My CD's

Hey there peeps!
It occurred to me the other day that I never did tell you all what my CD's are, so here ye be. I'll be starting from the top left.

1. "Valley of Vision" (Sovereign Grace music)
2. The Swift
3. Superchick
4. Starfield
5. Sovereign Grace
6. Scottish...uuuhh somethin' or other "Psalms"
7. Sanctus Real
8. Sanctus Real (I don't remember the names of either one)
(2nd line, starting on the left)
9. Relient K "The Bird and The Beesides"
10. Relient K Christmas
11. Red
12. Rebecca St. James (a live CD, I don't remember the name of it and can't see it well in the picture).
13. Rebecca St. James "Live Worship"
14. Rebecca St. James "Worship God"
15. Rebecca St. James "If I Had One Chance To Tell You Something"
16. Rebecca St. James "Pray"
17. Point Of Grace (some Christmas CD, don't remember the name of that one either).
18. Point Of Grace "How You Live" (I had all of their CD's at one time but ya know, don't anymore. Chris did burn my favorite songs on CD's for me).
19. Philmont "Attention"
20. NEEDTOBREATHE "Daylight"
21. NEEDTOBREATHE "The Heat"
22. "Muppet Christmas Carol" soundtrack
23. Mainstay "Become Who You Are"
24. Mainstay "Well Meaning Fiction"
25. Leeland (once again, don't remember the name of it).
26. Krystal Meyers (don't remember the name)
27. Krystal Meyers
28. Jump5 "Rock This Christmas" (autographed. I never met them, Mommy pre-ordered it for me when it came out).
29. Jump5 (their last one, don't remember the name of it)
30. Jump5 "Accelerate"
31. Jump5 "All The Time In The World"
32. Jump5 (go ahead and laugh, Guitargirl, but I don't listen to them anymore:p)
33. Josh Groban "Noel"
34. John Catchings
35. Jessie Daniels (haven't listened to that one for a long time either)
36. Jake
37. Jake "Army of Love"
38. Hayley Westenra "Pure"
39. Hayley Westenra"Odyssey"
40. Hayley Westenra "Celtic Treasure"
41. The Fold "This Too Shall Pass"
42. Falling Up "Captiva"
43. Family Force 5 "Business Up Front, Party In The Back (Diamond Edition)"
44. Family Force 5 "Dance Or Die With A Vengeance"
45. Family Force 5 "Dance Or Die"
46. Everlife
47. Everlife (don't know if those two have titles)
48. Downhere "Ending Is Beginning" (I think, lol)
49. Downhere "So Much For Substitutes"
50. Detour 180
51. Celtic Thunder "Take Me Home"
52. Celtic Thunder "Act Two"
53. Celtic Thunder
54. Carrie Underwood "Some Hearts"
55. Carrie Underwood "Carnival Ride" (I think)
56. Capital Lights "This Is An Outrage!"
57. Bethany Dillon "Imagination"
58. Bethany Dillon
59. Bethany Dillon "Waking Up"
60. Barlow Girl "Another Journal Entry: Expanded Edition"
61. Barlow Girl
62. Barlow Girl "How Can We Be Silent"
63. Barlow Girl "Love & War"
64. Barlow Girl "Home For Christmas"
65. Article One "Colors and Sounds" (Guitargirl got that for me, the CD is autographed:))

Since then, I have:
Family Force 5 Christmas Pageant
NEEDTOBREATHE "The Outsiders" (not the physical copy though)
All the bands are sorted in alphabetical order and then by my favorite CD's of theirs.
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Now onto some depressing news: Manchester United lost to Liverpool today:( That's all.

