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Name: Sophia Janelle
Country: United States
State: Georgia
Gender: Female
Interests: God, Orthodox Christianity, mandolin, art (searching for specificity), my dear friends, journaling (like you didn't know)
Expertise: none that could tell
Occupation: Student
Industry: Art
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AIM:  sophias winter
Member Since:
4/11/2006
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| Men-adviceWhy do I ever think relationships for me will work out? They don't. I always think I found "the one" and I haven't. Perhaps I have but the timing is off because Caleb is going through something that is disconnecting him from me. He's not talking to me. I mean talking to me. Sure.. he'll call me and then sit there in silence and respond to my desperate conversings with "oh" "oh really?" "really?" "sure" "well that's nice", all indifferent, all unconcerned. Men... women need to know what is going on in your brain! Talk to them about what's going on with you! If you're not ready to talk about it then tell them that there's an issue your dealing with and ask for their patience with you but assure them that you WILL talk to them about it! If there's no problem then make an effort to show them you're listening and actually be interested. If you're not interested in her other than her looks then you're in the relationship for the wrong reason; you'll have to deal with God about it. That's all we ask. Communicate with us. DON'T expect any outward affection if there isn't any spiritual or emotional connection with your loved one! If Caleb is going through something then that's fine. He can deal with it without me as a girlfriend because he sure won't include me in anything that he cares about or his thoughts. Even his mom came up to me and apologized for him. She doesn't know what's going on with him either; he won't talk to her. Lord guide me! | | |
| mmm...news!
Well I've been dating Caleb for 3 weeks as of tomorrow! Never thought it would happen. Never thought I'd feel this way for another person again. Never thought I'd allow myself to do so. It's amazing to know someone for 6 going on 7 years and all of a sudden find myself in a loving relationship with him. It's kinda inexplainable and perfect. He's taking me to see Sufjan Stevens for my birthday in Sept!!
Sr. Martha and I are still very good friends and continue to write.
My sister has moved into her new apartment and on Monday we'll be traveling to Alabama to pick up her new kitten from the breeder. I think it's something like a bengal. Leopard kitty. She'll be married in 21/2 months. Unbelievable. At least I was able to talk to her today. I pray that she will have a happy marriage. Her fiance isn't the most trustworthy type fellow. He better be good to her.
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| Orthodox teachingsSin is one thing but instinctive reaction or passions is another. These are our reactions: pride, anger, sexual indulgence, hate, greed, and so on. The corresponding sins are the gratification of these passions: when a man acts and brings into corporeal reality those works which were suggested to him by his innate desires. It is impossible to exist without natural desires arising, but not to give way to them is by no means impossible. ---- Dorotheos of Gaza "On Renunciation"
From the practical point of view, the best thing is not to trust that you know so much, and to receive simply the Faith that is passed down to you. ---- Fr. Seraphim Rose
We bear the scars of sin in our bodies which drags us down to the earth like a magnet, yet our soul longs to ascend to the heights... It has been clear throughout the ages that when Christians became lax, when externals were emphasized and not the interior life, when abuses and corruption crept into the Church, podvig came from outside in the form of Islamic or communist persecution. Both individually and collectively, we must realize that if we do not accept and seek podvig ourselves, it will be imposed upon us! ----The Veil Vol. 12, No. 2 "Podvig"
A philosopher posed three questions to Theodore the Sanctified, "Who was not born, but died? Who was born, but did not die? And who died, but did not decay?" Theodore answered, "Adam was not born, but died, Enoch was born, but did not die. Lot's wife died, but did not decay." The saint added this advice to the philosopher: "Shun vain questionings and scholastic syllogism; draw near to Christ, whom we serve, and you will receive the forgiveness of your sins." ----The Prologue May 16 | | |
| Food for thought..."In vain do we applaud Him whose commandments we do not keep." -Venerable Bede
I've been thinking a lot about heaven and hell a lot this past week. I think I got a glimpse of hell and I've had a glimpse of heaven. Hell: feeling God in all His might, loathing one's sinful self and yet never, never being able to repent, to come back into union with God. Ever separated from the dear love of God though He is fully present, having to writhe in misery, pain, hatred of oneself and God our Creator and Lover of mankind, in His presence instead of falling on your face full of thanks and hope and love. Heaven I can't begin to explain.
How tenderly do I love my God, but how readily my fleshly impulses bar me from true service to my King, purity of heart, true prayer and worship. How ever more merciful is my God that though I fall and fall again He pities me in my feeble attempts to show Him faithfulness and grants me to hope in the resurrection.
Sunday was my name day: Saint Sophia of Thrace, Mother of the Orphans. Pray for me oh Saint Sophia, wellpleasing to God, for thou art the steady intercessor for my soul!
How many distractions will I cause to stand between me and the one thing needful? The possibilities are endless. Have mercy on me oh Lord. | | |
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Happy the man, whose wish and care
A few paternal acres bound,
Content to breathe his native air,
In his own ground.
Whose heards with milk, whose fields with bread,
Whose flocks supply him with attire,
Whose trees in summer yield him shade,
In winter fire.
Blest! who can unconcern'dly find
Hours, days, and years slide soft away,
In health of body, peace of mind,
Quiet by day,
Sound sleep by night; study and ease
Together mix'd; sweet recreation,
And innocence, which most does please,
With meditation.
Thus let me live, unseen, unknown;
Thus unlamented let me die;
Steal from the world, and not a stone
Tell where I lie.
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