<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744</id><updated>2011-12-01T06:44:25.108-06:00</updated><title type='text'>blog de hilary</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>55</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-106642342142631351</id><published>2003-10-17T15:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-10-17T15:43:40.996-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>even deep wells go dry&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-106642342142631351?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/106642342142631351'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/106642342142631351'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_archive.html#106642342142631351' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-105608383681620004</id><published>2003-06-19T23:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-06-19T23:37:16.830-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;If You are Not the One&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I sit on my bed-waiting for your call-nothing left to do-but stare at the wall-when we first met-it felt a lot like this-anxious for the unknown-even that first kiss-but this time it's different-my hope has all died-and I stopped keeping track-of all the tears that I've cried-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and my consequence is pain&lt;br /&gt;as a result of your choice&lt;br /&gt;and your spoken words&lt;br /&gt;leave me with no voice&lt;br /&gt;where can I go&lt;br /&gt;where do I run&lt;br /&gt;who can I trust &lt;br /&gt;if you are not the one&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;if I had one wish-it would be a new start-in this dream-there is room inside your heart-we would find true love-between the laughter and tears-you would take me into your arms-and settle all my fears-but I doubt that there are seconds-if there's such a thing as chance-so here's where it seems to quit-it's the end of our romance-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;if you are not the one&lt;br /&gt;I know I'll get over you&lt;br /&gt;I just wasn't ready to&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-105608383681620004?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/105608383681620004'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/105608383681620004'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2003_06_01_archive.html#105608383681620004' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-6004867</id><published>2001-09-29T22:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2001-09-29T22:49:26.823-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>it seems to me that to force your experience and belief upon another person is an inevitable failure.  if I were to stretch my hand before me I could call that the entire realm of human experience.  the very tip of my pinky finger would be what you or I have experienced.  I cannot expect others to relate or even understand that same experience.  the best I can do is share and pray to connect.  the best you can do is pray that I hear and comprehend.  God is our supreme mediator, through Him is the only true way to commune...it seems so easy to say that.  I had a friend tell me once that life is never simple when other people are involved, I don't want to believe that, but at present circumstance it seems to be the only thing I can be sure of.  so, on wars the battle inside me that seems to never end...God teaching me to love, and me doing everything in my power to stay isolated.  God is good, I am sure of that...and love never fails.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-6004867?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/6004867'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/6004867'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_09_01_archive.html#6004867' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-5132784</id><published>2001-08-16T17:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2001-08-16T17:07:03.663-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>today ends my visit at home.  it's weird to be leaving home to go home.  now that I'm staying in colorado I'll for the first time be completely independent from my parents (financially that is).  a good and scary feeling.  I'm a little bit worried about it...but most of that is overcome with excitement.  it also makes me wonder what God is up to.  He has more than clearly shown me that I needed to take this position at the camp and stay, but I have no earthly idea why.  so for the next year I'll be up in the mountains of colorado waiting on God to show me why He wanted me at this camp...selah.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-5132784?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/5132784'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/5132784'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_08_01_archive.html#5132784' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-4591780</id><published>2001-07-17T21:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2001-07-17T21:41:30.470-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>I saw this card the other day.  It had a quote from this woman on the front.  it said "life shrinks and expands in proportion to one's courage".  at first reading this I thought it was new perspective and kind of insightful.  I bought the card and upon sitting down to write in it I could only think of how I really don't agree with that statement.  life shrinks and expands in proportion to our obedience.  our obedience is only the same as the measure of our faith.  our faith I find is quite comparable to our relationship with God.  and that is the reason why I have decided after the summer I will be staying here in colorado.  I think there is so much I am learning, and so much to share.  but time alone with the computer is short.  but if anyone still reads this, drop me a line and let me know how you are doing.  God is good...and so is colorado. :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-4591780?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/4591780'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/4591780'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_07_01_archive.html#4591780' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-3658269</id><published>2001-05-16T12:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2001-05-16T12:10:10.946-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>goodbye obu...hello colorado! (well, at least for three months anyway...)  for the summer:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hilary Leonard &lt;br /&gt;All-Summer Intern&lt;br /&gt;Young Life Trail West&lt;br /&gt;18800 Trail West Drive&lt;br /&gt;Buena Vista, CO 81211&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-3658269?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/3658269'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/3658269'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_05_01_archive.html#3658269' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-3545737</id><published>2001-05-08T02:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2001-05-08T02:11:20.916-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>In one week I will walk away from OBU.  Right now that one week seems like eternity, but in eight days I know I will be wondering where the time went.  I'm on the edge of the unknown, I love that feeling.  It's the same feeling one gets when running through an open field.  