Ego no siempre fidelis, sed Dios siempre fidelis, siempre indulget.
Lord, I come on bended knee,
Begging for your forgiveness.
Once again, I have failed the King,
Inciting righteous wrath,
And judgement.
But you have said that there is:
"no condemnation for those
who are under Christ Jesus".
And for this, I thank you.
You have said that we have been:
"Justified.. by grace".
And even when we sin,
That grace is still there.
Lord, merciful Heavenly father,
You have chosen us before time.
Knowing what evil deeds,
we would commit,
but choosing us anyway.
And for this, I thank you.
Lord, "forgive us
our trespasses".
Our evil deeds are,
beyond measure,
and even our "good deeds,
are like filthy rags in your sight.
Continue to purge me,
Ridding me of this sin.
You have sent the Holy Spirit.
And for this, I thank you.
"Empty me, of the selfishness inside.
Every vain ambition,
And the poison of my pride...
Lord empty me, of me,
So I can be,
Filled with you."
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
An early snow.
Wow! Yesterday (15-1-13), it snowed. Yay! It's so early. Very shocking. Coming right after I had said that we needed another hard freeze to delay the mowing season and kill the bugs. It was the first real snow that we had had on this wonderful three-acre property, so we had lots of fun, and lots more snow! With a good accumulation of 1.5-2 inches of mixed sleet from the night, and snow from the day, it was wonderful. Despite that the winter didn't come in until Christmas Day, it has been a good one so far. all shallow standing water was frozen when we left at 03:00 this afternoon, and we are still finding drifts and ice in cold, shaded places.
My room has no insulation, and is very cold. However, the summer is forecasted to be very hot again. We could use a lot of rain. The reservoir has gotten very low. but the burn ban as been lifted for a little while, so we took advantage of it and burned a lot of trash wood. It was a great, huge fire, with sparks going everywhere, amazing. Heb. 12:29.
Kristen Culp is renting out the little cottage on our property now. Fun fixing that place up. School started last week. Going well so far. However, the hours that we played in the snow Tuesday wrecked my schedule. Dad's job is going well at Fossil Rim. He becomes an official employee with all the required and included benefits that come with it and are not always possible for the company to provide. Sorry, I need to stop dropping random political jokes and jabs too much , but I couldn't resist that one. In case none of y'all know, Dad oversees the homeschool outreach &c at Fossil Rim, a local reserve.
Sorry for not posting in so long. We are getting Internet at my house soon, so that problem should be fixed. Also, sorry for any typos. The library computers have large. clunky keyboards that my fingers are not used to. Google's spell check does not catch everything.
My room has no insulation, and is very cold. However, the summer is forecasted to be very hot again. We could use a lot of rain. The reservoir has gotten very low. but the burn ban as been lifted for a little while, so we took advantage of it and burned a lot of trash wood. It was a great, huge fire, with sparks going everywhere, amazing. Heb. 12:29.
Kristen Culp is renting out the little cottage on our property now. Fun fixing that place up. School started last week. Going well so far. However, the hours that we played in the snow Tuesday wrecked my schedule. Dad's job is going well at Fossil Rim. He becomes an official employee with all the required and included benefits that come with it and are not always possible for the company to provide. Sorry, I need to stop dropping random political jokes and jabs too much , but I couldn't resist that one. In case none of y'all know, Dad oversees the homeschool outreach &c at Fossil Rim, a local reserve.
Sorry for not posting in so long. We are getting Internet at my house soon, so that problem should be fixed. Also, sorry for any typos. The library computers have large. clunky keyboards that my fingers are not used to. Google's spell check does not catch everything.
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Apathy
"Natalynn, do you realize you just saw history?" That was my remark to my younger sister after we watched Michael Phelps win his record 19th gold medal.
"Hm," and a frustratingly apathetic shrug was all that came from the new nine-year-old.
"Natalynn, you know how Mom and Dad talk about Nadia Blackovitch (actually, it's Comanecie, but didn't remember that at the time.), well this is the Nadia of our day, except better."
The same response was all that I got from Neema.
Did she not get it? No, I think she just didn't care, 'cause she sure got Gabby Douglas.
And nothing I can do can change it, showing every race Michael Phelps ever swam, in his life, from every angle that there was, slow motion, regular, and backwards just won't cut it. If she doesn't care, she just doesn't care.
This scenario can become an excellent theological example.
If I'm witnessing to an atheist, or a muslim, or anybody else, if they don't care, I can yammer on 'till my lungs burst, but, it ain't going to help them none 'til they care. An apathetic person is impossible to convert.
But, God can unplug that little cork on their cold heart's wall, and once that dam's been uncorked, there's no holding it back.
So if you're witnessing to a resistant friend, you can't do nothing except pray, so do that.
"Hm," and a frustratingly apathetic shrug was all that came from the new nine-year-old.
"Natalynn, you know how Mom and Dad talk about Nadia Blackovitch (actually, it's Comanecie, but didn't remember that at the time.), well this is the Nadia of our day, except better."
The same response was all that I got from Neema.
Did she not get it? No, I think she just didn't care, 'cause she sure got Gabby Douglas.
And nothing I can do can change it, showing every race Michael Phelps ever swam, in his life, from every angle that there was, slow motion, regular, and backwards just won't cut it. If she doesn't care, she just doesn't care.
This scenario can become an excellent theological example.
If I'm witnessing to an atheist, or a muslim, or anybody else, if they don't care, I can yammer on 'till my lungs burst, but, it ain't going to help them none 'til they care. An apathetic person is impossible to convert.
But, God can unplug that little cork on their cold heart's wall, and once that dam's been uncorked, there's no holding it back.
So if you're witnessing to a resistant friend, you can't do nothing except pray, so do that.
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