Wednesday, December 29, 2004

Greatest Hits

Hey. So I've decided to put together a collection of some quotes and blog entries from this last chunk of the year, as they are quickly becoming archived. Let's stroll down the road of these last seven months together, shall we? (Things that I didn't write are noted accordingly....)

"So many of us limit our praying because we are not reckless in our confidence in God." (Oswald Chambers)

"Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God...such alone will shake the gates of hell and set up the kingdom of heaven on earth." (John Wesley)

"It is a frightening thought that we can become so self-sufficient, so self-sustaining, that even in vanity and the things of our flesh, we are re-invigorated. We can muster up the zest and the zeal required for certain tasks, and actually begin to forget that our "righteousness" lacks the influence of God." (July 15th/04)

"In my ideal existence, I am a beautiful, Rapunzel-like girl who takes spontaneous trips to Mexico, learns how to play the drums, loves my neighbour as myself, eats sushi. I walk down to the ocean on hot, sticky days and allow the frothy surf to wash over my naked toes. I sing loudly in the car, with the windows wide open. I wear a lot of sundresses; I hold a lot of children; I drink a lot of iced mochas with extra whipped cream. Like a sunflower in its grassy field, standing tall and facing skyward, I exist in my natural state. I do not fear disparagement. I am." (September 12th/04)

"My righteousness is a filthy rag. But my humble King is all radiance and grace. Why does He do such beautiful things in secret? Why does He let me forget that He is saving me every day? I breathe in and out and I forget that He is my life. His Spirit moves through my faithless flesh. Beauty is in corruption. Treasure in a jar of clay." (November 13th/04)

SIGN IN
a Poem by M
I check MSN everynight
everynight I check
waiting for her to log on
waiting...

When shall we connect again
in the cyber world
or on the phone

I don't know
but this I know...

I miss her.
Come back to me nubers
Life is empty without you.
Good Times.
(<> -ily Haughton)

posted by Jules @ Wednesday, December 29, 2004 1 comments

Saturday, December 25, 2004

Merry Christmas!

Hi buddies. How's the yuletide treating you? I LOVE CHRISTMAS TIME! I hope y'all are loving the season; drink it in-- it's almost over! God bless you tons. Love you heaps,
Love, Julie (Jules, Ju Ju, Gu Gu, Nubes, Pitey, Peeps, etc)

posted by Jules @ Saturday, December 25, 2004 2 comments

Tuesday, December 14, 2004

Um, I had a dream last night where my right foot had to be amputated and I was walking around with a running shoe on my stump, hoping it looked like a foot. Does that not seem profound somehow? Let's face it: if I ever did have an experience like that, I would ABSOLUTELY want to pretend I still had a foot in my shoe--wouldn't most of us? I remember in my dream, I was just waiting to be fitted for some prosthetic foot to attach to my leg and to stick in there.... There were specific people I knew who were there, who seemed sort of awkward with the emotion of it all. I felt so desperate to have them accept me as normal, and to acknowledge that indeed I still appeared to have a foot. In reality, do we even care about our friends' appendages? Have I ever thought, "Oh good....they've still got all their fingers!"? Of course not. And yet, if one of us ever did lose a foot or a hand or something...come on. It would be a little bit weird. Not life or death--just kind of sad and strange. The thing we don't always realize is that everyone's missing something, right? Maybe it is just more acceptable to lose your self-control than it is to lose a foot. Or maybe it's kind of funny when you lose your patience sometimes but not so much when you lose a hand or whatever. I don't really want to delve too deeply into this, as it is not my intention to create a cheesy analogy. I just wanted us to think about stuff a little bit. It is easier to hide some things than it is to hide others.... We all need each other, and above all we need JESUS, who "fills everything in every way." (somewhere in Hebrews).
On a slightly different, but possibly related note, I read a quote recently that hit me hard and made me so aware that we all need to "be in the light as He is in the light...."(1 John...) for the sake of fellowship, purity, and communion with God:
The scariest thing in the world for us should be if we have sin in our lives and we are getting away with it. (Rick Joyner)

Yep.

posted by Jules @ Tuesday, December 14, 2004 0 comments