:under this storm:

aftershock

so i’m done with the semester (just took my last [math] final) and waiting for the grades… praise God - i did well i think – and i have no idea how. It’s funny… like i went into my final this morning, looked at it, and decided it would take me 40 min not 2 hours. buuut since we can’t have phones and i can’t walk i knew i’d be stuck there, so i took my time… oops? haha. half way thru i somehow stopped paying attention, and fell asleep (why then?!?!) i haven’t been able to sleep before or after it – 48 hours +ish – and that’s when i was able to… strange. anyways i still finished early despite everything. I mean i couldn’t even write a C the right way… i wrote it backwards and had to retry seven times before i got it right… so funny! i don’t know if all the chaos + knowing i still did well speaks to me being smart, or the class being dumb, or some combination, or God intervening, or society, or something… 

So ya that was this last final and why am i writing this… and who even cares… what in the world…

seriously praying for all you guys who still have finals, you’re almost there!

in any case my erin’s gone doing birthday stuff and amber + laura are being productive (or pretending to i think… idk in any case they can’t or won’t talk to me… I wouldn’t talk to me right now lol) which means ummm i can’t sleep soooo anime, fate / stay night is pretty kool, don panini is um annoying, and death note’s hurting my brain so i had to stop hahahaha. This is better…… and really kool……

“And lay thy foundations with sapphires.”
             — Isaiah 54:11

Not only that which is seen of the church of God, but that which is unseen, is fair and precious. Foundations are out of sight, and so long as they are firm it is not expected that they should be valuable; but in Jehovah’s work everything is of a piece, nothing slurred, nothing mean. The deep foundations of the work of grace are as sapphires for preciousness, no human mind is able to measure their glory. We build upon the covenant of grace, which is firmer than adamant, and as enduring as jewels upon which age spends itself in vain. Sapphire foundations are eternal, and the covenant abides throughout the lifetime of the Almighty. Another foundation is the person of the Lord Jesus, which is clear and spotless, everlasting and beautiful as the
sapphire; blending in one the deep blue of earth’s ever rolling ocean and the azure of its all embracing sky. Once might our Lord have been likened to the ruby as he stood covered with his own blood, but now we see him radiant with the soft blue of love, love abounding, deep,
eternal. Our eternal hopes are built upon the justice and the faithfulness of God, which are clear and cloudless as the sapphire. We are not saved by a compromise, by mercy defeating justice, or law suspending its operations; no, we defy the eagle’s eye to detect a flaw in the groundwork of our confidence-our foundation is of sapphire, and will endure the fire. The Lord himself has laid the foundation of his people’s hopes. …Foundations will all be tried ere long: woe unto him whose lofty tower shall come down with a crash, because based on a quicksand. He who is built on sapphires may await storm or fire with equanimity, for he shall abide the test.

i love the jewel comparisons in the Bible

looking for sapphire pictures and this is all i could find.. pretty kool tho

so about that red hair from earlier… this was funny… first time i’ve actually laughed at bleach in a while ;)

“it’s like that story about the reindeer who helped Santa-san out”

“it’s ok… we can just follow you by the light of your red hair”

lol

he. is. so. kool. Best tsubasa episodes ever

life’s about as busy as i expected… a lot more confusing than i thought it could be… and God makes it way kooler than it should be

erk… i’m stopping, my computer keeps freaking out

playing with jello is sooo fun, and my mom even joined in haha

it’s winter break guys :)

resolve

=)

yay for sour patch kids and another snow day

so

so i had a whole loooong life update-ish post… like seriously this thing was basically a chronicle of high importance that could have changed a lot of people’s lives, possibly even the future of nations… but it was lost somehow. or maybe God’s just making it so i don’t have any time to rewrite something that shouldn’t have been written in the first place… so let’s jump to the thing of most importance which is (of course…)

anime! no no… just kidding… i’ll just say renji and his red hair’s hysterical, ashura and yasha’s story was awesome, and um ya that’s it

new phone! YAY praise God, i have a phone that works well and it’s green (that = kool :))

last week of school! which brings me to a really kool answer to prayer…

i did WELL on the world lit exam last monday (ya, the same one from before…) which means…

i don’t have to take the comprehensive Final of Death that “half of you will fail” :D basically thru various events i only have 2 finals to take next week, less staying up all night studying and more rest which i really need right now, God is awesome… and loves to bless his children

tea! ya… when you’re miserably sick, tea is one of the biggest highlights of the day, anyone who brings me a really good tea these days scores serious points, not that any of you want to get on my good side but if you for some reason made me really mad or just want to bless me, bring me tea :P

dec 6! is… coming and um… no one knows what i’m talking about including my family so i don’t think i’ll put out my shoes

2 corinthians! wow i had no idea there was so much in this book that i missed… there’s so many times i just think “was that really there before? how in the world did i go my whole life without seeing that verse!!?” so ya… really kool… credit to erin for sending me this:  “For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself… But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead… He will deliver us. On Him we have set our hope that He will deliver us again.” – 1:8-10. God’s timing is perfect and amazing

aaand that’s like, some of the random things i remembered… not all the important stuff and without the i-prolly-shouldn’t-try-to-say-this stuff (i know i know that’s what a few of you were wanting but o well. maybe laterish)

praying for lots of ppl…

you all should get to know my granddad (he’s awesome :))…

we got our christmas tree…

back to work…break is coming…almost there…