feelings

I used the word “feel” a couple times and it was pounced on like a fumbled football. And yet I kept asking myself “why do these people have a problem with feelings or the concept of feelings?”

Feelings are, essentially, thoughts. They don’t come from the heart, they come from the brain. Both thoughts and feeling are chemical and electrical functions of the brain. It’s true they are different, but one is not a lie while the other is true. The reality is, neither is trustworthy without verification and consideration.

The distinction, however, that feelings are lesser trustworthy experiences is a false dichotomy. Certainly you can’t do math with feelings, but you can’t love with math. Is math an invention of God while love a worldly experience? Did God create your mind to be a calculator and Satan stuck some feelings into the mix?

The Bible itself includes a large amount of art and history and comparably few rational essays, so the evangelical tendency to dismiss “feelings” is confusing.

- Donald Miller (from this post)

bed

metaphorically speaking, i want to be a bed for someone.

it's where you go to completely relax and be yourself. a physical relief -- from the long day, from tiredness, from cold, from the rest of the world. an emotional relief -- from people, from small talk, from conflicts, from social situations. no need to look presentable, no need to exert energy, no need to be guarded. relaxed. comfortable. no pretenses. safe.

true relationship.

"Candy?"

Friday night, that's the first thing the sixth grader in my small group says to me, without even a hi or a hello. Kids love their candy, so I laugh and smile and say, "Yes, I do have candy." I know he's still young, but I wonder when this little boy will understand there's more to our time together than candy?

Two weeks later, it hit me. How often do I come to Jesus like that? "Hey Jesus! Insight? Wisdom? Answers? "

And I wonder how many times Jesus has laughed and smiled and thought, "Yes, I have all those things for you. But when will this little boy understand there's more than just what I bring?"

epiphany

last week, i realized what popcorn style prayer meant. it means that you don’t know who will say the next prayer, just like you don’t know which kernel will pop next…

odd correlation

the decision of getting into a relationship

the decision of peeling off an unsightly sticker

— could be worse off than when you began, or could be so much better.

no 1-UPs in mario kart..

just found out the multi-boost mushroom in mario kart 64 isn't green.

xxi

just found out what forever 21 means...  IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE.