tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23317010343969935192012-02-15T23:01:05.099-08:00Hatnoreply@blogger.comBlogger131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331701034396993519.post-3680241660672909742010-01-26T23:47:00.000-08:002010-01-27T00:22:41.759-08:00

Mark 4: The Parable of the SowerAgain Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water's edge. He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said: "Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the

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Luke 8:5-8A sower went out to sow his seed, And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the air devoured it. And some fell on the rock, and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it. And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded a hundredfold. As he said

Hatnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331701034396993519.post-25624887033334937332009-10-21T21:17:00.000-07:002009-11-01T02:39:29.779-08:00

I've been meditating on what it means when the scriptures says that Jesus is the rock, He is our chief cornerstone. We say these truths, recite the scriptures, and sing the vbs songs (Jesus is the rock and he rolls my blues away! Bop shu bop shu bop WHOO!), but I feel like I have finally journeyed to this place of understanding a bit, and just a bit, of what Jesus being the rock has anything to

Hatnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331701034396993519.post-1826170964431910982009-09-21T19:32:00.000-07:002009-11-01T02:40:41.489-08:00

I moved back home about a month ago after living on my own the past four years. It definitely has been a fiery experience for me as I am finally having to face all that I had run away from during my undergraduate years in college. ha. welcome to reality. I'm realizing how good my undergraduate years has been for me, but also how more than it being a prediction of what my life would look like

Hatnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331701034396993519.post-21521316480274284902009-09-16T00:20:00.001-07:002009-11-01T02:41:52.926-08:00

Proverbs 20:25It is a trap to dedicate something rashly and only later to consider one's vows.Vows. I can't even count the number of vows that I have made to myself, people, and most importantly to God, simply because I made too many without ever following through with them.In this generation, we are taught to just say "Yes" to all things, as long as it seems 'good'. When I came across this

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"So I tried and we tried -- and failed. He had to teach us to Be Still and Know. Then when His time came His will was clear." -Amy CarmichaelWhat Amy Carmichael said during a season in her life in ministry is becoming tangible in the season that I feel that I am in. When I look around and even look in the near past of my own life, I see how much we as people want to accomplish and even end up

Hatnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331701034396993519.post-36606573004444081822009-07-31T01:17:00.000-07:002009-11-01T02:36:30.062-08:00

As I am preparing to leave San Diego, I'm seeing the reality that people part and go their separate ways.During the past four years, I saw myself walk this journey that I thought was mine. I saw other people's journeys that I admired, and I tried to imitate them and sometimes take theirs as my own. In the process of doing this, I often times found myself so lost from forcefully transplanting

Hatnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331701034396993519.post-6479719749857445042009-06-10T10:24:00.000-07:002009-11-01T02:36:30.063-08:00

Song of Solmon 5: 6"I opened to my belovedbut my beloved had turned and gone.My soul failed me when he spoke.I sought him, but found him not;I called him, but he gave no answer.I realize we as people always long for love, yet we also fear it. It's rare to have one without the other because they tend to come together with the package. To many of us, love has taken on various meanings, often

Hatnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331701034396993519.post-28672882777777296052009-06-09T22:41:00.000-07:002009-11-01T02:36:30.063-08:00

Up until this point, it has been usually really easy to encounter God -- you know open my heart and open the Bible, receive a cool revelation, have a really passionate worship time, or experience breakthrough in my own personal life, or just chilling peacefully and enjoying His presence. But this time around, there's something really different and a shift taking place as I am graduating this

Hatnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331701034396993519.post-33852484684187918552009-04-27T22:20:00.000-07:002009-11-01T02:36:30.063-08:00

This has been the song that has been on my heart tonight."Found Faithful" by Justin Rizzo I want to live before Your eyesI want to stay before Your gazeSo keep me steady hereI want to run the raceI want to keep the faithHelp me win the prizeOf the knowledge of YouI want to be found faithfulI want to be found steadyI want to be found faithfulUntil the endLord I pray that I would be found faithful

Hatnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331701034396993519.post-24855521955034013492009-04-24T00:45:00.000-07:002009-11-01T02:36:30.063-08:00

I realized today that there are two kinds of wildernesses in life: one that is created by the enemy and man, and another that is created with purpose by God.We often times don't think of the world that we live in a place of wilderness because it has all the disguises of the "flowing of milk and honey" and the "freedom" to choose and live our own life. We say, our families are alright (better

Hatnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331701034396993519.post-29434515524508228922009-04-21T23:10:00.000-07:002009-11-01T02:36:30.064-08:00

Two weeks ago, I went up to the National Park Cabrillo in San Diego. It was my first time going up to a light house (yes this is it on the left). I'm not sure why the title "The Lighthouse" came up when I was deciding on what this blogspot would be called (I 'jokingly' went over many corny-er titles with cadengs), but I'm sure my trip here had something to do with it.I learned several things. A

Hatnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331701034396993519.post-24869895816195694232009-04-18T02:18:00.000-07:002009-11-01T02:36:30.064-08:00

I had to say my farewell to my dearest friend Xanga today, since January 2003. It wasn't just any xanga, but it was Nameless_Hatty. Yes, it's ironic that the first part of my username was "nameless" and the second part was actually my name. I remember I always wanted to be 'different' and during that time, everyone was in the scene with these special nicknames like 'cutie', 'ace', 'sexy', you

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