so here's a Cari Jennings life update:

-last week, we started choreography for the variety show. i'm such a bad dancer, but the new choreographer is soooooooooooo much better than Brooks. it will be really fun once we get it all down. i ended up paired with matt....again. ha. j/k, he's aight.

-finally got my schedule changed for the 3rd time. i am finally in Advanced Honors Chem instead of honors, and still in honors geometry. super great.

-i'm doing the Experiencing God Bible study, and it's really awesome, and i can't get over how much i'm learning. i really thought i had God figured out, but i was so wrong.

-one of my friends got saved last week, and i am so excited about that. it's funny how when i pray, i don't seem to expect God to actually do anything, and especially not so quickly! but i end up getting blown away pretty much everytime.

-i think i missed an opportunity on Sunday, and that makes me quite sad/angry.

-church is tomorrow night, and i'm excited. i believe that Clint is speaking on Romans 9? maybe. something in Romans, plus the youth room has been redecorated!

-i can't believe just how stupid i am sometimes. i don't think i can control what i think anymore. how do you tell the difference in a silly crush and someone God has placed in your heart for a reason? am i attracted simply to people whom i can't have/ shouldn't date? whatever. being a teenager is fun, but causes a good bit of stupidity.

-this is a great song and i love the lyrics.

"And Your Praise Goes On" ---Chris Rice

The moon is high and the sunset fades
The lullabies have all been sung
We’re tuckin’ in another day
And stars appear now one by one
But the stillness moves and the silence yields
And not a single beat is lost
You can hear the chorus in the fields

Taking up where we left off
And Your praise goes on, rising to Your throne
Where You guard us while we dream
Past the stars they fly, Your praises fill the sky
‘Til You wake us with the dawn
And Your praise goes on

Now bring your warmth, O morning sun
Chase the stars and the moon away
And wake us with your brightest song
And add our voice to your refrain
Now rise up everything that lives!
Flap your wings and leap for joy!
Oh forest lift your arms and sway!
Clap your hands you ocean waves!

And Your praise goes on, rising to Your throne
Where You bless our toil and play
Through the clouds they rise, Your praises fill the skies
‘Til the setting of the sun
And Your praise goes on
And when my final breath You lend
I’ll thank You for the life You gave
But that won’t mean the praises end
‘Cause I won’t be silenced by the grave!

And Your praise goes on
I’ll be runnin’ to Your throne
With every nation, tribe and tongue
To Your arms I’ll fly
I’ll gaze into Your eyes
Then I’ll know as I am known
And Your praise goes on
And Your praise goes on
And Your praise goes on

well, i love you all and i gotta go to bed. much love -----Cari