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Sunday, June 22, 2008

James 1:2-4 ("Shit Happens for a Reason") Quotemania!
Because I can never stop writing about it and apparently, neither can a lot of people.

The Weaver’s Work
My life is but a weaving, between God and me.
I do not choose the colours, He worketh steadily.
Oftimes He weaveth sorrow, and I, in foolish pride,
Forget He sees the upper, and I, the underside.
Not till the loom is silent and the shutters cease to fly,
Will God unroll the canvas and explain the reasons why
The dark threads are as needful in the skilful Weaver’s hand
As the threads of gold and silver in the pattern He has planned.
(Corrie Ten Boom)

Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our path, is the perfect preparation for a future only He can see. (Corrie Ten Boom)

God's promises are like the stars: the darker the night, the brighter they shine. (David Nicholas)

Failure gave me an inner security that I had never attained by passing examinations. Failure taught me things about myself that I could have learnt no other way. I discovered that I had a strong will, and more discipline than I had suspected.... the knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you are, ever after, secure in your ability to survive. (JK Rowling, speech to Harvard University graduates in June 2008)

I was sieving through the things I could talk to the A&G girls about, that I could talk to them on the same level as- I had no experience in divorce or teenage pregnancies or drugs- why on earth would they want to listen? It later became clear. I would be a lot less equipped had the path I had walked been smoother. And I was grateful.

And for the most literal example... a couple moments ago, I turned off the light in my bedroom and only then, noticed that I had left the connecting bathroom light on through the door slit. If not for the temporary darkness in the bedroom, I wouldn't have seen the error, raising the electricity bill and my mum's temper.

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I bumped into a friend who I hadn't seen for ages and in which the friendship had grown cold for fuzzy and uncomfortable reasons. In the moment of seeing this friend, I was so happy that I completely forgot what had happened in the first place, and just wanted to catch up.

Time is truly God's salve.

"There is no pit so deep that God’s love is not deeper still."

10:01 PM
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Friday, June 20, 2008

"The LORD does not look at the things man looks at"

I have always thought of myself as a very quiet person, up until recently, where I have had the privilege of meeting a very special girl. She is the sort that talks very little and very softly. She is the sort that most people would brush aside as being a wallflower. However, when she does share, whether in the rare times verbally or through email, she is the most incredibly sincere person I have ever met, and her deep love for others is apparent. She is not in the least influenced by peer pressure and the world's standards, and is not in the least bothered about blending in or looking good/appearing popular outwardly. I have never heard her talk rubbish, or engage in the idle talk most of us love because it doesn't require much thought and avoids the serious issues. Sometimes I wonder what goes on inside her head, and I suspect its wondering how much rubbish the typical person spouts a day and putting up with it, and is too polite to tell us so! :b

Such people's perspectives are so important because they view the world so differently from the crowd, and point out details that pretty much everyone overlooks. It's no wonder that most of the revolutionaries and geniuses of the world never fit into the crowd.

"Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."

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A verse that jumped out of the page today for me when I was randomly searching.

God will bring down their pride
despite the cleverness of their hands.
He will bring down your high fortified walls
and lay them low;
he will bring them down to the ground,
to the very dust.
Isaiah 25:11-12

7:19 PM
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