s.break in s.padre
i feel like i should use tumblr more often to post little things i want to remember!
some highlights from spring break in south padre:
- weird tan on arm
- mysterious bruise
- seeing chamillionaire
- paul almost winning a breakdance dance-off
- lost and found remote
- tunk tunk tunk vc tunk
- seagulls chasing bill
- crazy coca-cola beach
- all are welcome sand sculpture
- dinos!!! @ bob’s world
fun time!
2011!
to be continued.. ahaha
mewwy cweesmas <3
today is not about the presents we receive, but it is about the gift we have already been given.
learn how to love. everything must be done with love.
“So if God’s going to teach you real love, realize that he’s going to put you around unlovely people.” -Rick Warren
everything.
+ in school
+ at work
+ stressed
+ sad
+ preoccupied
+ strangers
+ family
+ friends
+ enemies
+ inside church
+ outside church
right now, studying is hard to be done with love… it’s so tiring and seems so worthless and fleeting just to achieve a grade… but doing it because I work for God re-energizes me. knowing that no matter what the outcome, my life will be pleasing to God. trusting that my life will be purposeful w/out needing to achieve success in school. at the same time, believing that God will provide if i faithfully follow.
3 Know that the LORD is God. 4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving 5 For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; -Psalm 100:3-5
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
his faithfulness continues through all generations.
My dear brothers, take note of this; Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry. - James 1:19
forgiveness, being gracious, not bearing grudges…
the Bible preaches these things, I know these things, I want to show love, I want to be more like Jesus, I want to glorify God, yet…
it is so hard to show love when you know someone is in the wrong
it is so easy to bear a grudge, because you don’t fully forgive them
it is so hard to forgive when they don’t genuinely apologize, or even acknowledge their wrong-doings
we seek justice. justice is important. but is it the right kind of justice? is it the selfish kind of justice? do we want them to acknowledge their wrongdoings because we actually love and care about their well-beings, or is it because it is satisfying to us to know that we are right?
as Christians..
is it easier to forgive others because God mercifully and graciously forgives us?
is it harder to forgive others because we expect others to uphold the same morals and ethics we do?
why is it so hard to apologize? sinful human nature i guess.
just something to think and pray about.
second half of first semester already…..
I enjoy: lunches with good friends & kim chi gee geh, sunlight but not being in the sun, reflecting while basking in God’s creation
Disappointed with: faded relationships, selfishness of human nature
I don’t deserve: God’s mercy and persevering love
I am so grateful for: God’s mercy and persevering love
11 ”Who among the gods is like you, O LORD ?
Who is like you—
majestic in holiness,
awesome in glory,
working wonders?
12 You stretched out your right hand
and the earth swallowed them.
13 ”In your unfailing love you will lead
the people you have redeemed.
In your strength you will guide them
to your holy dwelling.
- Exodus 15
So last night I went to a University Interfaith Council Prayer Service with my smallgroup. Interfaith is when members of different religions speak and read from their holy text. I was exposed to the Jewish liturgy, Quran, and prayers of the saints in addition to the Bible. It was very interesting and it really put things in a whole new perspective for me.
It is interesting to see that although all the different religions have different beliefs, they are all seeking the same thing: a god who can protect them and keep them safe, a god who comforts those in trying times, a god who gives us strength. This just shows human nature’s incapability, insufficiency, and a need for something greater. A proof that we all need GOD.
So, although clearly the gods worshiped by different religions are different, it was still a pretty cool experience attending an interfaith service.
From a Catholic hymn:
O God of every nation, of every race and land, redeem the whole creation with your almighty hand; where hate and fear divide us and bitter threats are hurled, in love and mercy guide us and heal our strife-torn world.
i shall start tumblring again
tumbling?
