Another Artist Quote
Another of my favorite artists (other than Nickel Creek) is Andrew Peterson. It was a great show. Andy is full of funny witty stories that he easily brings around (at least most of the time) to things that touch my soul and point to heavenly things. Was reading some comments by him today and he was talking about going to remote parts of Alaska to sing for some missionaries. He ended his comment with this statement which is so typical of him. I love the way he writes!

'May you all keep your eyes and ears open to the thousand quiet graces with which He fills your days, and may He keep my ears from freezing and falling off, because that would be unsightly and disturbing. Plus, I bet it would hurt.'
-Andy Peterson

Funny Nickel Creek Quotes
Ok, i grabbed these off of the Nickel Creek Message Board. I love the Nickel Creek/Audience Banter! They are so Good at playing off the audience. LOL!
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Guy: FREEBIRD!
Chris: Oh sir! I'm so sorry to inform you...we're Nickel Creek
Guy: FREEBIRD!
Chris: A warning, this has nothing to do with us, but the next person that says Freebird will be strung up. Just house rules
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Random audience member: "WE LOVE YOU NICKEL CREEK!"
Chris: "Aww, we love you too. We love you too. But we still feel the need to see other audiences..."
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"The real question is, do you root for the fox in that song? Or are you horrified that the goose and the duck are being dragged off to their death, which is described in detail?" ~Chris Thile
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Sara: "I thought you were gonna say in the seventies."
Chris: "Yeah, in the seventies, before you and I were born."
Sean: "I was here for 3 years of the seventies."
Chris: "Yeah, the Sean Watkins embryo solo."
Sean: "I could have been 2 1/2."
Chris: "Rockin' out, I'm sure you were, Sean, at 2 1/2."
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Sean: "Well, at least I don't suffer from insanity!"
Chris: "I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it!"
Sara: [laughs] "Believe me, he does."
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“We were giddy all day. Full of gid.” ~Sara Watkins
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New Family Pictures
This past Sunday my grandparents were here and all my sisters came over my dad and Mila's house so we took the occasion to snap some Family Photos. Amy Lederman took some for me with her cool camra (I don't have those, yet) and here are some of the ones I took.

Spring '04 Family Photos (Go to the very bottom of the folder.)

Praise!
My dad gets out of the hospital tomorrow!!! Please keep praying for him. His liver is really sick, and is causing a lot of fluid build up and pressure which they relieved, but it is an on going issue.

PICS POSTED!
Some of the pics that I took at the Charlottesville Nickel Creek Show got posted on the Official Nickel Creek Site.

To see them Click HERE and Click on the 'Spring Tour 2004' My pics are the Three Black and White ones midway down!

Be Holy For I Am Holy
In my Bible 9 class we are studying the Holiness of God. Here are some quotes that have stuck out to me in studying this.

Continually restate to yourself what the purpose of your life is. The defined end of an individual is not happiness, not health, but holiness. The one thing that matters most is whether a person will accept the God who will make him holy. At all cost one must be rightly related to God. Do I believe I need to be holy? Do I believe God can come into me and make me holy? God has one destined end for humans - holiness. He is not an eternal 'blessing machine' for people. He did not come to save people out of pity; He came to save people because He had created them to be holy.
-Oswald Chambers

'How can I get the air out of this glass?' asked Moody.
'Suck it out with a pump,' one man said.
'That would create a vacuum and shatter the glass,' stated Moody.
Moody smiled, and picked up a pitcher of water, and filled the glass.
'Now all the air is removed.'
He went on to tell that victory in the Christian life is not by 'sucking out the sin here and there,' but rather by being filled with the Spirit.
-Story of D.L. Moody

Jonathan and Denise's Wedding Pics
Jonathan and Denise got married outside of Denise's parents home this past weekend. The reception was held in their beautiful NEW BRICK COURTYARD.
During the Wedding/Reception:
A beautiful poem called, 'The Passionate Shepherd to His Love' was read.
The pastor forgot to say, 'You may kiss the bride' but THEY WERE NOT MOVING till he DID! LOL! I got a great pic of it!
Also, Denise and Jonathan cut the cake that DENISE had MADE!!! Check out the pics!

The Kiss

The Kiss Edited

Dancing

Cutting the Cake

ALL the PICS...

