oh no!! i got TAGGED!!
Rules of the game: Post 5 Weird and Random facts about yourself, then at the end list the names of 5 people who are next in line to do this. Also leave a post on their blog space to let these people know.
here goes....see if you can beat my wierd and random facts hahaha
1. I make faces at myself in the mirror just for a good laugh :P
2. i smoked an REAL indian peace pipe before!! you see, when i was at ranger camp we went to a native healing lodge and sweat lodge (named accurately, it was a sauna that we sat in for about 2 hours, literally dying in there!!) and afterwards they passed around a peace pipe since it's tradition, and it went around TWICE since they couldn't finish the tobacco, so since i refused it the first time i puffed it the second time just to say i did it.
3. Sometimes, just sometimes, i'm so conscious of my thoughts that i'm afraid people can see them in a thought bubble over my head. (no kidding!!!)
4. in sports, i can do awsomely at practices and think that i have it down perfect, but i can never apply what i learn to real games. *sigh* i hope it's not the same in my spiritual life!!
5. in my spare time alone, or when i'm utterly bored, i think of wierd and random questions i can ask people (once upon a time i played a game called the "onion game", kind of like hot potato but you pass around an onion. whoever it lands on, one of the people beside him/her get to ask 'em whatever question they want. )
for example: "HONESTLY, do you admit to your farts??"
"what's your biggest contribution to your family?"
"if you had a massive, annoying booger in your nose and you HAD to pick it, would you eat it or wipe if off on your clothes?"
"what's your ideal date?" (haha miss congeniality: 'um, i think may 27, because it's not too hot and not too cold and all you have to wear is a light jacket'....and i think i got the date wrong ...anywho)
that was fun. now, darren, matt, ada, hazel, (uh oh i don't know any other blogs...*shrug*) ...YOU'VE BEEN TAGGED!!! hahahahahahaha.....feel free to answer any of my questions in YOUR wierd and random facts.
Saturday, October 29, 2005
Sunday, October 23, 2005
jumble of lessons learned
i find i get more bloggable thoughts/ideas when it's later in the night...anyways...
"...He loves us not because of who we are, but because of Who He is."
Go ahead, read it again! It really struck me when i heard those words of a newsboys song (i think). And all this time i thought WE might have had a little part in his reason for loving us!...i mean, sure, he created us and all...but no, that's not the reason he loves us. it's because of who HE is: all in all magnificent, powerful, tender love incarnate!! <--(is that the right word? hmm) and leading back to alfred's message today...if we could only catch a GLIMPSE of who HE really is we'd be satisfied forever! changed, renewed, awed...
and "maybe what we need is not for God to CHANGE our circumstances, but simply to catch a glimpse of him...and change US!!"
BE A MOON!! that's right....be a Moon!! we're not meant to be stars, not meant to be the ones shining the radiant light of love, we're only meant to REFLECT the SON's light!!! (haha, sun/son, how perfect. i wonder some times if God planned the words to be like that so it'd be understandable at our human level of intelligence) psh, what, beacons?? "make me a MOON!!!!"
i saw this on a billboard thing outside a church:
TO PREVENT BURNING, EXPOSE YOURSELF TO THE SON.
"...He loves us not because of who we are, but because of Who He is."
Go ahead, read it again! It really struck me when i heard those words of a newsboys song (i think). And all this time i thought WE might have had a little part in his reason for loving us!...i mean, sure, he created us and all...but no, that's not the reason he loves us. it's because of who HE is: all in all magnificent, powerful, tender love incarnate!! <--(is that the right word? hmm) and leading back to alfred's message today...if we could only catch a GLIMPSE of who HE really is we'd be satisfied forever! changed, renewed, awed...
and "maybe what we need is not for God to CHANGE our circumstances, but simply to catch a glimpse of him...and change US!!"
BE A MOON!! that's right....be a Moon!! we're not meant to be stars, not meant to be the ones shining the radiant light of love, we're only meant to REFLECT the SON's light!!! (haha, sun/son, how perfect. i wonder some times if God planned the words to be like that so it'd be understandable at our human level of intelligence) psh, what, beacons?? "make me a MOON!!!!"
i saw this on a billboard thing outside a church:
TO PREVENT BURNING, EXPOSE YOURSELF TO THE SON.
