Moving Away
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Sam, Rebecca, Tim
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Sam: Aaah, so many Sams! And I adore pretty much every Sam I know. The only one I really have a story for is Sam Darr. (♥) We met and became friends during Godspell while we were learning choreography for Light of the World, and we were de-CV’d together. XD So crazy.
Rebecca: I currently know two Rebeccas (again, both I like a lot) but Becky Bishop is the one I’m closer to. I love her so much! She’s sarcastic, I’m sarcastic…we’re a perfect match. She’s so lovely and easy to hang out with. I just made a Becky Bishop Appreciation Post last month, actually.
Tim: I only know one Tim! Phew. And he’s awesome! He’s part of our little group in English that suffers the HORRORS of Mr. Faul’s class together. He’s absolutely hilarious, and likes Doctor Who like me. :D
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God, I miss singing so much. I cannot even express it. There is like, a gaping hole in my heart where music and singing used to be. I feel like I took advantage of choir in high school, sometimes slacking off, and now I’ll never have that chance again to sing with a beautiful group. I want nothing more than to sing songs like Winter’s Night, Sisters, Psalm 23, and Nothing Gonna Stumble My Feet again. I miss Mrs. Settle and all the girls in Treble and the loveliness that was 7-4-5.
Sigh.
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All In A Day's Wisdom
-weeping may continue for the night, but in the morning only the light and clarity remain
-we must wait upon the Lord, especially when we do not fully understand His plan. When He answers our prayers, it is often here a little, there a little, because that is all we can handle or are willing to accept and act upon.
-reading every page of the Book of Mormon is the only true research you can do to know the church.
-Satan is clever. He need not break down the door.
-the nickname “Mormon” is acceptable when referring to members, but not the church as a whole.
-should we look at the travesty of the world around us, the filth and depression and sadness and wring our hands in despair and wonder how we will survive? No. Emphatically, NO. We have the gospel of Jesus Christ! If we really understand it, we shouldn’t even struggle to find happiness. We can make the hard decisions.
-It may seem like everyone out in the world is having more fun than you. But would you trade it? Do you think, once you had tried the wisdom of the world, you would be happy? That it would hold true?
-our Father in heaven has fantastic works in store, if we will just listen. It isn’t as simple as being silent and waiting for inspiration though; you have to be open. If your mind is full of schedules and pictures and inappropriate thoughts, do you think He’ll trust his Spirit to you? You have to be worthy. Then you listen. Then you act.
-You cannot dwell in Zion and keep an alternate residence in Babylon. Make your choice - hard work, self-control, foresight, unpopularity, and freedom and joy according to the pattern of God, or luxury, frivolity, carelessness, base values and crowd acceptance according to the captivity of the evil one. You cannot serve God and Mammon. You can try to justify pieces of each, but you will be as string stretched across the blade of a saw; able to hover on one side but forever consigned to the sharp tug of the other.
-Love others. Learn how to appreciate everyone. It’s the first thing people notice, and often it precedes the Spirit in the pathway to the heart.
-We must choose eternal life in the decisions we make. Choose long-term benefit rather than short-term ease.
-People without perspective of God’s plan experience life like a person walking in during the second act of a three act play. They don’t understand the beginning, and thus can’t understand who the characters are and how they got there, and are faced with a confusing and unknown conclusion.
And in answer to my question at the start of conference,
-Doing things the Lord’s way will make us feel better than doing it our way.
^Selections from my notes on talks by Robert D. Hales, Ted R. Callister, M. Russell Ballard, President Thomas S. Monson, Dallin H. Oaks, Kazuhiko Yamashita, Randall K. Bennett, Quentin L. Cook, and J. Devn Cornish.
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psalmfour reblogged tomyfuturespouseTo My Future Husband:
I know you’ll be loving and godly and amazing… would it be too much to ask that you also love A Very Potter Musical as much as I do?
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next to normal, my future, and God.
I don’t know what I want to do with my life. It scares me so much.
My whole life I knew. Third grade I wanted to be a ballerina who joined the military. Fourth I was gonna be a teacher. Fifth I was gonna be a horse jockey. Sixth, I wanted to be a musician. A singer.
