Isiaih 42:

5 Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:

6 I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people for a light of the Gentiles;

7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

8 I am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory will I knot give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.

10 Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.

11 Let the wilderness and that cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.

12 Let the give glory unto the Lord, and declare his praise in the islands.

I was just reading that and it just jumped off the page at me. Esp. verse 9: "Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare..." Oh God, that is what I need so much. I have been lukewarm for so long, I long to burn, to yearn for you. Give me the grace to do these new things which you declare. Give me strength and endurance. Help me face every tomorrow, give me strength to bear the load, give me signs that I can follow, set my feet upon the road. And me he who walked on water, give me courage where I tread, and when I kneel down at his alter, may my hungry soul be fed!

Please pray for me guys. I have been lukewarm for...man...forever! The last time I was really on fire was almost nine months ago! Pray esp. that I would have the grace to battle the lusts of the flesh and that I would always turn to God for my strength and spiritual nurishment.

I wrote the above last night. I've been reading a lot in Is. since then: it's really coming alive!

Today was pretty busy. Ok, so today was VERY, EXTREMELY busy! It felt that way anyway! I spent most of the day working outside with Dad getting out yard swing into the ground. We had the worst time getting it level, but I think we managed it. After that we worked on just general clean up 'cause we've got a family from church coming over tomorrow.

*sniff* I miss my BonnieJean! She's in Oklahoma City this month and we're all really missing her!

I've got to get off now, Dad's calling for me. God bless!

Alright, I shall now post an actual "blog". How do I define an "actual" blog? Shut up, your asking too many questions!

I didn't do much of anything today. I mowed the yard (thank God for riding lawmowers!) this morning and finished my Wisdom Booklet. It started raining at about 2:30 and then it was all gone in about ten minutes! It was enough to make us have to run around like chicken's with our heads cut off getting the lawmowers back in the garden shed though!

Oh, my friend Tim called not long ago asking me if I might be able to take some of the shows that he isn't able to do! So hopefully I can get a few more shows that way! Speaking of which, I've got a show the Sunday after next, doing Ethan's Sunday school class. That should be fun. I've got a new diabolo routine I'm going to be trying out. It's actually a routine of David Cain's that I changed a little bit: the basic idea is that God will only exalt us after we have learned to serve him in a lowly position. It's really good! And the way the routine is done, I get to act like I'm God! What fun, huh?

Ok, I have to get off now. God bless!

Hey, wow, I figured it out! Yes, it works! I am SO smart! *bow*

This is a test. This is only a test. I feel like I should say more, just so this is not a really short test, but I can't think of anything else...