Jesus > Me

I'm moving!

Hey, people!

I'll no longer be blogging on this blog, but on....

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/weheartmusic/

Thanks for all y'all's comments, and loyal friendships...

--Renee--

Tag! (I'm it... =)

6 Favorites Tag:

Favorite Music Artists:
1. Newsboys
2. David Crowder Band
3. Casting Crowns
4. Amy Grant (some of her music anyway...)
5.
6.

Favorite songs:
1. How Great Is Our God
2. Where You There?
3. If We Are The Body
4. True Love
5. Mighty to Save
6. Came to the Rescue

6 Favorite Movies:
1. The Princess Bride
2. Night At The Museum
3. Disney Pixars' CARS
4. Wall-E
5. The Sound of Music
6. Narnia; LWW and Prince Caspian

6 Favorite Authors:
1. C.S. Lewis
2. J.R.R. Tolkein
3. Brett and Alex Harris
4. Trenton Lee Stewart
5. God
6. Anne Frank

Favorite Books by these 6 Favorite Authors:
1. The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
2. The Hobbit
3. DO HARD THINGS
4. The Mysterious Benedict Society (both books are awesome!)
5. The Bible
6. Anne Frank's Diary

6 Favorite TV Shows:
1. I don't really watch TV that much, but I guess my favorite show is Man Vs/ Wild, and Jane and the Dragon (it's a child's show, but it's better than some other things I could be watching!!)

6 People I Tag:
1. You!

2. You!!

3. YOU!

4. you

5. You.

6. JK - you don't have to do it if you don't want to. =)

Hello, everyone--sorry for my posting habits recently (or the lack there-of). My dad's got some extra work that he does at home and he needs to computer to do so.

I also can't think of anything to post, and if I filled my blogs with tags, you might get kinda' bored. While I think of something interesting to write, please entertain yourselves with this movie...

From the Inside Out

(chord chart copied from http://higherpraise.com/ )

I've recently joined the youth praise band at our church and this is one of the songs that we're doing tonight...

A thousand times I’ve failed
             C          G
Still Your mercy remains
             F
And should I stumble again
          C          G
I’m caught in Your grace
     Am
Everlasting
       F                   C          G
Your light will shine when all else fades
        Am
Never ending
     F             C        G  F  C  G  F  C
Your glory goes beyond all fame

[Chorus]

Verse 2:
G           F
Your will above all else
      C
My purpose remains
G          F
The art of losing myself
       C          G
In bringing You praise
     Am
Everlasting
       F                   C          G
Your light will shine when all else fades
      Am
Never ending
     F             C        G
Your glory goes beyond all fame


Chorus 1:
F                      C
In my heart and my soul
                       Am
Lord I give You control
                    G
Consume me from the inside out
    F                      Am
Lord let justice and praise
                 G
Become my embrace
                     Dm
To love You from the inside out (repeat)

Chorus 2:
     Am
Everlasting
       F                   C          G
Your light will shine when all else fades
      Am
Never ending
     F             C        G
Your glory goes beyond all fame
           C           F
And the cry of my heart
           G      Am
Is to bring You praise
          F      G
From the inside out
            F      G
Lord my soul cries out


Other:
F  C  Am  G  F  Am  G  Dm


Coda:
F      G        Am
cries out. Everlasting
       F                   C          G
Your light will shine when all else fades
      Am
Never ending
     F             C        G
Your glory goes beyond all fame
           C           F
And the cry of my heart
           G      Am
Is to bring You praise
          F      G
From the inside out
            F      G
Lord my soul cries out
          F      G
From the inside out
             F       G       F
Lord, my soul cries out, Lord

I really like this song (and many others!) because it's a prayer to God, praising Him for who He is--asking Him to fill your life--to keep your feet on the path and your eyes on the goal ahead.

"Ascribe to the LORD, O mighty ones,
       ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.

  Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name;
       worship the LORD in the splendor of his ^[a] holiness."

--Psaln 29:1-2

"Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name;
       bring an offering and come into his courts.

 Worship the LORD in the splendor of his ^[a] holiness;
       tremble before him, all the earth. "

--Psalm 96:8-9

" ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name. Bring an offering and come before him;
       worship the LORD in the splendor of his ^[a] holiness."

--1 Chronicles 16:2

"Ascribe to the LORD, O families of nations,
       ascribe to the LORD glory and strength,"

--1 Chronicles 16:28

Obama has been president for over a week now... I haven't noticed any change here in Texas, but I know that it will come.

Obama has chosen to make abortion and gay-marriage legal in all of the USA--already 1.3 million babies die each year. I wonder what the unborn children would say if they could tell us something... 'wait, don't! You're missing out on a huge blessing!', "Sure, you might consider us a burden now--but just wait a few more months! You'll have a wonderful gift if you'll just wait that long!"