Between sixth and seventh grade I was in my first real production, Annie. From the moment I had my first audition I was determined to be on Broadway. Goodness, did I know I was going to make it there. I had the drive, even if my talent was incomparable to some. I just knew.
I was in other shows from then on…constantly:
- Once On This Island
- Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree
- Into the Woods
- Miracle Worker
Freshman year, it became more of a reality. High school was here and I fell even more madly in love with performing. Theatre and choir.
- 1,001 Arabian Nights
- Chess the Musical
- Puss In Boots
- The Wiz
- Rock, Paper, Win or Die Hard
- As You Like It
- The Bald Soprano
- Merrily We Roll Along
- Prom ‘86
The Bald Soprano was the best show I had ever been in thus far. Though As You Like It was my first main role at Stone Bridge (I had been leads in community theatre productions) I had performed the role of Hymen through sign language and song. Bald Soprano was competition and it left me with a love so deep and so bold for theatre.
I hated Merrily. A lot of people ask why and I’ve never given an answer.
I’m a horrible actress when I’m depressed. For whatever reason, the concrete that was in my head would keep me from emoting, from connecting with others. That’s why my audition for that show was horrible and I didn’t get a good role. I could have been better, but I wasn’t. I hated theatre at this point.The summer after my junior year I spent rededicating my life to Christ. I knew Him so well that He was my every thought. I woke up in the morning speaking to Him and fell asleep the same way. I woke up at 6:00 and sat on the dock and told Him everything. He was my best friend and I knew He had a plan for me. I thought He was telling me that with everything I’ve been through, with my gift of empathy, that He wanted me to become a youth pastor. So I decided that would be my pursuit.
I applied to Liberty University with all intents to be a youth ministry major. That fall I did Lord of the Flies as our Cappies piece. I was Simon. This role, is the love of my life. I adore Simon. Heck, I was Simon. All the characters I ever played were insane or scared to death and at this point, Simon was both. Insanity, apparently, I can do well :)
After Simon, I was given the role of Alex in The Case of Alex Hansen. This show taught me to incorporate my depression into acting. In this show I was a suicidal teenager, not unlike myself the year prior. Now, however, I could actually act the part, because I had lived it.
I went to CFAW at Liberty University and was freed of my depression on April 1st.
After that, I was in Godspell. I sang On the Willows. Nothing else could have pleased me more because I worshiped Jesus as I sang, as I cried during the crucifixion, and cheered as we prepared the way for the Lord. I thought that theatre and worship for once in my life had combined, and it was only because of Godspell.
Little did I know that God had more plans for me. When I went to Acting Uncut I thought it was just my last shot as seeing theatre and my first at experiencing Liberty first hand. Little did I know that God would break me in a way irreplaceable and perfect.
We were performing Light the morning of when we were opening for the Cabaret and he was like…what was that? Guys, you need to use this as a worship experience. That’s what this is about.
Never in my entire life had it clicked before. Like now, today, it clicked.
Today I saw Next to Normal at the Kennedy Center. I’ve been dying to see this show since it was at Arena Stage here in D.C. three/four years ago. I had been obsessed with Alice Ripley since I experienced her ferocity and heard about her acting. 2009 I watched the Tony’s and fell in love with her acting. I’ve posted about how I got to go, so here’s the update:
The woman that, so kindly, gave me the ticket left me a note saying that “worship and theatre are not mutually exclusive.” The second I read it, I was left in tears. Maybe because I was already in a vulnerable state thanks to Alice’s riveting performance today as my dream role Diana, but I think it was because it’s true.
It meant the world to me to hear the theatre majors at Liberty say they want me to be one as well.
So here goes. After my first semester at Liberty I’m switching to being a theatre major. I’m done planning my life. My life is in God’s hands now. I’m letting go. He will protect me, He will provide. It’s His now. It’s still so scary because I don’t know what I want to do. All I know, is I wanna do what God wants. So here’s to the future!
Just thought I’d share with you all. Thank you so much!
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because-we-are-glass reblogged blushkissesThe awkward moment when you spell a common word correctly, but it just looks so wrong so you stare at it forever, questioning its existence.
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