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Name: Abby
Birthday: 10/26/1983
Gender: Female
Interests: Christian fellowship, climbing trees, homestarrunner.com, reading (most books by Orson Scott Card are SO cool), hangin out with people...
Expertise: Playin violin, writing stuff, doing stuff, being unspecific and vague, randomness, indecision, laziness, silliness... etc
Occupation: Education/training
Industry: Art
Message: message me
Website: visit my website
AIM:  KnowTheSavior, makerofmesses
Member Since:
5/4/2004
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I
have
just
cleaned my car!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yup. Cleaned it and vacuumed it. 
I feel very accomplished now. Why does that feel like a bigger accomplishment than graduating from college?
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So anyway, what's new?
Well, I am at the farm watching babies today. Vance and Brianna are here, but the older two are coming back from the beach tonight or tomorrow. I had a great time talking with Angela in the car on the way back from NC. We talked about ministry and theology for hours and it was super.
She has the same philosophy as I do in a lot of things. She has a generous, sharing heart and feels that as you grow more and more secure in your faith in God and surrender who you are and what you have, the more you will share what you have whether it's convenient or not. You move beyond clutching all the things you have and you trust God to provide and protect while you obey him in surrender.
We talked about the all-denominational church she and her husband are going to build, and the goals of that ministry. I have always felt strongly that the different denominations (and even the same ones, too) in town should be working together and knowing each other and functioning as one body, not 705 bodies. Jesus prayed that we would be unified... that we would be one even as he and the Father are one.
But how do you do that when different theologies, when followed out to their logical conclusions, mean differently operating faiths? I have been thinking, and I'm pretty sure that their are some things that are not 100% knowable, and there are a few working sets of beliefs that work together to make a healthy faith.. but when you mix views that have conclusions that conflict, you can have big trouble. BUT I also think you should look at all of them so you can analyze why you belive what you believe. So what am I saying?
I guess you'll just have to wait for next post 
But in the mean time, I have a few questions for you. I want to know what you believe and why.
1. Do you believe God is outside time or not? How did you come to that conclusion? What scripture do you see that sheds light on the subject?
2. Do you think God is with us in the moment, or that he sees all of time as a whole? Why? What scripture influenced your ideas?
Talk atcha later!
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| So now I'm a graduate of Liberty University... Once again life is changing all around me. I'm still dating Chris, and he's better than ever. My parents and family like him too! What a nice feeling 
I haven't updated in more than half a year. That's quite an accomplishment! Congratulations to me!
I am now a nanny, in case you were wondering, and I'm going to be living with my friend Liz (who used to be my roommate my Sophomore year) in the downstairs apartment at Greenmeadows Horse Farm, starting June 16th. The Dudleys own the farm and they have four children... the oldest is two and a half. Yes, I said oldest.
Mason- 2 1/2
Anna- almost 2
Brianna (Bri for short)- 7 mo.
Vance- 3 mo.
In case some of you are overly perplexed when you do the math, Brianna is in the process of being adopted. She's a foster kid at the moment.
All of the kids rock. They're great kids. It's easier to connet with them one-on-one, but I'm not overwhelmed with all of them at once either though... except when they're all cranky and need their diapers changed at once (which has only happened like, once), and there's pretty much always help around if I need it.
The parents are cool, too.
They're laid back, which is nice, and they're young too (I can't remember exactly how old... they might be younger than my boyfriend. That's kinda weird) so they kinda make it easy to feel like an adult.
Hmm...
Now why doesn't dating a 32 year old make me feel like an adult?
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| Okay, so it has been like, weeks since I've said anything on here...
partly because I was afraid I would stir up more trouble for myself,
and mostly because I have just been out living life.
The Abby Update:
I have a boyfriend named Chris Korfmann. He is great. Look at facebook for pictures... 
Greek is still kicking by butt.
I haven't seen anybody but Chris on any regular basis unless they have
been in or at the recitals I've been going to, or are in my classes, of
course.
I haven't seen Joshy, Nate, Becky, David or Daniel in a bazillion years.
My birthday was great, even thought I didn't get to see everybody I
wanted to see. Chris busted up into my class with Joel and Daniel
Cummins and sang the best rendition of "Happy Birthday" I have ever
heard. My face turned 13 shades of red and it was one of the best
surprises ever.
I still have 22 recitals to go to before I can do my senior recital...
I'm thinking that's not gonna happen, which means I won't be
graduating. Bah.
I am considering being an RD next year. I am also considering going to
China next year. I am also still considering going to Southeastern
Seminary next year.
If you want to have tea with me (for free!) I have developed a habit of
being in the Music hall around 11am at one of the tables in the place
where the Ashtray used to be. It is one of the loveliest rituals ever.
I have a whole box of delicious "Raspberry Zinger" herbal tea, to which
you are welcome.
Now I must go. Skipping convo doesn't last forever, I guess...
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| Hi friends!
Well, I guess I'm not very good at following my own advice. I am
disregarding my tip of the day last time. I care for someone, and there
doesn't seem to be much I can do about it, but there doesn't seem to be
a reason to change how I feel about him either because I'm pretty sure
that he really likes me too. Here we shall see the shift from remorse
to extreme happiness.
I promise, the shift was more gradual than that, but last time I wrote
in here was a week ago and a week can be a very long time. I hurt
someone pretty bad, but I've realized since then that just 'cause one
guy is mad at you doesn't mean you're a bad person. I have also
realized since then that some guys don't get mad as easily as others
and it's nicer to date the ones who don't get mad as much. Yes, I said
date. 
No, I don't have a boyfriend. I have a friend who I have been on a (really nice/fun) date with, so just chill, okay? 
I have also realized that just because you feel really bad for hurting someone doesn't mean you shouldn't go on with your life.
Now my predicament- how to go through life not beaming all the time.
HE likes me. He is fun and nice and thoughtful and strong and caring
and isn't critical of me but has high standards about what is good and
holds to them! He makes me happy from top to toe and helps me with
whatever I need and genuinely enjoys it. He likes me being with him and
pays attention to me and makes the same kind of jokes I do and laughs
at mine and knows exactly what to say to help me understand and make me
happy.
He even does random things that add just the right touch of silliness and tenderness to my day.
See what I mean about extremely happy? Don't say I didn't warn you...
Oh yeah, I was in a car accident today. I didn't get hurt at all and
nobody else was involved. I hydroplaned and smacked into the gaurdrail.
I was quite bummed for a while but then HE spent time with me and made
me happy again.
Now I'm sleepy, so I'm gonna go to bed.
G'night and sweet dreams!
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| So I feel like all I do is hurt people and do dumb stuff. I can't even
tell you all the dumb stuff I've done in the past 24 hrs, but one of
them was to post things that could hurt people on xanga. I think I have
made more than one guy cry by my actions. I ruin friendships and leave
pain, frustration, distrust and bitterness in my wake.
Abby's tip of the day: don't even bother caring for people because it's
worse for them in the end- you do more harm to them than good and if
you really care, you will only want their good.
In my defense-
1. I have been single for months now. I think it should be okay and even expected that I would like someone else by now.
2. I never wanted to hurt anybody.
That's it. Have a nice day.
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