What scares LiztheMiz the most?

I tell people I don't easily get scared...and I don't but when I do I freeze up for like a second until I realize what's going on, so it looks like I wasn't scared. There's a little secret for ya :D

But one of the things that puts me out of my wits the most is listening to my own heart beat. It doesn't freak me out it down right terrifies me;
the reason why is this:

Every pump of blood pulsing that I feel in the tips of my fingers transfers the message to my brain that moment I just felt was it and it isn't coming back. Then of course my mind is instantly thrust into thinking did I waste that moment or use it to the fullest potential.
When the answer is waste...
That Scares Me

Then I sense it again, this time a little faster because I think it knows I'm hearing it, like my hearing it is like when the president of a company walks in the door and everyone does there job just a little bit better, because it knows its being examined about the moment that was just wasted, something stirs in it and I ask this heart:
Will you do that with the next moment?
That Provokes me

Soon I find myself lost in the rhythm and picturing my inwards, I know it may seem gross but the power and yet the softness, the precise placing of every organ, ventricle, and cell and just how all of it together puts me to work, hear, dream, play, see, go, cry, More! and then comes a verse:

I'll pour pure water over you and scrub you clean. I'll give you a new heart, put a new spirit in you. I'll remove the stone heart from your body and replace it with a heart that's God-willed, not self-willed. I'll put my Spirit in you and make it possible for you to do what I tell you and live by my commands. You'll once again live in the land I gave your ancestors. You'll be my people! I'll be your God!
Ezekiel 26:34
That Leaves me in Awe


So I actually love the thing that terrifies me the most, because it is there the dwelling of Christ!

Goodbye

I'm blogging at facebook from now one. laterz!

Dear Beautiful Country,

I love you, you are a perfect mix of past and present. You have lovely people with beautiful accents that I would have to stop myself from starring at with my mouth open.
There are many great men and women born to your country that have in someway made me laugh, think, laugh some more, and further grow the passion I have for music.
Twas in your lands that I met one of the men that have most impacted my life and I call hero, I will never forget you for that. Not to mention your lovely thousand years architecture and beautiful pathways, and fun rivers for punting. Lastly and most thankfully you have an amazing bus and train system.
I was sad to leave but I will see you soon dear friend and all the people that you contain who have become great pals.
Yours Truly,

Elizabeth Mesa

To further explain my lucidity of this great nation, please refer to these pictures:
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=4800462&albumId=1998922


Which is why i place my vote and support upon John Cleese's ideals (America please read the following):

A Message from John Cleese to the citizens of the United States of America :

In light of your failure to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately.

Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths, and territories (except Kansas , which she does not fancy).

Your new prime minister, Gordon Brown, will appoint a governor for America without the need for further elections.

Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed.

To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect:

You should look up 'revocation' in the Oxford English Dictionary.

1. Then look up aluminium, and check the pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it.

2. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'favour' and 'neighbour.' Likewise, you will learn to spell 'doughnut 'without skipping half the letters, and the suffix -ize will be replaced by the suffix -ise. Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. (look up 'vocabulary').

3. Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises such as 'like' and 'you know' is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. There is no such thing as US English. We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell-checker will be adjusted to take account of the reinstated letter 'u' and the elimination of -ize. You will relearn your original national anthem, God Save The Queen.

4. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday.

5. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers, or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and therapists shows that you're not adult enough to be independent. Guns should only be handled by adults. If you're not adult enough to sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist then you're not grown up enough to handle a gun.

6. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. A permit will be required if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public.

7. All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap and this is for your own good. When we show you German cars, you will understand what we mean.

8. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start driving on the left with immediate effect. At the same time, you will go metric with immediate effect and without the benefit of conversion tables. Both roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British sense of humour.

9. The Former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been calling gasoline) -roughly $6/US gallon. Get used to it.

10. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call French fries are not real chips, and those things you insist on calling potato chips are properly called crisps. Real chips are thick cut, fried in animal fat, and dressed not with catsup but with vinegar.

11. The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be referred to as beer, and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred to as Lager. Australian beer is also acceptable as they are pound for pound the greatest sporting Nation on earth and it can only be due to the beer.They are also part of British Commonwealth - see what it did for them.

12. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as good guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to play English characters.

Watching Andie McDowell attempt English dialogue in Four Weddings and a Funeral was an experience akin to having one's ears removed with a cheese grater.

13. You will cease playing American football. There is only one kind of proper football; you call it soccer. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities to American football, but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like a bunch of nancies). Don't try - the Australians and Kiwis will thrash you, like they regularly thrash us.

14. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the World Series for a game which is not played outside of America . Since only 2.1% of you are aware that there is a world beyond your borders, your error is understandable.
You will learn cricket, and we will let you face the South Africans first to take the sting out of their deliveries.

15. You must tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us mad.

16 An internal revenue agent (i.e. tax collector) from Her Majesty's Government will be with you shortly to ensure the acquisition of all monies due (backdated to 1776).

17. Daily Tea Time begins promptly at 4 pm with proper cups, never mugs, with high quality biscuits (cookies) and cakes; strawberries in season.

God save the Queen.

Only He can.

John Cleese

A singer's worst fear

Brace Yourself

Passion doesn't even begin to describe:

I think I've cried with a huge smile watching every one of these videos, because it's not just a 1,000+ students singing, shouting, jumping dancing. It's one heart, one mind, one BODY for one purpose....the fame and renown of Jesus all over the world!

KIYV


STOCKHOLM
:( no video found from Stockholm




SAO PAULO


KAMPALA




PARIS
No Paris video yet either

and there is still LONDON, MANILA, KUALA LUMPUR, JAKARTA, JOHANNESBURG, CAPETOWN, MEXICO CITY, VANCOUVER, SEOUL, TOKYO, HONG KONG, SYDNEY
One day
Every knee will bow
Every tongue confess
that the Living Son of God
is
Father
Saviour
Redeemer
Friend
Perfect Love
Perfect Justice
Everywhere
Everything
Forever
Righteous
Strong
Beautiful
Unvarying
Boundless
and ALIVE

and I,
I can't believe I get the grace to have my life partake in all that He is

For more info: 268blog.com

J&K+8

I don't usually gush about shows but I must say this one has captured my heart. Jon and Kate+8!
As the titles gives way its a couple Jon and Kate and their 8 kids, two twin 7 year old girls, and 3 girls 3 boys sextuplets, all 3 and a half years old.
It's not very much shown but it won't take long after an episode or two to know their foundation lies on Solid Rock. I smile every time the camera pans around the kitchen and I see bible verses taped to the wall, and on one instance where Kate comes up with a mission statement for the family on letting people know about God's love.

They are not perfect parents, they say it themselves..but I have learned so much from them:
They love each other and their kids through words and actions each individual
Discipline justly and strong
Are positive and Fun-loving
Listen to their children and allow them to learn to do things themselves
Eat organically and give the right attention to the physical growth of all the kids
Find creative ways for the kids to have safe fun and grow mentally and physically
Handle and resolve little issues in front of their kids showing them how they can resolve disputes with each other

I'm not sure if I will be blessed with 8 kids..Lol, and when and where all of that is going to come into play but I have placed it at the altar of God's perfect will knowing that this season is preparing me for those seasons. And all I can say as I watch this show, see this family live and love nakedly in front of all of America, on how they are just growing a Godly family and smiling, dreaming, and learning myself for when I will be blessed with the callings of wife and mother, all I can say is...

It's a beautiful thing...

So...
On these episodes of Jon and Kate plus 8, I continue to learn as my heart (and face) smile

for more info on the family and show visit:http://www.sixgosselins.com/ (They are on TLC)

Your will, I will!

These are my personal revelations through the last few months and passion, I pray that it may in any way resound Christ's glory to who may read.

Last week frustrated to me to no end, all I wanted to do was sink myself into Truth, into digesting what happened. But I had to study for finals, I was almost manic, my mind raced faster then it ever had and I couldn't do the one thing I need...to be Still.
Stillness was the theme of a previous post, the theme of me right now and for a while.

