| Date: | 2007-01-23 10:52 |
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sooooo it's been a while since my last post. but! that's because i can't post on the school computers so whenever i have an idea or a word to post it's like
"OH denied by the school filter system!"
and then when i get home i forget what i was going to post so... yeah. but it's been a really really long time so i wanted to just start writing and see if anything came up.
i went kayaking on saturday in my lake. this was really awesome, i mean it was so peaceful out on the water and i didn't take my ipod or anything with me so it was just really awesome to be in silence.... AND know the Lord's presence at the same time. yes, i finally got to practice what i preach (i did a two week series at genesis club about seeking the Lord in silence. it was great). so then things got interesting and not so silent haha... as most of you know, it's january (i'm assuming most of you know this) and i'm also assuming that y'all know that water freezes when the temperature drops below 32*F (0*C) and solidifies into it's solid form known as
ICE.
so here i am, kayaking along and all of a sudden i hear this KKKKKKKKKKKKCCCCCCCHHHHHHHFFFFFFFFFFFpth.
that's about what it was, yeah. so i'm like "hmm... the lake is completely frozen over." but! i dont want to turn around because i was way more than half way done and i would be paddling up-river if i turned around. so i decided to proceed by breaking through the ice with my paddle and dragging me and my boat through this ice that was like 2 inches thick hahaha. oh man, it was a sight. it was also a sound.. i mean, i'm sure wes could hear me out in ireland right haha so i keep going and i feel like i'm either looking like a really hard core kayaker or a complete idiot to all the folks looking out their window, by now wondering what the awful noise coming from the lake is.
then i got stuck. this lady comes out of her house and she's like "do you need help? are you stuck?"
i'm like "nope. i'm good." so it took me about 15 minutes to get out i'm sure but i eventually break free and thankfully, the ice was done after this.
or so i thought.
i kept paddling and i'm out by that little island in the middle of the lake and i see that on the south side, the lake is completely frozen over. so i paddle to the north side.
completely frozen over, yes, but less so! and i'm like "ok God. let's do it!" and i just got really excited to break through all the ice and just fight my way through to where the calm water was. so i proceed through the ice like a mad-woman, it was awesome. and it was probably the best workout i'd had in like... well probably about a week since i'm in a soccer league right now but it was intense.
and when i got to the other side, God's glory fell. metaphorically, the peace was nearly too much to handle, and it became so clear that fighting through all the ice to get to the calm is so worth it, more than i can say.
note of encouragement: fight through the ice. read on.
i was paddling through the calm water and the sun broke out of the clouds and i looked over my shoulder to see it shining off the ice, now with a big broken path right through the middle of it, and shining off the water. it was truly breathtaking.
and when i pulled around to go back over to the boat launch, i had to paddle by these like.. 25 swans or something, i dont know there were a lot. but as i approached them, they all took off into flight and flew all around me.
do you get how amazing that is!!!?!?!?!!! wow. so anyway, it was cool. call me if you wanna go kayaking sometime. or you can just come over and steal my boats. the paddles are out by my RV on the boat.
let God teach you something today! kim
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this is so deep. read on my friends!
put down your paper plate come to the table made deep blue china found on the table by the wine so fine
it brings out flavor like You bring out color in life
oh, i miss You so the feel of forever oh, that taste i know it hurts to remember unfortunately high ironically dissatisfied i miss You i miss You
oh, i miss You so the feel of forever oh, that taste i know it hurts to remember
i had a fleeting thought this morning and i mentioned you today it breaks my heart just to know You in part and not to be with You where You are
-shane barnard and will hunt
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| Date: | 2006-10-17 16:25 |
| Subject: | Agape. |
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i wrote this in an email today, though i don't think they were my words...
