I forgot it twice now... Sorry. So for the next 24 hours:
Psalm 33:6-8
"The Lord merely spoke, and the heavens were created. He breathed the word, and all the stars were born. He assigned the sea its boundaries, and locked the ocean in vast reservoirs. Let the whole world fear the Lord, and let everyone stand in awe of him."
One of the harder things to deal with being here in a big city is the fact that I rarely see stars. But I love the image of how God created all the natural elements of our world that we look at and see (usually) everyday. His power is mighty! Overwhelming, in fact, but at the same time it's such a comforting feeling to know that his love is equally vast.
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Sunday, March 16, 2008
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
I become a witness...
I hope it doesn't mean another incident with the Italian Questura, though! Today I saw something I'm afraid I might not have been entitled to see. A man, with a knife - a very, very LARGE knife! - came out of a building on my way to school. Then I saw a man climbing the outside of a building. Then I saw a car go racing down a teensy-tiny little alley ENTIRELY too fast. Creepy? You betcha! And it was all within about 90 seconds!
However, today really was just another day in bella Roma. The man with a knife was also wearing a big white apron tied over his rather abundant middle, and a chef's hat on his head. I think he was taking the knife next door during a break to get it sharpened or something.
The man climbing the outside of the building was trying to get over some fenced off scaffolding so he could plug in his power tool of some kind. He was wearing a hard hat.
The car? Now that might very well have been a Mafia get-away car. I don't know. It really was going too fast in too small of a space, but that's pretty common, so I can't complain too much.
In other news, I have a paper to write that's due Thursday, and I have class and meetings for several hours tomorrow afternoon. I'm planning to do dinner with my friend Virigina and her parents tomorrow night, so I've GOT to get this paper done between tonight and tomorrow morning so I don't have to stress about it at midnight tomorrow night! And, of course, I have reading to do for my Thursday classes as well.
I've decided to keep up on the daily (or semi-daily perhaps) blogging, but I'm adding a new element. I was talking to my Mom last night (I think it was last night? Today has been a LONG day!) about how I read so much for schoolwork that the last thing I really want to do with my spare time is read the Bible... But then when I don't read it I feel guilty about it, and that doesn't help because then I feel like I HAVE to read it, which puts it right up there with the schoolwork thing... Anyhow, she said something that stuck with me, which is that I can still MEDITATE on the word, even if I don't get through the whole Bible this year... which, by the way, was a commitment I refused to even make this school year because I knew it wouldn't happen!
So, my extra-added-on little element for the NEXT month with be a verse - probably from Pslams because that's where I tend to turn to when I'm in both meditative mode and I-need-something-good/wise/profound/truthful-QUICK - that I choose to focus on and meditate on each day.
The verse(s) for the next 24 hours is Psalm 39:6-7 (NLT): "We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing ends in nothing. We heap up wealth, not knowing who will spend it. And so, Lord, where do I put my hope? My only hope is in you."
However, today really was just another day in bella Roma. The man with a knife was also wearing a big white apron tied over his rather abundant middle, and a chef's hat on his head. I think he was taking the knife next door during a break to get it sharpened or something.
The man climbing the outside of the building was trying to get over some fenced off scaffolding so he could plug in his power tool of some kind. He was wearing a hard hat.
The car? Now that might very well have been a Mafia get-away car. I don't know. It really was going too fast in too small of a space, but that's pretty common, so I can't complain too much.
In other news, I have a paper to write that's due Thursday, and I have class and meetings for several hours tomorrow afternoon. I'm planning to do dinner with my friend Virigina and her parents tomorrow night, so I've GOT to get this paper done between tonight and tomorrow morning so I don't have to stress about it at midnight tomorrow night! And, of course, I have reading to do for my Thursday classes as well.
I've decided to keep up on the daily (or semi-daily perhaps) blogging, but I'm adding a new element. I was talking to my Mom last night (I think it was last night? Today has been a LONG day!) about how I read so much for schoolwork that the last thing I really want to do with my spare time is read the Bible... But then when I don't read it I feel guilty about it, and that doesn't help because then I feel like I HAVE to read it, which puts it right up there with the schoolwork thing... Anyhow, she said something that stuck with me, which is that I can still MEDITATE on the word, even if I don't get through the whole Bible this year... which, by the way, was a commitment I refused to even make this school year because I knew it wouldn't happen!
So, my extra-added-on little element for the NEXT month with be a verse - probably from Pslams because that's where I tend to turn to when I'm in both meditative mode and I-need-something-good/wise/profound/truthful-QUICK - that I choose to focus on and meditate on each day.
The verse(s) for the next 24 hours is Psalm 39:6-7 (NLT): "We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing ends in nothing. We heap up wealth, not knowing who will spend it. And so, Lord, where do I put my hope? My only hope is in you."
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