Well the elections are over and my anger over petty political trash talking has subsided... Just wait another four years... I'll be just as fired up, I'm sure.
The semester is coming to a close (quickly, might I add!) and the final push of papers and projects is about to hit. Thank God for Thanksgiving vacation.
In other news, I'm going to see my mom for Christmas! 2 weeks in Tennessee!! WOO!! Maybe I'll go down to Nashville and get discovered!
And now for something more serious: I'm reading Mother Teresa.
I'm on Page 39 and I can barely read through 5 pages without wanting to cry. She was truly amazing. The most amazing thing is, though, that everything was done so simply. Her entire ministry, her life, the impact she made, all of it came from a single personal vow to never withhold anything from God. She made this vow, under pain of mortal sin, to never let a moment pass when she didn't give God everything.
There's been a recurring theme over the past couple weeks, of being faithful in the small things, and reading Mother Teresa's personal writings is only solidifying that. She says,
"To the good God nothing is little because He is so great and we so small - that is why He stoops down and takes the trouble to make those little things for us - to give us a chance to prove our love for Him. Because He makes them, they are very great... Don't look for big things, just do small things with great love... The smaller the thing, the greater must be our love."
I could sit with that little paragraph for a while. I don't think I'll be finishing this book any time soon.
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Simplicity. It is so appealing. And so countercultural. As I prepare for school in January, I'll be moving down the week after Christmas, I am trying to simplify my life and live more cheaply. I've been pondering questions like, what does it mean to not have a cell phone? What would it be like to not have a car? How can I save enough money to pay for classes next summer, fall, spring and fall of 2010. I am having to rely in God by faith. This is a very good thing. Mother Teresa is truly amazing.
May the Father teach me how to be faithful with the blessings I have. And have wisdom to use them even better in the future.
Here you go Jess:
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