Sometimes I need encouragement. Sometimes I just need a jolt of perspective."(I) hope the challenges you were facing yesterday and todayhave paled in comparison with our Lord and eternity."And there it is. Thanks a billion, Sis. It's still sinking in. ...
"The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures.He leads me beside quiet waters..."Psalm 23:1-2Time is on my mind alot recently. My work schedule changed, so everything in life has to be juggled. As I'm "tweaking" my new schedule, the Lord reminded me that His leading is always to a place of rest and quietness....
Making chicken noodle soup and hot tea for the not-feeling-too-good Little Bro, hanging out in the apartment with him and rambling endlessly about literature. Actually, that was fun. He didn't say much. :)Waking up on Saturday morning with a big sigh. Six inches of SNOW. Which should've stayed in Vermont. Didn't Old Man Winter get the whole "Spring" memo?Laughing and joking with a...
Just as I was thinking, "Winter is over, and I really don't care what the calendar says...", I realized that today is the official first day of Spring! Yay! Things have been pretty brown and ugly here in Pennsylvania. I don't like this in-between season. There's no snow to make things bright & beautiful. The ground is depressing in its brown state, and...
Avoidance is not bliss.This is my life motto. Why? Because I tend to avoid things, like...-Things that make me scared.-Things that make me uncomfortable.-Things that take too much effort.-Things that give me pain.-Things that have potential for personal humiliation.-Things that might fail.-Things that I'm incapable of controlling the end result.The horrible part of my wretched tendency of avoidance is that these kind of...
It's official. I have my "concealed carry" permit. Though I think it's weird that I have to get a permit to carry a gun in the first place. Didn't the Second Amendment already give me the right to bear arms? Yeah, exactly. They ask the strangest questions on the permit application. Seriously, what criminal in their right mind would answer truthfully to, "Are...
"True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it."-William Penn"The contemplation of the saints is fired by the love of the one contemplated: that is, God."Albert the Great"Prayer-secret, fervent, believing prayer-lies at the root of all personal godliness."William CareyThese quotes are from Celebration of Discipline, by Richard...
Or, the *real* reasons that I am the way I am...As I think back over my childhood and now that I am into young adulthood, I've started to understand more about how I got here. Why I cherish some things and why I despise others. Some are so second-nature to me that I'm stunned to hear it is no longer normal.Eating "supper" (Texas...
The youth group has finally given up on snow-tubing. On Friday, it rained like the world was coming to an end (okay, not quite), and so we did a digital camera scavenger hunt. Which was totally awesome. We split into three groups, in three cars, with three drivers/camera operators. In two hours, the teams has to go around town and take creative pictures...
Discussing politics and the ridiculous notion of people voting for a Democratic candidate just because they're of the minority variety..."Barack isn't black; he's Muslim!" -The Raven-Haired GirlOut in the elements during a digital camera scavenger hunt..."I love rain! It's tasty!" -The Witty Kid ...
Yesterday was a "Jonah day." Or at least, it started out that way. I heard on the news that Brett Favre retired. He was my favorite quarterback and had been playing football as long as I can remember. So it was like the end of an era! Then I heard that Mike Huckabee bowed out of the presidential race. Very sad. But I...
Just wanted to pass on a great post on hospitality. I don't routinely read the blog that this post comes from, so this isn't an all-encompassing endorsement. But these are some awesome tips on extending Biblical hospitality, that I'm going to be striving after.Romans 12:13 "Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality" 1 Peter 4:9 "Show hospitality to...
On Sunday, Pastor preached a masterful sermon on prayer. Here are the highlights:To love is to pray.If you love as Christ loved, you will pray as He prayed.It is not the mighty that pray, but the weak that pray so they become mighty. We must come to a place where prayer is not optional-it is vital!Prayer must be habitual, yet more than a...
SNOW. Why does it wait until February for all the big snows to come? And specifically, why does it have to snow on youth event nights??? Friday was the 2nd time we postponed our youth snow tubing night... GRRR. But on Saturday, The Little Bro said the 6 inches of new snow made the snowboarding "awesome!!!" I'll take his word for it. :)Demolition....
