And the Ice Gnomes are Marching From Their Norways...

A very merrily blessed Christmas to you all! I hope everyone had a marvelous celebration of our Lord's grace; any interesting stories to tell? Thoughts? Queries? Snide Remarks?

And what is this? The end of the year? Already?! WHERE DID IT GO?!! Does anyone really believe that it's December yet; cause I think there's some sort of conspiracy going on. Involving squirrels. And their acorn-powered time machines.

Closing Thoughts, Queries and (Possibly) Snide Remarks on the Year:

-God is good.

-I wish language were less weak to express God's [insert stronger medium here]. "How was your week? Good."; "Good job!"; "The Lord is good."; "Oh, that's good."

-My great apologies to any other string players out there, but cello is my favorite string instrument. Ohhh my word. (Hah, I just got a "Yo-Yo Ma and Friends" Christmas album...:D)

-Did you know that Yo-Yo Ma made a guest appearance as a cello-wielding bunny on the cartoon show Arthur? I didn't even know what he looked like outside of Bunnydom until this year.

-This year has brought me to ponder art a very lot. If we are a reflection of God's glory, and we are His own masterpieces/artworks, does that make our masterpieces/artworks reflections of our glory, which is really God's glory reflected through us?

-I have discovered that I am a very wordy person! Argh...:P

-Interactions between the two genders is awkward and complicated at secular schools. Like, really awkward.

-If the future wasn't scary, the present and past wouldn't be nearly as interesting.

-SNOW IS COLD. ACK.

-Consistent prayer is hard.

-People that I don't agree with can still be decent, amazing, lovable people. It's crazy. In my ignorance, I sincerely never expected to meet this many beautiful people who claim they will never believe in Christ as their savior. (Then again, we never have met a mere mortal, as Lewis says).

-And lastly, gummies.

I also discovered how much it hurts to miss people, even when you have met all sorts of interesting, gracious and lovely persons. You are all in my heart often, and you are sorely loved. (Ow! ^_^)

May Christmas be with you always; may we ever remember to weaken ourselves before God and other men.

Love,
Danielle