Have you ever been blinded by pain, crippled by fear, overwhelmed by confusion, drowned in sorrow, stabbed with hate, lifted in love, weighed down by guilt, or beaten by lonliness?
I'm not going to say that I have to all, but I feel like the next person, and I am going through the same world.
Emotions are such a strong part of our beings, that a single emotion can make you feel that you are torn, stabbed, left there to deal with your pain... They can also be the thing to lift you up, so that you never feel like you will ever come down.
As we deal with ourselves, and with other people, I believe that we cannot forget the reality that we are human beings dealing with the world, and likewise having the world deal with us, and that as we deal, we feel, and emotions pour through... and until we learn to cope with it, what else can you expect from a human?
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Friday, August 08, 2008
Thursday, August 07, 2008
China
The world's eyes on now China, and I hope that this opportunity is beneficial to putting the country in check. I know that a lot of people are protesting this Olympics, and there is a lot of controversy swirling, but this may be an opportunity to bring the ugly to light, and put the pressure on....
These are pictures I took at the Rose Parade 2008, and this is the China float that was so protested. It wouldn't work at first, and they had it off to the side.
These are pictures I took at the Rose Parade 2008, and this is the China float that was so protested. It wouldn't work at first, and they had it off to the side.
Sunday, August 03, 2008
What are you seeing?
When you look at people, what do you see, and in what do you look at?
Ask yourself that...
For those who truly believe that they look at the heart, if you saw someone that you loved, with a new face, something that was the result of something not planned for... would you be able to love that person the same way?
I heard a man speaking in one of biola's chapels a couple Valentine's Day back, about truly looking at, and falling in love with a person's heart. He said that, he came to this rough realization when his wife got breast cancer, and she lost all of her beautiful long hair, which he absolutely loved, and both of her breasts were removed. She lost the things that she believed made up part of her womanhood... and he admitted that she did not look as beautiful as before, and had to face his own perception... a reality of being human, but a reality that hurt in so many ways.
As I'm sitting here, listening to a story of a girl with a disease that caused the bones in her face to grow into a massive deformity, I can't help but think, what would I think if I saw her? Could I see her as a human being at first glance? The nurses who first helped her, said they first thought, "Oh My God, this is a human being..." It is rough, because we are all human, and we understand only what we know, and have, and when something is wrong on another human face, it is like reality hits us for a moment, and we become dumb-founded.
This is something that I will admit to always tripping up on, but something that I try my best not to do. I fight to be seen as the young woman that God sees me, and I need to fight to see others the same. And when we stop fighting to see others the way that the lord sees them, and become content in one place, we stop growing, and we become just like ancient ruins: overgrown, cracked, and crumbling to pieces.
Ask yourself that...
For those who truly believe that they look at the heart, if you saw someone that you loved, with a new face, something that was the result of something not planned for... would you be able to love that person the same way?
I heard a man speaking in one of biola's chapels a couple Valentine's Day back, about truly looking at, and falling in love with a person's heart. He said that, he came to this rough realization when his wife got breast cancer, and she lost all of her beautiful long hair, which he absolutely loved, and both of her breasts were removed. She lost the things that she believed made up part of her womanhood... and he admitted that she did not look as beautiful as before, and had to face his own perception... a reality of being human, but a reality that hurt in so many ways.
As I'm sitting here, listening to a story of a girl with a disease that caused the bones in her face to grow into a massive deformity, I can't help but think, what would I think if I saw her? Could I see her as a human being at first glance? The nurses who first helped her, said they first thought, "Oh My God, this is a human being..." It is rough, because we are all human, and we understand only what we know, and have, and when something is wrong on another human face, it is like reality hits us for a moment, and we become dumb-founded.
This is something that I will admit to always tripping up on, but something that I try my best not to do. I fight to be seen as the young woman that God sees me, and I need to fight to see others the same. And when we stop fighting to see others the way that the lord sees them, and become content in one place, we stop growing, and we become just like ancient ruins: overgrown, cracked, and crumbling to pieces.
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