Own This Spirit...

Jennifer Knapp - Undo Me

"...I Am Wanting, Needing, Guilty & Greedy,
Unrighteous, Unholy, Undo Me, Undo Me...
Three Nails And A Cross To Prove
I Owe My Life Eternally To YOU...
Time To Get Down On My Knees And Pray
Lord Undo Me..."

Jennifer Knapp - Undo Me

I Believe...

Just going through old e-mails...I found this! Thought it was pretty awesome! :)

I Believe - That Just Because Two People Argue, It Doesn't Mean They Don't Love Each Other. And Just Because They Don't Argue, It Doesn't Mean They Do.
I Believe - That We Don't Have To Change Friends If We Understand That Friends Change.
I Believe - That No Matter How Good A Friend Is, They're Going To Hurt You Once In A While And You Must Forgive Them For That.
I Believe - That True Friendship And True Love Continues To Grow, Even Over The Longest Distance.
I Believe - That You Can Do Something In An Instant That Will Give You Heartache For Life.
I Believe - That It's Taking Me A Long Time To Become The Person I Want To Be.
I Believe - That You Should Always Leave Loved Ones With Loving Words.
I Believe - That You Can Keep Going Long After You Think You Can't.
I Believe - That We Are Responsible For What We Do, No Matter How We Feel.
I Believe - That Either You Control Your Attitude Or It Controls You.
I Believe - That Heroes Are The People Who Do What Has To Be Done When It Needs To Be Done, Regardless Of The Consequences.
I Believe - That Money Is A Lousy Way Of Keeping Score.
I Believe - That Best Friends Can Do Anything Or Nothing And Have The Best Time.
I Believe - That Sometimes The People You Expect To Kick You When You're Down Will Be The Ones To Help You Get Back Up.
I Believe - That Sometimes When I'm Angry I Have The Right To Be Angry, But That Doesn't Give Me The Right To Be Cruel.
I Believe - That Maturity Has More To Do With What Types Of Experiences You’ve Had And What You've Learned From Them And Less To Do With How Many Birthdays You've Celebrated.
I Believe - That It Isn't Always Enough To Be Forgiven By Others. Sometimes You Have To Learn To Forgive Yourself.
I Believe - That No Matter How Bad Your Heart Is Broken. The World Doesn't Stop For Your Grief.
I Believe - That Our Background And Circumstances May Have Influenced Who We Are, But We Are Responsible For Who We Become
I Believe - That You Shouldn't Be So Eager To Find Out A Secret. It Could Change Your Life Forever.
I Believe - Two People Can Look At The Exact Same Thing And See Something Totally Different.
I Believe - That Your Life Can Be Changed In A Matter Of Seconds By People Who Don't Even Know You.
I Believe - That Even When You Think You Have No More To Give, When A Friend Cries Out To You - You Will Find The Strength To Help.
I Believe - That Credentials On The Wall Do Not Make You A Decent Human Being.
I Believe - That The People You Care About Most In Life Are Taken From You Too Soon.

P.S. I love you, friends! :)

It's Not Mine...

This was just something I REALLY needed to hear today...So, thought I'd share it! It's one of those ideas that I know all to well...just don't seem to whole-heartedly trust or belive...if that makes any sense at all! I mean why shouldn't I give every bit of my life every single day to God -- I mean really, it's not mine anyways! He paid the price, it's ALL for Him!

So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.

-Romans 12:1-2 (The Message)