pics from denny's after the talent show (yeah i forgot to bring my camera inside for that...*shrug*)




stephen, thinking about how he's going to kill jeff




jon, lookin like a p-i-m-p




johannan, me and jeff all cozy in the booth




oph, mich and izzy at the girlie table. yeah, my camera sucks.

i gotta blog while this is all still fresh on my mind...or rather, in my heart. tonight was a wake up call for how much i have to thank God for. mok recently said in his blog (and i think he's feeling the same things i am right now) that "life is all about love." man, that is so true. my life has been amazingly great this past year. why? because it has been full of love. i wanna thank all the people at fbcc for making me feel like family and for being so darn awesome. i wish i could thank you all right here but i don't think i can remember every single person...but you know who you are (even if we don't talk much or you doubt that i'd be talking about you...trust me, i am). i can't imagine what my life here in houston would be like without you. but gosh...even more amazing than that, where would i be without GOD? He's the real reason why my life has been so fulfilling. after the fbcc talent show (which was awesome, you guys/girls rock!) + ensuing shenanigans, i realized how God blessed me with such wonderful friends. and that's only a fraction of what i have to be thankful for...i'm getting an education, i have my health, a nice home to live in and a loving family. but more than all of that, i have the greatest thing of all: the unfaltering, unconditional love of a merciful and righteous God. Lord, thank You for loving me even while i still sin against You, and for giving me just the tiniest glimpse of Your majesty while i'm in this world.

this song really fit my thoughts on the way home tonight...

i will bow before the cross
cherish my redeemer's cost
there is nothing i can do
than only stand amazed by You
immersing You with everyday
wrapped up in Your arms of grace
nothing more, You're all i need
Your life is living me

and where would i be, without You?

[christomlin::overflow]

   At his birth, he stepped from heaven to take on our flesh. At his baptism, he steps down even further to take on our shame. He descends into the valley of repentance, willing not only to stand on the banks with us in our humanness but also to wade in the water to stand with us in our sinfulness.
   How far would the Savior go? To what depths would he descend in wooing an indifferent world?

-Ken Gire, Moments with the Savior, A Devotional Life of Christ

thanks for this book, gloria :) it's been a big help in my walk

i'll be back when i get used to my schedule this semester