This post makes me happy, but also sad. Sweet little Taiwanese babies at Home of God’s Love orphanage. My cousin’s son is the one in bottom chewing his little fist.

In regards to career, education… aka the future.

James 4:13-16

13-15And now I have a word for you who brashly announce, “Today—at the latest, tomorrow—we’re off to such and such a city for the year. We’re going to start a business and make a lot of money.” You don’t know the first thing about tomorrow. You’re nothing but a wisp of fog, catching a brief bit of sun before disappearing. Instead, make it a habit to say, “If the Master wills it and we’re still alive, we’ll do this or that.”

16-17As it is, you are full of your grandiose selves. All such vaunting self-importance is evil. In fact, if you know the right thing to do and don’t do it, that, for you, is evil. [from The Message]

Such a great feeling to see your favorite band live for the first time. Watch the videos below for a taste. [Not the Minneapolis show I was at, but still great.]

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1. Be listening for His “still small voice”

2. Pray fervently

3. Meditate on such verses as Prov. 3:5-6 and Phil. 1:6

4. Think about quotes such as Frederick’s and these ones: “Nothing great has been and nothing great will be done without passion.” “My life is not my own.”

5. Become more confident

6. Get advice (from wise people)

“The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” — Frederick Buechner

[If only I was brave enough to literally tattoo this on my body.]

Serious question. What education/experiences do I need to work at an adoption agency? Because… yeah. I think that’s what I most want to do.

[I think. I'm just reveling in the possibilities at this point. Graduation is messing with my mind.]

For some women, the contents of their purse reveals a lot about them.

For me, the contents of my cell phone’s notepad say a lot. So, exactly how my notepad looks…

Shop smart

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Things are starting to get strange all our friends Yessss there i know we’re gonna meet some day in the crumble of financial institutions

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So let my love give you roots and help you find your wings.

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Have no envy and no fear

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As a plug for my friend Megan’s new blog, I’d like to post this video. She’d been talking about getting a ferret for several months. Three out of her four roommates are for it. But still no ferret. I sent this to Megan and she showed it to the ferret-hating friend who still hates ferrets but now LOVES this video. The two of them watch it and imitate the way to ferrets move. And we’re adults.

MY LORD GOD, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road, though I may know nothing about it. Therefore I will trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.

- Thomas Merton, “Thoughts in Solitude“

I’m blessed to have multiple wonderful women in my life who are great resources and share great resources. Poems and song lyrics speak to me especiallly much. Tonight in Bible study, we listened to this song…

In Exile
by Thrice

I am in exile, a sojourner
A citizen of some other place
All I’ve seen is just a glimmer in a shadowy mirror
But I know, one day well see face to face

I am a nomad, a wanderer
I have nowhere to lay my head down
There’s no point in putting roots too deep when I’m moving on
Not settling for this unsettling town

My heart is filled with songs of forever
The city that endures when all is made new
I know I don’t belong here, I’ll never
Call this place my home, I’m just passing through

I am a pilgrim, a voyager
I wont rest until my lips touch the shore
Of the land that I’ve been longing for as long as I’ve lived
Where they’ll be no pain or tears anymore

My heart is filled with songs of forever
The city that endures when all is made new
I know I don’t belong here, I’ll never
Call this place my home, I’m just passing through

Such great truth!

[And another thing: I will never forget that God's timing is perfect because I have seen evidence of it in my life (and the lives of others) over and over again. Praise God for answered prayers and a plan far greater than our own.]