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| O God Most High, Most Glorious, the thought of your infinite serenity cheers me, for I am toiling and moiling, troubled and distressed, but you are forever at perfect peace. Your designs cause you no fear or care of unfulfilment, they stand fast as the eternal hills. Your power knows no bond, your goodness no stint. You bring order out of confusion, and my defeats are your victories: the Lord God omnipotent reigns. I come to you as a sinner with cares and sorrows, to leave every concern entirely to you, every sin calling for Christ's precious blood; revive deep spirituality in my heart; let me live near to the great Shepherd, hear his voice, know its tones, follow its calls. Keep me from deception by causing me to abide in the truth, from harm by helping me to walk in the power of the Spirit. Give me intenser faith in the eternal verities, burning into me by experience the things I know; let me never be ashamed of the truth of the gospel, that I may bear its reproach, vindicate it, see Jesus as its essence, know in it the power of the Spirit. Lord, help me, for I am often lukewarm and chill; unbelief mars my confidence, sin makes me forget you. Let the weeds that grow in my soul be cut at their roots; grant me to know that I truly live only when I live for you, that all else is trifling. Your presence alone can make me holy, devout, strong and happy. Abide in me, gracious God.
- Arthur Bennett, The Valley of Vision | | |
| What is my vision of God’s purpose for me? Whatever it may be, His purpose is for me to depend on Him and on His power now. If I can stay calm, faithful, and unconfused while in the middle of the turmoil of life, the goal of the purpose of God is being accomplished in me. God is not working toward a particular finish— His purpose is the process itself. What He desires for me is that I see "Him walking on the sea" with no shore, no success, nor goal in sight, but simply having the absolute certainty that everything is all right because I see "Him walking on the sea" ( Mark 6:49 ). It is the process, not the outcome, that is glorifying to God.
God’s training is for now, not later. His purpose is for this very minute, not for sometime in the future. We have nothing to do with what will follow our obedience, and we are wrong to concern ourselves with it. What people call preparation, God sees as the goal itself.
God’s purpose is to enable me to see that He can walk on the storms of my life right now. If we have a further goal in mind, we are not paying enough attention to the present time. However, if we realize that moment-by-moment obedience is the goal, then each moment as it comes is precious. | | |
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| i just woke up from this pretty weird dream. it won't make sense, but i'll share it. i was in nyc with some my friends, and we were all in a building in an office...around the top floor. anyways, i was looking out the window, when i saw one of the remaining tall building in nyc, falling down/collapsing. i was like omg, it has started again. i went to someone's desk, and took out the following items...2 cell phones and a small pocket radio. i distinctly remember getting those things. i get my friends, and we get out of the building as fast as we can...scene change...we're walking on the street...and there are tons of people, kinda of similar to i-robot...ne ways...i tell one of my friends if he has his cell phone, he's like no, so i give him one. i'm like, do you remember my phone number? he's like no, and then i'm like..."yo, that's messed up. i remember yours" and then i say his from memory. {haha} anyways...i'm trying to call my parents and sister, but after i press "send" i hear a couple of beeps, and then the phone goes dead. "crap" i think to myself. i try calling someone outside of nyc, but of course that doesn't work. so "crap" again....and then i see denzel washington up ahead standing next to a building that's been cornered off by yellow tape. strangely enough, he's huge, i mean really really fat. but i go up to him, and he gives me a hug...and then i wake up.
anyways...saw two movies this week: Bourne Supremacy & I-Robot. my take on the movies: Bourne Supremacy is BS. no just kidding. it was pretty ok, for the scenes that i saw (kind of fell asleep during parts of the movie). i wished there was a little more action (fight scenes) in the movie. hey, matt damon --> if there is a "Bourne Almighty" i recommend some more ass kicking, and that the movie camera not move around too much, cuz it makes people dizzy. i-robot: will smith is a stud. i wanna be like will smith. go watch this movie.
the summer has gone by pretty quickly, i must say...already last week of july, and for those of you in school...it's getting close to going back to school. sux. make good use of the time you have left, ya hear?
i know my entries are mental burps...i don't expect people to understand my gibberish...but if you do, congrats, and let's go meet up this week @ minado too eat sushi. adios. | | |
| ooooooooooo
stomach pains.......
i'm hungryyyyyyy.
but can't eat...until tomorrow.
yo...i like my head ok? ya punks.
so this past weekend was awesome. i went skydiving on friday....went deep sea fishing on saturday....saw the fireworks with my hot date on sunday....played golf all day monday....and then
i woke up.
damn. | | |
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