I've found that writing really does help me express myself,
yeah...of course, sometimes i write cryptically,
but that's just cuz i'm expressing my thoughts to myself.
Words really do bring me a sense of comfort,
it also is something i appreciate!
Those who know me, know i love notes,
letters, books, articles, stimulating reads.
Things can come to me through email,
snail mail or handwritten...
I appreciate them all!
When did my obsession with words begin?
I'm not too sure...maybe when i was young,
reading those tales of old, they sparked a curiosity that's never sated
Now when i write, it can be crystal clear,
wonderfully cryptic or sometimes beautifully poetic.
Words just express what i want to say,
and when they don't, the rant helps me release anyways!
HahahA! Win-win situation!
I embark on a mighty busy planning week ahead...
doesn't help that i'm falling ill
but yeah...hope the planning goes well,
and i get better...
i wanna run!!!!
Ok...random posts seem to be the order of the day!
hahaahah!
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Thanksgiving
The 4th Thursday in November, that's when Americans celebrate Thanksgiving
I've been thinking on it, and i've been keeping my eyes open.
So often, we lack a grateful thankfulness
We take so many things, so many people for granted.
Is it only after they are gone that they will be looked upon fondly?
A day to celebrate and give thanks, that's a cool idea,
yet, at the same time it can be done totally bereft of meaning too.
We can thank yet totally lose the meaning behind it.
Totally invalidate it in the next instance...
Yet...doing it honestly, without ulterior motive,
just for the utter pleasure of appreciating someone.
That...that is a gift that keeps giving...
one of those things that God places in our hands to steward
I thank God for all i've been through,
in all of them my eyes have been opened
now...I appreciate so many things in life,
attributing them rightly as gifts from God.
Yesterday, i made a very hard decision,
one i struggled to make...
I wanted so much to just do what i wanted to do...
but i chose not to in the end...
the drive to the airport was a hard one...
possibly an angry one...
yet...upon reaching, i know i did the right thing
I think that being a minister of reconciliation means all these hard decisions.
Picking them up & then going for a leisurely dinner,
catching up and being adults among adults...
those are breakthroughs that i've wanted for so long.
They are finally here...Thank You Lord.
I think of what i've seemingly "missed out"
and i count it all loss for the sake of Christ.
Thanksgiving...Truly...a Thanksgiving...
Lord i really thank You...
I see this as step one...
building that bridge cuz there is a harder one ahead.
Yet...i trust in You.
I walk on, this battle, the one that i'm put in to mend...
it was never mine, it was before me...
though i suffered from it, it was still a blessing
Now...this unique position is mine...
Only cuz You gave the ministry of reconciliation...
Forgive me if i complain...
Lord i need a measure of Grace only you can give
Grant me that wisdom, that courage...to do the right thing always.
I've been thinking on it, and i've been keeping my eyes open.
So often, we lack a grateful thankfulness
We take so many things, so many people for granted.
Is it only after they are gone that they will be looked upon fondly?
A day to celebrate and give thanks, that's a cool idea,
yet, at the same time it can be done totally bereft of meaning too.
We can thank yet totally lose the meaning behind it.
Totally invalidate it in the next instance...
Yet...doing it honestly, without ulterior motive,
just for the utter pleasure of appreciating someone.
That...that is a gift that keeps giving...
one of those things that God places in our hands to steward
I thank God for all i've been through,
in all of them my eyes have been opened
now...I appreciate so many things in life,
attributing them rightly as gifts from God.
Yesterday, i made a very hard decision,
one i struggled to make...
I wanted so much to just do what i wanted to do...
but i chose not to in the end...
the drive to the airport was a hard one...
possibly an angry one...
yet...upon reaching, i know i did the right thing
I think that being a minister of reconciliation means all these hard decisions.
Picking them up & then going for a leisurely dinner,
catching up and being adults among adults...
those are breakthroughs that i've wanted for so long.
They are finally here...Thank You Lord.
I think of what i've seemingly "missed out"
and i count it all loss for the sake of Christ.
Thanksgiving...Truly...a Thanksgiving...
Lord i really thank You...
I see this as step one...
building that bridge cuz there is a harder one ahead.
Yet...i trust in You.
I walk on, this battle, the one that i'm put in to mend...
it was never mine, it was before me...
though i suffered from it, it was still a blessing
Now...this unique position is mine...
Only cuz You gave the ministry of reconciliation...
Forgive me if i complain...
Lord i need a measure of Grace only you can give
Grant me that wisdom, that courage...to do the right thing always.
no other fount i know...
Who's there left standing when the smoke clears?
Life is a fleeting adventure, one meant to be lived fully, uncomplicated...
