His voice is loud (kind of reminds of Joyce Meyer, who I love)... but that's his passion for Christ. Listen, and do whatever it takes. Overcome, sweet friend.
Showing posts with label Changed Person. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Changed Person. Show all posts
Monday, July 25, 2011
Overcome.
I stumbled upon this great video on Jen's blog yesterday, and I thought I'd share!
His voice is loud (kind of reminds of Joyce Meyer, who I love)... but that's his passion for Christ. Listen, and do whatever it takes. Overcome, sweet friend.
His voice is loud (kind of reminds of Joyce Meyer, who I love)... but that's his passion for Christ. Listen, and do whatever it takes. Overcome, sweet friend.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
One Step At A Time {Plus Inspiration By Song!}
I am a contemporary Christian music lover.
That's basically all I listen to!Well, that and Sara Barielles, Michael Buble, Jason Mraz, Ingrid Michaelson, you know. It's so uplifting! I love Christian rock, Worship and praise songs, anything of that nature.
That's me, though. My parents, my sister? I don't think they've ever listened to a Chris Tomlin song in their life! My mom loves 80's rock, my dad loves Elvis, 50's, 60's, 70's rock, and more recently he's had an obsession with country music (bleh. HATE country.) My sister is a teenager so she loves all the popular music, like Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Kesha, etc. (a.k.a all the artists I can't stand to listen to, because almost all the lyrics and videos are just so inappropriate!)
I've learned to just deal with listening to the music my family likes, because none of them are interested in Christian music in any way. Today, I was with my dad and my sister and I heard a song start. This song was not anything I'd ever heard my sister listening to. As I took in the lyrics, I realized it was a Christian song! A very contemporary Christian rock song. And I loved it! During the commercial break, I found out that we were actually listening to a Christian station. The next song was even more amazing!
After those to songs, our car ride was over. I was so pleasantly surprised. I don't think they even realized we were listening to Christian music, but I did and it made my day. All of my family is Catholic, but basically that's just a title. If someone asks what religion they are, they can say, "Catholic", but my parents or my sister don't even go to church. I'm the reason for that. I pushed away God and religion so much as a child that I pushed it out of our lives for good. I would cry when my parents wanted my to go to church, and one year for about a month, church became punishment. My parents wanted me to change my attitude so they made us start going to church for a month, at which point I convinced them to stop. When, I was 13, everything changed for me. I accepted Christ into my life, and it's been that way ever since. I know that I'm the one who drove my family from God, and I've always regretted that! You can't force someone to believe in God, so I haven't. I've gone on becoming a "Strong Christian" while my family has just stayed put.
I've always prayed that they would eventually embrace this aspect of their lives again. So maybe the Christian music we listened to today was just a coincidence. Probable even. But with our God, ANYTHING is possible. So maybe this was more than just coincidence. I like to think of it as a step in the right direction, toward my family becoming a strong, close-knitted, Christian family who prays together, worships our glorious God together, and even goes to church together! Here's to new beginnings. :)
One of my favorite verses ever:
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! {2 Corinthians 5:7}
That's basically all I listen to!Well, that and Sara Barielles, Michael Buble, Jason Mraz, Ingrid Michaelson, you know. It's so uplifting! I love Christian rock, Worship and praise songs, anything of that nature.
That's me, though. My parents, my sister? I don't think they've ever listened to a Chris Tomlin song in their life! My mom loves 80's rock, my dad loves Elvis, 50's, 60's, 70's rock, and more recently he's had an obsession with country music (bleh. HATE country.) My sister is a teenager so she loves all the popular music, like Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Kesha, etc. (a.k.a all the artists I can't stand to listen to, because almost all the lyrics and videos are just so inappropriate!)
