Inspirational Songs: City On Our Knees

So I just love when I come across a song that has memorizable lyrics. It feels like an uplifting poem. You should really listen to this song. It sounds like something you would hear on the radio, but the lyrics are amazing.

Here:

If you gotta start somewhere why not here?
If you gotta start sometime why not now?
If we gotta start somewhere I say here.
If we gotta start sometime I say now.
Through the fog there is hope in the distance.
From cathedrals to third world missions,
Love will fall to the earth like a crashing wave.

Tonight's the night
For the sinners and the saints!
Two worlds collide in a beautiful display.
It's all love tonight!
When we step across the line,
We can sail across the sea
To a city with one king,
A city on our knees.

Here's a beautiful love song I found too. I love it so much! Does anybody know what the genre is that has just voice and one instrument? I just the simplicity of the sound. Anyway, just thought I'd share!

Love you all!

Kenzie

Be Still and Know That I Am God

Well, I know this is a lesson many of you have already learned, but here I announce that I am just beginning to learn it. There's no lesson school can teach you better than how to deal with stress. This week is crazy. Every day has the same amount of work crammed into it that a normal week would have. I know I have no right to sympathy, as almost all of my friends are experiencing the same thing right now. At some point you just have to say, "Well. I know without a doubt that I CANNOT do all of this on my own. I'll put my best effort in, but if I'm to get everything done that I'm supposed to, I'll need inhuman strength." I haven't made it through this craziness yet . . . but if nothing else I have developed the ability to sit in the hall calmly working on everything, accepting that I can't even list everything I have to do, and that somehow I'll get it done. It's sad that this aspect of maturity has only begun to be developed in my second to last semester. All I can do is sit here . . . and the only word to describe my mind and heart is "still". Not the turmoil that normal clouds my over-stressed brain. Hopefully this sticks!

Love you all!

P.S. And here's a Bohemian Waxwing to brighten your day!

A Follow Up

I posted a few days ago about some important goals of mine and issued a challenge and asked some questions. . . . but nobody answered. I found out a little while later that for some reason nobody knew that I had posted. I'm posting this both to inform you of that post and ask you to read it. And then to let you know that I'm starting a new blog (hooked to this one in the top tab). I don't know how often I'll post, but I am really excited about it.

Women in the Scriptures

Yesterday while looking for FHE resources (for newly married couples) I stumbled across something that I feel will change my life. You HAVE to check this website out! Women in the Scriptures
This lady is so inspiring! She has a challenge to read all the standard works and mark down any reference to women, make a list of how many named women and unnamed women there are in the scriptures, and for as many as you can ponder these questions about their life:


1- What is unique about this woman and her story?
2- How does she fit into the time period in which she lived?
3- What Christlike qualities does she exemplify?
4- What would I ask her if I could meet her?
5- How can I relate to her?
6- What can I (or someone else I know) learn from her experiences?

She has a crazy number of women (groups of women) mentioned! Somewhere in the 500's. Explore her site! Here are some gems I've stumbled across!

How Many Women Are There?
The Spiritual Symbolism of Veils
Getting Adam to Partake
The Type of Feminist I Am
Eve's "Curse"?
Why Don't Women Hold the Priesthood?
Mothers and Careers: The Age Old Question

Please tell me someone wants to take the challenge with me? I was so excited I jumped into the New Testament, Old Testament, and Book of Mormon all at once! I'm doing it all online at lds.org so I can keep a notebook with all of my little highlights of every word pertaining to women. I know I would really benefit from having another person to do it with! Is anyone interested in joining me?

So far I've got Eve, Mary, Rachel, and the woman Soleman married after killing her husband and Sariah.

Anyone?

Love you all!

Kenzie