“Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you. Don’t waste your pain; use it to help others.”
—Rick Warren (The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?)
June 2011
Yay!
So, yes! We’re going to Lagoon and to the Zoo (Utah) this 2nd week of July. I’m not sure of the exact dates, though. But I really can’t wait. I’m so happy! Finally! AHH!
Haha. I’m totally addicted to Secret Garden now. Listen to my background music (it’s called Will You Smile For Me by Zia).
Oh, Hyun Bin! I love him! I'm gonna miss him, though (for 2 years in military).
I know, right? He’s amazing. One of my favorite Korean actors, I’d say. Same here. Well, 2 years, we think it’s really long, but it’s just fast. Time flies, you know. I’m just going to look forward on December 6th, 2012.
“I love when people ask me “Aren’t you taking your relationship with Jesus too seriously?” My response is always, “If you can find something more life changing and beautiful other than God came down in the form of a man and died as an atoning sacrifice for our sins, please let me know so I can devote my life to that instead.” I haven’t gotten a response yet.”
—Auston Jones (via austonjones)
“Life minus love equals zero.”
—Rick Warren (The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?)
Hey, did you make your own theme? It's just lovely.
Not really. I tweaked it myself, but it is actually based on one of the themes of vanilla-chai. And thank you for the compliment. :)
“If you have felt hopeless, hold on! Wonderful changes are going to happen in your life as you begin to live it on purpose.”
—Rick Warren (The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?)
“But keep in mind that true love lasts forever.”
—Gabby Holland, The Choice
“Love is a wonderful thing. It makes life worthwhile. I love being in love.”
—Travis Parker, The Choice
“If not to God, you will surrender to the opinions or expectations of others, to money, to resentment, to fear, or to your own pride, lusts, or ego. You were designed to worship God and if you fail to worship Him, you will create other things (idols) to give your life to. You are free to choose, what you surrender to but you are not free from the consequence of that choice.”
—Rick Warren (The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?)
“Parents might believe themselves to be the bosses, but in the end it was the kids who made the rules.”
—Nicholas Sparks (The Choice)
“But things change. People change. Change was one of the inevitable laws of nature, exacting its toll on people’s lives. Mistakes are made, regrets form, and all that was left were repercussions that made something as simple as rising from the bed seem almost laborious.”
—Nicholas Sparks (The Choice)
“Stories are so unique as the people who tell them, and the best stories are those in which the ending is a surprise.”
—Nicholas Sparks (The Choice)
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” —Matthew 22:37 /Hopelessly In Love”
—(via jamestherocketman)
People will hurt you, but you can't use that as an excuse to hurt someone back.
Hi. I love your blog.
Thank you very much. :)
Pray like everything depends on your prayers, and work like everything depends on your work.
Memories aren’t planned to happen; they just come along when you’re having fun with the people you love.
God is amazing. No matter what happens in this world or in my life. He's King, He always has been and always will be.
“Even if my dreams have died, and even if I don’t survive, I’ll still worship You with all my life.”
—Britt Nicole (via indefectible-amour)
“One day, you’re going to learn something that can’t be explained with science. And when that happens, your life’s going to change in ways you can’t imagine.”
—Doris, True Believer
“I had no choice. Love does funny things to people.”
—Jeremy Marsh, True Believer
“Women want the fairy tale. Not all women, of course, but most women grow up dreaming about the kind of man who would risk everything for them, even knowing they might get hurt.”
—Doris, True Believer
“Wait for a man that will put in the time, heart, & effort to pursue you. None of this whole “chasing around boys who don’t really like us and pine when they reject us” business. Wait for God to set you up with one who will put in time to win your heart. How can he do that though if you’re throwing it at him? Be secure enough in yourself and your Father that you don’t need to throw your heart around and give it away to any man who winks his eye at you. Be a woman, secure in God, deadly to the devil, feminine in strength, purity, and tenderness, and give your man a chance to be a man. Let the boys go who blow you off and expect you to let them walk all over you or just plain won’t put in effort to get to know you at all. Let them go, and position yourself as a woman satisfied in Herself & Her life. Give yourself to knowing God, give yourself to loving others, and your man will come alongside you. You will never have to strive to make him like you, to make him talk to you. He will be already a man in pursuit of your heart without your help.”
—(via genevieveolivia)
“He wanted to shout out, telling her to stop. He wanted to tell her that he could stay, that he wanted to stay, that if leaving meant losing her, then going home wasn’t worth it.”
—Nicholas Sparks (True Believer)
“She wasn’t naive enough to deny that modern culture had its own seductions. Be famous and rich and beautiful and go to exclusive parties: only then will you be happy. It was, in her opinion, a bunch of hogwash, the song of the desperate. If it wasn’t why were so many rich, famous, and beautiful people taking drugs? Why couldn’t they seem to hold a marriage together? Why were they always getting arrested? Why did they seem so unhappy when removed from the spotlight?”
—Nicholas Sparks (True Believer)
“Didn’t he understand that she cared nothing about money or fame? Or about shopping or going to shows or being able to buy Thai food in the middle of the night? Life wasn’t about those things. Life was about spending time together, about having time to walk together holding hands, talking quietly as they watched the sun go down. It wasn’t glamorous, but it was, in many ways, the best that life had to offer. Wasn’t that how the old saying went? Who, on their deathbed, ever said they wished they had worked harder? Or spent less time enjoying a quiet afternoon? Or spent less time with their family?”
—Nicholas Sparks (True Believer)
“Did you ever have a dream? Something you wanted so badly and just when you think you’re about to reach out and grab it, something else takes it away?”
—Jeremy Marsh, True Believer
True Believer
- Lexie: You don't believe in magic of any kind?
- Jeremy: No.
- Lexie: That's sad. Because sometimes it's real.
You know, it feels so good, to find people who believe in God, and love Him with all their heart and you just couldn't imagine that you will find them here. :D All over the world. God is love, true love.
True Believer
- Jeremy: You see the world differently these days?
- Lexie: Yeah, I suppose that's it.
- Jeremy: I think it happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that people you've known forever don't see things the way you do. And so you keep the wonderful memories, but find yourself moving on. It's perfectly normal.
“Guard your heart. Don’t give your heart away to anyone until the Lord makes it absolutely clear. Ask the Lord to give you someone who loves Jesus more than you, who is stronger and deeper and more committed to the faith than anyone you can possibly imagine.”
—Joel Rosenberg (via faithisthereason)
We live, We love, We forgive & never give up: All about Him →
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God is found at the end of yourself. When you are beat down, worn out, bruised and battered, God becomes everything. The less you can rely on yourself or your past success, the clearer and more impressive his presence becomes. When the hard times hit you often feel powerless, and with that…
“Then you know that you’re most likely to meet someone when you least expect it.”
—Doris, True Believer
