A lawblog

When I am frustrated, as the LSAT material has been getting more complex, I retreat. But the key to finding the correct pace is practice. The goal is to win the war, and it is acceptable to lose a battle now and then. The LSAT is a triathlon for the mind. To be continued....

le dimanche doit etre un jour de recueillement et de repos

power of love

Last Minutes with ODEN from phos pictures on Vimeo.

ephesians 3:14-21

Spiritual power is love in your heart. you don't accomplish anything if there is not love. there is no effectiveness. sin affects your spiritual power. it's more like, sin affects your spiritual power because sin makes you self-focused and self-loving, and that's why you sin because it is for yourself. your spirit's nature is depleted with love. your heart is more concerned about yourself than others or about god's glory. that's why it affects your spiritual power. god always wants to fill us with his spirit, with his power, but when we sin we are forsaking his spiritual power because our hearts are not full of his love but full of love for ourselves. that's why immediate repentance is needed right after you sin. immediate, because god's love for you will never change in Jesus Christ. Go to repentance so you have hatred of sin. So you are filled with love...so you are full of his power again. Again and again. Don't sit there and mope in a puddle of guilt and self-pity. Hate sin and commit again and be filled with the love of Christ. your heart will be concerned with other people..a hatred of sin and a love for Christ and love for others. your heart will be filled with power again. To him who is able to do immeasurably more. more. god uses people whose hearts are willing to be used by god. pray for the power in you. the spirit's power is what you need for anything and everything you do

the national

their music is pleasant, evocatively understated, and dense. it rewards your attention. so u play it again, from the beginning.

The National - "Bloodbuzz Ohio" (official video) from The National on Vimeo.

"excuses" i can live with

Yours Truly Presents: The Morning Benders "Excuses" from Yours Truly on Vimeo.

here i raise my ebenezer

come, thou fount of every blessing / tune my heart to sing thy grace / streams of mercy, never ceasing / call for songs of loudest praise / teach me some melodious sonnet / sung by flaming tongues above / praise the mount, i'm fixed upon it / mount of thy unchanging love