In Quietness and Stillness I Trust

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My Dad: If Tim Burton directed The Hunger Games he would cast Johnny Depp as Katniss.

Wed, 30 May 2012 23:49:25 +0800

My Dad: If Tim Burton directed The Hunger Games he would cast Johnny Depp as Katniss.

God is Dead

Wed, 30 May 2012 20:52:27 +0800

corycopeland:

“God is dead…and we have killed Him…”

This bit of quote is from Friedrich Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra. When I first read it, I became incensed as my natural inclination to defend my God and my beliefs sprang forth. I found myself wanting to punch the stuffy “philosophizer” right in his German snooker—even though he’s been dead for almost 112 years. Once I settled down a bit and my blood pressure returned to normal, the end part of Nietzsche’s quote crawled into my brain and nested for a considerable time.

“…and we have killed Him”

The whole of the quote goes on to suggest that we have “replaced” God because we have assumed His deity for ourselves, that we no longer need God because we have become gods into ourselves. And as angry as these ancient words made me, I find myself flabbergasted by their truth. Through our busyness and through our penchant for selfishly acting in our own best interest, slowly but surely, we’ve crept to a place where we no longer need God because we have ourselves to rely on.

As Christians, it is our gift to be able to look to God for guidance and faith. But as this world seemingly spins faster and faster, are we relying on God or are do we instead choose to go it alone? Are we placing God in His rightful place of reverence in our life?
As I type this, I feel guilt rattle through my bones because my stubbornness and force of will have always kept me from fully trusting in the God who gracefully extends beautiful life to me day after day. Because I have always been the kind of man who relies upon himself rather than on others, I feel as though placing my worries and cares in Him will only be a bother to a God who looks after the entire human race. It’s childish and I realize this, but at the same time, if I’m not allowing God to be what He’s supposed to be in my life, if I’m not allowing Him to work in my life the way He intends to, He might as well be dead to me.

Now, I’m not daft enough to suggest that God is dead. We of faith know that He is Forever and the mercy and grace we feel through Him is proof of that. My point is that if we are choosing to ignore God and instead do and say and behave as we choose with no regard to Him, what’s the point of acknowledging His deity at all?

He is there to look after us and guide us. Why do we forget this so frequently? Why do I choose to ignore these gifts? Is my wisdom greater than His own? The answer is laughable. Have I proven myself worthy of living my life without the help and guidance of a loving and forgiving God? The pages of this space testify to the opposite. So why am I so hell-bent on proving to Him, me, you, everyone that I can do it alone? Why are we so dedicated to breaking our will against the hypocrisy of our own mortality? I blame it on the same bugging conscience that caused those wayward souls of Babel to think they could reach His throne through their own construction of might.

The truth remains that our God is not dead and He never will be. Nietzsche may or may not have been onto something while studying the self absorbance of we humans, but I choose to believe that I—that we—can be more faithful in the reliance that is placed upon Him so that we never confuse our confiscated deity with His holy own.

God is alive; it’s the reliance we place on ourselves that needs to die.

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"Do not chase people. Be you and do your own thing and work hard. The right people who belong in your..."

Wed, 30 May 2012 20:40:18 +0800

“Do not chase people. Be you and do your own thing and work hard. The right people who belong in your life will come to you, and stay.”

- Wu Tang (via ashleighadeline)

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25 DEEP Questions.

Wed, 30 May 2012 20:30:39 +0800

1. What is more difficult for you, looking into someones eyes when you are telling someone how you feel, or looking into someones eyes when they are telling you how they feel?

2. Think of the last time you were REALLY angry. WHY were you angry? Do you still feel the same way?

3. You are on a flight from Honolulu to Chicago non-stop. There is a fire in the back of the plane. You have enough time to make ONE phone call. Who do you call? What do you tell them?

4. You are at the doctor’s office and he has just informed you that you have approximately one month to live. Do you tell anyone/everyone you are going to die? What do you do with your remaining days? Would you be afraid?

5. You can have one of the following two things. Which do you choose? Why? Love and Trust.

6. You are walking down the street on your way to work. There is a dog drowning in the canal on the side of the street. Your boss has told you if you are late even once more, you are fired. Do you take the time to save the dogs life? Why or Why not?

7. Would you rather be hurt by the one you trust the most or the one you love the most?

8. Your best friend confesses that he/she has feelings for you more than just friendship. He/she is falling in love with you. What do you (or did you) do/say?

9. Think of the last person who you know that died. You have the chance to give them 1 hour of life back, but you have to give up one year of yours. Do you do it? Why or Why not?

10. Are you the kind of friend that you would want to have as a friend?

11. Does love = sex?

12.Your boss tells your coworker that they have to let them go because of work shortage, and they are the newest employee. You have been there much longer. Your coworker has a family to support and no other means of income. Do you go to your boss and offer to leave the company? Why or Why not?

13.When was the last time you told someone HONESTLY how you felt regardless of how difficult it was for you to say? Who was it? What did you have to tell the person?

14. What would be (or what was) harder for you to tell a member of the opposite sex, you love them or that you do not love them back?

15. What do you think would be the hardest thing for you to give up? Why would it be hard to lose?

16. Excluding romantic love, when was the last time you told someone you loved them. Who were they to you?

17. If there was one moment and one time in the last month what would you change and why?

18.Imagine it is a dark night, you are alone, it is raining outside, you hear someone walking around outside your window. WHO do you wish was there with you?

19. Would you give a homeless person CPR if they were dying? Why or Why not?

21.You are holding onto your grandmother’s hand and the hand of a newborn that you do not know as they hang over the edge of a cliff. You have to let one go to save the other. Who do you let fall to their death? What was your rationale for making the decision?

22. Are you old fashioned?

23. When was the last time you were nice to someone and did NOT expect anything in return for it?

24.Which would you choose, true love with a guarantee of a broken heart, or never loved at all? Why?

25.If you could do anything or wish anything, what would it be?

These are so much better than those other boring questions! So what are you waiting for, drop a question in my ask if you have a few seconds to spare! XO

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Wed, 30 May 2012 20:27:40 +0800

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Israel, put your hope in the LORD now and forever. Psalm 131:3

Wed, 30 May 2012 20:27:35 +0800

Israel, put your hope in the LORD now and forever.

Psalm 131:3

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Tue, 29 May 2012 19:47:08 +0800

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spiderman can’t join da band

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Tue, 29 May 2012 19:46:29 +0800

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Tue, 29 May 2012 19:44:01 +0800

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why yes loki

we mourned for you

we all did

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Great Quotes:

Tue, 29 May 2012 19:43:40 +0800

Shakespeare: "Never play with the feelings of others because you may win the game but the risk is that you will surely lose the person for a lifetime.
Napoleon: "The world suffers a lot. Not because of the violence of bad people, but because of the silence of good people.
Einstein: "I am thankful to all those who said NO to me, because of them I did it myself"
Mahatma Gandhi: "The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong"
Dr. Seuss: "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."

guys i find attractive

Tue, 29 May 2012 18:35:15 +0800

famous

taken

twice my age

not real

dead

gay

power crazy Asgard God

fictional character named after a number

spiritualinspiration: www.facebook.com/naeemcallaway

Mon, 28 May 2012 23:47:28 +0800

spiritualinspiration:

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Kaka follow mo lang, mahal mo na agad? Pektusan kita diyan eh.

Sat, 26 May 2012 22:26:23 +0800

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Sat, 26 May 2012 21:34:10 +0800

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Skins Effy

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