Hope

hope: /hoʊp/ [hohp] – noun: to believe, desire, or trust

Friday, August 29, 2008

Slow Like Honey

Life doesn't always give you what you want... it usually gives you better.
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I was at the school today and came across two options for school ministry and Christian fellowship. That was exciting. I'm going to check them both out. One thing I was missing last year was the opportunity to minister to people that needed to hear about Jesus, and also being ministered to by enthusiastic Jesus freaks like Emily. I really want God to be the center of every one of my days... I know things will work out a lot better for me if I do everything based around Him.
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I remembered today that I will have a friend going to the same college as me... Steve Vincent! , He moved to Calgary last year and now has come out here again to go to Algonquin. So that's pretty sweet. It'll be nice to have a buddy at church and at school. Steve's cool :)
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Hahaha I went to get my student ID today and the picture they took of me is hilarious! Not only does my head look super small and my body super big, but it's so dark that you have to really look at it to see anything. They literally sat me under a stairwell. As a photography student I felt like I should say something, but I didn't. So now I have a really funny student ID. I also got my bus ID which isn't much better, but at least you can see me.

I realized how patient I've become over this summer... we waited in line forEVER to get my bus ID, but I was calm the whole time haha
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"How could, anybody, deny you"
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I feel like I have a big burst of potential inside of me and sitting here right now is killing me. There are so many things I want to do...
I want to travel the world finding the prettiest places on earth.
I want to paint a masterpiece and display it in a foreign art gallery.
I want to go to a giant concert and dance till my feet cry.
I want to swing so high at the park that I can touch the clouds.
I want to meet a new person right now.
I want to tell everyone I know, exactly what I think of them... whether it be good or bad.
I want to braid the longest rope and wrap it around the moon so I can climb up and watch the world from a birds-eye view.
I want to challenge you to a chocolate milk drinking contest.
I want to listen to the full Elvis Presley discography - backwards.
I want to drink a whole pot of tea with a bee and his honey.
I want to shoot the next controversial image on the cover of National Geographic.
I want to write a song and I want it to be sung by Chris Martin.
I want to read the entire encyclopedia of Photography.
I want to tell you that you belong with me, not swallowed in the sea.
I want to say something that will change the course of history.
I want to say something that will change the course of your history.
I want to step on all the lines on the sidewalk.
I want to eat Fiona's Apple.
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I suppose I should stop wanting and appreciate the moment.
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Perhaps you should listen to Fiona Apple though... she reminds me of happiness and great summer memories...
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His Plan For Me

  • Get In To the Word and Deep In Prayer
  • Prayer Journal - To see God's amazing power through Prayer
  • Committment Journal - Record my struggles and successes to visually see progress over time
  • Personal Goals - Start doing more of the things that make me happy and save some "me" time (art, writing, reading, etc.)
  • Work - Pleasing to God, to be happy in what I do and offer my abilities whenever I can
  • Tithing and Saving - Respecting my money and using it appropriately
  • Education - Study God's word and begin thinking more about my future
  • Touch Cleansing - Relationships (family, friends, dating, God, etc.)
  • Taste Cleansing - What I eat and put into my body (food, drink, nutrition, health, etc.)
  • Smell Cleansing - Waking up and smelling the roses, appreciating small things
  • Sound Cleansing - What I listen to and hear (music, language, people, messages, truths, etc.)
  • Visual Cleansing - What I watch and see (movies, television, magazines and media, pictures, people, etc)

God's Amazing Power

In Christ Alone

In Christ alone my hope is found
He is my light, my strength, my song
This Cornerstone, this solid ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm
What heights of love, what depths of peace
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease
My Comforter, my All in All
Here in the love of Christ I stand

In Christ alone, who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless babe
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save
'Till on that cross as Jesus died
The wrath of God was satisfied
For every sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ I live

There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain
Then bursting forth in glorious Day
Up from the grave He rose again
And as He stands in victory
Sin's curse has lost it's grip on me
For I am His and He is mine
Brought with the precious blood of Christ

No guilt in life, no fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me
From life's first cry to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny
No power of hell, no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from His hand
'Till He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I'll stand