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The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
Christopher Marlowe

COME live with me and be my Love,
And we will all the pleasures prove
That hills and valleys, dale and field,
And all the craggy mountains yield.

There will we sit upon the rocks
And see the shepherds feed their flocks,
By shallow rivers, to whose falls
Melodious birds sing madrigals.

There will I make thee beds of roses
And a thousand fragrant posies,
A cap of flowers, and a kirtle
Embroider'd all with leaves of myrtle.

A gown made of the finest wool
Which from our pretty lambs we pull,
Fair linèd slippers for the cold,
With buckles of the purest gold.

A belt of straw and ivy buds
With coral clasps and amber studs:
And if these pleasures may thee move,
Come live with me and be my Love.

Thy silver dishes for thy meat
As precious as the gods do eat,
Shall on an ivory table be
Prepared each day for thee and me.

The shepherd swains shall dance and sing
For thy delight each May-morning:
If these delights thy mind may move,
Then live with me and be my Love.

Dad
They are not going to have to do surgery on my dad which is a good thing. He still has to stay in the hospital for a few more days, at least. I was really struggling yesterday not to be anxious about everything, but by God's grace and friend's giving me encouraging reminders of God's Word, today I am resting in God. Keep praying for God's complete healing and ABOVE ALL, For GOD's Name to be Glorified in everything!

These are some verses and songs people have sent me.

Isaiah 43:1-2
Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through the fire you shall not be burned and the flames shall not consume you.

From Lamentations 3:22-24
Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, "The LORD is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him.

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases
His mercies never come to an end
They are new every morning
New every morning
Great is thy faithfulness oh Lord
Great is thy faithfulness.

"This Day"
By Steven Curtis Chapman
Yesterday the sky was bright and clear
I could see the sun and I could hear the song
Faith flowed like a river free and deep
And grace was not so hard to be believed
But that was yesterday
And what was close enough to touch
Now seems a world away
So what about this day

This day all His mercies are new
This day every promise is true
Father, help me to believe
Give me faith I need to know You
And trust You this day
This day

Who knows what tomorrow's light will bring
Tears to cry or maybe songs to sing out loud
But only God can see that far away
And He made us for living day by day
'Cause He wants us to see
That the God that He's been every day of history
Is who He is this day

'Cause You are the same yesterday and today and forever
Through every season Your truth and Your grace never change
Oh, Lord, I do believe
That the God that You've been every day of history
Is who You are this day

Grace Like Rain
Hey, just wanted to ask everyone to pray for my dad. I think he is going to have to go into the hospital today. His health is declining, and the cancer is causing lots of pain. God has been good to us to care for us in so many spiritual and tangable/physical ways. Our church family and many other friends are so good to us and my grandparents are here to help out too!
We believe in God's healing power and are praying for that! We appreciate all the prayers!
God is good! God Pours on HIS grace!

Do Good to All
Paul must have been an incredible person to know. He is such an encourager, but also an exhorter. So is true with the following scripture from Titus 3. He is exhorting Tituss to REMIND OTHERS TO DO GOOD TO ALL PEOPLE! There are so many places in this passage that encouraged and convicted me. I love how he exhorts us to do good to others by reminding us the awesome goodness and mercy that God has apportioned to us.

Verse 4-5 is a good reminder to me of God's incredible mercy. It says, 'But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy.'

Titus 3:1-7
REMIND PEOPLE to be submissive to [their] magistrates and authorities, to be obedient, to be prepared and willing to do any upright and honorable work,
To slander or abuse or speak evil of no one, to avoid being contentious, to be forbearing (yielding, gentle, and conciliatory), and to show unqualified courtesy toward everybody.
For we also were once thoughtless and senseless, obstinate and disobedient, deluded and misled; [we too were once] slaves to all sorts of cravings and pleasures, wasting our days in malice and jealousy and envy, hateful (hated, detestable) and hating one another.
But when the goodness and loving-kindness of God our Savior to man [as man] appeared,
He saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but because of His own pity and mercy, by [the] cleansing [bath] of the new birth (regeneration) and renewing of the Holy Spirit,
Which He poured out [so] richly upon us through Jesus Christ our Savior.
[And He did it in order] that we might be justified by His grace (by His favor, wholly undeserved), [that we might be acknowledged and counted as conformed to the divine will in purpose, thought, and action], and that we might become heirs of eternal life according to [our] hope.

-Amplified Version