The world is
happening
going on around me.
Here i sit and the only
thing that matters
right now
in this very moment
is You.
i go back once again
Jesus
to be lost in You
to fall in love with You.
Fall in love with You
more and more
every day
but i don't
i get lost in this
world of folly
caught up in the routine and activities of life.
You sit
wait
watch
until i remember You again.
To come back and sit with You
in this moment like i am now
where the only thing that matters
is You.
Can i not stay here forever?
But i don't
i stand up
walk away
swept away
with the flow of the busy crowd
leaving You
sitting
watching
waiting
until i come back and sit with You next time.
At least i think
You always sit there.
i could take You with me
to be next to me
to be aware
of Your closeness
but i don't.
You do go with me
You are still with me
aren't You.
i'm not always aware of it.
You are right by my side
all the time
holding onto me.
i return to sit with You
as if
You have been there the whole time
i'm unaware
You never left me
when I went back in the rotation of the world.
Jesus
may i always take You with me
in my words
actions
steps
in this life
i get lost in this world
may i still be found in You.
Right now
as this moment is drawing to an end
i must rise from where i sit
with complete contentment in You
feeling Your presence
with me
at this moment
i will take You with me.
The way You have loved me and love me
captivates
overwhelms me
i deepen my love in You.
My whole heart
belongs
to You
at this
moment.
Showing posts with label Wisdom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wisdom. Show all posts
2.26.2011
1.08.2011
How to Prepare for 2011
This link was post by our pastor, thought it was pretty thought provoking and awesome!
COMPLETING AND REMEMBERING 2010
Review the list of all completed projects:
What was your biggest triumph in 2010?
Beating Leavenworth and winning WVSSL Championships!
What was the smartest decision you made in 2010?
Breaking off an unhealthy relationship.
What one word best sums up and describes your 2010 experience?
forgiven.
What was the greatest lesson you learned in 2010?
Once again, who my true friends are.
What was the most loving service you performed in 2010?
Helping friends out (moving, wedding, etc.) offering my service in childcare at church.
What is your biggest piece of unfinished business in 2010?
Reliv.
What are you most happy about completing in 2010?
Gearing up for Africa.
Who were the three people that had the greatest impact on your life in 2010?
Jenny Leigh, Courtney, and Ryan Jacob.
What was the biggest risk you took in 2010?
Giving my heart to someone who ripped it apart.
What was the biggest surprise in 2010?
The amount of my so-called "friends" who turned their backs on me.
What important relationship improved the most in 2010?
Jenny Leigh.
What compliment would you liked to have received in 2010?
You are a Godly Woman.
What compliment would you liked to have given in 2010?
You've always been there for me.
What else do you need to do or say to be complete with 2010?
God is faithful!
CREATING THE NEW YEAR
What would you like to be your biggest triumph in 2011?
Helping alot of people with great nutrition and income.
What advice would you like to give yourself in 2011?
I don't know what 2011 holds, but I know who holds 2011...God is in control!
What is the major effort you are planning to improve your financial results in 2011?
Set and write down goals for advancing my business!
What would you be most happy about completing in 2011?
Nourishing our world.
What major indulgence are you willing to experience in 2011?
Backpacking trips!
What would you most like to change about yourself in 2011?
Be strong.
What are you looking forward to learning in 2011?
To be on mission with the Gospel daily. Applying the Gospel to every decision.
What do you think your biggest risk will be in 2011?
Investing in relationships.
What about your work, are you most committed to changing and improving in 2011?
Being a leader.
What is one as yet undeveloped talent you are willing to explore in 2011?
Backpacking in the mountains.
What brings you the most joy and how are you going to do or have more of that in 2011?
Swing dancing! Find me a good partner bahaha ;)
Who or what, other than yourself, are you most committed to loving and serving in 2011?
Pouring out my love to disease-infected orphans in Africa and to the kids on swim team.
What one word would you like to have as your theme in 2011?
Joy!
COMPLETING AND REMEMBERING 2010
Review the list of all completed projects:
What was your biggest triumph in 2010?
Beating Leavenworth and winning WVSSL Championships!
What was the smartest decision you made in 2010?
Breaking off an unhealthy relationship.
What one word best sums up and describes your 2010 experience?
forgiven.
What was the greatest lesson you learned in 2010?
Once again, who my true friends are.
What was the most loving service you performed in 2010?
Helping friends out (moving, wedding, etc.) offering my service in childcare at church.
What is your biggest piece of unfinished business in 2010?
Reliv.
What are you most happy about completing in 2010?
Gearing up for Africa.
Who were the three people that had the greatest impact on your life in 2010?
Jenny Leigh, Courtney, and Ryan Jacob.
What was the biggest risk you took in 2010?
Giving my heart to someone who ripped it apart.
What was the biggest surprise in 2010?
The amount of my so-called "friends" who turned their backs on me.
What important relationship improved the most in 2010?
Jenny Leigh.
What compliment would you liked to have received in 2010?
