1. discipline
2. focused attn
3. self-control
lots and lots of goals in the weeks/months ahead, gogogo!
Monday, September 19, 2011
Sunday, September 4, 2011
new beginnings
last wednesday night after work i took a familiar route for the last time, from downtown michigan to my old apartment in hyde park. and as i sat on the #6 thinking about the past month of goodbyes and planning for the future, a thought crossed my mind for (surprisingly) the very first time:
"why the hell am i staying in chicago?"
i've been blessed to be a part of some really great communities from high school on. communities that have nurtured me, challenged me, grown me, and loved me. i value community so much that even though i really, really dislike the city of atlanta, i am open to the very real possibility that i might one day return because of the strong communities i still have there- family, kfpc, oxford/emory, and some of my closest friends.
chicago: no family. no church. a job that is a 2hr commute away. and, what's been the hardest part of all, recently saying goodbye to many of the friends with whom i have created + enjoyed community during a pivotal stage of 'me', while those of us who remain have dispersed throughout chicagoland.
a compassionate, encouraging, authentic, steadfast community
so why, why chicago?
why indeed...
because i love, love, love the city.
because i still have much learning + growing to do in this setting.
because there is so much untapped potential.
because, right now, despite everything, this feels right.
this is the first season of my life where i don't have an established community embracing me. and while that is in many ways disheartening and frightening, in others it is exciting and challenging in all the right ways.
please pray for me.
my god, my savior | aaron shust
i am not skilled to understand
what god has willed, what god has planned
i only know at his right hand
stands one who is my savior
i take him at his word and deed
christ died to save me; this i read
and in my heart i find a need
of him to be my savior
that he would leave his place on high
and come for sinful man to die
you count it strange, so once did i
before I knew my savior
my savior loves, my savior lives
my savior's always there for me
my god he was, my god he is
my god is always gonna be
yes, living, dying, let me bring
my strength, my solace from this spring;
that he who lives to be my king
once died to be my savior
that he would leave his place on high
and come for sinful man to die
you count it strange, so once did I
before i knew my savior
my savior loves, my savior lives
my savior's always there for me
my god he was, my god he is
my god is always gonna be
"why the hell am i staying in chicago?"
i've been blessed to be a part of some really great communities from high school on. communities that have nurtured me, challenged me, grown me, and loved me. i value community so much that even though i really, really dislike the city of atlanta, i am open to the very real possibility that i might one day return because of the strong communities i still have there- family, kfpc, oxford/emory, and some of my closest friends.
chicago: no family. no church. a job that is a 2hr commute away. and, what's been the hardest part of all, recently saying goodbye to many of the friends with whom i have created + enjoyed community during a pivotal stage of 'me', while those of us who remain have dispersed throughout chicagoland.
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so why, why chicago?
why indeed...
because i love, love, love the city.
because i still have much learning + growing to do in this setting.
because there is so much untapped potential.
because, right now, despite everything, this feels right.
this is the first season of my life where i don't have an established community embracing me. and while that is in many ways disheartening and frightening, in others it is exciting and challenging in all the right ways.
please pray for me.
my god, my savior | aaron shust
i am not skilled to understand
what god has willed, what god has planned
i only know at his right hand
stands one who is my savior
i take him at his word and deed
christ died to save me; this i read
and in my heart i find a need
of him to be my savior
that he would leave his place on high
and come for sinful man to die
you count it strange, so once did i
before I knew my savior
my savior loves, my savior lives
my savior's always there for me
my god he was, my god he is
my god is always gonna be
yes, living, dying, let me bring
my strength, my solace from this spring;
that he who lives to be my king
once died to be my savior
that he would leave his place on high
and come for sinful man to die
you count it strange, so once did I
before i knew my savior
my savior loves, my savior lives
my savior's always there for me
my god he was, my god he is
my god is always gonna be
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