a year ago this weekend I was in a horrible mood. I was being attacked on all sides with feelings of inadequacy, downtroddenness, and a general feeling of little self-worth ( Read more... )

the way i see it, we have two problems here ( Read more... )

please pray for a friend of mine. they are having a tough time right now. growing up, changing responsibilities, but there is an inertia in most people to see the change. Everyone needs to see that the changes they are working so hard on are actually seen by others, and i hope that this friend knows that their changes have been noted, and applauded ( Read more... )

God grant me the understanding to deal with difficult situations, the patience to forgive continuously, the forgetfulness needed to continue, and Your Peace to comfort me

~Andrea

help me

i'm being stupid again

i hate this

why do we live in such a hate-filled world?
why does the hate always make the news?
tell me something good that happened today.
tell me something God made true.

Love our neighbors as ourselves
turn the other cheek
forgive our enemies, show them love
what we should do week to week

i hear cries, i see stories, my family asking for help
do i help them? do i ( Read more... )

so, the whole vegeterian thing? last night as i was about to fall asleep, it came to me. for me, being mostly vegeterian isn't about the food. it's about the discipline. it will take discipline and dilligence to stick to a diet, and that's what i need to be after. one thing that i can, and should work on now is getting up at seven every morning, ( Read more... )

ok, another of today's miracles --> i got home safely. i have never driven when it has been raining this hard. i was terrified. so, what better to do than pray? see, Zoe had been noisy (road noise, and all that jazz), and, yes, i did have the radio on (i like it when i'm by myself), but the second before i started praying, there was this sense of ( Read more... )

you want to know what my sister just did? she just graduated. yes, i'm talking about sheila here. can you believe it? it's pretty incredible. mom and i were weeping so hard when she got her diploma. we were crying so hard we couldn't clap. but that's ok. sheila received the longest and loudest ovation out of all the graduates. which made us cry ( Read more... )

last week i knew that there was something that i needed placed on the prayer list, but i didn't know what it was. i quickly found out ( Read more... )