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Name: Jenny
Gender: Female
Interests: The local Church, song-writing, acoustic guitar playing, singing (all kinds), the SEC CHAMP Georgia Bulldogs!, LOST (tv show), Pro Life, Knowing God, Cooking, Family...
Expertise: Singing
Occupation: Marketing
Industry: Medical
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AIM:  jennaybird
Member Since:
10/4/2005
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| Hiya folks. I'm bored. It's valentine's day! Whoo hoo! What a silly day. I don't want my husband to buy me flowers and chocolates because he's "supposed to." What's romantic about that? I'd rather get them as a complete surprise because he really felt like giving me something nice. I think Andrew feels the same, so I'm not expecting anything when I get home. I'm making spaghetti with meatballs for dinner (Lady and the Tramp anyone?) and chocolate banana cream pie for desert! "Yummo" as Rachel Ray would say. Haha. And it's about time I went to the store to buy the ingredients. Peace luv and chicken grease ya'll. ~Jenny | | |
| In 1982 (the year you were born)
Ronald Reagan is president of the US
The space shuttle Columbia completes its first operational flight
Actor John Belushi is found dead of a drug overdose in a West Hollywood hotel
Automobile manufacturer John Delorean is arrested and charged with possession of 59 pounds of cocaine
The first artificial heart is implanted in American Barney Clark
The Cable News Network, or CNN, is launched
750,000 people rally against nuclear weapons in New York City's Central Park
Time Magazine's Man of the Year was for the first time given to a non-human, a computer
The first computer virus, written by Rich Skrenta, escapes into the wild
Kirsten Dunst and Elisha Cuthbert are born
St. Louis Cardinals win the World Series
San Francisco 49ers win Superbowl XVI
New York Islanders win the Stanley Cup
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is the top grossing film
Ozzy Osbourne bites the head off of a live bat thrown at him during a performance, later hospitalized with rabies
"I Love Rock 'N Roll" by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts spends the most time at the top of the US charts
Cheers, Family Ties, Silver Spoons, and Fame premiere
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| "Here I AM" by Emmylou Harris
"I AM in the blood of your heart,
The breath of your lungs,
Why do you run for cover?
You are from the dirt of the Earth
The kiss of My mouth
I have always been your lover."
I want to write songs like that! Seems like I've heard that song
at least 50 times or more--yet driving home the other day I heard
it for the first time. I don't know how I missed that that song is
from God's heart--calling out "Here I AM" to the blind and lost, the
lonely and seemingly forgotten.
"I AM the promise never broken
And My arms are ever open
In this harbour calm and still
I will wait until
Until you come to Me."
What a beautiful perspective Ms. Harris has. I find her music (and
lyrics especially) have such depth and wisdom one can only gain from
living life. I love to hear poetry from someone who's been through
everything I've been through already. How beautiful is that.
On the other hand, sometimes I get so sick of the repetitiveness of the
music that comes from my generation. I just love and respect the art
of it (writing) so much that I'm disappointed by the majority of
"Christian" music. At least some real art is getting respect: Sara
Groves' latest album got album of the year from CCM. That's an
excellent choice--I think I agree. So, it's not like great art isn't
appreciated--we just need to raise the bar, the musical bar and the
literary bar. No more predictability please! God gave us brains--he's
the ULTIMATE creative thinker--let's try to be like Him. I bought a
great book a while back that encourages me when I start thinking about
all this (or if I just listen to Christian radio): "Scribbling in the
Sand" by Michael Card. It's all about the artistic process--the
subtitle is "Christ and Creativity." I recommend it to anyone who
wants to create sacred art of any kind.
If you'd like to hear the Christian music they won't play on the radio, check out www.grassrootsmusic.com, they have lots of free .mp3s.
So here's a blogerific question open to comments: Why is "Christian"
music important (or is it)--or to be even more pointed, why is it
important for Christians to be creative? | | |
| Hi there peoples, let's see, I just thought I'd post an update on the happenings in and around my life. Andrew went to the doc on Wed. and was given a good report. He's got a month to go on the neck brace we expect. Best of all, he's now aloud to sleep without it and play his drums a little. I'm trying out for Nashville star next week (on Oct. 5 and 6), so think about me and pray for God's will. Who knows what will happen there - but it'll be a fun experience either way. Sarah's got a big deal ballet thingy on Sunday, she is one of 17 picked to be in this dance out of all the 200 some dancers at her very prestigious school--so more proof that she kicks butt at ballet--as if the pictures aren't proof enough. So, I'm going to Winston for that on Sunday. I bought a new journal at Walmart yesterday, and some purple pens. I'm finally learning how to do this quiet time thing in a way that really makes progress--on me! So I'm going to journal. Besides, it's the little things that please me. Like new journals and purple pens. Like when Andrew and I were walking from the car to the house last night and he turns around and heads back towards the car--I say, "what'd you forget?" and he said, "you." Happy heart. Love ya'll, ~Jenny | | |
| This is just a quick entry folks - I'd like to ask you all for your
prayers. My husband, Andrew, was in a car accident on Tuesday
evening. His head slammed against the steering wheel and he was
very dizzy, so they took him to the small local hospital here to make
sure everything was ok. They found he has a C6 fracture in his
neck - basically his neck is broken. It's a very small fracture
and it doesn't require any surgery. We are very fortunate that it
wasn't much worse than it is. He's expected to recover fully, in
about two months. They sent him to the Asheville hospital for
observation and more x-rays and we came home yesterday with
instructions to rest, keep his neck brace on for 2 months, no driving,
no work. So, I'd like to ask everyone to pray for Andrew to have
a beautiful "mountaintop experience" with the Lord during these months
when he basically can't do much of anything else. I have no doubt
that he will heal well, and physically I'm not concerned. Please
pray against spirits of depression, hopelessness, and fear. This
is going to be hard for him! I know that the Lord has a plan in
these trials to grow us both. I'm doing just fine, and in fact,
am enjoying having some time to dote on Andrew. Of course, this
is going to set us back financially since Andrew can't work and we'll
have new bills to pay--but I'm not worried about that. I know the
Lord is going to provide and take care of our needs. So, please
pray for him, and thank you in advance!
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