Pictures
New Attitude '04 - We had an awesome group this year. It was great to fellowship with so many friends on the trip up, while there, and on the trip back. :)
Snowboarding at Wintergreen - These are from yesterday and Last Friday.
Amy's Birthday Lunch - We went to a great Thia restaurant near Fairfax to celebrate Amy's 24th Birthday!!!


My Snowboarding Theme Song
Last night I was coming home from boarding... trying to stay awake, and I put in some Superchick. Decided that this is my snowboarding theme song.... since I spend so much time on my butt!!!


Get Up
Superchick
I'm not afraid to fall
It means I climbed up high
To fall is not to fail
You fail when you dont try
I'm not afraid to fall
I might just learn to fly
And I will spread these wings of mine

I'm not afraid to fall
And here I told you so
Don't want to rock the boat
But I just had to know
Just a greener side
Or can I touch the sky
But either way I will try

I'm not afraid to fall
I've fallen many times
They laughed when I fell down
But I dared to climb
I'm not afraid to fall
I know i'll fall again
But I can win this in the end

If I get up I might fall back down again
so lets get up C'mon
If I get up I might fall back down again
We get up anyway
If I get up I might fall back down again
so lets get up C'mon
If I get up I might fall back down again
And I might fall back down again
And well just jump and see
Even if its the 20th time
We'll just jump and see if we can fly

How Snowboarding is Like Our Christian Lives
Ok, bear with me b/c I had this thought after listening to this song, and I'm not sure if I will articulate it properly, but I'm gonna give it a shot.

The goal of snowboarding is to go down the mountain on your feet (as aposed to on your back side.) You don't WANT to fall. Sometimes when you fall it kinda hurts. Sometimes when you fall it hurts BAD! (CAN I GET A WITNESS???) But inevitably, when you are learning, you are going to fall. Something is most likely gonna catch your edge and send you a tumbling! If you gave up on boarding every time you fell, you would never reach the goal. The prize of contentment knowing you conquered that mountain (maybe not so gracefully!) Thank goodness for friends who are there to cheer you on!!! :)

So it is with the Christian walk. The goal is to be like Christ. Inevitably we fall. That besetting sin catches our edge and we are sent a tumbling. It hurts. Sometimes it hurts really bad (CAN I GET A WITNESS???) But that doesn't mean we throw in our spiritual snowboards (ok, i know that illustration is a stretch but go with me here!) and give up the journey before us! We press on. We finish the race! We conquer the mountain! Will we fall again? Probably! But thats not the goal. The goal is By God's grace, we make it on our feet. Thank goodness for the grace God has shown us by giving us friends to cheer us on in this journey! Thankfully we have a God that became one of us, therefore He understands our sin and temptation. Thankfully we have a God who sends His Spirit to help us make it down the Mountain standing!