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"A good old minister was once asked whether he believed in the final perseverance of the saints. 'Well,' said he, 'I do not know much about that, but I firmly believe in the final perseverance of God, that where he has begun a good work he will carry it on until it is complete.' To my mind, that truth includes the final perseverance of the saints. They persevere in the way of salvation because God keeps them in it." ~Charles Spurgeon

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"As God did not at first choose you because you were high, so He will not forsake you because you are low." -John Flavel

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"[Philippians 1:6] teaches us that the greatest work in our lives is not the one we try to ignite, but the one He makes out of nothing, for Paul says, 'He who began a good work.' And it says that HE does this good work, this beautiful, creative work of new life in 'you', that is, in ordinary people like you and me. It also says, and I know of no other wonder greater than this in the believer's life, that God will bring to completion what He has started." ~Michael Milton

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"Man is a hungry being. But he is hungry for God. Behind all the hunger of our life is God. All desire is finally a desire for Him." -Alexander Schmmann

thoughts, good or bad-thus to be decided

I'm having one of those moments where I feel utterly lonely and empty.. this feeling I long for Jesus to fill but it's been hard. I miss my friends, whether far or near. I want a boyfriend (as lame as that sounds) its one of those things where I would love to be able to call someone who I know is there all the time. sigh. Part of this feeling right now is probably because its 10:18 pm and I just spent time chatting with my dear Susannah and we were talking about amazing Church friends/family.

What a depressing thing for me to talk about when I haven't blogged in forever! But I didn't really feel like putting my feelings onto facebook, and I had to let them out somewhere.

Ignore this silly post, for its just me putting my thoughts and feelings down. Is it right for me to secretly wear my heart on my sleeve?

On a happier note, I have good things to look forward to tomorrow: Work and a Photography Lesson with Al Jurina. Thank you God for blessings.

Happy Monday, friends.

C•A

yay

{Shannon Odell}

blog of interest

This blog is so cool. Mr. Jurina (who happens to go to my church and is teaching me photography) is taking a picture everyday for a year and posting them here. It's quite a challenge but he's done a great job so far!! I hope you check him out and enjoy the pictures as much as I do. It's like a little mystery each day, to go and see what he has put up :)

http://thejurinas.blogspot.com/

hello again!

Hello all! I'm sorry I haven't written anything in a while and here are my excuses: a) I've been busy. b) our internet has been down for a couple days. c) I haven't really had anything to say.

But I do have a quote. This quote I found on Easter (speaking of which, I hope everyone had a very blessed and joy-filled Easter sunday and holy week).

Here's the quote:

"[A person is fully human]... when joy is the fundamental thing in him, and grief the superficial. Melancholy should be a innocent interlude, a tender and fugitive frame of mind; praise should be the permanent pulsation of the soul. Pessimism is at best an emotional half-holiday; joy is the uproarious labor which all things live."- G.K. Chesterton

xoxo,

C•A