4.29.2007
3.18.2007
O, Pittsburgh...
you never cease to ravish my heart!
what is it about you?
the mountains?
the water?
the industry?
the church?
the people?
it can't be the call b/c i'm still in MD.
3.03.2007
surrounded by love
i can't hide from the love that comes through so powerfully from the family here.
bringing so much to my life, filling and satisfying.
it's just not possible to settle for less.
there is soooo much love here...and it's pouring out to others...
so humbled by Your love, so strong and so beautiful spilling out on, and through all of us!
whatever was my gain, i now consider loss...
it seems that nothing is happening when looking from a worldly perspective, but when i look at it for what it truly is, i see that it has eternal value...to lose your life for eternal, now invisible things.
this is more than i could ask or imagine...so beyond my understanding, yet so beautiful....so beautiful.
LET ME LIVE LIKE THIS FOREVER...LET ME SPEND MYSELF FOR YOU! what can compare?
your blessing is sooooooo endless, so great...so...more than human words can even begin to explain....
Your ways are beyond any human understanding....YOU ARE SOOOOOOOO GOOD! GOD! You are sooooo good to me!!!!!!!
bringing so much to my life, filling and satisfying.
it's just not possible to settle for less.
there is soooo much love here...and it's pouring out to others...
so humbled by Your love, so strong and so beautiful spilling out on, and through all of us!
whatever was my gain, i now consider loss...
it seems that nothing is happening when looking from a worldly perspective, but when i look at it for what it truly is, i see that it has eternal value...to lose your life for eternal, now invisible things.
this is more than i could ask or imagine...so beyond my understanding, yet so beautiful....so beautiful.
LET ME LIVE LIKE THIS FOREVER...LET ME SPEND MYSELF FOR YOU! what can compare?
your blessing is sooooooo endless, so great...so...more than human words can even begin to explain....
Your ways are beyond any human understanding....YOU ARE SOOOOOOOO GOOD! GOD! You are sooooo good to me!!!!!!!
2.25.2007
i've had it!
i've had it with worldly "wisdom"/quotes/sayings that completely bump God out of the picture and deceive people with lies
that massage emotions!
i've had it!
FOR THE WISDOM OF THIS WORLD IS FOOLISHNESS IN GOD'S SIGHT!
that massage emotions!
i've had it!
FOR THE WISDOM OF THIS WORLD IS FOOLISHNESS IN GOD'S SIGHT!
2.22.2007
onions
what wonderful imagery...not too keen on the stink, but...
it comes down to what is and what is not...true/false...simple, yet profound
all being exposed little by little...
unless your like me and and just cut right to it
keep it real and raw!
i hate beating around that stupid bush!
hmmm.....this is a cool revelation...am i finally getting out of the gray and back to the black and white?!
i hope so!
being able to cut through to what's true! philippians being lived out? VERY COOL!
it's all coming back to me now!
the quest i set out on 12 years ago...whoa...12 years! ...perhaps even longer, ranging from pre-Christ days?
the quest for absolute truth!!!! WOW! i remember that obsession and drive to know the absolute truth that applies to all people at all times in all situations - what a mantra!!!! YES!!! i remember the cry of my heart! i just wanted to know - what is!
then, when i entered into the reality in Christ, it defined EVERYTHING...it brought to light - what IS real!
how incredible to know the absolute truth when your young!
2.21.2007
the dream
you still speak through dreams.
loud and clear...
sometimes welcoming,
sometimes causing a rush of emotion b/c of the rawness
sometimes waking into bliss
when You speak and i hear, there are no doubts
there is only one response and no options...all other ways/options are shown to be the illusions they are and not really a way at all.
wow!
loud and clear...
sometimes welcoming,
sometimes causing a rush of emotion b/c of the rawness
sometimes waking into bliss
when You speak and i hear, there are no doubts
there is only one response and no options...all other ways/options are shown to be the illusions they are and not really a way at all.
wow!
