This Weekend

I was going to:
Work Friday afternoon.
Spend the Friday night and Saturday at the home of one of my very dearest friends.
Go to my little brother's baptism on Sunday.
It would be a fun weekend spent with family and friends.

I ended up:
Calling in sick Friday.
Instead I spent the next 3 days doing variations of the following:
Coughing
Blowing my nose
Wishing I could breath normally
Attempting to talk
Not being able to talk
Taking my temperature
Taking it again
Taking vitamins
Drinking honey lemon water
Not really sleeping
Not really eating
Wishing I was at Lillie's
Wishing I could go to Luke's baptism
Wishing I wasn't home alone

Oh the irony of a sudden summer cold.

Women Of Fath

Like
Deborah,

I will serve the Lord in power and speak His Word without fear.


Like
Esther,

I will intercede for God's people before His throne.


Like
Abigail,

I will humble myself to wash the feet of the servants of the Lord.


Like
Sarah,

I will respect my husband and his ministry to the Lord.


Like
Hannah,

I will dedicate my children to the Lord.


Like
Priscilla,

I will explain the way of God more perfectly to those who are seeking.


Like the
Shunamite widow,

I will trust God in the day of adversity.


Like
Lydia,

I will be a worshiper of God and open my home to his ministers.


Like
Tabitha,

I will always do good and help the poor.


Like
Joanna,

I will use my wealth to support the ministry of Jesus.


Like
Mary, the mother of Jesus,

I will hear the word of God to me and answer, "Be it unto me as you have said."


Like
Mary, the sister of Martha,

I will know the voice of Jesus and hear His words.


Like
Mary, the mother of Mark,

I will make my home a haven for the followers of Jesus.


Like
Mary, the Magdalene,

I will keep at the feet of Jesus and love Him unto death.


~ Anonymous

I saw this on The IDD Blog and thought it was lovely and though provoking. I hope you agree!

Very True and Terribly Sad

Hey

How ya doin'?

I'm not bad... nothing to complain about.

A little news but not much:

I won 2nd place in a local writing contest.

I'm starting full time work this week.

As usual, no pictures, sorry!

But I thought I should post because it's been awhile.

So here I am, posting.

That's about it.

Bye.

Oh, just for fun:

Why do We Write? *Evil Laugh*

"Some people assume that authors write books because we have vivid imaginations and want to share our vision. Other people think we write because we are bursting with and therefore must scribble those stories down in moments of propondenty. Both groups are completely wrong. Authors write books for one and only one reason. Because we like to torture people. Now actual torture in frowned upon in civilized society, fortunately the authorial community has discovered in story telling an even more powerful and fulfilling means of causing agony. We write stories, and by doing so we engage in a perfectly legal way of doing all sorts of terrible things to our readers. Take for instance, the word I used above, "propondenty", there is no such word. I made it up. Why? Because it amused me to think of thousands of readers looking up a nonsense word in their dictionaries. Authors also create wonderful loving characters, then proceed to do terrible things to them. This makes the readers feel hurt and worried for the characters. The simple truth is: authors like making people squirm. If this weren't the case, all novels would be full of cute bunnies having birthday parties. So now you know why I would write a book. Ask yourself this: would any kindhearted individual become an author? Of course not. So there.

~Alcatraz Vs. the Evil Librarians
By Brandon Sanderson

NOTE: I am posting this quote purely because it makes me laugh, I do not in any way agree with the statement above and I can't actually recommend this book out right. It mentions magic and can be quite silly. I enjoyed it as a light read, but I can guarantee that not everyone will.

The Distortion of Beauty

I've seen this video a couple of times, every time I get this sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. These people are debasing God's greatest creation. Stripping it of it's gorgeous uniqueness and degrading to man's low standard of so called "beauty". Ugh.