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
forward that made me smile
European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility.
As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English". In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter. There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter. In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away. By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v". During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru. Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas. If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl.
Monday, October 17, 2005
a theory that ought to be slapped
i've developed this theory in my mind, that whenever i have a good time at school, i won't have such a good time at fellowship, and vice versa. it also 'applies' to church and tc worship now.
(allright by now you're probably saying, "what?? how in the world...?")
and the more i believe that, the more it happens. as hard as i try to have fun and have a good time in one or the other, it always seems as if one is better and one is worse. i know i'm not supposed to look at it this way, but it's hard not to, now that the theory is drilled into my mind.
however, there are times when the theory doesn't apply. those days are when i'm either extremely happy or just feeling..bleh. There was one time that i remember really well when the happy one occured. I'd been a bit bleh for a while, so i asked God for happiness. i know this sounds silly, but believe me, it's a GREAT FEELING. and what all peoples have longed for for ages, i had for a couple days. (not that people now don't have it, it's just that, well i hadn't had it for a while...and that sentence sounded very poetic.)
so anyways, that was when i was just entirely happy all day, just enjoying every bit of the day. (as an afternote, i realized that in my 'happiness' i wasn't glorifying God, really. i figured that my 'happy' just led me to talk a lot more...hence the feeling i had a really good time. so God took it away and showed me the REAL happiness that comes knowing him)
there are plenty of times where the theory didn't apply because i was feeling bleh. today was one of those days....but what i've realized now is that i've been measuring my happiness by how much i talk. (if you've ever noticed, i talk A LOT less when i'm sad/feeling down) oh my. How depressing. that's no good... (concerned.......)
jesus......
(allright by now you're probably saying, "what?? how in the world...?")
and the more i believe that, the more it happens. as hard as i try to have fun and have a good time in one or the other, it always seems as if one is better and one is worse. i know i'm not supposed to look at it this way, but it's hard not to, now that the theory is drilled into my mind.
however, there are times when the theory doesn't apply. those days are when i'm either extremely happy or just feeling..bleh. There was one time that i remember really well when the happy one occured. I'd been a bit bleh for a while, so i asked God for happiness. i know this sounds silly, but believe me, it's a GREAT FEELING. and what all peoples have longed for for ages, i had for a couple days. (not that people now don't have it, it's just that, well i hadn't had it for a while...and that sentence sounded very poetic.)
so anyways, that was when i was just entirely happy all day, just enjoying every bit of the day. (as an afternote, i realized that in my 'happiness' i wasn't glorifying God, really. i figured that my 'happy' just led me to talk a lot more...hence the feeling i had a really good time. so God took it away and showed me the REAL happiness that comes knowing him)
there are plenty of times where the theory didn't apply because i was feeling bleh. today was one of those days....but what i've realized now is that i've been measuring my happiness by how much i talk. (if you've ever noticed, i talk A LOT less when i'm sad/feeling down) oh my. How depressing. that's no good... (concerned.......)
jesus......
Sunday, October 16, 2005
praise = strength
Psalms 8:2
"From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise..."
Praise had a superscript letter on it-- and it said "strength". Hmmm. Praise. Strength. It goes on to say, "...because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.
PRAISE IS STRENTH!!!! It's by praising God that we silence the devil and his tempations, burdens, troubles, etc. WOW!! Just by praising God we overcome so much!!
Take Job, for example. so much stuff happened to him that would make anyone give up any hope God. Yet he persisted in praising God, and he OVERCAME.
Remember that song "You have turned my mourning into dancing, You have turned my sorrow into joy....This is how we overcome, this is how we overcome..."
Keep praising God, he commands us.
"From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise..."
Praise had a superscript letter on it-- and it said "strength". Hmmm. Praise. Strength. It goes on to say, "...because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.
PRAISE IS STRENTH!!!! It's by praising God that we silence the devil and his tempations, burdens, troubles, etc. WOW!! Just by praising God we overcome so much!!
Take Job, for example. so much stuff happened to him that would make anyone give up any hope God. Yet he persisted in praising God, and he OVERCAME.
Remember that song "You have turned my mourning into dancing, You have turned my sorrow into joy....This is how we overcome, this is how we overcome..."