The brief moment when you can let go of all fear, all apprehensions, and just run free.  Nothing tying me down for a split second.  The only problem with that second is that I hastly do all within my power to hold on to it.  I shun responsibility and let relationships die, then I listen to the whisper in my ear telling me this is right, this is freedom.  That is not freedom.  That is chaining myself down and building that wall higher.  Nothing is harder for me to fight though...the constant urge to cut free. Even if only from the loose strings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peace and beauty.  What incredible blessings.  Among all the turmoil and confusion, we can look around and still have peace in our souls.  Praise God that He is God.  Praise God that when I stamp my foot and demand my way, He lovingly shows me the way it has to be.  Praise Him that even when I don't want to accept the truth, He continues to offer it until I finally see.  It's funny to look at the past times in my life when I was so certain that God was wrong and I was right, be that concerning decisions, relationships, or whatever...praise God that He is truth.  Praise God that He has a plan for my life...and it is a good plan.  A plan to bring me hope and a future, even when it doesn't feel like it.  It's not about what I think or feel, the truest thing about me is always what God says.  Praise Him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-3545737?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/3545737'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/3545737'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_05_01_archive.html#3545737' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-3501358</id><published>2001-05-04T21:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2001-05-04T21:24:12.633-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>I should blog something of worth before I leave for camp...that is assuming I might come up with something worth sharing...blah.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-3501358?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/3501358'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/3501358'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_05_01_archive.html#3501358' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-3378005</id><published>2001-04-26T09:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2001-04-26T09:10:56.470-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Ah...feelings, thoughts, emotions. The thing tonight that is on&lt;br /&gt;the forefront of my mind is how those get so muddled. They truly&lt;br /&gt;are a beautiful gift from God. Can you imagine a world void of&lt;br /&gt;those things? I tried to be that way...but I'm thankful that God&lt;br /&gt;broke through that. Only thing is, they are hard to distinguish,&lt;br /&gt;hard to hold on to, for me they are ever changing. That&lt;br /&gt;frustrates me. One day I will be so certain of how I feel, what&lt;br /&gt;I think, what I'm going to do about something...then the next&lt;br /&gt;day, it's like the day before never happened. why is that? I&lt;br /&gt;throw that question to the void.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The void which so often is my companion. He has no questions, no&lt;br /&gt;answers, he just takes it all in...takes all of me in. Lets me&lt;br /&gt;rant and rave, scream and cry, smile and laugh. And he's there&lt;br /&gt;the next day. But it's always sad when I come to the stark&lt;br /&gt;realization of the truth, that he is but a void. He not&lt;br /&gt;indicating anyone or anything in particular, but just what it is,&lt;br /&gt;void. And sometimes void and I...we're old friends curled up&lt;br /&gt;recounting old memories. Then there are days when void just&lt;br /&gt;envelopes me and runs his fingers through my hair telling me,&lt;br /&gt;that even though he was right he's not gonna say I told you&lt;br /&gt;so...he's just gonna sit there and gently rock me until I can no&lt;br /&gt;longer cry. And some days I'm thankful for the good old void,&lt;br /&gt;but there are days when i also wish he knew my name.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But doesn't he? Isn't that void not something distant, but&lt;br /&gt;something very real, something not a void at all? Is He not the&lt;br /&gt;One...the One who holds all my tears in a bottle, the One who&lt;br /&gt;brings me joy in the morning...in fact He even has all the&lt;br /&gt;answers. And my stark realization of His void, is nothing but my&lt;br /&gt;own ignorance that I fashion. The ignorance my void uncovers and&lt;br /&gt;brings light to...I once was lost, but now I see.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-3378005?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/3378005'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/3378005'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_04_01_archive.html#3378005' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-3333760</id><published>2001-04-23T14:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2001-04-23T14:49:46.316-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Nowhere Else But Here&lt;br /&gt;(matthew perryman jones)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I sit beneath a spring night sky above me&lt;br /&gt;and see the stars as shiny grains of sands&lt;br /&gt;my heart it sinks and doubts that you could love me&lt;br /&gt;as my head it falls into my empty hands&lt;br /&gt;break through my doubt and let me know you're near&lt;br /&gt;meet me now&lt;br /&gt;I am nowhere else but here&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so many walls of secret pain still hide me&lt;br /&gt;and desperately I want to be let out&lt;br /&gt;all the dreams that live so deep inside me&lt;br /&gt;and held within the shadow of a doubt&lt;br /&gt;take my hand and teach me not to fear&lt;br /&gt;meet me now&lt;br /&gt;I am nowhere else but here&lt;br /&gt;and here I sit upon the fence still waiting&lt;br /&gt;I can't decide on where I want to be&lt;br /&gt;my heart is torn, my mind is still debating&lt;br /&gt;I just want to be where love can set me free&lt;br /&gt;speak to me and make it all so clear&lt;br /&gt;meet me now&lt;br /&gt;I am nowhere else but here&lt;br /&gt;hallelujah...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-3333760?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/3333760'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/3333760'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_04_01_archive.html#3333760' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-3325295</id><published>2001-04-22T23:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2001-04-22T23:13:34.746-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>cheesecake frozen yogurt&lt;br /&gt;dripping in my glass&lt;br /&gt;orange milky syrup&lt;br /&gt;flopping like a bass&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;can i really eat this mess&lt;br /&gt;slurping through a straw&lt;br /&gt;they call it dairy delight&lt;br /&gt;blah blah blah BLAH&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i think i'll get the fruit&lt;br /&gt;molding on the bar&lt;br /&gt;and pass on that cheesy juice&lt;br /&gt;squirting near and far&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(i could never have written this lovely ode to cheesecake yogurt if it weren't for my dear friend, &lt;a href="http://www.muddyart.com"&gt;amber&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-3325295?