black tuesday? so called because the stock market crashed to a new low.
while i dont really understand the economic aspects of the situation, but i do know that many are going to lose their jobs, and families are going to broken. many are going to be in need for comfort. Lord, i pray that at a time as such, those who are distressed will cry out to You. Lord, please give comfort to the distressed, rest for the weary, and strength to those who are weak.
let the weak say i am strong
let the poor say i am rich
because of what the Lord has done, for us (:
and so manymanymany thanks to You great Lord - we are more than blessed because we know You.

L said something today that strikes a chord in my heart: it's so much more difficult when one doesnt know God, because they are unprotected. they feel alone and helpless in difficult situations, because they dont know who to call out to. i couldnt agree more - and i was thinking about how life was before i found the Lord, if i could even call that life at all. truly, now that i have tasted and seen that the Lord is good, i will never ever let go of Him. (though the storms may come, i am holding on)


at the same time, S graduated today (:
such joy! an occasion for celebration bring people/family together. the completion of a phase of life, and the start of a new one - i hope you start it full of anticipation, hope and trust. (:

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:
a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.

What does the worker gain from his toil? I have seen the burden God has laid on men. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil—this is the gift of God. I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him.