January 2012
28 posts
“And God will exalt you in due time, if you humble yourselves under his mighty...”
– 1 Peter 5:6-7
“If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it’s your world for a...”
– Georgia O’Keeffe (via vintage23elfride)
“I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ...”
– Philippians 3:14
“The Lord is my light and salvation; whom shall I fear?”
– Psalms 27:1
“When God is great, our fears are not”
– Max Lucado (Fearless)
“God is light; in him there is no darkness at all”
– 1 John 1:5
“They fell on their face and were greatly afraid. But Jesus came and touched them...”
– Matthew 17:6-7
“Everything will work out in the end. If its not working out, it’s not the...”
– Anon
“Courage is fear that has said its prayers.”
– Fearless (Max Lucado)
Hope
“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.”
Matthew 24:35
Peace
“Though a host encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, yet I will be confident”
- Psalms 27:3
Fine Print of A Contract of Life
Welcome to the post-umbilical cord world. Be advised, however, that human life has been known, in most cases, to result in death. Some individuals have reported experiences with lethal viruses, chemical agents, and/or bloodthirsty terrorists. Birth can also result in fatal encounters with tsunamis, inebriated pilots, road rage, famine, nuclear disaster, and/or PMS. Side effects of living include...
“Be still in the presence of the Lord, and wait patiently for him to act.”
– Psalms 37:7
2012
You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. -Matthew 24:6
“I am placing a foundation stone in Jerusalem. It is firm, a tested and precious...”
– Isaiah 28:16
Fearless
Some prenatal features went unused before birth. You grew a nose but didn’t breathe. Eyes developed, but could you see? Your tongue, toenails, and crop of hair served no function in your mother’s belly. But aren’t you glad to have them now?
Certain chapters in this life seem s unnecessary, like nostrils on the preborn. Suffering. Loneliness. Disease. Holocausts. Martyrdom....
Change
Embrace it. Accept it. Don’t resist it. Change is not only a part of life; change is a necessary part of God’s strategy. To use us to change the world, he alters our assignments. Gideon: from farmer to general; Mary: from peasant girl to the mother of Christ; Paul: from local rabbi to world evangelist. God transitioned Joseph from a baby brother to an Egyptian prince. He changed David...
“I am leaving you with a gift - peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give the...”
– John 14:27
“Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in...”
– John 14:1,3
Psalm 104
God is the source of “innumerable teeming things, living things both small and great… These all wait for You, that You may give them their food in due season.”
- Fearless (Max Lucado)
December 2011
40 posts
“Command those who are rich in this world’s goods not to be haughty or to...”
– 1 Timothy 6:17-19
“I was wounded for your transgressions. I was beaten that you might have peace.”
– Isaiah 53:5
“Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give...”
– Matthew 6:32
“When they were fed, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became...”
– Hosea 13:6
Athazagoraphobia
means the fear of being forgotten.
PMS
Sitting at a corner of the house while everyone’s asleep, listening to rachael yamagata on the ipod.
(& craving for iced beer)
Tonight
I wanted to get a beer.
Cycling home at 11pm, I went to the convenience store near the house. There were chilled bottles of hoegarden at $3.6.
I got a bag of chips instead. Because it was Christmas soon and I didn’t want to dishonor Daddy.
“When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes...”
– Leonardo Da Vinci (via conceslao)
tonight's a perfect night
To walk through the windswept streets alone.
Christmas spirit
It is our shame and disgrace today that so many of the soundest and most orthodox Christians see human needs all around them, but avert their eyes, and pass by on the other side. That is not the Christmas spirit. Nor is it the spirit of those Christians, whose ambition in life seems limited to building a nice middle-class Christian home, and making nice middle-class Christian friends, and bringing...
“You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for...”
– 2 Corinthians 8:9