Posted in blood and guts, friends, life, love, philosophy, quotes, relationships on May 16, 2008 | 6 Comments »
From my favorite movie.
[When Harry Met Sally]
Harry Burns: You realize of course that we could never be friends.
Sally Albright: Why not?
Harry Burns: What I’m saying is - and this is not a come-on in any way, shape or form - is that men and women can’t be friends because the sex part always gets [...]
Posted in blood and guts, life, love, music, philosophy, theology on May 12, 2008 | No Comments »
[Jars of Clay's "Worlds Apart"]
I am the only one to blame for this
Somehow it all ends up the same
Soaring on the wings of selfish pride
I flew too high and like Icarus I collide
With a world I try so hard to leave behind
To rid myself of all but love
to give and die
To turn away and not [...]
Posted in blood and guts, life, love, philosophy, quotes, relationships, theology on May 8, 2008 | 6 Comments »
i just want to fly
put your arms around me, baby
(sugar ray)
Hello, world.
It’s a beautiful day. :)
This morning, was reading about Jesus’ first miracle. Turning water into wine, not only wine but the best wine.
My friend, Jonolan, posted this bit…it gets into a little about our ideas of God…who He is, what He looks like…and [...]
Posted in blood and guts, life, love, music, philosophy, relationships, theology on May 7, 2008 | No Comments »
[Over the Rhine's "All I Need Is Everything"]
Slow down. Hold still.
It’s not as if it’s a matter of will.
Someone’s circling. Someone’s moving
a little lower than the angels.
And it’s got nothing to do with me.
The wind blows through the trees,
but if I look for it, it won’t come.
I tense up. My mind goes numb.
There’s nothing harder [...]
Posted in blood and guts, friends, life, love, music, philosophy, relationships on May 7, 2008 | No Comments »
how does one live without music?
it is the beat of my heart.
when i don’t have a voice…it provides.
when i lose my beat…i can just let it move for me.
pulsating, rhythmic.
it speaks when i cannot.
it gives voice to the utterances of my heart.
it carries me when i can no longer walk.
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thankful for friends.
you know who you [...]
Posted in blood and guts, friends, lessons, life, love, philosophy, relationships on May 7, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Do you give trust freely until it is broken or must one earn trust?
I think the answer has much to do with our cultural backgrounds, personalities and life experiences, but I am pondering this question as well lately.
Posted in blood and guts, life, philosophy, relationships on May 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
There’s a theory that those who rescue in truth are the ones who want to be rescued.
How often is this true of us in our relationships and lives?
Posted in blood and guts, friends, life, love, philosophy, relationships on May 6, 2008 | 4 Comments »
My top searches leading people to this particular blog?
moriahjoy
capture my heart
dating long distance
My top post?
On internet dating and long distance relationships.
Hmm. ;)
Posted in blood and guts, friends, lessons, life, love, philosophy, relationships, theology on May 6, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m restless, stirring, ready for more.
Will I ever be satiated?
Is that even the point?
I’ve written thoughts on this stirring before…
It disturbs me to think of always wanting more…
Sweet simplicity.
How to obtain it…
Or is that the point.
It isn’t attainable.
And God is reminding me, reminding us, reminding humanity that only He can satiate us.
And we won’t [...]
Posted in life, love, philosophy, relationships on May 6, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Heard an interesting discussion on the radio this morning driving in…the topic was on women who take off their wedding rings to get free drinks when they go out. The response from the hosts was that that type of behavior is grounds for divorce. Listeners called in, mostly agreeing but a few called [...]
Posted in friends, life, love, philosophy, theology on April 20, 2008 | No Comments »
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13
Posted in blood and guts, friends, lessons, life, philosophy, relationships on April 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Waking up…
“I look at all the lonely people” (Beatles)
Much to do today; my sister is singing/preforming in a benefit concert today; I hope to be able to attend but much on my to-do list before then.
I have the apartment to myself this weekend.
I miss Becca.
Last night, after work, I met up with Andrea at my [...]
Posted in life, philosophy on April 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Life is all about choices and how you are going to respond to what it brings.
Posted in blood and guts, friends, lessons, life, love, music, philosophy, relationships, theology, verse on April 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
♫ the human spirit is eternal and frail;
can we accept its bounds?
it’s frightening to offer oneself without walls;
how can we love unless we tear walls down?
(jan krist)
Posted in blood and guts, lessons, life, love, philosophy, relationships, theology on April 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Thanks to my beautiful and lovely roommate, Becca, for introducing me to the below quote.
The Authority of Compassion
Mostly we think of people with great authority as higher up, far away, hard to reach. But spiritual authority comes from compassion and emerges from deep inner solidarity with those who are “subject” to authority. [...]
