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Name: Chuck
Country: United States
State: New Jersey
Metro: Atlantic City
Gender: Male
Interests: Caramel Apple Ciders. Strapping objects to my feet and following gravity down elevated geological structures covered in sub-zero condensation during latter parts of the seasonal cycle (what??). Playing and experiencing music... oh what a gift from God. Jersey pizza with orange cream sodas at the shore. The Great Commission. China. Reconciliation: vertically and horizontally. Redemption. Learning to love people. Learning to love. Father. Son. Holy Ghost. Beauty.
Expertise: Jack of all trades, master of none, I'm afraid. I know a little of everything and lot about nothing. I know enough to know that I know very little, but not enough to keep me from trying to know more.
But God's foolishness is greater than man's wisdom. *shrug*
I'm pretty good at being a fool.
Occupation: Student
Message: message me
AIM:  gethsemanetears
Member Since:
10/29/2004
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| Keeping trash where it belongs.It's the first time I've been able to listen to Over the Rhine's "If Nothing Else" in 6 months.
"Words in my head
Like misfits after midnight begging for a light
Words left unsaid
They may never see the light of day, and that may be ok.."
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| The Old Has Gone, the New Has ComeMy freshmen year, I learned that transplanting myself from Jersey to Illinois doesn't fix my problems. It only puts new faces in old problems.
This year has been just that.
But renewal, healing, redemption. These are themes I never stop hearing about in Scripture.
"Only You can make every new day seem so new."
Sorry Xanga, you're a casualty of leaving the past behind and pressing onward. May I not toss out the past and relationships wholesale.
http://chuckliu.blogspot.com
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| I feel like I'm graduating. Disconnecting, probably for my own sake. And yet, my peers feel like I'll be back. Yes, I will be back physically. But whether I will be able to come back and live life like my first three years, well that's a different story. | | |
| Here's to goodbye, tomorrow's gonna come too soon...Ang, you made the end of this year much more bearable. Thank you for last night. Wheaton College Men's Glee Club Banquet at Fulton's on the River and Lake Michigan. Dropping lots of money doesn't make anything better, but spending sweet time with friends does. Cheers. 
Note to self... next time, remember to change out of nice clothes before going to Steak & Shake. | | |
| He hears our sighs and counts our tearsThe Lord gives and the Lord takes away.
We can hold onto things as much as we want... but if the Lord has not given them to us for us to keep, what can we do to stop Him from taking it from us?
He does His work in this world and in others' lives with and without me. People come and go, some in more difficult and painful ways than others. There is nothing static about our lives. Homeostasis is maintained by praising the Lord in all of the changes, not in fighting them or wishing for things to be different.
It is humbling to confess that no matter how faithful we try to be, no matter how sensitive to the Spirit or how willing we are to be stretched, some things are simply out of our hands and in the hands of the Lord and how He chooses to work in others' lives. Heh, no matter how faithful we try to be, some things just don't turn out the way we want them to.
I never was the Holy Spirit. Sounds obvious, but it's true. I suppose that's a good thing. It's always a joy to share in God's work in people's lives... but there is a time for everything. We let go because it is the Lord's work, and not our own. We take joy in what we can, and let people go trusting in the mighty power and work of the Lord.
After all, He has the best for them just as much as He has the best for me, and certainly doesn't need me to bring that about.
Paul, Paul, it is hard for you to kick against the goads.
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