Accumulation of Knowledge

Last night, Nicole had three girls over.  After I finished blogging, I went outside to see what they were all up to.  I found the four of them dying their hair with koolaid on the driveway.  I once tried this with Ariel, my cousin, a couple years ago.  It didn't work.  Apparently, you have to have boiling water, not cold.  It was working for the girls!  They told me I'd look awesome with pink bangs.  I decided to go for it, but pink lemonade didn't stick.  We used cherry next.  I only left my bangs in for two minutes.  They (after showering once) are still red tinted!

I often blog about what I've been doing, but not what I've been reading.  I typically contemplate writing about it, but decide not to. This post is dedicated to my recent accumulation of knowledge.

I've been reading the book Gospel by JD Greear.  It is extremely good!  If you want to understand the gospel better or "reintroduce" yourself to it, I highly recommend this book.  Referred to me by a pastor, Gospel helps reveal how sinful I am and how amazing God is.

"Only in the truths of the gospel can a heart turned in on itself burst alive in love for God."

"An idol is not necessarily a bad thing. It's usually a good thing that we've made into a god-thing that then becomes a bad thing to us."

"When Paul thought about a need for grace, he didn't think of others first-he thought of himself."

"As You have been to me, so I will be to others."

The last quote is referring to God and his grace for us.  That is then related to forgiving others.  It is a prayer.

Lakota Journey interns have weekly reading assignments that are chapters from various books.  Once read, us four interns discuss them.   Yesterday we had our weekly discussion about a chapter from Keep Going: The Art of Perseverance.  In the chapter an Indian grandpa is teaching his grandson about life's up's and down's.

"The fact is, the sun does not always shine.  Gentle breezes can grow into tornados.  Too much rain can lead to flood, and too much sunshine causes the drought.  Life is life-it is what it is.  It offers no certainties, except that it will go on with or without you. The sun will rise and set every day. Though clouds obscure your perception and you do not see it coming up and going down, it will do so nonetheless.  So do the seasons follow their unerring cycle, waiting for no one or nothing.  The seasons turn into years and the years into ages.  Neither waiting nor caring if you join them, but never denying your choice to do so. They will go, and so must you because your journey is waiting.  And in your journey you will learn reality and balance."

I've also been reading Esther, Matthew, and pamphlets from WBCWS that relate to what I want to do.

Now I will stop blogging because some lovely girls, including Keyanee (refer to my last post if you don't remember her), just arrived for a sleepover.  Already painting our nails while pizza is in the oven.  This will be a fun night!

Tomorrow, I might go horseback riding!