Hosea 2:14-23

"Therefore, behold, I will allure her, Bring her into the wilderness And speak kindly to her.
"Then I will give her her vineyards from there, And the valley of Achor as a door of hope. And she will sing there as in the days of her youth, As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.
"It will come about in that day," declares the LORD, "That you will call Me Ishi And will no longer call Me Baali.
"For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, So that they will be mentioned by their names no more.
"In that day I will also make a covenant for them With the beasts of the field, The birds of the sky And the creeping things of the ground. And I will abolish the bow, the sword and war from the land, And will make them lie down in safety.
"I will betroth you to Me forever ; Yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and in justice, In lovingkindness and in compassion,
And I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness. Then you will know the LORD.
"It will come about in that day that I will respond," declares the LORD. "I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth,
And the earth will respond to the grain, to the new wine and to the oil, And they will respond to Jezreel.
"I will sow her for Myself in the land. I will also have compassion on her who had not obtained compassion, And I will say to those who were not My people, 'You are My people !' And they will say, 'You are my God !' "

In a slightly surprising turn of events...

I'm applying for EDGE Corps. I'm really excited about it, actually.

My heart is for Japan and Italy. I love my friends in Japan, and I want (want feels like an underestimation) to go back. I love Italy and Italian, and I want (underestimation again) to go there.

However, I remain undecided between the two. Very 50/50.

So, I was sitting there considering this...and God goes, "EDGE?" And I said, "Whoa, EDGE. I haven't thought about that in a while...that's a good idea. You're the best, Jesus."


I want more training here. Also, I have the opportunity with EDGE to do another summer missions trip.


In short, unless I feel very strongly one way or the other (Japan or Italy) by March, I doing EDGE Corps. Oh, adventures with my God. :)

Second post of '09

I just realized my first post of 2009 was about pygmy owls and furbies.


Ridiculous.

So pygmy owls are really cute...

...and kind of ridiculous.

I think I'm in love.

And speaking of love...except I mean horror...I found a ridiculous furby website after I found my old furby. (I've been going through all my old boxes...)

Check it out if you dare... http://www.phobe.com/furby/