"Originality is not doing something no one else has ever done, but doing what has been done countless times with new life, new breath."
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We love because he first loved us.
1 John 4:19
Love is the greatest food for an emotionally starving world, but you have to have love before you can give love. God has a warehouse full of love for you and me and He will give us more than we deserve, ever. Then we can love others. We will love.
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I am slightly frightened at this exact moment, and my heart is beating rapidly.
We shall hang on.
Monday, February 09, 2009
Saturday, February 07, 2009
Friday, February 06, 2009
english class can be elegant
My English teacher's specialty is Creative Writing, and this is one of the best English classes I've ever taken. Last week we were given the assignment of taking our name, "stepping away from it" and writing about how it looks, tastes, smells, sounds, and feels. This is what happened:
Kathleen
A regal queen, determined
Truffles, hard then soft and sweet
The ocean breeze after a storm
Grace overcoming and calm settling
A rose, silky and thorny altogether
A girl
It was like seeing my name for the first time. At first it was hard to detach myself from "my" name, but as I worked on it, it became easier. After I shared it with the class, my teacher challanged me to think about myself and figure out if I had any of these qualities. She was especially intrigued by the whole, hard then soft and sweet thing and the silky AND thorny part. She wondered if I had some sort of (maybe secret) edge to me. My friends laughed. I told her the best people to ask if this was true, were my friends. My friend Dylan laughed harder. I'd like to think it was me thinking about my name from afar and not finding out I have some kind of hard edge to me.
We also had to do one for a place in the same format. With no further ado, here it is:
168, 20 minutes away
Family gathered
Warmth and Comfort
Firmiliarity, Sweetness, Them
Laughter, Sincerity and Scarcasm
I belong (t)here
Second home
I'm realizing poetry is one of the quickest ways to the heart of understanding.
Monday, February 02, 2009
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
it was a turn around
How much can change in 3 years? A lot. Today is an anniversary of sorts. Nobody is the same.
I wonder why I remember some things, days, events, people so vividly and others barely at all.
I wonder how my brain picks out the "important" stuff to remember.
I wonder a lot.
I wonder why I remember some things, days, events, people so vividly and others barely at all.
I wonder how my brain picks out the "important" stuff to remember.
I wonder a lot.
Monday, January 19, 2009
paging...me? (oh, yes.)
I need God more today than I did yesterday, and I will need Him more tomorrow than I did today.
We could help each other get off the ground, so we never fall down again.
God help me. Love.
(I am terribly inclined to think irrationally.)
We could help each other get off the ground, so we never fall down again.
God help me. Love.
(I am terribly inclined to think irrationally.)
Saturday, January 10, 2009
sparkly
I like sparkly snow and how it makes me feel like I'm standing in the middle of a fairy-tale.
I like feeling like I'm sparkling because of happiness.
Sometimes I expect to touch my face and the sparkles will come off on my hand.
I'm a lot a bit silly.
I also like looking out the window and seeing a car pulling into my driveway...
I like feeling like I'm sparkling because of happiness.
Sometimes I expect to touch my face and the sparkles will come off on my hand.
I'm a lot a bit silly.
I also like looking out the window and seeing a car pulling into my driveway...
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Friday, January 02, 2009
Welcome to 2009
The beginning of my new year was beautiful; a combination of God's Word, singing, love and friends, new and old. I don't think you can get much better than that. Actually, you can't.
Before I go on with the new year I do have some final comments on the old year of 2008:
I can't say I was upset to leave 2008 behind, but in other ways, it was probably the best year of my life so far. Sometimes I think this odd considering some of the circumstances I found myself in or beside. On the flip side (because there is always a flip side) It was all for good.
It was another year of growing for me, growing in God, growing in love, in my emotional self and in, or rather, growing out of my comfort zone.
It was a year of pain. I lost my dearest grandfather and a few elderly friends. My heart was broken. I lost chances and some dreams were shut down.
It was a year of becoming. Becoming more like myself and less of what I thought would please others.
It was a year of challenge. I became a camp counselor and I was tested in my faith, patience and endurence. I struggled through many a thought and situation seemingly beyond myself (not just at camp).
It was a year of triumph. I became a camp counselor, and my life was changed. I reached people and made a difference in their lives (this did not just happen at camp either).
It was a year of love. I found my family close to me. Old friends remained, even if changed. New friends entered with much joy. I fell in love.
It was a year of revelation. My eyes were opened to other situations people find themselves in this world, starting with Service Week. I realized many things.
It was a year of truth. Honesty reigned in almost all situations.
It was a year of vulnerability. I opened my heart to others. I let people see inside me. I was transparent enough for people to relate.
It was a year of thanksgiving. For God never ceases to pour out His blessings upon me. I must always be thankful for every breath I breathe.
It was a year of learning. Learning more about God, about myself, about love, about simply breathing.
It was a year of joy. Knowing my Granddad is with Jesus. Experiences never to be duplicated. Sharing my life with all kinds and sorts of beautiful people. Love.
With this said, I can look back and see God's hand, ever guiding me. For He really does know what He's doing. I am more than excited for this year. Excited for growing even more. Excited for serving. Excited to go crazy. Excited for adventures I'm not thinking about yet. Excited just to be walking beside the LORD, one step at a time.
I'm excited for love. (Yes, still.)
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide, and long and high and deep is the love of Christ and to know this love that surpasses knowledge--that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
(Ephesians 3:16-21 NIV.)
Before I go on with the new year I do have some final comments on the old year of 2008:
I can't say I was upset to leave 2008 behind, but in other ways, it was probably the best year of my life so far. Sometimes I think this odd considering some of the circumstances I found myself in or beside. On the flip side (because there is always a flip side) It was all for good.
It was another year of growing for me, growing in God, growing in love, in my emotional self and in, or rather, growing out of my comfort zone.
It was a year of pain. I lost my dearest grandfather and a few elderly friends. My heart was broken. I lost chances and some dreams were shut down.
It was a year of becoming. Becoming more like myself and less of what I thought would please others.
It was a year of challenge. I became a camp counselor and I was tested in my faith, patience and endurence. I struggled through many a thought and situation seemingly beyond myself (not just at camp).
It was a year of triumph. I became a camp counselor, and my life was changed. I reached people and made a difference in their lives (this did not just happen at camp either).
It was a year of love. I found my family close to me. Old friends remained, even if changed. New friends entered with much joy. I fell in love.
It was a year of revelation. My eyes were opened to other situations people find themselves in this world, starting with Service Week. I realized many things.
It was a year of truth. Honesty reigned in almost all situations.
It was a year of vulnerability. I opened my heart to others. I let people see inside me. I was transparent enough for people to relate.
It was a year of thanksgiving. For God never ceases to pour out His blessings upon me. I must always be thankful for every breath I breathe.
It was a year of learning. Learning more about God, about myself, about love, about simply breathing.
It was a year of joy. Knowing my Granddad is with Jesus. Experiences never to be duplicated. Sharing my life with all kinds and sorts of beautiful people. Love.
With this said, I can look back and see God's hand, ever guiding me. For He really does know what He's doing. I am more than excited for this year. Excited for growing even more. Excited for serving. Excited to go crazy. Excited for adventures I'm not thinking about yet. Excited just to be walking beside the LORD, one step at a time.
I'm excited for love. (Yes, still.)
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide, and long and high and deep is the love of Christ and to know this love that surpasses knowledge--that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
(Ephesians 3:16-21 NIV.)
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