Bye folks!
Grace be with you all!
Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

MakeShift3

I am friends with this band on MySpace called MakeShift3 (they're really good and you should give them a listen to. You can get their CD's at their MySpace for 3.99 each!) and they wrote me this long message and asked my opinion about it and this is the answer I gave them. I know it's long, so it's up to you to read it but I would appreciate it if you would.
So they asked me about being a Christian band instead of a secular band as Christians, this is my answer to them (they also asked me other stuff that's why this is so long and not all about that one question):
If we look at Thrice, they're not a Christian band but the lead singer is a Christian and sometimes the lyrics in their songs are more Biblical than many Christian bands (not speaking of any one band in particular). I'm not saying every Christian band should go secular, unless, of course, God leads them to do so.
To be a secular band instead of a Christian band should never be about money. As Christians we are to spread the Love of Jesus Christ in any way possible. It's not about how we do it, it's about actually doing it. We were not put here to make money or be famous or anything like that, we were put here to love God and to spread His Word with others that do not know Him, not everyone will be saved, but that doesn't mean we should give up and just not do anything about it. God has ordained who will and who won't be saved, (For He says to Moses, "I will have on mercy on whom I have mercy , and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion": Romans 9:15) no Christian wants a loved one to go to Hell and we can do everything we can to try to save them, but it is not up to us. (I am not in any way taking that lightly). Jesus Christ died for God's elect (And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.-Matthew 24:22: For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.-Matthew 24:24: And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.-Matthew 24:31: And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?-Luke 18:7: Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.-Romans 8:33: though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad—in order that God's purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of him who calls—-Romans 9:11: Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.-2 Timothy 2:10) and He calls us to be His disciples, to share the Gospel. We are not here for our own glory, but to glorify God in all that we do (So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.-1 Corinthians 10:31). All of us were conceived and born in sin, there is only one way to be saved, through the shed Blood of Jesus Christ, but we can only be God's if He first loved us. You and I love God because He first loved us. We were dead in our sin and trespasses and yet God had compassion on us, not because of our works, but because of Jesus' shed Blood. Because of Him we can come to the Father in prayer, because of Him we were made Righteous. We cannont come to God unless Jesus intercedes for us and He will not unless we are saved (which, again, is not our choice). Isn't it awesome (in the true sense of the word) to be able to come to God because of Christ? As Christians, we are to be examples of God's abundant and beautiful love He has bestowed upon us, even to fellow Christians. God is Love, none can have real love unless God is in them, but we do not come to Christ on our own, God calls His elect to come to Him, in any way He so chooses. I long for my life to be a living sacrifice to Him and to have no glory saved for myself, He is deserving of ALL glory. God has ordained everything that has happened, is happening, and will happen all before there was time. He is Almighty, Awesome, Omnipresent, knowing all. Without Him we would have no life, without Christ we would be dead. Praise to be to God for giving us life to live forever with Him in eternity! Praise be to Him that we are not living dead. We are all unworthy of His love, by no work of ours can we be saved, it is all in Christ. Yes, non-Christians are living, but they are not living alive. Saying all of that, I am in no way saying that any of us is better than another, there is only One Perfect One, Jesus Christ. I am the worst of sinners and yet God loves me, a lowly, despicable being. The Lord of all loves me, those words are way beyond comprehension. Sometimes, I think about the whole universe and how God created it and He is so much bigger than all of that (unfortunately, not enough times), how Holy and Beautiful He is, how Majestic and Almighty, and then think of me....little old me, who am I that God would love me so much to send His Son, Holy, Spotless Lamb, One who knew no sin and then died as a sinner so I could have life and have it in abundance in Him, who am I? No one.
Yes, most of the time, as a Christian, life is not perfect, but Jesus Christ never said it would be easy, just that He would be with us through everything.
Sometimes, it is very hard to believe those words, but God's Word is TRUTH and we must pray for the grace to soak in and believe those Holy Words.
On June 16th of this year, my Pawpaw passed away and I don't know if he was a Christian. Oh, I always think, if only I would've witnessed more to him about the Love of God, but I didn't. You know why? Because I was afraid, I was afraid he would be angry with me, I'm not even entirely sure that I even knew exactly how to. You can't just go up to a person and say, "God loves you." because you don't know if He really does, you have to show them God's Word, you have to pray for God to speak through you and then pray for the person to whom you are speaking, God is in control. There is nothing we can do on our own. I remember the day he passed away, all I thought was, "Was he saved? Where is he?", I could cry just thinking about that. I love him and miss him so much.

