Restore - Chris August

Hey there! I felt compelled to share a song that I heard at a concert tonight! The Redeemed Tour with Big Daddy Weave, Chris August, and Citizen Way came to our small town! Crazy right?! Well the song I wanna share with you is one that Chris August wrote and sang tonight and it just really touched my heart...

Here are the lyrics...

Nobody's growing old together,

We've made it easy just to quit

Love has become a negative percentage,

Why do we bother to commit

We've got a long list of excuses,

Ways we try to justify

Well, I propose to you the truth is,

Marriage does not have to die

I know you're feeling like it's falling apart

And it can't go on anymore

But God is a God who knows how to heal

So just give it up to the Lord

And He will restore

He said with this ring I promise,

And with I do she said forever

But right now if they're being honest

They don't know if they'll stay together

Let's fast forward to the future

After struggling on their own

They finally figured out they needed

Jesus in the middle

Now I'm watching God rebuild their home

I know you're feeling like it's falling apart

And it can't go on anymore

But God is a God who knows how to heal

So just give it up to the Lord

And He will restore

The enemy tries to come and divide

Trying to get us give up the fight

But darkness will always lose out to light

Cause we've got the power of Christ

On our side

I see you growing old together

I pray I find a love like yours

So if you're feeling like it's falling apart

And it can't go on anymore

But God is a God who knows how to heal

So just give it up to the Lord

And He will restore

Like it was before

You may have strayed off course

But He will restore

Here's the song if you wanna listen to it...

Now I'm not married or even in a relationship, but this song just spoke so deeply to my heart! There is so so much truth in the words! I believe in the sanctity of marriage, one woman and one man being united in love through Christ! What's amazing about the man who wrote this song (Chris August) is that he is not married yet either but his heart obviously felt so deeply about this that he had to write a song about it! This man has so much talent as a singer, and he's not too bad of a comedian either! ;) People always ask me if I've got a boyfriend yet, or anyone that I'm serious about and my answer is always no. No one has caught my attention, and quite honestly I'm just content to let God put that right guy in my life at the right time. And well, if that never happens then it is obviously God's will and I was meant to do something else with my life than be a wife and mother! I don't need a guy to define who I am... I know who I am, a daughter of God, and that's what gives me peace about not having the right guy in my life yet! I'm content to wait on my Boaz...

"To all the girls who are in a hurry to have a boyfriend or get married, a piece of Biblical advice:

"Ruth patiently waited for her mate Boaz."

While you are waiting on YOUR Boaz, don't settle for any of his relatives; Broke-az, Po-az, Lyin-az, Cheating-az, Dumb-az, Drunk-az, Cheap-az, Lockedup-az, , Goodfornothing-az, Lazy-az, and especially his third cousin Beatin'yo-az. Wait on your Boaz and make sure he respects Yoaz."

 Mike Weaver from Big Daddy Weave

 Chris August and Citizen Way

Chris August and Mike Weaver from Big Daddy Weave

My Salutatorian Address

If you had asked me if I ever thought we would get to our graduation day a few years ago, I probably would’ve told you no it’s taking forever to get here! In all reality it wasn’t that long ago we were in the first grade, playing on the swing sets without a worry in the world. We’ve had to go through 12 first days, 12 school supply lists, 12 class pictures, 12 spring breaks, and 12 years of cafeteria food! Do you see a pattern here? We are obviously the class of 2012! I welcome you: Family, Friends, Faculty, Community Members, and Fellow Students to the graduation of the Class of 2012!

We thank you parents and family members for your support and love throughout the years and the examples you have been for us. You have taught us values that will be with us no matter where we go in life! And though, it may not always show, we will always honor and love you without hesitation.

We have a great set of faculty here at Melrose, who probably do not get commended enough for all the sacrifices and hard work they do to make this school turn round. So, with that we would like to thank the faculty for always being there to support us, push us, and just simply care for us.

