The song in my heart today

When I survey the wondrous cross
On which the Prince of glory died,
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.

See from His head, His hands, His feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down:
Did e’er such love and sorrow meet,
Or thorns compose so rich a crown?

Oh the wonderful cross, oh the wonderful cross
Bids me come and die and find that I may truly live

Oh the wonderful cross, oh the wonderful cross
All who gather here by grace draw near
And bless Your name

Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were an offering far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all!

Jesus, thank You.

If I Were President of the United States...

I was looking through some of my old journals today for something specific (yes, I still have my journals from 10+ years ago), and I found something from 1996 (age 12) that I thought was funny. This is actually from a journal I kept for my English class, and it was hand-written and very stream-of-consciousness style. Please excuse the spelling and grammar errors, but hey, I was 12. :)

If I was president of the United States, I would change the abortion rights. It's dispicable! It's immoral! It's inhuman! It's gross! I mean, they say it's the mother's choice, but does the baby have any say? No! That is de-spicable!! With a capital D! I would also change how President Clinton gets so involved. I was watching this show on channel 2 (PBS - Pretty Boring Stuff) and Hillary and some other people were talking and Hillary said, "Yes, we need to start training parents how to be good parents." Hello! All parents have different views on how they want their kids brought up! In my opinion, Prez. Clinton gets too involved in people. I would change that. I would let people have their own values. Now, some people would say my views on how Clinton gets too involved and how abortion should be illegal are a double standard. Well, I protest! There's a human life involved where abortion is concerned and it's the baby's choice. I know they can't make decisions, but once they get older, they can decide, "Hmmm, would I rather be alive or dead right now?" What else would I change? Well, for starters, I would try to sponser alot of children for those ministries like Children International and Christian Children's Fund and all that. I would try to help our nation. I would try to get our level of education up so it wasn't 26th!!!!!! That's what I would change.

I find it funny how I seemed to think that the President pretty much runs the country, especially that the President would have the authority to "change the abortion rights." I found out later that we reserve that for the Supremes. :D