I have had the habit of taking the words of advice from a good friend/mentor of mine very much to heart, and have tended to shape my life by them. I'm questioning that now, though ( Read more... )

I'm starting to use my own two feet and direct which way my life is going.

This is big for me. I usually just flow along and go where others direct me.

I don't want my life to be like that. So I'm breaking away.

And it feels really, REALLY good!!!

Kudos to you and yours.

P.S. Self-absorbed moment on that last post. Pray ignore.

I wish I lived closer to my family. Extended family.

Why didn't I decide to go to school in Virginia?

Humph.

Too late now.

I wonder if anybody would actually miss me if I were to leave? I know my family would. And maybe two or three other people.
But other than that, if i just disappeared, would anybody care?

I don't get me, and I'm making me mad ( Read more... )

Recent understandings of God's character/heart/etc ( Read more... )

So...Delta is almost over. One more class, and that'll be it.

This semester flew by. I don't know what took last semester so long. I bet the math class was what slowed it down. I'm glad I did it, though. The whole package deal was a great experience.

And that's really not very exciting. But it's all I got.

Wow.

Virginia Tech. A school near and dear to my family's heart.

One of the professors who was killed taught my dad back in the day.

Good news, though - cousin (who works there) and friend (who goes there) are okay.

Prayers for them, if you could. For the staff, students, and families.

I'm becoming aware of the concept that every person is indispensible ( Read more... )

I've been feeling that lately. And in re-reading what I wrote years ago on here, I can't stand myself. How did God put up with me? How did you put up with me ( Read more... )

"The person who plants selfishness, ignoring the needs of others - ignoring God! - harvests a crop of weeds. All he'll have to show for his life is weeds! But the one who plants in response to God, letting God's Spirit do the growth work in him, harvests a crop of real life, eternal life ( Read more... )