"A nerd indeed," says Sam.
a nerd as me
is inspired by Sidney.
so i shall quote
what he wrote,
and hope that it'll provoke
your excitement to read his poems.
As you read, I shall hope
that they'll do what they did to me:
strike where it hurts and hit home.
"Poetic images should have the power to strike, pierce, and possess the sight of the soul." ~Sir Philip Sidney. (edited by me)
Women Cell was good, I hope the Coffeehouse went well...*sigh*
Thursday, October 28, 2004
Friday, October 22, 2004
I am stimulated by Garway's comment, so i decided to blog! Hiatus...ENDS!!!
So as some of may know, this year I have decided to be more involved at school. Why? Simply because i want to get to know more people. Part of being the new "me" means i need to step out and explore. I do have a heavy load this year, and plus being on the exec for ACF and Women Cell do not help lessen my heavy load. At first I thought i would join the newspaper screw since the opportunity came up, yet knowing my ability to write, i decided to wait till next year. Plus, it was not part of my plan anyways! Then i thought, i'll join the Globe: a club where i get to know more about the world around me, but everything started piling up so i decided against it. So i comforted myself by thinking that i would for sure join Get Lit (an English Club), which was something that I wanted to do since the beginning of the year. Even though my heart wants to explore and join more clubs, i know that it'll be best for me to devote myself to one club, Get Lit.
so what happens?
Well, Get Lit has been planning to have a coffeehouse since the end of September and i've been looking forward to it ever since. I was talking to Noah (one of my classmates) about it just tonight about the coffeehouse too. I was really looking forward to it: to meet new people, to do what the Lord has called me to do this year. but...
One ordinary day, Cora decides to check her email and finds out that Get Lit is having the coffeehouse on a Wednesday night, the same night that is scheduled for Women Cell. Joy! Lord, What do you want me to do?
So as some of may know, this year I have decided to be more involved at school. Why? Simply because i want to get to know more people. Part of being the new "me" means i need to step out and explore. I do have a heavy load this year, and plus being on the exec for ACF and Women Cell do not help lessen my heavy load. At first I thought i would join the newspaper screw since the opportunity came up, yet knowing my ability to write, i decided to wait till next year. Plus, it was not part of my plan anyways! Then i thought, i'll join the Globe: a club where i get to know more about the world around me, but everything started piling up so i decided against it. So i comforted myself by thinking that i would for sure join Get Lit (an English Club), which was something that I wanted to do since the beginning of the year. Even though my heart wants to explore and join more clubs, i know that it'll be best for me to devote myself to one club, Get Lit.
so what happens?
Well, Get Lit has been planning to have a coffeehouse since the end of September and i've been looking forward to it ever since. I was talking to Noah (one of my classmates) about it just tonight about the coffeehouse too. I was really looking forward to it: to meet new people, to do what the Lord has called me to do this year. but...
One ordinary day, Cora decides to check her email and finds out that Get Lit is having the coffeehouse on a Wednesday night, the same night that is scheduled for Women Cell. Joy! Lord, What do you want me to do?
Saturday, October 09, 2004
I know, I am such a nerd..
but this is such a beautiful poem.
His name is George Herbert, and he is an AMAZING poet...this is the last poem he wrote before he died.
Love
Love bade me welcome: yet my soul drew back,
Guilty of dust and sin.
But quick-eyed Love, observing me grow slack
From my first entrance in,
Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning
If I lacked anthing.
"A guest," I answered, "worthy to be here":
Love said, "You shall be he."
"I, the unkind, ungrateful? Ah, my dear,
I cannot look on thee."
Love took my hand, and smiling did reply,
"Who made the eyes but I?"
"Truth, Lord; but I have marred them; let my shame
Go where it doth deserve."
"And know you not," says Love, "who bore the blame?"
"My dear, then I will serve."
"You must sit down," says Love, "and taste my meat."
So I did sit and eat.
isn't it beautiful? wow!!! I hope i can write like that someday.
Yeah!! home for thanksgiving!!! I hope everyone will have a great week.....
but this is such a beautiful poem.
His name is George Herbert, and he is an AMAZING poet...this is the last poem he wrote before he died.
Love
Love bade me welcome: yet my soul drew back,
Guilty of dust and sin.
But quick-eyed Love, observing me grow slack
From my first entrance in,
Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning
If I lacked anthing.
"A guest," I answered, "worthy to be here":
Love said, "You shall be he."
