability to know melody and rhythm, a lot of people say they are tone deaf that aren't. Only a very small amount of people are actually tone deaf, it just means you can't differentiate tones, if you can hear yourself singing off key, you are not tone deaf. Anyway, we start out learning by learning the abc's in song form, we remember things in a rhythm better than just in a spoken list. We were built this way for a reason. God had a reason for music and singing, it's to praise Him, and it's a gift we all get to enjoy. One of the first things in the Bible was God creating the earth, being creative is a trait we get from God, since we are made in His likeness. So it really confuses me that peop...

I listen really closely to lyrics of songs, very closely, and I think about them thoroughly. Well I've noticed or found out from the artists themselves, that some songs people have heard, over and over, are talking about Jesus. I know people know about some songs like "bring me to life" or "my own prison" so I'm just going to list ones that are lesser known. Either lesser known that they are about God or just a lesser known song, in general, by someone really famous. With some there is flat out proof that they are about Him, some just sound like they could be and some are in between... I found/ know of a LOT, so I cut some and tried to keep it short but this is still going to be pretty long. 1) "walk the line" Johnny Cash here's a quote from Johnny Cash himself about what he wrote the song about:  Johnny, with the temptations outside his door and a new wife at home, wanted the lyrics to say, "I’m going to be true to those who belie...