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| Unopened packages, half-colored canvases
Are all too familiar to me
Bread that's still baking, memoirs in the making
A puzzle that's missing a piece
And are these things these unfinished things all that different from me
What a consolation to me Im not presentation ready
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| Hey yoos!!
wow, poor xanga has been lost of the shadow of myspace and facebook. I feel weird even uttering those names on xanga because surely he must be sensative about it all. Xanga is like the younger brother who is always trying to be better than the older wiser myspace! Poor xanga. I shall upease you.
Well, much has happened this summer. Im doing my internship in chicago and have learned so much. My family moved to Ohio and they are doing great. God is really providing for them there. My brother joined the army and got engaged to his girlfriend. Crazy! Sethybethy will be a hubbywubby! whoa! Everything is going great and im loving this summer, but cna't wait for next school year! Im excited!
Let me know how you all are, those whose loyalty still lies in the faithful xanga, that is!
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| Everything's changing and there's no Mayonaise!
When my 17 year old sister Jenny was a small child, she was such a soft hearted little thing. Seth and i would be in a fist fight and she would be crying at the sight of her siblings in such a tuffle. One day, as we were in the middle of a big move, (my family did that a lot) we found Jenny crouched in a corner, wailing as she was cuddling our dog. "Im not gonna have any friends, I don't want to unload the dishwasher, everything's changing, and there's no mayonaise!" She had tried to make herself a sandwich and found the comdement jar empty.
I feel like that right now. Im in Chicago, (which im loving) but don't really know about future plans. Seth joined the army yesterday. My parents are moving to Toledo, my sister might stay behind with my grandparents and finish school there in order to be close to her boyfriend. My older sister will be even further from Toledo. (she's in Montana) Visits will be rare. Everything changing and there's no mayonaise!! | | |
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Sometimes i feel like i've begun to see christians the way the world does. Flaky or farce. And the more people disappoint, the more im sadly disillusioned. I feel confused and can't tell if everyone has slowly changed or if my eyes have been opened to a harsh reality that had previously existed outside of my knowledge and understanding. Not such a great outlook, i know. Im trying... I konw that my only hope it to stay transfixed on the One who will never disappoint. While people may seem less than genuine, I know i serve a God who is la vida real. All i can do is ensure IM genuine! |
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I was doing a reading summary today and had a wonderful consolation of a thought: Although we were made in the image of God, He is not like us.
It's easy to get a skewed perspective of what is characteristic of God from sources outside of the Bible. Take Greek mythology for instance: the Greek gods are spoiled, selfish, lustful, spiteful creatures who take pride in being able to bend and control mortals and who's only difference from the mortals is that very control. Incredibly human in nature. What else would a deity be right?
Im so thankful that God is not like me. If he were, he would buy too many clothes and eat too much chocolate, and not shower enough. |
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