Keep praising God, he commands us.
Monday, October 10, 2005
happy thanksgiving!!
sunday i got to meet the tc worship team for the first time..quite amazing experience, i have to say. there are 8 of us, 6 girls and 2 guys-3, including worship leader. (girl power! but not too much..we were out-talked by the guys--by FAR)
we did introductions and a get-to-know you game, then bible study, which took up most of the time. it was on Acts:2:42-47, the fellowship of believers. what really stood out the importance of humility on this team, it was clear that there was absolutely NO ROOM FOR PRIDE. the leader, who was also the interviewer, told us how if they saw a hint of arrogance or pride in the interviewee, they stopped the interview and immediately put them on the "cut" list. tc worship was BIG in tc, you're basically idolized for 2 days....no need to add on to that. and it really takes the focus off what it's all about. since we're bringing people into the presence of GOD, we should look and feel SO small!!
an example of humility--the guitarist for chris tomlin. he's amazing at what he does, but everytime he has to play a solo or a part he backs away instead of, say, jumping up and down at the front of the stage.
prayer and fellowshiping-accountability and sharing- was also stressed a lot. the people on the team...you could just tell that they were so spiritually mature and had that fire for God. i was like...WOW. and being able to talk/share with them, you both grow so much!! i can't wait to get to know these people better, to get to know GOD better!
i was expecting it to be hardcore practice, but that's far, far from truth. we spent over 2 hours on bible study and getting ot know eachother, and about 35 mins praying in pairs. at the end we only did a little singing with just the guitar. it really brought the focus back to jesus.
after that, i went to the oracles dinner. i don't know if i really should have gone...i almost felt as if i were intruding on their thanksgiving together, since it's not like i ever got to play with them or get to know them as well as they did eachother during the summer. maybe it's just that...oh i donno. i can't imagine all that i missed!! but it was fun, in any case, with a lot of volleyball (how ironic, it's a softball team), and a lot of FOOD. if anyone wants mash potatoes for the next two months, feel free to raid the church fridge! the food was abundantly good, there was the stubborn beef that took jon 10 mins to cut and 10 more to chew, haha. there was, of course, turkey and stuffing, corn, croissonts (spelling?),string beans,.....ooh and apple pie and ice cream later in the night. good stuff. i took it home :)
anyways, i wil continue working on my homework. pray for me!! i have a calc test tomorrow. and physics and bio tests and 2 essays later this week :P
we did introductions and a get-to-know you game, then bible study, which took up most of the time. it was on Acts:2:42-47, the fellowship of believers. what really stood out the importance of humility on this team, it was clear that there was absolutely NO ROOM FOR PRIDE. the leader, who was also the interviewer, told us how if they saw a hint of arrogance or pride in the interviewee, they stopped the interview and immediately put them on the "cut" list. tc worship was BIG in tc, you're basically idolized for 2 days....no need to add on to that. and it really takes the focus off what it's all about. since we're bringing people into the presence of GOD, we should look and feel SO small!!
an example of humility--the guitarist for chris tomlin. he's amazing at what he does, but everytime he has to play a solo or a part he backs away instead of, say, jumping up and down at the front of the stage.
prayer and fellowshiping-accountability and sharing- was also stressed a lot. the people on the team...you could just tell that they were so spiritually mature and had that fire for God. i was like...WOW. and being able to talk/share with them, you both grow so much!! i can't wait to get to know these people better, to get to know GOD better!
i was expecting it to be hardcore practice, but that's far, far from truth. we spent over 2 hours on bible study and getting ot know eachother, and about 35 mins praying in pairs. at the end we only did a little singing with just the guitar. it really brought the focus back to jesus.
after that, i went to the oracles dinner. i don't know if i really should have gone...i almost felt as if i were intruding on their thanksgiving together, since it's not like i ever got to play with them or get to know them as well as they did eachother during the summer. maybe it's just that...oh i donno. i can't imagine all that i missed!! but it was fun, in any case, with a lot of volleyball (how ironic, it's a softball team), and a lot of FOOD. if anyone wants mash potatoes for the next two months, feel free to raid the church fridge! the food was abundantly good, there was the stubborn beef that took jon 10 mins to cut and 10 more to chew, haha. there was, of course, turkey and stuffing, corn, croissonts (spelling?),string beans,.....ooh and apple pie and ice cream later in the night. good stuff. i took it home :)
anyways, i wil continue working on my homework. pray for me!! i have a calc test tomorrow. and physics and bio tests and 2 essays later this week :P
Monday, October 03, 2005
why am i so busy on weekends???
