“Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, O house of Israel?'”
-Ezekiel 33:11
Tag Archives: Quotes
Homer’s Writing Style in “The Odyssey”
I just read Homer’s The Odyssey for school this year, for something called Great Books, which is a combination of English and History. Essentially, you study the time period a book was written in, read the book, and write about it. This is the paper I wrote about The Odyssey. Enjoy!
Loveliness
And so they stood on the walls of the City of Gondor, and a great wind rose and blew, and their hair, raven and golden, streamed out mingling in the air. (941)
–The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
This paints such a pretty picture, doesn’t it?
The Word Made Flesh
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. . . The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
-John 1:1-5, 14
Christmas Cheer
I drew a couple pictures recently, and then realized they were a little Christmas-y, so I thought I would post them. Enjoy!
I was inspired to draw this squirrel when we left a cup of tea outside by mistake (a while ago, when it was much warmer!), and I found the teabag torn open like something had tried to eat the tea-leaves!
But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.”
-Luke 2:10, 11
Something More
When someone in your family has a birthday, it makes you want to do something nice for them. You want to make them feel special. It’s easy to tell someone “happy birthday!”, and it usually makes them feel good. But would we be willing to do something more?
We can have the right mentality about Christmas, but that doesn’t feel like enough, does it?
Welcome back, Winter!
The moon marks off the seasons, and the sun knows when to go down.
-Psalm 104:19
China Trip Day 8
“Little Bear,” said Mother Bear. “Yes, Mother,” said Little Bear. “You are not asleep,” said Mother Bear. “No, Mother,” said Little Bear. “I can’t sleep.” “Why not?” said Mother Bear. “I’m wishing,” said Little Bear. “What are you wishing for?” said Mother Bear. “I wish that I could sit on a cloud and fly all around,” said Little Bear. “You can’t have that wish, my Little Bear,” said Mother Bear. (51, 52)
–Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik
This story continues, with Little Bear wishing for all kinds of things, from a tunnel to China, to a Viking boat; with Mother Bear patiently answering, “you can’t have that wish, my Little Bear.” It goes on, until Little Bear’s last wish is something his Mother can finally give:
“Then I wish,” said Little Bear, “a Mother Bear would come to me and say, ‘Would you like to hear a story?'” “Well,” said Mother Bear, “maybe you can have that wish. That is just a little wish.” (57)
Oh, but you are mistaken, Mother Bear.
That is no small wish.
Just one year ago today, I stood under the same roof with three-hundred children who have no mother to tell them stories at night.
Today I’m thankful for a family, a home, and that God has given us this ability to open the doors of our home!
“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took me in.”
-Matthew 25:35
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Hi, guys. I’m back. Sorry I didn’t get this done yesterday.
It was from The Princess Bride by William Goldman. Both quotes were from Chapter 5: “The Announcement”. The [he] in the first quote was “The Count” and the [it] was “the Fire Swamp”.
And. . . nobody guessed it. Really, I should have seen that coming, since I didn’t think any of you had read it! Anyway, this week’s quote is from a wonderful book I would recommend to anyone:
“. . . Now, when suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but–I hope–into a better shape. Be as considerate and good to me as you were, and tell me we are friends.”
Happy guessing!
Today is Orphan Sunday! This is a video Spencer made of all the families at our church who have adopted:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-Xm9vd4aFs
If you want to hear more of my thoughts on adoption, read this, this, this, this, and this.
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“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.”
-James 1:27
Adoption is God’s command to His church. And I wouldn’t have it any other way. I have never seen anything that can be so ugly, but it can be so beautiful–so beautiful.
But real beauty always goes hand-‘n-hand with ugliness in this world.
Adoption can be sad. It can be convicting. It can be humbling. Because every one of us needs to be adopted. Every one of us needs to be redeemed.
We love, because we are loved.
We give, because we have received.
We care for orphans, because we were orphans.
We adopt, because we were adopted.