WARNING: POINTLESS RAMBLING WILL OCCUR.
 I don't really have a lot to blog about today but I want to write so here I am, sitting at the computer with blogger pulled up and listening to Hillsong United. I wasn't really into Christian music for a long time and I'm still not to some extent. Some of the stuff kind of bothers me. It paints a picture of life after you meet Christ as a perfect and easy escalator ride to Heaven when, in fact, it is often the opposite. Life is hard, especially for Christians. The world doesn't like it when anyone goes against the norm and living like Christ is definitely not normal. He was born in the same room where animals poop, called out the religious leaders of the time before he made it to his 30th birthday, and didn't protest when he was beat up, spit on, insulted, tortured, and ultimately killed. He was about as far from 'normal' as you can get. I was going somewhere with this...oh yeah! Christian music! I like Hillsong because they don't make this life out to be something it's not. They don't focus on the negative either. Their songs are all humble praise to God. Some other Christians bands/singers that I like are Francesca Battistelli, The David Crowder Band, Chris Tomlin, Chris August, and Kutless. I'm sure there are tons of others that I just can't think of right now. 

Now I'm listening to 7X70  by Chris August. The song is really speaking to me about forgiveness and and loving like Christ. It's so real and easy to relate to, I just love it. If you haven't heard I highly recommend it.

I am...
Reading: The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Excited for: My mom to come home from Chicago. Her plane gets here in about 5 minutes!
Ready for: School to be over.
Excited and ready for: HOLLYMONT!!! It's the camp I am CITing at this summer! I found out yesterday that two of my favorite people ever are the CIT leaders so I'm even more pumped now!
Doing this weekend: Going to a team building day for the mission trip I'm going on next month and working at Dog Trials. "What is Dog Trials?" you ask. Well, basically we go sit in the woods and shoot dead ducks out of slingshots for laboradores to come find as fast as they can. It doesn't sound like that much fun, but when you've got good people with you it is.