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Psalm 39:7-11 — What is the measure of my days?

February 12, 2012 – 2:42 pm

7 And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you. 8 Deliver me from all my transgressions. Do not make me the scorn of the fool! 9 I am mute; I do not open my mouth, for it is you who have done it. 10 Remove your stroke from me; [...]

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Pascal

January 26, 2012 – 4:47 pm

This carelessness in a matter which concerns themselves, their eternity, their all, moves me more to anger than pity; it astonishes and shocks me; it is to me monstrous. – Blaise Pascal, Pensées See Pascal’s Wager.

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January 22, 2012 – 9:39 pm

5 not awkward things that I feel awkward doing: being the only person obviously window shopping in a store speaking at an audible level and intelligible pace to cashiers and servers standing close enough to signal eventual intent to order but far enough to let others cut in front while I think asking for “just water” at [...]

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January 13, 2012 – 9:11 pm

Note: my first version of this post got nuked for whatever reason (WordPress didn’t save, I suspect because my host went down between when I loaded the editor and when I published the post. Anyway, hopefully this is an accurate recap of what I said. 5 things that I left retreat with: the realization that I need to pray [...]

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December 13, 2011 – 10:38 pm

It is both terrifying and marvellous to come to the sudden but long-coming realization of the following: I am at best an insignificant stain, a creature of wrath in the hands of a holy God. This holy God would be completely justified in erasing me the moment I decided the creature would supersede the Creator. I am still [...]

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