that's what i call power

"He gives snow like wool;

He scatters hoarfrost like ashes.

He hurls down His crystals of ice like crumbs;

who can stand before His cold?

He sends out His word, 

and melts them;

He makes His wind blow 

and the waters flow."

Psalm 147:16-18

Wow.  This is my new favorite Psalm  :)  Those last two lines are sooo significant right now, while us East Coast Americans are sitting in the middle of a hurricane.  I don't think I've ever been in a natural disaster, so I was kind of excited (Yes, I am weird like that.  I get excited when I might die ;P).  Unfortunately (I meeaan, thankfully), it's not that bad.  It's just very windy and rainy out.  But reading those verses this morning, I just thought about how powerful our God is.  The chapter before was titled "Put Not Your Trust in Princes."  WOW.  See a link?  Princes (insert: Presidents, governors, politicians, kings, etc.) aren't half--scratch that, aren't a billionth as powerful as God.  Our God, MY God.  And how incredible does that feel to know that He's on our side?  "If God is for us, who can be against us?" (Romans 8:31)  I feel like the world is ending because of all these earthquakes, hurricanes and tornadoes.  But really, there's nothing to worry about because 1) God is on our side and He's taking care of us, and 2) If you're a Christian, you'll be taken before anything really awful happens.  All the other disasters have been happening in other parts of the world, like Japan and Haiti, and I felt really detached from the whole situation.  But now, with the earthquake in Virginia that reached Boston and Hurricane Irene cutting through MA and NY, it doesn't feel so far away.  Maybe now that people (insert: NorthEast Americans) are actually experiencing a little bit of the devastation that's overtaken less prosperous countries, we'll be more generous and open to giving/helping causes that support "the least of these" that have been attacked (see my last post).  Well, I gotta go, but that's my shpeel for the day :) 

These are the hands that built the mountains,

the hands that calm the seas.

These are the arms that hold the heavens,

they are holding you and me.

...you will be safe in His arms.

Safe by Phil Wickham

schoooool

i have the best titles, don't i ;) haha...

i don't like the fact that school is over. it makes me sad. um. very sad :(
because people are leaving.
and people are going to college.
and i'm gonna have my nice lonely cry-fests every night.
:(
and i don't want people to change.
because this year was awesome.
and from here on out life gets hard.
i'm lazy, i don't like hard...
sad day :(

but can you say, fernando-torres-look-a-like-going-to-my-school-next-year-tha-thump-tha-thump.
ugh i say i don't like people who are shallow.
and yet, how can i write that and be so hypocritical?

i'm excited for soccer.
i'm excited for basketball.
i might be excited for softball. ?
i'm excited to be activities leader.
i'm excited to do stuff over the summer with my friends and family.
i'm excited to see my friends again next year.
i might be excited for challenges that will make me stronger.

i'm not excited for all honors classes.
i'm not excited for the extreme dedication 3 season sports takes.
i'm not excited for hectic schedules with 3 sports, activities, and all my classes.

but i have hope because i'm not the first one to go through this.

i have hope because i have incredible friends and family that i know are there to support me.
i have hope because there are awesome teachers and coaches who'll guide me through h.s.
i have hope because my Savior is the One who supplies for all my needs.
i have hope because my Savior is the One carrying me through the crashing waves.
i have hope.

the mentalist. go jane.

oh boy, I've been gone for a while...
I was going to post:

"AAAAHHHH!!! GO AWAY RED JOHN!!!!!"

the other night, but Blogger was down :P Stink.

Anyways, I am finally posting again to my humongous audience of 0. Woo-ooh!

That (up there) had to do with my 3rd favorite show:

haaaawt!! aow aow

I had just caught the end of the episode and Jane was about to be murdered but then Red John saved him by shooting the people who were going to kill him, and then he was WICKED SCARY and was wearing a creepy mask and voice-changer and he was scaring Jane and I wanted to give him a hug because Simon Baker is suuuuch a good actor and I was so convinced and scared too and Red John was creeping out Jane and you really need to watch it if you love Jane as much as I do. It makes me really mad (lol this is how much tv shows affect me ;P) because Jane is so obsessed with Red John and trying to catch him... I can't think of any possible reason why Red John doesn't just kill Jane and not lead him on these ridiculous trails... meh!!

Anyways... I love Jane...

Guess what I didn't do Friday night and all of Saturday? Eat! Because I was doing the 30 Hour Famine from World Vision! This is my 3rd time doing it, and of course it was awesome again :) Lunch on Friday is our last meal until dinner on Saturday. Our youth group does service projects during it (as well as Tribe games), and this year we did a lot of yard work... some for a lady in the church, and a bunch for the church itself. We sorted clothes for the Make a Wish Foundation, too, and we had an awesome fashion show with them ;) The point of the Famine is to raise $$ for children in 3rd world countries to help feed and care for them. Yeaaaay!

