May 31, 2005
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AND I HAVE BEACHFRONT PROPERTY IN NEBRASKA TO SELL YOU: North
Korea has announced that it has produced candy that will not only taste
great but make their children smarter, taller and healthier. This
candy, instead of
chocolate and sugar is "made of seaweed, beans, carrots and sesame
seeds". It is also revealed that the journalist who wrote this
apparently has never been to any asian country because *surprise*
pretty much ALL food here is made from seaweed, beans, carrots and
sesame seeds... yet I guess North Korea sees all forms of rice as bad.THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM:
Took the guys out to see Episode III over at Lotte. I have now
seen it three times! Yes I am proud of this accomplishment, now I need a costume and the circle
will be complete. I just wish I knew why my co-workers are making fun of me.BEWARE! DEEP THOUGHTS LIE AHEAD:
The other day I was hanging out with a great group of people and we
were discussing our various walks with God and the lessons we had
learned. Since moving to Korea two years ago, God has revealed
Himself as the Great Mystery. Let me explain, no mind can grasp
the totality of the Divine Infinite and thus resorts to having to "box"
or compartmentalize various aspects of God while leaving the more
difficult aspects that require a great deal of grappling behind.
We have His word to guide us and to help us know Him and yet how can a
simple book explain the true fulness of God? The author of the
book of Hebrews, wrote to those struggling with Judaism and following
Christ saying, "the word of God is living and active...". In the
two years I have been here God would not allow Himself be confined by
the miniscule box that I had placed Him in thus destroying this box
through the various trials undergone and understanding aquired.
God is not who I thought He was and I realize that He is
so much more and this frustrates me as I continue trying to understand
this God and His ways.Now this whole thought is quite a bit to unload any unsuspecting victim when they are expecting a "I'm fine" reply. So future seekers, beware, ask only if you really want to know and be prepared for any response.
I felt like I could trust them with some of my insights. However
they were not ready for such contrary thoughts. Maybe to them it
came across as me doubting God's existence but if I recall my exact
wording it was, "I have moved out of the 'honeymoon' phase of my
relationship with God when I realized that God is not who I thought He
was and I am not who I thought I was either. As a couple who are
first together only see perfection, but after a couple months true
differences begin to emerge." [As I read this, it does sound a
tad ambiguous but rest assured dear readers, all 6 of you, I am still
Christian and have no desire to renounce my faith]. So the road
to pursuing the True and Living God must begin with not a baby step
forward but beginning to walk backward back to the beginning of where I
first stepped astray.Closing thoughts:
- Everyone is guilty of putting God in a box, these boxes come in all sizes, shapes and forms and not everyone has the same box.
- When God destroys your box, it is painful... in fact it just sucks to
be you during that time but in the end I believe it will be well-worth
it for you are on your way to freedom.<><
Will
Comments (7)
whoa, man...that was way too over my head for my tired mind...i may have to re-read your entry some other time to take it all in a bit better. your titles are great though.
yep i had to change my room around...i really liked it the way had just had it though. I will see about the pix.
dude, i just did an awesome video editing project...from my sister's graduation, with video footage and photo stills all to a song. it's great. I'll try and show it to you sometime. It wasn't for any school project though. my brother is transfering some video to dvd for a guy in the church and the guy bought all this computer and editing stuff for him to do it...and i was setting it up and trying to get a feel for the program and just ended up doing a little practice run.
that photoshop thing..it probably took about 2-3 hours.
dude. beachfront property in nebraska. and you had me all eyes!!! cept it was such a disappointment. glad you now know my sexual preferences. i am actually getting quite tired of talking about. people find my site on xanga and then send me text messages asking me random sex questions like what i would do sexually after marriage, or how far I thought was too far. apparently they don't like my lack of an answer, or vagueness. I mean I can answer the how far is too far question no problem. But seriously, why any guy, especially one I don't begin to know, wants to know those kinds of things, is beyond me.....this guy apparently was thinking he was a pervert and thought that since I was studying to become a sex therapist I could tell him whether or not he was one. Note to people...your sexual expectations, desires...are not something to talk about publicly....save it for your spouse...soon to be spouse. OKAY!! And quit asking me...because that's what I will tell you. Phew! I feel better now. I was worried about offending someone on my site by posting it there so thank you for being my public service announcement.
I am still trying to find the beachfront property in nebraska!
I think my problem is my continual struggle to stuff God back into the broken box.... or find a new box, that will inevitably get smashed to bits. It's a good thing these boxes are only metaphorical.
How much for the beachfront property? Perhaps we can arrange a trade with my beachfront property in nashville.
when you get back to the states, I'll have my dad make hulihuli chicken or have him send me the recipe...we'll have to try and get a bunch of us together and meet in toccoa or something. what's the countdown update?
Will! I'm sorry if you felt disconnected last Sunday night when you were sharing your heart. Maybe it was too late at night or maybe everybody was just on different wave lengths. I just want to let you know I support you in your quest to discover truth about who God is. Living overseas has been such an incredible opportunity for me to really experience God and understand so much more about His character. He wants us to know the truth about Him, and I think He gets so excited when we can recognize that we've made a mistake or messed up in some way and need to back track to the first moment we started walking in disobedience. He helped me find where I strayed from the path, and it's a hard journey back, but God is faithful! I have no doubts about your Christianity, and I'm excited you are in such a real place. It's been great hanging out! Keep seeking. I'l be praying for you!
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