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For Morning
O God, who has folded back the mantle of the night to clothe us in the golden glory of the day, chase from our hears all gloomy thoughts, and make us glad in the brightness of hope, that we may effectively aspire to unwon virtues, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
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Patience and Longsuffering
For this cause we also, ...do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding: that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might according to his ( Read more... ) -
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May our Lord Jesus Christ be near us to defend us, within us to refresh us, around us to preserve us, before us to guide us, behind us to justify us, above us to bless us, who liveth and reigneth with the Father and the Holy Spirit, God for evermore. Amen.
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I am pathetic
I was going to update frequently. Then I started working crazy hours and life got kind of nasty ( Read more... ) -
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I have survived my first Black Friday. I hope to never have to do that again, though it wasn't nearly as bad as I'd feared. Now to bed in preparation for tomorrow's double. -
NIN: Zero Sum
they're starting to open up the sky ( Read more... ) -
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Happy All Saints Day all. -
Life as we know it:
I finally lost the management battle at work (Adidas) last week. Consequently, the next three or four months should be interesting. Also, my boss, Angie [Asian, my height but a good bit smaller, 51, very experienced boss] discovered the world of MySpace yesterday when two of the high schoolers on staff explained to her that she could not only ( Read more... ) -
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that I am forced to listen to all day and can tolerate ( Read more... ) -
I am alive,
just exhausted. I worked a lot this week. The depression is still plaguing me because I am definitively not where I want to be, but I guess I am making baby steps. I got new books yesterday, which always makes me happy. One of the local public libraries was having a book sale to clear their shelves and most of their books were older so I picked ( Read more... )