"Friends, when life gets really difficult, don't jump to the conclusion that God isn't on the job. Instead, be glad that you are in the very thick of what Christ experienced. This is a spiritual refining process, with glory just around the corner." -1 Peter 4:12-13 (The Message)

So maybe I stole that from a Judy Blume novel I haven't read in well over ten years, but it seemed fitting.

Is anyone else having a quarter-life crisis?

A couple of things:

I survived the semester.
I'm in love.
And California-bound in three days.

I can't believe how much everything has changed since this time last year. But, oh, I wouldn't change it for the world.

Good grades.
Good friends.
Good...

I'm smitten.

+A year and some change later and I'm still in love with Baylor ( Read more... )

"Nada te turbe,
nada te espante,
todo se pasa,
Dios no se muda.
La paciencia
todo lo alcanza,
quien a Dios tiene
nada le falta:
sólo Dios basta."

-Santa Teresa de Jesús

"It has been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day."

My English professor just pissed me off so I don't think I'm going back to school for my afternoon class with him. I'm the type that feels guilty for skipping classes (even with good reason) but, man, I don't think I can look at him again today. Ugggggggggh. 

So I used to post a Word of the Day as part of my New Year's resolution, but I quickly abandoned that for lack of time. I still get the e-mails and share each day's word with a friend of mine who likes to tease me about my vocabulary. Lately Matt has started sharing his own words, courtesy of urbandictionary.com. Here's today's word:

cupcaking \KUPH ( Read more... )