What is your legacy? : 2007

Overwhelm Me

9:32 AM

I just woke up from a dream, and I'm not sure why I had it... because it hasn't been a topic I've been thinking about lately. I had a dream i was in K-Stadt working with students from Falls Creek. For some reason the students that week were really worried about numbers and the amount of people who were becoming believers. I was...

Isaiah 45

9:17 PM

1 "This is what the LORD says to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I take hold of to subdue nations before him and to strip kings of their armor, to open doors before him so that gates will not be shut: 2 I will go before you and will level the mountains; I will break down gates of bronze and cut...

Art.

11:32 AM

Lately, I have been thinking about 'art.' All aspects of it, but the question in my mind is, "is it better to be the artist, or the spectator?!" Since a class in my reading comprehension class, I posed this question to myself. I'm not even sure why I have been thinking about this so much, or if it even matters. But let's think:...

Christmas 2007

11:07 PM

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a small story

12:25 PM

Two days ago I was talking to J about what Christianity is like in his country. He said something to me about how my goal isn't to convert others to Christianity. I said, "no it's not, because I cannot make that decision for other people. I do want them to hear and know what I believe is truth, and atleast have the opportunity...

I want a faith that's real.

1:43 AM

today after talking on skype and while writing on a friend's wall I realized that I am tired of this. I'm tired of feeling the hunger pains and doing nothing for the hunger. My body is realizing that there is something so much more, that it wants more of Christ. None of this half-passioned faith. I'm tired of sitting inside a church, I'm...

Schoeppenstedt, Deutschland

10:04 PM

Lord it was you who created the heveansLord it was your hand That put the stars in their placeLord it was your voice That commands the morning even oceans and their waves bow at your feetLord who am Icompared to your glory Oh LordLord who am I compared to your majastyI'm your belovedYour creationand you love me as I amYo have called me...

A Wedding Song

8:51 PM

For the past 7 months, I have been praying that Father (being Christ) would show me how to love others the way he loves the church. Matt Chandler had said something in a sermon before I left for Germany this summer- - he said his prayer is that his daughter will meet a man who loves her the way Christ loves the church......

Christmas is in the Air <3

11:06 PM

The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul. The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple. The precepts of the LORD are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes. The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever.The ordinances of the LORD are sure and altogether righteous....

Colossians 3: 1-17, The Message

10:49 AM

Colossians 3He Is Your Life 1-2 So if you're serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, act like it. Pursue the things over which Christ presides. Don't shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ—that's where the action is. See things from...

December 1st

10:26 AM

Lift up your eyes, the harvest is hereOh, It’s Christmas time in Hannover, and it’s so evident of that. The week of thanksgiving, the city began to build and set up the Christmas markets… and they truly are extravagant. Hannover builds a huge huge traditional german windmill thing every year, and there are funnel cakes (schmalzkuchen) and warm drinks and laughter and fun...

a recent email i sent; real update coming soon

12:29 AM

guess just pray for me--i am not understanding my homework at all for grammar, and the exam is not until January 22nd... but i HAVE to do well on the exam or I don't even pass the class. and I really have no way to know how i'm doing in the class. I feel like i won't be able to remember everything.. and...

The Water Falls

9:43 PM

There's a mountain not very far from here. Some say it's a hill, but i'm SURE it is and only can be a mountain. During the spring season, it is a deep color green, the definite paint strokes of a master painter to make grass of a certain kind, embellished by the reds and yellows of the wild flowers. I come to this...

Hope

8:26 PM

This morning, I went with a few of the women from the church I am attending to go to a conference at the church I attended quite a few times while in Hamburg. As the train rolled into the city, I felt this overwhelming feeling. At first, I wasn't sure what to think, and just brushed it to the side. It was raining,...

Wednesday, Nov 14

10:47 AM

Shaking, she tries to reach out her hand. Yearning for affection, she searches but realizes she’s too weak to even open her eyes. She paints for herself a face, a façade if you will. She is disgusted by the fact that we are all actors, and posers in this play called life, even sometimes she feels spirituality becomes a play, but deep down...

Saturday Morning

9:56 AM

There are days that I feel so alone, and I know most of it is my own doing... I'm secluding myself, I'm focusing on myself and not the place I'm in or the God I claim to trust. Some days I feel as if I'm sitting in a country that is all too familiar yet all too foreign simply waiting on someone to...

Happy Birthday, Jana! - Alles Gute zum Geburtstag!

6:26 PM

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Seek First

7:45 PM

Today, I was reading and came across a quote that I have read and heard plenty of times...Lord, make me a crisis man. Let me not be a milepost on a single road, but make me a fork that men must turn one way or another in facing Christ in me. - Jim Elliot.after reading that one, I came across another quote which...

visa!

3:41 PM

i have a visa.<3 yay ...

October 28 -- I've been gone exactly one month! <3

8:31 PM

She sits outside, danging her feet and cuddling in the warmth of her coat... in this moment, joy is felt. The leaves if not fallen, are falling-- ballerinas quietly and gently creating an arabesque fluttering in the autumn sky. As they land, the leaves on the ground gently move to the rhythm of it's fall, and silently settle back down into the position...

Some new loves...

