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Hi,

Well, I had my interview at Hallmark today. The job is as good as mine! Actually, it is mine :-) I go back tomorrow to fill out W2's and other paperwork. Im excited to have some other income and something for me to do on the weekends! Plus, Hallmark is just such a cuuute store! I have chosen to write this blog in fall colors today. Mainly because it is bordering 65 degrees outside and it's the PERFECT fall day, but also because I just like those colors! I doubt it will match the background of the Blog itself, but who really cares? :)

I leave for Wartburg in a few days! I know that I'll only be there for 4 days or so, but it's just going to be soo great! I haven't seen Katie or some of the girls in a few months and I haven't seen or talked to most of these people since graduation! So, it will be really exciting. I'm stoked! I did, in fact, get both volumes of Monster Ballads and 2 New Kids on the Block CD's to keep me pumped during the 10 hour drive down there! Nothing like some rockin' 80's tunes to keep me awake!! :)

Anyway, I am currently reading a book by Max Lucado called "Experiencing the heart of Jesus" and I wanted to share something with you. Something that knocked the wind out of my heart and really made the love of Christ become all the more real to me. This is taken from Lucado's book:

Christ's love is greater than anyone can ever know, but I pray that you will be able to know that love (Eph. 3:19). IT wasn't right that spikes pierced the hands that formed the earth. And it wasn't right that the Son of God was forced to hear the silence of God. It wasn't right, but it happened. For while Jesus was on the cross, God sat on his own hands. He turned His back. He ignored the screams of the innocent. He sat in silence while the sins of the world were placed upon his Son. And He did nothing while a cry a million times bloodier than John's echoed in the black sky: "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?"

Was it right? No.
Was it fair? No.
Was it love? Yes.

Blessings,
Tempa