" it's hard to explain love. it's impossible to explain God's love. only by loving and seeking to love as Abba loves can a person even begin to comprehend Agape.
i love because i am undeserving of love, and yet still receive it. and as long as i undeservingly receive it, i will continue to pour it out as much as i can, no matter who it is being poured on. "
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| Date: | 2006-09-24 21:58 |
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this weekend will d, sarah-lov and i took a little road trip up to grand rapids/holland to go to mars hill. it was pretty awesome. rob bell is great live, if he's ever on tour near you i would recommend going to see him. or taking a trip up to mars hill.
also this weekend abbie and i did my senior pictures. fun times. yes, another colaboritive experience. we 'fell' into a remarkably rapidy part of the river. i cut my foot and got a sliver in it also. but it was fun. abbie is really great at helping someone feel comfortable in a situation when they would otherwise be tense. abbie is a great friend. abbie deserves a whole tree of fresh fruit. i wish there was a tree that grew various fruits. maybe i'll invent one and call it the 'fruit frenzy tree.' it sounds like a party. note to self: next time have a fruit frenzy tree at one of your parties. ok, got it.
also this weekend i bribed my brother to let me drive his car for 'george washington and his twin brother.' aww, college kids are so poor sometimes. haha. but! he fooled me because i ended up actually having to put $10 of gas in because his tank was empty. college kids are poor, but alas, college has held up it's part of the deal and made them smart.
thats all for now, i haven't posted in a while so i thought i'd just chime in a bit. let me know if you want a copy of the newspaper that i am the designer of.
yeah.
one more thing - DO NOT see the movie 'black dahlia.' no. just turn away now. you will hate it.
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YOU ALL EVERYBODY!
so. tomorrow (thursday) there is a party at my house, and some of you know this.
BUT
it doesn't start until 2, not 1 or 12. so, if you get this, t3ll everyone you know that's coming. because i dont have any of your phone numbers. so i'll have to get those tomorrow. but yes, don't be at my house until 2. if you are at my house before 2 (this is PM we're talking here) then i will not be there. but feel free to hang out in my house or my RV if you don't feel like explaining to my family why you are here and i am not. ok, this is all.
have a good (*EWE*R@HIWUHE(*Y
kim
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| Date: | 2006-08-12 11:40 |
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howdy yall.
take a few deep breaths. just breathe. just relax for a minute.
look around you, take in the room. do you sense the Lord's presence in the silence? do you sense the Lord's presence in the chaos? feel Him in the wind?
i can hear His laughter. He is smiling so big at all of His children. with perfect love. we are marked for victory. it's already been decided! so have that peace. the kind of peace you get after winning a soccer game, the kind of peace you get after the last day of school, the kind of peace you get even after having an amazing fun day with friends and then coming home and knowing that all those people love you.
so, God was just putting that into my heart right as i was writing it, i actually was going to write about something else. but up there ^ yeah, that was cool too.
so, the Lord likes to speak to me through single words. He'll give me like a word of the week or a word of the month or a word of the unspecified period of time and i'll just sit on that with Him. what is He saying through the word? what is He revealing, teaching, healing?
recently, for an unspecified period of time, the word has been this:
behold.
when i first heard Him telling me the word, the first thing i thought of was "Behold, i make all things new."
you too right? well maybe, maybe not, that's not really the point. but what the Lord was saying was "yes, behold i DO make all things new. but just behold for a while too."
i was like "ok God, i'll behold some things." so i looked around and i was like "behold, that tree is taller than me. behold, all trees are taller than me. behold, the wind is blowing through my hair. behold, this earth is not permanent."
then it was just
"behold."
ya know how sometimes when you say a word a lot you're like sounding it out really slowly and you're just like "umbrella. um---bre---lla. umbrellaaaaa. what is an umbrella? what does umbrella mean?" haha it sounds weird but i'm not ganna lie, i do it in my car a lot! i'm like "stop sign. stop. sssttttop." haha ok, yes i am crazy.
but just
behold.
look at it. take it in. be amazed by it.
behold the Lord, brothers and sisters. just behold Him for a minute. stop what you're doing. close you're eyes for a minute.
no words can describe what you feel when you just behold the Lord.
i'm at a loss for words right now.
pray.
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| Date: | 2006-08-02 09:54 |
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hey, this saturday i might be driving out to lake michigan for a few hours to meet the lovelands. if anyone can and wants to come, let me know, call me! i'm leaving between 8 and 9 probably from my house. we'll get back about six i think. y'all can just leave your cars at my house. they'll be ok. more info tomorrow!
kim
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So. I am still here at journalism camp. in class. but i could actually still be sleeping because our instructor isn't here yet. class started at like 9:00. it's 9:26. so i've just been sitting around reading lj and i thought "oh yeah, i have something to post!"
so here at jworld, sometimes i feel like i am the only christian. but thats ok, i know the Lord walks with me and therefore i'm not really alone. sometimes it does feel like i'm alone but as soon as i turn my eyes to the Lord, i am comforted in that.
and then i'm wondering if i AM the only christian here at jworld.