Why then do we complicate matters?
So many things, people, issues assault just when it's time to slow down.
It's effortless to lose something,
especially painful if it's a person, someone...
Today...i had that sense of what it meant to lose, and lose big...
piled on top of everything else...it was just a bunch of too much emotions.
God, You who conquered the grave, you who are mighty to save...
I trust You, especially when things are hard...when the chips are down.
You know where I am now, in You, i'm never lost.
I trust and lay my life in your hands.
How i wish for ______, for ______, for _______
You see the depths of my heart and You know what i need.
Above all, You know i desire You far more than any of those.
I've plumbed the depths of my heart Lord,
Ready and waiting for the moment you call,
I'm primed for action, ready to move...
but i'm waiting on You.
Keep me there until Your time is right for me.
I do not want to move without You.
Life is a fleeting adventure, one meant to be lived fully, uncomplicated...
Why then do we complicate matters?
So many things, people, issues assault just when it's time to slow down.
It's effortless to lose something,
especially painful if it's a person, someone...
Today...i had that sense of what it meant to lose, and lose big...
piled on top of everything else...it was just a bunch of too much emotions.
God, You who conquered the grave, you who are mighty to save...
I trust You, especially when things are hard...when the chips are down.
You know where I am now, in You, i'm never lost.
I trust and lay my life in your hands.
How i wish for ______, for ______, for _______
You see the depths of my heart and You know what i need.
Above all, You know i desire You far more than any of those.
I've plumbed the depths of my heart Lord,
Ready and waiting for the moment you call,
I'm primed for action, ready to move...
but i'm waiting on You.
Keep me there until Your time is right for me.
I do not want to move without You.
Friday, November 14, 2008
Do it again! =)
A child kicks its legs rhythmically through excess, not absence, of life.
Because children have abounding vitality,
because they are in spirit fierce and free,
therefore they want things repeated and unchanged.
They always say, Do it again;
and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead.
For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony.
But perhaps God is strong enough...
It is possible that God says every morning,
Do it again, to the sun;
and every evening, Do it again, to the moon.
It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike:
it may be that God makes every daisy separately,
but has never got tired of making them.
It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy;
for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we.
G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
Sometimes, in the absence of words,
those of others say it better =)
Do it again!
I do not want to lose that sense of wonder,
that delight in the little things,
the marvelous privilege of enjoying my King,
the sense of Joy being able to walk & run with Him,
the way that He made us,
to worship, exalt & to thoroughly ENJOY Him!
Wow!
Do it again, Lord!
I love it when you do!
Thank You! =)
Because children have abounding vitality,
because they are in spirit fierce and free,
therefore they want things repeated and unchanged.
They always say, Do it again;
and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead.
For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony.
But perhaps God is strong enough...
It is possible that God says every morning,
Do it again, to the sun;
and every evening, Do it again, to the moon.
It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike:
it may be that God makes every daisy separately,
but has never got tired of making them.
It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy;
for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we.
G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
Sometimes, in the absence of words,
those of others say it better =)
Do it again!
I do not want to lose that sense of wonder,
that delight in the little things,
the marvelous privilege of enjoying my King,
the sense of Joy being able to walk & run with Him,
the way that He made us,
to worship, exalt & to thoroughly ENJOY Him!
Wow!
Do it again, Lord!
I love it when you do!
Thank You! =)
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
The Discipline of Secrecy...
Dallas Willard, writing about the spiritual discipline of secrecy Jesus espouses in the Sermon on the Mount, says, “[O]ne of the greatest fallacies of our faith, and actually one of the greatest acts of unbelief, is the thought that our spiritual acts and virtues need to be advertised to be known... [S]ecrecy, rightly practiced enables us to place our public relations department entirely in the hands of God... [W]e allow him to decide when our deeds will be known and when our light will be noticed.”
When we desire godly secrecy, Willard goes on to suggest that love and humility before God will develop to the point that we’ll not only see our friends, family, and associates in a better light, but we’ll also develop the very Christian virtue of desiring their good above our own.
Paul expressed this very truth to the Philippian church when he told them to “do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others” (Philippians 2:3-4).
Extracted from
"The Joy of Living Secretly"
Margaret Manning
When we desire godly secrecy, Willard goes on to suggest that love and humility before God will develop to the point that we’ll not only see our friends, family, and associates in a better light, but we’ll also develop the very Christian virtue of desiring their good above our own.
Paul expressed this very truth to the Philippian church when he told them to “do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others” (Philippians 2:3-4).
Extracted from
"The Joy of Living Secretly"
Margaret Manning
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