January 2012
1 post
“No, it don’t break even.”
December 2011
5 posts
Poem I wrote in 2003 (at least)
calebyap:
I dug this up today, and was quite moved by it:
I said, “Let me walk in the field,” He said, “No, walk in the town.” I said, “There are no flowers here!” He said, “No flowers, but a crown.”
I said, “But the skies are black, There is nothing but noise and din!” And He wept as He sent me back “There is more,” He said, “There is sin.”
I said, “But the air is thick! And fog is veiling...
Fred Astaire on style. →
This Christmastime: How is God better than Santa...
(Or: My reflections after watching Arthur Christmas)
I’m not sure about the value of comparing a folktale (Santa) with the truth (God), but I think that given the two different versions of Christmas put forth by the secular world and that presented by the Church, perhaps this might in some way be relevant =)
On Christmas day, God gave us His Son.
God’s gift is not only for those who...
Thank you Lord for carrying me through my exams.
Whether I pass or fail, please give me the strength to somehow glorify you.
But for now let me be content that my future rests entirely in Your hands.
November 2011
19 posts
Christmas colours =)
Whose house am I building?
This is what the LORD Almighty says: “Give careful thought to your ways. Go up into the mountains and bring down timber and build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be honored,” says the LORD. “You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew away. Why?” declares the LORD Almighty. “Because of my house, which remains a ruin, while each of you is...
“The Old Testament shines so beautifully in light of the New.”
– =)
17 Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, 18 yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior.
Habbakuk 3:17-18
I asked the Lord, that I might grow In faith, and love, and every grace; Might more of His salvation know; And seek more earnestly His face. Twas He who taught me thus to pray, And He, I trust has answered prayer; But it has been in such a way, As almost drove me to despair! I hoped that in some favored hour, At once He’d answer my request; And by His love’s constraining power, Subdue...
“We’re a gender, not a genre.”
– Adele Laurie Blue Adkins
“Mondegreens.”
“If they get mad, I lose. If I get mad, I lose.”
– Grek Koukl’s rule in debating and doing apologetics. (via calebyap)
Be You. →
Jesus said to him, ”If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me!”
-John 21:22
October 2011
17 posts
“Two things I ask of you, LORD; do not refuse me before I die: Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
-Proverbs 30:7-9
“If you feel that you are empty, if you feel you are nothing, if you feel you are...”
– Martin Lloyd-Jones
Love: A Poem for Victor and Mildred Ellison on...
From Caleb’s tumblr:
Love is patient and is kind. It never rushes, always makes time. The Bible says Love’s truest state Is gracious and faithful through the wait. Its every thought and hope is for The best, and never wanting more, Love does not envy, it does not boast; It is content, and knows it owns All gifts God has planned Himself to give. Love treasures gifts- the life Love lives...
I'm getting ready to move =)
Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
-2 Corinthians 5:1
The owner of the house I have lived in for many years has notified me that he will do little or nothing to keep it in repair. He also advised me to be ready to move.
At first this was not very welcome news. In many respects the...
self/struggle
What is true conversion?
When the Word of God converts a man, it takes away from him his despair but it does not take from him his repentance.
True conversion gives a man pardon, but it does not make him presumptuous.
True conversion gives a man perfect rest, but it does not stop his progress.
True conversion gives a man security, but it does not allow him to leave off being watchful.
True conversion gives a man...
But the LORD said, “You have been concerned about this plant, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and died overnight. And should I not have concern for the great city of Nineveh, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left—and also many animals?”
- Jonah 4:10-11
First Corinthians 6:19a-20b
You are not your own; you were bought at a price.
Fifty-two: twenty eight =)
Love is patient. →
“Your grief always reveals your heart… The length and extent of your grief...”
– Paul Tripp
“The Most High rules.”
September 2011
22 posts
Be
Quick to listen,
Slow to speak, and
Slow to become Angry.
-James 1:19
(Paraphrasing mine)
“If a doctor, lawyer, or dentist had 40 people in his office at one time, all of...”
– Donald D. Quinn
Grace
Grace is not like a new and improved religious programme that’s a bit nicer, a bit less draconian – less duty, more love and groovy vibes. Grace is the blood, sweat and tears of Jesus expended on your behalf while you do nothing but cause His death.
-Glen Scrivener
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I wish you bluebirds in the spring To give your heart a song to sing And then a kiss But more than this I wish you love. And in July a lemonade To cool you in some leafy glade I wish you health And more than wealth I wish you love.
I wish you shelter from the storm A cozy fire to keep you warm But most of all When snowflakes fall I wish you love.