--Found out that cars make for nice closets (Hannah knows... :)
--Constructed an idea for a new novella (It's got an awesome twist at the end)
--Decided I like "Deathcab for Cutie"
--Realized college isn't the most glorious stage of life
--Soul-searched and thought hard on selflessness and selfishness
--Got really bored
--Danced in a happy, Christian way
--Ate too many cookies
--Discovered coffee on an empty stomach feels reeaally strange
--Attempted to daydream, and realized I've forgotten how (when did I get to be so realistic?)
--Analyzed relationships between fictional professors, magicians, students and the mentally disturbed
--Decided that I need (want) to do some serious clothes-shopping
--Studied Philemon in order to decide whether or not Onesimus was a runaway slave (I'm undecided)
--Thought on altruism and wondered if Jared is right about how atruism is impossible (and then applied it to Jesus...which made the whole thing more complicated)
-Slept and cramped my back and neck and legs and earlobes and eyelids and everything else on my skinny little body
I'm glad to be back on solid land, but now I have maaany things to do. I thought I had two and half weeks before Christmas break, but the girls reminded me tonight that it starts next week. Wow, am I out of the loop!
Please say a prayer for me. God will know what it's about :) I need His love and strength so much. Ha, sometimes I don't feel like I'm just the weaker vessel, but an old vase about to crumble into dust. I hope all my mistakes can somehow bring glory to His name -- He's just powerful like that, and sometimes works His very best with the very least of people. I'm very grateful to have Him in my life right now.
I love you all! Let me know if I can do anything for you ;-)
His Joyful Servant,
Emily
Restore unto me the JOY of Your salvation,
And sustain in me a WILLING spirit. Psalm 51:12
to comment on your part about being the weaker vessel... I have been thinking a lot lately how I seem to make a mistake and then realize it and tell myself not to do it again, but then like sometimes literally 15 minutes later I catch myself doing it again, without even thinking about it. That's when I am remind about how weak I am... and I like how you put it "an old vase about to crumble into dust."
The thing about altruism is that I think it depends on how exactly you define it. I remember when we studied it in class and on the one hand, it seemed possible, and on the other hand -- completely impossible.
I think it's hilarious that after your note about forgetting how to daydream, you talked about analyzing relationships between fictional professors, wizards, and the insane. :D
At my grandparents. I'm actually able to study here... so maybe I'll never go back to Tampa, because here I could make much better grades!
My grandmother is funny. I just showed her pictures of all my friends... Oh, how her commentary would make others blush :)
I love Alabama. It is exquisite! God sure knew what He was doing when He formed this piece of Southern land ...But I'd still like to travel up north and see the land He's made up there, too!
Life is swell ;) I miss everyone and am thinking and praying for you!
I can hear her comments, even without being there. Really missed all of you this Thanksgiving. We did enjoy our company though. They stayed until 10:30 so I guess they enjoyed themselves as well.
May God help all His little children, and make us selfless brothers and sisters who give before we take, share our worries and prayers with one another, and bless the ones we love -- just like Boaz, Ruth and Naomi did :)