2:04 PM

1. Apfelschorle. Apple juice...carbonated. i hate apple juice, this summer i hated apfelschorle. now, i crave it. explain that?2. Tomatensaft... Tomato Juice? I love it. I crave it. I want it DAILY.3. Chocolate Soy Pudding. Is so delicious.4. Vanille Johgurt und Muesli. Vanilla Yogurt and Cereal (oats/dried fruit). delicious.5. Gefuellte Hertzen... lebkuchen mit feiner fruchtfuellung!! -- like chocolate and gingerbread and orange filling.....

A first, and hopefully a last

12:54 AM

my camera makes silly noises.no one make fun of me for this video.it's kinda boring and just like all my normal posts i RAMBLE. i can't keep a straight thought apparently. ...

yay for "fun"

12:30 PM

3 weeks <3

11:09 PM

I've been through a week of classes, more paperwork, and STILL more to come, and a visa meeting on Monday (which hopefully will be the last one). I've still had those hours and minutes that I become so lonesome and feel as if this life is worth nothing, that I'm unworthy and aching, hurting and longing for home, but I have other moments...

giving but clutching

12:08 PM

I'm learning that I seek to find comfort in people and situations, and when all the familiar faces are gone, when all the situations are out of my control, I am lost, I break and collapse. I find myself trying to seek the comfort of Christ, but i find myself having a difficult time doing so. I'm tired of being so depressed, and...

Tonight

12:10 AM

Tonight, I was given an opportunity that I could never had imagined. Sitting in her living room talking to her about life, I was so enthralled with hers. Her love for Father, her love for life, her love for her culture was quite amazing. Later that evening, we sat down to a dinner fit for kings and queens made by her husband, along...

Hannover, Germany

4:05 PM

The first week is coming to a close, and I must say it was 5million times worse than basecamp ever was and ever will be, somewhat because I had no believers to pray with and to be encouraged by, but also because it is a whole bunch of legal things that i dont even understand in ENGLISH. There is still more on the...

iGo 2007

3:09 AM

this is what i like to call... Golden. Money in the bank, if you willLin-- i totally fixed the red eye <3 ...

i watch your life go by

12:23 AM

For as long as I can remember, there are times when I'm sitting in class, and I just start writing in my spiral about whatever is on my heart. Last night while going through my spiral from last semester I found two things I had written, when I wrote them I'm not sure, but it's interesting to read them and then compare them...

cute

5:04 AM

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every ocean roars

10:07 PM

Stepping off the moving car, and setting foot on solid ground, slowly walking up the stairs to the entrance. Staring into space, as tears collect, as there are sights seen that are better left unimagined. The smell of fresh bread fills the air and to the left a man is digging through the trash. He pulls out a piece of bread, realizes it's...

hey jesus, if we throw these books do you think they'll fly?

10:34 AM

there is a longing in me that I don't quite understand, i can't place what the longing is for.. or why I have it. Sometimes it makes me want to cry. there is a longing in me that I don't quite understand, i can't place what the longing is for.. or why I have it. Sometimes it makes me want to cry. ...

eine woche

10:02 AM

In exactly a week I will be flying to Dallas. Just as every year, i wonder where the time went. 3 months since I've been here, and Father has grown and stretched me and taught me so many things... and I love him for it. Before coming, in April I had written in my journal ' i don't understand your love, nor do...

Laughter

12:22 PM

Something Father has taught me this summer is how laughter even during the hard times is good. I've come to the conclusion that laughter truly does help the heart... and it's amazing how the laughter of others is truly contagious. Today I've spent the morning reading my journals and was reminded of many instances when Father spoke to me through laughter and through...

How do we walk?

2:27 PM

(christmas 2004, Hannover, Deutschland)In Acts, Cornelius, a Jew is praying and God tells him to send for Simon called Peter, and to listen to what he has to say. Meanwhile, Simon called Peter was given a vision in which he learns that everything that God has made is good and clean and pure. In the midst of the vision, the 3 men Cornelius...

Who is like this?

10:14 PM

New... Life has been speaking of new things lately. C&S just got a new puppy, Buddy. His new life, the joy that he brings, and the smiles, the laughter that I've seen him bring a needed brightness into lives, those he belongs to and those who come into contact with him. It's amazing how Father can use something like a new puppy to...

abide

8:23 PM

"apart from me you can do nothing" - jesus, john 15 ...

consume me

5:51 PM

Closing eyes, breathing in deeply, the fragrance of the air fills her with life. She reaches her hands out, and grasps, but realizing her grip is only clutching the air passing by, she opens her eyes and lets the air hit her tired eyes. With a sigh, she breathes out, and slowly falls to her knees. "Strengthen my feeble arms and my weak...

Hold me close...

10:28 AM

Upon arriving back in Hamburg, Father really gave me time to relax in him. On Saturday, I was given the opportunity to leave the busy-ness of the city and spend time with E an american/german girl i met through the team here at the beginning of the summer. We spent time with her and her family roasting brats and marshmallows over a camp...

yo

9:53 PM

Du bist GnadeDu bist KraeftigDu bist Liebeund du bist HerrYou are MercyYou are PowerYou are Loveand you are GodThe time in Cologne has been so amazing, Father as always has done amazing things, and he has taught me and others things that simply draw us closer to his face. It's easy to get so caught up in the things of him and not...

Crying out.

11:07 PM

I found old photos on Lin's computer.My feet finally have the 'chaco' (teva b/c i am 'uncool') tan lines, except they aren't tan lines at all- they are DIRT lines. Today I prayer walked. For the first time, I felt the call to walk until I could no longer walk, to pray to my Father, Creator, life changer. What I am continuing to...