Plugging along
Hello all, I'm still working away at language and relationships here. This work is difficult, but I am learning a lot. I hope all is going well for you! Read more >>
Some things to ponder
Hello everyone, here are some things I've been meditating on the past month. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are acheiving for us an eternal glory that far outweights them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. Since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. "Men and women, and children, too, are such strange creatures, that one never can be certain that he really knows them; nor even guess… Read more >>
Some verses that I've been meditating on...
Hello everyone, I just thought I would share some verses that have been meaningful to me this past month. Psalm 100:2a "Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his." Proverbs 26:12 "Do you see a person wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for them." Ephesians 4:1-2 "Live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love." Read more >>
There is no doubt that my soul is at peace
I just finished my 6 months of full time language study. I am excited to begin work next week. I wanted to share a quote with you that really spoke to me this past month from Resurrection by Tolstoy. "'No, no,' he though, 'the reason for what happens in our lives, all that we do, the meaning of it, is incomprehensible and must remain incomprehensible to me...To understand all that, to understand the Master's purpose is beyond me. But to do his will, inscribed in my conscience--is in my power, and this I know unquestioningly. And when I am obeying His will, there is no doubt… Read more >>