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?
i take a long look around only to find that 'yep, i think i am the only christian here.'
HEY CHRISTIANS, YOU CAN COME OUT NOW!
are there any there?
i dont know! i think they're still hiding.
why the crap are CHRISTIANS. HIDING?
i don't think anyone in our community is hiding. maybe a little bit sometimes we are.
but what about the christians who have never told anyone that they've considered seminary? what about the christians who have never carried around a bible in their pocket for fear that it would be discovered? what about the christians who want to be more in love with Christ, but are too afriad that it will SHOW ON THEIR FACE AND IN THEIR HEART.
and in the way they act.
what about them?
it pains me that i feel like the only christian here, because i probably am not the only one ya know? i mean, there are almost 500 people here. 1/500 christian? probably not.
ok. let's do something about this.
1) pray for their courage to be more open about their faith in and love for Jesus Christ. 2) show them that real friends will still be their friends even if they are openly christian. 3) invite them to 'come out of the closet in their chrisianity.' 4) anything else that is necessary or could help in this situation.
ok. yes, i think this is all that has been on my heart. awesome.
wow i feel like a preacher. :) kim
ps - why settle for happiness when you can be joyful?
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| Date: | 2006-07-29 20:37 |
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wow - our community is amazing. without even knowing it, all of you have encouraged every part of me that needed it. knowing that there is hope, freedom, something besides oxygen to breathe. something beyond the flesh. something more than what i alone can see. hands to pull me through and love to calm the storm, and love to sweep out satan.
community, i love you so much that i will tell you all that i got a new cell phone - so don't call my grandma because she got my old phone. my new number is 734-645-6876.
anytime you wanna come out to the lake, let me know. i'll be gone until the 3rd of august starting tomorrow though.
peace kimbert
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| Date: | 2006-07-16 09:35 |
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it's sunday morning at 9:35. i'm in my church office. i miss you all sooooo much!!!
last night i got back from memphis. again. :) so i was there a total of two weeks. i was there for a mission trip through a place called SOS, which stands for Service Over Self.
the first week was amazingly fun and enjoyable. i was a leader with the middle school group from my church. i never realized how different middle schoolers and high-schoolers are, and yet how much they are the same. it's like this: middle schoolers have the same thoughts and emotions as high schoolers, they wonder the same things about God. but! middle schoolers still have faith and hope like children. they are not too old to impact. well, actually high-schoolers aren't either, but middle schoolers will accept your message more and jump into God a lot quicker than a high schooler will. so being a leader on the middle school mission trip was awesome.
now... being a student on the high-school mission trip....
haha. almost a completely different story.
first of all, as soon as i got back to michigan last friday night at about 12:30 am, i had to run home, to my laundry, take a shower, sleep, and then drive back to my church. lucky for me, abbie helped me with my laundry (kinda) and made things a little more enjoyable. the sad part was that i had to be back at my church at 11:30 giving me 11 hours to do all this and be ready to drive another two days back down to memphis.
i thought i could handle it. but i didn't realize how much fast food i would be eating and so yeah i'm telling you that i ate fast food for three days. and nothing else. DONT EVER DO THAT.
i got sick. we were just outside of memphis (well two or three hours outside) and i was kinda snoozing and all of a sudden i woke up and i needed to puke. i didn't though, because i have a strong stomach. but i was really nauseous. and i thought i was just car sick. so ya know, i figured it would go away.
i was sick from then on until thursday morning. i couldn't eat anything without feeling really sick and just this amazing pain in my stomach. and people were praying over me for healing and stuff but it just wouldn't get better. so then one night sarah lov (who was with me and made everything a million times more enjoyable) told me that when she was praying during chapel that she felt that God was telling her that He was testing me. she told me this on tuesday night i believe.
so that kind of became the theme for the week. yes, a whole lot of kim being challenged and tested and fasting against her will. haha.
i still learned a lot this past week though, and i survived the drive home last night with zero nausea. so that's good.
so i'm back now for a while. if you want to hang out just give me a call. i missed everyone a ton and i'm praising God to be back. i'd love to talk more with you about my trips.
at your service, kimbert :>
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i think God just told me to be a pastor. like... just now.
i'll need prayer for this, and for the starting of a church. feel free to approach me on tuesday night at the prayer meeting for this, i would appreciate it.