"I, the unkind, ungrateful? Ah, my dear,
I cannot look on thee."
Love took my hand, and smiling did reply,
"Who made the eyes but I?"
"Truth, Lord; but I have marred them; let my shame
Go where it doth deserve."
"And know you not," says Love, "who bore the blame?"
"My dear, then I will serve."
"You must sit down," says Love, "and taste my meat."
So I did sit and eat.
isn't it beautiful? wow!!! I hope i can write like that someday.
Yeah!! home for thanksgiving!!! I hope everyone will have a great week.....
Thursday, October 07, 2004
hello...
i'm tired. need to go to sleep. women cell tonight...yeah!!!
I am ready, to start anew.
"Where will you begin?" you may well ask.
"I have no idea," I shall well answer, yet
this is where it shall begin-my heart,
a heart that is ready to be changed...
this, my Lord, is where you shall start...
i'm tired. need to go to sleep. women cell tonight...yeah!!!
I am ready, to start anew.
"Where will you begin?" you may well ask.
"I have no idea," I shall well answer, yet
this is where it shall begin-my heart,
a heart that is ready to be changed...
this, my Lord, is where you shall start...
Thursday, September 23, 2004
this blog is up and running again!!!
so why the sudden urge to blog again? to be honest, i have no idea. I just feel like i need to practice my writing skills before writing for my school paper. so if any of you want to correct my writing or give me suggestions of what to write about, feel free to do so, i give you full permission. Please be nice though, thats all i ask.
have you ever wonder about life? life outside of North America? Life beyond what we are use to? after sleepless nights and long hours of reflection, i've come to realize that there is sooo much more to life than what i've known or could ever image. I've decided, and come to a realization that I know Nothing! Absolutely Nothing! i mean, there is soo much in this world, so much to explore, so many things to see. I've been living in this sheltered "bubble" of mine-one that i feel perfectly comfortable to stay in, which is why I needed to get out. I am well aware that the seperation from this "bubble" will result in a new-self, a new me. yet, I want to break from it desperately!!! i'm scared! i'm confused! i'm lost!
so why the sudden urge to blog again? to be honest, i have no idea. I just feel like i need to practice my writing skills before writing for my school paper. so if any of you want to correct my writing or give me suggestions of what to write about, feel free to do so, i give you full permission. Please be nice though, thats all i ask.
have you ever wonder about life? life outside of North America? Life beyond what we are use to? after sleepless nights and long hours of reflection, i've come to realize that there is sooo much more to life than what i've known or could ever image. I've decided, and come to a realization that I know Nothing! Absolutely Nothing! i mean, there is soo much in this world, so much to explore, so many things to see. I've been living in this sheltered "bubble" of mine-one that i feel perfectly comfortable to stay in, which is why I needed to get out. I am well aware that the seperation from this "bubble" will result in a new-self, a new me. yet, I want to break from it desperately!!! i'm scared! i'm confused! i'm lost!
Friday, May 14, 2004
Monday, March 08, 2004
Wednesday, December 10, 2003
Thursday, September 18, 2003
Saturday, May 24, 2003
Went on a one day trip to London on Sunday to hear Roger speak. And let me tell you....it was all worth it.
"The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But it it dies, it produces many seeds. The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.
"Now my heart is troubled, and what shall I say? 'Father, save me from this hour?' No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. Father, glorify your name!" John 12:23-26.
We must therefore "follow the Lamb wherever he goes....."
"The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But it it dies, it produces many seeds. The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.
"Now my heart is troubled, and what shall I say? 'Father, save me from this hour?' No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. Father, glorify your name!" John 12:23-26.
We must therefore "follow the Lamb wherever he goes....."
Sunday, May 11, 2003
my first blog after coming back to toronto....
i'm still trying to adjust to toronto, to church, to no fellowship, to friends.....hmmm...everything seems to be different around here...different, very different. i don't know maybe it is becuz people are busy around this time, but i can't really explain what i'm feeling right now...people are different. It seems to me that my dearest friends who use to be close to me just totally lost interest of what goes on in my life! i don't know....who cares...:)
To the happier note...I had a wonderful time having lunch on thurs. with a dear friend of mine that I haven't talk to for a long long time. I had such a great time!! To be able to talk to a sister of mine and being able to witness the wonderful things that God has been doing in her life. I was amazed at the things that we are able to share with each other..i mean, considering we haven't talk to each other (like real talks) for nearly..hmm...a year and a half? How amazing is that? And it is only becuz of Christ that is in the centre of our friendship that we have so much to share about, and the eagerness to want to know more about what God has been doing in each other's lives. Wow!..3 hours of sharing and no awkward moments....cool...Thank you God for being the centre and the one who binds our friendship together...:)
A.W. Tozer=Amazing Author!!!
