urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:julia_christin3 julia_christin3 julia_christin3 2006-08-07T15:38:13Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:julia_christin3:1180 2006-08-07T15:38:13Z 2006-08-07T15:38:13Z <a href="http://www.apathyislethal.org">You&nbsp;<em>can</em> do something.</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:julia_christin3:831 2006-08-07T15:06:58Z 2006-08-07T15:06:58Z "we know where you sleep" - the paper chase When I heard this song, I decided that it is just creepy enough to post about. But if you are one of those people who actually download music legally, you probably shouldn't waste your money downloading this song. You will just end up unsatisfied, confused, or with nightmares tonight. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:julia_christin3:671 2006-08-01T16:00:02Z 2006-08-03T16:28:22Z corinne bailey rae. <p>Though <strong>"Faith without deeds is dead."</strong>, any deed committed without faith's assistance is <strong>equally worthless</strong>.</p> <p>My summer has <em>zipped by</em> pretty fast. This is probably because I have worked more often [as an employee, that is, not community service] this summer than any other time in my life. Working 5 days a week kinda wisks the summer away. But it's a good way to stay occupied when I can't drive myself anywhere.<br /><br />Working all the time also establishes some idea in my mind that I'm productively using my time, <strong>even if I am not</strong>.<br /><br />A couple of months ago, I was really frustrated with the way things were going where I work. But instead of quitting [probably because quitting was not an option], I changed my attitude and prayed that God would make a servant out of me, that I would actually enjoy going to work every day, even if the work I was doing did not necessarily <em>feel</em> as though my efforts were "for the kingdom". This commonly cited <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=58&amp;chapter=3&amp;verse=17&amp;version=31&amp;context=verse">verse</a> inspired me.<br /><br />This strategy was pretty successful until last week [at camp], when I realized that somewhere along the way I had dropped the attempted "<strong>attitude of Christ</strong>", meanwhile continuing a very mundane habit of&nbsp;trying to "serve"&nbsp;the people around me.&nbsp;<br />I had prayed for God to make me a servant - but I didn't have a "<em>servant's heart."</em><br /><br />So I have recently renewed my committment to serving God and/by serving people, while remembering what my <em>purpose</em> is. For a completed task without a purpose is done in vain, and deeds without faith [as well as faith without deeds, ofcourse] is dead.<br /><br /><br />On another note, another busy, fleeting summer almost gone !! Boohoo. Embrace it before all that stuff you wanted to do gets pushed to the weekend again.<br /></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:julia_christin3:441 2006-07-31T16:06:47Z 2006-07-31T16:06:47Z ben folds <p><strong>I flippantly decided to create a journal .. again. =) This journal will most likely be used primarily for commenting on other journals. I don't foresee myself posting .. much.</strong></p>