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Wednesday, April 14, 2004
Prayer
I ask for Strength to see another day when the day's events are too heavy to handle ...
I ask for Wisdom to reflect upon the events of the days to see where I had wronged you Father ...
I ask for a Peace in my heart to accept what has happened in the day and what I can no longer change.
Amen
posted by Clint at 2:10:00 AM
Tuesday, April 06, 2004
Accolades
As graduation creeps ever so nearer I'm reminded of all the people who have made the distance in this stage of my academia possible. I kept running my race against all the odds but had the encouragement and motivation from those whom loved me most.
God: You have been everything to me. My accolade to you here will never be enough in length or depth in praise. You have been so faithful and have blessed my life beyond the span of my imagination. You took mercy on me when I was but a wretched reflection of who You are and You continue to have infinite patience in my failures. You get on your knees and beckon me to embrace you when Satan tells me that I'm unloved - that I've failed You. But You still love me as I am and You call me Your own. Everything that is good about me Lord is from You. I hope that I have made You proud in everthing that I've accomplished these past 4 years. Thank you Lord for blessing my life with the following people. My thanks to them is only an extension of my thanks to You ...
Dad & Mom: It's because of your limitless sacrifices that I have the opportunity to be studying here. You gave both me and Brian the opportunity to go to Univesity when the two of you could not when you were our age. You always thought of us first in hopes that you would see us both graduate one day. I'm sorry if I didn't always acknowledge the depth of your sacrifices when I was younger. I'm sorry for making you both worried - I still remember how much I made you both cry. It breaks my heart to remember that when I hurted you both, you two loved me even more. Words cannot express how much if an amazing job you two have done in raising both Brian and I, while at the same time taking care of both your parents. Most importantly of all, you two always had hope in me when I had lost hope for myself. Mom, if it wasn't for your words of love and encouragement in my second year I would never have made it. I was afraid to disappoint you both, but you told me that even if I did - you'd joyfully still be there for me and that we'd work it out together. I don't deserve all that you've given to me as parents and yet you two still feel like you haven't given me enough. Know that forever in my heart God has blessed me the most by having you both as my mother and father. I love you both so much ... I always will, you have given me more than all my reasons to ...
Brian: When we were kids I always wondered if we'd ever one day see each other eye-to-eye. How could I? we fought and bickered a lot but I still looked up to you even though at the time you didn't want to have anything to do with me. It's okay, I understand now how much you had to put up with me (I'm sorry) and when it came down to the more important things I realized that you always stuck up for me. Even though the majority of the time we hated each other, it all changed when you went away for university. Although it took me a while to realize it, at that point I knew you started to really care about me even though you would never come out and say it. It's okay, I felt it - that's all that mattered. Looking back, you slapped a lot of sense into me when nobody else could. If it wasn't for you I would have had no direction back in highschool - I probably wouldn't even be at Laurier. It was your hard work and determination to graduate with Double E while you were at McMaster that motivated me to never give up during endless long-night cramming sessions here at Laurier. I'm proud of where you are today - you always did what everybody else said you couldn't. Although we don't talk about our personal "issues", you continue to remind me that I'll always be taken care of. Thank you for seeing me the way that you do. Although you can never say the "L" word or "M" word, that's okay - I feel loved. For all that it's worth, I love you Brian. Thanks for always having hope in me that I would get this far. And now that you're in the States, I wonder if you'll ever move back home one day. I guess I just wanted to say that your presence at home is sorely missed ... nothing's quite the same without you being here ...
posted by Clint at 2:00:00 AM
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