"The old cross is a symbol of death. It stands for the abrupt, violent end of a human being. The man in Roman times who took up his cross and started down the road had already said good-bye to his friends. He was not coming back. He was going out to have it ended. The cross made no compromise, modified nothing, spared nothing; it slew all of the man, completely and for good. It did not try to keep on good terms with its victim. It struck cruel and hard, and when it had finished its work, the man was no more. The race of Adam is under death sentence. There is no commutation and no escape. God cannot approve any of the fruits of sin, however innocent they may appear or beautiful to the eyes of men. God salvages the individual by liquidating him and then raising him again to newness of life...."
This is what the cross is about. This is what the cross is truly about..not enjoyment, it is not a "friendly pal", it will not let us keep part of Adam and things of this world.
The one that decides to follow Christ must pick up its Cross. "He must forsake his sins and then go on to forsake himself. Let him cover nothing, defend nothing, excuse nothing. Let him not seek to make terms with God..." Then..."the cross that ended the earthly life of Jesus puts an end to the sinner; and the power that raised Christ from the dead raises him (us) to a new life along with Christ." Dare we preach anything but the truth of the cross.
i'm still trying to adjust to toronto, to church, to no fellowship, to friends.....hmmm...everything seems to be different around here...different, very different. i don't know maybe it is becuz people are busy around this time, but i can't really explain what i'm feeling right now...people are different. It seems to me that my dearest friends who use to be close to me just totally lost interest of what goes on in my life! i don't know....who cares...:)
To the happier note...I had a wonderful time having lunch on thurs. with a dear friend of mine that I haven't talk to for a long long time. I had such a great time!! To be able to talk to a sister of mine and being able to witness the wonderful things that God has been doing in her life. I was amazed at the things that we are able to share with each other..i mean, considering we haven't talk to each other (like real talks) for nearly..hmm...a year and a half? How amazing is that? And it is only becuz of Christ that is in the centre of our friendship that we have so much to share about, and the eagerness to want to know more about what God has been doing in each other's lives. Wow!..3 hours of sharing and no awkward moments....cool...Thank you God for being the centre and the one who binds our friendship together...:)
A.W. Tozer=Amazing Author!!!
"The old cross is a symbol of death. It stands for the abrupt, violent end of a human being. The man in Roman times who took up his cross and started down the road had already said good-bye to his friends. He was not coming back. He was going out to have it ended. The cross made no compromise, modified nothing, spared nothing; it slew all of the man, completely and for good. It did not try to keep on good terms with its victim. It struck cruel and hard, and when it had finished its work, the man was no more. The race of Adam is under death sentence. There is no commutation and no escape. God cannot approve any of the fruits of sin, however innocent they may appear or beautiful to the eyes of men. God salvages the individual by liquidating him and then raising him again to newness of life...."
This is what the cross is about. This is what the cross is truly about..not enjoyment, it is not a "friendly pal", it will not let us keep part of Adam and things of this world.
The one that decides to follow Christ must pick up its Cross. "He must forsake his sins and then go on to forsake himself. Let him cover nothing, defend nothing, excuse nothing. Let him not seek to make terms with God..." Then..."the cross that ended the earthly life of Jesus puts an end to the sinner; and the power that raised Christ from the dead raises him (us) to a new life along with Christ." Dare we preach anything but the truth of the cross.
Friday, April 25, 2003
We Lost!!!!!....now i'm gonna cheer for the senators!!!!
-i'm in the library right now, and sonja is beside me updating her page at the same time...haha, so much for studying again. studying=zero..again!!!!
-let me tell you all something about this girl who is sitting beside me, Sonja.
-she is amazing
-she's got this huge smile on her face at all times. (Seriously, sonja=big smile...you can't seperate the two.)
-she loves God all the time and have such a great passion for Him.
-I could talk to her for hours and hours in the library about the most important thing that matters the most in our lives-Our Father and what He has been showing the both of us!
-see? she just turned to me and told me what she has been realizing in the Lord.
