fail.

this week has been full of failure. i've seriously failed in every sense of the word: i forgot to pick up my nephew for school one morning. my fish died. i received a poor grade on an assignment which he assured i'd do fine on. i spent a lot of money. i didn't finish my a.m. yoga. and that's completely human, i understand. failing is a part of life, part of who we are. giving up is also human ~ one of our many shortcomings from the Fall. but picking yourself up and still praising Him. . .that's not human. that comes entirely from Christ.

let us begin this day with singing. whether we feel like it or no, let us make glad sounds and force our tongues to articulate words of thanksgiving and praise. the facts are: God is with us; this world and we who live in it are His; He loves us; He has adopted us as His children; we belong to Him. this makes us valid, worthwhile. we are truly significant in the eyes of our God despite our human feelings or the comments of our critics.

- psalms 95 psalms/now, leslie f. brandt

so, today is a day of renewal.

new fish were bought and put in the tank. i'm working ahead on homework so as not to work last minute on sunday. i am doing laundry -- a metaphor for cleansing myself of this week. and as i submit my bi-weekly timecard, i will strive to budget myself more (a.k.a. not go out to eat or buy tea/coffee so much!).

happy note: larry (mr. petco) said my fish is preggo! ahhh!