the infinite and the finite

                    
  THOU GREAT I AM 

 Fill my mind with elevation and grandeur at the thought of a Being

with whom one day is a as a thousand years,

and a thousand years as one day,

a mighty God, who, amidst the lapse of worlds,

and the revolutions of empires,

feels no variableness,

but is glorious in immortality.

may I rejoice that, while men die, the Lord lives;

that, while all creatures are broken reeds,

empty cisterns

fading flowers,

withering grass,

HE is Rock of Ages, the Fountain

of living waters.

turn my heart from vanity,

from dissatisfactions,

from uncertainties of the present state,

to an eternal interest in Christ.

let me remember that life is short and

       unforeseen,

and is only an opportunity for usefulness;

give me a holy avarice to redeem the time,

to awake at every call to charity and piety,

so that I may feed the hungry,

clothe the naked,

instruct the ignorant,

reclaim the vicious,

forgive the offender,

diffuse the gospel,

show neighbourly love to all.

let me live a life of self-distrust,

dependence on thyself,

mortification,

crucifixion,

prayer. 

-- the valley of vision 

                 

heyyy guys :) i hope you all had a very merry christmas yesterday.  i've gotta admit though, it really did not feel like christmas outside yesterday.  it was just rainy and damp and sort of warm.  but, all in all, it was a good day. we made tiramisu for a special treat, and gahhhh.  that stuff is literally so delicous ♥ 
anyways, i got this book called The Valley of Vision and yeah.  it's epic.  it's a collection of puritan prayers and while it's definitely not in modern day slang-filled English, it's beautiful.  it's poetry expressing the deepest feelings of love and adoration to God.  that prayer up there that you probably just read was one of the ones in there, and yeah. is it not gorgeous? I love reading one of them every day before bed because it's so comforting and brings me back down to reality.  yeah.  so it's pretty much staple.
anyhowwwww....yeah.  can you guys legitly believe that it's gonna be 2016 in less than a week? oh man, that's heavy stuff.  I guess later on this week I should do a 2015 wrap-up post and fun stuff like that.  it seems like I just finished doing my 2014 wrap-ups and woah.  I mean.  where did the time go? life.  life. life. life.

also, yeah, I have one more VERY important question for you all.  you guys are my friends, so I really want to know what you think.  Autumn's Readings & Writings has been the title of this blog since I started it wayyy back in early 2012/late 2011, and even when I was trying to come up with a name for this here blog, I sort of figured that "Autumn's Readings & Writings" was kinda lame and maybe in the future I would change it.  well, I sort of proved the procrastinator in me.  and guys, I was thinking of blog names that IF I would change the title of my blog i'd want to change it to.    but what do you guys think? do you think it'd be good if i'd change the title, or is Autumn's Readings & Writings good?  if I would change it, do you have any ideas? as I was thinking, the top one that I liked was "Touch the Sky".  It means so much, and I just love the meaning behind it.

anyway, well have a beautiful day and smile.  life is amazing and beautiful ^_^
autumn