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| Date: | 2006-06-25 11:55 |
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wow, it's been a while. i guess i don't have as much free time now that i'm not in newspaper class three hours out of the day haha. anyway, things have been all over the place for me. right now i'm up north in alpena at my grandma and grampa's house. they just had their 50th anniversary - praise God.
so last night was the party for that. during the party i just kept thinking about how much love and commitment has to go into 50 years. and i guess i was a little bitter because my folks were only together for 15 and then hearts started to break when i was in first grade. so yes, i was a little bitter, but i was just amazed to see such an amazing and lasting relationship. i had my guitar and i wanted to play "beloved" for them, because their love kept reminding me a little bit about God's love for us. and then i wanted to break out into preacher mode and give a little speach about how my grandparents couldn't have done it without God.
but i decided not to. i dont know, i just wasn't feeling it.
for the last few weeks things have been weird for me. i'm finding myself constantly confused about everything. like what day it is, where i am, what i'm supposed to be doing, how long it takes to get to places. yeah, things have seemed really timeless, but when i look at my watch and it says 1:00 am i decide i better try and sleep it off... but i'm not really sure what i'm supposed to be sleeping off. it's weird.
kind of like living in one of those dreams where you can't open your eyes.
but then sometimes i'm ok. when i was at dave's house on thursday night with the community, i felt fine. maybe i've just been home for so long i've forgotten what it's like to be away, with my actual family. haha because i'm always with my Christ-family.
when our Christ-family gathers, we do it in the name of the Lord and we expect Him to be there with us. when i'm with my earth-family, there is akwardness, silence. i feel closed. it's harder to get at the Lord, unless i take myself away and go walk through the woods.
let's pray for this to change.
one good thing about being away this weekend is that i've been able to spend much more time in the Bible. i've been reading all over the place, but specifially jeremiah.
the Bible is good.
weird... there are hearing aids on this desk...
i can't wait to come back home. yeah, this is all i'm going to write at this time. because there is no more. so usually when there is no more, one stops writing.
i'm glad to have explained that to you.
kimzie
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oh Lord You are the lover of my soul. praise Your holy name o God, You have delivered, You have answered prayer, You have brought me out of bondage. o God, who is like You? You are holy, righteous, loving, victorious. yes o Lord, continue to speak Your truths to Your children and continue to shower us with Your love. o God, teach us Your holy ways! teach us Your heart. give us a heart for You, for You, crazy for You as You are crazy for us. o Father. You are so good. You make all things new, You redeem all sins as soon as we ask. You are eager to bless us. we can do nothing to earn Your love and forgiveness, and yet You willingly give it for us. Lord protect us from falling away, away from Your love, away from Your holiness. Lord, You Are Hope. Your name shakes the darkness and frees us from bondage and shame. God, what is not to love about You? You deliver us from our ememies, You change our hearts, You throw Your kisses at us. o God, my heart is bursting with Your love, Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Priase God! the evil one is nothing. o God. OH GOD! You are holy, You are holy, You are Holy, Lamb of God. You are the lamb, loving and peaceful, and the lion, fierce for our hearts and quick to destroy those who attack us! Father i cry to Your holy name, send Your Kingdom. Here. To. Earth. Here to dexter, here to washtenaw. Lord, You can bring revival of Your lost children, whom You love very much. o God, You never forsake us. Jesus i am in love with You! You are my all, You are my security, You are my strength, You are my air, You are the perfect verse over a tight beat!!!
hahaha o God, Praise Your Name! there is so much joy within Your love, so much power within Your spirit! Lord You have loved us, and You continue to long for us to be With You In Heaven every day until we are with You! and yet, You are here, with us, leading us, loving us, teaching us, never ever Never forsaking us, leaving us to fall, God You Know. You Know.
You know what we need, You know how to teach us what we need for the future. Rejoyce in trials, God teaches and leads on His children. You're simply Perfect. You hold us when we need rest. You say the perfect things. You give the perfect ideas. You break away bonds of the earth, You wash away stains and You remove scars, You take the past and You change it and You put our sins SO far apart from us, You destroy them. Because You love us! oh God. Wow. I Love You.
Abba. Agape. Siempre, Mi Amor, Te Amo, Jesuchristo. Senor, Eres mi mejor amigo. y Jesuchristo te ama! Allelujah hermanos, allelujah!