2.20.2007
2.07.2007
challenge II
i have such an awesome time "seeing" after we talk...
what beauty is revealed even though we are so different.
it doesn't reveal you or i to be superior or inferior in any way...
but gently and lovingly reveals important things that i didn't have the courage or clue to see about myself by myself.
it's not the most comfortable time, yet...i would not trade one moment...
to grow...
i'm so hungry for this growth ~ to see even more........more freedom to put love into action, to see it.
there's nothing i desire more than to live like this! experiencing the revelation and reality...to feel, to live, to love...alive!!
i want to be molded like this, even though it's uncomfortable...it's powerful!
to experience "His" love, in action - more.....More....MORE....thank you~
oh! that my prayers would not cease, but, continue like the air i breathe~
the heart drinks it in and lives~
what beauty is revealed even though we are so different.
it doesn't reveal you or i to be superior or inferior in any way...
but gently and lovingly reveals important things that i didn't have the courage or clue to see about myself by myself.
it's not the most comfortable time, yet...i would not trade one moment...
to grow...
i'm so hungry for this growth ~ to see even more........more freedom to put love into action, to see it.
there's nothing i desire more than to live like this! experiencing the revelation and reality...to feel, to live, to love...alive!!
i want to be molded like this, even though it's uncomfortable...it's powerful!
to experience "His" love, in action - more.....More....MORE....thank you~
oh! that my prayers would not cease, but, continue like the air i breathe~
the heart drinks it in and lives~
2.06.2007
2.05.2007
challenge
you challenge me in new ways that i once knew, to return to...
you challenge me through all the people you love...
to live and experience life in ways i've never known before...
how beautiful~
iron sharpening iron...
the beauty of that which is not like myself...
the beauty of your image in others, shining so beautifully.
to live at a slower pace
to look at the flowers on the wayside
to smell the freshness in the air
to listen
to enjoy
to love, as an act, a giving...a choice~
caught up in Your beauty~
freeing the heart, the mind, the body and soul!!!! to live, to love...with or without...
though the fig tree does not bud
and there are no grapes on the vine,
though the olive crop fails
and the fields produce no food,
though there are no sheep in the pen
and no cattle in the stalls,
yet i will rejoice in the Lord,
i will be joyful in God my Savior.
The Sovereign Lord is my strength;
He makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
He enables me to tread on the heights. <3
you challenge me through all the people you love...
to live and experience life in ways i've never known before...
how beautiful~
iron sharpening iron...
the beauty of that which is not like myself...
the beauty of your image in others, shining so beautifully.
to live at a slower pace
to look at the flowers on the wayside
to smell the freshness in the air
to listen
to enjoy
to love, as an act, a giving...a choice~
caught up in Your beauty~
freeing the heart, the mind, the body and soul!!!! to live, to love...with or without...
though the fig tree does not bud
and there are no grapes on the vine,
though the olive crop fails
and the fields produce no food,
though there are no sheep in the pen
and no cattle in the stalls,
yet i will rejoice in the Lord,
i will be joyful in God my Savior.
The Sovereign Lord is my strength;
He makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
He enables me to tread on the heights. <3
2.03.2007
2.02.2007
tears - a short story
Oh broken and beloved generation who is realizing that this world has nothing for them.
this world has nothing for you and it will tell you that you have a problem that can be solved by step 1, 2, and 3...
NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
don't listen! o wretched liar, be silent!
God's beloved, people in the world ...YOU WERE WORTH IT!
because of His mind-blowing love that just keeps going and going...HE SAID THAT YOU WERE WORTH IT! YOU ARE VALUED, YOU ARE PRECIOUS, YOU ARE SOOOO LOVED!
there is hope!
there is life!
there is love!
open up and hear the song of love and life that fills the earth!
Hear and be filled with the hope!
don't be scared oh wretched, broken generation by what you see, and feel and hear and may have done...
close your ears to the song of this world!
close your ears to the lies!
close your heart to the world!
fight the fear that is keeping you from the One that sings love songs to you moment after moment after moment after.....
you are so loved.
you are soooo loved!
YOU ARE SO LOVED!
we are so loved...
we are ALL so loved!
this world has nothing for you and it will tell you that you have a problem that can be solved by step 1, 2, and 3...
NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
don't listen! o wretched liar, be silent!
God's beloved, people in the world ...YOU WERE WORTH IT!
because of His mind-blowing love that just keeps going and going...HE SAID THAT YOU WERE WORTH IT! YOU ARE VALUED, YOU ARE PRECIOUS, YOU ARE SOOOO LOVED!
there is hope!
there is life!
there is love!
open up and hear the song of love and life that fills the earth!