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/3325295'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/3325295'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_04_01_archive.html#3325295' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-3276165</id><published>2001-04-19T12:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2001-04-19T12:31:13.106-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Today in my philosophy class the thought occured to me for the first time that I just might not agree with the death penalty.  That seems odd.  I think my professor just put it in a way today that I had never thought.  He was lecturing about conservatism and liberalism and being fair.  How we can't from a christian or ethical position make unfair exceptions and rules and give advantage.  He used the example of abortion vs. death penalty.  Only he didn't come right out and say that.  He was pointing out how people justify saying that abortion is wrong, it's making a conscious choice to kill a life, and as a christian that's wrong (based on the 10 commandments).  He was alluding to his belief that the death penalty is wrong on the same evidence, but he wouldn't say it.  I had never thought about it before.  I don't know if any of that really makes sense.  Today though, it made me think.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;April 19, 1995.  Timothy McVeigh.  168 innocent people murdered.  I live among the victims.  I've seen the pain of family members and of rescuers; I've walked around the memorial and museum.  I've seen the effect that one man has had on this state.  Death penalty.  When Dr. Wester explained it, it didn't make sense for me to believe in the death penalty...but looking into the faces of the victims and survivors, it doesn't make sense for me not to.  I don't know how to compensate for that...I don't know if I ever will.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-3276165?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/3276165'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/3276165'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_04_01_archive.html#3276165' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-3234611</id><published>2001-04-16T21:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2001-04-16T21:42:19.930-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>all i want &lt;br /&gt;(stephen smith) &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;all i want is my frustration - to be replaced with signs of spring &lt;br /&gt;and all i want is confirmation - that you're gonna see me through &lt;br /&gt;see me through this thing - and all i want &lt;br /&gt;all i want...all i want is you &lt;br /&gt;and all i want is just a window to let me know there's light outside &lt;br /&gt;and all i want is confirmation that what i'm feeling &lt;br /&gt;feeling isn't right - and all i want &lt;br /&gt;all i want...all i want is you &lt;br /&gt;and all i want is that you'd find me - and i'd have nothing more to say &lt;br /&gt;all i want is pure reflection - of the one that's standing right in front of me &lt;br /&gt;and all i want &lt;br /&gt;all i want...all i want is you &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-3234611?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/3234611'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/3234611'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_04_01_archive.html#3234611' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-3193997</id><published>2001-04-13T19:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2001-04-13T19:29:54.706-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>talked to my sister today.  her and her husband had just gotten back from a doctor's appointment.  In less than four months Parker James Sanderson will be another part of our family.  I am so excited for them...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-3193997?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/3193997'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/3193997'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_04_01_archive.html#3193997' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-3156660</id><published>2001-04-11T08:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2001-04-11T08:42:08.450-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>I don't think that it's fair that the same school that wakes everyone up at 3am for a tornado warning and frantically shoves us into the basement is the same school that expects us to be on time for our morning classes.  I also don't find it fair that I'm the only 19 year old with a roommate who can't read a clock and so on the same night we're all woken up for that tornado, I am woken up in a frenzy thinking I'm late for the class I am still expected to go to...long before it's class time.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-3156660?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/3156660'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/3156660'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_04_01_archive.html#3156660' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-3138228</id><published>2001-04-10T01:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2001-04-10T01:34:43.226-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Philippians 4:7&lt;br /&gt;"And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, shall guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-3138228?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/3138228'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/3138228'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_04_01_archive.html#3138228' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-3121720</id><published>2001-04-08T22:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2001-04-08T22:48:32.046-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>You took what wasn't yours to have.  You marched into my life and demanded what I wasn't willing to give, and then you took it anyway. Then you ran.  I thought I could forget it, but tonight...the pain is very real.  And I wish I never knew your name.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-3121720?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/3121720'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/3121720'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_04_01_archive.html#3121720' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-3061065</id><published>2001-04-04T10:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2001-04-04T10:33:48.130-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>First &lt;a href="http://www.okbu.edu"&gt;they &lt;/a&gt;took away MSN messenger....now they've stolen AOL's...I found yahoo yesterday, I wonder how long before it's gone too.  So for anyone who really wants to chat, or is really bored, I now am forced to use yahoo (hilaryrose1).  Maybe the nazi's will give us aol back soon...oh well, maybe this will help me get homework done.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-3061065?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/3061065'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/3061065'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_04_01_archive.html#3061065' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-3055275</id><published>2001-04-03T22:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2001-04-03T22:39:39.103-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.ou.edu"&gt;Oklahoma University&lt;/a&gt;...I can't believe that I'm actually going to transfer.  