"So I close my eyes and go back in time
I can see you smiling, you’re so alive
I close my eyes and go back in time
you were just a child then, and so was I
we were so young, we had no fear
we were so young, we had no idea
that nothing lasts forever
nothing lasts forever
nothing lasts
nothing lasts
you and me together
were always now or never..."
-"Souvenirs" by Switchfoot

Weirdo, I love how much you love Switchfoot!! And those quotes are awesome. Thanks for sharing! Switchfoot is one of my favorite bands and I love all the music Jon Foreman makes on his own.

I'm reading Two Towers again. I forgot how much I loved these books. I watched the movies recently, but as good as they are, they don't do the books justice...

'The world is all grown strange...how shall a man judge what to do in such times?' (Eomer)

'As he ever has judged,' said Aragorn. 'Good and ill have not changed since yesteryear; nor are they one thing among Elves and Dwarves and another among Men. It is a man's part to discern them, as much in the Golden Wood as in his own house.'

And I'm also almost finished with reading through the Psalms. I love, love, love the Psalms. I love praying through them, reading them, and singing them. They summarize pretty much every part of my life. Here's some really good verses from Psalm 139...

‎'O LORD, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from afar.
You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways.
Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O LORD, you know it altogether.
You hem me in, behind and before,
and lay your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
it is high; I cannot attain it.'

And that's all for now...I'm going to have more fun reading through everyone else's.

Ruby, I LOVE those Psalms!!! That's one of my favorites! They summarize every part of my life, too!

One of my favorite parts of the Bible is Isaiah 40. Here is the last part:

27 O Jacob, how can you say the Lord does not see your troubles?
O Israel, how can you say God ignores your rights?
28 Have you never heard?
Have you never understood?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of all the earth.
He never grows weak or weary.
No one can measure the depths of his understanding.
29 He gives power to the weak
and strength to the powerless.
30 Even youths will become weak and tired,
and young men will fall in exhaustion.
31 But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength.
They will soar high on wings like eagles.
They will run and not grow weary.
They will walk and not faint.

"You are utterly unclear on how to be dead. This is the second time in two years you've shown up at your own funeral." ~ Leverage

"Love must never hold, never hold tight but let go." ~ Send Me a Song, Celtic Woman

"Sometimes we all must go through the darkest cave to find the brightest light."
-Jessy Ribordy of Falling Up

"Perhaps the crescent moon smiles in doubt at being told that it is a fragment awaiting perfection"

~Tagore

"Keep lookin for the blinding light
Keep lookin for the reason why
Keep lookin for the sun to shine
And take me higher and higher"

-Switchfoot, The Blinding Light

“Christ will never be cool. Terrifying, life-changing, shocking, and iconoclastic, but never cool. Jesus is not my homeboy. The Gospel will always be “relevant” but never trendy.”

-Jon Foreman

“The kingdom of heaven is comprised of the broken, the fatherless, the poor, the starving. Nothing that could create good ratings for NBC.”

-Jon Foreman

“Life on tour is very bipolar; highs and lows. Surrounded by people, but often alone. The same cycle everyday, but in a completely different city with completely different people. And I love it, you know, the excitement of playing the songs that I believe in. But in order to stay sane and grounded, I’m always trying to combine new experiences with something familiar. If I can look up, and look at the stars, I feel connected; I feel – at home.”

-Tim Foreman

But I'm not sentimental
This skin and bones is a rental
And no one makes it out alive

Until I die I'll sing these songs
On the shores of Babylon
Still looking for a home
In a world where I belong

Where the weak are finally strong
Where the righteous right the wrongs
Still looking for a home
In a world where I belong

This body's not my own
This world is not my own
But I can hear the sound
Of my heart beating out

On the final day I die
I want to hold my head up high
I want to tell You that i tried
To live it like a song

And when I reach the other side
I want to look You in the eye
And know that I've arrived
In a world where I belong

I still believe we can live forever
You and I we begin forever now
Forever now
Forever
I still believe in us together
You and I we're here together now
Together now
Together now
Forever now
Forever now

Forever

-Switchfoot, Where I Belong

Ok, that was loooong.... Sorry bout that... (That's only about half the song, by the way....)

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein

~Riella

"I guess without wonder nothing can be wonderful." - Jon Foreman.

"What a blessing it is that God not only made nature beautiful, but that he allows us to recognize that beauty." - Josh Wilson.

"I'm pretty sure it's impossible not to be happy while listening to Christmas music." - Josh Wilson again.

"You have an awesome brain." - Lady Courage.

Dee, while watching Return of the King: "Ohhh, Legolas totally beats Aragorn in the battle of windblown hair!"

Dee, after I made a comment about all of the horses in Return of the King: "It's like Bonanza on steroids and with different headgear!"

--- flambeau

Those are great, Flam!

(I especially love the LotR ones. )

"A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell."
-C. S. Lewis

Okay, my family watched VDT tonight, and Dee was full of amusing comments. These are a few of the ones I remember...

Dee: "Edmund is unflingable!"

Me, talking to the movie: "Kind of a lame excuse, Caspian."
Dee: "He didn't have time to come up with another one; he was busy fixing his hair."

Caspian: "Both the swords are magical."
Dee: "Yeah, just wait till they start glowing blue; it's like they soaked them in Windex overnight!"

Caspian, about Eustace on Dragon Island: "And he wasn't the first!"
Dee: "He was dessert!"

Dee: "This reminds me of One Night With the King... or maybe The Emperor's New Groove... I keep mixing those up."

Lillandil: "You will need great courage."
Dee: "And maybe some scampi."

--- flambeau

Who in the universe halts when their enemy tells them to?

Meliara, Crown Duel.

Oh my. I want to watch movies with Dee.

*laughs mightily at Dee's comments on VDT* You two are funny! I agree with Elanor, I think it'd be a hoot to watch movies with ya'll!