-she is really really cool!!!!....love you sonja!
-yesterday, sonja and I both failed an exam. For all the people who are going to university next year, i'll give you an advice....Calculus is evil!!!!.....don't ever take calculus if you don't hf to!!...stupid cora took the harder course!!!!...boo!!
-anyways..i only hf one more exam left to do, and then i'll be going home....yeah....four whole months of good food.....how great!!!!
-God is so good...there's a lot that He is trying to show me still....i talked to karyn and we are both learning the same thing!!...maybe i'll ask roger on Sunday about it, since i'm staying here till Monday..!!!
-Roger and Pam's=great Sundays..!!!
last Sunday was another great Sunday night at Roger and Pam's. A lot of great things are happening in ACF..and i'm so excited!!...i had a chance to get to know Roger more and talked to him one on one, and that was really really cool!! He is not as scary as we think he is, it's all just the look....deep inside, he is this really cool (sometimes funny) guy!!!...hheheheh..:).
Also, i had a chance to finally talk to Gloria, and she is such a sweet girl. There is so much about this girl that is so amazing!!! She's so cool, maybe one day i'll have a chance to share more about her.
-God is so good to all of us!!!
-anyways, that's it for me now....back to the books..!!
-i'm in the library right now, and sonja is beside me updating her page at the same time...haha, so much for studying again. studying=zero..again!!!!
-let me tell you all something about this girl who is sitting beside me, Sonja.
-she is amazing
-she's got this huge smile on her face at all times. (Seriously, sonja=big smile...you can't seperate the two.)
-she loves God all the time and have such a great passion for Him.
-I could talk to her for hours and hours in the library about the most important thing that matters the most in our lives-Our Father and what He has been showing the both of us!
-see? she just turned to me and told me what she has been realizing in the Lord.
-she is really really cool!!!!....love you sonja!
-yesterday, sonja and I both failed an exam. For all the people who are going to university next year, i'll give you an advice....Calculus is evil!!!!.....don't ever take calculus if you don't hf to!!...stupid cora took the harder course!!!!...boo!!
-anyways..i only hf one more exam left to do, and then i'll be going home....yeah....four whole months of good food.....how great!!!!
-God is so good...there's a lot that He is trying to show me still....i talked to karyn and we are both learning the same thing!!...maybe i'll ask roger on Sunday about it, since i'm staying here till Monday..!!!
-Roger and Pam's=great Sundays..!!!
last Sunday was another great Sunday night at Roger and Pam's. A lot of great things are happening in ACF..and i'm so excited!!...i had a chance to get to know Roger more and talked to him one on one, and that was really really cool!! He is not as scary as we think he is, it's all just the look....deep inside, he is this really cool (sometimes funny) guy!!!...hheheheh..:).
Also, i had a chance to finally talk to Gloria, and she is such a sweet girl. There is so much about this girl that is so amazing!!! She's so cool, maybe one day i'll have a chance to share more about her.
-God is so good to all of us!!!
-anyways, that's it for me now....back to the books..!!
Tuesday, April 22, 2003
We Won!!!!!!
-such a good game....but we are cutting close....we really need to play a lot better than this....tonite was a good game though..!!!! some bad calls but some good ones as well!!!
haha...studying=zero!! again....and i hf an exam tomorrow
-i'm so tired right now...did a two hour exam today....that was such a bad exam....and i studied too....the exam itself was not bad...it was just toooooo long!!!!....i don't know how my prof would ever thing that anyone could ever finish that exam within two hours....craziness!
-9 hours of exam within 72 hours...and that does not count my studying time.!!!!....
-4 hours biz exam....here i come.....this one i'm gonna fail too....aiya
-pam and roger's yesterday was again really really really good....i am really gonna miss Sunday nights....:(....I really wanna share with everyone about what happened yesterday....but i will some other time.....for now....cora needs to get some sleep so she can write a 4 hours exam tomorrow and after, spend the whole night and the whole day on wednesday to prepare for her calc exam.....!!!!! craziness!!!!....exams are no fun at all!!!!
-such a good game....but we are cutting close....we really need to play a lot better than this....tonite was a good game though..!!!! some bad calls but some good ones as well!!!
haha...studying=zero!! again....and i hf an exam tomorrow
-i'm so tired right now...did a two hour exam today....that was such a bad exam....and i studied too....the exam itself was not bad...it was just toooooo long!!!!....i don't know how my prof would ever thing that anyone could ever finish that exam within two hours....craziness!
