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Response of Hope

Dear Virginia,
Please don’t feel that all is lost, and you can’t fight any longer. You can do all things through Christ. He is close to those who are crushed in spirit. He is a stronghold in times of pain and struggle, and His love never ends. If you find Him, He will be sufficient in all that you do. He has a great purpose for you and your life. Also, you have a husband who loves and cherishes you. He makes you happy, and you make him happy. Think of how losing you could affect him. Please don’t lose hope.
-Courtney

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Kipling Short Story

1. “Watches of the Night”

2. One life application that I got out of the story is to not take jokes too far because they can greatly affect the lives of others. The joke, played by Platte and Mrs. Larkyn, ruined the relationship between the Colonel and his wife. Because of this, the mistrust had begun killing the Colonel’s wife and caused the Colonel to be miserable.

3. I thought the story was interesting and enjoyable to read. It taught a good lesson and definitely threw a lot of drama into the storyline. I also found it amusing how all of the mistrust and troubles started all because the Colonel accidentally dropped a watch.

Kipling, Rudyard. “Watches of the Night.” Readbookonline.net. Web. 11 Apr. 2011. <http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/2469>.

A Poem Inspired by Kipling

If you can persevere when all seems lost,
Never giving up no matter what the cost
If you can adapt to a situation so new,
If you can trust that God will guide you through,
If you can wait for the things you want
And keep your focus on the positives in life,
If you can be a blessing to those around you,
Then you are likely to accomplish much.

Dickens' Stories

Scrooge, a wealthy but selfish man, is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future. Throughout their visits, they show him his faults, and he promises to change. Given the second chance, Scrooge turns out to be a caring and giving man.

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"SparkNotes: A Christmas Carol: Summary." SparkNotes. Web. 07 Apr. 2011. <http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/christmascarol/summary.html>.

The Hound of Heaven

Sorry about all of the laughing

Housman

The time you won your town the race
We chaired you through the market-place;
Man and boy stood cheering by,
And home we brought you shoulder-high.

To-day, the road all runners come,
Shoulder-high we bring you home,
And set you at your threshold down,
Townsman of a stiller town.

Smart lad, to slip betimes away
From fields were glory does not stay
And early though the laurel grows
It withers quicker than the rose.

Eyes the shady night has shut
Cannot see the record cut,
And silence sounds no worse than cheers
After earth has stopped the ears:

Now you will not swell the rout
Of lads that wore their honours out,
Runners whom renown outran
And the name died before the man.

So set, before its echoes fade,
The fleet foot on the sill of shade,
And hold to the low lintel up
The still-defended challenge-cup.

And round that early-laurelled head
Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead,
And find unwithered on its curls
The garland briefer than a girl's.

Housman, A. “To an Athlete Dying Young.” British Literature. Ed. Ronald A. Horton. 2^nd ed. Greenville, SC: BJU Press, 2003. 678. Print.