Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that gives value to survival. -C.S. Lewis
I go to college, work in the back of my college's library, and have a wonderful family and dear friends. I don't usually like to blog, but a little practice writing and expressing myself can't hurt.
O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory. Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands. My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food, and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips, when I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night; for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy. My soul clings to you; you right hand upholds me.
"To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up sage in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket- safe, dark, motionless, airless- it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, imprenetrable, irredeemable." -C.S. Lewis
The phrase "steadfast love" is used over 200 times throughout the Bible.
My Favorite Things...
beach. tea. scones. romans. psalms. reading on the grass. rootbeer. yogurtland. sleepovers. friends. new movies. talking. lists. organizing. teal. bare feet. sweatshirts. lasagna. italian food. san clemente. disneyland. smell of coffee. fresh flowers. paris. black and white pictures. a memorized piano song. philosophy. driving on the freeway. traveling. old brick buildings. starting a new tube of toothpaste. new outfits. bike riding. a new cd. singspiration. novels. inside jokes. being random and spontaneous. soft piano songs. ice cream. turkey burgers. volleyball with Lizzie. letters in the mail. deep meticulous discussions. taking pictures. pillows. blankets. flip flops. gardens. ivy. high heels on wood floors. huge climbing trees. singing in the car. learning. blue eyes. children. London. Kuaui. plane flights. roadtrips. Target. witty humor. chai tea latte. creative people. guitar. piano. Pride and Prejudice. late night chats. family traditions. whistling. Phantom of the Opera. haircuts. scarves. summer time. berries. laughing. buying journals but never writing in them. peticures. new ringtones. formal dresses. curled hair. blaring the music. campfires. camping. forests. bright airy colors. being with people. bunco. chapstick. raspberry mocha frappuccino. rain.
Things To Do Before I Die
Read all of C.S. Lewis' books
Go back to Europe
Own a Jetta
Plant a garden
Go on a month long mission trip
Meet someone famous
Come up with my own special recipe
Go snowboarding
Live in another state
Learn to like onions
Discover the cure to allergies and then get a dog
Get married
Play Claire De Lune on the piano
Do a cartwheel correctly
Visit all 50 States
Paint an amazing picture
Teach a class
Speak another language fluently
Play the violin
No more rhyming, I mean it! Anybody want a peanut?- Princess Bride
Did you ever listen to Adventures in Odyssey when you were younger? If you've never heard of it or loved it then and wish you could still listen to it, go to http://www.whitsend.org/.
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
Summer Reading
Atlas Shrugged
A Severe Mercy
Believing God
The Ball and the Cross
1984
Surrender to Love
Les Miserable
Silver Chair
The Shack
Redeeming Love
Blue Castle
Sunday Flyers
Favorite Songs
You Won't Relent- Misty Edwards
Stop this Train- John Mayer
Beautiful- Phil Wickham
With Everything- Hillsong
Helena- Nickle Creek
On Your Porch- The Format
Lack of Color- Deathcab for Cutie
Everything- Lifehouse
Let That Be Enough- Switchfoot
Venice
2 Timothy 1:7
For God did not give us a spirit oftimidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.
My Favorite Flicks
The Count of Monte Cristo While You Were Sleeping (Is he leaning?) Pride and Prejudice The Village The Princess Bride Ever After Les Miserables
I Peter 1:7
Trials have come so that your faith- of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire- may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.
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