Saturday, May 27, 2006

Returning Home from the Big City

these are pics i took on the bus last november, on the way home from LA. it was my first real trip away from home, travelled all the way home *on my own*... it was a pivotal trip!

needless to say, coming home on that early winter morn holds a lot of signifigance for me, and brings much emotion remembering it as i view the pics.... it's a testament to the power of God, that He can take a chicken like me to the BIG CITY and back again... back to the boonies, small town canada, which is all i've ever known.

you may find these pics boring...? but i find them oddly beautiful, catching snippets of blur with the natural light as the sun slowly came up behind the clouds... i especially love the trees. and the roads. and i get a kick out of the only picture that i (accidently) used flash for: the inside of the bus windshield!!!! hehe.

enjoi.

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Outcast, Adopted.

THIS BLOG IS IN NEED OF AN OVERHAUL. there are posts from years back i would not be able to post in good conscience now. i plan to overhaul the blog, and either delete or add a disclaimer to those posts. but that is gonna take time....

The Radical Summons: "
Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp and bear the reproach He endured. For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come." Hebrews 13:13.

"The Spirit never loosens where the Word binds; the Spirit never justifies where the Word condemns; the Spirit never approves where the Word disapproves; the Spirit never blesses where the Word curses." —Thomas Brooks

‎"God receives none but those who are forsaken, restores health to none but those who are sick, gives sight to none but the blind, and life to none but the dead. He does not give saintliness to any but sinners, nor wisdom to any but fools. In short: He has mercy on none but the wretched and gives grace to none but those who are in disgrace. Therefore no arrogant saint, or just or wise man can be material for God, neither can he do the work of God, but he remains confined within his own work and makes of himself a fictitious, ostensible, false, and deceitful saint, that is, a hypocrite." --Martin Luther (W.A. 1.183ff)

i will not let You go: "Jacob's sense of his total debility and utter defeat is now the secret of his power with his friendly Vanquisher. God can overthrow all the prowess of the self-reliant, but He cannot resist the earnest entreaty of the helpless." --Albert Barnes

i will not let You go: "Jacob's determination did not flow from his strength, it flowed from his weakness." --Charles Leiter