llamas

when you go to see x-men, stay through the credits!!!

pink roses

this has always been a favorite quote of mine. i believe it perfectly captures the great "danger" we all face: forgetting who we are in Christ...

this is how George MacDonald (friend of C.S. Lewis and Tolkien) begins his childrens' book The Princess and the Goblin:

There was once a little princess who-
"But, Mr. Author, why do you always write about princesses?"
"Because every little girl is a princess."
"You will make them vain if you tell them that."
"Not if they understand what I mean."
"Then what do you mean?"
"What do you mean by a princess?"
"The daughter of a king."
"Very well, then every little girl is a princess, and there would be no need to say anything about it, except that she is always in danger of forgetting her rank, and behaving as if she had grown out of the mud. I have seen little princesses behave like the children of thieves and lying beggars, that is why they need to be told they are princesses. And that is why, when I tell a story of this kind, I like to tell it about a princess. Then I can say better what I mean, because I can then give her every beautiful thing I want her to have."
"Please go on."

I highly recommend this book. It's a quick read, yet a very good story...

i need a maid. :(

happy birthday to me! erik and i are going to sorta recreate our first date from last year on this day. we won't be drinking cheap wine from tiny bottles though. and iowa river power is cooking the salmon for us. we're watching mystery science theater, but i don't think i'll be sitting on the floor this time! :)
i can't wait!

happy 1 year of being Eriks' girl to me!

for those of you who live with your head in the sand and managed to miss this: Erik and I are expecting our first child (or "child's" if Erik's guess at twins is right!) come January. Yeah! :)

Welcome to My Birthday Bubble!

Someone very young for whom I care deeply has been making some very poor life choices as of late. She has been deceived into believing the lie that she can "heap burning coals on her lap and not be burnt". My heart is heavy over the pain I feel for her knowing far better than she the heartache she will be forced to live with if she doesn't turn over her desire for pleasure to the Lord. Please, God! Do what is necessary to break her pride and bring her humbled, back to You. Lord, I lay her in Your hands. Not my will Lord, but Yours be done...


21What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death!
-Romans 6:21