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Name: dani
Birthday: 8/27/1987
Gender: Female
Interests: FRIENDS!!!, Theology, Philosophy, Psychology, Mathmatics, Computer Science, Music, the Houston Astros, playing football or volleyball, and Crochet
Occupation: Student
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Yahoo:  dandiellie
Member Since:
7/4/2005
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| Last Tuesday is was a little frustrated (if you didn't notice) with American laziness. That night i went out to Chick-fil-A for supper to get my mind off the topic. i ate, read my Bible, prayed, contemplated the meaning of life...typical. Then this guy walked in, mid-thirties, ordered, and sat in a booth near me. God urged me to say something...typical. i responded, "God, that's just too awkward. Awkward situations turn people off, then he won't listen to me 'cause he'll be thinking how awkward i am."...typical. Then God brought back the now famous words of my little sister, "It's only awkward if YOU make it awkward."...typical. (Why does God love to use the wisdom of my younger siblings!? Oh the irony!) So then, guess what! i, quite atypically, went over and introduced myself!
i asked him if he had a story. He told me about his life, and asked what my story was. i was wearing a Dallas Baptist sweat shirt and holding a Bible so it was kinda obvious what my story was, but i told him, "i'm a student at DBU majoring in Math and Computer Science, but someday i'd like to go into Youth Ministry or Missions." From there we had a nice talk about religion and God. He said he grew up Baptist, but is currently an atheist. i encouraged him to seek after God. It was extremely encouraging for me and, i think, for him. i guess we can make a difference, even in America.
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| i've quit posting, frankly, because i feel that certain people **cough**John Whitney**cough** are far more eloquent at saying what i'm thinking and that my words are tainted so often with insincere motives that they fall useless on the reader's mind. These two feelings still hold, yet i will try again, at least for today...
The following is a quote from my journal:
7:09am ~ Two obviously "Christian" ladies spent a couple hours in Starbucks last night complaining to one another about various aspects of their lives: their children's friends, the friends' parents, teachers, worship leaders, pastors, youth pastors, etc. i wanted so terribly to stand up and admonish them, "It is because of ungrateful, so-called Christians like us that the unbelieving world has not heard and scorns what they have heard." Maybe i should've... America, my love, you're falling! Fall into His arms before it's too late!
Americans have no idea what it means to suffer for Christ. We think ourselves "spiritual" when we trust God through the loss of a job or close family member. What!? These are merely our duty as servants. This should be a natural side effect of the deep relationship we have with Him. Suffering for Christ is different. It involves Christians enduring graciously the hardships that no other people endure or understand. It involves willingly subjecting oneself to sufferings for no other reason than glory to the name of Yahweh, sufferings that could easily be escaped if the name of Christ Jesus be forsaken. This is what we have been called to!
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| DO NOT READ THE WHOLE BULLETIN! JUST QUICKLY COPY AND PASTE.... DON'T SPOIL IT.
Name
13 people you can think of right off the top of your head. Don't read
the questions underneath until you write the names of all 13 people.
This is a lot funnier if you actually randomly list the names first...
no cheating!
1. D'Ana Lord
2. Jessica Girndt
3. Michael Steele
4. Mandy Frederick
5. Peter Rench
6. John Steele
7. Lelia Shoemaker
8. Tim Waswick
9. David Brown
10. Jan Hillyard
11. Louvain Guiomard
12. Abby Snow
13. Andy Voelker
DON'T LOOK AHEAD UNLESS YOU FILLED UP THE TOP!
How did you meet 3?
we've gone to church together since i was 6
What would you do if 6 and 2 were going out?
John would die, 'cause Besty would kill him :)
How long have you known number 8?
a few months
What do you think of number 9?
He's amazazing! Definitely the most open, straight-forward, honest person i've ever met. i have tons of respect for him.
What would you do if 5 confessed he/she loved you?
um...
A fact about 7?
She's great with animals :) so she works at the zoo.
Who is 1 going out with?
no one yet...in God's time...
What's 4 do for a living?
read, workout, read, bake, read, school, read (in that order)
Would you ever live with 12?
OMG!!! i would so love to!!! maybe someday if God has us become missionaries together...