Posted in blood and guts, lessons, life, philosophy, theology on April 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Thankful for friends.
I had a bit of a mini melt-down last night over a small failure professionally…and one friend, in asking me about what was going on, said the following:
You’re smart, intelligent and talented. But even girls like you can’t get it right 100% of the time. By product of being human. [...]
Posted in blood and guts, life, love, philosophy, relationships, theology on April 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Mercy: not getting something you deserve
Grace: getting something you don’t deserve
Mercy and grace are two of the reasons why I love Jesus beyond description. He has shown me abundant love in giving me both. They don’t mean much as gifts, though, unless you know you need them. I wonder how many people [...]
Posted in life, love, philosophy, relationships on April 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
marriage = a live in best friend
=)
Posted in blood and guts, friends, lessons, life, love, philosophy, relationships on April 4, 2008 | 9 Comments »
A friend posted some thoughts about physical affection and the need for it and the tension we virgins especially face in light of our desperate desire for both intimacy and just pure physical closeness juxtaposed against our commitment to trying to have healthy boundaries with our friends of the opposite sex in light of having [...]
Posted in blood and guts, friends, lessons, life, love, music, philosophy, relationships, theology on April 3, 2008 | No Comments »
What do I really know? I know that mercy will find you.
The question is, will you accept it?
–
“Song of Absolutes” (Jan Krist)
They’re absolutely right
You’re absolutely wrong
And absolutely all their friends
will play along
And they may eat crow
’til the cows come home
And you can absolutely bet
that they won’t eat that crow alone
But what do I know
What [...]
Posted in blood and guts, life, philosophy, quotes, theology on April 3, 2008 | No Comments »
The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not. - C.S. Lewis
Posted in life, philosophy, theology on April 3, 2008 | No Comments »
I think I actually posted this quote on this blog or another of mine long ago, but I found it again today via here, at a friend’s blog (particularly about his views of relationships and marriage) and fell in love with it again that I thought I’d post it.
“The Christian ideal has not been tried [...]
Posted in life, philosophy, quotes on April 3, 2008 | No Comments »
“It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
Posted in education, friends, life, philosophy, relationships, theology on April 2, 2008 | No Comments »
la de da da.
I feel a bit off this week. Not quite sure what it is…it’s been a good week thus far. I think I’m just tired. I’ve been going nonstop, even through all my lunch breaks, for four solid days.
Tonight is my first true breather.
Sigh… :)
It’s nice to be home and [...]
Posted in blood and guts, lessons, life, love, philosophy, relationships, theology on March 27, 2008 | 10 Comments »
my crazy mind, desiring to be rid of this illness, just thought of a alternate reality in which people could offer to go through illnesses for other people, for a price, of course. (i hate being sick! ;) and then…i thought, “who in their right mind would go through sickness as a way [...]
Posted in blood and guts, lessons, life, philosophy, theology on March 27, 2008 | No Comments »
i want to learn the art of simplicity.
i want to learn what it means to effectively carry a heavy load but never be burdened.
to have peace in the midst of the busyness of life.
to be centered, fully.
and consistently.
to run the race of life well.
and to end it well.
i want to hear “well done, thou good [...]
Posted in blood and guts, friends, lessons, life, philosophy, relationships on March 27, 2008 | No Comments »
the person who currently knows me the most intimately (since she lived with me for a number of years and also has the title of closest friend) called me during her lunch break today.
so good to connect.
this is the first time, in oh, three to four years, that we have not talked at least once [...]
Posted in blood and guts, friends, life, love, philosophy, relationships, verse on March 27, 2008 | No Comments »
thankful for restored health and the dawn.
the dawn does come. after a long, restless night.
and i’m not healed fully yet, but strength returns.
and i have a smile upon my face.
not that i need to drag you all through my illness woes.
;)
–
“i’m not gonna write you a love song cause you asked for it, cause you [...]
Posted in blood and guts, lessons, life, love, philosophy, relationships, theology on March 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
it is utterly amazing to me how a simple cold can absolutely debilitate a grown adult and make them feel like they just want to crawl under the covers and never come out.
scripture talks about in our weaknesses, knowing God’s strength. heh. times of illness remind me of just how frail my human [...]
Posted in blood and guts, friends, life, love, music, philosophy, relationships, theology on March 23, 2008 | No Comments »
“Famous Last Words” by Jars of Clay
You say you heard every word, but I watched you turn away
Your eyes grew colder than winter
“Love is so intrusive,” I thought I heard you say
And laugh so unconvincingly
Famous last words, “I’m not ready yet“
“I won’t be gone a minute”
Narrow is the road and too high a price to [...]
