Today I was having one of my worst pity-parties:  I thought myself too vain, too self-absorbed.  I got depressed because I blew a way to make a good impression on an acquaintance and her good-looking friends.  I couldn't find it in myself to find a good book to read (and no, not even Harry Potter 7, a series which I haven't been as into as I used ( Read more... )

Wow, it's become very, very easy to just let the days go by without posting so I'm thinking this'll be a lengthy post about this and that---probably in just that organized way.  ^_^

So on my job:  I can't believe it's been a month---I still feel completely exhausted and out of my depth.  To be honest, it's only by God's grace that I feel I'm ( Read more... )

"No retreat,
No return,

No regrets."

- from the diary of a 27-year-old missionary in China

"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."
- Hebrews 11:1

This year has been filled with lots of tremendous ups and downs for me---spiritually and physically speaking.  And I think today God has just reminded me that I do not exist for my own happiness but for His glory.  Sometimes it hurts (and it hurts a lot), and sometimes it's the only way to get through the troubles ahead, but I pray that may we ( Read more... )

( what does it take to truly be generous? )

TRUTHS ABOUT HEAVEN AND HELL

I've read a lot of fanfic---massive, massive amounts of it, especially within the past five or so years---and it just came to my attention that there are times when we writers, especially Christian writers, do our readers a disservice when we write about afterlives.

I've read a number of deathfics where our beloved heroes ( Read more... )