You are a Godly Woman.
What compliment would you liked to have given in 2010?
You've always been there for me.
What else do you need to do or say to be complete with 2010?
God is faithful!
CREATING THE NEW YEAR
What would you like to be your biggest triumph in 2011?
Helping alot of people with great nutrition and income.
What advice would you like to give yourself in 2011?
I don't know what 2011 holds, but I know who holds 2011...God is in control!
What is the major effort you are planning to improve your financial results in 2011?
Set and write down goals for advancing my business!
What would you be most happy about completing in 2011?
Nourishing our world.
What major indulgence are you willing to experience in 2011?
Backpacking trips!
What would you most like to change about yourself in 2011?
Be strong.
What are you looking forward to learning in 2011?
To be on mission with the Gospel daily. Applying the Gospel to every decision.
What do you think your biggest risk will be in 2011?
Investing in relationships.
What about your work, are you most committed to changing and improving in 2011?
Being a leader.
What is one as yet undeveloped talent you are willing to explore in 2011?
Backpacking in the mountains.
What brings you the most joy and how are you going to do or have more of that in 2011?
Swing dancing! Find me a good partner bahaha ;)
Who or what, other than yourself, are you most committed to loving and serving in 2011?
Pouring out my love to disease-infected orphans in Africa and to the kids on swim team.
What one word would you like to have as your theme in 2011?
Joy!
5.26.2010
Quotes
"I used to feel so alone in the city. All those gazillions of people and then me, on the outside. Because how do you meet a new person? I was very stumped by this for many years. And then I realized, you just say, “Hi.” They may ignore you. Or you may marry them. And that possibility is worth that one word."
"Think about all the things you need to trust about someone you are in a relationship with. You need to trust he will be there if you have a bad day; you need to trust he will keep your secrets; you need to trust he will treat you with respect, both during the relationship and after. Those are all big things. If you don’t trust him with the tiny little things–working late on a co-ed group project in the library–how will you trust him with the big things?"
"Maybe I could have loved you better
Maybe you should have loved me more
Maybe our hearts were just next in line
Maybe everything breaks sometime
Everything breaks sometimes."
"Think about all the things you need to trust about someone you are in a relationship with. You need to trust he will be there if you have a bad day; you need to trust he will keep your secrets; you need to trust he will treat you with respect, both during the relationship and after. Those are all big things. If you don’t trust him with the tiny little things–working late on a co-ed group project in the library–how will you trust him with the big things?"
"Maybe I could have loved you better
Maybe you should have loved me more
Maybe our hearts were just next in line
Maybe everything breaks sometime
Everything breaks sometimes."
4.26.2010
Jim Morrison quote
People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that's bullshit. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they're afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us up. People try to hide their pain. But they're wrong. Pain is something to carry, like a radio. You feel your strength in the experience of pain. It's all in how you carry it. That's what matters. Pain is a feeling. Your feelings are a part of you. Your own reality. If you feel ashamed of them, and hide them, you're letting society destroy your reality. You should stand up for your right to feel your pain.
4.17.2010
Dream: a strongly desired goal or purpose
What is God impressing on my heart? I can feel it...it grows stronger and stronger. At times I feel like I am running out of time until I slow down to think and remember that His timing and His plan is perfect. I hold in my heart a dream, a beautiful dream only I can imagine, a dream only God can fulfill. Times come where I am down, but I still dream. I don't think I know what that dream is, I feel like it's coming to me now...what is it? It is in the secret part of me...when will it happen? Why does it feel so strongly impressed upon me at this moment...is it because the more I talk of it out loud the more I feel I can achieve it...but do I even know what it is?
2.26.2010
Everafter Wisdom
Henry: Do you really think there is only one perfect mate?
Leonardo da Vinci: As a matter of fact, I do.
Henry: Well then how can you be certain to find them? And if you do find them, are they really the one for you or do you only think they are? And what happens if the person you're supposed to be with never appears, or, or she does, but you're too distracted to notice?
Leonardo da Vinci: You learn to pay attention.
Henry: Then let's say God puts two people on Earth and they are lucky enough to find one another. But one of them gets hit by lightning. Well then what? Is that it? Or, perchance, you meet someone new and marry all over again. Is that the lady you're supposed to be with or was it the first? And if so, when the two of them were walking side by side were they both the one for you and you just happened to meet the first one first or, was the second one supposed to be first? And is everything just chance or are some things meant to be?
Leonardo da Vinci: As a matter of fact, I do.
Henry: Well then how can you be certain to find them? And if you do find them, are they really the one for you or do you only think they are? And what happens if the person you're supposed to be with never appears, or, or she does, but you're too distracted to notice?
Leonardo da Vinci: You learn to pay attention.
Henry: Then let's say God puts two people on Earth and they are lucky enough to find one another. But one of them gets hit by lightning. Well then what? Is that it? Or, perchance, you meet someone new and marry all over again. Is that the lady you're supposed to be with or was it the first? And if so, when the two of them were walking side by side were they both the one for you and you just happened to meet the first one first or, was the second one supposed to be first? And is everything just chance or are some things meant to be?
