24 August 2015
Huh.
Documentation: First time I realized *while it was happening* that I was getting hit on. Fascinating. I'm improving at self-awareness!
16 August 2015
1000 reasons
bless the lord, oh my soul... (one of my fave songs)
I think today might be the first time in a really, really, really long time that I truly took a Sabbath all day Sunday... rest, time with God, time with people (well, over the phone at least lol), time with nature, and a good dose of gratefulness. much joy in small things. (documentation so I don't forget, a la Ann Voskamp's One Thousand Gifts)
- 1.5hr good-morning-and-on-the-way-to-church call with big sister huzzah!
- magic porridge (transformation of my homemade PB granola bars plus steelcut oats and liberal sprinkling of chia soaked overnight and cooked in the morning)
- alone-at-home psalms-listening and worship-jamming time
- esvonline
- highlighters that don't bleed through the super-thin pages of the Bible
- pens with smooth-flowing ink
- hill country bible church central. what a lovely church. so excited for its transition (merging with midtown) next week, and for what God's doing in and through this vibrant and loving congregation.
- also, really needed to hear today's message on ps131. humility. amen.
- this thin-lined journal that Ms. C gave me... faithful companion for notes and thoughts and scribblings this year.
- stir fryyyyyy
- also, period. this year is the first year that I've experienced the aches and pains that come along with it... so, while unpleasant now, I am very thankful for the good decade or so of undeserved and un-planned-for reprieve.
- naps
- firm mattresses
- new music to dance in my room to! hehe (thanks to RW for sharing the link!)
- mwahahaha broil-your-own-pizza partay (mozz, jalapeno, and evoo on pita)
- shoal creek is my new fave trail. haha it's also the only trail that's walking-accessible to me sans vehicle in this city, but SO COOL. walked/jogged (but mostly explored) 6.5mi post-dinner -- so much green space! trees. greenery. stream to cross (many times). rocks to clamber over. big tree trunks to climb. signposts with historical factoids. stony overhangs. leash-free dogs. trail interspersed with parks -- with swings! also, WHO KNEW there was a skateboarding park here?! so fun to watch these fellas zooming up and down and all around keke =D. ended at town lake, got to listen to tonight's free concert (courtesy of the Austin Symphony, every Sunday at 8pm over the summer) -- brass/jazz ensemble today -- from the bridge as I leaned on the railing and watched the sun go down. beautiful. moon just a sliver in the sky. very thankful for not getting lost... and for not getting in trouble for exploring parts of the trail that may or may not have been closed. haha. and thankful for time just to BE with God, and to think out a lot of the burdens/worries I've been carrying and pushing to the back burner.
- a surprisingly juicy month-old lime for an impromptu honey-limeade for rehydration (haha made me think of moses getting water out of a rock...)
- goodnight phone calls.
- faithful C who has been my partner in Fabs Harford's spiritual bootcamp (toned-down version) all year -- today's Day 216 (!!! say whaaa?!)
- nine days left before going home!
I think today might be the first time in a really, really, really long time that I truly took a Sabbath all day Sunday... rest, time with God, time with people (well, over the phone at least lol), time with nature, and a good dose of gratefulness. much joy in small things. (documentation so I don't forget, a la Ann Voskamp's One Thousand Gifts)
- 1.5hr good-morning-and-on-the-way-to-church call with big sister huzzah!
- magic porridge (transformation of my homemade PB granola bars plus steelcut oats and liberal sprinkling of chia soaked overnight and cooked in the morning)
- alone-at-home psalms-listening and worship-jamming time
- esvonline
- highlighters that don't bleed through the super-thin pages of the Bible
- pens with smooth-flowing ink
- hill country bible church central. what a lovely church. so excited for its transition (merging with midtown) next week, and for what God's doing in and through this vibrant and loving congregation.
- also, really needed to hear today's message on ps131. humility. amen.
- this thin-lined journal that Ms. C gave me... faithful companion for notes and thoughts and scribblings this year.
- stir fryyyyyy
- also, period. this year is the first year that I've experienced the aches and pains that come along with it... so, while unpleasant now, I am very thankful for the good decade or so of undeserved and un-planned-for reprieve.
- naps
- firm mattresses
- new music to dance in my room to! hehe (thanks to RW for sharing the link!)
