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| Well, I haven't made a post here since freshman year. I usually do my "blagging" on my other site. But, I just found this great article that I wanted to share, and, since I know that if I post it on my other site, almost nobody will find it, I'll post a link here instead.
Since all my friends' blags are read more than mine are, feel free to link to it on your site, so that others might be encouraged too.
May God cultivate in us a passion for His Good News. + Amen
(BTW, I found this article through this site. Check it out.)
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Shine Jesus Shine, by Graham Kendrick
Lord, the
light of your love is shining
In
the midst of the darkness, shining
Jesus, Light of the world, shine upon us
Set us free by the truth you now bring us
Shine on me, shine on me
Chorus:
Shine, Jesus, shine. Fill this land with the Father's glory
Blaze, Spirit, blaze. Set our hearts on fire
Flow, river, flow. Flood the nations with grace and mercy
Send forth your word. Lord, and let there be light
Lord, I come to
your awesome presence
From the shadows into your radiance
By the blood I may enter your brightness
Search me, try me, consume all my darkness
Shine on me, shine on me
As we gaze on your
kingly brightness
So our faces display your likeness
Ever changing from glory to glory
Mirrored here may our lives tell your story
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| well, its 5:40 AM and i can't sleep. I tried to go to sleep about a n
hour and 10 minutes ago, and i have been lying (laying?) in bed for the
past hour or so, finally getting up to do something productive about 5
minutes. I was gonna go and write some stuff in my journal, but then i
decided to write it here in my new xanga. I still haven't told anyone
that i have started one, so iono, we'll see what happens later on,
whether it is never found, or someone catches me writing in it
sometime, or whether someone just stumbles over it sometime.
Anyway, i just wanted to write about some thoughts I've been having recently:
I was considering the book "I Kissed Dating Goodbye" just a little
while ago. I guess it has been on my mind b/c i have been once again
experiencing strong desires for a girlfriend. Yeah, i know... if i were
looking at someone else in the same situation as me, i would be tempted
to just tell them to snap out of it and to quit focusing on something
so stupid. Believe me, i've tried telling myself too. Here's something
interesting though: i am sure that as i consider possible solutions to
this desire, i would rather that the desire just cease to exist than
that i actually get a gf. Analyze that how you will...
Anyway, as i said, i was thinking about IKDG and i realized something
while flipping through the book: it may be the case that he (the
author) is totally trying to apply some concepts that applied to
another culture to our own. I mean, he talks about how dating is simply
a product of our modern age and how before dating, men courted women
and that everyone was a lot more aware that intimacy came as a result
of commitment. etc etc etc. Well, if he really wants to revert to how
things were back then, then men should indeed court women, but after
they are married, ... well, women can't work outside the home, are
supposed to bear many children, and the husband is supposed to be
totally in charge, using violence if necessary. Children are supposed
to work and help out with businesses. oh, and ppl should get married
really young, and never to people of a different ethnic background. etc
etc etc. well, i suppose i may be over emphasizing things jst a little
bit, but you get my point. Basically, he's trying to apply these old
concepts to Christian teens and young adults living in our postmodern
generation. So, what i would like to know is how we as people living in
a postmodern world should relate to those of the opposite sex in terms
of romantic relationships. i mean, i don't wanna hear any of that "sex
and the city" crap. I mean, how are we as Christians supposed to relate
to the opposite sex?
Well, i wish i had an answer to that question, but i don't, although i
must say that i do agree with much of what haris says about being pure.
I would say that it is very biblical.
(I kinda wish i could give some references and quotes from the book,
but i left the book in my bedroom, and my roommate is currently asleep,
so i don't wanna bother him.)
hmm, i was thinking that instead of just a blog, i would like to put
together a web site. Maybe even review books that i read, or something.
Maybe even do bible studies. However, i am really lazy, so i don't know
if i would follow through. (Of course, as i wrote that last sentence, a
little voice in my head was screaming at me saying "Being lazy is not a
reason not to do something." So, i dunno ...) Maybe i will eventually
get around to doing something like that. It would be fun.
well, i need to think of more stuff to write while not being an idiot
writing down every stupid little thought i have. So, i guess i'll stop
writing here...
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| oh, by the way, if you want to find some old stuff of mine, they're here:
http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/blogs.php?u=2067
ok, i guess that's all for now... bye
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| so, here i am, making a xanga ... what the hell am i doing? ... Well, i
guess i'll try to keep this all interesting and everything... actually,
no, i don't care ... I'll do this the way I want, and you can all
just go away if you don't like it ... so, there ...
So, i suppose, if you just found this, you are wondering who i am...
good question. i wish i knew the answer ... I would tell you who i wish
i could be, but that's no good, b/c i know i'll never be that ... i
could try telling you what i really think of myself, but i don't
have a wide enough vocabulary to express the high level of ... (what's
the right word for this situation...?)... lets just say dislike... the
high level of dislike that i have for who i am. So, let me say this: I
am only an accepable and good person b/c of the sanctifying work of
Jesus Christ in my life.
I'm not gonna try and cover myself with a bunch of bullcrap about how
i'm slowly getting better and i'm a pretty good person or whatever ...
b/c that's nothing but bullcrap and i know it.
Here's the truth:
1. I am a sinner. Period.
2. only by grace am i able to come before God through Jesus and be seen as holy.
3. even after becoming a christian, i am still a sinner. Now i am just
angry about my sin. well, not angry so much as profoundly depressed.
4. i really wish i was a great and holy person, but i am not and will never be, at leat not in this life.
5. I can't wait for death. "... to die is gain"
So, what else can i say... i know this is all depressing and crap ..
deal with it. Life sux like that. And real, lasting joy is nowhere to
be found in this life. However, it is to be found in and only in God.
well, this is quite long now, so i guess i'll stop soon... and i f i
ever write here again, well, thanks be to God, b/c i definitely don't
deserve it. ok, i'm out ...
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