apple dumplings

twice a day, I pass a beautiful little Baptist church, and every few days, a different little quote or saying is posted on the sign out front. Even though the lines are usually pretty corny...."if life stinks, we have a pew for you"...they stick in my head the whole day and I end up over-analyzing the theological implications of the line. Does "we have a pew for you" mean that when life gets tough, you get going to your church instead of confronting your problems? Does going to church always help solve your problems? What is church? etc, etc, etc.....and so it goes on. Hannah's lesson learned? Life and your problems don't have to be so complicated. Its so true that "all you need is love." The verse that I keep turning to these days is Ephesians 3:17-18:

"I pray that you,
being rooted and established in LOVE,
may have power,
together with all the saints,
to grasp
how wide
and long
and high
and deep
is the love of Christ."

We are called to love each other deeply (1 Peter 4:8). We spend our whole lives trying and failing every day to become more like Jesus, who loved completely. I certainly don't want to be perceived as a clanging cymbal at the end of my life. I want to love and be loved...deeply. Every day, I get another chance to become more like Jesus (if he decides to give me the chance). And so, I look forward to tomorrow, which has no mistakes or blemishes.

Speaking of the best years of my life : ), I'm watching The Apple Dumpling Gang. My family has rented that movie probably about 20 times, no joke..we should own it. I rented it for the 21st time tonight, and now I sit here, watching it with my little sisters, remembering my childhood. Sweeeeeeeet. Hopefully, when they "grow up", they will remember this movie as sweetly as I do.

and now I'm craving apple dumplings...and I'm going to name my first girl Magnolia (just KIDDING)

watch it! its wonderful

: )

"bye!"

wordsworth remembering

I have been on summer break for a week now!!!! For the first time in several years, I am NOT taking summer classes, and it is a glorious feeling. Instead, I will be interning with the Family Foundation in Richmond and spending the weekends working on my mad tubing skills at the Chowan River. With all this extra time that I have acquired, I decided I need to catch up on my reading list.....so here's a question:

What books should I read this summer?

I'm open to any genres...novels, biographies, etc. From my current list, I have books such as G.K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy, Jane Austen's Persuasion, and Richard Wurmbrand's Satan and Marx...any personal favorites you think I should read (besides the Bible)?

: )

ok, thanks!

and congratulations to all the people graduating this Saturday!