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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

back from the motherland

i am back!

lots of great times, and lots of things to write about, and lots of pictures too~

but what i want to say now....

being jet-lag sucks. :) i cant go to sleep.... any suggestions? :)

anyhoo, i'm glad to be back.

i got some cool stamps in my passport.

ok... maybe i'll try counting sheep.... 1, 2, 3....

-j

Thursday, July 03, 2008

savior or traitor?

"Even as he heads south to go home, a huge piece of this multifaceted man will always represent the Bay Area, with barely two degrees of separation between Baron Davis the savior and Baron Davis the traitor."
-GwenKnapp, San Francisco Chronicle

Monday, June 30, 2008

the things i like...

...are things that i can see a little bit of me in too.

because of 1) my new years resolution [memorizing the whole book of philippians in a year] and 2) me making up half of the teaching team, the high schoolers at my church are also going through philippians this summer. this past sunday, the day's exercise was to use one of the three memory verses we've already studied and use the verses to replace the lyrics to ANY song. it was pretty entertaining. i'm not going to lie, that's why i like leading or teaching-- you get to make other people do stuff! hahaha j/k~

songs used:
"since you've been gone" kelly clarkson
"breaking free" high school musical
"realize" colbie caillat
"row row row your boat" ... by who? ...
"apologize" one republic

it was pretty awesome. :) good job guys!

can you tell which groups were made up of boys or girls? ...
i bet you cant! my guys are pretty secure w/ themselves...
kelly- 3 boys :) hahah this one is stuck in my head!!!!
H2M- 2 guys and a girl
colbie- 2 girls
row- 2 guys and a girl
too late- 3 girls

phil 1:3-10
I thank my God every time I remember you.
In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy
because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now,
being confident of this,
that he who began a good work in you
will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

It is right for me to feel this way about all of you,
since I have you in my heart;
for whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel,
all of you share in God's grace with me.
God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

And this is my prayer:
that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ,
filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—
to the glory and praise of God.
9/3/04 journal entry:

*ramblings from me minus 4 years, unedited, lots of randomness, but i think some good stuff in between*

God gave them (friends) as blessings to help you along, but ultimately it's what your relationship with God is at. Love and friendships are good things, but they aren't the way to be satisfied. If something is too wonderful for a human being, I must give it back to God... For that is when it can be rivers of living water. Let others experience God through you. "Loving the gift more than the giver." When God gives you a blessing, but you don't give it back to the Lord, you will begin to be bitter... when am I satisfied? when God is satisfied. But isn't God always satisfied? Being satisfied, doesn't always mean being happy. I can be satisfied... but still not happy. when am I satisfied? when I know I did everything I could for someone. and know that God is pleased.

Be who I am, say what I feel, because the ones who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind. :)

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me today:
yea, i don't know where i was going with that whole "bitter" statement... maybe i was bitter at the time... it's funny that i started talking about friends as blessings, and I ended up on me. how self-centered. but it's my journal, and i think i get the right to be self-centered in my journal. :) hahahah
okay, why am i writing about this... friends. they are blessings, and i think God brings lots of different people into our lives, but it is ultimately where I am in my life if I allow that person/s to be a part of my life. how much am i willing to share? if i'm good w/ God, then i'm probably more secure w/ myself to share with other people... even strangers! that may become friends. but if i'm not good w/ God, then i'm probably going to keep to myself more, and not want to share, and who wants a friend who doesn't share? .... if i don't share, did i feel like i went against God's will by not sharing?..... eek, another crazy question... will have to answered another time.... :) byes~