Flashback:

Savior,
I expect to meet you there, prepare me to meet you there.
.
This was going to be my third Passion, but it needed to be different it had to shake my very foundation. Through fervent prayer of what was happening in my life, I received promised truths:
Rejoice and be glad for the Lord will do great things. Joel 2:21
Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your ways to the Lord, trust also in Him and He will do it. Psalms 37:4-5
What are you waiting for? Return to your God! Commit yourself in love, in justice! Wait for your God and don't give up on him-ever. Hosea 12:6-7
What's God going to say to my question?
I'm braced for the worst. I'll climb to the lookout tower and scan the horizon. I'll wait to see what God says , how He'll answer my complaint. And then God answered: Write this, Write what you see. Write it out in big black letters so that it can be read on the run.
This vision-message is a witness pointing to what is coming. It aches for the coming-it can hardly wait! And it doesn't lie. It seems slow in coming, wait. It's on its way. It will come right on time. Habakkuk 2:13

But Oh God my biggest fear is that these promises are of my own flesh. I tested the Spirits words, your biblical truth, and spiritual guidance as your word demands to not just feel, think and believe but to Know, for one Knows when You speak to them.


Flash-foward:

During a prayer lead by Francis Chan, at Passion,
As promised in Habakkuk, a Vision. This is the best way I can humanly put it, but it's so clear in my mind, I KNOW Lord You have spoken:



and that vision coming to pass as I:
Know Him in an intimate love relationship
KNow the Holy Spirit as a personal teacher (John 14:26)
Who: guide to apply biblical principles and confirms truth of scripture.
Watch to see what the Father is doing and repeat ( John 5:17)
Moldable (Jeremiah 18:1-6)
Servant- (Phillipians 2:5-7)
Live right now putting me in the fullness of God's timing.
Have my decisions depend on:
The Holy Spirit's leading tested through the word of Truth and spiritual guidance by Godly-mature-married-women.
His Glory=My life.

Lord,
I need not worry, you have perfection planned. I will do as You say today and you shall as you have promised always complete. I have heard Your voice of love, and KNOW Your promises. I am were you want me. There is no struggle that I come up against where You are not just involved but rootly at the center of it. You alone fulfill me. I am yours to use. Your will is all I pray for Lord.
Your will, I will!


Notes: (idea taken from IE)

Francis Chan
-The only way anyone will ever look at something I did and immediately give the glory to God is through the Holy Spirit.
-Jesus said it is to our advantage that I leave because the Holy Spirit would come
-Holy Spirit= Christ living in us
-Does that even freak you out the slightest that He lives in you, that the Spirit that raised Christ from the grave lives in you?
-There ought to be a radical difference between a person with the Holy Spirit and one without, one who is alive and one who is dead
-YOu don't have to beg for God's blessings, He is constantly looking to give you them.
-Will the Son of Man return and find faith?
-I'm so tired of what I know I can do in the flesh, I want to do things I know I cold never do except through His power.

Inspired by this teaching:
To the best that you leave
How can it
You not physically here would be better for me

Though how could I have known
Leaving me, placed Holy vision
well and whole, glory foretold

Embedded deep
The wonder of your spirit dwelling
calls upon my all
Turn, face up to see
Alive, In the Cross Complete

Yet the promise still stands
Father, sooner then I believe
Enveloped in Yours, my hands will be
EM-R 2008


Louie Giglio
-I was chosen by Him before the foundations of time. I was crucified, buried and raised with Him.
-The Cross=I love you
God allows freedom, but maintains control
God can take the worst and use it for good.
How can the worst thing that happened be turned into the best thing ever? Through God and He does that Always, in any situation, circumstance, problem, trial, and tribulation of our lives.

North Point
-What went wrong with Solomon? His heart was not fully devoted to God (1 King 11:4)
-Solomon didn't one day wake up and choose to stop following God -he compromised.
-How much does the idea register that the enemy is consistently, confidently, subtly, and patiently after you?
-Even the wisest man who ever lived fell pray to this strategy.
Fight Back: Stay Alert!
-Why wait till there is a crisis, pretend like there is one



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Passion Website:268generation.com
Passion Blog:268blog
Yes Lord, walking in the way of Your truth we wait eagerly for you. For Your name, and Your renown are the desires of our souls. Isaiah 26:8