-9 hours of exam within 72 hours...and that does not count my studying time.!!!!....
-4 hours biz exam....here i come.....this one i'm gonna fail too....aiya
-pam and roger's yesterday was again really really really good....i am really gonna miss Sunday nights....:(....I really wanna share with everyone about what happened yesterday....but i will some other time.....for now....cora needs to get some sleep so she can write a 4 hours exam tomorrow and after, spend the whole night and the whole day on wednesday to prepare for her calc exam.....!!!!! craziness!!!!....exams are no fun at all!!!!
Sunday, April 20, 2003
a post taken from Apr 19 2003
"...We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life..." ~Romans 6:4
When Christ resurrected, we were in Him. We need not try to get in Christ, for we are already in Him. Praise God because we are a new creation!!!..i know i talk about this a lot, but i feel like i should mention it again!!...we are a new creation!!! The nature of God does things that are of God and the nature of Adam does things that are of Adam. but, we have a new creation!!! It is our new nature that do things of God..not by our effort, but because when Christ resurrected, we were there too, we were in Him!!! isn't that cool??...and that is what we must focus on. Not our past, or our "sins"...or in fear that we will sin again because of our "human nature"....i agree that in our "human nature" which is of our old self, we were inclined to sin!!!...but we are a new creation, we died to our old self!!!!....the old has pass and the new has come.....so let us reckon that we are a new creation, therefore it is our nature to do things that are of the Spirit!!!!....this is why Jesus resurrected, so that we may live as a new creation with the Spirit of God that is living in us!!! Praise the Lord!!!
"Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it; that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word, that he might present the church to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish" ~Eph. 5:25-27. Watchman Nee said that this is what God intends for His children, His church to be..."a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but...holy and without blemish." Watchman Nee said in his book exactly this:
"... And yet how precious is the promise and how gracious are the words used of her (the church): "not having spot"-the scars of sin, whose very history is now forgotten; "or wrinkle"-the marks of age and of time lost, for all is now made up and all is new; and "without blemish"-so that Satan or demons or men can find no ground for blame in her." And this is us!!!!!
This is why Christ died for us and rose again: so that as He is in glory, that we too may appear in glory with Him as well!!! Praise the Lord, Hallelujiah...!!! AHHHH!!!!
"...We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life..." ~Romans 6:4
When Christ resurrected, we were in Him. We need not try to get in Christ, for we are already in Him. Praise God because we are a new creation!!!..i know i talk about this a lot, but i feel like i should mention it again!!...we are a new creation!!! The nature of God does things that are of God and the nature of Adam does things that are of Adam. but, we have a new creation!!! It is our new nature that do things of God..not by our effort, but because when Christ resurrected, we were there too, we were in Him!!! isn't that cool??...and that is what we must focus on. Not our past, or our "sins"...or in fear that we will sin again because of our "human nature"....i agree that in our "human nature" which is of our old self, we were inclined to sin!!!...but we are a new creation, we died to our old self!!!!....the old has pass and the new has come.....so let us reckon that we are a new creation, therefore it is our nature to do things that are of the Spirit!!!!....this is why Jesus resurrected, so that we may live as a new creation with the Spirit of God that is living in us!!! Praise the Lord!!!
"Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it; that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word, that he might present the church to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish" ~Eph. 5:25-27. Watchman Nee said that this is what God intends for His children, His church to be..."a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but...holy and without blemish." Watchman Nee said in his book exactly this:
"... And yet how precious is the promise and how gracious are the words used of her (the church): "not having spot"-the scars of sin, whose very history is now forgotten; "or wrinkle"-the marks of age and of time lost, for all is now made up and all is new; and "without blemish"-so that Satan or demons or men can find no ground for blame in her." And this is us!!!!!
This is why Christ died for us and rose again: so that as He is in glory, that we too may appear in glory with Him as well!!! Praise the Lord, Hallelujiah...!!! AHHHH!!!!
Saturday, April 19, 2003
another thing.....please go to my friend, sonja's, site and read her testimony!!!
To sonja: Yes..i agree!!!...and i totally rejoice with you!!!..i am so happy that you know..!!!! AHHHH!!!...:)
To sonja: Yes..i agree!!!...and i totally rejoice with you!!!..i am so happy that you know..!!!! AHHHH!!!...:)
in the old testament, no one was permitted to enter the Holy of Holies except the high priest, and that was only once a year!
but when Jesus died...
