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| Christianity means community through Jesus Christ and in Jesus Christ
1. a Christian needs other because of Jesus Christ
2. a Christian comes together only through Jesus Christ
3. in Jesus Christ we have been chose from eternity, accepted in time, and united for eternity.
What determines our brotherhood is what that man is by reason of Christ. Our communituy with one another consists solely in what Christ has done to both of us. This...remains so for all the future and to all enternity. I have community with others and I shall continue to have it only through Jesus Christ. The more genuine and the deeper our community becomes, the more will everything else between us recede, the more clearly and purely will Jesus Christ and his work become the one and only thing that is vital between us. We have one another only through Christ, but through Christ we do have one another, wholly, and for all eternity.
[ excerpts taken from current title being read. ]
love it.
'it' being both the act of reading/absorbing as well as the book itself.
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| wow, it's been months since i last updated.
i'm sitting here in my dorm, packed and ready to go home for winter break...
for almost a month, i'll be away from gainesville, which quickly became my home and the comfortable place to be.
in retrospect, the past semester, the first of my university life, has passed rather quickly.
the events seem to be a blur and the pictures of yesterdays seem so far back.
I didn't really excel in my studies as i had hoped but i did okay. 'okay' for my standards and if i'm a little giving to myself i'd even say i did pretty decently. but, that's only for when i decide to be a little easier on myself. my english class was a blast and i loved the literature we read...english major seems to be the right thing for me so far. I wouldn't do it if i wanted a career with my major but since pre-med is the thing for me, literature is what i find myself enjoying...calc 2 was a little rough and chem was majorly boring but they're over with and that's that.
as for freshmen fifteen...mmm hasn't hit me. although i did gain back all the weight i initially lost when i first moved here. but then again, the year is only half over. I think i'm gonna work harder to fight it off though...just to feel a little more confident and comfortable in my own skin.
for winter break there's a week free for me...
then, if our visa isn't renewed by next week, the family will visit toronto for christmas time...
then from the 28th to new year's day i'm in St. Louis for the Urbana Conference..
then a little less than a week until i'm back in gainesville.
enough time spent at home to relax and enough things going on to keep me from getting bored...
i'm not sure what i'm going to do during the time i'm home.
maybe i'll pick up some books and read for fun, shop for loved ones(me incl.), and meet up with old friends who are also back for break. (call me!)
anyway, i should finish tidying so that it feels nice and clean when i return in the new year. | | |
| to my torontonians...lives that were once regularly interlaced have become sporatic in contact...
so many that i think of as distant memories of great laughs and precious times...
i miss those of my childhood, those that have seen me since my elementary years until parting in 10th grade....my lkpc family, my unnis, oppas, the familliar faces of deep brotherly, sisterly love. my 88 gurlies with whom we share a bond that need not be spoken. i miss you all so much and am desperatly in want and in need for a reunion..one where we laugh, pray, share, and love like we used to. with lily back there i wish i was there too...completing what was..and not having to extend the circle so far across the continent. oh gurlies, how i need you so. the comfort of the familliar, the warmth of lives shared from long ago.
my torontonians, my heart aches to be reunited with all of you. my besties, my 88s, oppas, unnis, the adults who have seen me grow..johndo&family...*sigh*
i hope to be back for spring break. i think of you often. and pray for you all frequently.
i miss you, i love you.
Currently...embracing the present.
nothing less than excellence and effort will be accepted.
i love where i am, the people i'm with.
those that i love and those that love me.
live for today. live for tomorrow. live for Him and Him alone.
my nostalgic thoughts are prayers of reunification sometime on earth...not desires to run away from the present time, present responsibilities, present situations/circumstances, present location.
Looking at my Lord and focusing on Him.
each morning another chance to live for His glory. | | |
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unchaging truth:
God is Good. All the time.
in THAT we place our trust.
Deeper - Hillsong United.
Light to men
Love of God
Healing for the wounded heart
Like a child quiet my soul
Hear Your voice surround me Lord
Jesus, hold me into Your heart
Into Your heart
Lord my soul delights
And I know You hear my prayer
Take me deeper Lord
Glorious Son to You I shall bow
Bow my knee, bow my will
Cherished by the strong and the weak
Humble hearts shall hear You speak
And by Your love Lord You opened my heart
Now Your light will shine always
By Your Word Lord Your promise secure
And my soul will live always
Take me deeper Lord
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| there are constantly changes occuring
from one minute to the next u don't know how things are going to be!
i was soo tired coming from my chem lab today having had to stand up for 2.5 hrs straight AFTEr having classes all over campus earlier. and so i walked home all grumpy and tired and annoyed that i'd be coming home to a messy room. AND burdened by having to write another essay..
BUTTTT, i just recieved an e-mail saying i DONT have to write another essay because i got an A on the last one! whooo!
i'm a little bit relieved but still super tired. God is good. i was going a little bit crazy because of the constant workload. i was telling justin oppa today (not juicypork) that i felt like i was getting chased by something constantly and i was JUSSTTT a little bit ahead of being sucked up/eaten up. BLAHH
i really dislike that feeling.
so, this weekend, no, starting from today i'm getting BACK ON TRACK.
other than the weather + lack of sleep, life is good. i'm happy. |
my parents are coming to viist briefly this weekend. yay!
pics of fellow freshmen here...(@ retreat and out to eat)
 
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