IT'S AN ILLUSION. DIMLY IN A MIRROR. YEAAAHHHH.
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Monday, March 11, 2013
What is Holy
I recently heard a sermon at GMC on this and it blew me up.
Our bodies are like the outer court. The inner court is like our mind, our will and our emotions. But the Holy of holies is our SOUL, where the Spirit of God himself has come and now dwells!
People were allowed to worship, serve, fellowship, and do all the "churchy activities" in the outer courts. Some of them were educated and privileged enough to have their thoughts, emotions, and lives dominated by Godly traditions in the inner courts. Then, there was only one man who could actually come before the presence of God. He had to wash himself like 50 times and offer spotless sacrifices on top of all the other things he had to do. All their experiences with God were mad limited, but that's the best they could get. WE DON'T HAVE THIS LIMITATION.
How often do we still remain in the outer courts, or even in the inner courts, while the Holy of holies remains unreached? IT'S AVAILABLE. THE CONSUMING FIRE IS THERE. IT BESEECHES US TO BECOME ONE WITH HIM, NOT OUR OWN. IT'S EVERYTHING IN LIFE THAT HAS MEANING. JOY, UNSPEAKABLE JOY. NO MORE SOUL-SEARCHING, BUT SOUL-FOUND.
It helps our self-image to know that the Holy of holies is in us. You. And me.
Now watch me (him) work.
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"Don’t you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you?" 1 Corinthians 3:16
"And so, dear brothers and sisters, we can boldly enter heaven’s Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus. By his death, Jesus opened a new and life-giving way through the curtain into the Most Holy Place. And since we have a great High Priest who rules over God’s house, let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ’s blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water." Hebrews 10:19-22
Saturday, March 17, 2012
The Thickness of Logs
As I look around me, I see imperfection more clearly than I have ever before.
Obviously no one will ever be perfect, but it's a curious feeling of noticing it.
There is an odd struggle of wanting more for others and still being able to love them for who they are now.
I wonder if Jesus struggled with this, and how he was able to cope with it.
I gots a lot of giant logs blurring my eyesight right now...
I need someone, a Lumberjack of sorts, to break em down for me so they become specks.
Obviously no one will ever be perfect, but it's a curious feeling of noticing it.
There is an odd struggle of wanting more for others and still being able to love them for who they are now.
I wonder if Jesus struggled with this, and how he was able to cope with it.
I gots a lot of giant logs blurring my eyesight right now...
I need someone, a Lumberjack of sorts, to break em down for me so they become specks.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Hunger Sauce
Recently, I was super hungry, so I ordered chinese food to my dorm. The whole process was so quick and painless that it actually bothered my consciousness for a split second, and got me thinking.
What would that even feel like, to forego sleep due to hunger?
To lay restless because your body lacked the energy to activate the proper sleep function?
In my world, we eat and don't eat for the oddest reasons sometimes.
It's hard to fully appreciate the meals that go into my stomach, even when I am engorging the food.
Food is one of the great human equalizers, reminding us how
What happened to my thankfulness? Where did my satisfaction go?
The ability to be satisfied is there. It's all a matter of perspective.
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"Hunger is the best sauce." -Matthew Henry
Proverbs 27:7 says, “One who is full loathes honey, but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.”
"The rich forget their privileges, the comfortable forget their ease, but those who suffer savor even small graces. I need to take note of my afflictions while savoring God’s present graces and gospel promises." -Joe Thorn
What would that even feel like, to forego sleep due to hunger?
To lay restless because your body lacked the energy to activate the proper sleep function?
In my world, we eat and don't eat for the oddest reasons sometimes.
It's hard to fully appreciate the meals that go into my stomach, even when I am engorging the food.
Food is one of the great human equalizers, reminding us how
What happened to my thankfulness? Where did my satisfaction go?
The ability to be satisfied is there. It's all a matter of perspective.
--
"Hunger is the best sauce." -Matthew Henry
Proverbs 27:7 says, “One who is full loathes honey, but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.”
"The rich forget their privileges, the comfortable forget their ease, but those who suffer savor even small graces. I need to take note of my afflictions while savoring God’s present graces and gospel promises." -Joe Thorn
Friday, September 30, 2011
Abortion... and the holocaust...?
Friday, August 26, 2011
School Joy
School started this past week and I always enjoy the first week da most. Don't know why, but things just seem to go by WAY slower this week compared to the rest? I mean I've gone to all my classes but I'm sitting here in my dorm with Andrew complaining about the lack of movies to watch. We've gone out to eat like 10 times already. Seeing dem familiar faces again just creates instant gooddd times I guess :).
This week is also about bracing for when our pleasant circumstances start to fade away... we all know the all-too-familiar feeling that's on its way... so we should use the jubilant spirit of these first few weeks to propel ourselves deep into the difficult semester ahead. I have high hopes for the continued love, support, and encouragement amongst the bros.
With academics, my course load is probably the hardest I've had at tech so far. In the past, I was always trying to take some kind of shortcut strategy... delaying harder classes, taking minimal hours, and trying to get those ever-so-fleeting easy professors. Sometimes, there comes a point where there's only treacherous mountain ahead. No more shortcuts, hard teachers, hard classes, just damn. Hahaha but whatever, I'm not trying to avoid it anymore. Whatever happens, I want to try my best and be satisfied at that.
The time I spent this summer working and being exposed to semi-real life helped prepared me for this school year. My classes actually seem fun and interesting so far. Oh gosh, what is becoming of me...
I'm happy to be back on campus though! Cheers to the classmates and friends who I will be sharing this year with!
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This week is also about bracing for when our pleasant circumstances start to fade away... we all know the all-too-familiar feeling that's on its way... so we should use the jubilant spirit of these first few weeks to propel ourselves deep into the difficult semester ahead. I have high hopes for the continued love, support, and encouragement amongst the bros.
With academics, my course load is probably the hardest I've had at tech so far. In the past, I was always trying to take some kind of shortcut strategy... delaying harder classes, taking minimal hours, and trying to get those ever-so-fleeting easy professors. Sometimes, there comes a point where there's only treacherous mountain ahead. No more shortcuts, hard teachers, hard classes, just damn. Hahaha but whatever, I'm not trying to avoid it anymore. Whatever happens, I want to try my best and be satisfied at that.
The time I spent this summer working and being exposed to semi-real life helped prepared me for this school year. My classes actually seem fun and interesting so far. Oh gosh, what is becoming of me...
I'm happy to be back on campus though! Cheers to the classmates and friends who I will be sharing this year with!
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
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