An update

Well, my month off from the computer was wonderful.  I learned that I valued getting on here way too much, but I think I've broken that tie.  I'm glad to be able to "communicate with the world" again, though!

I was able to get a lot of reading done, start my schoolwork, teach in Bible club, etc., etc.  Other than that there's not a whole lot to say.  It was otherwise a pretty boring, regular month!  I found a bunch of poems I like in a book Rachel gave to me for our birthday.  Here's one.

Abide With Me

Abide with me; fast falls the eventide;
The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide!
When other helpers fail, and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, O abide with me.


Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day;
Earth’s joys grow dim, its glories pass away;
Change and decay in all around I see;
O Thou who changest not, abide with me.


I need Thy presence every passing hour;
What but Thy grace can foil the tempter’s power?
Who, like Thyself, my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me.


I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless;
Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness.
Where is death’s sting? where, grave, thy victory?
I triumph still, if Thou abide with me.


Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes;
Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies;
Heaven’s morning breaks, and earth’s vain shadows flee;
In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.


-- Henry Lyte