Saturday Soup


Things I've learned or re-learned in the past 48 hours

  • It's easy to psych yourself out by being afraid of your emotions.  What I mean is that if you're afraid of feeling a certain way, and you dwell on that fear, you will feel that way.  Because life's kind of vicious like that.
  • When I don't want to do something, I either avoid it at all costs or rush headlong into it.  Sometimes in life, neither is a plausible option.
  • Friends make things easier to bear, even if you have to bear them alone.  (I totally wasn't trying to make a LOTR reference there, but I realize it completely came out that way.)
  • ^^ which reminds me: the other day I was talking about how my roommate's desk was really deep and how I liked it, also (completely honestly) exclaiming, "and it's wide!"  My other roommate looked at me like I was a dweeb and kicked me out of the room.
  • I hate planning, packing, and moving.  I hate when all three coincide.
  • I haven't even moved yet, and I feel like I'm missing out on things already.  (Because I am.)
  • I think everyone, or at least a lot of Christians want to have "more faith" but don't really want to be in situations where they'll need it.  Dear God, I think I have enough for now, thanks.
  • If the man was able to pray for more faith because he wanted it, I think if you have enough faith to believe that God will answer a prayer to want more faith, then He'll provide both the want and the faith.
  • At least I know where I'm moving to.  Abram didn't have that luxury.  I guess that's why he's the father of faith.
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The Patience Game




Notes: Click for full size.  Double post today since I've been slacking lately
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As Iron Sharpens Iron






Text: Something I'm stealing without permission from something my friend Karen said.  She'll forgive me, right?
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Memory and Movement


After graduation, my schedule has been/ will be a bit sporadic, so I am not sure what my blog posting this summer will be.  I’ve thought a lot about the process of moving on.  I realized I spent the majority of my life trying to simply move through time, not writing journals or taking pictures, not leaving a record of my past or my present; I didn’t have anything I wanted to keep or remember.

But the Church has filled the voids in my life, providing friends and family, comfort, joy, and hope.  Shoreline has been such a blessing to me, and I feel that I have really “found myself” here.  It’s here where my identity as a child of God has been encouraged and reaffirmed, and it is here where I’ve found identity as part of a family of like-minded Christians who love God and serve others.  I think every relationship has the opportunity to define both parties, and at least on my side of things, that has certainly been the case.  I’ve found something here, some people here worth keeping with me and remembering.

But with so much I want to hold on to, I have to remind myself of my motto (which I sort of stole from Matt Chandler) to “live life with an open hand.”  There are so many things to hold onto in this life, even good things like friends and fellowship, but when God calls us to other places and other things, there comes a time when we need to let go.  I will cherish my time at Shoreline and the relationships that were forged there, but I’m also willing (if not ready) for what else God has in store. 
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Random thoughts


  • My laptop power cord frayed, and my battery ran out so I don't have my usual photo software to work with.  Since using paint ends up with something looking sad and depressing, I think I'll spare all of us and not try to force it.
  • I'm done with my undergraduate career!  Well first I need to walk to my professor's office to turn my paper in.  I don't know how I feel about graduating yet.  Ask me again in a week.
  • It actually took me about a month for my HS graduation to sink in.  I wonder how long it'll take this time.
  • More than anything, I'm actually really sad about moving and leaving my church.  Really, really sad.  I hope God brings me to another awesome church when I move because it'll kinda suck if I can't find one.
  • Actually, at the moment I'm the most sad about my laptop power cord.  I hope the replacement part we have at home will work.
  • Apparently everyone has been blogging about the Centurion today: Desiring God, The Resurgence
  • I recently read this blog post by Don Miller about bad habits.  I think the problem with media is that it immediately fulfills our "needs" with minimal to no effort on our part.  It's nice to relax, but there's something to be said about struggling through the day, with ourselves, or even through our boredom.  I think the true earth-shakers of society are doers, not sitting-in-front-of-screen-ers.  It's one of those things that is easy to think about but harder to decide how to implement.  Where's the balance?
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