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I want a #18 from Pho Hoa right now…
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still watching:
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still listening to:
David Crowder meets Postal Service
More analog than Kid A
Who Pharrell wishes he could flow like
Why aren’t you listening to him?
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The snow will not keep me from my mission…
yeah?
So what if I made a kid-like yelp when I saw it was snowing outside?
One day, I’m going to read through this xanga with my wife, and we are going to laugh (I hope) at this entry…
Patience is a beautiful thing. It doesn’t need to be over thought. You know it’s coming, so you just…wait. It’s like seeing the sun rise for the first time. You sit there in the darkness, and the light slowly comes across your face. Mere moments later, and then the color arrives. It’s funny, because when you begin to see the colors, you feel as if you’ve never seen them before. Everything is new. There are tones that just wash over you. You can only sit in awe. Words are meaningless, and to describe it to someone that hasn’t ever seen one…well, I think you know what I mean.
You are worth the wait. Honey, I want you to know that I was never worried for you. I’ve prayed for you but I was never worried for you (or myself for that matter). Sure, there have been days when I felt the slight tinge of loneliness (those Valentines Days were especially hard), but I know and have always known that you would come at the perfect time. His timing is perfect, right? I already know that I’m a blessed man, but you will make me want to be a blessing. I say this without having met you. I say this without being lost in conversation with you or wanting to pinch myself in the thought of it all being a dream. I say this because I know that God has brought us together. I just know I have to be patient and you are worth more than every day that I’ve waited.
Things you should know:
I’m a big dork. I will constantly tell you that I love you, but this is because I’ve had 20 + years built up of wanting to say it to you. You don’t have to say it back, either. I mean, it’s nice, but believe me, if I’m not confident enough in what we have by the time we’re together, then I truly don’t deserve you.
I’ll probably be too sensitive when you joke around with me because, you’re opinion will matter the most to me. I always act more than confident then I feel…and I want to apologize now for the times that I try to dominate a conversation.
I hope we can sit down and pray together. I know that sounds really lame, but I think it will be one of the most romantic things…ever. If I forget that, will you please remind me? I really want to be equally yoked with you. I want to love you like Christ loved the church. I need to know that if I love myself, I must love you. I must respect you. You are worth more than precious jewels.
Anyways, I can ramble on and on but you know this already. I just want you to know that I’m excited to meet you. I dream about you. Have I told you that? Of course I have… You’re probably sick of hearing it by now. I love you. See? I just said I love you without even “hearing” you say it back (oh man, it’s already started). Well, I’m going to end this entry now.
In my last sentence, I’m not going to leave a period. You can add whatever you want to it later…because, well you will be the period to my sentence. See how much of a dork I am? Ok. I’m going to go pray for you now
ATTENTION, PLEASE!
It is my dear sibling, Lisa Shin’s birthday (so click over and wish her well).
I have been waiting forever to play this for her.
To be completely honest, I kind of want to sing it for her in person, but for now…
I mean every word of it, my dear gongju dongseng…
*HUG*
Life’s Simple Pleasures — tagged by Pat
Instructions: Name 10 of life’s simple pleasures that you like the most, then pick 10 people to do the same. Try to be original and creative; try not to use things that someone else has already used. These are in no particular order except the first one!
1. Saying the right words. There are two amazing things that can happen. It can occur in the middle of a sermon, comforting a brother or sister, or sometimes in casual conversation. The first, is the realization that it isn’t me speaking. No matter how much I feel that I’ve studied or prepared (often the complete opposite), I understand that it’s not me…no way. As the words leave my lips, I can only pray a thought of, “Thank you, Lord”. The second, is the beauty in the response. It may be a headnod, a smile, or just a glimmer of recognition, but it is moving beyond words. It doesn’t matter if it’s a few hundred people or just one…it is a blessing that is my absolute favorite very-much-yet-not-so-simple pleasure.
2. A hug given by a person that misses you.
3. Driving at night (preferably a bridge) while the perfect music is playing.
4. Cornbread.
5. Kissing in the rain. I say this not by experience, but man, I can’t wait to kiss my wife in the rain.
6. Singing (praising) and feeling like you’re hitting every note correctly and in tune (or just harmonizing perfectly).
7. Comfortable silences or Deep conversations that you don’t want to end
8. Movies.
9. Superman stuff. I know this seems so obligatory, but it’s true. I don’t care if it’s a watching a cartoon, finding a new (and expensive) collectible, or just finding something randomly on the net. I instantly become 7 years-old again.
10. An answered prayer.
I tag: Wayne , Halka , Esther , Peter Cho , Lonnie , Alice , Luke Walker , Aaron Chang , Andy Yun & Nara
We ask ourselves, who am i to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn’t serve the world.
There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
– Marianne Williamson –
A random thought:
When there isn’t much shampoo left in the bottle, I find myself having the strangest sense of anticipation.
Inevitably, the further you run from your sins, the more exhausted you are when they catch up to you. And they do. Certain. It will not fail.
– Dalton Russel, Inside Man –
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