Shine!

In Isaiah 60:1 the Bible says: “Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.” The Lord wants us to arise and to SHINE. Why is that exactly? Let’s look at the verse following. “For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and His glory shall be seen upon thee.” Jesus is the very light of the world, but, unfortunately, darkness covers the earth. As Christians, we have that light of Jesus within us. Our very purpose is to let…

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Dear Time,

I wish to formally request more of you. It has come to my attention as of late that you do not seem to be concerned about my wellbeing. You cannot deny it; the signs have been exceedingly obvious, and rather hurtful I might add. I see you fleeing just when I need you, as if you’re trying to make it harder for me. And then when I search for you, you are nowhere to be seen. Ironically, I lose you, Time, searching for you. Why must you disappear? I find it very rude. I can never find you, and when…

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Contentment

Sometimes I see life like looking through my window. Beyond it, I can see beautiful things—trees flourishing, birds soaring overhead or singing happily in the trees, the cats and dogs running around in blissful freedom—but I’m behind the glass panes, unable to reach the beauty before me, trapped in a humdrum place dreaming of a day I’ll step beyond the window panes into something greater. With these thoughts, discontentment sets in. I’ve been pretty discontent for the last couple of years. Life just hasn’t been everything I wanted it to be. But isn’t that silly? Life isn’t supposed to be…

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100 Cupboards Book Review

Synopsis Lying in bed at night, twelve-year-old Henry York can’t ignore the thumping and scratching he hears on the other side of the attic wall. He scrapes off the plaster and discovers doors—ninety-nine cupboards of all different sizes and shapes. Through one he hears the sound of falling rain. Through another he sees a glowing room—with a man strolling back and forth! Henry and his cousin Henrietta soon understand that these are not just cupboards. They are, in fact, portals to other worlds. Summary 100 Cupboards by N. D. Wilson is the first book in a series of intrigue, adventure,…

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Happy New Year? Oh yes!

First of all, I want to wish all of you a Happy New Year, late though it may be. I, personally, am always very excited about a new year. To me, it is like a blank canvas sitting before you. You do not know what will fill in the blankness, what the coming days will bring. You wonder by the year’s end what that canvas will look like, what memories have been painted on it, forever etched onto its surface. The start of a fresh new year is an exciting time, full of anticipation to see what the days will…

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It was All for You

He humbled Himself for you… He went through persecution for you… He died for you… His love is unconditional towards you… As we celebrate this holiday, let’s remember the Reason for the Season. Remember what Jesus did for me and you. Remember the Ultimate Gift He has given you. “And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.” Luke 2:10-11 I wish you all a very…

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Scrumptious Blog Award

The spectacular Kiri Liz has awarded my blog! Thank you so much, Kiri! Your blog is absolutely scrumptious as well! ^_^ Rules- 1: When you receive the award you must post about it on your blog and leave a link to my blog. 2: Answer all the questions to the tag below. 3: Do not award anyone who has more than one hundred followers. 4: Come up with ten questions for the tag. 5: Keep your questions clean and refrain from using bad language. 6: Tag 5 to 10 people. Here are the questions Kiri has asked: 1. What's your…

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All Done!

FINISHED!!!! As of Monday afternoon, at 143,310 words, I am officially finished with writing my NaNo 2012 novel More Purple than Amethysts. I was determined to finish this story up before New Year’s because I have so many other writing projects I want to work on during 2013. I was terrified I wasn’t going to make it though. By December, I looked at my outline and groaned at how much more of the story I had left. The incentive to finish was with me though as I thought of all the other things I wanted to work on, and I…

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Happy Hobbit Feels

Okay, no spoilers or anything but… I SAW THE HOBBIT YESTERDAY AND IT WAS AMAZING AND EVERYONE SHOULD SEE IT AND JUST AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *dies from overexcitement* Um. Ahem. Yes. I saw The Hobbit movie. And it was wonderful. I have a few complaints, but they followed the book a lot better than I expected, and it was just…beautiful. Absolutely and completely beautiful. The scenery and the music and the actors and just EVERYTHING. I loved it so much, there are no words. HOBBIT. FEELS. EVERYWHERE. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is all.

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