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Wow. this book is amazing so far...i must share it with you all. paul tournier has a way of opening doors to the human mind and dealing with complex human emotions. i've only read a couple of chapters, but his extensiv…
the struggle is... remaining constant and true to all that i believe, all that i have been taught as true. perhaps it is more than my own belief. yes, it is real. this God, who never lets me go. he's holding onto me. he…
Robert Southey No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth. it is the best feeling in the world: when reconcilation has begun to unravel …
On Marriage...(dun dun dun..lol) This world is constantly trying to define for us what marriage means. Someone challenged me on this topic, when he raised the issue of what kind of view a Christian should have about it …
PARADIGM Everybody loves a rose, But will you be thankful for the thorns? Love is easy when you're loved, But do you curse another when you're alone? Chorus: O---oh, I give my life to You so I can gain it back again O-…
on happiness...for those who need inspiration. read, and enjoy... ******************************* ******** ******** ************************************ Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your h…
i have so much to say that i cannot say but want to say; so, i am happy. is it security? is it a "state of being" that will somehow eventually fade? i guess im kinda scared that im happy, because i know sooner or later…
I Have a Brother who is very mean.he likes to pretend how much he hates me who rarely smiles.but when he doesi knowhe thinks i dont seewhen my head is turned,my mouth always moving.but, my eyes do see who thinks too m…
<back from korea...> it is so very good to be home. no description, no drama, no explanation. hehe, not today. just, that "i am home." scattered thoughts: airplanes, blah.... …
It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship. -Henry W…
i think i am truly blessed. reason for thanks, in the last 6 weeks: -i am still alive at 24. -i have had the most wonderful roommate a person can ask for this summer. her name is helen. she worries so much for me. be…
-C.S. Lewis "God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world."
my father... i don't think i will ever understand him, in his mysterious perspective on life, and the way he lives it. if there is anyone i cannot "figure out"--or as my roommate, helen(here in korea) says, "not 'figure…
i cut my hair on a whim today...AHHH! as usual the hairdresser lied and said she would "trim" it(and it was even worse, because she was saying all this stuff about hair in korean, which i understood about 50%). haircuts …
jesus, is my Best Friend. In the quiet moment, in the stillness of solitude, i begin to unwind my thoughts, my hurts, my desires, my questions before my friend. You know, he's quite a faithful friend. I don;t have to p…