This really encouraged me...

So, I was on myspace, and I saw a new bulletin on the bottom left hand corner of my screen. Now I always see new bulletins coming up/ being posted, and I NEVER check them. This one in particular was titled "Good News" and for some odd reason, it caught my attention...  I decided to check it out, and here's what it said...

"God wants to do New Things in your life...He wants you to be Blessed, Healed, Promoted, Finacally Blessed, Sucessfull in everything you do and to see all your dreams come true...You need to get a New Vision of your Life ...God wants to do Big Things in your Life beyond what you can even imagine....He also wants to bless you with his favor upon your life.... (Example) When you are shopping that you find the best deals...Be on the look out for your Miracle it's on the way... You are the best... God Loves You..Be Blessed!!"

So cool huh? Yeah, God's good

1. Well, the 30th was my birthday. I'm 23... yikes... can't believe it. My birthday was pretty sweet... well, as sweet as it could be traveling on a bus all day. Some of my team members filled my bunk with balloons while I was at breakfast, and each balloon had a note or letter in it from someone on the team. It was really sweet. We got pics, but I don't have them... sorry folks, it was a funny sight to see me trying to pop all of them since I'm afraid of popping balloons!

This is a really great quote... it really encouraged me...

"Not all who wander are aimless, especially not those who seek truth beyond tradition, beyond definition, beyond the image."

                                     --Kristen Dunst in Mona Lisa Smile

This is a list of the red team's (my team) spring tour. For additional dates please check out the website for an event near you

Acquire the Fire

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Minneapolis, MN --> Feb 16-17

Boise, ID--> Feb 23-24

Tulsa, OK--> March 2-3

San Francisco, CA (Stadium Event)--> March 9-10

Muncie, IN--> March 16-17

Nashville, TN--> March 23-24

Dallas, TX-->March 30-31

Detroit, MI (Stadium event)--> April 13-14

Kansas City, MO--> April 20-21

Denver, CO--> April 27-28

Pittsburgh, PA-->May 4-5

Baltimore, MD (Stadium event)--> May 11-12

Des Moines, IA--> May 18-19

Jaded Rose

Jaded Rose

By: Mallory LaBoy

Written January 29, 2007

Like a rose who's beauty was attempted to be preserved

Never given a chance to wilt

Instead dried

And died just the same

Thorns still able to pierce

And these hands, they have

My blood drips from their tips

These wounded hands of obidience

Now paralyzed with hopelessness

Will this jaded flower ever be restored back to it's original beauty?

Or is this flower who I am

And will forever remain to be

Jaded rose

Dried up flower

Still beautiful

But dead

Still fragile

But not delicate anymore

Ready to crack at a single touch

Jaded rose

Dried up flower

I tried to save you

I tried so hard to hold you

I tried so hard to be strong

Through the pain of your pierce

But I had to let you go

I let you die

I let you dry

Now the only thing that can save

The only thing that can restore

Is a water that quenches more then just thirst

Jaded rose

Dried up flower

You are so beautiful

I wish you were alive

A piece of my heart is void

A piece of my heart is dead

Please bring me back to life

I want to remember what it's like to just be

And not be jaded anymore