Philippians 1:21

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

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SFS Winter Beauty.jpg by  Melissa Enderle

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My school in Korea.

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[breanna-lynn]

Your soul will sing again.

Some days are really hard. Some nights, you feel literal pain in your heart and sob into your pillow with an empty ache in your chest. You hurt in ways only you and God understand. In difficult times, you don’t have to pretend like things don’t suck. You don’t have to try to pull your crap together so other people won’t see you struggle and misjudge you because it is clear you’re not doing your best. Be honest. Be raw. Feel the depths of that.

Feel it, because it is real. But know the way you are feeling now is not ultimate truth. That is what you have to refocus on when you fall apart and life sucks. Truth re-anchors you. You can choose to not let those emotions dictate your actions. Feel it, own it, and then take that and do something with it that doesn’t pull you down permanently. Don’t let the weight of your struggle drown you. You gotta let it go to God and hold on to Him. And trust even more that He has you in His care.

David in his most downcast state asked his soul “why are you so downcast within me?” It wasn’t that he didn’t know. Oh, he knew all the reasons. He was more saying, hey, why don’t you stop being so downcast. You know joy is better.

But he was honest before God and he was honest with himself. And I think that is the first step to recognizing okay, this is where I am. I am at the bottom right now. This is a low. But God is with me. And God has not changed.

And in that place, David decided to put his hope in God. He knew where his hope was. He declared to himself that he would praise his Savior; his soul would sing again. That is faith even when you feel the opposite.

No matter how downcast, how discouraged your soul gets, put your hope in God. Your soul will sing again.

“Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.” - David, Psalm 42:11

[jspark3000]

Yes and amen.

[clothedinwhite]

Time flies but

[realizes]

[phoenixmajeur]

sometimes it’s extremely hard to let go what you can’t change, but it’s true

[rubyetc]

eat yer heart out Julie Andrews

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I can’t get enough of this blog.

[rubyetc]

Ruby, draw a pessimistic butterfly :}

aite

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I have resorted to wearing really really old clothes that have no business seeing the light of day because I haven’t done my laundry in weeks. It’s only worse because I know that when I get around to doing laundry it just means there’s more of it.

[placeofdiscipleship]

When Judson was lying loaded with chains in a Burmese dungeon, a fellow prisoner asked with a sneer about the prospect for the conversion of the heathen. Judson calmly answered, “The prospects are as bright as are the promises of God.” There is scarcely a country today which is not as accessible, or where the difficulties are greater, than was the case in Burma when Judson faced them and overcame.

Samuel Zwemer “The Glory of the Impossible” (via placeofdiscipleship)

Adoniram Judson, the first Protestant U.S. missionary. Respect.

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the latest delivery

Two girls who switched continents get to know each other through the data they draw and send across the pond  

Information design at its purest. Love this.

[placeofdiscipleship]

I have asked this question to myself before, “how do I know I believe in Christ, or just simply know about Him? I learn so much about Him at church and Sunday School, but I just don’t know.” That is when an analogy I read from a book really helped me:

Imagine you are a reporter, and you are...

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Blessed by this post.

[jessehimself]

11 Habits of People With Concealed Depression

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The problem is that the world becomes darkest when we all stop being able to understand each other. We tend to believe that hardship is worn openly upon one’s chest like a battle scar, but many of these wounds do not easily reveal themselves to those…

I just thought this was everyone.

[alexstrohl]

On assignment in Alaska for Canon USA

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Alaska is on my bucket-list

[typeworship]

[typeworship]

New and updated:

8 Faces, Type Worship: Top Posts

Since launching in 2011, we’ve interviewed designers, written essays, presented research and hand-picked hundreds of inspiring type and lettering projects to feature on Type Worship. Here, we’ve collected a sample of the most popular entries—and a few of our favourites.

Typographers’ Typefaces

The 25 most admired typefaces by typographers, type designers and letterers. Wouldn’t it be great to have a short list of typefaces, hand-picked by designers in the type industry? Each issue of 8 Faces magazine asks 8 world-renowned designers to choose their 8 top typefaces. Here’s the list.

Pouchée alphabets

Described as the most ambitious and most beautiful types created in wood in any period, we take a look at these design and how they were painstakingly reproduced. Used with permission and thanks to the St Bride Foundation and I.M. Imprimit. See them here.

Layered Type

A look at the growing popularity typefaces plus Terrance Weinzierl, type designer at Monotype, takes us through the creation of his award-winning layered, custom font. See it here.

How to get started in Calligraphy

Seb Lester, typographer, letterer and calligrapher, gives us an insight into his practices and offers tips for anyone wishing to develop their calligraphy skills. Learn with Seb here.

Type & Lettering Advent Calendar, 2014

In a world-first, Type Worship, brought together 25 of the world’s most renowned typography and lettering designers to create an Advent Calendar. Each day, between the 1st and 25th of December, we revealed a beautiful, custom designed number and artist. We represented the full spectrum of typographic disciplines including; letterpress, drawing, painting, quilling, needlework, type design, logo design and sign writing. See them all here.

Type Design at Reading University (TDi Short course)

A day-by-day summary of the intensive (and fantastically enjoyable) two week summer course learning all about Latin and non-Latin type design. See more.

How to design your own typeface

This beginners’ guide, written from a beginner’s perspective, introduces some of the tips and techniques taught on the University of Reading’s condensed Type Design course (TDi). Further information on Type Worship & the full article over on Creative Blog

Summer Reading (Type design book list)

A short list of suggested typography and type design books from the University of Reading’s Type Design course with additions from other type designers in the field. See more.

Exmouth Market Print

The typographic time capsule, letterpress print, proved a hit on the blog and was picked up by a variety of other design journals. Take a look at it here.

We are all a part of the same thing

By Dominique Falla. The tactile typographer’s most famous piece, that spawned several copycats. See the original post here. Also see my interview with Dominique from 2012.

Math Type

Experimental type plotted from millions of lines. See more.

3D Car Park Signage

Innovative, one-point-perspective, signage for a Melbourne car park. See more.

Lumen Type

Ethereal letters created with water droplets and light. See more.

Upstanding Lettering

A look at Yulia Brodskaya’s beautiful paper lettering or ‘quilling’ work. See more.

The Geometry of Type: Book Review

A concise review of Stephen Coles’ examination of key typefaces . Read it here.

ROID

One of the most influential graffiti artists from the UK and a glimpse at his move from walls to canvas. See more.

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Reblogging to refer back to it later.

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Things I used to believe about Christmas when I was little

That Santa Claus was my grandfather and Santa was his actual name. (This is because in Korean, the word for Santa Claus is Santa Grandfather.) I kept wondering why everyone talked about my grandfather and wanted presents from him. (I also never realized that Santa was supposed to be fictional.)

That Chanukah and Kwanzaa were just different ways of saying Christmas.

That Christmas tree ornaments were made, not bought.

That the song, ‘I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus,’ was about adultery, voyeurism, and a child forced to hide the terrible truth from his/her father.

That Christmas stockings were made by grandmothers.

That the story behind poinsettias was that they bloomed from the blood of unicorns. No idea where this one came from.

That Christmas trees were always fake trees.

That Christmas lights lived forever, year after year.

What about you? 

Merry Christmas, folks!

[clothedinwhite]

In our village, folks say God crumbles up the old moon into stars.

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

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Sometimes my heart skips a beat (or two or three)* and it's like,

"Hey.

Hey now, stop that.

I'm still trying to live."

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*Feels like my heart has taken in blood but didn't let it out before taking in more blood. A little uncomfortable and unexpected, but not painful.

[seblester]

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When someone asks me how I made that design.