Things That Happened In General

Lots has happened and lots hasn't happened. So I guess you could say that life has gone on! (Which it has.) I've started a new book (this is the eighth). Out of those eight, five are done (I think). This one isn't in my series The Chronicles of Christorn but has to do with getting lost in books (opps). I came up with this idea when I wrote an artical type thing on authors getting 'lost' in our work. The ending of this artical went like this: "We get lost in our worlds and if you want to find us you'll just have to come in, too. But I warn you, if you come in, it is very likely that you'll get lost as well.
I've already lost my two older sisters. They came in to stop me from drowning and have yet to step back out. I'm very glad they're here for I not only almost drowned once or twice (or thrice) more but I also jumped off a cliff, ran head long into a couple enemy camps and accidently lost a war. (No, seriously, it was an accident.) So if you ever feel like getting lost with us, you're quite welcome to."

So, of course, this artical made me think of a whole new book to get lost in!

I have also sent the first book in The Chronicles of Christorn to the publisher. They have not yet replied back but I trust God. If this is His time, it will happen. And if it doesn't? Well, then it obviously wasn't His time yet, now was it? I've figured something out. God's path is the path we're happiest on! Why did this realization take so long?

I haven't made any more hair dryer thawed stuff but we did use hair dryers to warm Mom up once (she was VERY cold). Today I made a 'list of things we forgot to put on the list', which just sounds cool!

Other than all that, life has simply gone on. (In other words everything else isn't worth mentioning at the moment. :) )

Yours Truly,

Mandy

I Need Him

I’ve found that I need God every day for very reason. I need Him when I’m scared, when I sit down to eat and wonder if it will make my stomach upset again. I need Him when I lie down in my bed and wonder if I’ll wake up in the night alone, when feeling bad and not wanting to wake anyone up but wanting someone with me. I find I need Him when I’m sitting in the living room and see an actor I like and know they are probably on their way to hell. I need Him when I write. I need Him when I stare at the paper and wonder how I can possibly make a drawing pop forth. I need Him when I read. I need Him when I do my school. I need Him when I knit or crochet. I need Him when I slip on the ice. I need Him when I’m just feeling overwhelmed. I need His comfort. I need His love. I need to know I’m forgiven. I need to remember His presence. I just need Him.

I guess that is why it is so hard for me to understand why people would fall away from Him. Because I need Him every moment and if there was a single minute a day that I had to go on radio silence with Him I don’t think I could. Every single day a million and two things happen to me and for all of them I need Him. I want Him. I want to be with Him. I want to feel the comfort His presence brings. I guess the more we need Him, the closer we are to Him. We just have to remember because so often we forget and then we fall away. And if we fall away…we find ourselves drowning.

To find myself alone,
I can’t remember that I’ve flown,
I feel my wings give way,
And I fall from the light of day.

As the darkness sinks in,
I remember there is more than sin,
But I can’t remember how,
To find your throne or bow.

And then I see Your light,
As You reach through the dark,
As if You don’t remember,
How I failed to stay on mark.

I know then that You love me,
That You always, always will,
That no matter what You’ll be here,
Just like I know you climbed the hill.

You put your arms around me,
Tell me its okay,
I know that I’m forgiven,
And I need You every day.

So when I start to sink,
I’ll remember to look up,
For You’ll be standing there,
In perfect, wonderful love.



Don’t sink, remember Him always.

Mandy

When Was Last?

When was last you stood in awe?
When was last the mountians you saw?
When was last God's power you felt?
When was last in prayer you knelt?
When was last you felt so small?
When was last you heard the ocean lull?
When was last you knew, you knew,
Jesus died, He died for you?
When was last you understood?
When was last something amazing you did?
When was last you put yourself at the end?
When was last you had a smile to lend?
When was last you attempted to mend,
A broken heart, some laughter to send?

Mandy

Spring?

You'll never believe this but it is seventy degrees here!!! South Dakota on January fifth is seventy degrees! Where did winter go? We walked to the post office and were sloshing through mud and wearing no coats!!! It is apsolutely gorgeous. My only objection to this weather will be if I have to start mowing in March! :o)

But, then again, tomorrow it could be blizzarding. Did you know that South Dakota won the most changable weather? Once it was eighty degrees and dropped to in the teens within a couple hours! And then it came back up to eighty again! So, who knows? If you've ever wondered why we carry snow suits in our cars on seventy degree days, now you know!

God bless you all!

Mandy