.."And the curtain of the temple was torn in two.."
What is the veil?
-it is our flesh, our sins and everything that seperates us from God.
but where is the veil now?
-And the curtain of the temple was torn in two...it's gone, it has been torn long ago!! it is finished...praise God! When Jesus died, the veil was torn!!! our old self was torn and our sins are torn. What seperates us from God? our sins....but it is TORN!!!! so that their may be no barrier in between us and God!!!..isn't that great!! Praise God!!!
knowing that, I woke up today with such great joy in my heart, i kept thinking about the veil and how it was torn when Jesus died!!! isn't that cool? "...that we may have confidence to enter the holiest by the blood of Jesus.." cool! nothing we do can torn it apart, but only by the blood of Christ, and it is done and over with!!!...yeah, we're dead!!!...but Christ is alive in us!!!....:)
"What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? But no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?......For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, and we should no longer be slaves to sin-because anyone who has died has been freed from sin...." ~Romans 6:3-6 did you notice that it is written in past tense? we died...was crucified....who has died....:) IT IS FINISHED!!!
-anyways...stay tune, cuz i wanna talk about His resurrection too, the part of the Gospel where we should focus on more!!!
but when Jesus died...
.."And the curtain of the temple was torn in two.."
What is the veil?
-it is our flesh, our sins and everything that seperates us from God.
but where is the veil now?
-And the curtain of the temple was torn in two...it's gone, it has been torn long ago!! it is finished...praise God! When Jesus died, the veil was torn!!! our old self was torn and our sins are torn. What seperates us from God? our sins....but it is TORN!!!! so that their may be no barrier in between us and God!!!..isn't that great!! Praise God!!!
knowing that, I woke up today with such great joy in my heart, i kept thinking about the veil and how it was torn when Jesus died!!! isn't that cool? "...that we may have confidence to enter the holiest by the blood of Jesus.." cool! nothing we do can torn it apart, but only by the blood of Christ, and it is done and over with!!!...yeah, we're dead!!!...but Christ is alive in us!!!....:)
"What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? But no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?......For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, and we should no longer be slaves to sin-because anyone who has died has been freed from sin...." ~Romans 6:3-6 did you notice that it is written in past tense? we died...was crucified....who has died....:) IT IS FINISHED!!!
-anyways...stay tune, cuz i wanna talk about His resurrection too, the part of the Gospel where we should focus on more!!!
Friday, April 18, 2003
Good Friday
-joy, joy, and even more joy!!!
this is what my friend tiff wrote to me:
hey cora...it was sunny and warm at the beginning of the week...then it started to get cloudy...then it rained wednesday and yesterday...i thought of you and how you told me that for the past few Good Fridays it has rained...i'm thinking it just might rain again today....so cool. =0)
"It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour, for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two."
...and guess what? it's dark and gloomy outside and it's raining....weird!!!....today is Good Friday, my aspects of Good Friday have totally changed ever since i learnd about the reason the Lord has died for us. Hey, if you guys who are out there who think that they have to be sad and gloomy today like what i thought i had to feel like before...don't!!!..because that's not what it is about!!! Jesus' death should be our joy knowing that He has also resurrected!! And knowing that He died to give us Life!!!! And plus, His death didn't last that long....He rose again!!!! Let us be reminded of His death, not just today, but everyday!!!....The Lord Jesus died for us not just to wash away our sins, but to deal will the root of the problem as well....us!!! He died, so that we may die with Him!!!! So when He died, we died. Watchman Nee said: "When the Lord Jesus was on the Cross all of us died-not individually, for we have not yet been born-but being in Him, we died with Him." And guess what? Jesus has ALREADY died....so it's all done and finished!!!!! Hallelujiah!!!!!.......today is a joyful day!!!!!
If you don't know what i mean about us dying with Him...don't fret..:)....read Romans 4-6!!! Personally note: Romans 7 and 8 is good too!!!...hey, but if you read Romans 7, you better read Romans 8 as well and link them together!!!!!!...cuz a lot of people misinterpret Romans 7 when it is by itself!!!!
anyways...i will write some more tonite...i will speak more about the curtain that is torn then...so say tune!!!
-joy, joy, and even more joy!!!
this is what my friend tiff wrote to me:
hey cora...it was sunny and warm at the beginning of the week...then it started to get cloudy...then it rained wednesday and yesterday...i thought of you and how you told me that for the past few Good Fridays it has rained...i'm thinking it just might rain again today....so cool. =0)
"It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour, for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two."
