Little Did You Know

Do any of you remember when Third Day came out with that amazing song “You Are So Good to Me”? Everyone loved it. Christian radio stations played it at least three times a day, and I can remember hearing people talk about how much more they loved Third Day because of it. I’m sure that they made some serious bank off of it, too.

What many people do not know is that Third Day did not write this song. Oh, no my friends, we can give credit for this song to one of my favorite musicians, Ben Pasley.

Unfortunately, I can hear all of you in my head right now asking, “Who?” The answer to your question is the man who is responsible for Enter the Worship Circle records, the artist featured on the first Chair and Microphone album (of which there will be a total of 150 volumes, by the way), and the extra guy you hear but never know on assorted tracks of varying Enter the Worship Circle albums.

This great man is the first one ever (aside from God) to know the lyrics and melody to “You Are So Good to Me.” He wrote it, Waterdeep preformed it, and Third Day covered it, subsequently making it famous. Now you know, and if you need proof, just check it out.

http://www.worshiparchive.com/worship_chord_sheet.asp?t=author&id=67

Day One

This has been my first full day back at school. I began a plaster and slip casting class along with a class on the history of western thought. Tomorrow morning I will begin Topics in Western Art II, the sequel to a coasting class I had last semester.

Today at lunch, I met this boy named Jesse, who is a Christian, and even slept near IHOP during one of the summers he had run away from his parents and was homeless. I invited him to the Bible study that Jane and I have with two wonderful third year FSM students, and he sounded very excited about it.

Later, I told Jane that I had invited him, and I found out that all those times she had said “I hate you” to me sarcastically, she wasn’t actually being sarcastic. Then I watched “Little Miss Sunshine” and laughed really hard.

I miss IHOP.

Switching Back to Days

As a few of you know, I was on the Night Watch schedule for a short while, but now the date of returning to school is coming up fast (God help me), and I am trying to switch back to days.

I have encountered some problems in this transition, and I was wondering if any of you could tell me if it is a bad sign that the only reason I know that I slept last night is that I can vaguely remember a Star Trek dream that I think that I had last night?

Even though I am sleep deprived, I’ve taken this unique opportunity to learn about myself. One thing that I have learned is that no matter how little sleep I have gotten (if I have gotten any at all) is that it doesn’t matter as long as I have my morning fix. “What is this fix?” you ask. Simple: a quad-shot latte and Sheryl Crow.

So, I’m curious, what is your morning fix? Please share.

I Like that I Like…

I decided to take my next blog entries and say what it is that I like about the people that I like. What inspired this? Good spirits. When will it end? When I stop. That’s all the explanation that you’re getting, and with that you also get:

Alison Smith.
Alison Smith is a sweet southern belle, without the empty-headed superficial-ness that the phrase connotes. Although she is among the kindest people that I have ever met, she is still full of reality on many different levels.

The first level is a practical one. She does more stuff than anyone I know, and makes the most of every opportunity. She is on staff, assists Stewart Greaves, is among one of the most well read people that I know, plays the piano, is learning to play the clarinet, com-leads for the Fire In The Night interns, mentors a beautiful young lady, and she knits her own scarves. Her resourcefulness with her time doesn’t end there: I once had a lovely outing with her shopping for new drapes to go in her kitchen. After we had the drapes hung, she fired me an egg. Whatever she has, she shares.

However, the thing that I most value her for is her reality of Christ and His coming again. She will quickly put sweetness aside in order to keep Holiness and Purity. In every situation she is put in, even if she doesn’t know how, she trusts that God will use it to make her a better person, more loving and even more beautiful, so she doesn’t run away from anything. I don’t think that you could keep her away from her Bible with a pit bull. She is always searching, but always grounded as well, and overall, an extremely balanced person.

I love you, dearly!

Guys in Girl Jeans

I’m a huge fan. However, there are rules. Just like everything else, they should never be too tight or too low. But a properly fitted pair of girl jeans on a boy is a beautiful thing. Never doubt that.