Between a Stove and a Cold Place

Hello everyone!

I hope you’re impressed by my clever title and the fact that I once again braved the bike ride to the library. I didn’t update last week because I went snow skiing!

It was super fun and a gorgeous day; two of the girls didn’t even wear their jackets. And God really provided, since I found out the night before that I wouldn’t be able to rent ski pants, but then one of the guys at L’Abri randomly decided that he wasn’t going and had pants that fit me. It was amazing.

Then this week we went to Walden Pond, which was really beautiful. This is a picture of me reading On Walden Pond on Walden Pond. Get it?

We hiked around/on the pond (it’s all frozen) and generally had a good time. Afterward we went to Concord and I ate a cupcake.

Other than that I’ve mostly chilled around the house. We had a Valentine’s Day party where we at chili made with beer and chocolate (the two staples of Valentine’s Day) and watched music videos to cheesy 90s love songs. Another night we had brinner (breakfast for dinner) and all wore our pajamas to dinner, which was awesome. We also watched both Ghostbusters movies, which was an experience. So really fun.

As far as studying goes, I read a book on how the church is part of God’s redemptive plan to create a new community of believers, which definitely changes the perspective from just going to hear a sermon. I also read a book on guidance, and that true guidance is in God’s word and that we should ask for wisdom to apply it to our lives. God can also guide us through other things like sudden insights or open doors, but that’s not true guidance because we have to test it just like anything else in life. Finally, I learned about how the Bible sometimes seems contradictory, but that we trust that it’s true because the important points (like Jesus’ death and resurrection) are clear and because the Bible makes sense as an explanation of our world (that we live in a fallen, abnormal world because of our choice to disobey God but that God provided a solution through Jesus).

I hope everyone is doing well and look forward to seeing y’all in a couple of weeks!

Hope

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