natalie’s blog

My brother-in-law is taking a Western Civilization class this semester and was given an extra-credit challenge of identifying the statue pictured above. He sent it to all of us to see if we could figure out its identity. But after hours of searching, we’re all at a complete loss! So, I decided to post it [...]

…listening to the delightful sound
of a house full of children at play;
…cherishing moments that speak of God’s beauty
wrapped up in an ordinary day;
…enjoying still moments in early morning hours
to watch the sun rise and to pray;
…learning to walk in the power of the Spirit
who produces His fruit in what I do and say;
…thinking each moment [...]

…can only be learned in the context of unfulfilled desire.

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…but not from me. This morning Dad asked me to read over an e-mail he had written to some friends of ours after finding out that some of their family members were voting for Barack Obama. (He intended to send it yesterday, but forgot to ask me to look over it until this morning, [...]