My class has had a lot of accomplishments to leave behind as legacy at Melrose High School. We have been a part of 3 Consecutive State Football Titles in 2008, 2009, and 2010. We were State Volleyball Runner-Ups in 2011; Girls State Basketball Champions in 2012; also making it to the State tournament in Track and Cheer and State playoffs in Baseball. Our accomplishments were not just on the field or the court but through other extra-curricular activities: We have won national awards in BPA; and State awards in FCCLA and FFA. We were 5 time national award winners through the Relay For Life. This has been our Legacy at Melrose High School. We have persevered through the good and the bad times always leaning on each other for support.

I would like to thank everyone for coming out to support us in our last chapter of high school and the first chapter of the rest of our lives. We have felt your love and support throughout the years and will continue to need it so don’t think your job is done! We love each and every one of you.

Class of 2012, this is our time to step out into the real world and show everyone what it means to be a Melrose Buffalo. It is our time to exhibit the character, knowledge, and dedication we have learned over the past 12 years, and it is time to leave our mark. I wish each of you immeasurable success and happiness, and it is my hope that we go forward and make our community proud. I realize this may be the last time I ever see some of you so with that I love you all and I will leave you with this verse…

“Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but instead set an example for believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith, and in purity.” 1st Timothy 4:12

Thank You, Good Luck and God Bless!

Summer Rainstorm

The July 4^th weekend of summer 2010 was a very eventful weekend. It was supposed to be a nice little weekend trip to Lubbock to see the basketball girls play. We never expected what would be in store for us. It had been rainy the whole time The Roommate’s mom, Gnome, and I were going back and forth to games. Then Saturday, July 3^rd, the girls lost and were out of the tournament so most everyone went on home. We decided to stay another night so we would do some shopping and just mess around. We ended up going back to the hotel for a little while and then we went shopping at Ross’s. Then after that we decided that we wanted to go eat at Olive Garden. The Roommate, Gnome, and I were enjoying eating our food and talking to the waiter’s because they were really nice and friendly. When we finally left at 10 o’ clock from there to go back to our hotel, we discovered that the road we needed to go back home was flooded. We proceeded to take another way back when it started raining heavily. The streets were flooding heavily and the tahoe was in water up to the bottom of the doors. We ended up waiting in three different parking lots because we were trying to get back to our hotel. We ended up in a Health Point parking lot on one instance and we were just sitting there with the windows rolled down because by then it had stopped raining, when all of the sudden the darn sprinklers turned on. I heard this hissing sound and I looked out and started screaming “Sprinklers!” and was trying to roll up the window fast as I could. It was actually a pretty funny thing that happened. On one of the routes we took trying to get back to the hotel we ended up almost driving into a park that had become a lake that was heavily overflowed. We would have been sunk in lots of water. We eventually made it to the Wal-Mart right beside our hotel but we could not get to the hotel because there was literally a river of rain water separating us. We spent at least two hours in Wal-Mart just sitting at the McDonalds inside of it looking at magazines, then at six that morning the water had gone down enough that we got back to our hotel. This was the most frightening rainstorm I have ever experienced.

Yes... this really happened... -_-

My Inner War

I'm gonna ramble for a little bit on this inner war I've been having for the past few weeks, so bear with me! As you may already know, I dabble in photography as a hobby and hopefully as my profession one day! But as of lately I've been doubting my abilities. I found this quote on Facebook the other day and it totally explains how I'm feeling right now! 

"When I look at my own work, there are 2 voices that I hear: 

The insecure one says "you suck and you're unoriginal. Anyone can do this." 

The confident one says "See? You've done it before. You can do it again." 

This tension has always existed."

When I think about my future, I think can I really do this and be successful at it? When I tell people what I want to be they just look at me like "Really? That's it? Not a doctor or a teacher?" And that just totally sucks the confidence right out of me. I've always had this issue of doubting myself and wondering if I am good enough and so when I get treated like that it just adds on insecurities. But then... I go through the pictures I've taken and that's when 'the confident one' steps in. I am impressed that I can create something of such beauty with the use of a camera. They give me that confidence again that maybe, just maybe one day I'll be a success at it and people will want to hire me for my abilities. So for now I'll just keep waging the war! 

Here's some of the pics I've taken...

Mary Kay!

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