Aaaand I need to go eat dinner :) seee ya later!

lovelovelove, flo 

2 amazing songs...

spring!!

adorable little peppy-colored boat = loooove...

no jumping off pier. in case you were thinking about it. (tori was)

*sigh* check out that sky...

hehe... "soda pop" ;P

look! he's smiling at you!

all that blue sky brings warm fuzzy feelings in the pit of my stomach x) (photos from a trip to salem last year; also, for some reason blogger posts gross versions of the photos, so i would suggest clicking on them to see a better version :) thanks!)

my new healthy addiction...

In CHRIST Alone

http://owlcityblog.com/2010/10/25/my-hope-is-found/

In Christ alone, my hope is found


He is my light, my strength, my song


This cornerstone, this solid ground


Firm through the fiercest drought and storm


What heights of love, what depths of peace


When fears are stilled, when strivings cease


My comforter, my all-in-all


Here in the love of Christ I stand

There in the ground His body lay


Light of the world by darkness slain


Then bursting forth in glorious day


Up from the grave He rose again!

And as He stands in victory


Sin’s curse has lost its grip on me


For I am His and He is mine


Bought with the precious blood of Christ

No guilt in life, no fear in death


This is the power of Christ in me


From life’s first cry to final breath


Jesus commands my destiny


No power of hell, no scheme of man




Can ever pluck me from His hand


Till He returns or calls me home


Here in the power of Christ I’ll stand

the flume gorge

a covered bridge

barely catching the light

just take out ashlee's head and there's a summary of the gorge

the gorge wall

a view of how high the walls are :D

sums up the gorge

i really like this one... :}

*light from above* 

woooooaaaaaahhhhh!!! 

sunburst!

can you see the rainbow?

a whole lot a running water and rocks ;P

you could go through that--it was the tiniest thing ever. i barely made it ;P 

dead george washington mountain thing...

and we'll finish with some pretty flowers i snapped on the way out :)

camping! :}

HEY GUYS! i haven't updated for quite a while... :\ sooorry...
so this past week me and my family went camping in crawford notch state park dry river campground (there's a name for ya... ;P) in the white mountains. my goodness, it is SO beautiful! there were trees, and trees, and dirt, and rocks, and trees and EVERYTHING was overshadowed by the mountains! it was so crazy gorgeous! everywhere you looked, there were mountains... *sigh* i love my Savior's creation... :}
so we came home on friday... it was lots of fun!
did you know swings are one of the best bonding things EVER? :D lol it's so true :)
gotta go!
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CAMP!

our God is greater
our God is stronger
God, You are higher
than any other

our God is Healer
awesome in power
our God
our God

sorry i've been absent for so long! i was at camp this past week... that is seriously my favoritest place in the entire world. the band was Mark White Band and the speaker was Travis Crim... they were both reeeeally good... now i gotta go! sorry :(
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salvation is here by hillsong

IT'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT!

cause i know my God saved the day

and i know His word never fails

i know my God made a way for me!

God [is] above all the world in motion

God [is] above all my hopes and fears

i don't care what the world throws at me

it's gonna be alright :)

re-contemplating the meaning of a blog...

what's the point of a blog?
is it for the enjoyment of the reader?
the exasperation of the author's thoughts and emotions?
the sharing of one's talents and gifts?

well, mine is kind of all of the above...
i love sharing, i love exasperating, i love entertaining, i love passing on joy.
here's a little: joy well, actually it's hope... have a dash o' love...
hope that there are still gentlemen and ladies left in the world...
i love overflowing joy and unexplainable love...
psalm 90:14     philemon 1:7     1 peter 1:8

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thank you to trufflehunter for finding/sharing those sites...

rainbows!!

Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was... the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. [ezekiel 1:28]

the heavens declare the glory of God;

the skies proclaim the work of His hands.

[psalm 19:1]

aw yeaw

so guess what guys! next year (probably going through the next, like, 5 years) during my daily quiet time thang i'm going to read the Bible along with Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible, "complete and unabridged", all 2485 pages, originally 6 voumes! :D check it oooouuuutttt!

and sorry i'm not posting any pictures, i have to send my camera away to the camera doctors :( but i think i'm going to take a picture of my awesome flip-flop tan ;P hehe

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Stronger by Hillsong

There is a love that came for us

Humbled to a sinner's cross

You broke my shame and sinfulness

You rose again victorious

Faithfulness none can deny

Through the storm and through the fire

There is truth that sets me free

Jesus Christ who lives in me

You are stronger, You are stronger

Sin is broken, You have saved me

It is written, Christ is risen

Jesus, You are Lord of all

No beginning and no end

You're my hope and my defense

You came to seek and save the lost

You paid it all upon the cross

You are stronger, You are stronger

Sin is broken, You have saved me

It is written, Christ is risen

Jesus, You are Lord of all

So let Your name be lifted higher

Be lifted higher, be lifted higher

So let Your name be lifted higher

Be lifted higher, be lifted higher

x2

You are stronger, You are stronger!

