Her
Petals on a stem Draft through silk and the like Gracefulness, edginess Mystery, transparence Conflicting emblems For Eve and her daughters Who can say L'essence d'une femme Beauty's meaning Measure of femineity O to lose sight of I To be fixed upward And at last find...
Le cri de l’été
En paix, en temps de tranquillité, c’était mon désarroi En aisance et sûreté, c’était ma ruine Trois saisons et une Je me lamente sur celle-ci plus que les trois Ne l’ai-je pas vu ? Le fardeau était un présent Dans la fournaise, j’étais béni L’adversité m’a mis sur...
Hello and Goodbye
Bright sunshine backdropped the moment of hello Breezy mornings, easy smiles Yet red was the color of evening Even more dreadful was the black that blankets the night I spoke and found a rushed answer Was that a goodbye? I guess so long, fair-weather friend
Patience and Courage
Patience as well as courage has its victories. By meekness under trial, no less than by boldness in enterprise, souls may be won to Christ. The Christian who manifests patience and cheerfulness under bereavement and suffering, who meets even death itself with the...
Growing Joys
What I wanted to do with the title is the following: "Growing Pains Joys," but apparently Wordpress doesn't allow strikethrough characters on the title. This entry is one that I had meant to write since last summer, and if I did, it would have been titled “Growing...
More Than Necessary Food
His Word unto me is morning dew the night’s thirst refreshed at the entrance of day His Word unto me is hidden treasure its hunter shares its unveiled splendor His Word unto me is mystery boundless searchable space not yet seen His Word unto me is purging current...
The Shadow of Excellence
“Academic excellence combined with spiritual excellence.” “Higher than the highest human thoughts can reach is God’s ideal for His children.” These are the ideals that we hold so dear. Following the examples of Daniel, Joseph, and Nehemiah, we desire to achieve and...
Thine.
I watched the Passion of the Christ movie for the first time yesterday. As I watched every strike and blow they made, all I could hear over and over again is "with his stripes we are healed." In an age where Christ on the cross is often portrayed in a much cleaned up...
Testimony of Grace
There with every slide, I see God's grace written all over it. It was God all along who had helped me. Sustained by God Himself and by the prayers of the saints, on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 I passed my program's qualifying exam. I have to write about it, mostly for...