Around this festive season almost everybody will gather around and read the Christmas story at least once. Almost everybody will hear a friendly, "Merry Christmas!". Almost everybody will pray a silent prayer to Jesus thanking him for his birth [excluding all the athiests and such]

 When I come to that realization one might assume that it'd give me pleasure. But I've come far from it... Just because of another realization.

 Give it a couple of weeks or months and you'll see those same people acting in a hypocritical way. Hypocrisy {sp?} has been bearing on my heart lately, its been eating away at my heart. Because I see people at my school and at my church that claim to be Christians, people who raise their hands in worship, people who fall to the ground at the alter in tears, people who seem to be truely in love with God. And then I turn around and see these same people at school, and if I didn't know any better I'd never guess that they were Christians or even attended church.

And with Christmas just passing you see these nativity scenes in everybody's yards and everybody saying, "Jesus is the reason for the season!" and all the good jive. But in all reality most people are doing these such things just because its the right thing to do. Hey, its Christmas, I know that I'm supposed to say Merry Christmas to everybody and be all joyful because Jesus came as a baby for me, leaving his godly form. But after its all said and done who ever really gives his birth a second thought? Now, I'm not throwing the stone at anybody, because I do it as well. The Holy Spirit has just been convicting me about it lately...

So just as a friendly reminder, try to remember Jesus's birth throughout the year, not just in this white [and for my case and some others] green Christmas season, where its easy and something casual to remember his birth. Try not to forget. And also people should be able to tell if you're a Born Again Child of God, not to assume just because they see you at church. Had to add that, because like I mentioned earlier hypocrisy has been on my mind lately.. ><

Anyways. God bless... and may he be with you always.

---Lindsey

Sadistic pleasure is how you thrive

People's pain is what you strive

 Tortured screams is music to your ears

 Tearing lives away from people they hold dear

 Thundering clouds obey your demand

You enjoy scattering fire across the land

The stench of burning flesh compares to no other joy

The people above you are merely a toy

Your jealousy is your motivation

Your plan is to destroy every safe haven

You whisper lies to us in a musical voice

Making us feels we have no other choice

But to deny the One that made us all

To ignore His forgiving call

Make us believe we have better things to do

Then live in His promise and instead we listen to you

In all reality you are just a roaring lion

A pathetic creature that's eternally dyin'

You don't want us to enjoy God's love

And all the extravagant gifts from above

The King of Lies you may be but you definitely won't get me

I'm forever God's, no longer your property

You're a loser, always trying to drag us to your level

I rebuke you in Jesus's name, get away from me Devil