merry Christmas

i didn't make this one...some of the video is kinda cheesy, but it's fun anyway. Merry Christmas.

really really good christmas songs

How Many Kings by Downhere
Follow the star to a place unexpected
Would you believe, after all we’ve projected
A child in a manger?
Lowly and small, the weakest of all
Unlikeliest hero, wrapped in his mother’s shawl -
Just a child
Is this who we’ve waited for? ’cause…

How many kings step down from their thrones?
How many lords have abandoned their homes?
How many greats have become the least for me?
And how many gods have poured out their hearts
To romance a world that is torn all apart
How many fathers gave up their sons for me?

Bringing our gifts for the newborn Savior
All that we have, whether costly or meek
Because we believe
Gold for his honor, and frankincense for his pleasure
And myrrh for the cross he will suffer
Now, do you believe?
Is this who we’ve waited for?

How many kings step down from their thrones?
How many lords have abandoned their homes?
How many greats have become the least for me?
And how many gods have poured out their hearts
To romance a world that is torn all apart
How many fathers gave up their sons for me?
Only one did that for me.



Born to Die by Bebo Norman

They never knew a dark night
always had the Son's light
on their face
Perfect in glory
Broken by the story
of untold grace...
come that day

Majesty had come down
Glory had succumed now
to flesh and bone
In the arms of a manger
In the hands of strangers
that could not know
Just who they hold

And the angels filled the sky
All of heaven wondered why
Why their King would choose to be
Be a baby born to die

And all fell silent
For the cry of an infant,
the voice of God
Was dividing history
For those with eyes to see,
the Son would shine
From earth that night

To break the chains
Of guilt and sin
To find us here
To pull us in
So we can join in Heaven's song
And with one voice around the throne

All the Angels filled the sky
And I can't help but wonder why
Why the King would choose to be
Be a baby born for me
Be a baby born to die

my thoughts on contractions

not kind you get during labor (i wouldn't know about those), but the shortening of words. i wanna know who made up all the rules about contractions. i bet you didn't even know there were rules...but there is!! TONS! rules you don't even know exist, but you abide by them. stay with me. examples:

"are you going to the store?" an acceptable response: "yes i'm going to the store" or "yes i am" but why can't you just say "yes i'm"?

"is that yours?" "yeah, it's mine" or "yeah, it is" why not "yeah, it's"

"are you guys going to swim?" "we're going to swim" "we are" but it's apparently against the rules to say simply say "we're."

"that would be fun" "yeah it would" "yeah, it'd be fun"..."yeah, it'd"

i know what you're thinking. well, megan, obviously the rule is that you can't use a contraction to end a sentence. NOT TRUE!

it's perfectly okay to say:

"did you do that?" "no, i didn't"

"would you go there?" "i wouldn't"

so is the rule that you can only end a sentence w/ a negative contraction? i'm not sure what the rule is...but i think it would be fun to not go by it.

(the intent of this blog was not to lower anyone's IQ or cause you to think differently of me.)

for my brother...

this is a video of my brother, Seth, and his unit in Afghanistan. his one-year wedding anniversary was November 25th, but he's only been with his wife for about 2 1/2 months of that time. pray for our troops. pray for physically safety, and emotional and spiritual strength.