3.31.2008

The Indispensables

After having gone to college for a little more than half a semester, I have compiled a list of indispensable items I keep in my backpack.

  • My little Bible - The words contained in this book will keep me from sin and sin will keep me from this book. God's gift to us is an ultimate treasure that I have learned to prize even more because of this college excursion. It's teeny tiny size is perfect for storing in a backpack that seems to gain weight by its existence (I've suggested a diet for it...). With God's Word at my fingertips, I can be exhorted and encouraged between classes! Thank God for Mr. Gutenerg!
  • Tide to Go Pen - or as Daniel nicknamed it, my Tide to Stay pen. It has saved almost all of my shirts from a stain-y demise with it's incredible stain-fighting abilities. I put it on and the stain is gone!
  • My Little Black Moleskin Book - I love this thing! I have a ruled moleskin where I record my ramblings, schedules, quotes, Bible verses, and doodlings.
  • Nano Stapler - (I have the pink one! Of course. )This stapler is not an ordinary stapler. It has gone through at least ten pages of printer paper no problem and no extra effort. I do not have to muster a lot of force to get this stapler to work. Plus, because it is small, I am the girl who always has a stapler to share.
I am on the last leg of this semester's journey. God is finishing the good work He started in me. He is good, and I am in awe of Him.

I will leave you with this quote...

"The stamp of the saint is not the metallic rapping out of a testimony to sanctification, but the true humility which shows the fierce purity of God in ordinary human flesh." - Amy Carmichael

May the God who is able to keep you from falling present you faultless before His presence with exceeding joy.

Love,
Elizabeth Cheryl
Ellie, Connie,
Bubbly, Bets,
Firecracker, Rosie,
Squeaks, Twitchy,
Shrimpy, Cheerio,
Shortcake, Pinkie,
& E!

3.06.2008

"Prayer is the open admission that without Christ we can do nothing. And prayer is the turning away from ourselves to God in the confidence that He will provide the help we need. Prayer humbles us as needy and exalts God as all-sufficient." - John Piper

On my knees,
Elizabeth Cheryl :)
Ellie, Connie,
:)
Bets, Bubbly,
:)
Firecracker, Rosie, :)
Squeaks, Twitchy,
:)
Shrimpy, Cheerio,
:)
Shortcake, Pinkie,
:)
& E! :)