(via beautyandbeast)
EL OH EL.
HAHA @ Cara Shin (if you see this), this reminds me of the times we’d break out in song…to this song, the last few days in Boston :)
One of my favorites and I looove this interpretation, esp. her facial expressions..so good!
She would consider each day a miracle - which indeed it is, when you consider the number of unexpected things that could happen in each second of our fragile existences.
Paolo Coelho (via roscoe-)
Don’t know much about him..or the Denver Broncos..or football…
But what a G.
Praise the Lord ! all day err day
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.
Hebrews 12:1
The essence of lukewarmness is the statement, “I need nothing.” The lukewarm are spiritually self-satisfied. To find out whether you are among that number, don’t look into your head to see if you think that you are needy; rather, look at your prayer life. It doesn’t matter what we think in our head, the test of whether we are in bondage to spiritual self-satisfaction is how earnest and frequent and extended our prayers for change are.
Do you seek the Lord earnestly and often in secret for deeper knowledge of Christ, for greater earnestness in prayer, for more boldness in witness, for sweeter joy in the Holy Spirit, for deeper sorrow for sin, for warmer compassion for the lost, for more divine power to love? Or is the coolness and perfunctoriness of your prayer life Exhibit A that you are spiritually self-satisfied and lukewarm?
John Piper
freedom isn’t the external ability to satisfy every gratification; it’s the internal ability not to be enslaved.
- Pastor Barry on Matthew 5:27 (10/30).
God doesn’t ask us to choose him because He can give us light, but he pleads for us to choose him because He IS light. God’s love covers a multitude of sins and hurts yet we seek after darkness in things like money and pride…
So..the way I came to writing this post was after thinking about my attitude towards food this semester. lol! My view on snacking freely, helping myself to second desserts, and complying to late night pizza/snacking, was simply: “When else will I be able to enjoy eating whatever/whenever I please?!”
But after seeing how I couldn’t even run half of what I used to around the esplanade, my recurring cravings for sweets and cookies at the oddest hours, and then my overall lethargy all the time. I realize that I’ve been a slave to junk food.
And that’s how I remembered this awesome quote, and how I started looking back at and reflecting upon old sermon notes.
And how I decided that I’m going to the gym once a at least every other day during finals week. lehgo!
20.
eep! the next decade of my life has just begun.
Giving without expecting anything in return. :)
