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December 17, 2007

"Chief of Sinners Though I Be"
by William McComb

Chief of sinners though I be,
Jesus shed His blood for me;
Died that I might live on high,
Lived that I might never die,
As the branch is to the vine,
I am His, and He is mine.

Oh, the height of Jesus' love!
Higher than the heavens above,
Deeper than the depths of sea,
Lasting as eternity.
Love that found me--wondrous thought!--
Found me when I sought Him not.

Jesus only can impart
Balm to heal the smitten heart;
Peace that flows from sin forgiven,
Joy that lifts the soul to heaven;
Faith and hope to walk with God
In the way that Enoch trod.

Chief of sinner though I be,
Christ is All in all to me;
All my wants to Him are known,
All my sorrows are His own.
Safe with Him from earthly strife,
He sustains the hidden life.

O my Savior, help afford
By Thy Spirit and Thy Word!
When my wayward heart would stray,
Keep me in the narrow way;
Grace in time of need supply
While I live and when I die.

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"Before The Throne Of God Above"
by Charitie Bancroft

Before the throne of God above
I have a strong and perfect plea.
A great high Priest whose Name is Love
Who ever lives and pleads for me.
My name is graven on His hands,
My name is written on His heart.
I know that while in Heaven He stands
No tongue can bid me thence depart.

When Satan tempts me to despair
And tells me of the guilt within,
Upward I look and see Him there
Who made an end of all my sin.
Because the sinless Savior died
My sinful soul is counted free.
For God the just is satisfied
To look on Him and pardon me.

Behold Him there the risen Lamb,
My perfect spotless righteousness,
The great unchangeable I AM,
The King of glory and of grace,
One in Himself I cannot die.
My soul is purchased by His blood,
My life is hid with Christ on high,
With Christ my Savior and my God!

Posted by Miss Mark at 10:01 AM

December 13, 2007

Free Books, Free Books!

I'm sure I'm like most of you where my eyes get tired after looking at the computer screen too long but I found these sites for free online books and am pretty excited. Enjoy!

The Online Books Page
Read Print
Page by Page Books
The Internet Public Library

I guess it is probably faster to just type Aesop's Fables free online book into www.aidgle.com or another search engine to find the book, but it is nice to know we can get them for free.

Posted by Miss Mark at 1:27 AM

December 11, 2007

Wrestling

NACR Daily Meditation for Tuesday, Dec 11, 2007

How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every day have sorrow in my
heart?Psalm 13:1-2

Sometimes our spiritual distress is centered on questions about God. Where
is God? Why doesn't God help? At other times our spiritual distress is centered
on questions about ourselves. What is wrong with me? How come I'm still
struggling this much?

Doubts about ourselves can be profoundly troubling. We wonder if our faith
will survive the struggle. We wonder if our faith is strong enough. Often
we feel like spiritual failures. The kind of spirituality we have been taught
does not envision 'good' Christians as people who wrestle with their thoughts
and are sad everyday. We think of 'good' Christians as people who trust
God and manage to smile in the midst of any circumstances. When we can't
manage to do this, we question and criticize ourselves.

But wrestling with our thoughts and experiencing sorrow day after day is
often a part of the recovery process. It is not a sign of failure to engage
in this hard work. It is a sign of courage. And it is a sign that our faith
is alive and struggling. People of real faith struggle in life. People of
real faith are people who wrestle with thoughts and who feel sorrow in their
heart.

Lord, I get so tired of thought-wrestling.
And I am so weary of heart-sorrow.
How long, Lord?
How long does this wrestling and sorrow go on?

Help me, Lord, not to experience this struggle as spiritual failure.
Help me to see this hard work as drawing me closer to you.
Remind me today that you are with me in all of this.
Remind me today that you understand.
Amen.

Posted by Miss Mark at 12:53 PM | Comments (1)

December 10, 2007

South Dakota Lights Show

I was enjoying some Christmas music on Pandora.com and heard Wizards in Winter by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. It reminded me of last year when I was in South Dakota for Christmas, some friends and I went to this cool lights show:

Wizards in Winter from South Dakota

Here are a few others he has done:

Feliz Navidad from South Dakota

Carol of the Bells from South Dakota

Posted by Miss Mark at 1:24 PM | Comments (2)

December 5, 2007

Oh for cute!

My sister sent me a foward with these cute pictures. Oh for cute!

Posted by Miss Mark at 9:45 AM | Comments (1)

December 4, 2007

Yummy...

from here

Today, after a few burns on my hands/wrists, I accomplished baking two acorn squash and the seeds and cooked some beets, all from my parent's garden. YUM!! Sadly, the fire alarms kept going off because some of the sugar and butter mixture fell in the bottom of the oven. So, at my apartment when the fire alarm goes off you have to take a pillow and beat the air to move it from the alarm until it shuts off. I got sick of it going on off so I just took down both of the fire alarms until I could clean the oven. I'm sure my downstairs neighbors are wondering what in the world is going on! haha!

Here are the recipies I used. It's crazy how the Internet can be used for so many things!
Classic Baked Acorn Squash Recipe
Toasted Seeds

And I tried to steam the beets, at first, but my collindar kept falling in the water so I just boiled them.

Now I need to get an aloe vera plant!

Posted by Miss Mark at 1:57 PM | Comments (1)

December 3, 2007

Computer Fun II

In honor of Heidi V. I thought I'd list a few fun things to do on the computer. Oh and thanks to Jesse, my K is fixed! Thanks Jesse!

Hmm... here are a few of my favorites:
-Listen to Pandora
-Take a few personality quizzes on Queendom.com or Tickle.com
-Send a Hoops & Yoyo e-card
-Look at creative t-shirts at threadless
-Read quotes from The Office
-Read blogs on Google Reader
-Watch videos on youtube
-Look for cheap, used books or cds on Amazon
-Read articles on wikiHow

A few other things to do:
bored.com
Sites from bored.com

Enjoy!

Posted by Miss Mark at 12:53 PM | Comments (1)