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Take a step outside your shell
To drink the secrets of the well
No longer will you fit inside
There's no more need to run and hide
It's easy now to be yourself
And set your fears upon a shelf
To close your eyes for just a thought
And reconsider all you're taught
Wishes made when you were young
Captured in the songs you sung
Freed your heart to laugh and play
Reminders of a former day
So now you look through open eyes
To ask the hows, the whens, the whys
To search the world to find your part
And free the dreams within your heart
By Robert Longley
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Monday, July 11, 2005
Beauty is skin-deep (opposition) – focus on inner beauty
According to Oxford dictionary
Beauty: combination of qualities giving pleasure to the sight and other senses or to the mind
Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.1.1)
Skin deep: superficial
+ Beauty is not only skin-deep, but exists within as well.
ð Inner beauty
- ‘Giving pleasure to the mind’: appeal to people’s emotions
- What inner beauty can be: patience, kindness, gentleness, self-control
+ Comparison between an ugly person with good character traits vs. a beautiful person with a nasty personality.
Would you refer to the person as beautiful or drop-dead gorgeous? (Should be the latter)
Eg. The story of Beauty and the Beast.
- In what way was she beautiful? She didn’t mind how the beast looked and accepted him just the way he was. That is the beauty of grace. And that was probably why she was called Beauty.
- Also, compared to her step sisters, she was the kindest of them.
Tie up: My stand is that beauty does not only appear on the surface but dwells deep down inside as well. We should not judge a book by its cover but flip it open to read its content. A beautiful person does not have to be pleasant looking in order to be labelled as ‘beautiful’.
That was my research for my class debate tomorrow. Haha, it's not a very strong argument, but ok, whatever..
Did you know that reading the bible is very exciting? Prayer is exciting too! This path that I'm taking may not be an easy one, but it's definitely fulfilling. Fill that void in your heart today. Don't wait too long. Don't wait until the gap becomes too big and you feel like you're falling away. Come back to Him today.
Hee hee, this is such a random post, pardon me. Oh! I'm going to be emcee for my school's 45th anni. So exciting! Haha, I've waited so long to be an emcee. Do you think it's part of His plan for me? Because I wasn't supposed to be in the whole emcee fanfare in the first place.
Oh, and I was chatting with someone on msn yesterday and the person was telling me, which side do you wan to show? What the person meant was, would you like others to see your positive self and be an encouragement to others? Or be pessimistic all the time? Well, it spoke to me a lot and now I know what kind of image I want to reflect on others. Yup, yup..
posted @ 10:57 PM
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Wednesday, July 06, 2005
Why?- Nicole Nordeman
We rode into town the other day, just me and my Daddy.
He said I'd finally reached that age, and I could ride next to him on a horse that of course was not quite as wide.
We heard a crowd of people shouting and so we stopped to find out why.
There was that man that my dad said he loved, but today there was fear in his eyes.
So I said Daddy why are they screaming?
Why are the faces of some of them beaming?
Why is he dressed in that bright purple robe?
I bet that crown hurts him more than he shows.
Daddy please can't you do something?
He looks as if he's going to cry.
You said he is stronger than all of those guys.
Daddy please tell me why, why does everyone want him to die?
Later that day the sky grew cloudy and daddy said I should go inside.
Somehow he knew things would get stormy, boy was he right.
But I could not keep from wondering if there was something that he had to hide.
So after he left I had to find out, I was not afraid of getting lost.
So I followed the crowds to a hill where I knew men had been killed.
And I heard a voice come from a cross:
And it said : Father why are they screaming?
Why are the faces of some of them beaming?
Why are they casting their lots for my clothes??
This crown of thorns hurts me much more than it shows, Father please can't you do something? I know that you must hear my cry.
I thought I could handle a cross of this size, Father remind me why, why does everyone want me to die.
When will I understand why?
My precious Son, I hear them screaming.
I'm watching the face of the enemy beaming but soon I will clothe you in robes of my own. Jesus this hurts me more than you know.
But this dark hour I must do nothing.
Though I've heard your unbearable cry-the power in your blood destroys all the lies, soon you'll see past their unmerciful eyes.
Look there below see the child trembling by her father's side.
Now I can tell you why, she is why you must die.
Jesus died for you and me. He gave us a new identity in Christ.
"And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son of has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life."
1 John 5:11, 12
Come to the Father today. Don't miss out on the joy that you are able to receive each and everyday. No more lonliness, no more empty lives. Just lives that are full, and rich with the goodness of our Lord. Everything that burdens you, leave it all to Him, for He will take care of you. Our God is an awesome God.
posted @ 10:12 PM
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