I am afraid that the peace I feel about this is just some fabrication I've made for myself so I have an excuse to leave.  I often crave change and I worry that this is the wrong thing.  I honestly don't believe that, but I am afraid.  I am afraid that I will land flat on my face, that everyone who is calling me crazy is right, and that I have mistaken God's will.  &lt;a href="http://www.okbu.edu"&gt;OBU&lt;/a&gt; hasn't been bad...I am so thankful that I was here this year, but I can't stay.  I would go nuts...and I do believe that it's God's will for me to go...but I'm still a bit scared.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-3055275?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/3055275'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/3055275'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_04_01_archive.html#3055275' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-2978047</id><published>2001-03-28T19:42:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2001-03-28T19:58:04.236-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Aaron…3/28/01&lt;br /&gt;I miss the quiet oblivian&lt;br /&gt;When our biggest fear was bedtime&lt;br /&gt;And a warm hug would solve all&lt;br /&gt;There was no pain&lt;br /&gt;No hurt&lt;br /&gt;No tears&lt;br /&gt;I didn’t have to worry about you&lt;br /&gt;Like I do right now&lt;br /&gt;Afraid that next time I call&lt;br /&gt;You won’t be there&lt;br /&gt;Wake up!&lt;br /&gt;Listen to your heart&lt;br /&gt;You are so much more than this&lt;br /&gt;I know&lt;br /&gt;I’ve seen it&lt;br /&gt;That dazzle in your eye&lt;br /&gt;You’ve slowly killed&lt;br /&gt;And I wish I could bring it back for you&lt;br /&gt;I wish I could do it for you&lt;br /&gt;But I can’t&lt;br /&gt;I can’t&lt;br /&gt;You only invite more sorrow&lt;br /&gt;More trouble &lt;br /&gt;Into your puzzle&lt;br /&gt;The puzzle you’ll never solve&lt;br /&gt;There’s no solution the way you try&lt;br /&gt;There is only One&lt;br /&gt;And you know Him&lt;br /&gt;I wish I could do it for you&lt;br /&gt;But I can’t.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-2978047?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2978047'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2978047'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_03_01_archive.html#2978047' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-2946656</id><published>2001-03-26T18:42:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2001-03-26T18:57:35.363-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>"If we have never had the experience of taking our commonplace religious shoes off our commonplace religious feet, and getting rid of all the undue familiarity with which we approach God, it is questionable whether we have ever stood in His presence.  The people who are flippant and familiar are those who have never yet been introduced to Jesus Christ.  After the amazing delight and liberty of realizing what Jesus Christ does, comes the impenetrable darkness of realizing Who He is."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Oswald Chambers&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-2946656?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2946656'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2946656'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_03_01_archive.html#2946656' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-2939892</id><published>2001-03-26T09:59:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2001-03-26T10:14:41.483-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>I will be spending the summer at &lt;a href="http://www.younglife.com"&gt;Young Life&lt;/a&gt; family camp as an intern...I'm really excited...I think...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-2939892?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2939892'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2939892'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_03_01_archive.html#2939892' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-2920141</id><published>2001-03-24T18:46:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2001-03-24T19:01:31.223-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>A poem from my RA....&lt;br /&gt;"oh hilary, oh hilary!&lt;br /&gt;where have you been?&lt;br /&gt;without you I cannot win!&lt;br /&gt;I miss you like crazy!&lt;br /&gt;stop being so lazy!&lt;br /&gt;are you even around?&lt;br /&gt;I have not heard a hilary sound&lt;br /&gt;why haven't you come to see me?&lt;br /&gt;I won't give you a single flea!&lt;br /&gt;I got rid of those!&lt;br /&gt;they ran from my nose!&lt;br /&gt;So I rest my plea, &lt;br /&gt;don't forget me&lt;br /&gt;so stop by&lt;br /&gt;just to say hi!&lt;br /&gt;I love you!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rosa, you're the best!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-2920141?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2920141'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2920141'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_03_01_archive.html#2920141' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-2912138</id><published>2001-03-24T00:19:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2001-03-24T00:33:51.210-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>I love my church!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"and what of the human heart's capacity to understand God?  Here we need the help of passionate visionaries...&lt;br /&gt;Sacred scripture is too important to be left exclusively to biblical scholars.&lt;br /&gt;Theology is too vital to be consigned to the province of theologians.&lt;br /&gt;To explore the depths of the God who invites our trust, &lt;br /&gt;we need the artists and mystics...&lt;br /&gt;Through daring images and bold metaphors rooted in the Word, they guide us to a profound self-esteem within an enlarged vision of the magnitude of the Divine."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;a href="http://www.backroomart.com"&gt;the backroom&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-2912138?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2912138'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2912138'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_03_01_archive.html#2912138' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-2897468</id><published>2001-03-22T21:49:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2001-03-22T22:04:33.716-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Surrender.  As a song echoes that word in my ear and in my mind the warnings against vanity from Solomon are fresh before me, I can't help but think that I don't understand.  I feel that if I truly understood Christ--and I truly knew Him, surrendering would be the only expression I could muster up.  But that is far from true.  I am the opposite.  Not only do I cling to things until my knuckles are white, I continue to gather more and more that I will refuse to let go of.  Simplicity has been a common theme running through my life lately and I think God's call to simplicity extends further than just the tangible.  I need simplicity in my relationships, in my emotions, in my walk with God.  I over analyze, over think, over feel, gather up and hold tighly to life and things that don't mean much.  I need to walk, feel, have, be...simply.  Life, simply in the way God intended me to live.  All else is vanity.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-2897468?