awake because I'm itchy =[

drives me nuts. I forgot to take allergy meds for two days and now I'm getting owned. Hives on my lower back, sides, on the back of my legs, neck, upper back, my shoulder and even my face! I just took a pill but it's not fast-acting so I don't know if it'll actually help.

Sigh.

Well. Today is Monday of Passion Week. Today in history, Jesus cursed the fig tree and cleansed the temple.

The cleansing of the temple is covered in Matthew 21:12-13. One of the verse references i've come across is Jeremiah 7:11, and I quote , "Has this house, which bears my Name, become a den of robbers to you? But I have been watching! declares the LORD."
This brings to mind two things: firstly, how we should strive to preserve the purity of the church, and secondly, Garnet's post on being an atheist at heart. You can find that entry on her xanga at xanga.com/denoumente.

There are a bunch of other things that come to mind, other convictions to consider. And the root of such thoughts can be attributed to God's grace in by life. I see that it's by His grace that my allergies bothered me to the point of waking me up, consequently leading me to consider the events of this Monday. God's grace because in all honesty, I probably would not have taken the time to even flip through my Bible today, regardless of the day or week we're observing.

I've much to consider...

And my hives have calmed down a bit. Another evidence of God's grace =].

I think it's high time that I pray a bit before I head back to sleep.

On a completely unrelated note, my laptop is no longer functional at this point. I've come to appreciate my iPod much on these last couple of days...

That is all for now. My apologies for any typos--typing with an iPod is slightly more difficult than normal typing.