(Unfortunately, MySpace doesn't have spell-checks so I just re-read this with the spell-check and I messed up a couple words, oi, how embarrssing! I'm really particular about that sort of thing.)
I do not want to start a debate or anything, I am just giving my own opinion. I hope to not offend anyone either.

Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

NEEDTOBREATHE

I've never gotten a CD before that the songs are exactly what I need to hear at a certain time of my life even if some of them don't apply to me at all. However, NEEDTOBREATHE's CD "The Outsiders" is different. Although some of the songs aren't applicable to me at all, they're still just perfect.
The songs God has used to speak to me the most are as follows:
"Through Smoke"
"Lay 'em Down"
"Garden"
"These Hard Times" (that's the main song)
"Something Beautiful"
"Let Us Love" and one I just love even if the lyrics don't apply to me,
"Valley of Tomorrow"
Not exactly sure why "Valley of Tomorrow" but it's just an awesome song.
You know, it's funny, something that just occurred to me is that on all 3 of their CD's there have been songs that were just what I needed to hear, even still when I listen to them, they're the right words.
There's just something about NEEDTOBREATHE that's different, in a good way, of course, than any other band, in my opinion. Their lyrics, sound, Bear's voice, it all just works perfectly. God has certainly blessed them with wonderful gifts and talent. It seems every time I got their CD's I loved them even more. In my opinion, "The Outsiders" is their best yet!
If you don't have any of their CD's or have never even heard their music, I highly encourage you to listen to them, they're just so dang great!
My favorite bands are Family Force 5 and Esterlyn, now NEEDTOBREATHE are definitely up there with them.
Thank you Bear, Bo, Seth, and Joe for blessing us with your awesome music and wonderful lyrics!
(I don't really think they'll read this, but why not say it anyway, aye?).


(Oh gosh, Guitargirl, look at Bear!!!!! LOL! Unfortunately, we don't see Seth's teeth, haha!!) Ya know, I really wanted to keep this serious, but I just had to put that in there for Guitargirl:)

Onto other news, someone got Family Force 5's Christmas CD yesterday and that someone loves it and thinks everyone should go out and get it, that someone is also me:) Yes folks, it rocks, go get it!


Tharrrr's da covarrr of da CD!

Today was my brother, Tommy's, 25th Birthday so he came over here and we made him supper, we also bought a pre-made apple pie at the grocery store, there's a reason I didn't make one, but I'm not going to say. We had a good time with him, we always do!

Good night, peeps!
Grace be with you all!
Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

Churros & Hot Chocolate Recipe

Here's the recipe for the Churros and Hot Chocolate (hence the title of the post;)).

Churros:

• 8 cups vegetable or olive oil
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup margarine or butter
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 3 eggs
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon, optional

Hot Chocolate:

• 4 ounces dark chocolate
• 2 cups milk
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 4 tablespoons sugar

Directions

Churros: 8 cups vegetable or olive oil 1 cup water 1/2 cup margarine or butter 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup all-purpose flour 3 eggs 1/4 cup sugar 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon, optional

Hot Chocolate: 4 ounces dark chocolate 2 cups milk 1 tablespoon cornstarch 4 tablespoons sugar

Heat the oil in a deep frying pan to 360 degrees F.

To make the churro dough, heat the water, margarine, and salt to a rolling boil in a 3-quart saucepan. Add the flour and stir vigorously over low heat until mixture forms a ball, approximately 1 minute and remove from heat. Beat eggs until smooth and add to the saucepan while stirring the mixture.

