Sunday, March 17, 2013

Love.

There's a Joshua Creek song that I absolutely love. It's called "I Love You, Son".
 
 
Little boy sits on a chair, waiting for his dad.
Scared and crying, cuz he'd been bad.
Stole a toy on a dare, from the corner drug store,
but he got caught slipping out the door.
And finally when his pa arrived,
the boy couldn't look him in the eye and said, "Oh Dad, I know you hate me."
Then in disbelief, he heard his father say...
"I love you, Son. Just tell me what you've done.
Life's full of problems, together we can solve them.
Talk it out with me, we'll work it out, you'll see.
I love you, Son."
Then he turned 16, with a license to drive.
Stereo loud, girl by his side.
Lost control on a curve, and the car overturned.
They crawled out and watched that Mustang burn.
From a sheriff's station telephone,
he found the old man at home and said, "Oh Dad, you're gonna hate me.
Then in disbelief, he heard his father say...
"I love you, Son. Just tell me what you've done.
Life's full of problems, together we can solve them.
Talk it out with me, we'll work it out, you'll see.
I love you, Son."
36, what could have been was in an awful mess.
Broken dreams, broken home, broken promises...
and from the valley of his dark despair rose a first attempt at prayer.
He said, "Oh Lord, I know you hate me."
Then in disbelief, he heard the Father say...
"I love you, Son. Just tell me what you've done.
Life's full of problems, together we can solve them.
Talk it out with me, we'll work it out, you'll see.
I love you, Son."
Sometimes, we feel that the Lord can't possibly forgive us. Why should he? We've managed to mess up yet again. I'm a hopeless cause, you think to yourself. I just can't seem to do the right thing. It's SO hard to keep a good perspective when you feel like a failure. I think we often forget that the Lord doesn't look at us and say, "Well, they failed. I can give up on them now." He is the best friend we will ever have, because he will never give up on us. No matter what you do, no matter how badly you think you've failed, your Father will always love you. He knows the best that is within you. This week, try to see yourself the way that your Heavenly Father sees you. You will find a love and peace that you couldn't dream of having otherwise.
 

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

T. Swift



Breathe
 
"I see your face in my mind as I drive away
'Cause none of us thought it was gonna end that way
People are people
And sometimes we change our minds
But it's killing me to see you go after all this time

Music starts playing like the end of a sad movie
It's the kind of ending you don't really want to see
'Cause it's tragedy and it'll only bring you down
Now I don't know what to be without you around

And we know it's never simple, never easy
Never a clean break, no one here to save me
You're the only thing I know like the back of my hand
And I can't breathe without you, but I have to
Breathe without you, but I have to

Never wanted this, never want to see you hurt
Every little bump in the road I tried to swerve
People are people and sometimes it doesn't work out
Nothing we say is gonna save us from the fall out

And we know it's never simple, never easy
Never a clean break, no one here to save me
You're the only thing I know like the back of my hand
And I can't breathe without you, but I have to
Breathe without you, but I have to

It's 2AM
Feel like I just lost a friend
Hope you know it's not easy, easy for me
It's 2AM
Feel like I just lost a friend
Hope you know this ain't easy, easy for me

And we know it's never simple, never easy
Never a clean break, no one here to save me
Oh
I can't breathe without you, but I have to
Breathe without you, but I have to
Breathe without you, but I have to

Ohh
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."
 
 
Haunted
 
"You and I walk a fragile line
I have known it all this time
But I never thought I'd live to see it break
It's getting dark and it's all too quiet
And I can't trust anything now
And it's coming over you like it's all a big mistake

Ohh, I'm holding my breath
Won't lose you again
Something's made your eyes go cold

Come on, come on don't leave me like this
I thought I had you figured out
Something's gone terribly wrong
You're all I wanted
Come on, come on don't leave me like this
I thought I had you figured out
Can't breathe whenever you gone
Can't turn back now,
I'm haunted

Stood there and watched you walk away
From everything we had
But I still mean every word I said to you
He will try to take away my pain
And he just might make me smile
But the whole time I'm wishing he was you instead

Ohh, I'm holding my breath
Won't see you again
Something keeps me holding on to nothing

Come on, come on don't leave me like this
I thought I had you figured out
Something's gone terribly wrong
You're all I wanted
Come on, come on don't leave me like this
I thought I had you figured out
Can't breathe whenever you gone
Can't turn back now,
I'm haunted

I know, I know,
I just know
You're not gone. You can't be gone.
No.

Come on, come on don't leave me like this
I thought I had you figured out
Something's gone terribly wrong
Won't finish what you started
Come on, come on don't leave me like this
I thought I had you figured out
Can't breathe whenever you gone
Can't go back,
I'm haunted

You and I walk a fragile line
I have known it all this time
Never ever thought I'd see it break.
Never thought I'd see it."
 

Friday, March 8, 2013

Please.

My dear, kind, wonderful, beautiful, incredible friends. How I love you.
Between the junior high and high school, my home town has seen 2 suicides in the last month, and I know of another attempt just a month before that. I didn't know the girl or the boy who passed away, but I mourn for them as well as their loved ones. Please. Please, if you are reading this, know that I love you. Whenever you feel alone in the world, just remember that Nicole Callister loves you. It may not mean much to you, but it means everything to me.
Please.
Stay.

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Peace

The gospel won't always make you happy.
Now, before you start crying blaspheme, hold on. Think about it. You don't magically become happy after the death of a loved one because of the plan of salvation. You don't automatically smile when a friend turns their back on you because you know that there's more to life. There is sadness in this world. The gospel doesn't erase that.
What the gospel brings is peace. Everlasting, perfect, wonderful peace. I testify to you that peace can come even in the middle of your darkest hour, and that peace comes through the power and the majesty of the gospel. Ephesians 2:14 states that Christ "is our peace". I testify that Christ is our peace. He is our joy. His way is the way in which we can come to live with our Heavenly Father, and our loved ones, again.
Your happily ever after will come. President Dieter F. Uchtdorf has said that, "Your "once upon a time" is now." I've learned that I'm not always going to be happy, but I can always be at peace if I stay close to the Lord. It is my hope and my prayer that my efforts in this life will enable me to look my Father in the eye and say, "I have done the best I can." I testify to you that the gospel of Jesus Christ can bring you peace in a world full of darkness and turmoil. He can be a light in your life if you will let him.
Let Him bring you peace.