So it's confirmed!
Franny is going to Christchurch during Easter '08 because JACK JOHNSON IS COMING! *jumps and dances and sings "Better Together" at the top of her lungs*
F: I wanna be just like him Emma.. a complete bum. A rich one. But still a bum.
E: Franny, the world hates bums..
I really don't understand what is so bad about hitting the jackpot. Sure he didn't do anything but surf all day long, but he made it big, and his music makes me smile. So it's all good!
Emma and I will be going together, and this is my first time to the South Island as well! And there's a big possibility that my brother will be there next year. So I'm really looking foward to it!
There's no combination of words I can put on the back of a postcard; no song that I could sing but I can try for your heart....
I've just finished reading two books in the past two weeks. The first one is The Case for Faith by Lee Strobel and the second one is Mere Christianity by C.S.Lewis. The first book provided many great insights as to the journey of great professors, scientists and scholars in searching for truth, and found it in Jesus. Philip Yancey once wrote that the faith of others help us when we are lacking in faith. And I found that remarkably true when reading that book. Plus, their faith were strengthened by earnestly seeking for God and searching for evidences. Scripture says that those whose seek the Lord will find Him, and they did. The second book gave what seems like a seemingly brief overview of Christianity, and yet it was deep, and it caused me to think about lots of things. One thing which really stood out for me was the idea that to really live is to strive to be like Him, and to let Him change us. We don't really know ourselves until we live life the way He intended us to live. And each of us are different, despite the fact we are to follow Christ. He gave the analogy of men being in darkness. When we are in darkness, we do not see anything. However, when light comes, we then can see, and we will find that we are all different, but the same light is shining on us. It was a really good read.
And I've mentioned that I'm in the process of finding myself, and I think the "me" that I'm discovering is shocking myself. So now I am in this state of confusion where I finally understand where I'm suppose to go, but I don't know how, and I'm regretting all the detours that I have made before. I wish I understood it when I was younger. But I also understand that there is no such thing as "too late" or "only one shot". If there is a will, a passion, there is always a way, despite the time factor.
Now where was I.. Oh yeah..
Our dreams, and they are made out of real things; like a shoebox of photographs with sepiatone loving; love is the answer at least for most of the questions in my heart; like why we're here and where do we go and how come its so hard...
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Most times I'm okay. It doesn't bother me that much anymore.
But once in a while, when the night gets a little cold, and my body has lost its strength, and my soul feels a little lonely, I think of you.
How is it possible, that you can be so near, and yet so far away? Why things that seem wrong, can also seem right at the same time?
Talk about contradictions.
But like I said, most times, I'm okay.
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