January 2010
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Omnipresence
I am surrounded by such incredible people that love God.
I see God’s love through them.
How in the world do I deserve this?
.
Oh wait…
.
…I don’t.
But God thinks I’m fully worth it.
.
Thank you Lord for your character.
You give me strength when I am weak.
You fill me with joy when I am hurting.
You instill hope in my soul.
You grant me peace.
You never...
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“… the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to...”
– Romans 8:26
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“For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your...”
– Ephesians 1:15-23
(D-group scripture #1)
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“Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be...”
– Luke 1:45
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Experiencing God
D-group was really good today. We talked about a lot of great, deep things. But here is something that I am free and willing to share that I think is fully applicable to anyone at any point in their walk with the Lord:
You were designed to always be in God’s presence- to always be with Jesus. In Christ, we discover that Heaven is more than a place as we understand geographic places. Heaven...
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“I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing...”
– Philippians 3:8-11
“Be kind and compassionate to one another,
forgiving each other,
just as in...”
– Ephesians 4:32-5:2b
(I thought it was really neat to arrange the verses like this to see the parallelism!)
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“What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the...”
– Ephesians 4:9-10
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“I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together...”
– Ephesians 3:17b-21
(I long to pray with Paul’s passion!)
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Laughter...
… just feels so great!!
I mean, I wouldn’t go so far as to say laughter is a cure-all, or it solves problems, or it heals anything, but really, it comes pretty darn close!
I could go into a whole bunch of psychological, social and emotional benefits, but I want to keep it simple and just say:
I LOVE LAUGHING!
Ok. That’s all.
Eye-Patch
Today was one of those days when it feels like God ripped the eye-patch off of my face that has been partially blinding me. It’s been there because I put it there, not wanting to see the whole truth, as if looking at the struggles in my life through one eye will somehow make all the worry, stress, pain, and confusion disappear completely. Not so. God tore that completely away.
It’s a...
“God never withholds from His child that which His love and wisdom call good....”
– Elizabeth Elliot (via hisloveneverfails)
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“Then I saw all that God has done. No one can comprehend what goes on under the...”
– Ecclesiastes 8:17
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“I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it...”
– Ecclesiastes 3:14
“I am greatly encouraged; in all our troubles my joy knows no bounds.”
– 2 Corinthians 7:4b
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“Therefore we do not lose heart, though outwardly we are wasting away, yet...”
– 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
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“To please God… to be a real ingredient in the divine happiness… to...”
– C.S. Lewis, Weight of Glory
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“And that is enough to raise your thoughts to what may happen when the redeemed...”
– C.S. Lewis, Weight of Glory
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“And I go back to Eden, in my mind, to imagine what it is going to be like for...”
– Donald Miller, Searching For God Knows What
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“Christ, in short, asks us to give everything, all our false redemption in the...”
– Donald Miller, Searching For God Knows What
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Haiti
My heart is breaking for the people of Haiti, struck by the 7.0 earthquake about 3 days ago. I want to do something for them. Anything. If I could, I’d hop on a plane and go there in this instant, just to show them that people are here for them, to support them, to love them, and that, most importantly, God is here for them, to support them, to hold them, to carry them and to love them.
...
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One Place and Time
Yesterday, I was walking to CVS Pharmacy to get some notebooks and folders for school. I was about to enter the store when I was approached by a homeless man. He was gruff-looking, has a scruffy beard, a slightly deformed face, and a bulbous beer-belly. He told me that he just needed some food. To that I responded that I would buy him a Quizno’s Sandwich. He then admitted that he actually...
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“I think Jesus is saying, Look, you guys are running around like monkeys trying...”
– Donald Miller, Searching For God Knows What
“Imagine how a man’s life would be if he trusted that he was loved by God....”
– Donald Miller, Searching for God knows What
“We’re not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are...”
– C.S. Lewis (via hisloveneverfails)
It's Been Great But...
…I really can’t wait to get back to APU!
As much as I love my family and my girls here, I really can’t help but want to head back to sunny So Cal. :) It’s just become home to me.
Less than 20 hours til touchdown :)
Phil Wickham. It’s gifted people like him...
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“The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.”
– Eugene Delacroix
(How true this is. My art never comes out like the perfect picture I envision in my mind)
“Be joyful in hope,
Patient in affliction,
Faithful in prayer.”
– Romans 12:12
I absolutely LOVE Kari Jobe’s music, voice,...
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“It is no coincidence that Jesus talks endlessly about love. Free love....”
– Donald Miller, Searching For God Knows What
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“What we really need is somebody who loves us so much we don’t worry about...”
– Donald Miller, Searching For God Knows What
“Humans are constantly, and in every way, comparing themselves to one another,...”
– Donald Miller, Searching For God Knows What
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“Considering what Adam went through to appreciate Eve to the utmost, I wondered...”
– Donald Miller, Searching For God Knows What
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Loving God Back
heisjealousforme:
I had an epiphany tonight. About love. About God. On what it means for us, as humans, fallen and broken, to give and receive love. In fact, both are the same thing. Bear with me. This has been building up to an understanding for months. Too many journal entries, broken friends, and prayer sessions for me to count. Here is my revelation: There is a theory about fear. It is...
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We Are Created to Love
mackenzieyourfriendzie:
heisjealousforme:
Loving someone causes you to become like them. True love is seeing people for who they really are, Who they were made to be- children of God, made in the image of Christ. The more we lose ourselves in Christ, the more we shed our “flesh” and begin to live by the Spirit, the more we are loving and living like Him. Worship suggests a desire to be like...
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the...”
– Andre Gide
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Worry...
Sometimes I just need to remind myself…
“Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?”
Luke 12:35-26
“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself....
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Calm Before the Storm?
I feel like my life is so full, so blessed, so joyful right now.
I am overwhelmed by God’s goodness, God’s truth and God’s beauty everyday. I recognize it. I absorb it. I crave it.
But something in the back of my mind keeps coming forward- Something I keep trying to repress and deny, but it still lingers. I know that life is full of ups and downs, highs and lows, hills and...
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“Earthly love… is temporal and slight so that is has to be given again and...”
– Donald Miller, Searching For God Knows What
“Disturb us, Lord,
When we are too pleased with ourselves,
When our dreams have...”
– Sir Francis Drake (via hisloveneverfails)
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My Mind Movies
Some of the greatest memories are those we just play in our head. We don’t have photographs or videos, but what we do have in our minds can carry so much more of the experience.
I welcomed in my New Year with my favorite girls in the world. In addition to our normal tradition, we ate coconut gelato bundled up on the lawn at the strike of midnight.
Suddenly, it started to rain. We kicked...