Currently Watching Aladdin (Disney Special Platinum Edition) see related

"I know that somewhere in the Universe exists my perfect soulmate -- but looking for him is much more difficult than just staying at home and ordering a pizza."

Valentine's Day Night =  Loads of laughs with the best roomies ever! (Mandy gave us scented bubbles and we're trying to smell them haha) Ahh good times, good times!

^^yep, I feel ya^^

"What I don't understand about myself is that I decide one way, but I act another, doing things I absoluely despise. So if I can't be trusted to figure out what is best for myself and then do it, it becomes obvious that God's command is necessary. But I need something more! For if I know the law but still can't keep it, and if the power of sin within me keeps sabotaging my best intentions, I obviously need help! I realize that I don't have what it takes. I can will it, but I can't do it. I decide to do good, but I don't really do it; I decide not to do bad, but then I do it anyway. My decisions, such as they are, don't result in actions. Something has gone wrong deep within me and gets the better of me everytime. It happens so regularly that it's predictable. The moment I decide to do good, sin is there to trip me up. I truly delight in God's commands, but it's pretty obvious that not all of me joins in that delight. Parts of me covertly rebel, and just when I least expect it, they take charge. I've tried everything and nothing helps. I'm at the end of my rope. Is there no one who can do anything for me? Isn't that the real question?

The answer, thank God, is that Jesus Christ can and does. He acted to set things right in this life of contradictions where I want to serve God with all my heart and mind, but am pulled by the influence of sin to do somehting totally different."

Romans 7:15-25 (The Message)

and then, there's this (intended for me mainly, but in more than one way):

"Eventually, we're all going to end up kneeling side by side in the place of judgment, facing God. Your critical and condescending ways aren't going to improve your position there one bit...So tend to your knitting. You've got your hands full just taking care of your own life before God. Forget about deciding what's right for each other. Here's what you need to be concerned about: that you don't get in the way of someone else, making life more difficult than it already is. I'm convinced--Jesus convinced me!--that everything as it is in itself is holy. We, of course, by the way we treat it or talk about it can contaminate it....So let's agree to use all our energy in getting along with each other. Help others with encouraging words, don't drag them down by finding fault...Cultivate your own relationship with God, but don't impose it on others. You're fortunate if your behavior and your belief are coherent. But if you're not sure, if you notice that you are acting in ways inconsistent with what you believe--some days trying to impose your opinions on others; other days just trying to please them--then you know that you're out of line. If the way isn't consistent with what you believe, then it's wrong."

Romans 14:10-23 (The Message)

Currently Reading Slam! (Point Signature (Scholastic)) By Walter Dean Myers see related

Yay for the weekend!

My sisters are coming!

Spencer is coming!

Woo-Hoo!

Currently Reading Mustang : Wild Spirit Of The West By Marguerite Henry see related

Judy Brawner's tests DOWNRIGHT SUCK! Gah I wish the woman would actually TEACH once in awhile! *sigh* *breathing in, breathing out*

Aaannnyyywwwayyy...other than that I'm having a pretty alright day. Work was swell, Jack discovered that there are 2 versions of Beowulf that is either out or coming to theaters in the next 2 yearsears--YAY! One's a foreign film (it's been in theaters since 2005 in Canada, Iceland, and the UK and was just shown in a film festival in Palm Springs on Jan 6th) and the other is from the director of Forrest Gump (in 2007). They look very interesting.

Here's a link for the foreign one  http://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/ and the other one (Forrest Gump director) is just called "Beowulf."--all I know about that movie is that Angelina Jolie is in it....

Other than that Bowling night is tonight and I'm reading for Lit for Young People :)

Give thanks to the Lord, our God and King, His love endures forever!
For He is good, He is above all things, His love endures forever!
Sing praise!
Sing praise!
Forever God if faithful!
Forever God is strong!
Forever God is with us!
FOREVER!

New week, hopefully new attitude and new outlook. This weekend has been great, church was annointed and time spent was restful. I'm so blessed to have friends in Norman who will allow me to come and stay with them during the weekend! *Sigh* You guys are wonderful!

MY SISTERS ARE COMING TO TOWN---AND AN EXTRA VISITOR! YAY!

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