Living the Dream

Day’s Verse:
But the needy will not always be forgotten,
nor the hope of the afflicted ever perish.
Psalm 9:18

I sketched this two-headed cat-vampire-cow during the AmeriCorps training. See the right side bar for other sketches.

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Day’s Verse:
Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
1 Corinthians 9:9
Nonprofits seem to operate in their own strange sphere in the world, some alternate reality that for-profit and governmental agencies remain almost entirely unaware of. It has taken me quite [...]

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Day’s Verse:
Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a man’s gift is [...]

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Day’s Verse:
I long to dwell in your tent forever
and take refuge in the shelter of your wings.
Psalm 61:4
I was planning on riding my bike to the AmeriCorps meeting I have in Port Townsend today. It should have been a lovely 35-mile ride along the Olympic Peninsula coastline, [...]

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Day’s Verse:
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:28
I was going to write a blog about how my internship is going, but I think I’ll share an insight that I had recently instead.
At Charles River, although [...]

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Day’s Verse:
3And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Romans 5:3-5
This [...]

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Day’s Verse:
Now when a man works, his wages are not credited to him as a gift, but as an obligation. However, to the man who does not work but trusts God who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.
Romans 4:4-5
To facilitate happy feelings and empower me, AmeriCorps requires that I periodically get to [...]

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Day’s Verse:
Get me out of here on dove wings;
I want some peace and quiet.
I want a walk in the country,
I want a cabin in the woods.
I’m desperate for a change
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Day’s Verse:
“This is what the LORD says, he who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and established it—the LORD is his name: ‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’ “
Jeremiah 33:2-3
Today I’m heading off to even more AmeriCorps training in Trout [...]

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Day’s Verse:
Then maidens will dance and be glad,
young men and old as well.
I will turn their mourning into gladness;
I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow.
Jeremiah 31:13
I’ve been working on [...]

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