December 2009
38 posts
ch-ch-changes;
i am absolutely blown away by how quickly life can change. just yesterday morning, i was planning on moving across the country in less than a week.
today, i am destined for full time studentry and calling wisconsin my permanent place of residence in just a couple weeks’ time. what the hell? but i came to the conclusion last night that if i believe in God’s providence at all in my...
but i am surrounded by truth tellers;
“I bet it’s a buncha kinds of exhausting to pick up so often and have to pick up and come up with new plans when something changes again and the old plans fall through, but… when I think of you, living through this whole crazy life, I picture you coming out so much stronger, at the other side. I picture you as one of those super well-adjusted thirty-year-olds. Things might fall...
so never mind of plan-making.
so, looks like i’m probably not going to virginia after all. turns out there was a misunderstanding with that job i “for sure” had, and…let’s just say i didn’t “for sure” have it. and i can’t go if i don’t know that i definitely have a job. being there for however long without making a significant amount of money and not being in school...
retrospective;
as the year draws to a close and i think about all of the things i have learned…
i realize that much of my growth and knowledge can be traced back to one person who absolutely destroyed me; and i am very, very grateful for this person to have been a part of my life.
so, thank you for seeing something i couldn’t,
thank you for breaking me down so i could build myself back up into a...
because they're doin' something right;
last night was rather humbling.
i realized i really do have the life i have always dreamed of having, at nineteen, and i know so many talented&beautiful people with beautiful perspectives, who inspire me to challenge and create new perspectives of my own, and above all that, love and care about me deeply. i really couldn’t ask for more, and yet i do. i’d like to change that.
feliz narvidard
i spent a good two hours last night drawing pictures of large men of different ethnicities saying “merry christmas” in their native tongues and adding the letter “R” where it didn’t belong. so, uh, that’s my life.
art show tonight, featuring some great friends. i’m real excited!
winters here make you tough. it’s 25 degrees outside right now and i feel like i could walk around without my coat on.
i’m definitely feeling that seasonal depression that everyone talks about…or maybe i’m just depressed because i don’t have friends here, or a job, or anything productive to do. i have been living a pretty pathetic existence for the last couple of...
tr00f iz:
coming to the realization that it may have been right under my nose this whole time is scary and kind of exciting.
the most tragic thing about having lost a loved one is that you’re no longer able to have your deepest desire be an attainable one. it’s not like those who so deeply yearn for wealth, power, adventure, purpose, or even love… the thing you want, above everything else, is to have that person back. the thing you want most is something you’ll never have, and you have to live...
these last few weeks have been the loneliest few weeks of my life.
Seeing Christ in Human Rights
by Donn Mitchell 12-10-2009
Today, Dec. 10, is Human Rights Day, an annual observance commemorating the promulgation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. The Declaration, together with two major covenants based on it, has become know the world over as the International Bill of Rights.
“Seeing Christ in Human Rights” is a Christ-centered...
i have a job in lynchburg and i’m not even there yet! and at the most happenin’ place in town! praise God! not to mention i’ll be paying close to nothing for rent (in my old house!) and therefore will be able to save a ton of money. this doesn’t feel real. i can’t believe i’m going back…and almost exactly a year after i went the first time.
three weeks...
here’s what’s happening:
i’m moving back to virginia in a few weeks.
my life probably won’t ever stop being ridiculous.
Why We Don't Pray
likejohnnylovedjune:
crookedtooth:
We all stop talking to God. Here are some practical ways to start again.
Prayer—which is simply talking with God—is considered a critical aspect of faith. One prophet blurted, “Far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by failing to pray for you” (1 Sam. 12:23 (TNIV)). Prayer is not some kind of pious decoration; it is the breath of the human...
i know i’m being taught patience, and i want to gain as much from these experiences as i can, and learn and grow…but i’m just wondering when being taught patience will stop involving me getting hurt and feeling inadequate.
time and time again these things happen…and my tolerance is growing thinner, along with my ability to trust. i hate that.
but He knows more than i. He...
if we are treading on thin ice, then we might as well dance.
it’s amazing how much my life has changed through the course of one week. not in a bad way, but not in a good way…
it’s just different. i would’ve preferred not slowing down, and keeping myself busy with important things rather than unimportant things.
i’ve been feverishly looking for a job since i got back and haven’t even come close to thinking i...
“I look upon everything as a brotherhood and a sisterhood, and I look upon time...”
– mary oliver