What I'm Putting In "Storage" for 3 Weeks

Ok so i dont feel like writing, or should i say typing right now, so im going to eat dinner an hopefully come back to this later.....in other words, there will be no blog today. but let me off the hook b/c the fast hasnt officially started yet. ha!

The Things I commit Myself To Do....

What a title... it might imply something bad; a decision i regret or whatever the case may be. Well i look at this title and i stand amazed at what i have committed to do starting on Monday January 7, 2008. No its not the typical new years resolutions that i never sustain throughout the month. Instead its a 21 day fast, or shall i say an abstaining from things that i hold too dear. I have committed to the "Daniel Fast" with my church. Just for the sake of humor, i must say that im rather happy this fast comes right after my long extended holiday break that consisted of eating like a man. But moreover, im very excited that this fast is taking place at the start of the new year. By abstaining from certain thigs (i'll get to that tomorrow), i believe that i will grow in my faith and trust in God. i know that its going to take alot of that faith and trust to get me through the day without breakfast and a cup of starbucks caffe latte with nonfat milk and two packs of splenda. i also intend on blogging (the more modern way of journaling) each day of my journey-even if its 11:58 pm, i will "journal." im actually surprised that my attention span is allowing me to sit in quietness right now with mr. macbook and blog this. But in closing this, i will say that i hope to draw closer to God and as a result be transformed. I pray that the things of this world that i hold dear (starbucks, food, consumerism, movies and tv, etc..) will all be on the back-burner of my personal priority list. And as i take the time to get to know the God that i casually dated for the past years, i pray he will become my first love, transforming me into not just another christian, but into a passionate christ-follower. 

*Mimi*

At the end of the day

What is it that we want at the end of the day? Is is a pat on the back, a kiss from a lover, money. I think that for most people who are on a quest to find out what their purpose in life is, they want the truth at the end of the day. I know that is true for me. The truth is like a hunger pain that wont go away. Its like a missing lover thats away. It is also like a tall oak tree (where we can swing and sway....) that gives shade. Its like the sun that comes out after a raging storm and drys away rain. I think that at the end of the day, we all want the truth, whether its in politics, love, life, religion, or any other facet of life.

Life, death, love

Lately death has been really running through my head. Its a very morbid word that is going to hit all of us at one point in life. But for me, when I see my parents, siblings, or other loved ones, I think 'They are going to die one day.' This triggers fear and sadness in me. It also causes me to try and find a panacea that will keep them immune from the jaws of death. But try as I may, I will never be able to do such a thing. The only thing that I can do is to love them with God's love. The key is to love with God's love b/c if i try to love with my own streangth, I will get tired of trying. Love life with God's love before death comes to take life away.

Mimi (I hope it all makes sense)