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Part of this morning's reading

"In all ages, God has wrought through holy angels for the succor and deliverance of His people. Celestial beings have taken an active part in the affairs of men. They have appeared clothed in garments that shone as the lightning; they have come as men in the garb of wayfarers. Angels have appeared in human form to men of God. They have rested, as if weary, under the oaks at noon. They have accepted the hospitalities of human homes. They have acted as guides to benighted travelers. They have, with their own hands, kindled the fires at the altar. They have opened prison doors and set free the servants of the Lord. Clothed with the panoply of heaven, they came to roll away the stone from the Saviour's tomb.

"In the form of men, angels are often in the assemblies of the righteous; and they visit the assemblies of the wicked, as they went to Sodom, to make a record of their deeds, to determine whether they have passed the boundary of God's forbearance. The Lord delights in mercy; and for the sake of a few who really serve Him, He restrains calamities and prolongs the tranquillity of multitudes. Little do sinners against God realize that they are indebted for their own lives to the faithful few whom they delight to ridicule and oppress."

- Great Controversy, pp 631-2

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Nausea has passed... kinda wrecks my day, though, as always. Still, I have laundry going downstairs and put the clean sheets on the bed amid the scampering and random materialisations of an absolutely loco feline.

I also got a notice from the library saying I have a CD almost due that I returned probably close to two weeks ago. I'm sure they probably won't believe this, but I left them a message to tell them this.

Thing is, when I checked the CD out in the first place, she had some difficulty getting it checked out and told me it hadn't been entered into the system correctly or some such. So I'm wondering if, just possibly, when they scanned it back in, it had issues again and they didn't notice? I don't know how all that works. But I do know I took it back. Regardless of how disorganised other areas of my house may be, my library stuff is always all downstairs, or on my desk up here if it's CDs.

This is why I Far Prefer handing the books I'm returning over the counter rather than leaving them in the drop box. Although, being the nice cooperative patron I am, I do try to make their lives easier and they have indicated the They Far Prefer the drop box.

Blah.

Time to go do a bit of reading.

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Book 64: The Great Controversy, Ellen White. 678pp

What can I really say about this book that I haven't already said (albeit mostly in my old LJ)? It is, seriously, one of the most profoundly moving pieces of Christian writing I've ever come across, and I'm very glad that I made a conscious effort to stick to it after having set it aside for months during a dull place fairly early on.

When I sit and contemplate the battle that is going on for our souls, the simplicity of what God has ever required of His people, and the glorious promise of victory to those who endure to the end, I'm overwhelmed.

Yet there's a definite solemnity about all this, too. In very vivid language, mincing no words, does the author expound on what we can expect if we are of the final generation to live on this earth (which I'm inclined to believe we are). It's not going to be a picnic. In fact, I tremble at the very thought of what awaits us and pray the more earnestly that I personally through the grace and strength of Christ can make it through that time.

More than anything else I want to be with Jesus, and I am so thankful that through prophecy we are told what will happen so we need not guess what's what. We can know if we really care to know.

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Current stats:
11 books total
2.75 books average per week
3141 pages (112.18 pages per day)

Genres:
Nonfiction: 6
Juvenile Fiction: 4
Fiction: 1

Bible books read:
Luke

( Totals for first three-quarters of the year )