Sin is bro/ken, You have saved me!

It is written, Christ is risen

Jesus, You are Lord of all!

x2

*watchitwatchit!*

haiku and He loves us soo much...

GIANT SQUID

Abide in the deep

Humongous, globular eyes

Tentacles and slime.

That's my brilliant haiku! now i can be a samurai :D

that's about it... Headmasters' results due around March 10th... aaaaand not much else... OH YEAH!!!! :

How He Loves Us

by David Crowder* Band

He is jealous for me,
Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree,
Bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy.
When all of a sudden,
I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory,
And I realise just how beautiful You are,
And how great Your affections are for me.

And oh, how He loves us so,
Oh how He loves us,
How He loves us all

Yeah, He loves us,
Oh! how He loves us,
Oh! how He loves us,
Oh! how He loves.

We are His portion and He is our prize,
Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes,
If grace is an ocean, we’re all sinking.
And Heaven meets earth like an unforseen kiss,
And my heart turns violently inside of my chest,
I don’t have time to maintain these regrets,
When I think about, the way…

HE LOVES US...

that is an amazing song...

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Another Quote, Repeated Scores, and my Next Favorite Picture

     " 'Now, I return to this young fellow. And the communication I have got to make is, that he has great expectations.'

     Joe and I gasped, and looked at one another.

     'I am instructed to communicate to him,' said Mr Jaggers, throwing his finger at me sideways, 'that he will come into a handsome property. Further, that it is the desire of the present possessor of that property, that he be immediately removed from his present sphere of life and from this place, and be brought up as a gentleman - in a word, as a young fellow of great expectations.' "

     -Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

So I said before how I took the entrance exam for a school I want to go to, and my scores (that I said previously, but will repeat:) were 91% in Verbal, 88% in Math, and 82% in Reading. Because those were in the higher end of the spectrum, I've been invited back to take the test for the all 4-year scholarship, called the Headmasters' Scholarship. My oldest sister got it, my second oldest sister got runner-up, soo ya know, NO PRESSURE! lol... yeah, but my Math and Reading scores were higher than the sister who got it, sooo... ;P Yeah. :D I'm taking it this Saturday, so if y'all could pray for me, that would be splendid! I'm not really nervous, amazingly I'm kind of excited!!

And here's the last subject (why do I always have 3?!)-- Every week at Photography class we're supposed to bring in our favorite picture from someone online, in a magazine, etc. So this is mine for this week:

I'm going to ask that we don't have critique on our favorites, just say what we like about them... because (most of them) are professionals, so they know what they're doing, and most of the time if there's something there that you spot that's "wrong", then it's either supposed to be there, or they couldn't possibly get rid of it. (Beka, I liked alot of Sara Rhoads pictures, but there was no way I could get them to bring them in to class/email them, etc. I know you're all crushed up inside ;P lol you probably won't even see this... yeah. well I'm saying thank you for the suggestion and she's a fantastic photographer!! :D)

Alrighty, then! that took me like 6 HOURS to write lol ... :P that's because I stopped to have dinner. yeah, ok, BYE!!!
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TO SAVE A LIFE review

Last night. To Save A Life. FANTASTIC.

It was really really really good!

The filming was AMAZING; you know how Christian films aren't really very good quality, story-wise and film-wise (sorry guys...)? NOT SO for To Save A Life! The filming, focusing, panning, angles, basically everything about the video was VERY top-notch. The story line and plot were captivating and I EVEN CRIED. I NEVER CRY. That is saying something absolutely astronomical about this movie! The PG-13 rating is, of course, necessary, but the reasons for that rating (drinking, drugs, cutting, suicide, sex) were, I think, somewhat important to add to and enhance the movie. The actors, for the most part, were very real. In the PluggedIn review, there were quotes from the director saying how he prayed over every swear word, praying that people would take it the right way, etc. He felt he should add those things to make it more real. It's a good review if you don't mind spoilers. I think I might have liked to see the movie without the spoilers because then I wouldn't have known some things were going to happen, etc...

Anyways, it is an EXCELLENT movie, and I would recommend it to everyone in the entire world. :)

Have an uber-awesome day and go see To Save A Life.

It is worth it.

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WATCH THE MOVIE. JANUARY 22, 2010.