Through My Eyes: A Journal

By Liz Root

Contact Liz by emailing her at liz@vagrantcafe.com

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2/27/2002
i love television. maybe this makes me some kind of lesser human being, but boy do i love it. i love to just zone out and not think about my own life for awhile and think about Ed and Carol, or laugh at Dave Letterman's lame jokes, or almost pee my pants watching Conan. I really love late shows. see, we just got an antenna for our t.v. yesterday so i watched it all night long, and as long as i don't do it every night, i don't really feel like it's a waste. my t.v. watching comes and goes in phases. and i think i might be entering a phase of it. =)

day 3 of not spending money on stuff i don't need. seems to be going all right. i haven't really noticed anything too different yet, except that today i really wanted to go buy a candy bar or something and well, couldn't.

i'm being awfully boring today. oh well, who can be interesting every day of their life?


- liz r. - 2/27/2002

2/26/2002
for anyone who remembers me talking about growing out my fingernails and what a miracle it is b/c i've been a nail-biter for 12 years, i just want to say that my nails are looking pretty good. i haven't bitten them off yet.


- liz r. - 2/26/2002

2/25/2002
I want to live life as an example of what is possible. I want to be ruined for the ordinary. I want to grab a hold of everything that is available to me. Not in a selfish way, but I think as people, especially those of us who are followers of Christ, we have so much more readily available to us than we could ever comprehend. Well, I want to comprehend it, and I want know what's out there for me. I want to be used so greatly by God and have the opportunity to touch lives everywhere. I want to be blessed so that I can bless others. I want to carry a message and be able to give it to others. I want my life to bring unity and love to everyone I come in contact with. I am unwilling to settle.

in other news: friday was a success. i chose obedience, and in return, gained freedom. I tend to go about things with the mindset that the day I turned 18 was the day I need not be obedient to anybody, outside of like, law enforcer official types. i think that's a bad way to go about life. because unless i can come under God's authority, how do i expect to have any authority over anything in my life?

i also think i gained some ground in the singleness department of life. i really think God freed me from some things and has helped me to place my trust in Him once again, and showed me the purpose for why I am single, and to just enjoy life and enjoy every opportunity. not to look at life like it's split in half into single and married categories, but to just look at it as a whole, and have it all be a part of the story.

sometimes, i know i'm supposed to do something when a thought pops into my head out of nowhere and won't leave my mind until i do something about it. so, i have decided to go on a fast. not food this time, but money. i've decided not to spend money on anything i don't need, which basically limits me to food and gas and bills right now. i'm terribly unfaithful with my finances, and i want to be a good steward of what's given to me, so i want to learn how to be content without. to give the Lord an opportunity to trust me with blessings.


- liz r. - 2/25/2002