"They were hungry and thirsty; Their soul fainted within them. Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He delivered them out of their distresses. He led them also by a straight way, to go to an inhabited city." Psalm 107:5-7"Therefore He humbled their heart with labor; They stumbled and there was none to help. Then they cried out to the...
Since I'm giving my honest opinion on The City, let me continue. Since Part 1 was full of raving about the glories of NYC, let me speak plainly about its flaws and/or my disappointment.1. Rockefeller Center. Okay, I liked it. Really I did. But I was a little sad that the winter skating rink doesn't become a duck pond in the summertime. (That...
Picnics. They're so summery. And that's why I love them. On Saturday, our picnic for the cast of Pride & Prejudice was rained out. Of sorts. The sky was dark, the wind blew like a madman and I was warned by cell phone to run back to the theatre. So there I am, running along in my ballet flats. My confession: I love...
This weekend I had a tiny taste of the City, and now I'm hungry for more!!New York City is a night-and-day difference from my hometown. City and town being the most obvious differences. If there is one word to describe New York City, it is "busy." People are always moving, walking, going somewhere to do something! That kind of hurried pace is actually...
I need You more More than yesterday I need You LordMore than words can sayI need You more Than ever beforeI need You LordI need You Lord More than the air I breatheMore than the song I sing More than the next heartbeat More than anything And Lord as time goes by I'll be by Your side Cause I never want to go...
Christ is all.All I need, all that I require to live is found in Him!"The Lord is my Shepherd. I shall not want."Psalm 23:1 Fuzzy thoughts and weird movements are mine today. (Why did I throw a serving spoon in the garbage?) Suffering from a serious lack of sleep as a result of this weekend. The high-schoolers and I went on a whirlwind...
Check this off my things-to-do-in-my-lifetime list:I have shot a handgun.A modified Smith & Wesson 9mm, to be exact.And I hit the target every time.Be afraid, be very afraid. :)The Other Brother's passion is guns, so he showed me all the right things to do. How to stand, hold the gun and do some weird triangle bobblehead stance. Now that was hilarious to watch....
There were six middle-schoolers at my house last weekend. Middle schoolers really are a different sort. They lack the self-consciousness and knowledge of high schoolers, so this combination of honesty and ignorance equals hilarity! Sometimes I choked on my own laughter. Sometimes I just laughed outright. They are also refreshingly unembarassed and didn't take offense at my laughter. Actually I think they were...
Life comes after deathDawn after the darknessCelebration after sufferingCalm after the stormVictory after the struggleHealing after painSunrise after midnightRainbow after the rain.There was a beautiful rainbow on the horizon one morning last week, against the background of dark storm clouds. Rainbows have always been a promise of God's faithfulness-to Noah, that God would not destroy the earth by flood again.. and now to...
The Lovely Friend and I went to a book sale at the PSU Ag Arena on Saturday morning. I stopped looking for more books when my arms started hurting from the pile of books in my arms. Later that day, my mom and I came back and things got really good because in between looking in the Children's section, Religion and Literature--and my...
Most of ya'll know that I now work in the accounting field. How did I get there? Sometimes I wonder that myself. Here's my story.I started out my working life at a greenhouse/landscape business, as a humble water girl. That meant hours and hours in the hot sun watering plants that were just gonna die anyway. :) Okay, so the water helped them...
Amy Carmichael (missionary to India) wrote a little book called, "If." It's a whole book of prose with the same format. If I do something/act somehow/feel something, then I know nothing of Calvary love. The basic idea is that once I really understand the amazing sacrificial love of Christ, then I will also understand that selfishness is sin and selflessness is Calvary love.I...
The reasons I love Texas:1. Walker, Texas Ranger – need I say more? :)2. It’s my birthplace.3. The accent comes back as soon as I step foot in the state.4. Texas was its own country.5. GUNS.6. Mexican food. and Tex-Mex food.7. Keith Green is buried there.8. They have the coolest flag ever.9. Remember the Alamo!10. Everything is bigger in Texas – especially the...
These are some of my notes from what I preached to the youth on Wednesday night. It really struck me how brutally honest David's prayers are in the book of Psalms. Now it seems like prayer has become such a romanticized, experience-oriented spiritual exercise. But that's not how it's supposed to be. Prayer is just a broken heart crying out to the Lord....
"You can do more than pray, after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed."--John Bunyan "You can do more than pray, after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed."--John Bunyan ...
“We are a non-violent youth group.”These were my words of warning to one of the guys at youth group last night. He was considering “pelting” another youth in the hackeysack circle. The funny thing is, we really are a violent youth group. Well, in a rough-and-tumble kind of way. We try not to knowingly inflict pain on one another, but the guys like...
I'm dying at the altar again today.I've climbed upon the cross again today.I'm entrusting my soul to You today.I count all things as loss for You today.I'm forgetting the past again today.I'm reaching out for the prize again today.I'm running the race for You today.I cut off all ties but You today.I'm denying the flesh again today.I'm refusing desires again today.I'm giving up...
