Making Melodies in my Heart.....

blah blah blah? So after i came home from church today, i decided to take a nap. After my 4 hr nap, my dad was feeling my forehead and then he said,
"i vigorously shook you but you did not awake, i thought you were dead, but good thing you woke up."
me: "so... you stopped shaking me when you thought i wouldnt wake up?"

hc was quite fun. thanx gary. our group was muy muy kewl. Sharon and Andrew, Cindy and Stuart, and Bea and Tim. So Sharon and Cindy's side of the table all had fajitas while Bea and my side all had chicken and spinach chimichungas. The fajita side didnt end up smelling like fajitas and Bea, Tim, and i for the most part didnt smell like a chimchunga. Gary on the other hand....so we were dancing and i smell dinner in the air and i sorta sniff him...."gary, you're sweating chicken chimichunga....." haha...he smelled just like a chimichunga.... yeah gotta kick outta that....then there were Bea and Tim's quotes. *hah hah* maybe one day they'll write a book... i particularly liked this one.

Bea: What's that sliding around in the back seat?
Tim: oh, that's just my hair.

btw.. tim had a fro (a wannabe fro? =P..it was kewl)... and yes.. he wore it....he looked hot. hot as in... the heat of the commons looked like it was getting to him and like the resta us...sweating profusely. there was some crazy dancing happening... and unlike last year, the dj actually played decent songs for the most part.... not too mucha that....*can only bop ur head up and down* kinda music.

The sermon was awesome today. God was awesome and He totally spoke through John. You know the funny thing is... the message i was planning to have for SFC, but never got the chance to share, was somewhat like what he talked about today. I think a very valid question is, "How are Christians different from other people?" I hear SO many non-Christians constantly saying, "i dont wanna believe in Christianity because Christians are just like everyone else." That in my mind... is very very sad. i mean.. seriously... im sad. But you know, with the love of God, we can know and understand the mark of Christians, the thing that makes us who we are....and that is the way we love one another. I remember sharing at a sunday school party that one thing that i'd learned and take away from the last year. That was to love non-Christians the way i love myself, and to love Christians the way God loves us. Dude...and HOW powerful is that???? John also mentioned that we as Christians love each other with Agape love, sacrificial love...or as mother Theresa puts it

"Love is giving until it hurts." ......yea......

in this world full of hate, bitterness, and selfishness.....there is nothing more powerful and more encouraging than knowing what makes us Christians.... to sacrifice for one another... to give love and serve one another to the point of pain... to show agape love..... THAT is what makes a Christian a Christian.... loving one another the way God loves us. Being Christians does not mean we're perfect...cuz we're not... and we will fail at times. I know for me, i want my heart to be open so that God can impact me to be a History Maker.... leave a dent in the world. Non-Christians are constantly watching us.... watching for us to falter or watching to see how we're different from everyone else. Be an example of how God loves you.

Wish you all an awesome week. Do you want God to impact you? And if you wanna see what Christians are all about, fbcc youth service: Sunday 10:30.