December 2009
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“On my door is a cartoon of two turtles. One says, ‘Sometimes I would like to ask...”
– Lee Strobel - The Case For Faith (via setfreebyyou) (via humbleservant)
Dec 31st
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Dec 24th
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 20th
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“Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is...”
– Hosea Ballou
Dec 19th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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“The strength of a man’s virtue should not be measured by his special...”
– Blaise Pascal
Dec 18th
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reminder
You know how sometimes you learn a really big thing. A thing so big that it really changes your life. For a while anyway. Some things fade a little with time. Reminders are good, but in my experience it can be almost as though I have to learn the same things all over again, perhaps just from a different angle. It happened again this week. I had let myself get caught in the intimidation =...
Dec 17th
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Dec 17th
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Dec 17th
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Dec 16th
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innocent untill proven guilty →
Came across this in an online newspaper today. It makes me sick to think of someone’s life wasted in such an irrepairable way. Twenty eight years. Thats how old I am. Thinking of all that time that I’ve had, and that has been taken away from this man breaks my heart. How do you even start building a life again? With all the changes gone on in technological advancement, the way society...
Dec 16th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 14th
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“A holy life has a voice. It speaks when the tongue is silent, and is either a...”
– Hinton
Dec 14th
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plug sockets
Due to a cold and a reasonable dose of self pity, it has now been two weeks since my running shoes were last excercised. This is unacceptable, of course, so I decided that today was the day that would make the difference, break the tradition of defeat. The world still cloacked in darkness an early bird could have spotted me stealthily sneaking out of the house so as not to wake anyone from their...
Dec 14th
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Dec 13th
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Dec 13th
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“Maturity doesn’t come with age; it comes with acceptance of...”
– Ed Cole
Dec 13th
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precious
Last night was ace. Spending time with churched and unchurched youth alike at our Friday night youth evenings is not only a question of hanging in there at times (hormones raging at high volume), but is also very rewarding as I get to know some of the kids and vice versa. The proof thereof came from one of the unchurched girls that comes to the youth group with her friends. I had missed last week...
Dec 12th
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Dec 11th
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“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heal that has crushed...”
– Mark Twain
Dec 11th
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Dec 11th
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“Let this be thy whole endeavor, this thy prayer, this thy desire,—that...”
– Thomas à Kempis
Dec 10th
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tying up loose ends
It’s interesting how things develop over time. Most things do, come to think of it. Like my sense of being at home here in the UK, for instance. I felt like I was getting closer after bringing all my things over this last weekend. Having now FINALLY managed to sign out of the Dutch registry brings with it another sense of closure to my time in Amsterdam. Just one or two more things left to...
Dec 10th
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Dec 8th
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to Amsterdam and back
My room pretty much looks like a tornado hosted a house party in it. But after a CRAZY weekend trip to Amsterdam, all my things are now in storage just down the road. Driving an English vehicle for the first time ever was a bit of a challenge. Especially since this vehicle was a long wheel based, high top, van. (Speaking of being thrown in the deep end!) Due to comlications I ended up driving the...
Dec 8th
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“God is not what you imagine or what you think you understand. If you understand...”
– St. Augustine
Dec 6th
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where did the time go?
     http://hannahsworld.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/heart-art/ Ten years today. Never thought I’d be single for a whole decade, but there you go, hey ho. I’ve been thinking that rather than submerge in a sea of self pity and wallow for a while, I’d take a bit of time and give thanks in stead. While I hadn’t exactly planned for it to be this way, I have (again) had to...
Dec 4th
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Dec 3rd
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it ain't about me
There is so much for me yet to learn, I try not to think about it too much. Apart from such thoughts being quite overwhelming, I might as well just get on with it! However, every now and then an area with distinct learning opportunities stands out to me in a way that requires a little thinking about. It happened as recently as this week! It doesn’t take very much for me to get caught up in...
Dec 3rd
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Dec 1st
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