Gay marriage is wrong, too. It's disgusting--just plain disgusting. Since the beginning of the world, marriage has been between man and woman--Adam and Eve...

Genesis 2:24 -- For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

...and 'til the end, when Jesus marries His bride, the church.

Revelation 21:9 -- One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb."

A New Blogger!

I always find it exciting to see new bloggers join the blogging community--I love leaving "Welcome to HSB!" comments--don't you?

Well, there's a new blogger in town, whose name is Emma. She's my little sister and is lovin' HSB so far! She made her blog on Sunday, and I'm sure that she would appreciate some comments. =)

Her blog is...

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/iEmma/

Blessings~

Renee

John 3:30-31 (KJV)He must increase, but I must decrease. He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.

Jealousy and Coveting

An Explanation of My Title

Jesus > Me

The first time I ever saw the term was on the assistant minister of youth's T-shirt. He was wearing it at a Block Party that our church hosted, as a way to reach the 'less-fortunate' in a certain neighborhood where we had just built a house for a very nice woman.

Her old house was not a house at all, at least I wouldn't call it one. It was a mobile home, with holes in the floor and ceiling--no electricity, so on and so forth.

Our church prayed about wether or not we should build her a house--a real house--and came to the conclusion that we should.

Many people helped tear the old house down, and still more helped to build the new house up.

It turned out beautifully, and the woman (a mother of two teenaged boys) loved it.

But that's not the main reason I chose this title--it's just a neat story I thought I'd share. =)

As you can see, the subtitle is John 3:30-31.

He must increase, but I must decrease. He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.

Jesus > Me

Jesus greater than me.

Grammar-correct translation:

Jesus is greater than me.

John 3:30-31

He must increase; but I must decrease.

Feel free to link to me with the following button...

Amen!!

I got the following from Brittany’s blog, http://www.brittanyrose-864.blogspot.com/

A father wanted to read a magazine but was being bothered by his little girl, Shelby. She wanted to know what the United States looked like. Finally, he tore a page out of his new magazine on which was printed a map of the country. Tearing it into small pieces, he gave it to Shelby and said, 'Go into the other room and see if you can put this together. This will show you our whole country today.'After a few minutes, Shelby returned and handed him the map, correctly fitted and taped together. The father was surprised and asked how she had finished so quickly. 'Oh,' she said, 'on the other side of the paper is a picture of Jesus. When I got all of Jesus back where He belonged, then our country just came together.'

Pass this on and post it on your blogs!!!

help me!!

Oh. My. Gosh.

I never thought that I'd ever even dare to even consider this idea, but...

I HAVE!

Here it is...

"Should I stay on HSB or switch over to Blogger??"

Oh. My. Gosh.

No, really!

Oh. My. Gosh.

This is horrible, wretched, un-cool, terrible, stinky, bad, not-good...

*end drama queen act*

          Actually, I have been pondering whether I should stick to HSB or switch to Blogger. Lots of people have, but I never really though that I would ever want to! 
          Why? Why? Why? WHY?

I don't know.

          Seriously, though -- help me out here, people! I'm in a serious pickle; a ginormous dilemma; a -- maybe I should stop and actually think this over, and -- and -- well, let's analyze HSB for starters:

HSB vs. Blogger:

1. HSB is... in a way... "safer" than Blogger.
2. HSB is for homeschoolers (that of which I am =), while Blogger is for everyone, not just homeschoolers.
3. Blogger is really easy to use -- you can add gadgets on your sidebar easily, and you can add buttons and lists, and all sorts of things to your sidebar really easily. With HSB, you have to know HTML. Which isn't really a problem for me -- just a hassle.
4. They're both free -- that's always important. =)
5. Blogger has more fonts that HSB does -- HSB has 6, while Blogger has 8, including webdings.
6. If you have ten bucks a year, you can have a "custom domain" name powered by Blogger, while on HSB, you have to always have the "homeschoolblogger.com" part before.

I'd like your opinions. =)

I'd like your opinions so much in fact, that I made a poll so that it's easy for me to see the percent of people who don't care, people who want me to go, people who want me to do what I think is best, and people who love me so much, that they want me to stay. =)

*is thinking of a title, but can't think of one right now, so just leaves it blank*

For Christmas I got one of the best books of all time from my Aunt D. and Uncle F.

It's called The Mysterious Benedict Society, and it's 485 pages full of adventure and suspense!

ARE YOU A

GIFTED CHILD

LOOKING FOR

SPECIAL

OPPORTUNITIES?

When this peculiar ad appears in the newspaper, dozens of children enroll to take a series of mysterious, mind-bending tests. (And you, dear reader, can test your wits right alongside them.) But in the end, just four very special children will succeed. Their challenge: to go on a secret mission that only the most intelligent and resourceful children could complete. To accomplish it they will have to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules.

As our heroes face physical and mental trials beyond their wildest imaginations, they have no choice but to turn to each other for support. But with their newfound friendship at stake, will they be able to pass the most important test of all?

