There is something beautiful about impromptu worship on a warm summer night with just a keyboard, a few voices, and a cool breeze floating in through the open windows.
Let's do it more often!
Monday, July 19, 2010
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Oh, Happy Day
God is good, all the time. Thankfully, I have been more aware of his brilliance lately.
Much congratulations and jubilance over my brother, Michael Wen. As the first person I have witnessed through the process, it makes my heart soar with immense joy. Excitement and hope have filled the air like a refreshing deep breath of deliciousness, and praise the Lord for that.
At small groups this week, besides having a good time of fellowship, we were able to dwell upon who God is, and who God is to us (a God of grace and never ending blessing), delving deeper than just the normal descriptions that people throw out as the "right answers". Through reading Psalms 112, we also got on the topic of "the fear of the Lord."
Wisdom, knowledge, and apart from being anxious about worldly things, my fellow leader Amy summed it up nicely. Having a fear of the Lord is being fearless of worldly things. Amen!
You are over comer,
You are heart transformer
You are life forever, ever more.
You give songs to the hopeless
Shower grace on our weakness
You are love forever, ever more.
Much congratulations and jubilance over my brother, Michael Wen. As the first person I have witnessed through the process, it makes my heart soar with immense joy. Excitement and hope have filled the air like a refreshing deep breath of deliciousness, and praise the Lord for that.
At small groups this week, besides having a good time of fellowship, we were able to dwell upon who God is, and who God is to us (a God of grace and never ending blessing), delving deeper than just the normal descriptions that people throw out as the "right answers". Through reading Psalms 112, we also got on the topic of "the fear of the Lord."
Wisdom, knowledge, and apart from being anxious about worldly things, my fellow leader Amy summed it up nicely. Having a fear of the Lord is being fearless of worldly things. Amen!
You are over comer,
You are heart transformer
You are life forever, ever more.
You give songs to the hopeless
Shower grace on our weakness
You are love forever, ever more.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Sure Enough
One of the best things I learned from AP English in 11th grade was to cut out all the unnecessary words and clutter in your writing. Recently, I've been reading a book about becoming who God intended, and the author has some great ideas, but is less than eloquent.
I especially didn't like his use of the phrase "sure enough". As in, "I surmised that Johnny would be playing video games. Sure enough, when I looked inside, there he was, playing video games." What does that even mean? "Sure enough"? There is no 'enough' involved, Johnny in this case IS playing video games. I love my figures of speech (and catachresis apparently), but this one just seemed overly hackneyed.
It's weird, because "sure enough" is never usually used in its literal context anymore--the debating of whether you are confident enough in your decision. Instead it is like a guarantee of sorts--basically the "enough" is silent.
Hmm. In other news, cheers for successful new experiences and challenges, back-to-back walk-off wins in summer softball, Jesus equalling the rock in the bible, and the All-Star Game in Anaheim.
I especially didn't like his use of the phrase "sure enough". As in, "I surmised that Johnny would be playing video games. Sure enough, when I looked inside, there he was, playing video games." What does that even mean? "Sure enough"? There is no 'enough' involved, Johnny in this case IS playing video games. I love my figures of speech (and catachresis apparently), but this one just seemed overly hackneyed.
It's weird, because "sure enough" is never usually used in its literal context anymore--the debating of whether you are confident enough in your decision. Instead it is like a guarantee of sorts--basically the "enough" is silent.
Hmm. In other news, cheers for successful new experiences and challenges, back-to-back walk-off wins in summer softball, Jesus equalling the rock in the bible, and the All-Star Game in Anaheim.
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