psalm 71

The semester is slowly wrapping itself up, for those of us in college and not vacationing in Maryland (cough, haha :) ). I'm pretty ready to be done; even though it's been a good semester, I'm ready to go home and sleep for approximately 2 weeks. Anyhow, this morning,  while I sat in chapel, I stumbled across Psalm 71, and it was exactly what I needed to read today. I thought I'd go ahead and post it (with a few random pictures, because we can't have a post without pictures!) in case it can encourage anyone else! And I'll strive to post an update sometime later!

 
In You, O Lord, I put my trust;
Let me never be put to shame. 
 Deliver me in Your righteousness, and cause me to escape;
Incline Your ear to me, and save me. 
 Be my strong refuge,
To which I may resort continually...

For You are my hope, O Lord GOD;
You are my trust from my youth.

By You I have been upheld from birth;
You are He who took me out of my mother’s womb.
My praise shall be continually of You.

 

 But I will hope continually,
And will praise You yet more and more.
 

 My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness
And Your salvation all the day,
For I do not know their limits.
 

 I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD;
I will make mention of Your righteousness, of Yours only.

 O God, You have taught me from my youth;
And to this day I declare Your wondrous works.

 Also Your righteousness, O God, is very high,
You who have done great things;
O God, who is like You?  

 You, who have shown me great and severe troubles,
Shall revive me again,
And bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
 

 You shall increase my greatness,
And comfort me on every side.

 Also with the lute I will praise You—
And Your faithfulness, O my God!
To You I will sing with the harp,
O Holy One of Israel.
 

 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to You,
And my soul, which You have redeemed.

Hello, people

Well, I've managed to top my own expectations! I am actually writing a second post...certain people *coughjessicacough* should take note. And then follow my example. Hint, hint.

Ahem, anyway...

Today I went sky diving, rescued three extinct animal species, and learned another language.

Okay, maybe not quite. To be honest, I'm actually having a rather wonderful vacation/visit, but it hasn't been thrilling blog post material...

Here are a few of the things I've been doing.

1. Sketching (I've actually done more drawing in the last week than I have in probably six months)
2. Reading
3. Cooking/baking
4. Watching cool movies
5. Jogging
6. ...eating? ...sleeping?

Besides the scary dog that started barking at me from behind a somewhat flimsy looking fence while I was out jogging, the most frightening thing that's happened to me was forgetting to bring conditioner. (And believe me, that is frightening.)

My oldest sister is currently working her last full day at a certain grocery store. She's had to work for the last few days, which is why I've basically amused myself. Oh, and I have been a model guest. I've even done dishes. And laundry. (Granted, it was my laundry - but still.) Oh, oh...I also vacuumed. Be proud.

Here's where we interrupt the show to get a quote from Ardee, live and in person. (Yes, that is a real name [and a real person], and no, it's not short for Arthur.)

"...that's not assault and battery; that's a blender."

I'm not sure what the context is here, folks, but these words must be words of wisdom indeed. I believe the lesson we should take from this is never, ever use your blender as a weapon. But if you do, it won't count, because it's just a blender. I think this is for all you moms out there who occasionally wish you could throw kitchen utensils at your husband when he's watching the football game and you're doing dishes. (For the record, I don't endorse throwing kitchen utensils at anyone, even football-watching guys.)

Okay...

So yes. Tonight Jessica tells me I'll be doing fun stuff like helping her make supper, and then tomorrow, we'll be getting ready for the rest of my family to descend. They're eagerly anticipating the warmer (35 degree) weather.

That's all for today!

-Annetta