It was a marvelous book, but sadly, I finished it in less than a day... =( But alas, there is a sequel!!

It's called, The Mysterious Benedict Society and The Perilous Journey! (thanks, Amy, for telling me about it!) I've only read 125 pages in, but so far, it's great! Mr. Trenton Lee Stewart did a wonderful job!

CHILDREN

YOU MUST NOT COME

STOP

DANGEROUS

The fabulous foursome readers embraced as The Mysterious Benedict Society is back with a new mission: to go on a mind-bending international scavenger hunt designed to engage their individual talents. As they search for all the clues and riddles Mr. Benedict has hidden for them, Reynie, Sticky, Kate, and Constance face an unexpect challenge that will reinforce the reasons they were brought together in the first place and require them to fight for the very namesake that united them.

*claps, looks around, stops clapping, for I realize that no one else is clapping*

And, for those flutist out there, here's a link to a great site...

http://www.fluteinfo.com/

They have free sheet music, scale sheets, and much, much more!

(yes, I do realize that I just sounded like an announcer on a commercial... please don't tease me about it--I'm innocent!)

Gee, Good Golly, Gosh!

Have I really missed two holidays?? Have I really not posted since the 24th of December?? Has it really been that long??

I guess it has.

Happy 5th day of 2009!!

Yeah, sure... it's not a real holiday... but since I missed New Year's eve and New Year's day...

Happy 5th day of 2009!

Anyhoo...

My symphony starts back today, and I'm very excited! I am happy to say that we had a very successful concert!

Flute lessons start back tomorrow, piano starts back on Thursday, and choir starts back next Monday!

**is happy!**

Adios~

Renee

Merry Christ-mas!

I decided to wish y'all a merry Christmas today (Christmas Eve) because I will be traveling and spending time with family tomorrow, so I prob'ly won't have a chance to post. Anyhoo... Enough explaining. =)

Here's a button I made, which will soon be on my sidebar--all year 'round!

And now the lyrics to "Silent Night", written from memory... my memory *crosses fingers*

Silent night,

Holy night,

All is calm, all is bright,

Round yon' virgin mother and child,

Holy infant so tender and mild,

Sleep in Heavenly peace,

Sleep in Heavenly peace.

SIlent Night,

Holy Night,

Shepherds wake at the sight,

Glory streams from Heaven above,

Heav'nly hosts sing "Alleluia!"

Christ the Savior is born,

Christ the Savior is born.

(let me know if I messed up anywhere...)

Merry Christmas everyone! May you remember the Reason for the Season!

--renee--

P.S--sorry that the font looks weird... I can't figure out how to change it. =)

A Christmas "Poem"

Merry Christmas!

Christmas is just around the corner, do you remember why?

The rush of Christmas is here,

Talk of Santa and his reindeer,

But do they really matter?

Do they save man from his sins?

Sure they're fun,

Sure, they're sweet,

But they're not the the reason we should celebrate.

When was the last time you heard a Wal-Mart employee say, "Merry Christmas"?

Don't the usually say, "Happy Holidays"?

We need to remember,

Especially with the way the US is headed,

What really matters during Christmas time--

Jesus.

thoughtful thursdays...

collectible catsup!

- renee -

the name tag

What does your first name mean? Reborn

What do you wish your name was? I don't know... I like my name, but I guess if I had to choose it would be Nicole or Elizabeth.

Do you go by a different name than your real name? Yes. My first name is _______ but I go by Renee

Does your name have different variations of spelling? Of course, there's the french spelling, Reneé, and then there's the spelling, Renae, and people have spelled my name like, Renay, Ruhnay, etc, etc, etc.

Do you like your name? Sure--it's the name my dad gave me!

Name one of your favorite names: Malory Anne

What's the names of the people you tag? Sarah and Micah

a belated birthday post for one of my bestest friends

Hello, all! While this post has the same title as the last one, this one is for my friend Micah. Her birthday was yesterday and her party's tomorrow, so I thought we'd give her a whole weekend to celebrate by throwing her a bloggy-birthday party! How's that sound?

That's right, Micah! I went there. =)

Now for your gift...

You can have one, or two, or all ten! Your choice. =)

If you'd like to "get" Micah a present, please leave a comment telling me what you'd like to get her. Then I'll find a picture of it and paste it into this post.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

'nuff said.

A Belated Birthday Post for One Of My Bestest Friends...

Ode to Birthdays...

 A *poem* by Renee, written to Sarah

Even though you've moved away to Washington, and I'm still here in Texas,

I feel as though we're still best friends, and that it will be that way forever...

I sent you no gift, I didn't bother to call,

but rather sent you a lousy e-card.

I miss you so much, but my actions aren't showing the way that I really feel.

I'm sorry for being a not-very-good-friend and I hope you will forgive me...

- renee -