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2897468'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2897468'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_03_01_archive.html#2897468' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-2651794</id><published>2001-03-05T22:30:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2001-03-05T22:41:15.403-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>I used to make up little songs to help me remember things for tests.  Like you know you sing the answer to "mary had a little lamb" or something...well it's not working so well these days...so if anyone can come up with a catchy little tune to how Augustine resolves the problem of evil...let me know!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-2651794?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2651794'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2651794'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_03_01_archive.html#2651794' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-2596752</id><published>2001-03-01T23:54:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2001-03-02T00:04:27.513-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>communion...what are your thoughts?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-2596752?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2596752'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2596752'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_03_01_archive.html#2596752' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-2542308</id><published>2001-02-26T15:11:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2001-02-26T15:20:58.670-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>it's funny how when you want something so bad you are willing to do anything for it, and then when you get it you realize....maybe this isn't what I wanted.  but by then it makes it far too dangerous to make a voyage to the next place, because what if it turns out to be the same as here.  I know I don't want here...but I don't want to leave to find that here is everywhere.  so I reluctantly sit and wait...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-2542308?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2542308'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2542308'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_02_01_archive.html#2542308' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-2460414</id><published>2001-02-20T20:23:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2001-02-20T20:32:40.263-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>do I think it was crazy to go? nope...I think it was crazy not to stay...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-2460414?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2460414'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2460414'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_02_01_archive.html#2460414' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-2392331</id><published>2001-02-15T19:27:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2001-02-15T19:34:08.300-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>"so what's in alabama anyway?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I don't know..."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"then why are you going?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"to find out."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-2392331?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2392331'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2392331'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_02_01_archive.html#2392331' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-2349839</id><published>2001-02-12T18:19:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2001-02-12T18:25:38.460-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>coffee always helps me think.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-2349839?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2349839'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2349839'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_02_01_archive.html#2349839' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-2287663</id><published>2001-02-07T20:18:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2001-02-07T20:23:44.506-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>days like today&lt;br /&gt;gray and just cold enough&lt;br /&gt;call to me&lt;br /&gt;they invite and provoke &lt;br /&gt;freedom from my&lt;br /&gt;soul&lt;br /&gt;they whisper in my ear&lt;br /&gt;and my thoughts&lt;br /&gt;like wild horses&lt;br /&gt;burst out of me&lt;br /&gt;and run&lt;br /&gt;free&lt;br /&gt;in temperments such as these&lt;br /&gt;I long for a sea of faces&lt;br /&gt;surrounding me&lt;br /&gt;I want to be lost among the noise&lt;br /&gt;until I am just about to&lt;br /&gt;drown&lt;br /&gt;and in moments such as those&lt;br /&gt;I long for a quiet hand&lt;br /&gt;reaching out&lt;br /&gt;offering salvation from the masses&lt;br /&gt;someone who will just&lt;br /&gt;understand&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-2287663?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2287663'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2287663'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_02_01_archive.html#2287663' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-2274525</id><published>2001-02-06T20:45:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2001-02-06T20:50:23.263-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>when people who used to be an everyday part of your life fade away you learn to go on, and sometimes you long to go on.  but how are you supposed to act when they start sneaking back in...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;there are many people I was happy to say goodbye to.  I have since longed to forget that part of my life, and just when I think I am almost there...they're creeping back in.  I don't know how, and it is so random I am hardly prepared for it.  But do you really prepare for this kind of a thing.  I am certain I am over dramatizing this...but I never expected this, and in all honesty, I don't want it.  It brings back too much...old friends carry old memories, old stories, past pain.  This is all I have longed to forget.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-2274525?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2274525'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2274525'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_02_01_archive.html#2274525' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-2237879</id><published>2001-02-04T01:41:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2001-02-04T01:45:58.046-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Tower-Brad Kilman&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jesus, Jesus you are my tower, Lord&lt;br /&gt;Jesus, Jesus the rock I stand on&lt;br /&gt;Jesus, Jesus there is no other name &lt;br /&gt;Like your name&lt;br /&gt;And I will wait on you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Lord is good to those who wait for Him&lt;br /&gt;Oh, I will be still &lt;br /&gt;And I will Know you are God&lt;br /&gt;Your loving kindnesses&lt;br /&gt;Indeed they never cease&lt;br /&gt;Your compassions never fail&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My story simple told I waited for the Lord&lt;br /&gt;He heard my cry&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The Lord's lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, for His compassions never fail.  