Hilarious!!!!!

Ok, so I'm studying my brains out these days. I got a bit bored with that and was browsing the internet for anything funny.... and what I found isn't just funny, it's hilarious!

Love that knows no end...

Redeemer, Saviour, Friend

I know You had me on your mind
When You climbed up on that hill
For You saw me with eternal eyes
While I was yet in sin
Redeemer Savior Friend

Every stripe upon Your battered back
Every thorn that pierced Your brow
Every nail drove deep through guiltless hands
Said that Your love knows no end
Redeemer Savior Friend

CHORUS:
Redeemer, redeem my heart again
Savior, shelter me from sin
You're familiar with my weaknesses
Devoted to the end
Redeemer Savior Friend


So the grace you poured out on my life
Will return to You in praise
I'll gladly lay down all my crowns
For the name of which I'm saved
Redeemer Savior Friend

Pour my love on You

When I heard this song yesterday as I was working out it expressed so well what I often feel when I'm praying... When I look at my life and how good God has been to me I am at loss for words. He's blessed me with SO much.

If you want to listen to the song click HERE. Just click! There is just something about hearing the music with the words... makes it even greater :)

Here are the lyrics:

I Pour My Love On You

I don't know how to say exactly how I feel
And I can't begin to tell you what your love has meant
I'm lost for words
Is there a way to show the passion in my heart
Can I express how truly great I think you are
You're my dearest friend

Lord this is my desire to pour my love on you

CHORUS:
Like oil upon your feet
Like wine for you to drink
Life water from my heart
I pour my love on you
With praises like the perfume
I lavish mine on you
Till every drop is gone
I pour my love on you

Is there a way to show the passion in my heart
Can I express how truly great I think you are,
My dearest friend

Lord this is my desire to pour my love on you

CHORUS

Who am I to question God?!

Here are a few pretty cool verses I want you to read. If you wonder if God is in control or not... please read! I believe this will answer your question:

"The LORD kills and makes alive; He brings down to the grave and brings up. {7} The LORD makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up. {8} He raises the poor from the dust And lifts the beggar from the ash heap, To set them among princes And make them inherit the throne of glory. "For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, And He has set the world upon them. {9} He will guard the feet of His saints, But the wicked shall be silent in darkness. "For by strength no man shall prevail.

(1 Samuel 2:6-9 NKJV)

The earth is the Lord's, and all its fullness, The world and those who dwell therein.

(Psalms 24:1 NKJV)

The LORD has made all for Himself, Yes, even the wicked for the day of doom.

(Proverbs 16:4 NKJV)

For Jacob My servant's sake, And Israel My elect, I have even called you by your name; I have named you, though you have not known Me. {5} I am the LORD, and there is no other; There is no God besides Me. I will gird you, though you have not known Me, {6} That they may know from the rising of the sun to its setting That there is none besides Me. I am the LORD, and there is no other; {7} I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and create calamity; I, the LORD, do all these things.' {8} "Rain down, you heavens, from above, And let the skies pour down righteousness; Let the earth open, let them bring forth salvation, And let righteousness spring up together. I, the LORD, have created it. {9} "Woe to him who strives with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him who forms it, 'What are you making?' Or shall your handiwork say, 'He has no hands'?

(Isaiah 45:4-9 NKJV)

The creation questioning the creator... wow, how silly is that when you think about it! The clay asking the potter: "What do you think you are doing? Why are you doing it like that?" I needed that reminder today. God is the Creator. I am His creation and I can rest in the knowledge that He knows EXACTLY what He's doing :) He's forming my life... I may not always understand how or why He does it this or the other way, but I know that EVERYTHING has it's purpose in shaping my life according to His will, making me the person He wants me to be.

In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, {12} that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.

(Ephesians 1:11-12 NKJV)

Now, what do you think... Is God really in control? If you ask me there is no doubt! He is in control, ALWAYS!

What if...

It's way past midnight on a Friday and I'm sitting here at my desk typing away on my computer... my fingers run across the keyboard at a good pace. What amazes me is that I don't really think about what key which finger should hit. It just kinda flows. Pretty cool when you think about it, huh?

Do you ever stop to think how amazing it is that day after day, year after year our heart pumps at a pretty steady rate. We breathe without really thinking about it. Imagine if we'd have to think about each heart beat and every breath we take. It would be tough just to stay alive!

What if we could actually HEAR everything that went on in our body. Imagine if all the cells of the body made sounds while doing their "job". Imagine if nerve signals sounded like thunder, the blood sounded like a waterfall, the heart beating sounded like this huge machinery... It would be hard to hear anything else at all! We'd probably wish we were deaf.

