May 2012
2 posts
“We all know that most beloved verse in the scripture, “God so loved the world...”
– Sam Wells, But Even If Not (via invisibleforeigner)
Family Affirmation
Dad: So, who was John Snow?
Megan: Strawberry!
Me: And you call me weird?
Megan: Yes, because you are.
April 2012
1 post
Helpful pain charts are helpful →
March 2012
2 posts
“But I’m smarter than a log…I’m like a logarithm!”
– Justin Yi (via dcspikey2)
Post SBSB Convos
Justin: Ni de didi hen piao liang! (Your didi is very pretty!)
Me: You know didi means "little brother," right?
Justin: ...
January 2012
5 posts
2 tags
Trust vs. Expectations
Something I’ve been thinking about for years, that I’ve talked to people about a number of times: what is the boundary between healthy trust and unhealthy expectations? Too often in the past, I feel like I’ve set myself up for some sort of fall, but just tried to brush it aside as a price that comes with trust - it just comes with the territory.
Or does it? The majority of the...
“Whoever deliberately tries to be sorry will never be sorry. Sorrow cannot be...”
– Desiring God
“Worship is a way of gladly reflecting back to God the radiance of His worth....”
– Desiring God - John Piper
“There is much mental suffering in our world. But some of it is suffering for the...”
– — Henri Nouwen, Reaching Out: The Three Movements of the Spiritual Life
(via schizophreniatic)
1 tag
“Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will...”
– Ephesians 6:19-20
December 2011
2 posts
“SBSB…SBSB…SBSBUS! It’s the SBSBUS, the SBSB bus!”
– My sister
“The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved”
– Mother Teresa (via thelittlephilosopher)
November 2011
2 posts
"Morning by morning new mercies I see"
jellyforshelly:
what if seeing his new mercies begins with allowing him to lead us to places where we are at his mercy
A Night at the F4
Alex (playing Civ 4): I WIN!
Justin: Be quiet!
Alex: I WIN!
Chris: Don't touch me there!
Daniel & Me: What?!
Alex: ...I WIN!
October 2011
5 posts
“Out of the depths I have cried to You, O LORD. Lord, hear my voice!
Let Your...”
– Psalm 130, NASB
Ultrasound class
Dr. N: What happens when you use the wrong speed of sound?
Student: You won't be right.
“Be still before the LORD
and wait patiently for him;
do not fret when...”
– Psalm 37:7-9
“The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures,...”
– Psalm 23
tired
September 2011
2 posts
“The mind that takes up with images is a mind that has not yet learned to love...”
– J.I. Packer, Knowing God, about making images of God (both physical and mental)
“For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance...”
– 2 Cor. 7:10, NASB
August 2011
5 posts
“Heaven is knowing what’s at the heart of God’s heart. And do you...”
– Dean Samuel Wells, Duke Chapel
“A believer with no daily time with Jesus is like a tree with no roots. First...”
– Casting Crowns, on a Facebook post.
“Chains and whips excite me!”
– 7-year-old girl, singing to the radio blasting from her parents’ boat in Port Jefferson.
“We see that how we live is an expression of where we live. If we think we live...”
– Mark Labberton, The Dangerous Act of Worship
“Worship helps us remember that the greatest power we could ever hope to have is...”
– Mark Labberton, The Dangerous Act of Worship
July 2011
1 post
June 2011
5 posts
WatchIn the butterfly garden at the hospital in San Ramon. The butterfly really enjoyed cleaning Tom’s teeth.
WatchZiplining in Monteverde, Costa Rica. They told us not to have our cameras out between platforms, but we all did it anyway =) Sorry for the chaos of everything - I tried to make it as smooth as possible, but I still had to hold on to my harness =P
Juda-as →
We often think of Judas as completely evil and horrible through and through, seeking to take Jesus down from the beginning. But he wasn’t like that. This devotional is a pretty interesting look at the concept of receiving rather than working for God’s grace.
That's Not In the Bible →
An interesting read on how a lot of commonly quoted “Biblical” passages aren’t passages at all or have been misinterpreted. All the more reason why we shouldn’t just blindly throw verses at things out of context, but rather take the time to understand the whole message…and remember it.
May 2011
5 posts
Costa Rica/Nicaragua Blog!
Just kidding about that last post! You can read about my adventures here:
https://andyinnicaragua.wordpress.com/
Two days till I head off to Costa Rica! Hopefully I’ll be making regular updates here.
Mango Jelly: So you want a king? →
This is what the king who will reign over you will claim as his rights: He will take your sons and make them serve with his chariots and horses, and they will run in front of his chariots. Some he will assign to be commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and others to plow his ground…
There’s definitely truth in the fact that it’s not all fun and games. But at the...
Family Decisions
Dad: So kids, what color siding do we want for the house?
Sis: Sweet and sour chicken!
1 tag
Ragamuffins
Just finished The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning - definitely one of the best reminders about grace that I’ve encountered outside the Bible. I highly recommend this for anyone, whether the concept of grace has you completely baffled or you miraculously feel like you understand grace fully. He had an interesting note in the last section of the book called “19 Mercies: A Spiritual...
December 2010
3 posts
Axes Matter... →
Feels just like an Me83 lab report or BME 171 homework with those random, massive point deductions. what an engineering mindset, hahahaha
“Take me home with you!! Oooh, we better get used to being...”
– Justin, about my sister.
November 2010
1 post
my sketchy roomie
Me: Do you know how old my sister is?? She's (very young)!
Justin: Jailbait!
later...
Justin: I'd go to jail for that.
Me: What?!?!
Justin: Unless you want to sacrifice your body!
October 2010
1 post
Keep Hangin On
Perseverance - it’s very hard and often seems pointless, but in the end, it’s well worth it.
September 2010
1 post
News Flash
thewoolymammoth:
aznsensazn:
As of 9/10/2010, the F4 will now be using OHH in place of LOL.
OH HO HO!
DUDE!!! This is hilarious! I just OHHed in front of my computer! OHH!
SO FUNNY! OHH!!
August 2010
1 post
2 tags
“For the revelation awaits an appointed time;
it speaks of the end
...”
– Habakkuk 2:3
July 2010
5 posts
3 tags
The Brothers Karamazov
This was perhaps one of the greatest books I have ever read. Even as a work of fiction, it has an immense amount of truth in it. Dostoyevsky does such a phenomenal job of capturing the depth of human emotion and articulating the the muddled thoughts that make up the human psyche. Reading this book, I felt genuine disgust at Fyodor Pavlovitch’s unbridled licentiousness, affection for Father...
karmindia:
““Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don’t search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future,...
Diabetes Drug Maker Hid Test Data, Files Indicate →
jwang-thegreenlight:
aznyellojersey:
If this isn’t criminal on GSK’s part, I don’t know what is.
Whoa, this is not good, not good at all. Then again, it is the pharmaceutical industry. They produce the drugs you should use, and sometimes, the drawback is that they’ll produce simply drugs that can be used. I’m not sure if I’m shocked by this at all.
“Hiding the results of negative...
The REAL iPhonekiller →
June 2010
7 posts
fresh perspectives
My friend shared with me recently a new way of looking at sin:
… In Christ, I am a new creation. My old self has passed away and the new self HAS COME. This means that the sinful nature is no longer part of who I am, but is instead a separate entity that still lives inside of me and tries to influence me, but isn’t actually part of who I really am anymore. If you don’t believe...