"That's what fiction is for. It's for getting at the truth when the truth isn't sufficient for the truth."
- Tim O'Brien
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Sunday, July 29, 2012
I’m going to try wordpress!! Here it goes!
http://insearchofroses.wordpress.com/
P.s. I’m going to transfer all the posts from here to consolidate. Sorry if that’s annoying.
http://insearchofroses.wordpress.com/
P.s. I’m going to transfer all the posts from here to consolidate. Sorry if that’s annoying.
More Lessons from Caleb
Tonight I had an awesome chat with my friend Caleb. We talked about our past, especially our spiritual walks and how we had grown - which was super cool. He may not feel this way, but I felt very similar to him on some things, so it was neat to be able to resonate with a fellow Christian like that.
Being a couple years older than me, and simply being different than me, there were things to learn from kind Caleb. So, in contrast to all times past, I’m going to try to record what I learned from him before I forget it...
The biggest vibe or general take-away from our conversation was to be careful. He told me that I reminded him of a friend he had in the past that was at the time a seemingly great Christian, but a few years later could not be more lost. He said to never doubt your capacity to sin, to fall, to never rule out the option to be tempted in a certain way just because you had never been tempted so before. That was just what I needed to hear. He said that his way of avoiding sin is to not put himself in a situation in which he will be tempted, not to go to that party and trust his powers of self-control. Not that I specifically have experience falling into a sin which I thought I was incapable of YET (emphasis on the yet), but I have gotten close enough either in thought or action to seriously scare myself with my capabilities. And he hit the head on the nail, I have, fool that I am, thought to my self before, “I’ll never in a million years do that.” Which is crazy because the heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked. Who am I to think I know my own heart.
Being a couple years older than me, and simply being different than me, there were things to learn from kind Caleb. So, in contrast to all times past, I’m going to try to record what I learned from him before I forget it...
The biggest vibe or general take-away from our conversation was to be careful. He told me that I reminded him of a friend he had in the past that was at the time a seemingly great Christian, but a few years later could not be more lost. He said to never doubt your capacity to sin, to fall, to never rule out the option to be tempted in a certain way just because you had never been tempted so before. That was just what I needed to hear. He said that his way of avoiding sin is to not put himself in a situation in which he will be tempted, not to go to that party and trust his powers of self-control. Not that I specifically have experience falling into a sin which I thought I was incapable of YET (emphasis on the yet), but I have gotten close enough either in thought or action to seriously scare myself with my capabilities. And he hit the head on the nail, I have, fool that I am, thought to my self before, “I’ll never in a million years do that.” Which is crazy because the heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked. Who am I to think I know my own heart.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
A quote from Caleb
"You should treat your personal spiritual life like an oxygen mask on an airplane. You are no good to anyone else unless you fix yours first."
Sunday, July 8, 2012
1 Timothy 2:3
This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
... When people try to say God is not all good.
... When people try to say God is not all good.
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
My place.
In a short month, I’ll be in my very first apartment. I cannot express my excitement.
You do realize that means I’ll have a kitchen. Yeah, you heard me. A kitchen!
Ok, so I’m sharing it with two other people, but they happen to be fantastic people my own age so this is gonna be great.
Let’s talk decorating.
With the fact “Laura is a college student” in mind, please try to envision my budget. Not big. Think crappy couches, your mom’s broken wooden spoon, a comforter with an indistinguishable color, curtains from the eighties...
Even so, a girl can dream. I’m gonna hope that the argument “I got a scholarship and this apartment is cheaper than the other one, I’m saving you money” will work on my parents. Ok, on my dad.
You do realize that means I’ll have a kitchen. Yeah, you heard me. A kitchen!
Ok, so I’m sharing it with two other people, but they happen to be fantastic people my own age so this is gonna be great.
Let’s talk decorating.
With the fact “Laura is a college student” in mind, please try to envision my budget. Not big. Think crappy couches, your mom’s broken wooden spoon, a comforter with an indistinguishable color, curtains from the eighties...
Even so, a girl can dream. I’m gonna hope that the argument “I got a scholarship and this apartment is cheaper than the other one, I’m saving you money” will work on my parents. Ok, on my dad.
For starters, I’m going to give all white bedding a try. I think I've decided on this duvet from Pottery Barn.
Why all white? Lately I’ve been attracted to these sort of looks....
I mean, are you seeing what I’m seeing? It’s so open. So versatile. So clean.
Of course, I just found this one from Urban Outfitters that has a great price tag and is super cute and NOT white...
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Finishing the New Testament
"For not all have faith. But the Lord is faithful." -- 2 Thessalonians 3:2&3
Honestly, I am so ashamed of how much I read the Bible. January of my senior year, I committed to reading the one year bible plan. It was AWESOME. I loved it! Things would connect; there's a power to being immersed in the word. It was always a struggle for me, since I am a painfully slow reader, but at that time there was a little wiggle room in my schedule.
When I went to Auburn in the fall, I tried desperately to keep it up. Half of the reason for this is that I loved it, but the other half was in order to prove something. That I indeed could read through the bible in twelve months, that I was that ultra-Christian who crossed her "t"'s and dotted her "il's, that I had read the same as my little brother had (there is a wildly competitive side to me). Because the heavy reading was one more stress on my first semester and I was not entirely rightly motivated, I chose to keep following the plan, just at my own pace.
Again, to be honest, my reading has slacked off since then. Sometimes I wish I had just pushed through, since a goal like that is so beneficial to me. Recently, I dropped the Old Testament readings in order to read through the whole New Testament. Going back and forth following the one-year plan, I was forgetting what was going on -- totally not the purpose!
Anyways, I like what I am doing now, if only I could stay consistent and read it every day. I don't know why I felt it necessary to explain my entire method when all I wanted to do was share something I had stumbled upon today. Maybe it was to make sure nobody was deceived into thinking I'm saintly or something. Ha! Far from it. But I plan to make a habit of this, if for no other reason then to be able to look back and find what scripture had been on my heart at the time.
Honestly, I am so ashamed of how much I read the Bible. January of my senior year, I committed to reading the one year bible plan. It was AWESOME. I loved it! Things would connect; there's a power to being immersed in the word. It was always a struggle for me, since I am a painfully slow reader, but at that time there was a little wiggle room in my schedule.
When I went to Auburn in the fall, I tried desperately to keep it up. Half of the reason for this is that I loved it, but the other half was in order to prove something. That I indeed could read through the bible in twelve months, that I was that ultra-Christian who crossed her "t"'s and dotted her "il's, that I had read the same as my little brother had (there is a wildly competitive side to me). Because the heavy reading was one more stress on my first semester and I was not entirely rightly motivated, I chose to keep following the plan, just at my own pace.
Again, to be honest, my reading has slacked off since then. Sometimes I wish I had just pushed through, since a goal like that is so beneficial to me. Recently, I dropped the Old Testament readings in order to read through the whole New Testament. Going back and forth following the one-year plan, I was forgetting what was going on -- totally not the purpose!
Anyways, I like what I am doing now, if only I could stay consistent and read it every day. I don't know why I felt it necessary to explain my entire method when all I wanted to do was share something I had stumbled upon today. Maybe it was to make sure nobody was deceived into thinking I'm saintly or something. Ha! Far from it. But I plan to make a habit of this, if for no other reason then to be able to look back and find what scripture had been on my heart at the time.
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