They are new every morning; great is Thy faithfulness.  'The Lord is my portion,' says my soul, 'therefore I have hope in Him.'  The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the person who seeks Him."&lt;br /&gt;Lamentations 3:22-25&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-2237879?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2237879'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2237879'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_02_01_archive.html#2237879' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-2178171</id><published>2001-01-30T10:28:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2001-01-30T10:31:25.856-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>to be genuine, to give freely, to love wholly....to just be who it is that I am, who it is that God has called me to be...nothing more, nothing less.  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-2178171?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2178171'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2178171'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_01_01_archive.html#2178171' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-2154421</id><published>2001-01-28T14:34:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2001-01-28T14:34:21.260-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>I just have to add my two cents in on this subject, &lt;a href="http://www.eighthdaybooks.com"&gt;eighth day books &lt;/a&gt;is a very cool place.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-2154421?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2154421'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2154421'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_01_01_archive.html#2154421' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-2072738</id><published>2001-01-22T09:46:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2001-01-22T09:46:41.166-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>why do we as humans constantly feel the need to justify ourselves???  our actions, our thoughts...everything...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-2072738?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2072738'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2072738'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_01_01_archive.html#2072738' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-2056978</id><published>2001-01-21T00:41:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2001-01-21T00:41:04.713-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>blog de hilary is new and improved...finally!!! thanks mag!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-2056978?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2056978'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2056978'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_01_01_archive.html#2056978' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-2052053</id><published>2001-01-20T15:53:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2001-01-20T15:53:06.690-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>I am truly blessed by God.  In the warm embraces from my family, the laughter I find among friends, the kind words of a stranger, even the gentle breeze (and since I live in oklahoma, sometimes very strong winds) speak of His gifts...thank you God for loving even me.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-2052053?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2052053'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/2052053'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_01_01_archive.html#2052053' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-1914067</id><published>2001-01-10T00:40:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2001-01-10T00:40:17.276-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>At work today I was talking to some random lady about school.  She asked me about my major and the such...commenting on how good it was that I am in school, even if I haven't picked a major.  She walked away from the conversation and she turned around and said, "don't forget, whatever you decided to do it's all about the money."  Just as serious as could be.  I hope my life never comes down to that.  I never want it to be all about the money...the abundance or the lack of it.  I suppose I share that simply because the situation was thought provoking for me.  Makes me think...what is my life all about?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-1914067?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/1914067'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/1914067'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_01_01_archive.html#1914067' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-1888242</id><published>2001-01-07T23:02:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2001-01-07T23:02:34.963-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>I got a call from my sister last night.  She was calling to tell me that she is pregnant.  It is wonderful news...that kid is going to be spoiled rotten, first granchild on both sides.  It kinda weirded me out though.  My big sister...a mom.  It doesn't seem like she's old enough to start having kids.  She's 24, so she is, but it's just weird.  For a couple of reasons I think.  First of all, I think because of maturity levels.  I have always perceived parents and such as these wise people, these mature beings who have everything figured out...and well, I know my sister and her husband, not even close to my perceptions.  I guess which just kind of handed me a taste of reality.  Secondly, age.  Now I know she is 24, she is five years my senior, but I always thought her to be so much bigger and older than me until a few years ago.  That was shattered because I am at the age I thought her to be big at, and I am not grown by any means.  I think the age thing bothers me because I seem to be catching up to her.  It seems like yesterday to me when she was 19 and off to college...and I don't want tomorrow to come and find me married and pregnant.  Thirdly, I think this in some way puts a seal on her growing up and having her own family.  It was different when she got married because it was her and Branden...but now there will be a baby, like their own little family...and I feel in a way as though I am losing something.  I know that is ridiculous because we are all gaining a new life, but that childish bond of sisterhood is growing into a more mature sister/friend bond...and while all this is good, I am still going to miss the child in her.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-1888242?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/1888242'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/1888242'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2001_01_01_archive.html#1888242' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-1779199</id><published>2000-12-27T02:02:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2000-12-27T02:02:33.353-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>"I go through this life as a transient on his way to eternity, made in the image of God but with that image debased, needing to be taught how to meditate, to worship, to think."&lt;br /&gt;-David Coggan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I laid in bed last trying to fall asleep with that quote running through my mind.  