This is what happens when a camera, night time, lasers, sparklers, a flashlight, some imagination and great friends get together. (None of these photos are edited. And I seriously felt like I could be on the next sifi show. It was quite kicky.)
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Like true nerdlets and Hayworths, Alison and Daniel watch Star Trek. Currently this happy couple is hooked on Voyager. Anyway, in Star Trek there is a species called the Borg and this race or collective, as the Borg call it, is on a constant search for perfection and makes all become one mind. Alison and Daniel decided that they are becoming their own collective: One of Two and Two of Two. And they found their perfection.
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Farther along we’ll know all about it/Farther along we’ll understand why
Cheer up my brothers, live in the sunshine/We’ll understand this, all by and by
Tempted and tried, I wondered why/The good man died, the bad man thrives
And Jesus cries because he loves em’ both/We’re all cast-aways in need of ropes
Hangin’ on by the last threads of our hope/In a house of mirrors full of smoke
Confusing illusions I’ve seen
Where did I go wrong, I sang along/To every chorus of the song
That the devil wrote like a piper at the gates/Leading mice and men down to their fates
But some will courageously escape/The seductive voice with a heart of faith
While walkin’ that line back home
So much more to life than we’ve been told/It’s full of beauty that will unfold
And shine like you struck gold my wayward son/That deadweight burden weighs a ton
Go down into the river and let it run/And wash away all the things you’ve done
Forgiveness alright
Chorus
Still I get hard pressed on every side/Between the rock and a compromise
Like the truth and pack of lies fightin’ for my soul/And I’ve got no place left go
Cause I got changed by what I’ve been shown/More glory than the world has known
Keeps me ramblin’ on
Skipping like a calf loosed from its stall/I’m free to love once and for all
And even when I fall I’ll get back up/For the joy that overflows my cup
Heaven filled me with more than enough/Broke down my levee and my bluff
Let the flood wash me
And one day when the sky rolls back on us/Some rejoice and the others fuss
Cause every knee must bow and tongue confess/That the son of god is forever blessed
His is the kingdom, we’re the guests/So put your voice up to the test
Sing Lord, come soon
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-Josh Garrels
A little while ago, I was confused. Really confused about everything. I didn’t understand what was going on in my life or why it was happening and I was questioning the person I was becoming. About that time, I was introduced to Josh Garrels a wonderful artist and
I listened to this song.
What relief. I listened to this song a lot. I made it my prayer. While I was on my vacation I was talking to God. Okay, I was complaining to him and spilling out all my worry and asking him what to do. I had an idea of what I needed to do, but I was scared of doing it.
He told me to take that leap of faith and everything would be okay.
But that wasn’t good enough for me. I wanted to know if I would be happy. Again I heard Him telling me that if I took that leap of faith everything would be perfect. Alright, Lord,
I promised I would do it, scared that I was.
I do lots of plays and sing in front of people a lot and I don’t really get nervous, but let me tell you, I had major butterflies while taking that leap. I was shaking; I could barely walk.
But I jumped. And God is so faithful.
Everything got better. Literally everything like my relationship with my parents and my sister. I was way happier. I got motivated. I don’t worry anymore. I trust God a lot more.
And the confusion is gone.
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When February comes I tend to get a little stir crazy. I’ve been shut up inside for months because of the cold. And I’ve done the same old thing for seven months: get up, eat, do school, eat, do more school, do random activities for given day, do school, practice voice and guitar, eat, go to bed. A restless soul like myself needs a change.
Normally when I get stressed, I write or take a walk outside in the woods behind my house to see the sunshine and, yes, the nature.
I hike through all the brambles and push thorns aside and splash through the creek and climb up and down hills. I get dirty, bruised, scraped, tired, but then, finally, I get to the end of the wood. There’s one last wall of tangled and twisted brambles, and I give a final push, and then, it’s all gone. The trees stop, the thorns, everything. There’s only an open field. And somehow I find peace in that.
However, when it’s February, it’s frigid and dark. There’s no walks for me. No nature. So, when February comes, I bring some nature into the house.
