but, then again, maybe...

I cannot tell why He, whom angels worship,   Should set His love upon the sons of men, Or why, as Shepherd, He should seek the wand’rers,   To bring them back, they know not how or when. But this I know, that He was born of Mary,   When Bethl’hem’s manger was His only home, And that He lived at Nazareth and labored,   And so the Savior, Savior of the world, is come. I cannot tell how silently He suffered,   As with His peace He graced this place of tears, Or how His heart upon the Cross was broken,   The crown of pain to three and thirty years. But this I know, He heals the broken-hearted,   And stays our sin, and calms our lurking fear, And lifts the burden from the heavy laden,   For yet the Savior, Savior of the world, is here. I cannot tell how He will win the nations,   How He will claim His earthly heritage, How satisfy the needs and aspirations   Of east and west, of sinner and of sage. But this I know, all f...

now. With the wind, I fear, it is much colder than that outside. I'm wearing a hoodie inside (I never do that!) and I'm drinking hot chocolate (I do that all the time) and I'm still feeling a chill. BRRR! That said, I would rather it be cold in January than July.

Hillahn is mean to me. she makes me write poems. this is very hard. i blame her for the revival. we'll see what happens...

"When my husband and I visited Mt. Rainier, the highest point in the United States, I expected to see some spectacular sights. But for 2 days the mountain remained shrouded in clouds. So instead of taking pictures, I bought postcards. Our vacation caused me to question the way I portray my faith to people around me. Do I present a "postcard" view of Christianity? Do I give the false impression that my life is always sunny - that my view of God is always clear? That's not what David did. In the passion-filled poetry of Psalm 13, he admitted that he couldn't see God and didn't understand what He was doing (v.1). But by the end of his prayer, he was certain that what he couldn't see was nevertheless there because he had see it before in God's bountiful care (vv.5-6). Christians are like people living at the foot of Mt. Rainier. They've seen the mountain before, so they know it exists even when clouds are covering it. When suffering or confusion obscu...

Howdy, y'all! I've been meaning to post pictures from my trip, but I don't have the internet in my place and the pictures are on my laptop. Transferring them to my parents computer - that does have the internet - is a pain. So, pictures are coming, I just don't know when. I was thinking maybe today I can go somewhere and post pictures from my laptop. Coming Soon....... xo

Well, I'm off to Seattle to attend WWC. I don't want to go. I am terrible at packing, but I think it's almost done. I already said bye to everyone. I feel like I don't fit in on either coast. I'm headed to RF after WWC. I'd rather just go there. (No offense to my West Coast friends.) I spent most of today working on VC stuff to help Mom out. I'm whiny and I have a killer headache and I can't find stuff that I need to pack. And I don't have a job. Wow. Anybody wanna be my friend? Sorry about that. Rough week & a half. Love you! xo

Greetings from humid Vestal, NY. I arrived home around 9 p.m. Friday evening. It was a trying day. I didn't get enough sleep on Thursday night and had lots of traffic & weather from there on. It made me realize how much I appreciated that open roads that were out west. Oh, right. A correction is in order. I spent Thursday night in Portage, Indiana rather than Gary. I was on the phone going thru Chicago AND Gary, IN. I got to Portage and decided I was too tired to go on. So that's where I crashed. At yet another over-priced room. But the wireless was great - yay! :) After spending full days in Wyoming & Nebraska, I was in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania & New York on Friday. It rained in the last 3, often so hard that it was difficult to see. And even harder to take pictures of the "Welcome to [blank]" signs. Grr! I stopped only for gas or food and not to see any points of interest. Which doesn't add any interest. I did, however, drive thru Cleveland. At o...