February 2012
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it’s the first day of lent.
i don’t know why but i like partaking in this tradition.
so i decided no twitter, tumblr, pinterest for 40 days starting today.
i’m going to cut my facebook time. i won’t go on until I get home in the evening.
I do it for the sake of discipline and to just take a step back from the regular things I indulge in. It also means more time to...
my blog →
hi followers. it’d mean a lot to me if you visited my blog, comment, join it, share it…. once i’m not in packing mode and finished work, i’ll add much more to it :)
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on the bandwagon
Yea, I did it. I jumped on the bandwagon. I don’t care that I did either. I really like Jeremy Lin. Though my facebook tells me that it’s just Asians who like him, this article proves otherwise.
It is about his race but at the same time it isn’t. He’s something special. He’s more than an Asian American. He’s more than a humble man of God. He’s more than...
going home
I don’t know how else I’m supposed to tell people this but I am going to Canada on March 10th for a very long time. Not for vacation and not for a few months, but for a while.
It’s not where I want to be, but I know it’s where I’ve gotta be. Korea is my home right now. I’ve been here for 2 years. I’ve made some life long friendships here. I’ve even...
Adult Simba: I know what I have to do. But going back means I’ll have to face my past. I’ve been running from it for so long. [Rafiki hits Simba on the head with his stick] Adult Simba: Ow! Jeez, what was that for? Rafiki: It doesn’t matter. It’s in the past. [laughs] Adult Simba: Yeah, but it still hurts. Rafiki: Oh yes, the past can hurt. But the from way I see it,...
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Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
3 Things I am grateful for:
1. friends willing to help with plane ticket purchases 2. legs were kept warm with leggings 3. no one was hurt in class 1 Positive experience: I actually have 2. The first one was in my classroom. I’m too nice of a teacher. I let things slide too easily and have a difficult time following up with my words. If I tell them they will...
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Watch3 new things I’m thankful for each day.
Journaling about 1 positive experience each day.
I think I’m going to take this challenge and try it.
21 days.
The Hipster and The Hymn: The Fear of Honesty →
thehipsterandthehymn:
The society we live in today is full of persona’s, rules (written and unwritten), social faux pas, boundaries, and judgment based on these things.
I feel like these things prohibit us so much from being the people God has created us to be.
These rules and customs we have set up for the way we…
Wow this totally captures what I have been thinking about lately. He...
January 2012
19 posts
With about 5 weeks left, I get bouts of sadness that hit me unexpectedly. Then there are times that I’m so excited to go home. Tonight something small happened that made me think “Ok, I’m ready to go home. I’m over this place.” Then as I get ready to sleep, BAM, I’m hit with the reality that there are certain things here that I will not have back at home.
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13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. 14 But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.15 Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, of the devil. 16 For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find...
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30 things
30 things I want to do before I turn 30.
This list will have to be in the works. But here’s is what I have so far.
1. Have a real website 2. Be in a real relationship with a nice boy 3. Get married to this nice boy 4. Design my own website from scratch 5. Go skydiving with the six pack (including you Sars) 6. Visit a new country every year 7. Snowboard on a real mountain 8. Get over my...
excitement
I don’t know what it is about 2012, but I feel an excitement in the air. I feel like I can do whatever I want to do. I’ve been meaning to write out my resolutions but they keep changing.
I really believe 2012 is the year of increase. I see it manifesting already in so many different ways. I really wanted this year to be one where I’m active in all areas of my life. If I think...
“You see, shame is removed through love. Shame tries to keep people down in their...”
– Danny Silk “Culture of Honor” (40)
one year later
It’s been one year since I arrived in Seoul. I can still remember all the emotions that I felt as I was living in my uncle’s house. I remember all the fear and insecurity that controlled me. Thank God for his redemptive and sanctifying work in my life.
2011 was the best year of my life. And it only gets better from here.
2012 is the year of increase. Increase of my faith. Increase...
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facing my fear
On the weekend I watched a documentary called Life in a Day. It was all these different clips of people from all over the world and what they did on July 24th 2010. It was really cool to see the different traditions and daily rituals people would partake in. There was one question that was asked that got me thinking. “What do you fear?” I like to think I’m fearless. I’m...
“Our culture pits the two against each other. The culture says you have to be...”
– Tim Keller
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“The gospel is absurd and the life of Jesus is meaningless unless we believe that...”
– Brennan Manning
December 2011
22 posts
first day of 2012
Last night I started to write out my resolutions for 2012. I work well with to-do lists, but I’m not very strict on myself about them.
Here is what I wrote out last year:
- make good girl friends (sisters!)
- sing/learn harmony for songs
- snowboard jumps/rails
- get a hagwon job!
- grow my hair
- draw/sketch/doodle
- finish a book a month!!!
- try to learn how to knit
- grow in the...
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sermons of New Philly
i resolved to spend some time during my break to catch up on a lot of older sermons from my church so that i could be on the same page as my pastor/the church. i also wanted to just understand what our church was built on and how it came to be.
there is a series called “Make War Series” and it is UH-MAY-ZZING! it sounds intense and they are pretty intense, BUT also so crucial. the...
christmas twenty-eleven
Today was beautiful.
I was really bummed to not be in Chicago with my family. All my friends were hanging out this past week and I felt pretty lonely. I started to feel really discouraged because I had so much stuff to do that all I could think of were the million things I had to get done for work and church.
I started off December in a really cheery Christmas mood, but this past week was...
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“To all the secret writers, late-night painters, would-be singers, lapsed and...”
– Shauna Niequist, (via thelittleyellowdiary)
transition
i’m in the process of transitioning back to blogger.i love tumblr for reblogging, but not for my personal life/sharing what i have. i don’t know what it was, but it just didn’t feel as personal i guess.
right now i’m designing my new blog. i’ve found a ton of resources to help me and inspire me. my problem is that i’ll be inspired but easily give up. i look at...
confidence
the Lord has confidence more than you have in yourself and that alone should free us to explore these realms of confidence to try things out in what we’ve never tried before. - Eric Johnson
I wrote an entry yesterday about how ready can you be for the new things that are waiting for you? Who decides that standard? If I keep getting ready but never go out, I’ll just be going in...
Your thoughts define me →
gradyr:
A musician named Jonathan Helser wrote about his daughter on his blog:
So I had this amazing experience the other day….. My wife took my little daughter Haven shopping for the first time and let her pick out her own dress. When they returned I was in my room reading in my favorite chair. I heard my little girls feet run up the stairs to her room above me. I could tell by the...
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December 12th. Still no snow :(
less than 2 weeks...
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Reality / Truth →
the TRUTH will set you free, not the reality.
semylee:
reality and truth are completely different. your sickness may be the reality, but it isn’t the truth. the truth says that by His stripes we’ve been healed. your empty bank account may be the reality, but it isn’t the truth. the truth says that all the riches and blessings of heaven are open…
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December 9th.
It’s snowing in Seoul!...