Cool Song

I don't know if many people know of the singer Ray Boltz anymore. I remember when Mom and Dad listened to his tapes when I was little. He's an excellent singer. Anyways, here's one of his songs that is really powerful (and I know it's not Easter, but it applies any day). :

Watch the Lamb
Walking on the road to Jerusalem,
The time had come to sacrifice again.

My two small sons,
They walk beside me on the road,
The reason that they came
was to watch the lamb.

And they said, daddy, daddy,
What will we see there,
There's so much that we don't understand.

And so I told them of Moses
and father Abraham,
Then I said dear children watch the lamb.

There will be so many in Jerusalem today,
We must be sure the lamb doesn't run away.

And I told them of Moses,
and father Abraham,
Then I said dear children watch the lamb.

When we reached the city,
I knew something must be wrong,
There were no joyful worshipers there,
No joyful worship songs.
And I stood there with my children
in the midst of angry men,
Then I heard the crowd cry out,
Let's crucify Him!

We tried to leave the city
but we could not get away,
Forced to play in this drama
a part I did not wish to play.

Why upon this day
were men condemned to die,
Why were we standing here,
Where soon they would pass by.

I looked and said, even now they come,
The first one cried for mercy,
The people gave him none,
The second one was violent,
And he was arrogant and loud.

I still here his angry voice
screaming at the crowd.

Then someone said there's Jesus,
I scarce believed my eyes,
A man so badly beaten,
He barely looked alive.

Blood poured from His body,
From the thorns upon His brow,
Running down the cross,
Falling to the ground.

I watched as He struggled,
I watched Him when He fell,
The cross came down upon His back,
The crowd began to yell.

In that moment I felt such agony,
In that moment I felt such loss,
Till a Roman soldier grabbed my arm
and screamed, you, carry His cross!

At first I tried to resist him,
Then his hand reached for his sword,
So I knelt and took
the cross from the Lord.

I put it on my shoulder,
And we started down the street,
The blood that he'd been shedding
was running down my cheek.

They led us to Golgotha,
They drove nails
deep in His feet and hands,
Yet upon the cross I heard Him pray
Father, forgive them.

Never have I seen such love
in any other eyes,
Into thy hands I commit my spirit
He prayed and then He died.

I stood for what seemed like years,
I'd lost all sense of time
until I felt two little hands
holding tight to mine.

The children stood there weeping,
I heard the oldest say,
Father please forgive us,
the lamb ran away.

Daddy, daddy,
What have we seen here,
There's so much
that we don't understand,
So I took them in my arms,
And we turned and faced the cross,
Then I said dear children
watch the lamb.

[ Lyrics found on http://www.rare-lyrics.com ]

Baggage Claim A16...

0900 Hours, July 7th, 2007, (Military Calendar)\
Baggage Claim A16, In DFW Airport

Eagerly expecting the arrival of their father, the Emerick family stood looking for him at the entrance to baggage claim A16. None of them knew which entrance he'd come through, so they walked back and forth from one end to the other several times, deciding which entrance to be closer to. Finally they went to the left end of the baggage claim, hoping they were in the right place.

After several minutes of waiting, they decided to look at the flight information again, wanting to make sure that the arrival time had not changed over the course of their approximate 10 minute wait."Arrivals: Chicago to DALL/FTW 9:13, Now."

Okay, to make a long story short, we waited quite a while before we saw Dad some into the claim area. But finally he did arrive and we were all glad to see him. =) We even picked up his luggage before he even showed up. Anyways, yep! He's back now, and he brought back some nice chai tea, dates with cashews in them, some pinapple jam, and a few othere things. =)

Scrapbooking...

I've started on my graduation scrapbook finally! I still need to get some pictures printed off of Snapfish though. That'll be exciting! Hehe, I love getting pictures in the mail... Anyways, enough about pictures in the mail, this is about the scrapbook, or so I thought. I've already gotten at least three pages laid out that I've set things up on. I'll probably adjust them a bit before I glue them on. I was hoping to have been baptised by now because I'd wanted to have those pictures in my graduation scrapbook because that's special, but alas and Alaska, that was canceled due to rain... (I was already going to get dunked, right?...)Hehe, and I was hoping also to have my baptism as a surprise to friends, but that "cat" has been "let out of the bag" as of right now. But anyways, I'm excited to make it! It'll be a lot of fun and I'll be able to have it for a really really long time.

Cheche and cheerio till next time!

(In case some don't know, "cheche" is Kiwi (New Zealand) for "bye". I picked it up from some guy who's going to be marrying my sister.. have know idea who his name is ;) )

Happy Independence Day to the Good Ol' U.S of A.!

"In Congress, July 4, 1776...

"...The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America...

"...We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

Yaay! Happy Fourth everyone!

Okay, so it's the day after, but I say it still counts. I was soo glad that it was actually sunny yesterday! It was just beautiful outside, all nice and sparkly 'cause it's been raining all week. Our family mostly hung out together, talked, had lunch, and such. Mom and Grandma made hamburgers, potato salad (of which is always the best tasting in the world), and corn. Later on we had ice cream too. Katie and Patrick went to a friend's house for a while. Then, in the evening, us kids got to head to the Lewisville mall and got to watch fire works. The best part of the day!! It's always fun to be hanging out together while waiting for the show. Anyways, so that was my Independence day celebration, and it was really fun!