In the valley at the moment.. PTL.. :)

when death, like a gypsy
comes to steal what I love
I will still look to the heavens
I will still seek Your face

but I fear You aren't listening
because there are no words...
just the stillness
and the hunger
for a faith that assures

I will sing of Your mercy
that leads me through valleys of sorrow
to rivers of joy

Alleluia...

- Jars of Clay "The Valley Song"

a day of honouring and of revelation

Hm, revelation ay...

What day doesn't come with a revelation though? Oh wait, many of mine don't. Well, you know, revelation. I was rather harsh with my comments on Carlton yesterday. And I probably had no place in commenting, considering the Bombers are in worse shape than the Blues atm. Can you tell that I'm apologising to a Carlton fan? Hehe. I'm a softy really.

hmm, the song "For The Moments I Feel Faint" is actually quite versatile. It can sound sad but its probably not intended to really.

"Never underestimate my Jesus
You're telling me that there's no hope,
I'm telling you you're wrong"

Thank God I'm so incredibly wrong when I let doubts and fears overtake me. The only hope that matters is in God, so pffft to what I was thinking before.

I'm filled with the Spirit, so I should be doing my best to live in a way that lets that pour out of me, not leak out in a trickle. What causes that trickle? Letting worries, doubts and fear cause blockages in my soul (like artery blockages so to speak) and thus hampering the flow. Hmm, I don't know if that is theologically sound.. (:P someone gets what I mean by that) but it sounds pretty accurate in describing me and what I need to do more.

One of those is encouraging people and thus I now present my top 10 list for the week.

10 reasons why my Mum is tops. (No real order, except like, numbers 1-3)

10. We always have meat pies in the freezer! (ie. meat pies are always on special)
9. She always makes sure theres food that I'm not allergic to when it comes to dinner either at home or out
8. When we're at camps or stuff, she'll always give me some of her food cos I'm hungry
7. She does housework for us and does it really good
6. She's beautiful
5. She's faithful to God
4. I give her 2 mins notice to drive me to the station with only 10 minutes until my next train (we live nearly 10 mins away from the station) and she does it
3. She puts up with the childish moods and behaviour of me and my bro
2. She puts up with the childish moods and behaviour of my dad
1. Two simple words: Child Birth.

Woot! Happy Mothers Day mums! You all rock and we really do appreciate you :)

-d

"Gather my insufficiencies and place them in Your hands" Same song above by Relient K

there are FOUR quarters to a footy match, NOT three thirds

I cannot believe what I witnessed tonight. Actually I can, I've seen it for the past year, Essendon cannot finish off a match. My gosh, they completely folded. No other team in the competition just sit happy with their 3/4 time lead and decide to take a 30 minute nap. It's taken my most depressing day in months and made it even more depressing. There really needs to be a change in the mentality of that club. I hoped to now have to say this, but it we might be looking at getting good draft picks with our ladder position this year..

Shocking, absolutely shocking. Actually, Sneds had a good word to describe the Swans performance until 3/4 time: Abysmal. Completely and utterly abysmal. The only thing that rescues this day (apart from hanging out with Sneds of course) is the fact that the Blues got so incredibly whipped they only kicked 1 goal in the first half, while Richmond kicked 13 goals 8 behinds. Unbelievable. How good are the Tigers?! Or rather, how bad are the Blues?!

..

*looks at the ladder*

Okay, they're no where near as bad as the Bombers at this point. Oh how it pains me to say that.

I hate depressing days. It makes you even more depressed just thinking that its depressing. Such a vicious cycle..

-d

tune: "For the Moments I Feel Faint" by Relient K

"Frustrated and tired
Where do I go from here?
Now I'm searching for the confidence I've lost so willingly
Overcoming these obstacles is overcoming my fear"

Its depressing to think that as confident I can be in God, I can never measure up to human ideals.. Should I care? No I shouldn't. But not much is going to stop me from caring about this particularly though

oh man

haha, oh man, its been soo long since blogs. I guess its what happens when my life is as filled out with stuff as it is. I'm currently watching the Southampton vs Norwich soccer match at the moment, and its way cool, 3-3 at half time!

Anyways, what has happened in this somehow incredibly busy life. Its this busy and I still manage to have no social life, how greats that(!)

Ahem.

Well, been cool stuff happening, like church camp last week and other interesting events in my life. No, I don't feel like really saying anything about those events :P

Oh, but the definite highlight for the last month has definitely been..... the arrival of our iBook!!! Man it rocks, sooo much. Especially since I'm completely sick of windows after the amount of crap I've had to deal with it in my IT work. I'm typing on the iBook now actually while watching the soccer. Yay for wireless! It's a 12" iBook with extra 256 RAM and built in bluetooth.

Also, cos we bought the iBook so close to the release of Tiger OSX, we get it for only $15. Maadness. If you're reading this and you just got a mac recently with Panther, you can get Tiger sent to you for lots cheap, ie. not $200. Woot.

Next week is the Essendon vs Sydney match! I turned down work that night so I can go to the match.. Its the only time they come to Sydney this season! I have to be there!! I hope I can get some people together to watch the match.

Hmm, speaking of football.. the match is still 3-3, and its 80 mins into the match now. It turned out quite a bit more uninspiring this 2nd half.

Think I'll read the book I got from Koorong today on how to read the bible. Or maybe I'll actually do some bible reading, hehe.

-d

car tune: Shawn McDonald "Take My Hand"

"Fall to my knees and I'm begging You please oh Lord,
won't change me, make me, new from the inside out,
I wanna shout out Your name (I need You)"

hmm, soo been feeling that lately