Can the blind lead the blind? Shall they not both fall into the ditch?

Matt. 7:1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
7:2 For with what judgement ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
7:3And why beholdest thou the mote that is in your brothers eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
7:4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
7:5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast the mote out of thy brother's eye.


(beam: a long piece of timber. mote: a small speck of sand or dust.)

happy girl

i used to live in a darkened room
had a face of stone
and a heart of gloom

lost my hope
i was so far gone
cryin' all my tears
with the curtains drawn

i didn't know until my soul broke free
i've got these angels watching over me

oh watch me go
i'm a happy girl
everybody knows
that the sweetest thing
that you'll ever see
in the whole wide world
is a happy girl

i used to hide in a party crowd
bottled up inside
feeling so left out
standing in a corner
wearing concrete shoes
with my frozen smile
and my lighted fuse

now every time i start to feel like that
i roll my heart out like a welcome mat

oh watch me go
i'm a happy girl
everybody knows
that the sweetest thing you'll ever see
in the whole wide world
is a happy girl

laugh when i feel like it
cry when i feel like it
that's just how my life is
that's how it goes

oh watch me go
i'm a happy girl
and i've come to know
that the world won't change
just 'cause i complain

let the axis twirl
i'm a happy girl

oh watch me go, i'm a happy girl
everybody knows
that the sweetest thing that you'll ever see
in the whole wide world
is a happy girl
oh, yeah, oh, yeah... i'm a happy girl

-martina mcbride



(thanks mary-john...here's some happy juice ;)

if thou must love me

if thou must love me, let it be for naught
except for love's sake only. do not say,
'i love her for her smile—her look—her way
of speaking gently,—for a trick of thought
that falls in well with mine, and certes brought
a sense of pleasant ease on such a day'—
for these things in themselves, Belovèd, may
be changed, or change for thee—and love,
so wrought,
may be unwrought so. neither love me for
thine own dear pity's wiping my cheeks dry:
a creature might forget to weep, who bore
thy comfort long, and lose thy love thereby!
but love me for love's sake, that evermore
thou mayst love on, through love's eternity.

-- Elizabeth Barrett Browning

a movie for you to see

Miss Potter.

this movie is beautiful ... definately the most well done movie i have seen in a very long time.

i suggest you see it.

i like your sleeves.

crunchums

...do you remember...

now i shall post some of my pictures from our family's trip to santa fe




















all the doors and windows are painted blue because of the superstition that it wards away evil spirits. plus its really pretty ;)

so i was thinking about kiwis the other day.

they really are amazing.







merry Christmas Adam!

something new

found

i took a walk down to the river
a broken heart in my hands
before the Taker and the Giver
to make my final stand

i waded out into the water
and i sank just like a stone
but i was lifted by the Angel
to never be alone


and i never knew
i could lay my burdens down
and i never knew
redemption could be found
but i know now

i saw Your mercy in the morning
in the color of the sky
i let the Spirit wash me over
and the sun began to rise

i took a walk down to the river
and i laid my burdens down
before the Taker and the Giver

and i am finally found

-bebo norman