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“The great secret of morals is love; or a going out of our own nature, and an...”
– A Defence of Poetry
Shelley 1821
June 2010
3 posts
Your love is a symphony all around me.
I have never in my life heard a better description for love. A symphony consists of hundreds of instruments all playing a slightly different tune in order to produce one beautiful whole. The sound becomes incredible when all of the instruments are played together.
That’s totally how we operate as a church family! We all love in different ways to produce one whole, perfect picture of love....
It doesn't come naturally...
Love is patient, love is kind, love is harder than you’d think.
BUT… It still never fails :) there’s always that!
I [am learning to] put my hope in the One.
Last year was a great year. I learned what it really means to have a relationship with Jesus. I learned how to lean on Him each step of the way. I learned what true intimacy felt like…It was awesome.
Great thing #2: I have been blessed with an incredible man. Sebastian is wonderful and he is more than I deserve.
But here’s the problem. No matter how much Sebastian may love me, he...
February 2010
1 post
"My grace is sufficient for you"
Regardless of what I’ve done. Regardless of what I’m going through. No strings attached. His grace is enough. Its sufficient.
And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9
October 2009
2 posts
It doesn't matter,
but it does.
I hate being a girl.
To Damoh we go!!
Hey family! This is a little difficult because there really is no way to write what we’re experiencing right now, but here goes… We’ve been so blessed today, so much so that I feel that I speak for all of us when I say it has changed everything. We arrived at the “Children’s Palace” somewhere around 4 this morning. We haven’t really slept since, but there is so much excitement that nobody wants to...
September 2009
3 posts
“You want to take my last name and you can’t even play a video game?!”
– Bastian :))
FYI
15 days until Inda
Sebastian is the best
I ate too many pumpkin seeds today
Praying through Proverbs 31. Yikes!
GENERATE jr high tonight :))
August 2009
3 posts
What the world needs now
is a little more acoustic and voices to match.
back away from the RED BULL
Boy: Meet you at Starbucks at 8. Bring string, salt, and a case of Red Bull!
Girl: Do I even want to know?
Boy: I'm just playing. What do you want to do?
Girl: Play hopscotch.
Boy: Okay then string, chalk, and a case of Red Bull.
Soon and very soon My King is coming Robed in righteousness And crowned with love When I see Him I shall be made like Him Soon and very soon Soon and very soon I’ll be going To the place He has prepared for me There my sin erased My shame forgotten Soon and very soon I will be with the One I love With unveiled face I’ll see Him There my soul will be satisfied Soon and very soon
July 2009
11 posts
wonderwall
In times of confusion and chaos and pain...
The entirety of the novel The Roadseems to test the doctrine of faith and why it is necessary. The characters are forced to hold onto it despite the darkness and destruction around them. Because of this, McCarthy is able to take the idea of faith by choice and places it in a situation where faith is the only option outside of death. His characters must seek the shelter of fire in order to escape...
I miss school. The end.
I speak Shakespeare.
Don’t make fun of me!!
Most people will argue that as King Lear progresses, the king loses his sanity. I have to argue differently.
Back up for a second…the higher up the food chain you go, the less it is about you. His responsibility as king is to show compassion to his people. To love, protect, provide…he owes them that.
Disillusionment: The lie of the enemy is that position...
“Don’t avoid life’s Gardens of Gethsemane. Enter them. Just...”
– Max Lucado
Reasons Kelly is the coolest:
1. She loves Jesus.
2. She sings me to sleeeeeeep :)
3. She brings the beach to you.
4.She is partial to incognito adventures.
5. I just love her face.
I’m basically pumped for our road trip.
grace is a gift you can't return
You either accept it or disregard it, but its there either way.
But God will still be God.
Everlasting, Your light will shine when all else fades.
So during an acoustic midnight beach sesh last night I hit an all-time high.
Here’s the thing. The beach is one of the pinnacles of creation already in my book. There’s no comprehending it size, depth, power, movement, and just beauty in general. On top of all that tho, we were blessed to watch a lunar eclipse. The moon...
tomorrow
v-wafer: gaaaaaaah.
k-dizzle: AMEN!!!
June 2009
7 posts
“People look at you and me to see what they are supposed to be. And, if we...”
– Walt Disney
cause comes first
Something clicked today (reading Erwin Mcmanus). You can not offer a community without first offering a cause, mainly because you can’t expand and remain unified if you don’t all share something.
That being said, I’m so excited that our mantra is CHRIST, CAUSE, COMMUNITY. So perfect!
Matthew 16:18
I have no idea how or when this happened but somewhere along the line Daddy blessed me in a way that I can’t even begin to comprehend. There are seriously no words. Crossroads…Generate…i mean…
I have never been faced with people who are so passionatly in love with Jesus. Period. That are sold out to serve at all costs with their time, money, literally anything and...
HER: You look persian!
ME: But persia isn't a country anymore...
HER: Since when!?
ME: I dunno...maybe a hundred years or so
HER: Wait. Really? Then where do persian rugs come from?
"The irony is...
that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want him most of the time.” -Francis Chan
Its funny because so many times you’ll hear people say that they want to get closer to God without realizing that He wants that same communion even MORE that you could imagine. Liiiiiiike…He died for it before you even considered it.
“wonder of the world, you’ve been so wonderful to me”
– rush of fools
May 2009
6 posts
whew...
bone marrow donor for Nicole: check :)
Tony Wood:true love
This Wednesday we’re examing the art of true love. We’ll see some real life examples of true love. Not sexual, erotic, or romantic love but true heroic, honorable, sacrificial love. Exemplified first on the cross from Jesus to us but then passed from each of us to those around us. It will be one of the most expressive and loving nights in our two year history.
This morning across campus I saw so...
I will worship
you Lord. Only you Lord. I will bow down before you. Only you Lord.
He’s weighing heavy on my heart today… waiting to see why. Its a season of change.
Last night was amazing :) Love my Colie-bug.
Its just You and me here now. Only You and me here now.
hmmm...
I dunno bout this one.
I just do not know.
GAHHH!!!
NOOOOOOO! :( The hard drive crashed and this tech guy came and installed a new one…which would have been totally cool if I didn’t have anything saved on it.
I had finally managed to get ALL of my music onto ONE computer. Effort completely wasted. Just daaaaays of my life. Gone. Obliterated.
Wow.
April 2009
5 posts
“What you applaud, you encourage. Be careful what you celebrate.”
– Ravi Zacharias
I'm learning to unlearn
the fear of disappointing people, the fear of failure.
Its a process, but its coming along.
strength
I was in the middle of having a horrible night when some of the boys from Generate Strength crashed my store. It was like, instant smile!!! They are huge blessings and their existance on this planet cheers me right up. Dang. Praise Jesus for boys that love Jesus, right?!
rise to walk a new life
I got baptized today!!!!
My Jesus is so absolutely amazing…there are no words for this kind of joy!
the music, it moves me.
laughing and kissing, a match made in heaven…
appearences fail to speak truth.
save him, save him…
Today was filled with sweet moments.
Tomorrow is GAME DAY.
March 2009
21 posts
WOAH.
Its kinda crazy the instant emotion that can come with a song. I had the music on shuffle while I was writing my papers. I hadn’t really been listening to it at all. But seriously…the second that song came on…I was done. That was nuts. Maybe its time to take a break…
bittersweet bliss
Daddy has been teaching me so much lately…and its humbling and amazing and beautiful and perfect. I love it. Its what I live for. And while its perfect… its still bittersweet. You can’t be here for this. I wanted so badly for you to be here for this.