my schedule this weekend:
Friday: sinsperation practice @ 6, and fellowship til 10 at least
Saturday: Katsu sushi @ 11, tims ordination @ 2
Sunday: church, tc worship from 2-5, maybe oracles dinner, maybe go to orillia for family thanksgiving dinner
Monday: come back from orillia, do homework? i have a calc. test the next day.
Friday: sinsperation practice @ 6, and fellowship til 10 at least
Saturday: Katsu sushi @ 11, tims ordination @ 2
Sunday: church, tc worship from 2-5, maybe oracles dinner, maybe go to orillia for family thanksgiving dinner
Monday: come back from orillia, do homework? i have a calc. test the next day.
!!!!!
i was just catching up with my best friend who's in costa rica now. it was so exciting!! just to tell her about all the things that have been happening in my life, and ask her about what's been going on in hers ( i was emailing). i just couldn't stop typing!!! although i eventually did, and decided to write her snail mail in continuation of the letter. nothing like catching up with an old friend that you haven't talked to in the longest time.
my point is, if only i could be just as EXCITED , or even more, when i tell jesus about what's happening in my life!! to LOOK FORWARD to just talking to him, telling him about what's going on, and not just ask for stuff when i pray!
another friend of mine was sharing once, how instead of calling a FRIEND right away when something great or horrible or anything happened, to call on GOD. "God's throne or the phone!"
still keeping that in mind...
this sunday was the first practice for the new daniel singsperation team. (we're not allowed to call it worship cuz worship takes a lot of other forms) it was unnecessarily long and only somewhat accomplishing, i feel, since i was leader, but i think it was because of my unpreparedness. we were missing a guitarist and i'd picked out the songs that morning. during the practice we had so many suggestions that we never settled for anything..though i guess that could be a good thing. i've resolved to be more encouraging. i realized that i hadn't encouraged the team once, how shameful of me. in all the worship team's i've been in, the leader was soo encouraging and knew exactly what to say/do.......
when i got home later, after actually playing the songs through, for once, i came up with a more concrete order of songs and stuff....my great accomplishment. or is it? we won't know until practice on friday.
pray for:
-the danielship: new leaders, new year, (all new!) sinsperation teams: attitudes and purposes in check, work well together, GROW together
-discipline! so i won't be so lazy and procrastinate and stay up really...er, early
-decision of where to go after high school....been thinking about nursing- it's more beneficial to people and would be more useful in the mission field and anywhere else, instead of journalism or design.
my point is, if only i could be just as EXCITED , or even more, when i tell jesus about what's happening in my life!! to LOOK FORWARD to just talking to him, telling him about what's going on, and not just ask for stuff when i pray!
another friend of mine was sharing once, how instead of calling a FRIEND right away when something great or horrible or anything happened, to call on GOD. "God's throne or the phone!"
still keeping that in mind...
this sunday was the first practice for the new daniel singsperation team. (we're not allowed to call it worship cuz worship takes a lot of other forms) it was unnecessarily long and only somewhat accomplishing, i feel, since i was leader, but i think it was because of my unpreparedness. we were missing a guitarist and i'd picked out the songs that morning. during the practice we had so many suggestions that we never settled for anything..though i guess that could be a good thing. i've resolved to be more encouraging. i realized that i hadn't encouraged the team once, how shameful of me. in all the worship team's i've been in, the leader was soo encouraging and knew exactly what to say/do.......
when i got home later, after actually playing the songs through, for once, i came up with a more concrete order of songs and stuff....my great accomplishment. or is it? we won't know until practice on friday.
pray for:
-the danielship: new leaders, new year, (all new!) sinsperation teams: attitudes and purposes in check, work well together, GROW together
-discipline! so i won't be so lazy and procrastinate and stay up really...er, early
-decision of where to go after high school....been thinking about nursing- it's more beneficial to people and would be more useful in the mission field and anywhere else, instead of journalism or design.
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