January 2012
Sometimes | David Crowder* Band
Also, man do I...
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many...”
– James 1:2-7
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This is, admittedly, not at all...
Little awesome things:
Knowing that some things say the same, when asked, “Can I rant to you about Sherlock now?”
The realization that people are usually willing to offer grace and compassion makes it easier to come to the conclusion that God offers such things.
Even though I don’t date and am not frequently faced with situations involving sex, having the pregnancy care center people come to youth tonight was really solid, because there was a lot of focus on commitment. And one can’t invest completely and totally in everyone they know, but I feel like it was such a refresher to be reminded to be patient with and offer grace to those I have...
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The Many Mispronunciation’s of Sofia Vergara’s ‘Gloria’
I love Gloria!
I spend my life to know, and I’m far from close, to all you are: the greatness of our God.
And what’s the use of the finest voice if you’ve nothing good to say?
“In my early professionals years I was asking the question: How can I treat, or...”
– Carl Rogers (via onlinecounsellingcollege)
Almost daily I find myself freaked about physics, wondering if it’s really something that I’m good at, and whether it’s what I should be pursuing. For a brief moment, the idea of doing anything other than physics is ghastly. But then I remember that there was a time when I wanted to grow up to be barbie. Maybe it wouldn’t be so bad if it turned out that that wasn’t...
Whoooo wants to go see Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close with me?
Bizarre camp dreams
Slept in
Amy emailed!
I am going to go do Physics and maybe go to Long and McQuade
I also had a dream about saving a baby bird. It behaved more like a dog than a bird.
I’ve found my self unusually irritable and unusually irritating over the last few days.
You can always tell when I’m in the middle of a musical project, because the usually perfectly neat basement (where we keep everything musical) becomes a mess, and there are computers, cables, instruments, and papers all over the place.
My folks and I are looking at University stuffs, and I’m so torn, because a part of me wants to apply for the best (yes, high hopes, I am aware), and wants to be far away, to experience more of this world (this country, even!) than my own city. But if I am far from anyone and everyone I love, I think that would be something I would struggle with a lot.
wisdom > intelligence
Exam time
Let the “How much will I have to get on my exam in order to get the minimum desired final grade?” calculations begin!
Counselling Blog: How Adaptive is Mindfulness? →
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Psychology Today defines mindfulness as “a state of active, open attention on the present. When you’re mindful, you observe your thoughts and feelings from a distance, without judging them good or bad. Instead of letting your life pass you by, mindfulness means living in the moment and awakening…
I have probably told you guys this before, but one of my youth leaders once said that our job is not to fix people, but to love them, and that is one of the most useful sentences that has made its way into my brain.
What’d she say? That she only meant well? Well, of course she did.
“We return to the question of whether the law is still binding on Christians and...”
– John Stott | Romans: Encountering the Gospel’s Power
My drumsticks look like they’ve been played with by a baby woodpecker…
Imogen Heap! Nimaya and I used to just sit on the...
If God is really about freedom, maybe I should spend less time being uptight, and more time being…. free.
Obedience vs. Grace
I was talking with someone I know about Jesus’ take on the law, and he mentioned Matthew 5:17-20, (which, in short, is Jesus’ saying that he didn’t come to abolish the law, and speaking of the importance of obeying the law.) The person with which I was chatting pointed out that Jesus said he didn’t come to abolish the law, and so it seems as though to say that Jesus did not...
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Old friends/bookends.
Can you imagine us years from today, sharing a park bench quietly?
We have what God gives. We have the friends God gives, the finances God gives, and support God gives. The praise and approval of God and God alone is worth seeking. So by what means can we be jealous of the friends, finances, and human admiration that other people have?
David Crowder* Band | Obsession
I think this is just one season that is coming to an end.
I know I’ll never lose affection for people and things that went before.
It's more of a relationship than a religion.
You fall away from your past, but it’s following you, now.