Here I am. There she is. Between us is ten feet, between our minds are genetics, feelings, thoughts, and everything else. Ten feet isn't that far, but it is still a distance. We cannot exchange whispers, but we can exchange smiles. The sun does not wait, it leaves.
Failed attempt.
Scintillate, Sparkle, Shine
Above all else, it has to be His decision. To walk in His plans.
Scintillate, Sparkle, Shine
SwitchFoot - Dare you to move
Welcome to the planet Welcome to existence Everyone's here Everyone's here Everybody's watching you now Everybody waits for you now What happens next? What happens next?
I dare you to move I dare you to move I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor I dare you to move I dare you to move Like today never happened Today never happened before
Welcome to the fallout Welcome to resistance The tension is here The tension is here Between who you are and who you could be Between how it is and how it should be
I dare you to move I dare you to move I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor I dare you to move I dare you to move Like today never happened Today never happened
Maybe redemption has stories to tell Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell Where can you run to escape from yourself? Where you gonna go? Where you gonna go? Salvation is here
I dare you to move I dare you to move I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor I dare you to move I dare you to move Like today never happened Today never happened Today never happened Today never happened before
Scintillate, Sparkle, Shine
23/05/2010
In the beginning God created the Heavens and the earth. The words read on, but my thoughts drifted away.
Since God is both omnipotent and omnipresent, He must have known that Adam and Eve would have sinned by choosing that forbidden fruit over His love. He must have been there witnessing the act before it occurred, before He started creating. If He knew why would He have planted the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the first place?Sin would not have entered. Death would not exist. Even if He planted it, why not intervene when Adam and Eve ate? He still planted it there anyway. One word. Why?
Aside the questioning, it has already happened, we are here now.
I cant quite exactly recall when I first though about raising up my own kids. Like time, it just happened, years before I met Tracy. I’ve always imagined the values, morals and words I wanted to impart into the lives of my kids. The life I wanted them to have. Those thoughts formed their being out of love. Oh, if only they knew how much I think about them, my thoughts would outnumber the grain of sands by the shore. I call my daughter an absolute beauty, and my son a victorious champion.
Things would definitely be different if Tracy’s heart still beats. The silence between the kids and I would not have been so deafening.
The question does not escape me. Have I been a good dad? I’ve worked hard to keep this roof up, sheltering us for years, but have I equipped my children well enough to keep their own roofs up? Deep within, I know I have given them my best, my everything. I would do noting to withhold the best from them. I tried my best to cloth them in the right character. I may have given them my best, but it is up to them to accept it. Beyond all these efforts, some day my children will know how much I love them.
I silent my feelings and focused back down into the truth.
The words ran on, and another contemplation interrupts.
When Adam and Eve sinned, they sewed fig leaves yet no matter whatever we used or do to cover our wrongdoings, it will never suffice. God knew it was not enough. This is where He intervened. He showed up.
The creator of the universe who placed the stars in their places now places a new cloth on them.
Innocent blood and an eternity of brokenness in exchange for a moment of pleasure.
Amazing what loves does, for it covers a multitude of sins. He protected them out of love.
Then God whispered, “I loved you enough to give you the freedom to choose between that fruit and my love. “
Scintillate, Sparkle, Shine
Eunice Lim says (11:56 PM): *Haha *the first thing I saw you *I mean the first thing I did when I saw you *is *smile. :) *Yup
Eunice Lim says (11:58 PM): *actually *i ddnt really notice *i saw you *i knew i saw you Eunice Lim says (11:59 PM): *and i just smiled. :) *And first thing i thought was *"hey, Joey. :) You're here. :)"
:D
The one line that warms me for this entire week.
Expand my dream.
Scintillate, Sparkle, Shine
16/05/2010
Because time does not move faster, neither does it move slower. It just ticks on in fluidity. Moments of brilliance does not lull, while moments of pain, hurt, suffering does not shorten.
Life becomes more difficult to live as you grow older, yet as you grow closer to God, it becomes more possible.
Forgiveness is a choice, nothing beyond that. Choice to let go.
Love keeps no record of wrongdoings, not because it is noble, but out of protection.
