psh, i don't talk to strangers.

i just make a lot and a lot of short-term friends all over the place. :)

jesus,

guard my heart.
hold my heart.
be my heart.

the one with chandler in a box.

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it has only to do with God so desperately wanting us to know that He loves us that He incarnated Himself- He became Jesus- so that we can know that.
- rich mullins

when i read that, it reminded me of this episode of friends- the one with chandler in a box. to prove to joey just how much he cares about their friendship and how much joey meant to him and how much he loved joey, chandler was willing to be locked up in a dark, wooden box for six hours. and that's what God did for us. God put Himself- His gloriously, divinely, boundless self- in a dark, stuffy "box" for us. He who is without bounds, self-imposed bounds on Himself. God was willing to be "locked up" in our limited, clumsy, helpless human body for more than thirty years just to show us how much He loves us. when people go on hunger strikes to prove something, to demonstrate their love for something, they give up food, which is like whoaa, to us. but God-

the Eternal Being, who knows everything and who created everything, became not only a man but (before that) a baby, and before that a fetus inside a woman's body. if you want to get the hang of it, think how you would like to become a slug or a crab.
- c.s. lewis

we think of God becoming man and it's like, "psh, that's not so bad. being man is awesome, dude, we're as good as it gets. being human is not a bad gig at all." but when i read that quote by c.s. lewis, it really put things into perspective for me and kind of blew my mind. He not only gave up His cushy seat in Heaven but He also gave up senses and capabilities we cannot even begin to conceive and most definitely don't have names for- it's like us giving up opposable thumbs and the range of colors we can see and the ability to dance and sing and write poetry and eat chocolate chip cookies and sushi, to become a slug, who has no concept of any of those things. and if we are the equivalent of the slug, imagine all the things God can do, all the things that are so beyond us, that He gave up. He gave it all up. He gave up absolutely everything.

He readily gave it all up just to prove to me,
"hey, i love you."

whoaa. ♥

the three C's of vegetarianism:

cookies, cake, & cheese.

yup, it's tuesday again.

why are you still in my room?

why are you still in my heart?

go, go, go, go,
go, please?

i fail.

this was going to be the week where i didn't skip any classes at all. i went to astronomy on monday. i went to both math and story theater on tuesday. but now it's wednesday 1:27 pm and i am still in bed, it doesn't look like astronomy at 1:30 is happening.

oh well, i can't be expected to quit skipping classes cold turkey. this will be the week where i only skipped one class.

carrot cake is by far my favorite vegetable.

throw in some mozarella sticks & marinara sauce,
i could totally be a vegetarian.

if you love it,

live it.

i am who God says i am.

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mufasa: simba, you have forgotten me.
simba: no, how could i?
mufasa: you have forgotten who you are, and so forgotten me. look inside yourself, simba. you are more than what you have become. remember who you are. you are my son.

when i heard that, i just stopped. and i was like wow, God. this is You. this is You right here. You and me ♥

"you have forgotten who you are, and so forgotten me."
we are created in the image of God. we are crafted soo lovingly and intentionally and thoughtfully by God. we have God's fingerprints all over us. and when we feel discontent with who we are or let ourselves get consumed with insecurity, we're calling into question His handiwork and His goodness and His love- who He is. "for we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." (eph 2:10) when we lose sight of who we are, everything we are, we lose sight of who He is, and everything He is. i am who God says i am. i need to stop forgetting.

"you are more than what you have become."
God wants so much more for us. He has such bigger dreams and bigger plans and bigger purposes for us :) "for my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways." (isa 55:8) God's best really is best. we might not be able to see it right now, but trust and obey, for there's no other way.. to be happy in jesus, but to trust and obey. jesus, i want to be everything You've made me to be.

"you are my son."
or for some of us, "you are my daughter." ♥
wow. that is so powerful. and so ENOUGH.
you are my daughter.
this is where my identity should lie. this should be enough to define who i am and what i do. these four words should be my peace and my joy. in this simple statement, there is wrapped so much unconditional love and security and power.
you are my daughter.
i know i am loved by the king, and it makes my heart wanna sing.



"i lift up my eyes to the hills- where does my help come from?
my help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth."
psalm 121:1-2

♥♥♥

heh. if anyone couldn't tell before, the lion king is my most favorite movie :) and the really cool part is, i was feeling sad tonight after watching pretty woman and i knew i should go to God with my sadness and my longing but instead, i crawled into bed and put on the lion king ♥ and God used that to reach me, to reach out to me, to speak to me, to comfort me. oh God ♥ how You love me :)

winnie the pooh is my hero.

he is so insightful and has such a big heart and he sees the world with such uninhibited wonder :)

and he loves breakfast-
piglet: when you wake up in the morning, pooh, what's the first thing you say to yourself?
pooh: what's for breakfast? what do you say, piglet?
piglet: i say, i wonder what's going to happen exciting today?
pooh: *nods thoughfully* it's the same thing.

awh, i would love to have breakfast with winnie the pooh.