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Tomorrow I am posting pics.

Arrivderci!!! :)

Love blogging again . . .

Author Fyodor Dostoyevski

"You don't believe my words now,

but you'll come to it of yourself.

For suffering . . . is a great thing."

~Raskolnikoff, Crime and Punishment~

(11 November 1821 – 9 February 1881)

While standing before a firing squad and ready to be executed, Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevski was informed that he was exiled for ten years to Siberia instead. He refers to this sickening ordeal, with horror, throughout his numerous writings. At his arrival in Siberia he was slipped a copy of the New Testament by two women.

His daughter Aimee tells us, in her book about her father titled Fyodor Dostoyevski: A Study, that his only comfort during his exile was that little copy of the New Testament. She further said that:

He studied the precious volume from cover to cover, pondered every word; learned much of it by heart; and never forgot it. All his works are saturated with it, and it is this which give them thier power. Many of his admirers have said to me that it was a strange chance during the most important and formative years of his life. But was it a chance? Is there such a thing as chance in our lives? The work of Jesus is not finished; in each generation He chooses His disciples, beckons to them to follow Him, and gives them the same power over the human heart that He gave to the poor fishermen of Galilee . . . Throughout his life he would never be without his old prison Testatment, the faithful friend that had consoled him in the darkest hours of his life. He always took it with him on his travels and kept it in a drawer in his writing-table, within reach of his hand. He consulted it in all the important moments of his life.

Dostoyevski, himself stated, while writing from Siberia:

"One sees the truth more clearly when one is unhappy, and yet God gives me moments of perfect peace; in such moments I love and believe that I am loved; in such moments I have formulated my creed, wherein all is clear and holy to me. This creed is extremely simple: here it is. I believe that there is nothing lovelier, deeper, more sympathetic, more rational, more manly, and more perfect than the Savior. I say to myself with jealous love that not only is there no one else like Him, but that there could be no one."

He died February 9th, 1881 and over forty thousand mourners attended his funeral. The last book he wrote was one of his more greatest novels called, "The Brothers Karamazov" from which the the phrase at the beginning of the book is also the verse inscribed on his tombstone; "Verily, Verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. ~John 12:24~

Take No Thought . . .

Therefore I say unto you . . .

Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Note:

Okay just so everyone knows. The person who posted the post "Yo-Yo" is not the one that posted "Everyday life". You know that THAT particular person who posted the last post is a certain one (of us girls) because she consistently spells Adios "Adious".

kosh kosh . . . hmmmm . . . :)

Memories. . .

These are about 5 years old.

Everyday life

I thought I had more pictures on my computer, but apparently I do not so these will have to do until next time.
Adious!

More To Come . . .

Yo-Yo

Hey!

I have not been on here in over a year.
I miss blogging. (very much).
Facebook is boring and I am tired of it.
So back to blogging I go.

Arrivderci!!! :)

Went to the movie the other night. . .

. . . and saw

"TANGLED."

It's about Repunzel. We recommend it if you are on the hunt to see a good clean movie.
Just in case you have forgotten, Repunzel is a princess who has super long hair!

Good Book

We have all read this book by a guy named David Daniels.

It is an excellent book and explains the entire history and religion of the church from the beginning to our present time.

The name of the book is "BABYLON RELIGION."

It is so good and funny. If you want to learn something get a copy of this book and you will not be able to put it down. I promise!

Have a great rest of the evening.