its been awhile...

hey y`all!
first off, i want to say i am terribly sorry for all of you who check my blog everynight. i know i havent written lately and its because my cousins are in from germany and i've been with them until about 11-12 at night every night since wednesday and i've been extremely tired. so this week has been really great. wednesday my family from germany came in, & they're great! i get along very well with both linda & tim. thursday we went to the mall & hung out, it was really fun. plus i finished drivers ed that day, so i can get my liscense next week hopefully :] pray for me about that please! at landing zone friday we played this game with water. well i didnt want to get wet, but mitchell decided it'd be fun to dump a 5 gallon bucket of water on me. needless to say, i was absolutely soaked. and today, i wasnt any drier. haha. we went to sliding rock [thanks for takin us mr allen!] and it was a blast. david & mitchell decided it'd be fun to sandwitch me inbetween them when i was dry & i ended up soaking wet & then mitchell drug me up that dang rock and made me go down it. talk about shock of my life when i hit that cold water. but it was a blast.

so anyway, devotion. this song. "If We are the Body" by Casting Crowns.
heres the lyrics:
It's crowded in worship today
As she slips in Trying to fade into the faces
The girls' teasing laughter is carrying farther than they know Farther than they know

But if we are the Body
Why aren't His arms reaching
Why aren't His hands healing
Why aren't His words teaching
And if we are the Body
Why aren't His feet going
Why is His love not showing
them there is a way
There is a way

A traveler is far away from home
He sheds his coat
And quietly sinks into the back row
The weight of their judgmental glances tells him that his chances
Are better out on the road

But if we are the Body
Why aren't His arms reaching
Why aren't His hands healing
Why aren't His words teaching
And if we are the Body
Why aren't His feet going
Why is His love not showing them there is a way

Jesus paid much too high a price
For us to pick and choose who should come
And we are the Body of Christ

If we are the body
Why aren't His arms reaching
Why aren't His hands healing
Why aren't His words teaching
And if we are the body
Why aren't His feet going
Why is His love not showing them there is a way
Jesus is the way

great song. amazing lyrics. and they come from 1 Corithians 12:12-31. which talks about how we are the body of Christ, and how nobody is complete without each and every part because they all play a special role. which tells us we've all got a special roll to spread the word of Christ as Christians. and we just have to do what we feel lead to do.
i love y`all!
God Bless!
- crystal jade