True Love

It's indescribable
It's incomprehensible
It's undeniable
It's heartbreaking
It's heartmending
It's illogical
It's chaotic
It's fun
It's joyous
It's kind
It's patient
It's true
It's neverending
It's unquenchable
It's fervent
It's ardent
It's passionate
It's breathtaking
It's beautiful
It's awesome
It's encompassing
It's forgiving
It's everything

It's just Love

Tyger! Tyger!

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?

And what shoulder, & what art,
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand? & what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain,
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? What dread grasp,
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears
And water'd heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

By William Blake

Choice

To say that a man doesn't have a choice in life if to rid him of his humanity.

To say that we are just a product of our up bringing and that Ted Bundy had no real choice in him being a serial killer is an injustice to the man who grew in a bad neighborhood, in a bad school, and in a bad home and made something of himself. If we take away choice we have no morality. There is no right or wrong then. There just is. This strips all responsibility from man. It turns us into nothing more than animals. That is the difference between Man and the beast. Choice, and all the reprecutions they bring.

Mmmmm

Today I learned a valuable lesson. Food is delicious. Even if you eat 5.8 lb of it in 45 minutes...I also learned that a half hour later I was slightly hungry again...

I also learned that I probably have a problem with food...

I eat too much...

But thank God for Hyper-Active Metabolisms...

Impact

"Hi, how are you doing today?"
"Hey, what's up?"
"It's good to see you."
A smile, a hug. A minute of conversation. That's all it takes to make an impact in somebody's life. Many of us go through life wondering how we can make a difference in this world and don't know how. But we just need to realize it's so simple.

We are just so self-absorbed that we don't see the people around us. If we would just open our eyes and see the people around us hurting. In our campuses and work places we ignore the ignored and perpepuate the problem. As Christians this should horrify us. It does me. I went through a bout of depression as many people do and what brought me out of it wasn't something huge or momentus it was just a random acquaintance saying hello asking if I was alright.

When we do see these people we usual think "what can I do", and just ignore them. Apathy is deadly. All it takes is a smile and a sincere question and it will do wonders. Why we don't do this I'm not entirely sure but I hope we start to do it more often...

Unity

Unity. It's a word with powerful conatations and meaning. We all preach it but do we truly know what it means? What it stands for? Unity means to stand as one. To act as one. Sounds simple doesn't it?

But to achieve this we must throw aside our most deeply held differences. We have to cast off our prejudices of our ancestors. The ugly hates we all harbor toward one another silently. To look at one another on the same level when we naturally tilt our heads downward. We must cool the fiery anger we hold against a people who have wronged us. We have to quell the suspicions that well up when we look at someone different from our selves. To look past the color of our skin, the languages we speak, and the territorial claims our forefathers set is of paramount importance.

I have thought long and hard about these problems. I've tried to come up solutions, some simple most complicated. So far I have come up with only one. It's so simple it requires just a single word:

JESUS

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Fear comes before all great things...

Superman I am not

Why do I spend so many sleepless nights worrying about things I cannot control? Why do I think I can fix everything? Why can't I put the pieces back together? When my friends' lives why do I try to hold it all? I try so hard to figure it all out. I try to be strong enough for both of us. For the Three of us. The Four. The Five. The Six...

And I just can't do it. I'm not strong enough. I can't do it.

Alone that is.

Why has it taken me so long to realize this? Why did it never occer to me before?
Why did it take so much pain and frustration? Why did I never seek you like this before?

Please...Forgive me.

But now I know.

You're always there beside me and to strengthen me.

Thank you God...