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Less is More – Relient K from “The Anatomy of the Tongue in Cheek”

In reflection of this Lent season, these lyrics seemed rather too appropriate…

“Less Is More”

Jesus, I pray
Take all my mistakes
Throw them away
Destroy them for my sake

Jesus, I call out ’cause I’m sorry
Because I fall so short of your glory
To the best of my ability
I’m practicing humility
And I lay myself before
‘Cause less is more

All that I have
I lay before
With my pride on the floor
Cause to you less is more
All that I have
I lay before
With my pride on the floor
Cause to you less is more

I pour out myself
All that I am
You love me so much
That you fill me again
And may these words on my heart, on my lips
Somehow mean so much more than this

Jesus, I pray
Know what I’m trying to say

All that I have
I lay before
With my pride on the floor
‘Cause to you less is more
All that I have
I lay before
With my pride on the floor
Cause to you less is more

I pour out myself, before you were Lord
I hold nothing back, ’cause to you less is more
And may these words on my heart on my lips,
Somehow mean so much more than this

Jesus, I pray
Just know what I’m tryin’ to say

Jesus, I plead
Please purify me
Make my heart clean
Drench me with your mercy
Jesus, I pray
I love you, I need you
For the rest of my days
I swear I will seek you
To the best of my ability
I’m practicing humility
And I lay myself before
‘Cause less is more.

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Suffering is good for the soul

So after getting rid of the dreaded strep, due to too much fever, my mouth, lips, and tongue have developed sores all over.  In addition, my sinus has been shot to you-know-where and hurts to keep my eyes open.  To make the suffering complete, my allergies seem to have kicked in…

In all honesty, it’s a bit much for me to bare… but I’m trying… trying to remember that this is God-given opportunity to see God working, that the suffering produces ultimately, hope in Christ.  I’m trying to remain thankful in my physical suffering, remembering that there are millions of others who are in worse shoes than I am.

Still, it’s tough and I tell myself to take this fight with the suffering one day at a time…  to all who are fighting, fight the good fight.

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“Perspectives” by Kutless

So I was listening to my mix on the way back from our Connection Group meeting from church tonight… when I listened to (again) Kutless‘ song “Perspectives“.

The chorus was what hit me… it goes like this… “ Why can’t you see that freedom is sometimes just simply another perspective away” That is some heavy ****!! We always think of freedom as a physical thing… be it from a prison or a country. However, with God, the freedom is in the perspective of the beholder. That’s why and how (Apostle) Paul was able to live like a free man while being imprisoned. That’s how (and why) Christians are able to live in countries like China, North Korea, and Lebanon.

So the question I want to leave you with is… “What perspective do you live in?”

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Quote of the Day

“Sacrifice without pain is not a sacrifice.”

–  Soojin Jang  

She said this few days ago as we were discussing some family matters and it couldn’t have made more sense!  It’s called sacrifice because it takes something from us…  oh wise, Soojin… teach us your ways!    But seriously, that is way too true…

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Abraham and his faith (Genesis 22:5)

So I started to do daily reading and one of the readings was Genesis 22. No big deal… I’ve heard the story before… Abraham, the forefather of Israel and us, was promised a son and received him at the age of 100, only to be challenged by God to sacrifice his own son! The killer is that knowing that he had to sacrifice his very own son back to God. If that wasn’t painful enough of a sacrifice, I don’t know what is… But I’ve known this part of his faith all my life. However, God was gracious enough to point out a new part of Abraham. I point to verse 5. Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; the boy and I will go over there; we will worship, and then we will come back to you.” The words that stuck out to me were the last few… “… then we will come back to you.” I boldfaced the keyword ‘we’. Why? In knowing God asked for his own son, Abraham still went up believing in God that provided Isaac to begin with, and though God had asked him to give up the very dear life of himself, Abraham trusted and knew that God would somehow make all things right. To be able to say that “we will come back to you” required amount of faith only a true Christian could have. Having faith and trust in the one God, I now see another side of Abraham that I had failed to see all this time. I can only dare to pray and ask for such faith.

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Merry Christmas

Well, so it is Christmas, is that right?
Are the stars still so bright?
Or are you caught up in the shananigans?
Or are you hanging around with the hooligans?
Is it all about buying the presents and malls?
Is it time to go back to Kohl’s?
What is this Christmas anyway?
It’s about Someone who gave His Son away.
Don’t let the bargains and deals spoil it.
Remember that it’s Christ that gives us the Spirit.

Merry Christmas everyone.
Let’s keep praying for the Good One.