...and guess what? it's dark and gloomy outside and it's raining....weird!!!....today is Good Friday, my aspects of Good Friday have totally changed ever since i learnd about the reason the Lord has died for us. Hey, if you guys who are out there who think that they have to be sad and gloomy today like what i thought i had to feel like before...don't!!!..because that's not what it is about!!! Jesus' death should be our joy knowing that He has also resurrected!! And knowing that He died to give us Life!!!! And plus, His death didn't last that long....He rose again!!!! Let us be reminded of His death, not just today, but everyday!!!....The Lord Jesus died for us not just to wash away our sins, but to deal will the root of the problem as well....us!!! He died, so that we may die with Him!!!! So when He died, we died. Watchman Nee said: "When the Lord Jesus was on the Cross all of us died-not individually, for we have not yet been born-but being in Him, we died with Him." And guess what? Jesus has ALREADY died....so it's all done and finished!!!!! Hallelujiah!!!!!.......today is a joyful day!!!!!
If you don't know what i mean about us dying with Him...don't fret..:)....read Romans 4-6!!! Personally note: Romans 7 and 8 is good too!!!...hey, but if you read Romans 7, you better read Romans 8 as well and link them together!!!!!!...cuz a lot of people misinterpret Romans 7 when it is by itself!!!!
anyways...i will write some more tonite...i will speak more about the curtain that is torn then...so say tune!!!
another 12 hours at the library today...
-today was good!!..didn't get as much studying as I hoped i would...ah well. I had a little bible study will sonja today in the library. It's so funny, we can't keep ourselves away from the bible...don't get me wrong, it's a good thing. heheh...i think there was a point when i said: "sonja, we gotta stop talking to each other and study!!!" and then sonja replied: "okay, that's easy, we'll just stop opening our bibles!!!"....heheh...i love that girl!
-I was feeling a bit overwhelmed today about exams and university and my program and so forth. After talking to karyn on the phone, i was just sitting there, thinking a bit...and then suddenly what karyn once said came to my mind, "Whether you know it or like it or not, the Spirit of God that is in you is worshipping the Father right now!!!!" and i was like...yeah, this is the real me, this is my nature....not to worry but I have a new spirit that always, and i mean always worships the Father!!!.my nature is to worship my Father..Praise God!!! but i think it's cool, cuz eventhough in my mind i was thinking about it, but my heart was still at peace. The peace was there all along, becuz Christ is peace, i just needed to remind myself that!!!.
-After knowing that i'm freeD i think i'm starting to live out my life in accordance to the freedom that the Lord has already given me!! I'm learning more to trust myself now, eventhough there are times that i need to remind myself that I am a new creation!..but it's cool! "For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ."~1 Cor 2:16. We have the mind of Christ!!!! yeah!!!! Trust yourself!!!
here karyn, I updated today's blog just for you....
-today was good!!..didn't get as much studying as I hoped i would...ah well. I had a little bible study will sonja today in the library. It's so funny, we can't keep ourselves away from the bible...don't get me wrong, it's a good thing. heheh...i think there was a point when i said: "sonja, we gotta stop talking to each other and study!!!" and then sonja replied: "okay, that's easy, we'll just stop opening our bibles!!!"....heheh...i love that girl!
-I was feeling a bit overwhelmed today about exams and university and my program and so forth. After talking to karyn on the phone, i was just sitting there, thinking a bit...and then suddenly what karyn once said came to my mind, "Whether you know it or like it or not, the Spirit of God that is in you is worshipping the Father right now!!!!" and i was like...yeah, this is the real me, this is my nature....not to worry but I have a new spirit that always, and i mean always worships the Father!!!.my nature is to worship my Father..Praise God!!! but i think it's cool, cuz eventhough in my mind i was thinking about it, but my heart was still at peace. The peace was there all along, becuz Christ is peace, i just needed to remind myself that!!!.
-After knowing that i'm freeD i think i'm starting to live out my life in accordance to the freedom that the Lord has already given me!! I'm learning more to trust myself now, eventhough there are times that i need to remind myself that I am a new creation!..but it's cool! "For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ."~1 Cor 2:16. We have the mind of Christ!!!! yeah!!!! Trust yourself!!!
here karyn, I updated today's blog just for you....