Saturday, April 28, 2007
Monday, April 16, 2007
thanks
i had pretty much the best birthday in the world. of my life. not that i haven't had good birthdays before...things like sleepovers, homemade icecream cake, and movies paused on cute boys come to mind...but my 22nd birthday was off the charts. a day to remember.for one, i'd forgotten what it was like to be in the working world. i started my birthday by heading out for the first 830-430 work day in a looooong time. which was great for a first day of work.
after 430, things picked up considerably. i won't go into the whole story, but there was a park, rollerblades, throwing of baseballs and hitting of them also. there was yummy mexican food and funny waiters. there was a "surprise," icecream cake, and good friends. there was a midnight excursion and one super-fantastic guy orchestrating the whole thing.
thank you so much to everyone who wished me a happy birthday! even though i wasn't home, i liked that i got phone calls, e-mails and myspace and facebook messages. it was all that everyone cheesily wishes but doesn't really expect :)
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
who is Jesus?
will we recognize him when he comes? really. will we recognize him?
it struck me this last friday, while watching "the passion of the Christ," that we (the general church) might have bit of arrogance. we might be the pharisees and the sadducees and all the other jewish leaders of Jesus' time.
they looked at him and screamed "blasphemer! you're not the Messiah!" why? because his way of living and teaching threatened their way of life, their power over those around them. did they stop to consider that maybe the Messiah wouldn't look like they expected? that his kingdom may not be the force that would destroy Rome in that generation? did they stop to ask the Holy Spirit, in humility, if the Messiah had come? were they in tune with God? they rejected the Messiah! they spit on him, tortured him and sought to destroy him.
what will we, the church, the body of Christ, do when Christ returns? are we ready for him? are we ready for what his return might look like? are we asking the Holy Spirit to keep us tender and aware and in tune with God's plan?
if we avoid the book of revelation, avoid talking about Christ's return, all because it's confusing and we "don't really know what will happen anyway," may i suggest that we will be unable to recognize Jesus when he comes back for his bride. the Jewish leaders in Jesus' day were arrogant. they thought they had it all figured out and Jesus didn't fit the cookie-cutter mold they had made for the Messiah. we need humility! we need a burning desire to know who Jesus is and how he will come again! do you really think that we can just sit here, knowing we're "saved," and expect to know, on our own arrogance, who Jesus is? who he will be?
it is arrogance to think that we just need to be sure we're saved and live for Jesus now, without regard for his coming. we are his BRIDE. a bride does not stand at the end of the aisle, waiting... a bride walks forward, toward a bridegroom that is passionately in love with her. a bride walks forward to what she does not fully know, but wants desperately to experience. a bride is not arrogant, thinking she has the groom all figured out. a bride walks forward, knowing there is much to learn, much unknown, but also knowing she can TRUST the one she walks toward. and so she does.
it struck me this last friday, while watching "the passion of the Christ," that we (the general church) might have bit of arrogance. we might be the pharisees and the sadducees and all the other jewish leaders of Jesus' time.
they looked at him and screamed "blasphemer! you're not the Messiah!" why? because his way of living and teaching threatened their way of life, their power over those around them. did they stop to consider that maybe the Messiah wouldn't look like they expected? that his kingdom may not be the force that would destroy Rome in that generation? did they stop to ask the Holy Spirit, in humility, if the Messiah had come? were they in tune with God? they rejected the Messiah! they spit on him, tortured him and sought to destroy him.
what will we, the church, the body of Christ, do when Christ returns? are we ready for him? are we ready for what his return might look like? are we asking the Holy Spirit to keep us tender and aware and in tune with God's plan?
if we avoid the book of revelation, avoid talking about Christ's return, all because it's confusing and we "don't really know what will happen anyway," may i suggest that we will be unable to recognize Jesus when he comes back for his bride. the Jewish leaders in Jesus' day were arrogant. they thought they had it all figured out and Jesus didn't fit the cookie-cutter mold they had made for the Messiah. we need humility! we need a burning desire to know who Jesus is and how he will come again! do you really think that we can just sit here, knowing we're "saved," and expect to know, on our own arrogance, who Jesus is? who he will be?
it is arrogance to think that we just need to be sure we're saved and live for Jesus now, without regard for his coming. we are his BRIDE. a bride does not stand at the end of the aisle, waiting... a bride walks forward, toward a bridegroom that is passionately in love with her. a bride walks forward to what she does not fully know, but wants desperately to experience. a bride is not arrogant, thinking she has the groom all figured out. a bride walks forward, knowing there is much to learn, much unknown, but also knowing she can TRUST the one she walks toward. and so she does.
Monday, April 02, 2007
DOne.....
or not quite. perhaps it would be more victorious to post this after my final lab report is actually finished...buuuut i'd rather take a break from the monotony of fecundity, density and intraspecific competition in Hordeum vulgare to update.
once this day is over i will be SOOO happy. only 4 exams to go and it will be summer!! summer summer. which is shaping up to include 2 road trips - most exciting.
my random thought for the day
the greatest downfall of ipods is that they make it difficult to hear that there is a person walking right behind you just as you say "good morning! how are you today?" to the squirrel in the tree beside the sidewalk.
once this day is over i will be SOOO happy. only 4 exams to go and it will be summer!! summer summer. which is shaping up to include 2 road trips - most exciting.
my random thought for the day
the greatest downfall of ipods is that they make it difficult to hear that there is a person walking right behind you just as you say "good morning! how are you today?" to the squirrel in the tree beside the sidewalk.
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