Saturday, 15 March 2008

  • leslie-isms 101

    "poop a brick"

    verb - a gi-normous reaction to an event, thing, or revelation. 

    reactions may constitute of, but is not limited to, overflowing excitement, gaping mouth, flailing arms, screaming, jumping like a kangaroo... in the event of a frustrating situation, stomping of the feet and rapid speech is possible

    ex: norman 'bout pooped a brick when he won the lottery.





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    There Goes The Fear
    By Doves
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Monday, 10 March 2008

  • thou shalt sabbath!

    Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

    Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you.  For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.  Exodus 20:8-11

    i love school because i get to talk about worship with people that are equally passionate about the matter.  lately in our field education class, we have had many discussions about how the act of taking sabbath, of resting, is the ultimate act of worship for uber busy people.  it's so easy to forget that it's one of the ten commandments... God's not messing around!


    i have to agree, when i see my laundry list of things that i need to accomplish, the last thing i want to do is surrender an entire day to rest... IT DRIVES ME UP THE WALL! 


    but then... what better way to express to the Lord that you depend upon him for ALL things?  that you depend upon him to even provide the time to accomplish everything?  i'm still working on this discipline... trying to remind myself that...

    • worship is for God, not for me
    • sabbath-ing does not equal self-gratification and self-indulgence, it, too, is an act of worship to God
    • it's ok to say "no"



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    Taylor Swift
    By Taylor Swift
    mary's song
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Friday, 08 February 2008

  • always forever...

    my sufficiency
    my joy
    my pleasure
    my redeemer
    my first love

    yay God

    today, i turned in my intent to graduate form... and a big fat check to go with that lovely piece of paper , it's very surreal indeed, but the future holds a lot of uber hopeful promises... as long as i get to help people meet God, i'm on board...

    what to do with 10 babillion lemons... what to do, WHAT TO DO!!!???  i'm in heaven

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    Phil Wickham
    By Phil Wickham
    always forever
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Monday, 04 February 2008

  • surrender

    "you will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast because he trusts you"

    isaiah 26:3

    sometimes i wonder why my mind is all over the place... go figure

    after a nasty stomach virus, i am very grateful for the ability to eat and enjoy food!!!!  woo hoo!!!!

    this week, i begin preliminary thesis research   oh boy is right!

    back to the cleaning!!!


    Currently Listening
    God of This City
    By Passion
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Wednesday, 23 January 2008

  • needless to say...

    it's been a CRAZY past three months for this little lemon, but i have learned so much... it's absolutely ridiculous.  most importantly i am reminded that:
    • the same God who fed the 5000, is the same God who provides me with ample time to get everything done...and even rest in the process
    • the same God who casts out demons helped little ol' me get through 2 honkin' big papers, oodles of time consuming music projects, thousands of pages of reading, 9 hour days of class, and sooooo much more
    Oh Lord, thank you for being so patient with me, thank you for graciously helping my unbelief...You are truly a good and righteous God, i am absolutely floored by You...

    more later....




Saturday, 20 October 2007

  • Lord, teach us how to worship...

    i read uber nerdy books for class... but i love every single one of them

    i was reading Ordering Your Private World by Gordon MacDonald a few weeks ago... didn't expect to receive a renewed perspective on worship:

    "Perhaps among the purest prayers we can pray is simply to ask, 'Father, may I see earth through heaven's eyes.'....it was this kind of thinking that helped me overcome the obstacles to worship and intercession that have often been quite real to me."

    Lord, please help us to see life through Your perspective, that barriers would be broken that prevent our worship from being an authentic offering of praise to You...
    Currently Listening
    Pedals
    By Aluminum Group
    Impress Me
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Wednesday, 17 October 2007

  • oh, the chaos!

    i believe that i am learning this week that a lot of restoring order to life is also breaking bad habits... i need to put things back when i'm through with them, so easy!...

    i am thankful for this process of trying to get organized (room, schedule, priorities) because i am discovering more about myself than i ever have before, i'm figuring out when i study best, what's most important to me, discerning what's negotiable and non-negotiable in my activities, finding out when i've had enough of everything and need to quit... and i'm learning to be more efficient in the process, ptl

    today, i had a picnic lunch with diana jao, so wonderful!  if anybody's free for lunch on wednesdays, call me up, i would love to picnic with you too!! it's b.y.o.l. so you don't spend that much on food, and it's a good 'ol time guaranteed



    Currently Reading
    Teamwork: What Must Go Right / What Can Go Wrong (SAGE Series in Interpersonal Communication)
    By Larson
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Friday, 12 October 2007

  • "i'm not big on social graces..."

    YEEEEEEE  HAW!!!!!

    you know, i didn't really grow up listening to country, i grew up listening to a BUNCH of classical music, old school dean martin, patsy cline, nat king cole... never really liked country

    but now... IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY!!  one of my suite mates from college loves country, and now having been in cali for a little over two years, country calms my nerves and reminds me of home, especially old school country...  so happy right now...

    so my room is UTTER CHAOS, laurie can testify... and to make me feel better, she said, "it didn't look that bad, much better than the return from indonesia"   this weekend, though, i'm on it!  i am absolutely determined!!  i'm hoping to have before and after pictures to motivate me

    what to share at sojourners on monday.... hm..... hmmmm..... HMMMMM.....

    Currently Listening
    Passing Through
    By Randy Travis
    Angels
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Tuesday, 09 October 2007

  • go panthers!

    so, today has been one of those days that i REALLY miss college... i miss practicing 4 hrs a day, i miss tackling bach prelude and fugues, beethoven sonatas, concertos , and REALLY miss working on those beeeeautiful chopin nocturnes!!  sometimes i wonder if i could rule and conquer those crazy passages today

    i was listening to a performance of beethoven's 1st piano concerto, i remember working on that one... what a gorgeous piece of art!  i wish i could have just sat in my car and listened to the entire thing!

    music, of course, has a special place in my heart... but there's not that many pieces of classical music that bring me to tears like rachmaninoff's 2nd piano concerto.... AHHHHH!!!  so beautiful, how is it possible?!  seriously, if the la phil is going to have a guest artist come and perform with them, i am so there!!  i wish my viola teach back home had gone through with the audition here in 2005... that would have been too perfect...

    perhaps it is time for me to dig up my classical music...

    Currently Listening
    Chopin: Preludes & Nocturnes
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Sunday, 07 October 2007

  • God is goooooood all the tiiime =D

    so, it's been a crazy week for this little lemon, but i am so happy that God is definitely in control!

    i received a call from my program director on wed, and he informed me that a class i was suppose to take this upcoming spring got bumped up to the 2nd quarter of fall... hello!  i'm graduating this year!

    but this story has a happy ending...
    • they caught the mistake NOW and not in november when the quarter begins
    • i didn't have to pay a late fee for registering
    • i now qualify for scholarship funds because i am taking the required school load
    • i didn't book my ticket home for christmas the night b/f or else i would have missed a class... and that's HUGE when you only meet 9 times in a quarter!
    • one class less to worry about as i embark on my philosophy of ministry paper scariness!
    God's honkin' good indeed... i'm going to be UBER busy starting in mid-november... oy!  but i'm looking fwd to all the reading =)

    exhausted....



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    Shepherding the Church: Effective Spiritual Leadership in a Changing Culture
    By Joseph Stowell
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