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if you got to wear only one thing all year, it would be _________.
oh billy.
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| Date: | 2006-06-06 10:52 |
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this passage has come up in my life about six times in the past week. i have to post this one.
it's in Ezekiel 37, the valley of dry bones.
(1) The hand of the LORD was upon me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. (2) He made me walk among them in every direction so that I saw how many they were on the surface of the plain. How dry they were! (3) He asked me: Son of man, can these bones come to life? "Lord GOD," I answered, "you alone know that." (4) Then he said to me: Prophesy over these bones, and say to them: Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD! (5) Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones: See! I will bring spirit into you, that you may come to life. (6) I will put sinews upon you, make flesh grow over you, cover you with skin, and put spirit in you so that you may come to life and know that I am the LORD. (7) I prophesied as I had been told, and even as I was prophesying I heard a noise; it was a rattling as the bones came together, bone joining bone. (8) I saw the sinews and the flesh come upon them, and the skin cover them, but there was no spirit in them. (9) Then he said to me: Prophesy to the spirit, prophesy, son of man, and say to the spirit: Thus says the Lord GOD: From the four winds come, O spirit, and breathe into these slain that they may come to life.
(10) I prophesied as he told me, and the spirit came into them; they came alive and stood upright, a vast army. (11) Then he said to me: Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They have been saying, "Our bones are dried up, our hope is lost, and we are cut off." (12) Therefore, prophesy and say to them: Thus says the Lord GOD: O my people, I will open your graves and have you rise from them, and bring you back to the land of Israel. (13) Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and have you rise from them, O my people!
i know that Phil talked about this at mission so many of you already know the passage. i also heard it sunday at church, my pastor gave a sermon on it. and i also heard it at the pentecost vigil at Christ the King. and i talked about it a little at genesis club when we were talking about faith. then last night i heard it again at band practice in the song "days of Elijah."
so, i'm starting to think this is not a coincidence.
God is telling me this - He is asking me "will these dry bones live?"
will dexter's dry bones live? will pioneer's dry bones live? will gabriel richard's dry bones live? will huron's? will chelsea's? will washtenaw's? will my family's? will my friend's? will my community's?
the Lord wants ALL the dry bones to live and become an army for Him against the evil one. its clear - especially now.
we who are already followers and members of the Lord's forces, we must be leaders of these newly saved dry bones. We are the generals, the admirals, the seargants, the lieutenants and the captains.
notice how in ezekiel, first the dry bones get physical life. they get muscles and flesh, but they have no spirit! i think this means that we need to give them life in Christ, but then trust God to give them a spirit and a fire for Him.
lead them and leave them.
lead them to the Lord, and then leave them there for Him to fill them with the spirit.
pray continuously for revival of the schools - for the dry bones to
RISE!
with a fire in their hearts for the Lord, and a mind seeking His purity.
we are the body of Christ, too true. but we are also the army of the Lord, Living God. Jesus says "those who are not with me are against me and my Father."
that's simple, guys.
and although it's true, God Wants to revive His children! He doesn't want them to remain dry bones!
the hand of the Lord is upon us - how can we fail? we can't. we will not.
"Show [the dry bones] that their state, however deplorable, is not hopeless."
mhmm. i think thats all.
Praise God.
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| Date: | 2006-05-31 09:48 |
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so, walking into school this morning God gave me somewhat of a revelation, but its more just like a bunch of things He's been saying coming together and givng a bunch of encouragement. so here we go, lets tie some of our words together and look at the whole picture God's sending. Who's excited????? ME!
haha ok.
so, i was walking into school and just kinda praying like how we were praying last night at the prayer meeting. specifically, i was praying for encouragement in what God is calling me to do, which, if you don't know, God's calling me to serve in Costa Rica the summer after my senior year. Recently the question has been "God, do you just want the summer, or longer?" so yeah, I was praying for some clarity about that and then some things that Ed has been saying came into mind.
Whichever i choose, whether it's Costa Rica for a summer, or Africa for the rest of my life, I Can't Fail. Can't. Can Not. Will Not Fail. like.... there is Nothing that I can do that will foil God's plan and end the world and everyone will burn in hell! No! Haha I can't do that! Praise God, because if i actually had the power to do that by messing up it probably would have already happened! yeah, so like wow God really revealed that i was stressin over this. When it's already His. How silly!