Where does 7 live?
very close to me (yay!)
What do you like about number 1?
She has a strong passion for following God, especially His Word. It's like a wave that sweeps me away everytime i'm around her.
Is number 12 your best friend?
yeppers, one of the very bestest
Do you miss number 6?
like crazy! i miss all you Houstonians!
What is your opinion of number 4?
wow, she certainly keeps me on my toes. She's four years behind me, but always one step ahead. Everytime i stumble, it's in an area that she's mastered, but she never rubs it in. She simply picks me up and keeps me going. i would be lost with out her; she's my soul mate, my sister :p
What do you think about number 8?
so coolness, kinda quiet, but terribly thoughtful. He's very deep, and he always thinks before he acts. He always thinks how he can best help the group as a whole before he says or does anything. Very patient. A huge inspiration for me.
Would you ever go out with number 1?
definitely!
What would you do if 3 and 13 were going out?
That would be kinda awkward since Pastor Andy is already married...
Would you go to the movies with number 1?
yep, and have
Ever gone somewhere with number 10?
ya, like every-other week pretty much
What if 11 and 5 were going out?
that would be so coolness i can't even tell you, but alas, they don't know each other, and Mr. G might have something to say about it...;)
What do you think of 3?
Muck has got to be one of the coolest people on earth. He's so smart he'll knock your socks off and funny, too. More than that, he doesn't succumb to pier-pressure, even when it kills him inside. He doesn't like making waves, but he'll be a leader when he has to.
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| Tonight is my last night with Shinoda for tomorrow Margret Shorrock,
sister of Hannah Shorrock, will be adopting him. i do not wish this ode
to be in anyway poetic (hence the lack of rhyme and meter); rather, i
was hoping for a boring, stale tone for that is what my mornings and
evenings will be from now on.
For those of you who are wondering what Mike Shinoda of Linkin' Park
and Fort Minor has to do with my mornings and evenings, i will put your
minds at ease right away by assuring you he has nothing to do with
either (unless i should happen to wake up to one of his songs on the
radio). No, the Shinoda for which i here mourn the loss is actually my
pet aquatic frog.
For years i have wanted a tarantula because i adore spiders more than
all creatures, but alas, we are only allowed aquatic animals in the
dorms. Rather than leaving my mom with no one other than my brother to
save her from "the monster" i decided to wait till after college to get
one. In the mean time, my friend Jessica Girndt gave me an aquatic frog
for my friend Michael Steele's b-day (wierd, i know, but still
coolness). So, to name it indirectly after the birthday-boy i named him
Shinoda.
Up until this semester, life's been dandy, but now i can no longer keep a frog in the dorm so...poor Shinoda...
no...not really. More like, poor me. i'm sure he'll be much happier
with Margret. His life will surely be more restful there (at least he
won't have to endure the 4 hr. drives to Houston and back). And yet, i
think he'll miss me. He knows me, believe it or not. He jumps when i
get close to his jar, and he'll take food right out of my hand. So cute!
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| All my life since i was a little kid, i'd lie in bed and look at the clock till it said ??:52 'cause the five and the two next to each other on a digital clock make the bottom half of a cross. When i was little it was always 9:52, in junior high 10:52, in highschool 2:52, and now it's usually 11:52, lol, but the hour never really mattered, just the minute--the moment.
The other night, when i was tossing and turning trying to fall asleep inspite of my addiction (which, by the way, i'm over thanks to your prayers), i looked at the clock and saw 3:54. i was utterly overwhelmed by the thought that i had missed it. i had missed the moment; i had missed the cross. Not that seeing the sign of the cross on my clock meant anything significant, just that it was a symbol or picture of how many times in real life i have missed the cross. How many times a day does God want me to do something, whatever that thing may be, He wants me to do something in particular with that particular moment, but i don't, and i can never go back and undo that moment. There will always be more ??:52's to see. (It's 11:49 as i'm typing this.) But the point is not that i'll have more opportunities to do God's will in the future. The point is that i will never get to go back and see that 52. That fifty-two is gone, and i missed it.
Don't miss your fifty-twos. When God gives you something to do, do it now, 'cause you'll never have this moment ever again. This is the time. | | |
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