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Thursday, 27 August 2009

Everything's new here.

I think my journey away from the New Testament has proven quite profitable. I decided to just do OT reading for a long time, mostly because I wanted to make the other half of God's word less familiar. It was tough at times--one can only get so much out of Tabernacle specs and Levitical laws, but the rest of my time spent there was wonderful. Childhood stories became real again and prophecies were seen in new light as a result of my schooling (though limited) in those areas. Have you ever actually thought that everything Moses, Daniel, Joseph, and Elijah went through was completely real?! amazing.

I stayed away from Psalms too. I felt like I'd been taking them for granted. They weren't special anymore... So I stopped reading them for a while. Until I really, really needed those wonderful words of encouragement from Psalmists overflowing with awe of our great God. Steadfast love comes up a lot, I've realized. How awesome that God's love never falters, never wanes... It's as strong as it always is. No matter what stupid things we do.. no matter how horribly we forget God...

Strangely... I'm excited about seeing more dining common workers. Haha... Signs of new arrivals... New faces. New lives to touch. New ministries.

I can't wait to see the extension kids again :)

I'm looking forward to this year. Grad school begins... New experiences, new struggles. Same God.

Sunday, 23 August 2009

I've never liked goodbyes... but more than that, I don't like how goodbyes are getting easier...

I was barely home for four days... I didn't even sleep in my own bed. I don't live there anymore... I just stay as a guest now...

How i've missed home cooking...

I loved seeing all my older generation "group" friends again :)

I like chai tea cake. mmmmm....

My sister is in junior high >.<

I want to go fishing.

"Your reflection is a blur
Out of focus
But in confusion
The frames are suddenly burnt
And in the end of a roll of illusion
A ghost waiting its turn
Now I see can right through
It’s a warning that nobody heard"

Tuesday, 18 August 2009

I sat through my very first faculty/staff meeting tonight.

"Glad to see we have you on board now"- Dr. Q (heh...)

I'm thankful for familiar faces showing up again on campus :)

I'm also thankful for large blocks of cheese which can be sculpted into modern art.

And shish-kabobs!

Monday, 17 August 2009

Someone asked me if I would ever marry anyone against their parents' wishes... or without receiving their permission.

I got angry that they would even ask me that.

Are there really people that think that way?

Sunday, 16 August 2009

Dragon Clan

So i took a quiz today for a friend... He's wanting to play a game based on different clans... and i was supposed to take this quiz to determine where i belonged.

The questions were pretty basic... rate these things in order from most important to least important, which do you value most? what kind of person do you see yourself as...

I guess the outcomes were confusing, because after completing the entire questionnaire, I was directed to another page where the quiz was boiled down to 3 choices, with my outcome being determined by which one i chose.

I assumed that i had equal answers for the 3 main headings, so they boiled it down for me:

Which do you value most?
1. Doing the right thing, no matter the cost
2. Introspection
3. Art and beauty

A tough call... but in the end, I weighed the selections and finally picked one. I figured... the reason I wavered so long was because I really was thinking about things so much...so i chose 2. Introspection.

An interesting set of choices I thought... but enlightening... Now, the quiz was by no means extensive...It did not hit all possible valuable objects... but it was interesting to dissect myself.

Maybe introspection is why i've been finding it so hard to blog anything worthwhile lately... i can just pulse... because that's mindless (most of the time). I haven't been able to think anything through too well... it just gets all warbled up in my mind. And I don't want to spit out warbled thoughts... that probably isn't too healthy...