I thought of how I want to embody that truth...I want that to be how I live my life.  But it's not.  I am too prideful to admit that I don't know what I am doing, too prideful too surrender.  I profess to God that I want Him to teach me, but then I fail to listen for his guidance and instruction.  Or even worse, I ignore His voice.  That is no way to live.  Lord, teach me...to meditate, to worship, to think....to live...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-1779199?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/1779199'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/1779199'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2000_12_01_archive.html#1779199' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-1706979</id><published>2000-12-19T00:28:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2000-12-20T22:05:30.773-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Christmas break at &lt;a href="http://www.okbu.edu"&gt;my school &lt;/a&gt;last for six weeks...what am I supposed to do with six weeks?  I think I might go crazy...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-1706979?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/1706979'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/1706979'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2000_12_01_archive.html#1706979' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-1646031</id><published>2000-12-12T23:42:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2000-12-12T23:52:12.790-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>       "The Bible speaks of those who despise the days of small things.  I know I was often upset in the days of preparation.  Indeed I still get impatient with God.But God is preparing me for that work He has up ahead for me.  God was, and still is, working in my life to condition me for that next step, whatever it might be.  For we are His &lt;i&gt;poema&lt;/i&gt;, His workmanship or work of art.  God desires to express Himself in the lives of his people.  We become the expression of God to the world, for it is through what they observe in us that they get some idea about the nature and character of the One who fashioned us, the Artist.  Thus God seeks to reveal Himself through me and through all genuine believers. &lt;br /&gt;        As I submit to God's touch, He is able to express His poetry in and through me.  This is a staggering thought, and an immense reponsibility.  And without His grace, it is impossible."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Chuck Smith, &lt;i&gt;Harvest&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-1646031?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/1646031'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/1646031'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2000_12_01_archive.html#1646031' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-1645249</id><published>2000-12-12T22:02:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2000-12-12T22:02:54.800-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>I just want to say that I love my brother.  He is a pretty cool guy.  Whenever I am at school and I don't miss my dog, or my parents, or even home cooked meals...I miss him....he's a good brother.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-1645249?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/1645249'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/1645249'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2000_12_01_archive.html#1645249' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-1629044</id><published>2000-12-11T13:55:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2000-12-11T14:03:57.400-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Finals started today for me, they'll be over by tomorrow.  One thing I definetly learned this semester, as much as I hate to study...it is not overrated--it is needed.  Too bad I waited until the weekend before finals to consider that.  Well, there's always next semester.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I look back at the past year in my life I am beginning to see why God has allowed me to go through the things that I have.  I believe that He was teaching me to not rely on my emotions.  One thing that my old youth pastor used to pound into our heads was this quote: "The truth about you is always what God says, not what you think or feel, not what others say or do.  The truest thing about you is ALWAYS what God says!"  Too many times I have relied on how I feel about something, instead of listening to the truth...I don't want to do that anymore...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-1629044?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/1629044'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/1629044'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2000_12_01_archive.html#1629044' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-1557273</id><published>2000-12-04T16:00:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2000-12-11T13:32:03.733-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Rescue Me&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;they speak&lt;br /&gt;                   but I can't hear&lt;br /&gt;you explain&lt;br /&gt;                   and I don't understand&lt;br /&gt;I look&lt;br /&gt;          yet still do not see&lt;br /&gt;what is it that i don't comprehend?&lt;br /&gt;Why?&lt;br /&gt;        are people a mystery...&lt;br /&gt;        are concepts too much...&lt;br /&gt;        can I not define the very things I feel and believe?!?!&lt;br /&gt;how can I survive&lt;br /&gt;                          in a world that swallows people alive&lt;br /&gt;       can I live without&lt;br /&gt;                 passion--&lt;br /&gt;a cold heart wondering in this void...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;DEAR GOD--RESCUE ME FROM THIS BODY OF DEATH!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-1557273?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/1557273'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/1557273'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2000_12_01_archive.html#1557273' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-1523160</id><published>2000-12-01T02:40:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2000-12-01T02:40:00.750-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'> River God-Nichole Nordeman&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rolling River God&lt;br /&gt;Little stones are smooth&lt;br /&gt;Only once the water passes through&lt;br /&gt;So I am a stone&lt;br /&gt;Rough and grainy still&lt;br /&gt;Trying to reconcile this river's chill&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But when I close my eyes&lt;br /&gt;And feel you rushing by&lt;br /&gt;I know that time brings change&lt;br /&gt;And change takes time&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And when the sunset comes&lt;br /&gt;My prayer would be this one&lt;br /&gt;That You might pick me up&lt;br /&gt;And notice that I am&lt;br /&gt;Just a little smoother in Your hand&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes raging wild&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes swollen high&lt;br /&gt;Never have I known this river dry&lt;br /&gt;The deepest part of You &lt;br /&gt;Is where I want to stay&lt;br /&gt;And feel the sharpest edges wash away&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-1523160?