urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:hannigirl Eliz. Eliz. 2007-05-07T23:34:11Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:hannigirl:2274 2007-05-07T23:34:11Z 2007-05-07T23:34:11Z queen [hope tastes]<br /><br />hope tastes big and<br />small<br />its light meringue deceiving gone<br />and yet, it remains<br />wisps of smoke from birthday candles<br />gone another year<br /><br />hope is looking across the ocean<br />knowing something something<br />Someone<br />is watching you<br />One who cares and plans the best<br />Someone knows your heart<br />designed forms loves<br />who you are<br />when<br />why<br />wait be strong do not fear<br />be still<br />know Me<br /><br />-----<br />in other news, i have a lunch date :-P<br />just an old friend (one of my best guy friends, really) who has a gf, but we keep up with each other's lives<br /><br />Coming home is hard. If it were just for my family, I think I would enjoy it, but there are so many other factors, mainly, currently, all the relationships here. I'm really happy for all of the engagements. It's quite exciting and wonderful, but at the same time, it's hard to watch, when I have nothing to compare.<br /><br />I've read through Esther and Ruth since coming home, and have been reminded that I am happiest when I'm focused on serving God, not on my surroundings. Those two ladies were beautiful because they followed hard after what God had for them, not looking around at how their lives could be improved, especially by themselves! It's still frustrating that nearly everyone around my age is in a different stage of life than I am, but God's plan is perfect. ha. Start listening, Elizabeth, you're still not getting this.<br /><br />Eh, life really isn't bad. I love my middle schoolers. I love my adult friends. And I'm really excited about my mother's day gift. haha :-) Summer class should be interesting. History of Photography? Could be good or bad... I ordered my books today. It'll be nice to only have one class to focus on.<br /><br />over and out. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:hannigirl:1621 2006-12-31T04:01:19Z 2006-12-31T04:02:48Z superman theme song Top Ten of Two Thousand and Six<br />1. living off-campus, with my own bedroom, in the sunshine house with 3 fun, amazing girls<br />2. interning with the youth stuff at church this past summer was incredible<br />3. finishing with real math classes after 5 semesters of college level math at jmu (and 2 previously at the community college) (the only math classes remaining are math methods classes—how to teach it to elem. school kids)<br />4. learning how to deal with different kinds of people (this really didn’t begin this year, or end. ha. but it was a theme nonetheless)<br />5. my bstudy girls—how encouraging they are to me, as well as how they challenge me<br />6. being asked several times a week what I’m going to do with my life upon graduation<br />7. new pastor, and seeing how aep has been stretched and matured over the past 2 years<br />8. beginning education classes and growing closer with all the girls in them<br />9. so many friends getting engaged—it has begun :-)<br />10. John 14:27—Peace I leave with you, my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not be afraid. –Jesus <br /><br />The King of love my shepherd is, <br />whose goodness faileth never. <br />I nothing lack if I am his, <br />and he is mine forever. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:hannigirl:1517 2006-12-22T04:58:37Z 2006-12-22T04:58:37Z short post. one of my childhood best friends just got engaged. i'm freaking out. so weird. they're dropping like flies. <br /><br />it's exciting, but scary at the same time. i'm not sure i'm ready for all of my friends to be married. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:hannigirl:1148 2006-12-19T19:04:12Z 2006-12-19T19:04:12Z Irish and Celtic Music Podcast So, I picked up The Silver Chair just as something to read... I've read it many times before and I wanted something that would be interesting and let me go on adventures, but not be boring and factual and anything related to schoolwork, people, or personalities. I have been learning so much from this book. It is crazy. And C.S. Lewis is a genius. So, it's an adventure and intellectually stimulating. And this quote was too much not to share:<br /><br />“One word, ma’am… one word. All you’ve been saying is quite right, I shouldn’t wonder… I won’t deny any of what you said. But there’s one thing more to be said, even so. Suppose we have only dreamed, or made up, all those things—trees and grass and sun and moon and stars and Aslan himself. Suppose we have. Then all I can say is that, in that case, the made-up things seem a good deal more important than the real ones. Suppose this black pit of a kingdom of yours is the only real world. Well, it strikes me as a pretty poor one. And that’s a funny thing, when you come to think of it. We’re just babies making up a game, if you’re right. But four babies playing a game can make a play-world which licks your real world hollow. That’s why I’m going to stand by the play world. I’m on Aslan’s side even if there isn’t any Aslan to lead it. I’m going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn’t any Narnia… we’re leaving your court at once and setting out in the dark to spend our lives looking for Overland. Not that our lives