No More Shenanigans, Now

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Day’s Verses:

We have such trust through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God.

2 Cor. 3:4-5

Pray without ceasing.

1 Thess. 5:17

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The Lord’s word is a light unto my feet and a lamp unto my path (Ps. 119:105)—every move I make is to glorify Him to the best of my ability. As you know, my current “big decision moment” is choosing between staying at Clark University and transferring to Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Only two miles apart, you might say, what’s the big deal? A very big one, thanks very much! After two years you become attached to your school, despite the fact the school isn’t attached to you. I know Clark, its classrooms and buildings, know that I can succeed with the semester schedule, and know the feel of its student body and some of the professors’ styles. WPI I know the feel of students, to some extent, and have a vague but not working knowledge of the campus; as for class scheduling, I know nothing and that worries me. The seven-week term concerns me because for a person of my mentality (“get it done as early as possible”) I don’t think of a week as a long time. Two weeks is cutting it short, give me three weeks to write a paper minimum. But at WPI three weeks is half a term and you can’t spend half a term on one paper. Continue Reading >>

…Now Do I Go?

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Day’s Verse:

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?”

And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”


Is. 6:8

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What is the most logical way to go about quantifying something like contentment? WPI and Clark cost approximately the same amount; I would lose a good scholarship at Clark with none from WPI on the horizon. But would I be happier at WPI, or would my degree from there make me more marketable (odd to think of making myself saleable: “20 year old woman, strong, healthy, good teeth, who’ll bid $100?”)? Am I making this TechComm degree out to be far better than it actually is – a castle in the clouds – to excuse my flight from Clark? Continue Reading >>

A Little Too Close For Comfort

You’re Vatican City!

You’re pretty sure that you’re infallible in all that you do or say, and it’s hard to say whether you’re right. You have a lot of followers, most of whom will do whatever you say without question, or line up to see you ride around in your spiffy car. Religious and reserved, you have some wisdom, but also a bit much contempt for everyone around you. You’re also fabulously wealthy, no matter what you say to the contrary.


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Functionality

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Day’s Verse:

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Prov. 15:1

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Blogs are online, they are public, and they are not for venting personal feelings. The internet is a free space, excellent for airing opinions and sharing facts, for communicating information and for cataloguing experiences. A blog is a web log, “a frequent, chronological publication of personal thoughts and Web links. A blog is often a mixture of what is happening in a person’s life and what is happening on the Web, a kind of hybrid diary/guide site, although there are as many unique types of blogs as there are people.” It is a place to log events in your life on the web, or to collect online articles that interest you and comment on them, or to share amusing tidbits with people. Blogs offer a wonderful way to communicate with a diverse set of people, who need only check a web site to update themselves on what you feel is important day by day. If you feel the need to post “unedited, authentic self-expression” online, expect people to read it, even people you may desire not to (total strangers, stalkers, terrorists, or – eek – your mother). Continue Reading >>

God is Salt?

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Day’s Verse:

You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.

Matt 5:13

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Church today talked about Christians being salt because God was salt, exhibiting properties such as purity, pungency, penetration, and preservation. God is pure, unsullied; pungent to bring out the true flavor; penetrating hard, icy hearts; and preserving to keep from decay and ruin. Those are God’s qualities, but Christ said that when a person became a Christian, he/she would gain those qualities themselves. Therefore we are to make life tasteful to unbelievers—and as salt makes people thirsty, so Christians’ behavior ought to make others thirst after the living water. Sounds all good… but frankly, I had a hard time getting over the pastor continually saying “God is salt.” Continue Reading >>