My thoughts: Do I believe that there is only two people that are right for each other? It seems nice to think that way, for once someone gets married I'm sure they think that they had found the perfect one. But what about deaths....and in this day and age, divorces? Does God really create two people who are perfect for eachother? If so, then what happens if you marry the wrong person?
When I was younger I grew up always thinking that there was only the one perfect guy for me and it was just a matter of time until God brought us together, and until then I was to strive to glorify Christ with my single years until I met my prince charming. Now my thinking has changed. Of the few relationships I've been in only the recent one seemed to be flatter my mind that I had found the ONE! Doubts that kept coming up I just keep pushing aside...until finally within the span of a week God really made it startlingly clear to me that he wasn't the ONE. My mindset has changed now and I'm now at a point where...of undecided. Haha, sorry to not answer directly. It seems nice to think that the is one right person out there for everybody, but some people think the opposite, that there isn't a right person out there, just have to find someone who you can't live without. So I don't know what to think and I fell like I'm rambling on. I do, but I don't think that there is only one perfect mate.
But what I do know is what is essential for the guy I marry to have:
When I was younger I grew up always thinking that there was only the one perfect guy for me and it was just a matter of time until God brought us together, and until then I was to strive to glorify Christ with my single years until I met my prince charming. Now my thinking has changed. Of the few relationships I've been in only the recent one seemed to be flatter my mind that I had found the ONE! Doubts that kept coming up I just keep pushing aside...until finally within the span of a week God really made it startlingly clear to me that he wasn't the ONE. My mindset has changed now and I'm now at a point where...of undecided. Haha, sorry to not answer directly. It seems nice to think that the is one right person out there for everybody, but some people think the opposite, that there isn't a right person out there, just have to find someone who you can't live without. So I don't know what to think and I fell like I'm rambling on. I do, but I don't think that there is only one perfect mate.
But what I do know is what is essential for the guy I marry to have:
- a man of God striving to glorify and magnify Christ in all things
- a man who challenges me in my faith and encourages me
- a man who cherishes and adores me
- a man who I respect
- a man who's values and convictions align closely to mine (for example: a heart for mission work and Reliv)
- sweet guitar playing skills
- can go from country boy to finer things in one day
- likes concerts and art museums
- likes to travel
- experience in hiking/camping/backpacking
- likes dancing
5.20.2007
3.20.2007
Broken Windows, Broken Noses, and After Thoughts
Well...our family had quite an exciting day the other day! But not quite in a good way, mind you. To begin with...my mom called me at home when she was going to pick up my brother from baseball practice. Apparently the baseball had hit him in the nose and it was assumed that it was broken! So, she had to take him to the clinic. Upon arriving home, we then received a call from my father, who was away in Portland, OR on business. Someone had broken the window of his jeep and stolen his briefcase, which had important work papers in it, and his fanny pack, which had his passport, GPS, and digital camera in it! Unfortunately, my Dad picked the wrong week to be there! On a random night once a year, someone hits all the hotels in Portland and breaks into peoples vehicles, so my Dad was not the only victim. In conclusion...my brothers nose was just fractured, so it will not prevent him from playing baseball, and my Father was just at the wrong place at the wrong time.
P.S.
My own thoughts: I was so angry that people are so...oh, idk, evil! ARGhhhhhhh! The feelings I felt when I heard what happen to Dad were so strong! How dare anyone one do something like this! I feel bad for Dad as well as everyone else who got robbed! Why do people do things like this? Steal from hard-working people!?!
Well I have quite calmed myself now and the only thing I can think of for WHY is because the world is evil...since the fall of man, we will always fall into temptation and sin. We would be hopelessly lost as sinners were it not for God's love, forgiveness, and the saving blood of Jesus. That is why I do forgive the people that did this and I pray for them. Not that they would give back all the stuff they stole, but that they would someday accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Who knows...maybe I'll be in heaven with them someday.
P.S.
My own thoughts: I was so angry that people are so...oh, idk, evil! ARGhhhhhhh! The feelings I felt when I heard what happen to Dad were so strong! How dare anyone one do something like this! I feel bad for Dad as well as everyone else who got robbed! Why do people do things like this? Steal from hard-working people!?!
Well I have quite calmed myself now and the only thing I can think of for WHY is because the world is evil...since the fall of man, we will always fall into temptation and sin. We would be hopelessly lost as sinners were it not for God's love, forgiveness, and the saving blood of Jesus. That is why I do forgive the people that did this and I pray for them. Not that they would give back all the stuff they stole, but that they would someday accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Who knows...maybe I'll be in heaven with them someday.
2.06.2007
Chinese Proverb
If you want to be happy for an hour, take a nap. If you want to be happy for a day, go fishing. If you want to be happy for a month, get married. If you want to be happy for a year, win a fortune. If you want to be happy for a lifetime, help others!
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