February 2012
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role model
I loved Pastor John’s warning to us about viewing those who are both worldly successful and a devoted Christian as our Christian role models. I recall being encouraged to be successful so that people will listen to me when I talk to them about Jesus, as if my status will give me leverage.
But my magnet high school degree, ivy league education doesn’t do squiddity-squat for the Kingdom...
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pondering on support letters
I read a bunch of my old support letters while writing my current support letter for Philly 2012. I admit… I was busy and neglectful so I only finished writing it tonight… But … it’s okay. Haha.
It’s kind of an eerie experience to read your old support letters - especially if you’re like me and your letters are straight up dripping with emotion. My thought...
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January 2012
9 posts
“Do not think you are getting no good from the Bible, merely because you do not...”
– J. C. Ryle, Practical Religion, 136 (via larrylin)
some thoughts.
Fifteen of us prayed together on a saturday night, surrounded by the sounds of partying. We were amidst the world without coloring ourselves like them. But we knew our own hearts and how ridiculously easy it would have been for us to be on the other side of the wall. For many of us, we had been there. For the rest of us, we had wished to be there.
I take grace for granted and don’t...
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Pilgrim EM Retreat day 1
Pastor Young Kim from GCC:
“All of us are always traveling in somebody’s plan. Do you spend time meditating on the plan God has for you?”
“Relationships: Right person, right time, right way.”
“When God convicts you, just go straight. Obey.”
“Even if you are successful in the future, if you don’t listen to stop, surrender, listen, and...
December 2011
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home.
Let’s be real in saying that - aside from the last few weeks of the semester, I really didn’t have a good semester. But I am so grateful to the God who can bring so much healing and comfort with a mere 24 hours in New Jersey; even though it is pretty much the armpit of the world, I can’t imagine calling any other place home.
So thankful for my family and my home. For my parents...
November 2011
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a discussion on sleep between two nocturnal...
me: I figured out I can pull off sleeping only two hours for several consecutive nights without really feeling anything
me: but I just start ... decaying
Zia: You cannot survive like that
Zia: Please sleep more
me: I wonder why
me: God had us sleep 8 hours
me: I wonder if there's any good scriptural basis as to why we waste a third of our lives
me: I would like to know
Zia: Haha bro you're looking at it wrong
Zia: Sleep is a blessing that we may be rested and start anew each day
Zia: It is also a daily reminder of our feebleness
Zia: That we are so little and puny and fragile
Zia: And also to remind us that even with each new day we cannot live it perfectly
Zia: Each day we sin anew even though we're given a new day to start with after rest
Zia: Also if used properly sleep allows us to rest that we may follow the lord the next day with rested and refreshed minds
Zia: Think about how much time you waste of the day in sin and away from god
Zia: That's not just wasting your day with nothingness but is harmful for you
Zia: So in comparison a third of your life resting is better than anytime in sin
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my parents
…came at 6:40pm today, almost a full day ahead of schedule.
We ate a great dinner, went crazy in the apartment for a bit, and then finally parted ways. And I’ll see them again tomorrow at 9AM.
Thirty minutes later, I’m still sitting in front of the computer like a lame duck - so much work to do for studio tomorrow, but not caring enough to actually start.
I’m...
October 2011
15 posts
lessons from a bad semi-formal
1. If I’m going to be so fixated on so many things that I would’ve done differently, then I should put the money where my mouth is and be a part of the KSA e-board. And because I would never do that, then I guess I can just take my chances with each dance I go to…
2. As soon as I started preparing for this semi-formal and thought about having fun, the pain in my shoulder &...
My perfect day would be,
Wake up. QT. Simple breakfast. Play some video games. Meet with Jersey people for lunch. Draw while watching TV. Home-cooked dinner while watching 무한도전 with my sister. Draw some more. Spend time with dad when he comes home. Videochat with good friends. Sleep in the comfort of my bed.
I miss you, 07652.
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you know you're bad at korean when your sister...
Esther: should i get pink or green
me: pink :)
Esther: 니꺼랑 똑같은걸로
me: oh really
me: but it's hard to run with
Esther: ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
me: wouldn't you use it most when you run
Esther: 니꺼랑 똑같은걸로=>네것과 똑같은 것으로
Esther: this is the right way to write...i should be more careful when talking to you kkkk
