good news/ bad news

BAD NEWS FIRST!!!!!!
if anyone reading this happens to be a diehard audio adrenaline fan you might wanna grab a box of tissues! are you ready to hear this? okay well due to 15 years of strenuous usage of Marcus Alan Stuart's voice as the front man Of Audio Adrenaline and giving it his all on stage his vocal cords have taken quite a beating and because of that his voice has gotten raspy and gone bad. at the end of this year Audio Adrenaline will be splitting up. i find this news terribly sad and upsetting to me since i have been a HUGE fan for quite a long time and i love Mark Tyler Will and Ben so much it is hard for me to hear this news but i guess that it is for the est i wouldnt want Mark to loose his voice, that would be terrible. when i first heard this news within about 5 second i started bawling my eyes out! through out 2006 they will put out a "adios" DVD... i dont know about you all but i plan on buying it.

GOOD NEWS NEXT!
the alive festival has posted some amazing and great news on their message board... the headlineing band at the kickoff concert will be.........

THIRD DAY

last year their concert at alive was awesome and i cant wat for this years! i LOVE THIRD DAY!!! i am like literally in love with the lead singers voice!!!!!!!! well i have to go now so i'll leave you all alone for now!
much love until my next post.

psalm 51... God be merciful to me

this is what i want you to do.... go and read Psalm 51 in your bible... its good and this song on the Jars of Clay CD is based off of it, its called "God be merciful to me" here are the awesome lyrics to it...

God be merciful to me, on thy grace i rest my plea
plentious in compassion now
blot out my transgressions now
wash me make me pure within
cleanse oh cleanse me from my sin
my transgressions i confess
grief and guilt my soul oppress
i have sinned against thy grace
and provoked thee to thy face
i confess thy judgment just
speechless, i thy mercy trust
i am evil born in sin
thou desirest truth within
thou alone my saviour art
teach thy wisdom to my heart
make me pure thy grace bestow
make me whiter than the snow
gracious God my heart renew
make my spirit right and true
thy salvations joy impart
steadfast make my willing heart
steadfast make my willing heart
broken humbled to the dust
by thy wrath and judgment just
let my contrite heart rejoice
and in gladness hear thy voice
from my sins oh hide thy face
blot them out in boundless grace

that is a great song....i listen to it every morning (or i have at least since monday) and it always makes me feel better, i dont know why, but it does.
if you read the psalm you will see that it sounds like aprayer that is how i see it and that is what makes psalm 51 so beautiful. i'm telling you, psalm 51 is a beautiful psalm and you should read it. well i have to go, much love until my next post!

*~!~*Brittany*~!~*

i haven posted in a while...

so yeah todays verse is:

All this also comes from the LORD Almighty, wonderful in counsel and magnificent in wisdom.
~ Isaiah...

can you tell me what the verse is? i gave you the book and i'll give you a clue the chapter number begins with a "2" and so does the verse number!!!!!! happy verse searching! LOL comment me if u think you found the verse!!!!!!! i'll let you know what the correct verse was soon!

as the time for our leadership of the OLV youth group draws nearer i get more and more nervous yet i find that the closer we get the more knowledge and wosdom God is giving us. sunday night while Rosie, Emily, and I were brainstorming what we will talk about we found God pouring down ideas and bible passages to us. we felt his power washing over us and drenching us with the truth it was amazing! while praying during "Love Song" by Third Day i found myself weeping with the Joy of the Lord and the immense beauty of his Grace! i believe that after sunday my eyes have become more open to God's love and the beauty of his Grace and the beauty of my salvation! i have been praying for each kid at the OLV youth group by name for the lonest time and i really believe that if Gods will is for Kids to come to know Christ through our meeting then i will happen, maybe not right there at the meeting but maybe we could make an impact on them and they could do it on their own time. well thats all i have to say for now... so much love until my next post!

*~!~*Brittany*~!~*

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so yeah i havent posted in a while so i think i'll post now... i've been meaning to post on this topic for a while so i will...

as we have gone back to schoolsince christmas break i have noticed how sinful the people act... there is so much swearing that people use and so many people use sexual jokes and its all extremely dirty! it sickens me every time i hear someone say a cuss word. i cant get through one bus ride without hearing at least 20 swear words come out of the moiths of the people on my bus and sadly enough thats only in the morning... its terrible. people will use my faith against me and mock me for it, i know that 2 timothy 3:12 says "yes, and all who desire to live Godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution" but it still is hard. the people on my bus will use swear words against me if i even so much as bring up the words "youth group" and since i listen to my christian music i get ridiculed for that too, i am the only person on my bus who is saved (other than my sister) and no one will listen to me. i have no back up for God and i am looked upon as weak and pathetic because i dont get my strength from SATAN and his band of DEMONS like everyone else... some people even say "go to h---" because i dont join in and make fun of people or say that because they're not virgins anymore tey're cool, i quietly sit in my seat listening to FFH and i silently say a prayer everyday for them, actually everytime i hear a swear word come out of their mouth i say a prayer for that person who said it. i feel useless to God because i feel like i am failing him by not speaking up more and backing up my opinion more often.

but the good thing that has happened is that the youth director at OLV (my catholic church) has given Emily, Rosie and i permission to lead a meeting on January 25 on death and i feel so special i see that God as opened a door when i felt that i was failing him. on the day that i found out about the opportunity the daily verse was colossians 3:16 "let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing each other in hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord" after reading that we decided to add some music into our meeting that we will be leading. please be praying for us as we take on this challenge and also for me with my school situation.

please comment if you will offer prayers, just so i can know that i will have prayer support! thanks

MUCH love until my next post!

okay so i'm one day late...

okay, so to start off with one of those songs that i said i was going to put on my blog every day.... i think i will start off with *drumroll please*

IT IS YOU from......... NEWSBOYS (newsgirls)

as we lift up our hands, will you meet us here?

as we call on your name will you meet us here?

we have come to this place to worship you

God of mercy and Grace,

it is you, we adore

it is you praises are for

Only you

the heavens declare

it is you, it is you

holy, holy, is our God almighty

Holy, Holy is his name alone

holy, holy is our God almighty

Holy holy is his name alone

listening to that song gave me chills down my spine. i was having a thought back to the alive festival when rosie and i were standing at the top of the hill during their encore holding our chairs getting ready to go back to our campsite and turn in for the night. we were standing at the top of the hill with my parents and rosie and i were standing beside each other singing out loud and proud and my parents were being quiet but by the end when Peter had the audience sing i looked over and saw my mom and dad singing quietly. it was an amazing moment. and of course the version of the song that i have is the live version. oh well this is a wonderful worship song and as i listen to the song i can not help but pray and sing aloud in worship and praise to our God.