is one of the most amazing qualities. To become wise takes time, experience, observation. I love to look at elderly people and wonder about the wisdom they have acquired over their life ( Read more... )

"Church taught me how to shout and how to speak in tongues,
But preacher, teach me how to live now when the tongue is done..."
~ Kirk Franklin

Proverbs are funny:

"Better to be poor and honest,
than be to a dishonest fool."

Haha, if I'm choosing between those two, then of course I'd choose the former.

Shouldn't it say:

"Better to be poor and honest,
than to be rich and dishonest."
?

I dunno, maybe I'm missing something here...

Do you sometimes long to write down something so badly, but have nothing come?
Or you can hear this melody in your head that is absolutely beautiful, but when you sing it out loud it sounds the same as everything else you've composed?
Why are we given a passion for something when the result of our efforts just doesn't seem good enough?

...would include:
My Bible
Folded hands
Blank paper
A pen
My guitar
Runners
Nature
A tent
Some food

And that is all. And it would not be to learn about myself, it would be to learn about God. Because I believe that once I really learn more about who God is, then I will learn more about who I am supposed to be.

Today was pretty much the funnest day ( Read more... )

Do you ever just like to stay up really late ( Read more... )

I saw this elderly couple today.
The women rested her left hand on her husbands knee, and he lightly placed his left hand on hers.
Their wedding bands sparkled brilliantly.
Every so often he would trace her hand with his finger.

That's love.

A dimly lit stage ( Read more... )

Do you ever feel like Scripture isn't enough to back up your opinions in a secular environment? Sometimes I'm quiet during discussions at the U of M, because I just don't know how to prove myself without bringing God into it ( Read more... )