- mwahahaha broil-your-own-pizza partay (mozz, jalapeno, and evoo on pita)
- shoal creek is my new fave trail. haha it's also the only trail that's walking-accessible to me sans vehicle in this city, but SO COOL. walked/jogged (but mostly explored) 6.5mi post-dinner -- so much green space! trees. greenery. stream to cross (many times). rocks to clamber over. big tree trunks to climb. signposts with historical factoids. stony overhangs. leash-free dogs. trail interspersed with parks -- with swings! also, WHO KNEW there was a skateboarding park here?! so fun to watch these fellas zooming up and down and all around keke =D. ended at town lake, got to listen to tonight's free concert (courtesy of the Austin Symphony, every Sunday at 8pm over the summer) -- brass/jazz ensemble today -- from the bridge as I leaned on the railing and watched the sun go down. beautiful. moon just a sliver in the sky. very thankful for not getting lost... and for not getting in trouble for exploring parts of the trail that may or may not have been closed. haha. and thankful for time just to BE with God, and to think out a lot of the burdens/worries I've been carrying and pushing to the back burner.
- a surprisingly juicy month-old lime for an impromptu honey-limeade for rehydration (haha made me think of moses getting water out of a rock...)
- goodnight phone calls.
- faithful C who has been my partner in Fabs Harford's spiritual bootcamp (toned-down version) all year -- today's Day 216 (!!! say whaaa?!)
- nine days left before going home!
14 August 2015
Reading
This. happy sigh. http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/15/neil-gaiman-future-libraries-reading-daydreaming loooove!
keke, also happy because last night instead of spending hours on the computer doing resarch data abstraction on one monitor + streaming (insert tv show here) on another monitor as whitenoise-entertainment as I have been doing most nights post-workday... I read an entire 400+ pg book for fun. wheee! been a while. indulgence. lol also had a nice long phonechat with little bro davodyman =)
glad to have been here in austin this summer, and sad to go because these weeks have gone by so so quickly... but excited for what the next few months will bring! much stretching+growing to come.
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also, learned a cool new word just now: qua
"as, in the capacity of," from Latin qua "where? on which side? at which place? which way? in what direction?" figuratively "how? in what manner? by what method?; to what extent? in what degree?" correlative pronominal adverb of place, from PIE *kwo-, stem of relative and interrogative pronouns (source also of Old English hwa "who;" see who).
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=qua
keke, also happy because last night instead of spending hours on the computer doing resarch data abstraction on one monitor + streaming (insert tv show here) on another monitor as whitenoise-entertainment as I have been doing most nights post-workday... I read an entire 400+ pg book for fun. wheee! been a while. indulgence. lol also had a nice long phonechat with little bro davodyman =)
glad to have been here in austin this summer, and sad to go because these weeks have gone by so so quickly... but excited for what the next few months will bring! much stretching+growing to come.
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also, learned a cool new word just now: qua
"as, in the capacity of," from Latin qua "where? on which side? at which place? which way? in what direction?" figuratively "how? in what manner? by what method?; to what extent? in what degree?" correlative pronominal adverb of place, from PIE *kwo-, stem of relative and interrogative pronouns (source also of Old English hwa "who;" see who).
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=qua
12 August 2015
Eugene Cho
This was really good to read today. http://www.aholyexperience.com/2015/08/when-our-bigs-plans-unspoken-dreams-arent-turning-out-at-all
04 August 2015
Quote
“As a weak limb grows stronger by exercise, so will your faith be strengthened by the very efforts you make in stretching it out toward things unseen. How was it with him who had the withered hand? When Jesus said to him, “Stretch forth thy hand,” did he reply, “I have no power to do so”? No, he made a great effort to thrust it forth; and, in the act of so doing, Jesus gave the needed strength. And now I say to you, Go and do thou likewise. Stretch out the poor, weak hand of faith; and the more you do so the stronger it will become.” -John Hill Aughey, Spiritual Gems of the Ages, p95-96
03 August 2015
Quote
“A man’s word is a little sound that flies into the air, and soon vanishes; but the Word of God is greater than heaven and earth, yea, greater than death and hell, for it forms part of the power of God, and endures everlastingly.”
-Martin Luther, Table Talk, xliv
-Martin Luther, Table Talk, xliv
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