February 2012
Still more scrabble:
Mum: Can you have trug?
Dad: TRUG? That's not a word!
Mum: Like you trug along!
Dad: You TRUDGE along!
Mum: In Scotland, you trug!
Scrabble with my mum:
Mum: I'm gonna win!
Later...
Mum: Is "li" a word?
Dad: No.
Mum: Is "di" a word?
Dad: No.
Mum: Is "gi" a word?
Dad: Shall we just look up all the two letter words ending in I?
Kirsten: You can do "pi".
Mum: I don't have a "p". This is hurting my pride. We should play Scottish scrabble. Then I'd win.
Later...
Mum: I'm gonna win! You wait and see!
I’m tempted to cover The Book Of Love, because even though I think the lyrics are very slightly stupid, it’s so simple and lovely.
TBH. Never honest.
outburst:
do you ever cry because you’re not british
ALL. THE. TIME.
Can’t say I do.
He said “I am God, and I am bigger than this.”
David Crowder* Band | Stars
Only halfway in.
But when there was pity, And when there was wealth, You wasted neither on yourself.
The only resolution (and the only joy) is the faint spark of forgiveness in your eye.
I think the wedding march just came on shuffle on my iPod.
TOMORROW IS MANSHIRT MONDAY!
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Sarah’s dad got these really awesome headphones on business, and, for some reason decided that I should have them. I think the idea is that, since they’re noise cancelling, they’d be solid for drumming. And they are. They’re also perfect for recording. But, mostly, I’m using them for shutting everything but quality music out when I’m trying to work. Quality...
To do
I’m such a to do list type person. No joke. I have, in my mind, a list of a hundred things I need to do (at least 80 of which are absolutely pointless!), and I have them ordered according to priority, and at the end of the day, it’s tiring. And I think the best to do list is: Know God. Love God. Rest in God. And really, my part of this can be summarized. Read scripture, communicate...
I have to remember that, despite everything I am told by “society” (whatever that really means), and by my peers and by myself, my age, my intelligence, how awesome I am at stuff, what I like… it’s all somewhat irrelevant, because you don’t have to be smart to have wisdom. You don’t have to be educated to do God’s work. You don’t have to be old to...
I’m already starting to feel school piling up, but I trust my God, and I have peace this term.
We ran out of cups...
And so my mum gave me cranberry juice in a wine glass, and now I’m sitting here, working, sipping my cranberry juice all like…
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Oh telescope, keep an eye on my only hope, lest I blink and get swept off the narrow road.
Wondrous things:
Owl city
That slightly stiff ski feeling
WatchLesson of the day: observe “slow” signs; people will come out of nowhere, and, before you even see a thing or know what’s happening, you’ll be on the ground.
I had one ski gone, a helmet seriously shifted, goggles off, and my glasses smushed up my helmet. My mum figured I must have broken something, but, actually, it was painless.
Interesting fact:
If you show up while I am making music, it will take me forever to notice. And when I notice, I will jump out of my skin and scream. My famjam and Sarah have learned this…
Your grace has found me just as I am:
Empty handed but alive in your hands.
222. God is glorious.
teardropinthesea:
I will never fully understand. I will never earn my redemption. by His grace alone I am saved. His love has overcome. He is my everything.
January 2012
“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.”
– Corrie ten Boon (via truespirituality)
“You cant make a good sword without surrendering it to the fire for a time. Makes...”
– (via in-the-afterglow)
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Sometimes | David Crowder* Band
Also, man do I...
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many...”
– James 1:2-7
deepestsecrets:
This is, admittedly, not at all...
Little awesome things:
Knowing that some things say the same, when asked, “Can I rant to you about Sherlock now?”
The realization that people are usually willing to offer grace and compassion makes it easier to come to the conclusion that God offers such things.
Even though I don’t date and am not frequently faced with situations involving sex, having the pregnancy care center people come to youth tonight was really solid, because there was a lot of focus on commitment. And one can’t invest completely and totally in everyone they know, but I feel like it was such a refresher to be reminded to be patient with and offer grace to those I have...
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The Many Mispronunciation’s of Sofia Vergara’s ‘Gloria’
I love Gloria!
I spend my life to know, and I’m far from close, to all you are: the greatness of our God.
And what’s the use of the finest voice if you’ve nothing good to say?
“In my early professionals years I was asking the question: How can I treat, or...”
– Carl Rogers (via onlinecounsellingcollege)
Almost daily I find myself freaked about physics, wondering if it’s really something that I’m good at, and whether it’s what I should be pursuing. For a brief moment, the idea of doing anything other than physics is ghastly. But then I remember that there was a time when I wanted to grow up to be barbie. Maybe it wouldn’t be so bad if it turned out that that wasn’t...