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it came as fast as it went.... T^T
(it was soooo beautiful~~~ that 10 mins of snow i saw) -_-;;;;
i wanted to post something so that i remember
from my daily devotional (read today)
"the Impoverished Ministry of Jesus"
The well is deep — and even a great deal deeper than the Samaritan
woman knew! (John 4:11).
Think of the depths of human nature and human
life; think of the depth
of the "wells" in you. Have you been limiting, or
impoverishing, the
ministry of Jesus to the point that He is unable to work in
your life?
Suppose that you have a deep "well" of hurt and trouble inside
your
heart, and Jesus comes and says to you, "Let not your heart be
troubled..." (John 14:1). Would your response be to shrug your shoulders
"and say, "But, Lord,
the well is too deep, and even You can’t draw up
quietness and comfort
out of it." Actually, that is correct. Jesus doesn’t bring
anything up
from the wells of human nature— He brings them down from
above. We
limit the Holy One of Israel by remembering only what we have
allowed
Him to do for us in the past, and also by saying, "Of course, I cannot
expect God to do this particular thing." The thing that approaches the
very
limits of His power is the very thing we as disciples of Jesus
ought to believe
He will do. We impoverish and weaken His ministry in
us the moment we
forget He is almighty. The impoverishment is in us,
not in Him. We will come
to Jesus for Him to be our comforter or our
sympathizer, but we refrain from
approaching Him as our Almighty God. The
reason some of us are such poor examples of Christianity is that we
have
failed to recognize that Christ is almighty. We have Christian
attributes and
experiences, but there is no abandonment or surrender to
Jesus Christ. When
we get into difficult circumstances, we impoverish
His ministry by saying,
"Of course, He can’t do anything about this."
We struggle to reach the bottom
of our own well, trying to get water
for ourselves. Beware of sitting back, and
saying, "It can’t be done."
You will know it can be done if you will look to Jesus.
The well of
your incompleteness runs deep, but make the effort to look away
from
yourself and to look toward Him.
PUPPYTIIIIIME!!!!!!!!
    
(hahaha oooh gotcha! yea~ you got tricked be the middle one, right?) xD
i will end with a joke :)
"A man walks into a bar..........OUCH!"
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| hi xanga.
it's another dark, wintery day...
sounds kinda depressing, but it's not.
it's a good thing.. i mean.. it's winter, it's supposed to be cold.
i've been thinking a lot these days (oh no.. lol)..
yes, yes.. it's shocking to me too. but i wonder...
what is my purpose? what am i supposed to be doing?
is this where i'm supposed to be? is this what i'm supposed to do?
life after college is pretty lonely and scary...
when you're in school, you have homework/syllabus/friends/parents around you.
but when you're out of that environment and enter the real "real world"
... it's totally different. you have no homework (which is good),
no syllabus (which is good and bad), friends are harder to find
(because you don't meet them in class or on campus anymore),
and... you have responsibility.
responsibility.... scary..dude– when you have to start paying for bills/paying off
loans/figuring out what your role in life is.. it's not easy anymore. being
independent is prolly one of the scariest things i've ever confronted.
but you know what? ...this is like.. the beginning of a beginning..
and in the end, honestly.. you aren't really alone. we've gots the good Lord above.
something i want to remember from my daily devotional (read on 1/20/08)
"are you fresh for everything?"
Sometimes we are fresh and eager to attend a prayer meeting,
but do
we feel that same freshness for such mundane tasks as polishing shoes? Being
born again by the Spirit is an unmistakable work of God,
as mysterious
as the wind, and as surprising as God Himself.
We don’t know where it
begins— it is hidden away in the depths of our soul.
Being born again
from above is an enduring, perpetual, and eternal beginning.
It
provides a freshness all the time in thinking, talking, and living— a
continual
surprise of the life of God. Staleness is an indication that
something in our lives
is out of step with God. We say to ourselves, "I
have to do this thing or it will never
get done." That is the first
sign of staleness. Do we feel fresh this very moment or
are we stale,
frantically searching our minds for something to do? Freshness is not
the result of obedience; it comes from the Holy Spirit.
Obedience keeps
us "in the light as He is in the light . . ." (1 John 1:7) Jealously guard your relationship with God. Jesus prayed "that they may be one
just as We are one"-with nothing in between (John 17:22).
Keep your whole life
continually open to Jesus Christ. Don’t pretend to
be open with Him. Are you drawing
your life from any source other than
God Himself? If you are depending on something
else as your source of
freshness and strength, you will not realize when His power is gone. Being
born of the Spirit means much more than we usually think. It gives us
new
vision and keeps us absolutely fresh for everything through the
never-ending
supply of the life of God.
– 'my utmost for his highest' chambers
NOTE TO SELF: jungeun... stay fresh... review this often -_-;;;
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| life is tuff...
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another year come and gone...
thinking about it now, things have changed a whole lot...
but i think i have grown as a person, perhaps a stronger person.
i'm really learning to let go of things and let God take over.
everything that i try to do on my own, it... just doesn't really work out.
it's hard to keep things contained within,
i basically suffocated myself by trying to deal with things on my own.
so you guys.. don't be trying to handle everything by yourself,
cause i had to learn the hard way..
i also realized that i try to take the easy way out... the safe route,
but sometimes.. risks are necessary. i've been sheltered,
but now i need to venture out~ (but i'm scared!)
after being out of school, working in the real world... life is serious.
i've never thought of myself as an independent person,
in fact, i dread going to Krogers by myself.
but in all reality, you're not really alone.
this post is a note for me, a reminder to myself.
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