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is the word for how i feel right now...make up your own definition.

Word Bank - Propitiation

My new favorite word: Propitiation. Just the way it sounds, makes me think of a sacrafice. And I should, because that is what it means.

Propitiation: a mediator, sacrifice, substitute.

I came across this word (propitiation) a few days ago in my my quiet time while reading 1 John 2:1-2. It says this,

"My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whle world."

Not only does the word sound amazing but when seen in context it brings on a whole new meaning! Christ Jesus is the propitiation, our propitiation, the sacrifice, the substitute before a Holy God, the bearer of the whole world's sins!

This is from my journal entry that day:

Though we have sinned, we need not worry about how to make up for our wrong actions. God has already sent his son as the mediator between Himself and us.

-God has given us all good things; the greatest being his Word where he has shown us how to walk out our lives for his glory. he is such a gracious God and willingly lay his life down as our substitute and that awful, yet glorious cross.

-I am a sinner in need of a Savior, yet God in his great mercy intervened and rescued me from the pit of hell. How Great Is Our God!

welcome school...

A new year is starting and that means a new season of life is too. I'm excited! Every year God shows me something new and I can't wait to see what this year holds! 2 years ago it was to trust Him with my surgery, last year was to persevere in the hard classes, and this year is going to be just as eye-opening as those 2 years have been.

I am also excited about the AP Language class because I love to write and always have (hence the blog name). I also want to grow in my writing. My favorite type of writing is fiction though, and I am in the midst of writing a fairy tale book: Forbidden Love. But this class is really going to help me grow in essay writing which I also enjoy.

so ditto to my post title...welcome school. or not! :P