Friday, April 28, 2006

Goo Goo Dolls "Better Days"

So has anyone heard this song and really listened to the lyrics? Click HERE to watch the video.

GOO GOO DOLLS LYRICS

Better Days


And you ask me what I want this year
And I try to make this kind and clear
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
And desire and love and empty things
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days

So take these words
And sing out loud
Cuz everyone is forgiven now
Cuz tonight's the night the world begins again

And it's someplace simple where we could live
And something only you can give
And thats faith and trust and peace while we're alive
And the one poor child that saved this world
And there's 10 million more who probably could
If we all just stopped and said a prayer for them

So take these words
And sing out loud
Cuz everyone is forgiven now
Cuz tonight's the night the world begins again

I wish everyone was loved tonight
And somehow stop this endless fight
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days

So take these words
And sing out loud
Cuz everyone is forgiven now
Cuz tonight's the night the world begins again
Cuz tonight's the night the world begins again

Monday, April 24, 2006

Wrong Way


My work crew left today for lunch. There were about 7 of us in the SUV and we were going our merry way when we noticed something unusual. A car was merging onto a major highway in the "off ramp." We all wanted to see what would happen as the car approached the highway in the wrong direction. We were on the other side of the road merging onto the highway on the correct ramp. As we looked back and could see that the car was about to start on the road, we see that he realizes the mistake he has made. But at this point, he's stuck and can't really get off the highway. Other cars move around him, some go off the road, we all kinda laugh and find humor in it. We went along our merry way and had lunch.

After work, I was thinking, how in the world could that guy miss all the signs and go the wrong way. As I was passing the path he took, I noticed that there were two signs warning him but they were dull. The "Do not Enter" sign was blemished and dulled by the sun and you could hardly read it. The "Wrong Way" sign was pretty much the same way. It all made sense to me how this guy could have taken that wrong turn, he didn't really have many warnings.

This is a pretty good picture of the church for the most part. I get apathetic and complacent and end up being a dull sign and sometimes not even readable at all while people in this world blow right by me heading straight for Hell. I rejoice in the fact that I'm in the correct lane and merging safely while others are doomed. I wonder what it will take to lead us to be constantly on the lookout for lost people? Do we really really care? When we witness, do we do it out of some sheer feeling inside us that tells us that if we don't, we're not "good Christians" or do we witness because we care about lost souls?

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Thursday, April 20, 2006

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Monday, April 10, 2006

my boy dr. greezy in da pimped suit

Again...just one of the many reasons why i luv my boy dr. greezy grier. Please note the pimptaciousness of this spectacular suit. I give it a high five.


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Friday, April 07, 2006

Rachel West Wicked Skating Party



I love my friends. Twenty-somethings keeping it real on the skating rink floor :)

Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Song of Solomon Columbia

Well it was another fun weekend going through Song of Solomon. I have listened to this message about upteen million times and I continue to learn from it. It amazes me that God would actually be so candid and real about the areas of love, sex, dating, marriage, etc. At some point during the conferences, you might see a few people turn red. Below are some of the fun people that helped volunteer :)



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