I love these.

Lamentations 3

21 But this I call to mind,
and therefore I have hope:
22 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;
his mercies never come to an end;
23 they are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
24 “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“therefore I will hope in him.”
25 The Lord is good to those who wait for him,
to the soul who seeks him.
26 It is good that one should wait quietly
for the salvation of the Lord.
27 It is good for a man that he bear
the yoke in his youth.
28 Let him sit alone in silence
when it is laid on him;
29 let him put his mouth in the dust—
there may yet be hope;
30 let him give his cheek to the one who strikes,
and let him be filled with insults.
31 For the Lord will not
cast off forever,
32 but, though he cause grief, he will have compassion
according to the abundance of his steadfast love;
33 for he does not willingly afflict
or grieve the children of men.

(ESV)

Resplendent Revolution

Hello everyone, I have started a blog that deals with my findings about the 18th Century, a time that I can't seem to get enough of. I'll still be posting life-ish stuff here at Abbey Road. Speaking of, how do you guys like the new background? I realize that there's a lot of pink, which I don't really like, but there's these pieces of paper sticking out from the center that are Alphonse Mucha designs! So I think I can live with the pink if I get some Mucha.

So go visit the new blog. Nothing exciting has happened there yet, but here's the address:

http://resplendentrevolution.blogspot.com/

Enjoy!

I love the stars. I fell in love with them as a child with a small book that detailed the patterns one could find in the night sky. I fell in love with the beautiful consistency that never failed to surprise. During the day, my attention is generally focused on Earth and what immediately surrounds me. At night, when millions of eyes blink back at me, I am surprised by how vast the universe seems to be. I am surprised by how much I can't see with only two eyes that certainly don't sparkle silver.

Tonight was one of those nights when the stars reminded me why I first loved them, all twinkling and slivery-blue. Tonight I was in love.

On October 6th, I drove to Atlanta.

And there I saw what allowed me to mark off an item on my "To Do Before I Die" list. I went to a U2 concert. I cried the entire time.


(There is more to come about this experience, but this will have to suffice for now. PS This is not a video that I took. Our seats were thankfully alot better, but you can hear me singing too much on our video. Plus, this video shows a bit more of the general splendor.)