February 2011
126 posts
Don't you know who you are?
You are more than the choices that you’ve made, You are more than the sum of your past mistakes, You are more than the problems you create, You’ve been remade.
Galatians 5:19-26 →
January 2011
63 posts
Depth and dimension.
So much growth!!
“This is a book in favor of doing - self-directed, purposeful, meaningful life...”
– First paragraph of Instead of Education by John Holt….immersing myself in the controversial world of education once again..
“A tree house, a free house,
A secret you and me house,
A high up in the leafy...”
– Tree House, from Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
“We are miles from wisdom because the internet encourages the opposite of what...”
“A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.”
– William Arthur Ward; Smiles cross all boundaries. :D
“Whatever makes us more and more able to enjoy making much of God is a mercy. ...”
– Don’t Waste Your Life, John Piper
“For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. I have been...”
– Galatians 2:19-20
“Every breath we take, every time our heart beats, every day that the sun rises,...”
– Don’t Waste Your Life, John Piper
“You don’t have to know a lot of things for your life to make a lasting...”
– Don’t Waste Your Life, John Piper
“Love has been almost completely distorted in our world. For most people, to be...”
– Don’t Waste Your Life, John Piper
“Besides being complicated, reality, in my experience, is usually odd. It is not...”
– C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
“In religion as in war and everything else, comfort is the one thing you cannot...”
– C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
“If ever there is a tomorrow when we’re not together, there is something you must...”
– Winnie the Pooh :]
“Love is the great conqueror of lust.”
– C. S. Lewis - Love and lust are complete opposites, never compatible in any way.
“Close my eyes for a while
Force from the world a patient smile”
“So come out of your cave walking on your hands
And see the world hanging upside...”
The only time cereal is good is late at night..
Babies are awesome mimickers!!
“The love of God is one of the greatest realities of the universe, a pillar upon...”
– A. W. Tozer
Proving theorems!
So satisfying….:)
Windchimes make everything more magical.
“We must lay before Him what is in us, not what ought to be in us.”
– C.S. Lewis - A struggle for me, from time to time
“Tell me now where was my fault…in loving you with my whole heart?”
– Mumford and Sons
Exhausted in every possible way to be exhausted.
“She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just...”
– The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Today..
Two things:
1. After spending almost a year and a half with Charlotte, I realized that I absolutely cannot wait until I have my own kids who I can spend all day with and go on adventures with and read to and teach. So far, having Charlotte to take care of has been waaay more fun than I ever thought it would be.
2. If feminists actually hung out with little kids a lot, I don’t think...
“Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it...”
– John 15:4 - John 15 is my chapter of the month :]