Celebrating life with someone you love should be summed up to this:

Every burden I have carried
Every joy -- it's understood
Life with you is half as hard
And twice as good.

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  5 Then at last the Lord of Heaven’s Armies
      will himself be Israel’s glorious crown.
   He will be the pride and joy
      of the remnant of his people.
 6 He will give a longing for justice
      to their judges.
   He will give great courage
      to their warriors who stand at the gates.

12 God has told his people,
   “Here is a place of rest;
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You ever get the feeling that you just gained a trusted alliance with one of the most senior leaders in another business unit, but might have inadvertently created an enemy in your direct boss?

Lord, either change me, or change the boss. I speak shalom peace and rest in this complicated season.

THE LORD is my Shepherd [to feed, guide, and shield me ( Read more... )

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Having slept at 1.30am the night before, my mind, body and soul craved for coffee endlessly the minute I stepped into church at 7.30 this morn (and thankfully someone blessed me with a cuppa). Unfortunately despite the caffeine fix, I was very close to dozing off in the middle of another exciting sermon during second service, and I was more than ( Read more... )

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 Boundless' latest article touched on the author's coping with her personal emotional funk, with the following quote:

When tragedy hits your life, you don't just lose a thing or a person. You lose the way you used to see the world.

I'm going to have to come back to that and think about it for while. 

I sit here waiting
Wondering what I can write
But no words came. Sigh.

Dear Brain,

How have you been? It's been a while since we last produced anything substantial for this blog.

Remember how we used to contemplate with amusement about life? Well, specifically mine, but still it was something to think about.

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Learned two new terms today:

Annus horribiis - a horrible year.
Annus mirabillis - a year of miracles.

That's it. But I'll bet they'll be fun to use when given the chance. Hehe.