Sunday, December 27, 2009

olives

(so here continues the attempt to blog...daily? at least more often)
(leslie chang, you make me laugh so hard. i wish i saw you more.)

man. sound of music is one of the most amazing movies ever. makes me feel so good inside :) the power of music! whooo.


i still have so much to reflect on...but since i don't have much time, i'll just recap some stuff from today (ie service when i visited hca for the first time on sunday :D)
so we started the message by singing this hymn called..."olives that have known no pressure". it was really good :) just such a great reminder that in order to prune us, to REFINE us with His fire, to prepare us for His coming, God is constantly working in us. and sure, sometimes it sucks, it's hard...or so we think. but if we really reflect on God's purpose, His perfect and loving will for us, we have the reassurance that He will continue to fill us up as He disciplines us. it's all for His glory (and, along the way, our bettering :D) isn't that awesome? God is amazing. even in His discipline, in the trials we undergo, He is there. never giving us more than we can handle :)
after all, "In the place of what Thou takest, Thou dost give Thyself to me."

thank You. :)

Saturday, December 26, 2009

it's about time...

...that i got a blog.
so here's my first post, humble and small.

but i hope to be blogging a lot more, in 2010 and beyond (wow, can't believe that's right around the corner...)
anyway. yeah, i guess it could seem that i'm jumping on the blogwagon of college kids, but i've really been feeling the urge to get one...to finally dump all my thoughts, reflections (when i give myself to have any) somewhere.
and what better place than the internet, right? :P


plus. i want to subscribe to all the awesome bloggers i already know XP