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11/10/03

Kutless

Permalink 08:17:00 pm by cassie, Categories: Announcements [A]

"Where were you last night when the party was on
Where were you when we all went down to the bar
It seems you have changed from us all
It seems you have changed

You want to know, the differences between us
You want to know, why these things have changed
You've got to know the One who lives in me
He lives in me, in me

Only seven days ago
I let go of my life yes I gave it all
I let go of all I use to do and gave it all away

You want to know, the differences beteween us
You want to know, why these things have changed
You've got to know the One who lives in me
He lives in me, in me

He lives in me, in me He lives.....

You want to know, the differences beteween us
You want to know, why these things have changed
You've got to know the One who lives in me
He lives in me, in me

In me, in me"

I hope people see me as different. I used to think people would come asking, saying, "Wow, you're a nice person, you're always smiling, you're different." The longer I wait, the more I'm finding that there are a lot of nice people are out there. I haven't changed radically in my outlook. I've always been pretty much where I am now - living my life, trying to live it righteously. I've changed, grown, but never in the noticeable way that people saved at age twenty have. People know where I stand and somehow they never seem to care, even when I tell them how important it is to me. He lives in me.

Why have we become so apathetic?

9 comments

Comment from: abbey [Visitor]
abbeyi was telling someone the other night how much i enjoy being around people who have had radical change, like my roommate for instance, because it reminds me the contrast of what i could have become without Him. it's fustrating to think i'm the same, i'm not anything new, i'm that boring girl still from forevr ago, but however much i've continued in my personality-ish ways, these people remind me that yes, there is a new garment over me, i'm not the same (of what i could have been and know for certain deep inside i WOULD have been...)... eheheh.. anyway, i love kutless and cassie posts. :)
11/11/03 @ 14:29
Comment from: chevytrucker [Visitor]
chevytruckerwe often think that just by our living Godly lives will cause people to stop and ask what is different about us. I guess we should try to see it from their perspective. They look at us and see that we are different but only a select few will actually stop and consider WHY we are different or even if it is something that they WANT. For the most part, I think that people just jot us down as being "weird" or "abnormal" without giving it much thought. They can't get past the fact that we have given up so many "fun" things as we strive to please our Christ. It is true that our actions need to back up our words, but if our words aren't there to begin with, our righteous living is only an empty witness. Thanks Cass for continually giving us things to contemplate.
11/13/03 @ 06:36
Comment from: Jen [Visitor]
JenI often get people asking me at work "What keeps you smiling even at the end of the day?". And heck, even with that great opening line I still shirk back and don't say with all of my heart "JESUS!!! Jesus is who makes this day worthwhile!!". I am so ashamed of myself when I don't and just say something glib like "I choose my attitude because it doesn't matter if somebody else loses his temper, it matters if I lose mine." And I kick myself the rest of the evening!!! ARGH! THanks for reminding me that I need to shout out the change in me.
11/14/03 @ 07:47
Comment from: chevytrucker [Visitor]
chevytruckerI hear ya. Whenever people would ask, "Why is it that you always seem so happy?" I would usually reply, "Life is too short to have a bad day." Why do we have such a hard time telling people, "My sins are forgiven, I'm on my way to heaven, and I have a God that loves me; that's why I'm so happy."?
11/14/03 @ 11:45
Comment from: martini [Visitor]
martiniI blow chance after chance, but by God's grace, I did take my chance the other day, and when someone asked me if I was going to major in journalism, I said, "I'm not sure that's what God has for me. Because I'm a Christian, I have to follow His will for me, so I have to be careful not to go out on my own." The lady nodded and said, "Guess that's the best way." "It's the only way," I said. (I was in a bold mood.) Well, let's just hope my college classmates and coworkers will see Jesus THROUGH me and not just through my talk. :o) So far, I think He's kept me in line... though sometimes... *gives self a smack*
11/17/03 @ 13:00
Comment from: steven [Visitor]
stevenwow, was that all poetry or was some of it just talking? it's hard to tell..
11/18/03 @ 11:51
Comment from: Cassie [Visitor]
CassieThe first part was a song I didn't write. The second was just me talking, Sven. Not all of us have a diabolically twisted mind like yours that is able to come up with such amazing lyrical/poetical musings as yours. And that's it exactly, Jenn, Benj, Abbey. I want to say things but I'm stuck in the rut of saying things everyone wants to hear. I don't say those things because I'm ashamed most of the time (though that hapens too), but mostly because I often don't think of people as really asking me WHY I AM HAPPY. Anyways.. a post coming up on this....
11/18/03 @ 13:03
Comment from: walt [Visitor]
waltinteresting lyrics... and funny that I should only see them now. (i've obviously been a little behind on reading your blog...)
11/26/03 @ 15:23
Comment from: Cassie [Visitor]
CassieShame on you, Walt. :) Everyone KNOWS the world revolves around my blog, right? :P
11/27/03 @ 17:22
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