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somewhere in the middle
somewhere in the middle
in which I word vomit some long overdue thoughts, but what’s new?
5.25.18
I spend much of my time reflecting on adulthood because, well, I’m a young adult. Despite still having years ahead of me, feeling left behind does creep up on me from time to time. I’ve watched my friends finish school, get jobs they love, date wonderful people (and even get married!) and do the things they really care…
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Sabbath Covenants | Updates
Sabbath Covenants | Updates
Real talk: I’m horrible at consistency. Discipline is not one of my strong suits. I’m trying to get better at welcoming change, but I still don’t like it, and I’m not as resilient as I once thought I was. Also this isn’t meant to garner pity or be self-deprecating – I promise, I’m doing okay! This is just a culmination of all the things I’ve been thinking about lately (this post has been sitting…
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We live between two great days: The day Christ hung before men and the day all men will kneel before Christ.
Paul Washer (via worshipmoment)
We’ve all created our own personal histories, marked by highs and lows, that we share with the world — and we can shape them to live with more meaning and purpose.
“...the ability of a story to create meaning does not end with the crafting of the tale. The stories the [people] told about themselves ultimately led to meaningful behaviors - giving their time in the service of a larger cause...they ultimately ‘lived by’ those stories, as McAdams would put it. By subtly reframing their narrative, they adopted a positive identity that led them to live more purposefully.”
Faith is patience while you sow. It’s deciding every day to hold on to God’s promises despite what reality is showing you. Choose faith even when it has to begin all over again each day.
Brittney Moses (via daughterbydesign)
The very thing we are afraid of, our brokenness, is the door to our Father’s heart.
Paul Miller (via tblaberge)
the little things | part 2
the little things | part 2
Another list of things to be grateful for! I should really be doing this more often, but alas, I am often forgetful and/or too lazy to write them down. Time. Sometimes I dread long periods of silence and solitude, but I’ve been challenging myself to make the most of them. It’s easy for me to fill up my schedule, and I don’t realize until after the fact that I have little time to process my…
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(re)learning lessons
Preface: I’m hesitant and a little bit afraid to let this situation and these thoughts see the light of day, but this (long-winded) post is part of an effort to be more transparent and vulnerable. Here goes nothin’! On Friday, I found out I didn’t pass my boards. As you can imagine, I’m pretty bummed about it. When I left the testing center, I didn’t feel as if I had failed. I felt like I…
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In classic Greek and Roman mythology, it was always the strongest and smartest who reached God and the divine. Bellephron and Achilles and Odysseus and Perseus: they were rippling with muscles or huge brains or special powers.But Scripture, in a complete reversal of human values and stereotypical strength, shows that God pursues maybe the weakest individual in the entire town of that day: Mary Magdalene, a mentally unstable woman. The one who others were writing off as a nobody, an outsider, an outcast.If this story were told in another Epic Myth – The two-ton stone would still be rolled over the grave, and God would say: “Move the stone and you will have access to me. Show me your strength.” And maybe a special “Chosen One” could roll the stone from the grave.Yet Mary Magdalene shows up and the stone is already removed. Which means, in a literal and metaphorical sense, that grace rolled the stone away. God had already done the work to reach His people, to reach the weakest person.We don’t need to move the stone to find God, but God moved the stone to find us. This is the Essential Heart of God and the Gospel.
J.S. Park (via jspark3000)
Strath Haven's #12
Strath Haven’s #12
This past Friday, my high school mourned what is arguably the most devastating loss we’ve ever experienced – the sudden passing of our beloved music director, Mr. Hontz. To say this comes as an absolute shock is a tragic understatement. I am only one mere, former student among hundreds (or let’s be real, more like thousands) of others who had the privilege of knowing and working with him; the…
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2 Corinthians 12: 9-10
Denis Johnson’s three rules to write by:
Write naked. That means to write what you would never say. Write in blood. As if ink is so precious you can’t waste it. Write in exile, as if you are never going to get home again, and you have to call back every detail.
Lawrence Wright, from “Remembering Denis Johnson,” The New Yorker (26 May 2017)
If you’re suffering right now, you don’t have to pretend it’s all good. You don’t have to add, “But praise God.” When Jesus was hours from crucifixion, he didn’t sing in the garden or act hyper-spiritual. He was sweating blood. He asked the Father for a way out. But Jesus ultimately went to that cross with joy: not a shallow consolation that knows no pain, but a joy deepened by sorrow and recognizing the hurt of humanity. God is always trying to make you more human and not less. You can cry out in agony. In that honesty, God is establishing great character in you. Such a Christian is both happier and sadder at the same time, because they long for a better home and already have one.
J.S. Park (via jspark3000)
The gospel tells me that there is not only hope in my trials, but purpose to them- This is because the gospel teaches me that God’s great goal is not superficial, circumstantial happiness, but joyful holiness. So I can trust that He is using my trials and struggles to change and transform me, to grow my faith, and sanctify my heart. Trials are not the absence of His love, but a great display of His love. And because the gospel reminds me of this devastating love of God, I know that it is impossible for him to allow anything in my life that is not an aspect of His love. So I can pray for God to do the miraculous, but be absolutely at ease if he doesn’t, because I trust that His plan for my life is brought in love. Only the gospel allows me to go through difficulties and still be a rest in my soul.
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One of my favorite musicians covering my favorite song on the album - what more could I possibly ask for??
