| Saturday, June 26, 2004 |
| On a HIGH! |
It really feels great man. This joy within me....as I told Daniel recently, things seem to be coming together lately. Not in a spectacular way, of course. Very subtly. I guess it's an inward change rather than a change in circumstances. Even though there're still hitches and glitches, I still great and joyous and thankful for all I've got. These words from the song I've Got the Joy sums up exactly what I feel:
I've got the joy
I've got the peace of mind
I've got the faith in the Holy Ghost
That fills me everyday
I've got the life
I've got the melody
I've got the Word
The Word of God
That sets me free
I lurrve my new journal!! I designed it myself, using an A5 exercise book. Wrapped it in black construction paper. Then I put this photo (taken in NZ) onto a white piece of paper, giving it a white border. The white border really made all the difference in contrasting the photo against the black. Got the idea from the photos that BB had got printed for us. I used double-sided tape for almost all the sticking - glue is messy and doesn't hold all the time.
(Click on this to see the full picture...I'm afraid it's a bit grainy, though my photo isn't)
At the back, I chose another photo and gave it a white border too. It's a pic I took in NZ. Somebody's balcony, and on it, two chairs. I wrote above the one on the left "Jesus" and above the other "me". The below the picture, "=) More than enough." I really like this one; it's sort of 'ad-ish' I think. Ideally, I'd have used a white pen (those pastel ones) to write the line beneath the picture, but mine was missing, so I had to make do with correction fluid. And the "=)" was added in because the words weren't centralised. I'd also have laminated my photos first as they're glossy and these get scractched very easily...and if you get water on them, it's gone. So I compromised by wrapping the whole thing in plastic wrapper, which would protect the black paper as well. =) I even went to buy new wrapper cos' what I had at home was really wrinkled. As you can see, that's my perfectionist streak again. =P
(It'd have been better if the balcony was a bit more central =P)
I really like the picture with the chairs (again xP). To be alone with Jesus, just the two of us, elevated above the chaos below, enjoying each other's company as friends and equals. Yes, equals. We're in this together. Though He is definitely much higher than me, He doesn't mind listening to all my crap and nonsense and foolishness; never does He turn me away. He is always by my side. And He knows me from head to toe, inside out. I am so very blessed to have Him. What else do I need? What else do I want? Sure, there have been, and are going to be, times when I feel lonely and insecure and angry, despite all I have in Him. I grumble and complain that I don't have enough. Yet time and time again, He has shown me His everlasting grace, drawn me closer to Him.
Starting a new journal is always exciting for me, cos' I know I am embarking on "a new journey" of sorts, and by the end of that journal, I'd have experienced more of Him. =)
P.S. New blog link. =) The latest one is someone from church! Heh. As far as I know, I am not the only person in my soon-to-be-large church who blogs anymore. :D |
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