Spoon the mixture into a piping bag with a star tip. Squeeze 4-inch strips of dough into the hot oil. Fry 3 or 4 strips at a time until golden brown, turning once, about 2 minutes on each side. Drain on paper towels. Mix the sugar and cinnamon in a bowl and roll the churros in the sugar mixture. Set aside until ready to serve.

To prepare the hot chocolate for dipping, place the chocolate and half the milk in a saucepan over very low heat and cook, stirring, until the chocolate has melted. Dissolve the cornstarch in the remaining milk and whisk into the chocolate with the sugar. Cook on low heat, whisking constantly until the chocolate thickens, approximately 5 minutes. Remove and whisk until smooth. Pour chocolate into cups and serve with churros.

If anyone has a stupid stove like we do, you'll probably have to whisk it for like 15 or so minutes, lol;)

Anyway, seeing as how I can't think of anything else to say at the moment, I'll just leave you a video of NEEDTOBREATHE's new song "Lay 'Em Down". The song is off their new CD "The Outsiders", hope you enjoy!

Have a blessed day!

Grace be with you all!

Alive because of His Blood,

Bekah

Hot Chocolate

For those of you that don't know me, I LOVE chocolate, just love it! I make a very good (if I do say so myself) hot cocoa! Well, actually what I do is either use Nesquick in hot milk or homemade hot cocoa mix in hot water and then my part is.....the toppings! Observe:

This is Mommy's cup, running over, that's the best way to have it! It has a layer of marshmallows, homemade whipped cream, mini chocolate chips, freshly ground cinnamon, freshly ground nutmeg!


This is just a close up.

Here's mine, it's the same thing but not as running over-ish, lol!



Here's a close-ish up pic of it.

Now, to a hot chocolate that I didn't come up with, but now love! Chris and I were watching the Travel Channel the other day and Samantha Brown was in Madrid, Spain and this is one of the delicious things she got! I unintentionally found the recipe online. Of course, mine doesn't look near as good as the one she got and it most likely isn't as good, but it was still tasty nonetheless. Let me go look for a picture of the real thing online! Here we go:

Doesn't that look delicious????? I don't know whose hand that is by the way;)

Here's mine:
I know it looks kind of pitiful compared to the real thing, but it was good:)





Anyway, that's my Madrid-y hot chocolate and churros! Of course, Chris and I want to go there someday so we'll still have to get it;)
Oh, another thing about my first hot chocolate, I also like to put ice cream in it sometimes, like mint chocolate chip.
I'll give the recipe I used for this one soon, I need to go to bed now:)

Grace be with you all!
Alive because of His Blood,
Bekah

A Tag Thingy

Hello:) Hope you all are well!

TV/Movie Characters you relate with:
Elizabeth Swan from "Pirates of The Caribbean" because I'm a pirate but also a girly-girl who likes pretty, lacey dresses:) (I don't really care for Keira Knightley though).

Three places on your travel list:

1. Manchester, England
2. The Holy Lands
3. Madrid, Spain

Hit "Shuffle" on your (media player of choice) and list out three songs.

1. "Lauren and I" by Celtic Thunder (actually just Keith Harkin)
2. "Kountry Gentlemen" by Family Force 5
3. "The Mountains of Mourne" by Celtic Thunder (which is also just sung by Keith:))

Daily Must haves

Prayer
God's Word
Coffee

Things I'm confused about
Something

Browse your DVD shelf and randomly pick out three movies

1. "The Muppet Christmas Carol"
2. "The Sound of Music"
3. "Celtic Thunder: The Show"

Three Things you wish you'd known earlier
I don't know.

If you HAD to date a celebrity who would it be?
Nani or Cristiano Ronaldo

If you were a celebrity, what would it be for?
Writing, I guess.

If you could give your blog a facelift, what would you tweak?
I like it just the way it is:)

I tag Meghan and Sara.

Laters!
Grace be with you!
Alive because of His Blood,
Bekah