Hear and be filled with the hope!
don't be scared oh wretched, broken generation by what you see, and feel and hear and may have done...
close your ears to the song of this world!
close your ears to the lies!
close your heart to the world!
fight the fear that is keeping you from the One that sings love songs to you moment after moment after moment after.....
you are so loved.
you are soooo loved!
YOU ARE SO LOVED!
we are so loved...
we are ALL so loved!
1.31.2007
1.30.2007
Thus begins...
the genesis of sleeplessness for the next 3.25 months! ARGH! ARGH! AND DOUBLE ARGH~!!
but atleast i got in! hopefully i'll be able to catch up fast w/missing only 1 session.
gotta get the ol' bean into geek mode!
but atleast i got in! hopefully i'll be able to catch up fast w/missing only 1 session.
gotta get the ol' bean into geek mode!
1.20.2007
Tyson Rocks...the "one-body" problem
"In Newtonian Mechanics, the three-body problem involves the challenge of trying to model as a function of time the orbital path of three free floating gravitationally bound objects orbiting around each other. It's a common problem in astrophysics, and there are interesting things that result from it. If you study Lagrange points, you'll realize how these things are useful, especially for satellites.
The two-body problem is slightly different. In the two-body problem, you have a couple, a husband and wife, or boyfriend and girlfriend, or any other pair, and both of them are in science. Unfortunately, one of them gets a post-doc position in Hawaii and the other one ends up at an European Observatory. The two-body problem deals with trying to reconcile this problem.
The one-body problem is similar to the two-body problem... except you're trying to find the second body. It's a tough problem... so many technicalities and circumstances to work out. It's probably just timing"
The two-body problem is slightly different. In the two-body problem, you have a couple, a husband and wife, or boyfriend and girlfriend, or any other pair, and both of them are in science. Unfortunately, one of them gets a post-doc position in Hawaii and the other one ends up at an European Observatory. The two-body problem deals with trying to reconcile this problem.
The one-body problem is similar to the two-body problem... except you're trying to find the second body. It's a tough problem... so many technicalities and circumstances to work out. It's probably just timing"
1.17.2007
"HE DOES"
so, i'm starting to come out into the open with my profiles.
little by little i'm revealing more and more...
now, when i should be more cautious i'm letting loose...
well...i think the nations security will be safe...hehe~
so, i'm starting to go beyond the realm of the familiar also...
will this take me to another place?
life is opening up again...but i know there's nothing out there.
however...i feel the tension of a bigger picture.
will it take me away from here?
or is it just the illusion of another way...like Rob's album "10,000 roads and 1 way."
somehow, i don't think the "more" can be found anywhere my feet can go.
i like the lyric of this one song...goes something LIKE "going on another awesome adventure and finding yourself in the same place 2 years later." true and disturbing. so many adventures, and i'm still 21 on the inside.
the rustle of something that was dead, reminding me that it's still there.
i felt it during practice sunday morning.
i felt it after practice months ago.
inviting God to meet with you and He does...that HAS to be it. the "He does" part.
that HAS to be it! there has to be more of that "HE DOES", or the rustle of something greater will never go away.
more adventures, and more disappointments...it will never be that something greater...unless "HE DOES" happens.
can i grab hold of this and cling onto it? i don't want to find myself on the same path i was as a teenager...going here and there, wherever the wind blew...trying this, and trying that...living every dream that was in my heart. i needed a "HE DOES" moment...and i still need it today. even more so.
sometimes i wish i didn't like/do so many things b/c they can get in the way.
little by little i'm revealing more and more...
now, when i should be more cautious i'm letting loose...
well...i think the nations security will be safe...hehe~
so, i'm starting to go beyond the realm of the familiar also...
will this take me to another place?
life is opening up again...but i know there's nothing out there.
however...i feel the tension of a bigger picture.
will it take me away from here?
or is it just the illusion of another way...like Rob's album "10,000 roads and 1 way."
somehow, i don't think the "more" can be found anywhere my feet can go.
