mr. burleson's mug shot!
haha, yeah, thats my world history teacher! just go here to see it:
http://mcmf.co.mecklenburg.nc.us:3007/CICS/CJJL/CJIN03W/?N~BURLESON~~~~~~~DAVID~~~~~~BRETT~~~~~~~~~29811101184285011842852981110118428520040117023601184285
lol. today was a pretty good day... we watched a Lifetime movie today in health, and it made me think of Erin, since we ALWAYS watch Lifetime movies at her house! haha. :) im gonna try really hard to go see my best friend at Barnes and Noble tonight! lol. but me and Steph have to go to a play at Hopewell for our Theatre grade, but on our way home im gonna try to stop by.
so yeah... last night i was listening to "Dare You to Move" by Switchfoot, and oh my gosh, i love that song to death, but last night, i finally realized what the lyrics meant to me....
"Welcome to the planet
Welcome to existence
Everyone's here
Everyone's here
Everybody's watching you now
Everybody waits for you now
What happens next?
What happens next?"
ok, this was like, when i was at Steubenville, and i FINALLY realized how much i DO need God in my life, and i was starting off on this amazing journey with God, and i couldnt wait to see what would happen
"I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened before"
this was like God speaking to me through that lady that spoke to us at Steubenville about living out our faith, and played this music video! how awesome was that?!?! God was saying you know, to go to confession, and just forget about all the crap that i had done, and yeah...
"Welcome to the fallout
Welcome to resistance
The tension is here
The tension is here
Between who you are and who you could be
Between how it is and how it should be"
this was the hard part: when i got back home, and went back to school, and the world is telling you that your faith and the way that you want to live your life for God is not acceptable; and i fell, i did, and it sucks
"I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened"
God was again saying to me, to get up from where i fell, and move on and continue the battle for Christ.
"Maybe redemption has stories to tell
Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell
Where can you run to escape from yourself?
Where you gonna go?
Where you gonna go?
Salvation is here"
this is right where i just wanted to run away from everything i had just found: God. and then i just had my friend ask me, "what the hell are you doing? you cant run from God, because God is everything and loves you so much..." and so on... ((it was Amy, she catches on quick, lol))
"I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself
Lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened
Today never happened
Today never happened before"
and so thats where i am today... still moving... still alive.... still fighting......