Updates and Christmas Rant

Well, it's been since September and today is January 4th. I'm not very good at staying consistent, but I'll provide updates.

Updates:
1) First Semester of college officially over...finished with a 3.60, which is a miracle in itself
2) My roomie Rachel might be enlisting in the military so I may be roomieless next semester
3) Christmas/Winter Break...oh boy, where do I begin?

I'll begin with a paragraph. Well it say that this Christmas was different from past Christmases is an understatement. Because of recent events we had Christmas solely at our house and we (Ang, Dad and I) only went to my grandparents to say hi, drop off and pick up presents. For Christmas dinner we had roast beef, which is another change, we usually have turkey. The people in my house have been extremely moody...not just for Christmas, but in general...one minute we'll be joking and having a good ole time, and the next people will be yelling/crying and stomping off to there given rooms. This has mostly been between my sisters, and being the middle sister I naturally try to resolve the conflict putting me in the middle. This has been quite stressful and I don't particularly enjoy it. I'm beginning to realize that it is not my place to resolve their problems and I need to stop putting myself in the middle, I'm praying that that will become a reality.

It really seemed in all this craziness that we forgot what Christmas is really supposed to be about. Christmas is a celebration about an act of complete unselfishness and we celebrate it by being selfish jerks...how does that make sense? Jesus, the Son of God, humbled himself and became a powerless human baby because he loved us. WOW. It's sad that our culture has turned Christmas into what it has. Our society has warped good things and turned them into sin and sinful behavior. Christmas has turned into a worship of materialism instead of the worship of the Son of God. God gave us the ultimate Christmas present and we return the favor by ignoring him and worshipping an obese man that doesn't even exist. God forgive all of us for what we've made it.

I'm going to end with the lyrics from the song Heart of Worship by Michael W. Smith

When the music fades
All is stripped away
And I simply come
Longing just to bring
Something that's of worth
That will bless Your heart
I'll bring You more than a song
For a song in itself
Is not what You have required
You search much deeper within
Through the way things appear
You're looking into my heart

I'm coming back to the heart of worship
And it's all about You,
It's all about You, Jesus
I'm sorry, Lord, for the thing I've made it
When it's all about You,
It's all about You, Jesus

King of endless worth
No one could express
How much You deserve
Though I'm weak and poor
All I have is Yours
Every single breath
I'll bring You more than a song
For a song in itself
Is not what You have required
You search much deeper within
Through the way things appear
You're looking into my heart

I'm coming back to the heart of worship
And it's all about You,
It's all about You, Jesus
I'm sorry, Lord, for the thing I've made it
And it's all about You,
It's all about You, Jesus

I'm coming back to the heart of worship,
And it's all about You,
It's all about You, Jesus
I'm sorry, Lord, for the thing I've made it
And it's all about You,
It's all about You, Jesus