ever feel like you are underdressed for an occasion? you show up for a party in jeans and a sweater and everyone else is dressed up? imagine that the President invites you to the White House for a dinner party… would you show up in jeans? of course not. You would be embarrased if you [...]
Archive for August, 2009
29 Aug
i don’t know what i’m doing…
so i joined twitter yesterday. i’m beginning to realize just how much i don’t understand and just how disconnected i am from this whole “cyber generation” thing. :)
i was thinking about adding an RSS feed to my blog. but i don’t really know what that means or how to do it. :( any thoughts?
help out [...]
28 Aug
God answers prayer…
I got an email from a friend of mine today. We’ve been praying for years for her grandma’s salvation… and this is what she had to say today about that… I was so excited that I had to share it with you all too… :) Praise God that He draws hearts to him… even when [...]
27 Aug
i won’t be afraid
My coworker and I were driving somewhere the other day and she had a CD by Ashmont Hill in her car. What was especially encouraging was the song “I won’t be afraid”. One of the lead singers wrote this song for his young son who was afraid of the dark. It is a sweet song, [...]
26 Aug
fearfully and wonderfully made
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. Psalm 139:14 “Preach truth to yourself, Em. Don’t let your feelings or emotions walk all over you…walk all over them with the TRUTH!!!”
A dear friend of mine sent me this verse & message yesterday morning. [...]
20 Aug
thoughts on suffering
Despair does not lie in being weary of suffering but in being weary of joy. G. K. Chesterton
When ours are interrupted, his are not. His plans are proceeding exactly as scheduled, moving us always (including those minutes or hours or years which seem most useless or wasted or unendurable) “toward the goal of true maturity” [...]
19 Aug
how to suffer
“If Christ calls me to suffer, he will strengthen me to suffer in such a way that God is glorified.” J. Burroughs.
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. All the works of the Lord are steadfast love and faithfulness. In faithfulness you have afflicted me… that Christ may be glorified in my [...]
17 Aug
thoughts on “the room”
I remember the first time I read this story by Josh Harris called “the Room” (see post below). It was shortly after I had become a Christian and I was reminded in such a powerful way of the amazing grace shown to me. What a cause for rejoicing. What peace this story brought to my soul.
How [...]
17 Aug
the room
(by Joshua Harris)
In that place between wakefulness and dreams, I found myself in the room. There were no distinguishing features save for the one wall covered with small index card files. They were like the ones in libraries that list titles by author or subject in alphabetical order. But these files, which stretched from floor [...]
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