Luckily that's not how it is. We live without having to worry about forgetting to breathe or make our heart beat. And our body seems to work pretty quietly.

Random thoughts on a Friday night? Yea, I'd say so... Am I bored? Hmmm... What do you think?

Take a break and think about this:

God's promises and my faith

I'm going to be totally honest with you. I sometimes catch myself doubting while I'm praying. When I think about it - it's just rediculous! I know in my heart that God is ALMIGHTY. He is the one who is in control of the whole universe. He is greater than I can ever fathom.

Still I have my moments of doubt. That's when verses like these are great to read. They remind me whom I'm praying to and that there is no need to doubt... Everything I pray for may not happen, but if I pray in faith, believing that God is able - ANYTHING can happen! Remember this: when you pray you are not praying to some weak little god, you are praying to the Creator of the universe, the Author of life!

1 John 5 14-15:

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

Mark 11 22-25:

"Have faith in God," Jesus answered. "I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins."

James 1 5-8:

If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.

So this is what I take from these verses: When I pray I need to believe! And if what I pray for is according to God's will... then it WILL happen! Some things are easy to know are according to God's will, others are not... but all I have to say is:

Pray with great faith and great things will happen!

I think these words are great!

Be very careful if you make a woman cry,
because God counts her tears.
The woman came out of a man's rib.
Not from his feet to be walked on.
Not from his head to be superior,
but from the side to be equal.
Under the arm to be protected,
and next to the heart to be loved.

(From the Hebrew Talmud)

Bachelorette party nr. 1

Here are some pictures from the first bachelorette party I went to this summer! Enjoy!

Ingunn's bachelorette party

We had planned a day of fun for her. It started by waking her up in the morning! She had no clue we were coming or what was going to happen for the rest of the day! Hahaha!

We had a list of things for her to do over the day starting here:

Singing a love song to "her husband to be" LIVE on KissFM!

Let's not forget that she got some good treatment too ;) We took her to a massuse before our dinner! It was a fun day with lots of laughter!

Can I mess it up?

One question that hits me sometimes is this: Can I mess up God's plan for me? Can I make such a mistake that I mess up His plans for me? Very irrational questions, I know... I am talking about our ALMIGHTY God. But just read on.

So... I know that I CAN miss out on what God has in mind for me, miss out on His plan for my life. How? By not seeking His guidance and His will for me, by going my own way, by not caring where God wants me or simply by intentionally doing things I know are not His will.

I really want to be in God's will with my life and I do seek His guidance and will. But still I sometimes ask this irrational question: Can I still mess up so badly that things don't go His way? I do make mistakes, some more stupid than others... and sometimes I feel like I came close to messing with His plan for my life. I don't even know if this makes sense to you... I'm just typing out my thoughts.

So, where am I going with this... hmmm... I'm not sure... but I was trying to think of stories in the Bible or verses that say something about this and this is what came to mind:

Jonah who intentionally tried to flee from God and go against His will was brought back to where he needed to be in a very drastic way.

David, a successful king. He was not perfect, in fact he made a lot of mistakes but still was a man after God's own heart because of his dedication to God and his relationship with Him. When he made mistakes he was not too proud to admit them and take responsibility for them, he repented and asked for forgiveness.

Peter who denied Jesus 3 times, but still was the rock on which Jesus wanted to build the church.

And these verses popped up in my head as well:

Proverbs 16:9
In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.

Proverbs 19:21
Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails.

So my conclusion is that I can trust in God to lead the way. He will not give up on me even if I make mistakes. I might go off track because of my mistakes but that is not the end of it! That doesn't break God's plan for me and He doesn't just leave me there lost in the mess of my mistakes. He wants to bring me back on track and keep me there. As long as I keep coming back to Him, seeking His forgiveness and His guidance He will lead me into His good, pleasing and perfect will. His Mercy and Grace is something I don't diserve, but He keeps pouring that into my life every day. I am forever greatful to my Heavenly Father. I just pray that I will learn from my mistakes and that my walk with Him will grow stronger with each step.

Back from the USA

This morning at 6:25 am the plane landed at Keflavik airport and I was back from a two week vacation in the US! I had the greatest time. Spent a week in Orlando with my friends Jason and Ryan and then I was off to Chicago to meet up with Amy. We drove all the way down to Atlanta where we spent 6 days. In Atlanta I also got a chance to meet up with some other friends of mine for a little bit. Now I'm back in Iceland getting ready for school (which actually started last monday hahaha!).

I'm off to bed now... Good night!