How funny it is that so many of my favorite authors reference the poems of Tennyson. After two references in two days, I endeavored to find this one... and was surprised to realize that I knew it--I just hadn't recognized the title. This poem is an enchanting reminder of the Blessed Hope that we have in Christ. "O death, where is thy sting?...
Dreary rain fell throughout Friday afternoon and evening. An autumn chill-finally-was in the air. I just wished the cooler weather would've come another day. I spent the evening walking around the high school football game. Sometimes I watched and sometimes I muttered, "C'mon, lightning! Come now!" (If there is lightning, the game must be stopped.) The Crazy Kid gave me his gloves to...
From reading over my last few posts, it looks like I'm a wee bit obsessed with making lists. I am going to try to be a little more paragraph-oriented in the future. :)Oh yes, so about "boxing." I'd just like to tell the general public that if you fall down a flight of steps, you wake up the next few days feeling like...
"Be anxious for NOTHING" "But in EVERYTHING, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God" "And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus."Philippians 4:6-7I could try to elaborate on these verses. But I'm still meditating on the amazing promises/instruction within them and I don't think my explanation...
The Little Bro only turns 18 once. So we had a big party. I love parties. I love big parties. I love big, happy, loud parties at my house. It's just FUN. I spent no less than 2.5 hours creating tiny appetizer-type whoopie pies for the party. They were adorable and disappeared in record time, but I was so tired from baking and...
I must be weird. We just returned from family vacation to Maine. Every time I was confronted with a breathtaking vista, a hundred adjectives would fly through my mind as I searched for the perfect words to describe these scenes. Here I am—stunned by natural beauty—thinking about adjectives.So it was my first time in Maine. But most definitely not my last. A few...
Youth Group - This past weekend, we had a prayer retreat. Great time spent worshipping the Lord and seeking His face. And always a good time spending large amounts of time together.... laughing at the middle schoolers, passing around pictures, laughing at the Sparkly Girl now called "Gimpy" and anything The Witty Kid says. And The Hazel-Eyed Girl's mom makes the BEST danish...
Throughout last week, the Lord has been reminding me of the reason that we live on this earth. It is Souls. Specifically, the souls of people all around us that have not surrendered to Christ. Those souls who at this moment are destined for eternal punishment. God is amazing. His love is incomprehensible, and yet He is just. He must recompense the wicked...
Don't you love Centre County in the fall? It makes me want to....Watch a soccer game. :)Drink apple cider.Go on a youth scavenger hunt.Jump in a pile of leaves.Wear a leather bomber jacket.Roast pumpkin seeds.Work at a football game.Go hiking!Make fun of Penn State students. (sorry, my friends! hehe)Have a bonfire.Drive to Gatlinburg. :)Walk in a cemetery.Make (and eat) apple kuchen.Swing on a...
"...And He was telling them that at all times they ought to pray and not lose heart."....."...As He is, so are you in this world...""... why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God!...""...not to put a restraint on any of you, but to secure undistracted devotion to the Lord...""... by this, the children...
