Beloved

I am dearly beloved.... I am precious in your sight... God made me different from anyone else, uniquely, and so how He interacts with me is unique. I am His one and only me... I am not replaceable to God... Zephaniah 3 The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing. Song of Songs 2 My lover is mine and I am his... I belong to my lover, and his desire is for me... Psalm 139 Before a word is on my tongue, you know it completely, O LORD. You hem me in -- behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the ...

  The God who spoke  I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to take possession of it (Gen 15:7, to Abraham) I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you (Genesis 26:24, to Isaac) I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. [...] I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you (Gen 28:13,15, to Jacob) Jacob! Jacob! [...] I am God, the God of your father. [...] Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt [...] I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back again. (Gen 46:2-4) I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. (Exodus 3:6, to Moses) I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt (Exodus 20:2) with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm (Deut 26:8) As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will...

  Make me more like Christ Till He’s formed in me (Gal) Sanctify me by the truth; your word is truth (John) Sanctify me through and through (1 THess) For that is your will for me Your good, pleasing, perfect will Use the hard things and pain To form Christ in me To work my patience, love, joy, peace Use the one I don’t like To work my patience and love It’s a chance for me to practice loving someone I don’t like I no longer live but Christ lives in me the life i live now i live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me This dry season of life When good gifts are gone Prune me and train me So I will be fruitful When I come out of it  I’ll be able to say My ears had heard of you but now my eyes see you NOT VICTIMIZED You work in ALL things for the good of those who love you I have joy and give thanks Because even this moment You’re working somehow To make me more like Christ Sanctification God works in all things (trials, suffering, pain) for my good (my sa...

Note from Jan 2021:  But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them -- yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. (1 Cor 15) You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. (2 Tim 2) The end of school is near, I’m graduating next year Unsure about what to do now Or where God has called me to There should be more to life than marriage, jobs, and comfort I’ve been wondering how to live my life “Do what you wanna do, pursue your passion” I am told, but beyond my career Isn’t there a reason you put me here I wanna know “To live with God, to live for God, to love your God with all your heart” Yes I know, but can I ask about something personal to me Why Vancouver? Why Comp Sci? Why Worshipers? God tell me how to spend this life These are the questions I bring to Higher Calling And I hope to hear your voice there, to know your will for me It’s time to see what you will do When I put my tru...

Opener Where do/did you find comfort/what do you do when you are stressed/when you want to satisfy something/feel empty?  Julia: instagram scrolling, food… I used to fantasize that dating/marriage would bring satisfaction Where do/did you find satisfaction/fulfillment? Julia: good grades, extra curriculars, getting into Google, accomplishing a lot, doing a lot of “Christian” things (serving a lot) Discussions Ecclesiastes 1 “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.” What do people gain from all their labors at which they toil under the sun? Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever. The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises. The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and round it goes, ever returning on its course. All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again. What do you think? / How does this...