My Christmas break is being spent in the lovely town of Champaign-Urbana in Illinois. There have been a lot of different things I have gleaned from coming.
the break away from the everyday pace of work, friends, school, life, my room, my car, has been SO refreshing.
i want to live in a place with snow.
your life can be fast paced if you make it that way, if you believe it is, and if you don't make time to be still and quiet in an environment that is.
every city, every state, has people that need the love of Christ. people that need to be stirred from their sleep.
death comes when we don't want it to, but we must accept that and not treat death as something that is there to take away the joy we have but it is there to remind us of the hope we have in Christ. remember that their is a time to live and a time to die. What a great time to grow even closer to the Father who is the giver of life? Who knows the day of of our departure from this earth!
goodbyes are hard, not as bad as death, and leave a sting that makes both parties anticipate the next meeting. thankfully, they only last a little while. i hope this goodbye will make me pray.
sking was a blast! i fell so many times. but, i felt the wind upon my face and the snow blow in my eyes, and a gentleman helped me up and taught me, so very patiently, how to ski.
and a few quotes from my Illinois/Virginia Playlist:
"you'll be the prince and I'll be the princess"
"i can smell the death on the sheets, covering me, i can't believe, this is the end."
"i hear jerusalem bells are ringing..be my mirror my soul my shield, that was when i ruled the world"
"i just need this old train to breakdown"
"banana pancakes"
to be continued......
