A dear friend of mine gave me what was probably one of the most amazing compliments that I've ever received yesterday afternoon, and I've been riding high ever since.  I'm serious, it was the most encouraging conversation I have had in a very long time, and it sent the dark storm clouds that had been looming over my heart millions of miles away.  ( Read more... )

Ganked this from
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I found this on a random journal, decided to play.

1. My ex is... nonexistent?  (by usin the term "ex", one would infer that I would at one time dated someone, and since I've had a grand total of about 2 pseudo-relationships and no real relationships, this question is now deemed invalid.)
2. I am listening to... Band Marino.  Amazing!
3. Maybe I ( Read more... )

I am massively pissed at God right now.  Why does obedience have to hurt so much?

I got pulled over today.  Found out that my license is still suspended.  I now have no driver's license.  I want beer.

I'm seriously considering being a ski bum this year.  Or would that be a snowboarding bum?  Eitherway, I've applied to work at snow mountain ranch in Fraiser, CO, and they give their employees a season pass to Copper and Winterpark, which is only about 30 min away from there.  I guess I'm just so desperate for something different that I'll accept ( Read more... )

Eph 3:20, 21 -  Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.

Why do I so often forget this?  This is what life is about.  Glory to God.  Glory to the God who is able to ( Read more... )

Perhaps the most difficult thing in following God is seeing a direction that you want desperately to go in, the grass looks green, the path looks beautiful and like it would be so enjoyable to traverse, yet various things would prevent you from being able to go that directions.  God closes what look like amazing doors, and only later can we see the ( Read more... )

It's 2:30 in the am.  I have to be up in 2.5 hours.  Tomorrow is a long, full day ( Read more... )

Today I took 4 people to Windsor to do relief work and we were the first group to be turned away due to TOO MANY VOLUNTEERS!  Go Northern Colorado!  Not that it would have mattered anyway because we forgot to bring along work gloves, sort of a necessity when dealing with sharp debris and fiberglass insulation.  Of course, the number of volunteers ( Read more... )