band name

we are no longer the band without a name. we have finally decided on something, and it's getting the approval of many. the first few we decided on had opposition from many people, but this one has had nothing but positive feedback. it has no meaning as of now, but i think it could. the name for the band yet to be named is:

AFTERFALL

www.myspace.com/afterfallband

enjoy

just because

i always get flack for not updating, so i did. check karen's blog (karenecorwin.blogspot.com) for pics of our awesome dog bailey. he's the best

for meagan maki, and everyone else who is so faithful to check this rarely updated blog

your comment made me laugh, so i thought i would post to appease the masses. not a whole lot to report. we're moving in next to david and farah, who called us crazy. i don't think we're crazy. "the band" that is nameless is moving ahead. we're knocking out some of my songs, and getting them really good. i'm really excited about that. i'm about 2 weeks away from graduating from college, which is so awesome that words don't come close to describing the greatness of it. and i'm really falling in love with jesus all over again. i've really been living a boring lifeless existence lately, and he woke me up to this fact here recently. i'm missing out on the abundant life that he has and the relationship that he offers. i laid awake in bed last night chewing on the mediocraty that i have been settling for. i can't wait to see where he takes me.

my monthly blog post...

Well, it's that time again! time to post my monthly update. it's a little sooner than usual, but that's ok.
I'm done with my internship. i have only one more class to take in the summer. i graduate in 3 months (august 7). this is getting really close. i can taste it. i want to be out of here soooo bad, but i have to pass this class. then, it's out into the real world. no longer a student. a graduate. with a degree. probably that i'll never use. i loved my major, and i don't think i would have done anything else, but i couldn't do it for a living. i would get way too burned out way too quickly.
i found myself "using" God. i would spend time with him when i wanted to write a song. it was dumb. i didn't seek him with all my heart, and guess what...i didn't find him. i realized what i was doing and immediately thought of how dumb it was. i need to be seeking who i am writing the songs about, not the song itself. i got way to caught up in that. he has shown me that when i lead worship, it is best to let him pick the songs, rather than me. it is him we are singing to, and he probably has certain songs that he would like to hear at certain times. so i moved myself completely out of the way. from picking the songs, to playing the music, to singing. i have nothing to do with it. it's all him. (thank the Lord for that.)

I gotta get better at this...

Wow. it's been over a mpnth and a half since i've posted anything. if you are still checking to see if i'm posting, thank you, but i've probably run every one off. well, a lot has happened in the past month and a half. i'll make a list:

1.) I got married on March 11
2.) Karen and I decided not to go on staff in auburn in august
3.) i made a demo (you can hear 2 of the songs at my Myspace:: www.myspace.com/bryanisbell)
4.) I'm in a band
5.) i've decided to move (Possibly) to North Carolina
6.) I'm "touring" this summer, depending on if anyone wants me to come
7.) I started working back at hibbett
8.) I'm alsmost done with my internship
9.) i started teaching guitar lessons

and i can't think of the numerous other things that are swirling in my head.
It's been a busy time. because of that, my time with the Father has been limited. But something he has taught me and that i am clinging to is that he has me firmly in his hand, and all i can do is follow his leading. so we shall see where the road has for me and MY WIFE (that's still kinda weird!).

for those who continue to check...

it's been almost 2 months since i've posted anything. let's just say things have been a little busy with the wedding stuff (which is happening in 10 DAYS!!!) and internship stuff and things of that nature. but, i found some time to humor those of you who may check this blog periodically.
i'm getting married in 10 days...oh my gah!!! i can't belive that it is actually here. words can't express the emotions or the feelings that that i;m going through right now. it's not a nervous feeling because it feels right and peaceful, and it's not a "holy crap"feeling like a "what am i getting myself into feeling". it's very surreal, and i don't know if has fully set in yet. it my not until i'm driving away from Marengo, with my WIFE sitting next to me in the car on the way to the hotel that we are staying at TOGETHER and it be okay. wow...that is so strange...

more to come...
bryan

and finally...

to the request of many (ok, maybe only three) i am posting a new blog. so karen, farah and dylan, see, read, and be merry.
i realized recently how in the dark i really am. i had been believing several lies that the enemy threw at me, and i had been fitted with a nice pair of blinders. i could not see what was hitting me. however, by the grace and love and mercy and power of God, my blindness has been healed. i can now see the falseness of the stuff that i was being fed. in looking at the past year or so, i see the damage that this life i've lived has left. let the road to healing begin!
i hold fast to the promise that the LORD is the refuge for the weary and (to use a bible term) heavy laden.

"I look to the hills, where does my help come from? my help comes from the lord!"
-Somewhere in Psalms

peace