April Sumner:
CLASS OF 1998
Ozark Christian CollegeClass of 1998
Joplin, MO
April's Story
April's schools include Ozark Christian College. April works(ed) at Marbridge Foundation.
Music April likes includes Balmorhea, Austin Stone Worship, Jason Poe Music. Books April likes include The Shell Seekers, The Poisonwood Bible, Ahab's Wife. TV shows April likes include Rai.tv.
One of April's favorite quotes is:"Why am I afraid to dance, I who love music and rhythm and grace and song and laughter? Why am I afraid to live, I who love life and the beauty of flesh and the living colors of the earth and sky and sea? Why am I afraid to love, I who love love?
â Brennan Manning
To discern where you really are with the Lord, recall what has saddened you recently. Was it the realization that you donât love Jesus enough? That you do not seek His face in prayer often enough? That you canât honestly say that the greatest thing that ever happened in your life is that Jesus came to you and you heard His voice? That you do not regard finding Jesus as your supreme happiness? That you have denied His last commandment by not loving His people enough?
Or have you been saddened and depressed over a lack of human respect, criticism from an authority figure, financial problems, lack of friends, your bulging waistline?
On the other hand, what has gladdened you recently? Reflection on your election to the Christian...Expand for more
community? The joy of praying. âAbba, I belong to youâ? The afternoon you stole away with the Gospel as your only companion? The thrilling awareness that God loves you unconditionally just as you are and not as you should be? A small victory over selfishness? Or were the sources of your gladness and joy a new car, a Brooks Brothers suit, a movie and a pizza, a trip to Paris or Peoria? Are you worshiping idols?
-Brennan Manning in LION AND LAMB
âI love you,
Not only for what you are,
But for what I am
When I am with you.
I love you,
Not only for what
You have made of yourself,
But for what
You are making of me.
I love you
For the part of me
That you bring out;
I love you
For putting your hand
Into my heaped-up heart
And passing over
All the foolish, weak things
That you canât help
Dimly seeing there,
And for drawing out
Into the light
All the beautiful belongings
That no one else had looked
Quite far enough to find.
I love you because you
Are helping me to make
Of the lumber of my life
Not a tavern
But a temple;
Out of the works
Of my every day
Not a reproach
But a song.
...
You have done it
By being yourself.
Perhaps that is what
Being a friend means,
After all.â
-ROY CROFT
"câè chi aspetta la pioggia per non piangere da solo.."
Fabrizio De Andrè".
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