Sesame Street

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX_bLa82iOs

Always play nice.

Always try your hardest.

It's ok to cry.

Can you tell me how to get

How to get to Sesame Street...

2009

2009...

A year of mistakes made

A year of lessons learned

A year of growth

A year of struggle

A year of countless blessings

2010...

What do you have in store for me?

All Glory to God!

"A truly godly person wants God's glory to be exhibited more than he wants his own personal problems to be solved."

- John MacArthur

And on top of that, Romans 4:16-25, especially v.20.

"He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God"

Abraham waited forever (and ever) for a child and who knows what was running through his mind. In spite of not having a child still at the age of 100 and Sarah being 90, in spite of praying for who knows how long, above all that.. he gave glory to the One that is due and so worthy of praise...GOD! This blows my mind. Are you challenged? I am. In spite of any struggles, difficulties, hardships... to pray that God's glory would shine and His will be done, that is the challenge! Wahoo!

Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done

Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done

I was just thinking today..

How easily we utter these words in the Lord's Prayer

Maybe weekly, maybe every so often for you at church

And just how powerful these words are.

It's kinda scary but at the same time, it is comforting knowing that we can say these words to a true, faithful, gracious and loving God.

But seriously.. what we are asking for.. hahaha may not be what we thought we were asking for.

Just a thought.

ADIOS! I guess it's gonna rain. I have missed driving in you rain..

India

So, it's been about a month since I've been back from India.. and I gotta say it was a little strange at first adjusting to life here. It's pretty different. All I can really say is life in India is so much more simple, and I think I like it more that way. A lot less distractions, a lot less things to occupy your time. It has definitely challenged me to see what I am going to fill my time with and I gotta say it's been a challenge but I'm more determined than ever to change my ways. It's kinda like what are you gonna saturate yourself with, God or the world? I want to be saturated with God so I can ooooooze with all that goodness of God!

India...I definitely miss serving over there, teaching English and the Gospel to the St. Paul students even as though they drove me crazy sometimes, I miss seeing the missionaries and eating with and conversing with them daily, surprisingly I miss even waking up at 4:30am to do morning exercises and have morning worship. Haha, there's just something about the way they live over there.

More and more, I realize yeah right now I'm not there with them physically so I can't be doing those things. But, man do I believe in what they're doing over there and all the ministry that they are doing. I want to be part of it and what God has taught me is if I want to be part of it, I need to be praying for them constantly. I need to be a supporter of them by constantly lifting them up to God and trusting in the only One who is able to sustain them. I know I am supporting them by interceding on their behalf. Prayer! It's powerful!

India, I cannot wait to go back.

St. Paul School, #1 in India! (wahoo!)

Until next time..

I gotta work on this whole blogging thing. Haha.

back in town

back from India.

this past month was amazing.

God is good.

He blesses us beyond measure.

i will update more as i reflect and meditate some more :)

You never change

the things i'm learning in my econ class.. man it is disheartening.

this world is so full of consumption consumption, glamour glamour.

we always want the next new thing. we always want to be "rare" and "special" and have that thing that no one has.

then, when everyone else has it, we want to move on and find something new, something "better"

this is the world we live in. how sad that this is how we have come to define ourselves.

we have moved on from being something to having something (b/c of the Industrial Revolution, haha ... bear with me) and now it has become appearing as something.

this is the state of the society we live in. but can't lose hope just b/c of that.

"Life is more than money, time was never money 

Time was never cash, life is still more than girls. 

Life is more than hundred dollar bills and roto-tom fills, 

Life is more than fame and rock and roll and thrills, 

All the riches of the kings end up in wills 

We've got information in the information age but do 

We know what life is outside of our convenient Lexus cages? 

She said he said live like no tomorrow 

Every moment that we borrow brings us closer 

to the God who's not short of cash..."

- Switchfoot, "Gone"

lucky for us that...

"All men are like grass, 
and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; 
the grass withers and the flowers fall, 
but the word of the Lord stands forever."

1 Peter 1:24-25

and as my good friends from Starfield sing..

"when all else fades, You remain."

:)