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/1523160'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/1523160'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2000_12_01_archive.html#1523160' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-1441519</id><published>2000-11-22T23:20:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2000-11-22T23:20:44.406-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Children are like a breath of fresh air.  I sat babysitting tonight and for five hours I got to partake of the laughter, smiles, giggles, innocence, and unlimited love.  What an incredible reminder of how God has called me to be.  "Permit the children to come to Me; do not hinder them; for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these..." (Mark 10:14)  Unless I become like them...it is no wonder with company such as the disciples that Jesus drew the little ones near.  This brings me to examine just where I fit into that analogy.  Am I condemned for having too little faith--or am I summoned to draw near?  Too often I fear,  I have too little faith, if I have any at all.  I need to do Jesus as Rachel and Taylor demonstrated to me.  Crawl up in Jesus' lap and just love Him.  Know and be sure that He is here to catch me when I fall, trust that His unconditional love is there before I even offer mine.  Believe that Jesus has set aside the time strictly to be with me.  To love me, to play with me, to listen and ask questions...to explain to me the way things are, and the way things should be.  I need to run to Him having nothing to hide and nothing to hold back.  Nothing to do, but just be.  Just to be in His presence.  That is all He desires...wreckless abandonment.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-1441519?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/1441519'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/1441519'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2000_11_01_archive.html#1441519' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-1415562</id><published>2000-11-20T12:16:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2001-02-19T21:17:02.550-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>I HATE COLLEGE!!!!!!!  How exactly is old testament going to help me succeed in life?  It's not.  And why when you get locked out of your room is your RA never there, and your roommate is in class until 2...normally I would just wait for her...but that stupid old testament exam at 1.  And why in college do they change the names of everything?  No it's not a test, it's an exam...teachers...we don't have those, they're professors here.  Today is one of those days that is better served in bed...I should have just said to myself, "no, don't get up....stay in bed today..."  I don't think Thanksgiving break is ever going to come at this rate...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-1415562?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/1415562'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/1415562'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2000_11_01_archive.html#1415562' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-1399944</id><published>2000-11-18T10:39:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2000-11-18T10:39:06.150-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Why is it that when you reserve your day to sleep until noon, someone thinks that it is their responsibility to wake you up at nine?  And on the flip side of that why, when you had to be to class by eight does nobody wake you up until eleven???  Ah, the mysteries of this world... &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-1399944?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/1399944'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/1399944'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2000_11_01_archive.html#1399944' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-1396325</id><published>2000-11-17T20:25:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2000-11-17T20:25:33.706-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Today I got one of those silly surveys that people send out on emails.  It was one others filled out about you to see if they really knew you or not...anyway, a friend sent it and her impressions of me struck me.  One of the questions was "have you ever been jealous of me?" (she is asking herself about me).  She put yes, which surprised me all together...but the reason she gave was even more odd to me.  She said "yes, because you seem like you know what you want out of life, and when life throws you a curve ball you bat it out of the stadium."  Wow...I feel so very far from that description.  I have NO idea what I want in life...and when life throws me a curve ball, I feel as though I run and hide in the dugout...if only I could see what she sees when she looks at me...then maybe I would have a small clue about life...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-1396325?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/1396325'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/1396325'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2000_11_01_archive.html#1396325' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-1337299</id><published>2000-11-11T17:56:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2000-11-11T17:56:17.150-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>"To live by grace means to acknowledge my whole life story, the light side and the dark side.  In admitting my shadow side I learn who I am and what God's grace means."&lt;br /&gt;-Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Corinthians 12:9&lt;br /&gt;"and He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is perfected in weakness.'  Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may dwell in me."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-1337299?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/1337299'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/1337299'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2000_11_01_archive.html#1337299' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-1322564</id><published>2000-11-09T23:28:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2000-11-09T23:28:35.633-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>this is my blog.  maggie did it for me.  she has the password, which makes me wonder if I should change it on her...who knows what she'll write on here if I don't.  oh well, it could also keep things interesting.  I guess we'll just have to wait and see...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-1322564?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/1322564'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/1322564'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2000_11_01_archive.html#1322564' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272744.post-1319737</id><published>2000-11-09T17:52:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2000-11-09T17:52:08.476-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>if i were hilary, this would be my blog.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1272744-1319737?l=hilary.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/1319737'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1272744/posts/default/1319737'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hilary.blogspot.com/2000_11_01_archive.html#1319737' title=''/><author><name>hilary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11385367023927981054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry></feed>
