| I want you to know about these beautiful things that you are missing again and again. This rain; I heard my name being called out in it. There is something wonderful. Something worthy of notice. Something. These are the things my heart has wanted to tell you all day. But, I haven’t yet realized how. You don’t make it easy for me. The joy, the beauty of marvelous and wonderful life swells in me. But, your spirit is low; your sadness is great; your wound is deep, and dark, and heavy.
I admire the sun for its consistency to rise so full and bursting with purpose each day even when it’s not the only thing in the sky; even when the sky is as it was today, dark and full of massive shadows that loom low to the ground. The sun is generous - if you look for its hands.
The cold is remarkable to me because it’s powerful. Waking up in the cold shocks to consciousness even the weary. Stepping barefoot across cold tiles or through morning mist and dew prompts the flesh to feel in every place three times more than before. The cold commands sensitivity - even from hardened and calloused skin.
It’s marvelous to me to witness the brilliance of the student who is passionate about his studies. The energy, the pursuit, the creation, and the presentation bring to light a part of what we were created to be. The brilliance of an attentive, passionate student is awe-inspiring - to those who understand passion and yearn to see it in others.
What an incredible opportunity to attend a school where you are asked to study and be tested on the Words of Life, to dig into your own heart and write papers on truth and why it is hard to find, to study and apply yourself to the learning of languages in which other people cry out to the same God in distant parts of the world, to stand in a huge auditorium every morning with thousands of other people and voice aloud words of praise to the creator of it all.
I can’t complain; I can only rejoice. There is but one thing more that I could ask for or imagine than to have the opportunity to see God and hear Him calling out to me - and you. That is to witness the opening of your eyes and the healing of your hearts so that your calloused skin would sense this love that I have tested of from God who is calling out to you even through the rain to pursue Him with passion and reckless abandon. |
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| | Life is grand,we should never forget...not a day should pass that you dont feel alive...only a few things truly matter from day to day...and once you find out what those things are, hold on to them*
They're a rotten crowd.
Hold fast to things you knew in the light.
For where we go we are called upon in certain night.
Calling and calling and calling again...dont let them squander your dreams; the words of your pen and the glory of men. Do not stray from that drum, sir. For what should you leave your heart behind? A lesson too many times told...but the certain battle of our glory which makes us so bold; this mixture of love and life which completes our story.
People are hard books to read. I'll never let you see the last page first.
I love everything that takes me away from who i am always settling to be...I embrace and hope for all things different, pure and true that can extend these concepts and ideas and conquer the enemy of mediocrity in all things. -jon
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| My oh my oh how well life is going...i got moved into my dorm and im setteling into abilene quite nicely...its hard learning the town but im getting the hang of it. i did my first load of laundry here at school and somehow my hot pink towel got in with my nice WHITE dress pants...you know the rest i dont even have to say it...lets just say it was a blood bath! anyways one of my favorite things so far about this new chapter of my life is takeing full responsibility of my own faith...i found my new church home here its called suthern hills church of christ and they are slightyly more liberal than im used to but its so good for me. Man God really shows up in the hearts of his believers. One thing im learning in my journey with the Lord is never look down on someone today for being what you were yesterday.... There are some things that i wish could be different but they are out of my hands and i trust God with the details that define my life and thats hard because when Christ calls a man he bids them come, and die and tht is a huge commitment that should not be taken ightly. So im learning that the things i want are so limited in comparison to what God wants for me and what he has instore...that makes me so excited, and man am i glad that im not in control! Something else im learning is to be blessed you must be poor in spirit...i never really ever understood that phrase until i broke down the definition of poor...to be poor is to know you need something more so I want to encourage yall to take a leap of faith and step out of your comfort zone today and say Lord blessed be everyone i come into contact with today let them not leave my pressence without knowing that they have been in Yours. I hope this finds you all well! joyfully in Him, StaciKay |
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| Forgiveness... Such a simple word, but it's so hard to do once you've been hurt. |
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| The minuet parts that make up our soul are individualized pieces without a mold. The sooner you realize what it is you've got then the sooner you'll stop trying to be what you're not. |
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