Friday, March 30, 2007
i took a fun little walk today with my favorite person, Kris and my favorite toy, my camera! I thought i would share some of my
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
a RE-introduction to ME:
it's been a while... change has definately happened. the world has rotated, the tides have gone out, the snow has melted, and somehow returned. I've turned another year older, closer to becoming a grownup! school is almost finished, graduation is unbelievably closeby, and papers still need to be written. hair has become darker, and braid extentions are my latest fashion. friends have become sisters, a boy has become my man... and as much as the world around me has changed, i still remain 5 feet tall, carrying around the one thing i know that will never change: the True Word of God.
The insight of the day:
tonight at b.s. (short form for bible study) we talked about worship. how do we worship God in awe and reverance? why are we a people so distracted by our distractions that we mentally can not come to a place of worship? how far have we come from meeting the true God? am i to lift my hands or bow my heart? why am i at the center of my worship time with God? worship has nothing to do with me, right? why do we place a time limit on our worship time and experiences with God? if he doesn't satisfy how we desire, why do we turn in discouragement? asking God a question requires that we be ready to accept the answer... As long as i have been pursuing a deeper committment to my Lord, i have struggled with the reality of what true worship is. this tension of who God is, a HOLY and reverant God, who does not need our worship but gives us the opportunity to worship him so we maybe be able to express our gratitude and humble thankfulness for his grace on our lives. i know for a fact that we do not take advantage of our freedom to worship God... do we even take advantage of our freedom to sing out loud? to raise our hands? to bow our knees in prayer?... when was the last time YOU prayed to God on your knees, begging him to hear your voice? worship is not all about lovey dovey things of who God is... it is about the struggle to meet God, to be with him, to marvel in his glory and to except the things he places before you, whether impossible, or impassable.
what is worship? .... good question.
we shall know what worship is when it is all we do
Amen.
it's been a while... change has definately happened. the world has rotated, the tides have gone out, the snow has melted, and somehow returned. I've turned another year older, closer to becoming a grownup! school is almost finished, graduation is unbelievably closeby, and papers still need to be written. hair has become darker, and braid extentions are my latest fashion. friends have become sisters, a boy has become my man... and as much as the world around me has changed, i still remain 5 feet tall, carrying around the one thing i know that will never change: the True Word of God.
The insight of the day:
tonight at b.s. (short form for bible study) we talked about worship. how do we worship God in awe and reverance? why are we a people so distracted by our distractions that we mentally can not come to a place of worship? how far have we come from meeting the true God? am i to lift my hands or bow my heart? why am i at the center of my worship time with God? worship has nothing to do with me, right? why do we place a time limit on our worship time and experiences with God? if he doesn't satisfy how we desire, why do we turn in discouragement? asking God a question requires that we be ready to accept the answer... As long as i have been pursuing a deeper committment to my Lord, i have struggled with the reality of what true worship is. this tension of who God is, a HOLY and reverant God, who does not need our worship but gives us the opportunity to worship him so we maybe be able to express our gratitude and humble thankfulness for his grace on our lives. i know for a fact that we do not take advantage of our freedom to worship God... do we even take advantage of our freedom to sing out loud? to raise our hands? to bow our knees in prayer?... when was the last time YOU prayed to God on your knees, begging him to hear your voice? worship is not all about lovey dovey things of who God is... it is about the struggle to meet God, to be with him, to marvel in his glory and to except the things he places before you, whether impossible, or impassable.
what is worship? .... good question.
we shall know what worship is when it is all we do
Amen.
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