I'll let this speak for itself

Deep calls to deep
in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
have swept over me.
Psalm 42:7 (NIV)

Adoption

Ephesians 1:3-10 (ESV)
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ,according to the purpose of his will,to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.




How Glorious

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I really want to write something amazing for you to read but really I have nothing amazing to say at the moment, which seems to be the norm. Sorry. I have stories to tell I am sure but when I make my way to write them down they float away and leave me with nothing but a mediocre youtube video to post. My mind is full these days. Mostly due to the Greek intensive that I am taking. I am squeezing a years worth of Koine Greek into a 10 week quarter. I am learning though.

I am sitting listening to a Christmas band called The choir at your door. It is doing things to my insides, as good music combined with good weather and a lonely heart often does. Good music for me always intensifies the longings in my life. I remember friends that I have not been able to see in a long time. and how much i miss them. i would love to sit with them so very badly. I remember family and how our time here is so limited and that I am so far away. It is hard to be away from those you love the most. I think of the things to come. excited. scared. All the feelings of life.

Its a gift to feel. it really is. even when it hurts. I spend most of my time trying to feel and not be so numb to the blessings and gifts that have so graciously flooded my life. I want to feel it all. To simply experience the moments of now. Looking ahead is good but if it is our only focus we miss out on so much. I am pretty good at that. I am always wanting the next step and not embracing the current. Its a flaw. I'm working on it.

my mind/experiences this week:
love
and how its so hard
cross country bike rides
Cornel West
custom drum kits
cute girl
(trying to make this low on my list of priorities... not working)
idolatry
Pasadena Acts 29 church plant
third declensions
those on the underside of power
and my apathy
hell and how I hate it
my church interview this week
john piper and eschatology
doughnuts
backstage at David Crowder/Francis Chan
building a fixed gear
Jones coffee roasters
starting a band
peace
my apathy
sailing

Romans 15:13
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

dork disco

the fox

I love the creature called the fox. I have desperately wanted one ever since I saw the movie Grizzly Man. A documentary about Timothy Treadwell, a man who lived and became friends with bears and foxes in the Alaskan wilderness. There is a family of Foxes that live on my parent mountain however I was unable to befriend them due to fear of rabies. One day I will have a domesticated fox. Anyway all this said because I love the new Brand New Album cover.

Use Somebody

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I got the chance to go see Donnald Miller speak last night in Hollywood at Ecclesia. It was good. I needed to be reminded of humanity. Miller helps me remember why. I love to listen to stories. He tells them so well. His stories remind me of how broken humanity is while at the same time how simply beautiful it is. It is encouraging to watch someone move from great doubt to a great trust in the soverienty of God even in the midst of conflict. All stories have conflict. It just depends what we decide to do with it.

He ended with a reading out of Victor Frankl's book Man's Search For Meaning
Reminded me of a quote I love
“Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.”