For on it my Savior, both bruised and crushed, showed that God is love and that God is just.
For on it my Savior, both bruised and crushed, showed that God is love and that God is just.
When all the world holds dear, I count it all as loss for the sake of knowing You.
For there to be healing, first there must be truth.
forgot how wonderful this song was. brought me peace singing this song at soonjang training today :).
i always tell myself that as a praise leader, i should have an elaborate sense of what it means to praise God, some deep definition that sounds inspiring and holy. but i don’t have much to say except that i love to praise God, and i find joy in doing so. it is natural for us to give praises to whatever we deem worthy, and who better to give than to the One who is worthy, the one who granted us the ability to praise in the first place?
wherever i am, whether on stage, in the congregation, in my room, during walks, etc., praising God is how i find peace, restoration, hope, encouragement, and strength. praising God is how i sing out my prayers. but above all, i guess praising God is how i say, “thank you Jesus, my Lord and my Savior” in all sorts of creative and colorful ways.
the realities of praising God must go much deeper than what i just explained, but yea it’s part of my journey in life to experience these realities more and more each day :).
If words could fall like rain
From these lips of mine
And if I had a thousand years
I would still run out of time
-Listen to Our Hearts
- had a two hour discussion with my roommate about premarital sex, which then branched out to sexism, Christian values, and ultimately the concept of love.
- soonjang training was great today, but i hope i don’t just leave it at that.
- stuff i learn in class is always interesting, but the stuff is always so dense that i gotta zone out so that my brain doesn’t explode.
- taking the initiative can be difficult. Lord, i ask for strength, wisdom, and love.
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just some things on my mind after today. so sleepy right now haha. good night my friend :).
zzZZzZzzZZ
rainy days like these make me not want to go to class. fortunately, i have no class on fridays :). in the meantime, i’ll let the few random thoughts on my mind pour. pun intended, if that indeed is a pun haha.
-it is good to meet people of different colors, even if my color may not mix well with others at times. it humbles me to know that the world is bigger than myself, and it encourages me to expand my boundaries. plus, you can get a new perspective on things. if i see the world blue and hang out with a whole bunch of other people who see the world blue, the world will be blue my whole life :l. come that one fella who sees the world yellow and perhaps us two together can see the world green, which is quite fascinating. join together the blues, yellows, reds, blacks, oranges, greens, and purples (no intention of racism whatsoever) and we all get to see the world in a poop color, which may be interesting to say the least :).
-there is a difference in heart between one who compromises and one who accepts.
-i do believe that, to some degree, we each long for vulnerability from others and long to be vulnerable ourselves. it is a part of our living to trust. if a man says he trusts no one, we don’t take it as a normal conviction he had ever since in the womb. we naturally think that some unfortunate events happened in life that lead to his distrust. or at least it’s natural to think so for most of us, or just me..
-lasting friendships require much investment. let alone a relationship between a boy and a girl. oo lala :). much sacrifice, but much reward.
-i often catch myself saying “man if only i had a girlfriend, things would be so much better..” what i really should be saying is “man i have Jesus, and even if life isn’t all that great right now, i have someone who will always be by my side and who listens to my heart”. now i just sound forever alone haha which is funny that i would associate loneliness with Jesus. Hm? Oh yes, I’m single. But it’s alright, i got Jesus :D.
-guess i’m just trying to splat anything on here that would make my list of thoughts longer, which would imply that i am a thoughtful person when in reality i go through my days rather mindlessly most of the time lol. but yea, the End.
Choices…
A crucial part of growth.
