ice cream to has cream
sleeping beauty to sleeping Judy (Dave's doing)
mutual edification to nutual edification
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Grades and Ariannaisms
I have 2 A's so far. God is not only giving me wisdom and ability to do this master's, but then confirming it with A's. I was excited. My professor also gave me what courses to take this whole next year. I am enjoying the break right now and have started reading my next course's books.
Some words Arianna has changed:
Caterpillar to Calipitter
Playground to Prayground
Bathing suit to Babing suit
Hospital to hostitable
We biked from Fall Hill Avenue canal path area down to Fredericksburg, Sophia street. Arianna is doing pretty well. They had discovery days there, celebrating 400 yrs of VA settlement. John Smith's boat, an actual exploring boat that was being manned by 12 young people covering 6 states waterways, Indian reenactments, Soldier displays, etc. It was cute. Some family time-Yay!
Some words Arianna has changed:
Caterpillar to Calipitter
Playground to Prayground
Bathing suit to Babing suit
Hospital to hostitable
We biked from Fall Hill Avenue canal path area down to Fredericksburg, Sophia street. Arianna is doing pretty well. They had discovery days there, celebrating 400 yrs of VA settlement. John Smith's boat, an actual exploring boat that was being manned by 12 young people covering 6 states waterways, Indian reenactments, Soldier displays, etc. It was cute. Some family time-Yay!
Monday, August 13, 2007
More quotes and school is over for now
I am done with 6 credits as of Sunday! I have a break now until September 17th which is much needed. He hasn't graded my last test, but I did well and enjoyed the rest of the assignments. I have the books for my next class and boy are they looloos! I will start reading them early.
Dave and I were married 17yrs on Saturday, August 11th. I got us both nice watches.
Here are more quotes from Reaching Out:
Solitude of the heart is what counts, and is "one of the human capacities that can exist, be maintained and developed in the center of a big city, in the middle of a large crowd and in the context of a very active and productive life....A man or woman who has developed this solitude of heart is no longer pulled apart by the most divergent stimuli of the surrounding world but is able to perceive and understand this world from a quiet inner center."
"with a solitude of the heart, we can listen with attention to the words and the world of others, but when we are driven by loneliness, we tend to select just those remards and events that bring immediate satisfaction to our own craving needs."
"be patient to all that is unsolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves..." Yikes, this is not me yet!
"It is in deep solitude that I find the gentleness with which I can truly love my brothers."
"Without the solitude of heart, our relationships with others easily become needy and greedy, sticky and clinging, dependent and sentimental, exploitative and parasitic, because without the solitude of heart we cannot experience the others as different from ourselves, but only as people who can be used for the fulfillment of our own, often hidden, needs."
When we are with others we should say as a friend in the book said to the author, "I simply want to celebrate some time with you."
I hope you are as convicted as I am after reading these or perhaps you have attained this solitude. How wonderful if you have.
Last week I was in NYC touring and visiting my brother. Our last morning there, there was a great rain and storms and water flooded the subway. A tornado also touched down in Brooklyn which is very odd. (I think it was because I was there). Anyway, all those people who could not get in the subway or buses, were walking on the streets/sidewalks. What a mass of people! It was very hot to top it off. I felt closed in. I thought it was busy in the Washington DC area-Ha! It would take me a while to feel peaceful in the midst of that, but God is not asking me to move there, but only to be content and peaceful right where I am. This is my challenge to myself and you wherever you are.
Dave and I were married 17yrs on Saturday, August 11th. I got us both nice watches.
Here are more quotes from Reaching Out:
Solitude of the heart is what counts, and is "one of the human capacities that can exist, be maintained and developed in the center of a big city, in the middle of a large crowd and in the context of a very active and productive life....A man or woman who has developed this solitude of heart is no longer pulled apart by the most divergent stimuli of the surrounding world but is able to perceive and understand this world from a quiet inner center."
"with a solitude of the heart, we can listen with attention to the words and the world of others, but when we are driven by loneliness, we tend to select just those remards and events that bring immediate satisfaction to our own craving needs."
"be patient to all that is unsolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves..." Yikes, this is not me yet!
"It is in deep solitude that I find the gentleness with which I can truly love my brothers."
"Without the solitude of heart, our relationships with others easily become needy and greedy, sticky and clinging, dependent and sentimental, exploitative and parasitic, because without the solitude of heart we cannot experience the others as different from ourselves, but only as people who can be used for the fulfillment of our own, often hidden, needs."
When we are with others we should say as a friend in the book said to the author, "I simply want to celebrate some time with you."
I hope you are as convicted as I am after reading these or perhaps you have attained this solitude. How wonderful if you have.
Last week I was in NYC touring and visiting my brother. Our last morning there, there was a great rain and storms and water flooded the subway. A tornado also touched down in Brooklyn which is very odd. (I think it was because I was there). Anyway, all those people who could not get in the subway or buses, were walking on the streets/sidewalks. What a mass of people! It was very hot to top it off. I felt closed in. I thought it was busy in the Washington DC area-Ha! It would take me a while to feel peaceful in the midst of that, but God is not asking me to move there, but only to be content and peaceful right where I am. This is my challenge to myself and you wherever you are.
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