"Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."
-John Keats,
(Ode on a Grecian Urn)

What a night.

Evil

8 things you should do with evil:

1.    Expect evil

2.    Endure evil (1 cor 13) ( for the love of father God)

3.    Give thanks for the refining effect of evil when it comes against you

4.    Hate evil

5.    Pray for escape from evil

6.    Expose evil

7.    Overcome evil with good

8.    Resist evil

4 things you should never do with evil:

1.      Despair that evil is out of Gods control

2.      Give in to the sense that because of random evil, life is absurd and meaningless

3.      Yield to the thought that God sins or unjust or is unrighteous in how he governs the world

4.      Never doubt that God is totally for you in Christ.

Miss this place.

I get asked everyday if I'm in high school. Or someone throws out a "teenager" comment about teenagers expecting me to light up as I am, myself, a teen. I guess you could call this progress though. When I actually was a teenager people asked me everyday if I was on/did drugs. No one believed that I wasn't a pot-head at best. (This question is still posed to me from time to time, but not nearly as much). Maybe in 10 more years I'll get a slightly more complimentary daily question. Like... "Hey, are you by chance a world traveler?", to which I'll reply "You know what -- I actually am!". Or....  "Are you a ________ (gourmet chef/professional swimmer/creative genius)?", to which I'll reply "Oh! I am so flattered, but no I'm not. Just an aspiring amateur ::blushes:: *gigglegiggle*."

Maybe.

Until then, I'll keep ignoring peoples "teenager" comments, drop some college references here and there, and enjoy the lovely people and satisfying conversations that result of this question. But seriously, on another "daily" note, there is no greater dailya pleasure (to me) than meeting a kind stranger and having a good, hearty....heart to heart. Be it 20 minutes or 2 hours, silly or serious, micro or macro, it delights me so deeply. Getting to know people is such an honor. When someone willingly opens up (especially followed by an "I usually don't tell anyone about that") it's a double honor. An open, honest heart is among the greatest of treasures to be found, given, or give.

Amen, amen.

Shout out to Anna Maria. You made my afternoon. A real pleasure to meet you.



a. Daily (my definition): simple, common, frequently occurring, puts up no spectacular front. Often overlooked.

Ocelote Rojo - Untitled #1

It's late, I just finished some homework, I slept in till 12:40pm today, Matthew Fain taught me chess today, and my sister heard the gospel today...........so here's a good song . Goodbye Monday.