will be very long, I should think; but that’s a small loss if the world’s as dull a place as you say.” --Puddleglum, from The Silver Chair urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:hannigirl:967 2006-12-18T03:38:57Z 2006-12-18T03:38:57Z carbon leaf So my break began on friday by driving back to h'burg with furniture for the house :-) mom and i took the day and we now have a real table in the dining room, as well as a china cabinet that look really good in the sunshine house. it was fun to spend the day with mom, catching up about so much that has happened this semester! (not that I don't keep in touch with her during the semester --far from it! but it person is always different and better<br />oh, and i got sucked into helping with the youth group senior high progressive dinner/christmas party. i was dropping my brother off, and ended up hanging around and talking with some of my girls... then one of the guys i worked with this summer came over and asked if i could drive... he ended up getting the whole room to try to convince me to go (which really wasn't a hard sell :-) it was fun to hang out with them again, and i joked to my family that i'm addicted to this youth ministry stuff. it is so amazing. i love my middle and high schoolers<br /><br />yesterday, the college and career groups from churches in the area (c. 150 people) got together for a Christmas Ball. It was so much fun! we all got out our old prom dresses, and a lot of the guys even rented tuxes for the night. everyone looked so pretty :-) i somehow ended up dancing with the tallest guy there at one point... he had to have been 7 feet tall--he was enormous! it was fun :-) I went with one of my friends, Bridget, whom I'm sure I've talked about to a lot of y'all... she's in grad school down in TX...<br /><br />today my church installed our new senior pastor! it's been more than 2 years without an official senior pastor. it's been good for the church, but very hard. it's grown and been stretched, and it is really neat to see how God has worked through it all. our new pastor seems to be a perfect fit. (not a perfect man, but God has prepared him for this role for now) There were so many people at the service this evening. i'm so glad the church is where it is now. it's been a long time coming... this church is so dear to my heart, and it's good to see it having recovered and drawn closer to God. <br /><br />finally. 'cause this post is long enough. lyrics to a song we sang in church this am. it was a really good song:<br />Immanuel (From the Squalor of a Borrowed Stable), Stuart Townsend<br /><br />From the squalor of a borrowed stable,<br />by the spirit and a virgin's faith;<br />to the anguish and the shame of scandal <br />came the Saviour of the human race!<br />But the skies were filled with the praise of heav'n,<br />shepherds listen as the angels tell of the Gift of God<br />come down to man at the dawning of Immanuel<br /><br />King of heaven now the Friend of sinners,<br />Humble servant in the Father's hands,<br />Filled with power and the Holy Spirit,<br />Filled with mercy for the broken man<br />Yes. He walked my road and He felt my pain,<br />Joys and sorrows that I know so well;<br />Yet His righteous steps give me hope again -<br />I will follow my Immanuel!<br /><br />Through the kisses of a friend's betrayal,<br />He was lifted on a cruel cross;<br />He was punished for the world's transgressions,<br />He was suffering to save the lost<br />He fights for breath, He fights for me<br />Loosing sinners from the claims of hell;<br />And with a shout our souls are free -<br />Death defeated by Immanuel!<br /><br />Now He's standing in the place of honour,<br />Crowned with glory on the highest throne,<br />Interceding for His own beloved<br />Till His Father calls us to bring him home!<br />Then the skies will part as the trumpet sounds<br />Hope of heaven or the fear of hell;<br />But the Bride will run to her Lover's arms,<br />Giving glory to Immanuel!<br /><br />long post. sorry 'bout that :-) love you girls a lot! hope breaks are going well thus far! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:hannigirl:589 2006-05-17T02:13:27Z 2006-05-17T02:13:27Z hum of the computer I'm so glad y'all set this up so I can stalk you all! I miss you lots and am enjoying reading about everyone's lives! (xanga is actually how I keep up with everyone here at home while I'm at school... but this works better as far as the group stuff goes!)<br /><br />My break has been insanely busy thus far. I've worked every weekday at dressbarn (my church internship stuff doesn't begin until June), so yay retail... :-P One of my best friends graduated from college (St. Mary's, in Southern MD) on Saturday, so I got to see that and help her move out; she gonna be in TX for graduate school next year (I'm not sure how I'm gonna cope... Briley in TN, Bridget in TX... the U.S. postal service and the world wide web are going to be getting a lot of use! :-P) babysitting, graduations, KY derby, concerts, church... it all seems to be slowing down slightly though...!<br /><br />My sister is currently at prom :-) She looked beautiful<br /><br />aaand I think I'm going to go read and then crash... <br />have a wonderful wednesday! :-) urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:hannigirl:342 2006-05-10T13:33:21Z 2006-05-10T13:33:21Z figuring this out... i think :-)