Christmas Jammin'

I just wanted to be the first of your friends to show you 2 of the greatest Christmas song covers ever done.

enjoy!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

This one is The Almost covering "Little Drummer Boy".

This is dear Julie. . . I'm not sure what makes her so amazing... and her friend is very talented too.

This is the song "What's This?" found orignally in Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas

love and word,
Ash.

Ello, the nime's Bruce.

Do you serve God for what you think you will get out of it, or because of what God will get out of it? That is, do you love yourself alone, or do you love God?

     Satan is neither omniscient nor omnipresent. When Satan came before God, God asked him if he'd ever considered Job. God knew that Satan had already given Job considerable thought. That's why Satan knew who God was talking about. So what did Satan think of Job? Satan was certain that Job cared about God for the same reason most people care about anything, because of what he got out of it. Most relationships in the world are tit-for-tat  you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours. We spend time with people we like who like us back. We love people because, in some way, they're useful to us. They're fun, they make us laugh, they make us feel special or understood, or they benefit us. As soon as that benefit leaves- through disappointment, betrayal, mistreatment, withdrawal-we leave them in search of someone or something else. We find new friends, new groups, substitutes for parents, and we leave our children or hurting friends behind to find new people who will treat us "better".

     So Satan had good reason to think Job would turn against God as soon as the pain started. Satan had alot of experience with human beings, and he saw how people treated one another and why they usually related to one another. Satan didn't understand love. Job was a big surprise to him. Job was a man who served God because he loved God, not because he saw a payoff down the line for his love.
     Don't you think we could all learn something from this. Not just with our love and actions towards God (which is of utmost importance), but also with our love and relationships with others. . .
Think about it for me, k?
Oh and by the way, Happy Christmas Eve!!

love and word,
Ash
   

Fran&Chuck

Meet Fran and Chuck. Tonight, at my wonderful boyfriends house, Christmas was celebrated early. A part of my gift from his parents was a special kit. In this kit were the tools needed to create little creatures made out of fat pipe cleaners and other small peices that are similar to the peices found to make up the popular Mr. Potato Head's face.

Out of the kit these two were made. Out of this kit, these two were born.

And I was their creator.

I made them exactly how I want them to be and there are things that drive me absolutely wild about each. There are the plainly observable characteristics that everyone can see i.e., Fran is blue and purple, Chuck is yellow and white. Fran is tall with crazy hair, Chuck has large feet and bulging eyes. Those things are plainly seen and there is nothing I wish to change in either of them...there is no way they could get any better.

They are my original masterpeice.

Just as you are with God.

As I was forming each of my new friends, it suddenly hit me. This is the fascination, excitment, creativity, and joy He goes through every time a new human being  is made.  He felt this way as He was making me.

There are things he made about you specifically that everyone can see. Your hair is curly. Your face is round. Your tummy is bigger than you would prefer it to be. Your eyes are brown instead of the blue that you've always wanted. You wear birth-control glasses.

There is nothing Christ would change about how He made you. The hair that you flatten everyday because you dont like how it flips, the image that you frown about in the mirror, the glasses you wish you could replace... He goes CRAZY about you for that.  He sits there thinking with his angels, "Yeah, you see that? I thought of that. I'm wild about her."

He calls you beautiful, because you are made exactly how He wanted you to be.

Think about it for me, ok?

I wish you all a fabulous Christmas season.

love and word,

Ash.

Sighs and Coffee

Though the title of this blog may lead one to believe the peice it entitles is light-hearted and jovial, let me be the first to say it is a matter of extreme importance. However, for this first posting,  I will be keeping it as short and deliciously sweet as possible.

God loves you. Not the kind of love that is only in tact on Sunday mornings. Not the kind of love that is shown by parents at times (who are only human!), with the attitude of "Oh of course I love you!....when you behave." This love goes deeper than any passion, any earthly "like" or infatuation. This great love and desire that Christ has for you knows no bounds. That means there is nothing, absolutely nothing that can separate you from it. No crime committed, no lie told, no rumor uttered, no lustful thought, no hateful word can ever, in a trillion years, separate you from the love of Jesus Christ. Think about it.

Like I said... kind of some heavy stuff for a first blog. But it is the absolute most important thing I could have ever begun this with. I appreciate the time you've taken out of your other-site surfing to even get to this point. It means a lot and i hope you stick around! :)

Have a good day guys and have an awesome 9 days 'til Christmas!
love and word,
Ash.