p.s. I added two more things to my list of stuff to do before I'm too old:
- go to the Blue Lagoon in Reykjavik, Iceland
- learn how to crochet
Saturday, December 4, 2010
ridiculous.
I want to live a life that makes people say ridiculous. I want to be old and in love with the wind. I want to be passionate, appreciative, and in love. I hope to always amuse myself, to find fancy in the things I do. I never want my mind to wander faster then my feet can move. I want to take advantage of every whimsical idea I have. To intern, travel, work, and grow. To read lots of books. To pen my thoughts. I want my life to be founded in serenity and built on commotion. I want to observe more, paint more, converse more. I want to photograph at least one thing that makes me smile each day. I want to be on the go: going forward, never back. Going towards fulfillment. I want a life that inspires me. I want to look at myself in the mirror and say "ridiculous."
p.s. I added two more things to my list of stuff to do before I'm too old:
p.s. I added two more things to my list of stuff to do before I'm too old:
Friday, December 3, 2010
a bible to call our own.
For my high school graduation I asked for a bible, which means I went to the Christian store in town with Josh and picked out a bible for my parents to give me. The bible I chose was Every Man's Bible. I went with this one because the study portions of it and the extras seemed fitting for me at the time. Then I had an ESV but I lost that in Africa. My desire is to find a good bible at a used book store. I don't know what people do with their old bibles but I feel like giving a decent conditioned bible to the used book store seems practical. I want a used one because there's something intriguing to me about having a bible that once served some else in their relationship with Christ. To grow intimate with Lord through the same bible that He used to grow intimate with another brother or sister, that to me illustrates the essence of the Body. I like the idea of faith continued and passed along. I'm hoping this weekend I can find a used bible.Who knows maybe God will speak to someone and they'll just give me their bible?
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Wonderful New Life
Dear Aimee,
Sorry for taking so long to write to you tonight, I was working duty and got preoccupied doing nothing. Here is the big news though:
On Sunday night I got baptized!!!! AAAAAHHHHHH!! It still excites me when I think about it!! It was wonderful and everything I could have hoped for. The baptism was a small intimate group of only four close friends and took place in my best friend's pool. Three of the people present have played major roles in both my spiritual and personal life and have been/are the people that I am able to talk about anything with and always trust what they have to say is coming from a Christ-centered place. I was so happy to have them there. It was all so surreal as it was going on and didn't feel like my baptism, I couldn't really make sense of any of it in my mind until I got home. Stephen baptized me, everyone was happy, and I was just speechless. I didn't know what to make of it all. Before the baptism they all prayed for me; it was so strange, I didn't feel like I was physically present for any of it. Like my mind was there but I couldn't personalize the experience at all. When I got home it really hit me. I was super excited and couldn't stop smiling. That's when I text everyone to tell them. That's when the word became real. Prior to the baptism I was talking to Stephen at Starbucks about how Romans 6 had really convicted me when it says that through baptism we are buried with Christ, but after the baptism the second part that says we take part in Christ's resurrection through baptism is what became the important part of that message. I felt and still feel more alive then I ever have. I feel the realness of Christ's resurrection and the realness of new life. What an honor it is to be chosen by the God of the Universe to join in his life, his victory, his glory. I wish someone would have told me about this feeling earlier but I am very happy that I waited the year and eight months to get baptized. My baptism was as 1 Peter 3:21 says, a response (or pledge) of a clear conscious towards God. The almost two years I took before my baptism allowed me to consciously be aware of the pledge I was making towards God. I was in full understanding of my response. I have always had a problem with commitment but this was the first time I haven't second guessed or worried about a commitment I have made. Life is all the more beautiful and God is all the more closer, not because he has decided to draw closer but become I have finally responded back to his pull. I am baptized and couldn't be happier.
Romans 6:4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order, that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
Peace&love my friend. Peace&love.
Sorry for taking so long to write to you tonight, I was working duty and got preoccupied doing nothing. Here is the big news though:
On Sunday night I got baptized!!!! AAAAAHHHHHH!! It still excites me when I think about it!! It was wonderful and everything I could have hoped for. The baptism was a small intimate group of only four close friends and took place in my best friend's pool. Three of the people present have played major roles in both my spiritual and personal life and have been/are the people that I am able to talk about anything with and always trust what they have to say is coming from a Christ-centered place. I was so happy to have them there. It was all so surreal as it was going on and didn't feel like my baptism, I couldn't really make sense of any of it in my mind until I got home. Stephen baptized me, everyone was happy, and I was just speechless. I didn't know what to make of it all. Before the baptism they all prayed for me; it was so strange, I didn't feel like I was physically present for any of it. Like my mind was there but I couldn't personalize the experience at all. When I got home it really hit me. I was super excited and couldn't stop smiling. That's when I text everyone to tell them. That's when the word became real. Prior to the baptism I was talking to Stephen at Starbucks about how Romans 6 had really convicted me when it says that through baptism we are buried with Christ, but after the baptism the second part that says we take part in Christ's resurrection through baptism is what became the important part of that message. I felt and still feel more alive then I ever have. I feel the realness of Christ's resurrection and the realness of new life. What an honor it is to be chosen by the God of the Universe to join in his life, his victory, his glory. I wish someone would have told me about this feeling earlier but I am very happy that I waited the year and eight months to get baptized. My baptism was as 1 Peter 3:21 says, a response (or pledge) of a clear conscious towards God. The almost two years I took before my baptism allowed me to consciously be aware of the pledge I was making towards God. I was in full understanding of my response. I have always had a problem with commitment but this was the first time I haven't second guessed or worried about a commitment I have made. Life is all the more beautiful and God is all the more closer, not because he has decided to draw closer but become I have finally responded back to his pull. I am baptized and couldn't be happier.
Romans 6:4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order, that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
Peace&love my friend. Peace&love.
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