I've learned to just deal with listening to the music my family likes, because none of them are interested in Christian music in any way. Today, I was with my dad and my sister and I heard a song start. This song was not anything I'd ever heard my sister listening to. As I took in the lyrics, I realized it was a Christian song! A very contemporary Christian rock song. And I loved it! During the commercial break, I found out that we were actually listening to a Christian station. The next song was even more amazing!
After those to songs, our car ride was over. I was so pleasantly surprised. I don't think they even realized we were listening to Christian music, but I did and it made my day. All of my family is Catholic, but basically that's just a title. If someone asks what religion they are, they can say, "Catholic", but my parents or my sister don't even go to church. I'm the reason for that. I pushed away God and religion so much as a child that I pushed it out of our lives for good. I would cry when my parents wanted my to go to church, and one year for about a month, church became punishment. My parents wanted me to change my attitude so they made us start going to church for a month, at which point I convinced them to stop. When, I was 13, everything changed for me. I accepted Christ into my life, and it's been that way ever since. I know that I'm the one who drove my family from God, and I've always regretted that! You can't force someone to believe in God, so I haven't. I've gone on becoming a "Strong Christian" while my family has just stayed put.
I've always prayed that they would eventually embrace this aspect of their lives again. So maybe the Christian music we listened to today was just a coincidence. Probable even. But with our God, ANYTHING is possible. So maybe this was more than just coincidence. I like to think of it as a step in the right direction, toward my family becoming a strong, close-knitted, Christian family who prays together, worships our glorious God together, and even goes to church together! Here's to new beginnings. :)
One of my favorite verses ever:
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! {2 Corinthians 5:7}
For our inspiration by song this week, I'm sure you can guess what our 2 songs are. Yes, listen to the 2 songs that I heard on our car radio today, and that just might be the first few steps of a wonderful journey.
Be blessed on this beautiful day, sweet friend!
Saturday, May 28, 2011
A Dose Of Perspective
Just watch. I love this video! It says it all!
What do you think? Share your thoughts!
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Now I Know
Before I discovered A Perfect Lily, I had never really known anyone with down syndrome. I mean, I had seen it or heard about it, but I had never really experienced it. Now, be prepared because I'm not sure how much of an experience mine is, but here goes.
A few days ago, I was at the library and I decided to do the 5:00 Update. I got on A Perfect Lily, and that was when I discovered Artem. I was reading his story, checking the donation totals, and marveling at his beauty when someone passed by my computer. They saw Artem's picture, and said a REALLY hurtful thing about him (I'm not going to share what was said. It was that... wrong.). I didn't respond, and they just kept walking. The comment wasn't directed toward me, but I heard it.
That caused me to really think. Rest assured, I never would have thought what that person did about Artem. But what would I have thought? I tried, (I don't know WHY I tried) but I just couldn't see anything but a beautiful little boy. So sweet, so precious, not a thing bad I can say.
Whoever that person was who commented about Artem, just didn't know. They didn't know that the innocent boy they were looking at was living in a scary orphanage in a foreign country. They didn't know that his Mommy had done some less than honorable things during her pregnancy. They didn't know that if he didn't find a family, this little boy would be placed in a mental institution. They didn't know.
I know. I know all about it. I check Reece's Rainbow daily, I check just about 237 blogs (exaggeration may or may not be being used here) a day that are written by people who either have kids blessed with UP syndrome, or who are advocating for children without Moomy's and Daddy's on Reece's Rainbow (or both!)
This one little experience caused me to totally rethink who I am. Because I'm not the same person I was before I discovered the beauty of "UP Syndrome". I'm different. I'm don't want to say better, but I definitely changed. For the Better.
A whole new world was opened up too me. I'm so glad to be a part of that world. So even though I guess I still don't personally know anyone with D.S, I know so much else. I know I'm going to do whatever I possibly can to save some beautiful orphans over in Europe. I know that some people, well they just haven't been touched by the beauty of those lives. I'm praying that they will be.
"And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God." - Ezekiel 36:26-28
I'm new in my knowledge.
God Bless,
Sydney
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