i like the lyric of this one song...goes something LIKE "going on another awesome adventure and finding yourself in the same place 2 years later." true and disturbing. so many adventures, and i'm still 21 on the inside.
the rustle of something that was dead, reminding me that it's still there.
i felt it during practice sunday morning.
i felt it after practice months ago.
inviting God to meet with you and He does...that HAS to be it. the "He does" part.
that HAS to be it! there has to be more of that "HE DOES", or the rustle of something greater will never go away.
more adventures, and more disappointments...it will never be that something greater...unless "HE DOES" happens.
can i grab hold of this and cling onto it? i don't want to find myself on the same path i was as a teenager...going here and there, wherever the wind blew...trying this, and trying that...living every dream that was in my heart. i needed a "HE DOES" moment...and i still need it today. even more so.
sometimes i wish i didn't like/do so many things b/c they can get in the way.
1.15.2007
1.03.2007
Voice of Truth
V1
Oh what I would do to have
The kind of faith it takes
To climb out of this boat and then
on to the crashing waves
To step out of my comfort zone
Into the realm of the unknown where Jesus is
And He's holding out His hand
But the waves are calling out my name
And they laugh at me
Reminding me of all the times
I've tried before and failed
The waves they keep on telling me
Time and time again. "Boy, you never win!"
"You never win!"
V2
Oh what I would do to have
The kind of strength it takes
to stand before a giant
With just a sling and a stone
Surrounded by the sound of a thousand warriors
Shaking in their armor
Wishing they'd have had the strength to stand
But the giant's calling out my name
And he laughs at me
Reminding me of all the times
I've tried before and failed
The giant keeps on telling me
Time and time again. "Boy you'll never win!"
"You'll never win!"
Chorus:
But the Voice of Truth tells me a different story
The Voice of Truth says, "Do not be afraid!"
And the Voice of Truth says, "This is for My glory"
Out of all the voices calling out to me
I will choose to listen and believe the Voice of Truth
But the stone was just the right size
To put the giant on the ground
And the waves they don't seem so high
On top of them lookin' down
I soar with the wings of EAGLES
When I stop and listen to the sound of Jesus
Singing over me
Chorus:
But the Voice of Truth tells me a different story
The Voice of Truth says, "Do not be afraid!"
And the Voice of Truth says, "This is for My glory"
Out of all the voices calling out to me (calling out to me)
I will choose to listen and believe-
I will choose to listen and believe the Voice of Truth
I will listen and believe
I will listen and believe the Voice of truth
I will listen and believe
Cause Jesus you are the voice of truth
And I will listen to you, you are-
Oh what I would do to have
The kind of faith it takes
To climb out of this boat and then
on to the crashing waves
To step out of my comfort zone
Into the realm of the unknown where Jesus is
And He's holding out His hand
But the waves are calling out my name
And they laugh at me
Reminding me of all the times
I've tried before and failed
The waves they keep on telling me
Time and time again. "Boy, you never win!"
"You never win!"
V2
Oh what I would do to have
The kind of strength it takes
to stand before a giant
With just a sling and a stone
Surrounded by the sound of a thousand warriors
Shaking in their armor
Wishing they'd have had the strength to stand
But the giant's calling out my name
And he laughs at me
Reminding me of all the times
I've tried before and failed
The giant keeps on telling me
Time and time again. "Boy you'll never win!"
"You'll never win!"
Chorus:
But the Voice of Truth tells me a different story
The Voice of Truth says, "Do not be afraid!"
And the Voice of Truth says, "This is for My glory"
Out of all the voices calling out to me
I will choose to listen and believe the Voice of Truth
But the stone was just the right size
To put the giant on the ground
And the waves they don't seem so high
On top of them lookin' down
I soar with the wings of EAGLES
When I stop and listen to the sound of Jesus
Singing over me
Chorus:
But the Voice of Truth tells me a different story
The Voice of Truth says, "Do not be afraid!"
And the Voice of Truth says, "This is for My glory"
Out of all the voices calling out to me (calling out to me)
I will choose to listen and believe-
I will choose to listen and believe the Voice of Truth
I will listen and believe
I will listen and believe the Voice of truth
I will listen and believe
Cause Jesus you are the voice of truth
And I will listen to you, you are-
1.01.2007
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