"Do You Love Me Too?"

A bit late for Valentine's Day, but in the same spirit.
Have the most fantastically adorable video I have ever seen, courtesy of Tessa Violet and Rusty Clanton.

O Come, Emmanuel--The Piano Guys

I See Fire--Peter Hollens

We interrupt your regularly scheduled Christmas tunes to bring you this magical cover from Peter Hollens: "I See Fire" from "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug," originally performed by Ed Sheeran. His version is fantabulous, too.

Angels We Have Heard on High--Pentatonix

Carol of the Bells--The Piano Guys

Little Drummer Boy--Pentatonix

O Come, Emmanuel--Lindsey Stirling

In the spirit of Christmas, I'm going to post a Christmas song every few days or so, starting out today with Lindsey Stirling's "O Come, Emmanuel." I've been a fan of hers for quite a while now, and the message she put in this latest video made me really excited. Check it out.

Prodigal

A month or so ago my church did a series on the Prodigal Son, and a few weeks ago I discovered this video. The guy who does these videos is incredibly talented, and I'd definitely suggest going to his YouTube channel and checking out some of his other videos. The link'll be below. :)

You can find those other videos here:
actionJones' YouTube channel

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!

Gracie and I spent all of yesterday afternoon baking and decorating cupcakes, and they are delicious. :D

Because today is in celebration of love and being romantic, I'd like to point you, my dear readers, back to the greatest example of love ever: the One and Only God, the God who is Love. 

First off, he made us. He didn't have to--he doesn't need us. But he did make us, and he said that we were good, and he loved us. Even when Adam and Eve disobeyed him, he didn't give up on us. The Bible is a narrative telling of God's plan to bring us back to him, his plan that is accomplished when Christ dies on the cross for us whom he loves, and when he rose again, crushing sin and death. By doing so, he allowed everyone--whether Jew or Gentile, slave or free, man or woman--to come to know him in a love relationship far greater than any other relationship we can have. 

So here's a few verses about his love for us. :)

"For God shows his love for us in this, that while we were still sinners Christ died for us." ~Romans 5:8

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believes in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life." ~John 3:16

"In all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creating will be able to separate us from the Love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord." ~Romans 8:37-39

Isn't that awesome?!

And now, here's some picture of the cupcakes we made. And some Les Mis to make your ears happy. :)

This one was an extra that got a little deformed in the oven...
so I got to have a little fun decorating it.  x]

Mary Did You Know--Cee Lo Green

"Tea and Toast"

This song is a sad song, but it's a beautiful song.

Seriously, it made me cry the first time, and I still get choked up when I hear it.

So sit down, watch it, and pay attention to the lyrics.

(And if you're a sentimental fellow, be sure you have a box of kleenex nearby.)