February 2012
1 post
“There are some pieces of common, cultural wisdom that are so often quoted and...”
– Barnabas Piper
January 2012
4 posts
Advice from boyfriend
Texting in class.
Me: Today is quite the failed day with paying attention in class
Jonathan: Aww download a game! :P
“On the cross Jesus wins through losing, triumphs through defeat, achieves power...”
– Tim Keller
December 2011
11 posts
“The deepest joys in life are not when people are hailing you in your status, but...”
– John Piper
“The birth of Christ brought God to man; the cross of Christ brings man to God”
“Adherents of Christmas are exhausted & overextended but Christmas worshipers...”
– C.S. Lewis
“I’m giving you my heart, and all that is within
I lay it all down for the...”
– Surrender- Lincoln Brewster
Another semester, DONE.
Time to thoroughly enjoy and soak in the Christmas holiday and fully appreciate its significance :)
November 2011
5 posts
“Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write...”
– Proverbs 3:3
Thanksgiving
Turkey and hot pot, consumed. Pumpkin pie, pumpkin cheesecake, key lime tart, and fruit tart, sampled. Hm, belly is quite full, body feels quite sluggish, but heart feels warm from being around loved ones. Sounds about right, Thanksgiving dinner is officially over.
Whether it is flying into SJC or exiting the Stevens Creek exit, there’s this irreplaceable comforting feeling coming home....
“I can multi-task, just not simultaneously”
– Romin Bahk defending his (or men in general) ability to multi-task
“The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately...”
– Francis Chan
October 2011
10 posts
“Waiting is one of God’s most powerful tools of grace. It’s important...”
“Marriage did not evolve in the late Bronze Age as a way to determine property...”
– Tim Keller (from The Meaning of Marriage)
“The fact Jesus had to die for me humbled me out of my pride. The fact Jesus was...”
“Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created...”
“Supposing you are taking a dog on a lead past a post. You know what...”
– C.S. Lewis
“The cure for too-much-to-do is solitude and silence, for there you find you are...”
– Dallas Willard
“The Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth Does not...”
– Isaiah 40:28-29
Oh dad..
Email from my dad :
“Family, Thanks for you all for the birthday gift - a new bike. http://www.performancebike.com/bikes/Product2_10052_10551_1098196_-1 Thank you, thank you, and thank you. The credits will be deducted from your accounts. Thank you….. Love, Dad”
His birthday was in August. And none of us were aware we were getting this gift for him..until after the...
September 2011
6 posts
“Read history & you find that Christians who did most for the present world...”
– C.S. Lewis
“Everyone has something, that if they lose it, they won’t even want to live...”
– Tim Keller
"When was the last time you had boba?.."
I was fortunate enough to be able to rearrange some things to come home for a couple days (literally 52 hrs) this weekend. Seeing how my mom’s birthday was coming up and I wouldn’t be able to come home anytime in the upcoming weeks or even month(s), I decided to use this trip home to surprise her for her birthday.
Thursday afternoon unfolded like this: Work 8:30am-12pm, Pack and eat...
August 2011
7 posts
Making the most of a day
- Laguna beach 8:30am-11:30 am - OTC class 1-4pm - Work 5:30-9:30pm - Study 10-11pm
Wish we could have more days (mornings) like this..So long freedom, see you in 2012.
“We hold on to the things we should forget; and forget the things we ought to...”
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also”
– Matthew 6:21
“Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to...”
– C.S. Lewis
“Love is not a feeling, it is an action. An action that leads to a feeling.”
Outrage to Adoration..
“Why would God ask Abraham to offer his son as a sacrifice? Is God trying to teach us that we should be willing sacrifice what is most precious to us? No. This story is not recorded to inspire sacrifice to God. Instead, it paints in vivid colors the sacrifice of God. The point of this story is not to convince you that you must be willing to sacrifice to God what is most precious to you,...
“For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but...”
– 1 Corinthians 13:12-13
July 2011
5 posts
“We are not meant to die merely in order to be dead. God could not want that for...”
“For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory...”
– 2 Corinthians 4:17-18
“Sin only has power because of the promises it makes. Promises for happiness....”
– John Piper
Vacation/family withdrawl
(last view of Taiwan)
Is there such a thing? Is this a sign of adulthood? The reality of what full time working is like/will be like?
“You are strength in my weakness.”
“Grace is the pleasure of God to magnify the worth of God by enabling sinners to...”
– John Piper