Amy
Relationship Status
In A Relationship
Interests
Writing, photography, scrapbooking, acting, singing, God, hanging out with Garrett and all my other wonderful friends, Italian food, Mexican food, brownies and most anything else chocolate, video production, music, my iPod, dancing, laughing, reading
Favorite Music
Switchfoot, Jars of Clay, Lifehouse, Bethany Dillon, Kutless, Relient K, The Fray, Starfield, Leeland, Building 429, U2, Avril Lavigne (first two albums), The Phantom of the Opera soundtrack, no country and no rap
Favorite Movies
Pride and Prejudice, Phantom of the Opera, While You Were Sleeping, Little Women, Daddy Day Care, A Beautiful Mind, October Sky, The Majestic, The Mighty Duck movies, I Am Sam, Night at the Museum, and many more...
Favorite Books
The Bible, Wild At Heart, Waking the Dead, A Walk To Remember, Finding Alice, Little Women, Captivating, Crime and Punishment, The Veritas Conflict, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Importance of Being Earnest
Other Websites
http://amypowers.net
It's Not Supposed to Be This Way...
July 16 2007
So it's always neat to run into someone who's like-minded with you. Well, I was on YouTube earlier today doing a search on videos about Facebook just for the fun of it (I'm always in the mood for a good parody), and I ran across one that I particularly enjoyed. On the bottom of the screen it said natedaniels.com, so I thought I would check it out. Since Nate's other short films are fairly long I didn't get around to watching them, especially after watching a 27-minute video of him giving a message at a (Michigan State) Campus Crusade meeting. (It's called "Jesus Was My Homeboy" and very good if you want to check it out).
Anyhow, it's neat because it's so obvious that he wants to reflect Christ in His work, even if he doesn't actually mention Him. And it was cool because by the time I was finished watching the video, I actually wondered if the guy who made it was a Christian. And sure enough, he was. Anyhow, I didn't dive too deep into his personal life, but he's working somewhere in California and he was quite excited about it.
That's the way I want to be though. I want to reflect God, not just in my videos, but in everything. I haven't been pursuing Him as I ought lately, but I feel I am slowly but surely making my way back to Him. Last night I was thinking, and then the "homeboy" video brought this again to my mind, about how comfortable I am with my relationship with Christ. Not only am I not passionate about Him very often anymore, but I'm not in awe of Him. Nate mentioned in the message that when he has thought of Jesus as being his homeboy, instead of his master and King. I think we all forget, and I know I do, about His glory and majesty. You and I forget about how powerful and mighty and yet loving and merciful He is. We forget that He died for me to save us. He died to save me!
After 14 years of being a Christian and about 7 years of a serious walk with Him, I've become complacent... but I don't want to live that way. I don't want to live a life feeling defeated. And I'm not supposed to. And I know I don't have to.
