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she is gone, but she used to be mine
Let me tell you about the girl who wrote the entries on this blog that started a decade ago.
You see, I used to see her as - well to be honest - pretty pathetic. I used to feel ashamed at how immature and naive she was. I used to want to go back to delete or hide those entries, erasing the evidence that she ever existed.
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in like a lion
On an early, gloomy November day, it was such a contrast to walk into work seeing Holiday everything - cups, aprons, merchandise, music... and feel bone tired, wondering why the sun wasn't up yet by seven in the morning. The cheery Christmas music and colours didn't seem to meld into my spirit as I was struck by the oncoming of winter. It was a ( Read more... ) -
just a spark
I changed the look of my blog again after so many years. I think it's symbolic. It's a change that I've wanted to make for a long time, but I didn't know how ( Read more... ) -
after all
You were reaching through the storm ( Read more... ) -
community
How do you ask for community? How do you build community in a culture that is seduced by the ideals of independence and self-sustenance? How do you ask others if you could be dependent on them for encouragement, support, friendship, and love? How to you attempt to reach out and build this community when you are the one who is feeling heavy and ( Read more... ) -
cornerstone
My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus' blood and righteousness
I dare not trust the sweetest frame
But wholly trust in Jesus' name
When darkness seems to hide His face
I rest on His unchanging grace
In every high and stormy gale
My anchor holds within the veil
My anchor holds within the veilChrist alone, cornerstone ( Read more... ) -
better things might fall together
It was the first day of spring yesterday and there was a blizzard. That just about sums up the past four months: winter has come in harsh and cold and now long. It has lingered, keeping it's fingers wet with icicles melting down our backs, the cold seeping into my veins without apology ( Read more... ) -
justice
it's been a while since the day that she was taken away ( Read more... ) -
saints & liars
jesus, jesus could you tell me what the problem is ( Read more... ) -
enough
I've been wanting a friend. Just a friend. Someone who will come close beside me, encourage me, lift me up, make me feel whole again; make me feel like I'm not alone, that I'm not in this by myself ( Read more... )