entry the eighth

three things about me:
1. i'm excellent at tying bows
2. my last name is pretty sick
3. i'm big on celebrating birthdays? i'm running out of things to post in this part. i may have to make another amendment to this blogging process.

three things about today:
1. i am sick, so i finally have a ligitimate reason for not going to class
2. i started on a blanket for mrs. filar's baby
3. it was cold enough to wear my favorite jacket to convo tonight
4. U2 is coming to pepperdine? this is probably an april fool that i will later be humiliated by because i was so excited that i posted a myspace bulletin about it.

a quote:
It is enough to know simply there is a certain inscrutable will in God, and as to what, why, and how far it wills, that is something we have no right whatever to inquire into, hanker after, care about, or meddle with, but only to fear and adore.-- martin luther in the bondage of the will
this is what we're discussing in great books right now and to be honest it's such a tired argument. i feel like everyone just argues their church doctrine and no one is open to new things about the same God that we all have. i really do think that there is a certain part of God that no one will ever understand, and no matter how much we dogmatize this point, it's possibly the most wonderful part of God. i think what luther meant is that the will of God is higher than our own and higher than we can even begin to explain in human words. this is that part of God that makes everything work together for good- and if we aren't mean to be involved in that, then fine. and i don't think there's anything wrong with that. i think it's beautiful.

a song:
how great is our God by chris tomlin

a peecture:
rhinoceri are pretty scary creatures but i think they are so cute.