Thoughts to come, hopefully....

Thoughts on solitude and community.

Suspicion as the enemy of community.

Is the value of an individual within a given community contingent upon that individual's potential/real contribution to that community? What about within the redeemed community? How does it affect our interpretation of Scripture? How does it affect our understanding of sin - original and personal?

Love, unity, division, marginalization, peace, Friday's message in chapel, humility, preaching.

Run

Surrender is one of the most difficult things for me, I think.

It's fight or flight for me, even it seems when the right thing is to submit.

So I fight it for all it's worth or I drown it in distraction.

God, please help me. I'm not yet ready and I don't know if I ever will be. But I want to be.

I think "Surrender" by BarlowGirl is probably pretty accurate.

Yep.

Feeling and writing, but not now

Sometimes I really feel like writing. Things I've been thinking about and want to share. Or sometimes just expressing memories.

The latter is driving my current desire to share.

But I think I'll leave it locked up right now.

Words aren't adequate and I feel that words won't satisfy, not yet. I'm gonna miss my home for a little longer.

It's pleasant. In a strange sort of way.

God is good.

Does anyone else smell that?

[Alternate Title: Why my clothes are so soft]

So I discovered (on Saturday) that I have been using fabric softener to clean my clothes and have been doing so for the majority of the past eight months.

I suppose my high school chemistry teacher, Mr. Beursken, was right to harp endlessly: "Pay strict attention to detail."

Yep... should've read that label closer.

Eve.

The daggers sink anew.

I still can't get over Eve Carson's murder.

My dear God.

In North Carolina

Waxhaw, NC.

I'm here. And it's quite beautiful. And the weather looks to be quite nice over this coming week.

Looking forward to some relaxation, hopefully, along with some time to think.

Perhaps some blogging, too? Hmm, perhaps.

I am soo looking forward to it. Oh, and I got to play soccer today: outdoor, pick-up. :D

A quote I heard today... something to chew on: "I would rather do something wrong out of right motives than happen to do something right out of wrong motives." Or something along those lines. Interesting indeed.

Listen.

Dear God. Dear world.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iU3IVnyNBpy8ooTN4OutE2rKG1pgD8V8JBH80.

How many times will this happen? How many!

How long until we realize? How long! We're so screwed up. We need Jesus.

Please, God - forgive. Please, God - remind. Please, God - heal. Please, God - return.

Forgive us for ignoring. Forgive us for apathy. Forgive us for distraction. Forgive us for our sin. Forgive us for forgetting what Christ has done.

Remind us of Christ. Remind us of our depravity apart from you. Remind us of Christ. Remind us of who we are in you. Remind us of Christ.

Heal us. Heal our world. Heal the hurt. Heal the pain. Heal the relationships. Heal us.

Return, O LORD. I'm so over this. Return and right the wrongs. Judge us fairly, LORD. Remember your love. Remember your son. But, please, make it right. I'm sorry for the way I've been wrong. I'm sorry for the way we've been wrong.

Dear God.