I know how bothersome 'friends only' journals can be, yet it must be so for mine. By no means is it to keep people from reading, I just like to be able to moderate who reads my thoughts. Currently, I am accepting new friends on a limited basis.

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This has bothered me all week, ever since I found out about it a few hours after it happened. I couldn't really bear to post about it till now. Honestly, I really have no words to say, none that would be fitting. Yet the Amish, truly are a people with an unshakeable faith in God. They have done what many could not: they have forgiven a man who was ( Read more... )

The countdown begins in earnest:

7.5 days, or so, until opening day!

"For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind." - II Timothy 1:7 ( Read more... )

This is the Pledge of Allegiance:

"I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands; one nation under God, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all."

A lot of you have probably heard or read this passage of Scripture a million times, but in any case, I think that it is an important reminder ( Read more... )

For me, every day usually begins the same way. After whispering a prayer and blearily stumbling out of bed, I get dressed, eat my breakfast, grab my satchel, and am at the beginning of my journey for another day at school. Keys in hand, I walk to the car, unlock the doors, deposit myself and my belongings inside, and then I’m driving down the road ( Read more... )

Like on September 11th, I'm trying to think of words and yet they won't come... I don't think that there are any residents of Britain on my friends list, but even still, I feel it necessary to say something. What happened this morning was a wicked, monsterous, act and I extend to you my sympathy. My prayers are with you...

The Lord cause His ( Read more... )