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This is a poem a friend of mine posted on facebook and I really liked it and wanted to share it :)

Once I came upon a place
Of grief and misery
I saw a man, alone and cold
... And found that he was me.
I look back now,
At that wretched place
And laugh and sometimes cry
Because the man I used to be,
He deserved to die.
But now I have this new-found hope,
This joy
This peace
This love.
I feel my new life's warm embrace
From the Lord Himself, above.
I didn't deserve a second chance,
Or a third or fourth of fifth.
But He loves me so much
And I know that I was missed.

by Garrett Wussow

How do you respond to the face in the mirror?

James 1:22-25

[22] But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, decieving yourselves. [23] For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. [24] For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. [25] But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.

An Army of Locusts

A few posts ago, I promised this passage, so here it is!

 Blow the trumpet in Zion;
   sound the alarm on my holy hill.
   Let all who live in the land tremble,
   for the day of the LORD is coming.
It is close at hand—
 ² a day of darkness and gloom,
   a day of clouds and blackness.
Like dawn spreading across the mountains
   a large and mighty army comes,
such as never was in ancient times
   nor ever will be in ages to come.
 ³ Before them fire devours,
   behind them a flame blazes.
Before them the land is like the garden of Eden,
   behind them, a desert waste—
   nothing escapes them.
⁴ They have the appearance of horses;
   they gallop along like cavalry.
⁵ With a noise like that of chariots
   they leap over the mountaintops,
like a crackling fire consuming stubble,
   like a mighty army drawn up for battle.
 ⁶ At the sight of them, nations are in anguish;
   every face turns pale.
⁷ They charge like warriors;
   they scale walls like soldiers.
They all march in line,
   not swerving from their course.
⁸ They do not jostle each other;
   each marches straight ahead.
They plunge through defenses
   without breaking ranks.
⁹ They rush upon the city;
   they run along the wall.
They climb into the houses;
   like thieves they enter through the windows.
 ¹⁰ Before them the earth shakes,
   the heavens tremble,
the sun and moon are darkened,
   and the stars no longer shine.
¹¹ The LORD thunders
   at the head of his army;
his forces are beyond number,
   and mighty is the army that obeys his command.
The day of the LORD is great;
   it is dreadful.
   Who can endure it?

Long Time No See

Dearest Life According To Mer Blog:

I apologize sincerely for abandoning you.  It is not that i have forgotten, or don't love you, or wanted to abandon you.  It is only that I have been busy beyond all reason.  now I actually have some time and there is no one waiting for the computer.  It has been dreadfully hot this week, and sadly it won't be getting much better.  I hope you haven't missed me as much as much as I miss you, because its nearly unbearable!!  Camp has been great, I've had lots of opportunities to grow!  I was going to give you a passage I really like, but sadly this computer is blocking all the online bibles.  Which is ironic, since I'm at Bible Camp.  So you can find it yourself!  Its Joel 2:1-11.  Please read, its really really awesome.  maybe i'll post it later.  Okay, I have to go to Chapel now!!!

Sincerely,

With love;

Yours Truly,

Mer