more free time = more reading time

well, well, reading another book. *surprise surprise* The Journey of Desire: Searching for the Life We've Only Dreamed Of by John Eldredge. lots of good stuff in it. only into the 4th chapter, but this is what really stood out for me so far..

Dreams


Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.

-- Langston Hughes


where would we be without dreams?
bored, dull and uncool.



What do you want?

-- Jesus

'At it's core, Christianity begins with an invitation to desire' (p. 35). that's what Jesus does. He takes us back to our desires. 'Why does Jesus appeal to desire? Because it is essential to His goal: bringing us to life' (p. 43) BUT on the flip side, what is our desire? e.g. say our desire is to be healed from whatever, when we ask of it...deep down, do we really want to be healed?

...take a minute to ponder on that...

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

-- Matthew 7:7

God will grant us our desires if that's what we really want and if it's something that'll be edifying to us.


...all this from 4 chapters!


oh, and worship today was just messy..at least for my part..it seemed to be one of them 'if anything can go wrong, it will moments' BUT..that's just from my perspective..apparently nobody else thought so. so...YAY! stupid technicalities..always has to ruin the moment =T


one more thing.
i forgot to add to yesterday's post that i'd walked from innis college to the eaton's centre, then around eaton's centre for over an hour..inbetween that LONG walk from sherbourne to st. george and badminton. =T