In loving me, You made me lovable -St. Augustine Last night I wasn’t quite ready to go to bed, so I got a book that David had recently bought that I was intending to read and went and sat on the couch with Jacob and Katie. I opened the book, The Furious Longing of God by Brennan Manning. Yeah, I know, Manning is amazing, and pretty much the cutest old man ever, I wish he and I were BFFs. I …
My human-ness is calling me back. It misses me i think almost as much as I miss it! I miss new shoes, I miss new clothes, I miss new books, I miss new movies and music, i miss TV. I miss going out with my friends. I miss getting all dressed up, and feeling pretty, and oh my Lord how I miss kissing. I miss going out to eat and not worrying about how much everything costs. I miss living …
Why is it that we can’t seem to choose who it is we care about? I’ve never understood, why I can’t care the most for those who care the most about me? I am guessing that would make too much sense, or would be too easy to actually work, but logically it seems to me that would be the best option for all involved. I am so very confused. So far, break has been…“interesting”, in every meaning, sense and connotation …
Sitting here in the New Orleans Airport, relaxing, enjoying a good bit of people watching, which is one of my favorite past times. I have a lot of mixed emotions about this trip. I have reservations about saying I am going “home”, because I don’t feel like NC is my home anymore. It is where I am from and I am thankful that God picked there for me to be raised. However, I feel that New Orleans is more my …
*This is a journal entry from 11/25- There is a woman who walks around in my neighborhood. She walks down the middle of the road yelling obscenities at the top of her lungs. She has no teeth, and her clothes smell of urine. I don’t know her name, and she doesn’t know mine, just calling me “Love” when we pass on the street. She does however know where I live and noticed the change in my hairstyle. What does that …
When I am where God wants me to be, I have such a peace that overwhelms me and gives me rest in Him. When you are swimming against the current, there are going to be times when you bump into the other fish who are swimming together. It is really something that can’t be avoided, and I shouldn’t be surprised when it happens. I think the part that is so surprising is when I am bumping into people who say …
Matthew 19:16-21 Now a man came up to Jesus and asked, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?” Why do you ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, obey the commandments.” “Which ones?” the man inquired. Jesus replied, “ ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother,‘and ‘love your neighbor …
I wonder how many blogs I’ve started in my head on a daily basis? I’m sure if I had a dollar for everyone my support would be raised. Each day, is a new day, and we only get to live them one at a time. You can’t live tomorrow today, so why stress it? You can’t go back and fix yesterdays, so why regret it? Right now, this moment where I am sitting here typing this blog, that’s all I …
I grew up in two different houses. I lived with my mom most of the time, and every other weekend, and for 2 weeks during the summer I lived with my father. I am not sure if there are two more different households in the whole of American than those two. My mother’s home is a place of simplicity and clutter. I am sure my mom will cringe a little to see me say this, but its true, and its …
We have come together to promise, both to each other and to our Father in Heaven, our covenant on November 2nd, 2008. Through meditation and seeking the Lord’s counsel, we have come to an agreement that the following promises are the standards we choose to live by in order to best love. We view ourselves first and foremost as a relational community, living as the body of Christ and “being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and …
I am loosing my heart, over and over every day. I wake up in the morning and look at my roommates, and I fall in love with them all over again. I walk out my door and a piece of my heart is given to each child walking across Philip Street into school. At my morning service site, I love each of my co-workers deeper and deeper every day. At the school, in the afternoon, my heart, my whole heart …
Yesterday while walking Beneath an overpass I saw the figure of Jesus Standing barefoot on broken glass His beard was graying Smell of urine filled the air Asking if I had some change Anything that I could spare Emaciated His shaking fist balled up Influenza and pneumonia Begging God to take his cup So different from his pictures Breathing air through yellowed tubes Jesus Christ, dying of AIDS Can look right through you And all have hated Crucified and walked …
I fall in love with my neighborhood a little more each time I walk out of my front door. There is so much about it that captivates me, the smells, the way the breeze weaves through the buildings, the colorful murals on the wall and of course the people. Clearly, plainly and obviously I stick out from the majority of my neighbors here, but that doesn’t really seem to hinder their ability to welcome me (us) into their neighborhood. I …
Relocation. I’ve been reading about relocation in the book we have for curriculum right now. A lot of people have talked about what I’ve given up to be here. To have come and left my home, a good paying job, central air conditioning. What a lot of people would have called ‘the good life’. I had few worries, few struggles. When I was at the store and there was something I wanted, I bought it. If it happened to be …
After many trials and tribulations it seems we have indeed arrived in New Orleans. At least, they tell me that’s where I am…No really, only in the Cresent City could there be this delightful mix of humidity and awesomeness! We have been in the city a week on Saturday, I have been to church twice, and slept in my own bed twice. Upon our arrival in the city the Central City team found out that our apartment is without electricity …
I’ve already become intimidated. It is silly really, because I haven’t become intimidated by the task ahead really or the city I will be spending a year in. The fellow team members, and people who are in their cities now serving and loving are really scary to me. Having been raised in church, been there all of my life, I am painfully aware of how little I know. I have never been a bible reader, which is weird since I …
A description of myself eh? So the basics are I am 24, a life long student who is currently studying a lot of things at Wingate University in North Carolina…if I could pick a major that would be great. Born and raised in NC, and love it here. I am my parents only child, but I have 2 other siblings. I am really laid back and easy going, as are most people in the South, and I enjoy the finer …