Yes, i am forgetful.
can i get an amen! arent we all.
ahh yes so... nothing i can do can shake God's plans. Yes. Alright. Say that to yourself if you're feeling discouraged. If you dont know what God's doing, or you're not clear about what He wants you to do or whatever say it with me.
Nothing i can do will shake God's plans.
He will make the absolute best out of anything we choose. And He will bring us clarity if we ask Him for it. No doubt.
Ok, I think there was something else too...
Hmm. Maybe just that God is awesome. He will make your life amazing if you serve, without a doubt. Don't worry about where you are today. Where you will be tomorrow. This kind of ties in with Sarah Lov's post a few days ago about just looking at today because if you look at yesterday or tomorrow your back will break - which is really cool when put like that. Here's a word mainly for those of you still in school, but grad's will probably read it too anyway, don't worry about still being in school. It's where God's calling you now. Walk Boldly down the halls and have faith like Job and like David and like Abraham!.
Yes, the seniors had amazing leadership. Yes we will eventually have to step up to that leadership, but right now walk with confidence that for now, this is your mission. And be joyous about where you are, don't just accept it! Dance in it! Because we can't fail! WOO!!! we CAN smash the devil in the face every day, every hour, every minute, all the time no matter where we are. Ha Ha satan You Suck You Loser!
hahaha. Praise God for His Victory.
One last thing that kind of ties all this together. A lot of us, me included, are worried about things that don't really affect us at the moment. FOR EXAMPLE: missions after school (Costa Rica? Yes i think so), college (although it affects some of us), friends after high school or when friends leave for college, and the big one - marriage! What the cwap! I'm not ready to be thinking about marriage! Dudes - slow down. Live in today. God will bring the rest of this stuff when it's ready to be brought. Like, one thing that's been on my heart is if God wants me to start up a church and I'm almost stressin over this but like I cant even legally start a church yet! so don't worry about it kim! gosh! haha that's what i feel like God's sayin to me. Of course these things will affect us, some sooner than others, but today? probably not. especially not if we're supposed to be married or not, and if we are, to whom. so. ok. that's it.
alright, if you read all of that hugeness tell me and i'll give you a gold star. God Bless. i love you, family. We are one in the Lord, i feel it.
kimblewim
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The funniest thing to do in the rain is _________.
I believe in you. Make it funny.
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the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about water-balloon launchers is _______.
do it up dread-style!
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| Date: | 2006-05-26 00:14 |
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God speaks in the weirdest places....
so i got this vision/analogy thing from God. it was like this, kind of weird since i dont really do basketball but just go with it:
so, i'm at basketball pracitce. I'm not the type of person that runs for the sake of running, and so whenever we do sprints or start running at basketball practice i'll twist my ankle on purpose. not a serious injury, but enough to get me out of running.
after this goes on a ways into the season the coach tells me that if it happens again he's going to sit me out the next game.
you'd think that that would be enough to stop me from twisting my ankle, and i seriously consider not twisting it this time.... oh ..... but i do anyway.
so, after practice, coach sits me down, takes a look at my ankle, and says in a loving way, "i know what you're doing. you're only hurting yourself by not running. and you're affecting your whole team too, by not playing."
i think about this and say, "well coach, i guess i'm just not the type of person who likes to run at all."
he says, still in a loving way, "thats understandable. i never liked running for the sake of running either, but i did like running for the sake of winning."
i'd like to tell you that this is the end of the story, because come on, what a great quote to end on.
but no, there's more. so, i comtemplate this and it occurs to me that winning, oddly enough, doesn't seem like enough motivation to run. (remember, this is an analogy thing, i think winning would be enough motivation for me personally lol) so i say to my coach, "running for the sake of winning isn't good enough. winning doesn't matter to me."
then coach says, "but seeing you win means the world to me."
i think that's it. so, if you've been feeling a little low, a little dry, a little discouraged as i have been feeling, take what you can out of this. don't run for the sake of running. run for the sake of winning, and if that isn't enough, remember that the Father is watching every game, every race, every match and every battle in our lives.
and when we win, when we triumph, when we overcome, it means everything to Him. Everything.
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| Date: | 2006-05-25 12:12 |
| Subject: | MIMI |
| Security: | Public |
miiiiiiimiiiiiii........
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mimimimimimimimimimimimimi mimi!
MIMI!
hi mimi. you're awesome. i'm ganna write a song with your name in it right now.
MIMI!
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