So I have finally joined the realms of WordPress… what d’ya think?
It would also appear that I have a done something funny to the front page here, hm not sure how that happened, but I’m sure you’ll forgive me if it looks a bit silly!!
Off to get me some tea…
Simple truths are often the most hard-hitting, aren’t they?
When we recognise that life is a gift and we are overwhelmed with a sense of gratitude, when we fill every moment with praise for God’s goodness and thanks for His generosity, we find wholeness, and our hearts increase in their capacity to experience and give love.”
Tomorrow night is my school formal (prom, whatever you want to call it). First off, I am not going. I’ve got no interest in it, never really was a big one for dressing up and all that.
I dont get it though – whats the point in spending a small fortune on one night, if you’re going to get so drunk you wont remember any of it? I mean, the ticket costs £30 each to start with… then you’ve got a dress, I know a girl who bought a dress at £250! Then theres the handbag, the jewellery, the limo, the drinks, the taxi home…. Blah Blah Blah. Why would you spend so much on one evening, if you wont remember it?
Oh well. Here’s hoping (no, praying) that everyone who does go, will have a fantastic evening, that everyone will remain safe, and that above all, God will be glorified. It’s funny, a friend prayed that today, and it got me thinking… How can God be glorified in the formal? I’m still working that one out… and please dont take that as me saying He cant, becuase i FULLY believe He can, I’m just not sure what it looks like right now.
So, God, be glorified in the formal.
What a great word! I’ve noticed that my blogging has been a bit sparodic recently, and to be honest, I’m not quite sure why. Have I just not had anything to say? Unlikely, because when have I ever been lost for words for very long?
I’ve been dosing about doing random things. Went to Queens University Belfast yesterday for a open day for students with offers for the mathematics department, and was very pleasantly suprised that it was actually pretty interesting! Got chatting to one of the lectures after the official presentations, and it was pretty interesting. It’s nice to sometimes just be able to talk about things your passionate about with someone who shares a similar passion. I mean, I’m a geek. No need to beat around the bush, I love maths and I love messing about with computers. I’m a geek. I’m happy with that! So sometimes it’s nice to talk about maths for ages with other people who don’t feel like running a mile!
Hmm is this one of those times? When I go on about my love of geeky things, and you dont really a) understand or b) care?!
Replies on a postcard…. I mean, the comments section!
Recently God has been breaking my heart over Africa, and laying it heavy on my heart. Some statistics about Africa for you (courtesy of National Geographic)…
And you know, I just cant understand it. The following stats about HIV/AIDS break my heart…
How can there be such pain and suffering caused by a PREVENTABLE disease? How can it cost so much more to provide treatment for the same disease in the US (and probably the UK and Ireland too, I dont know the stats), than it costs in Africa? If we cut down the costs here, couldnt we treat many more Africans? How can we let them die like this?? I dont understand it at all. I have to do something. I’m searching for some way to contribute to this great continent.
Been off school sick today… man it sucks! I hate being off sick. Lay all day, and watched some pathetic daytime TV… man who puts this stuff on TV?? So as you can possibly imagine, I am suitably bored.
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the world and problems in it. Hmm… thats a very wide-sweeping statement, let me refine it. I’ve been thinking a lot about poverty, and about the problems in the African continent particularly. And I’ve been challenged, humbled and heartbroken at it. I want to make a difference. How can I change the world?
A friend recently passed on a comment to me that her brother made, about how we cant change the world, but we can change the life of one person or one family, and in that way we’re changing their world. I liked that thought. The needs are so vast, so far beyond comprehension, that I often feel overwhelmed by it. ‘God, how can I make a difference, I’m just one person.’
So I hereby pledge, I will attempt to be the change I want to see in the world.
I dislike apathy. Millions of people die every day because people like you and me do nothing. Therefore, I will live passionately, be passionate for the people living and dying in poverty.
Anger wells inside me thinking about the crippling amount of debt that Third World nations suffer to repay, to us, to First World developed nations. Therefore, I will give generously, and I will give often.
The statistics are overwhelming…
I must fight for them. I must love them. I must be passionate. I must give.
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4 Jobs You Have Had in Your Life
1. Sales assistant etc, Audio Audio (local specialist hi-fi shop)
2. Waitress, Skandia Resturant
3. Waitress, Upper Room
4.
4 Movies You Would Watch Over and Over
1. The Matrix (original one!)
2. A Beautiful Mind
3. Fern Gully
4. The Constant Gardener
4 Places You Have Lived
1. Where i was born
2. Where i live now (about 3 miles from where i was born!)
3.
4.
4 TV Shows You Love to Watch
1. House
2. C.S.I.
3. The Apprentice
4. Numb3rs
4 Places You Have Been on Vacation
1. New Zealand
2. America
3. Holland
4. Germany
4 Websites You Visit Daily
1. Hotmail
2. Blogger
3. Amazon
4. Apple
4 Favorite Foods
1. Pretty much any form of Italian
2. Christmas dinner… all the trimmings
3. A really nicely cooked steak
4. Pizza (yea, i know its Italian, but its good ok!!)
4 Places You Would Rather Be Right Now
1. New Zealand
2. Waterstones
3. The Wash Basin
4. Delft
4 People You Tag to complete this
1. Ally (thats it!)
Are you ready? Here we go…
Hamilton Lake, Hamilton, New Zealand
The Peoples Park, Ballymena, Northern Ireland
One Tree Hill, Auckland, New Zealand
The Meadows, Edinburgh, Scotland
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