January 3rd is nearly upon us. Tell me exactly how 2 days flew by so fast!
Today was lots of fun! I went with my mom and my cousin Hannah to go see the Rose Parade floats. Though I am completely worn out and my legs feel like they are going to fall off, I have to say that I really enjoyed the day!
Ironically, all my favorite pics were the ones I took with my iPhone, not my Nikon. Haha.
Here are a few! (Many more are on my facebook! Check them out!)
Well, today is the last day of 2009. This year has seriously FLOWN by. About a week ago, I had the intention of posting a blog about how I no longer believe in New Year's Resolutions. But after Evan Wickham's message last night at church, I have changed my mind.
Evan Wickham talked about the origin of our English word "sincere." It comes from two Greek words "sine cera" meaning "without wax." Back in the old days, crooks would take broken pots and piece them back together using wax. Then they would sell them for full price to oblivious customers. When the sun would come up, the wax would melt and the pots would fall apart again.
Evan used this analogy for our lives as believers. We are the pots and God is the potter. As pots, we want to be sincere and without wax, for if we are "crackpots" [hahaha Evan is hilarious!] our wax will show when we are held up to the Son.
So here is my New Year's Resolution. I desire to be sincere—in everything.
First and foremost, in my faith. I want to live a life that is completely unhypocritical. I want people to know that I am a Christian, even if their interaction with me is minimal. And that brings me to the second thing. I want to be sincere in my friendships. I have realized that the overflow of technology in this day and age causes a lot of friendships to be superficial and surface level. I am over that. I want my friendships to be real.
Unhypocritical. Genuine. Real. Sincere.
"We are not bound to say all we think but we are bound not even to look what we do not think."
-George MacDonald on sincerity
I love that I wrote a blog less than 24 hours ago about how I wanted a Holga. A yellow one. So much for a potential birthday gift! I already ordered it! Hahaha. I have ZERO sales resistance.
The photo in my previous blog was of a Holga 120N—lacking the colorflash feature. But I just fell in love with the yellow body! But I really wanted colorflash! After deliberating practically the whole day, I decided I was going to part with the beloved yellow Holga in order to get the 120CFN, which only came in black on Amazon.
But then, I decided to do a little extra research. Ebay came to my rescue! Ebay has seriously become my new best friend! Hahaha.
I found it. My beloved yellow Holga 120CFN. Just a tad bit more expensive, but definitely worth it. Yeeeeeeeee!! I am so excited! :)
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Is it too late to make a Christmas request?
Christmas has passed. Wow, how time flies! Next semester is creeping upon me. My last semester of college for my entire life. Yeesh! Graduation is in 125 days. Then comes who knows what.
Give the Gift of Clean Water from Blood:Water Mission on Vimeo.
(They still need about 800 of them to reach their goal of 1640 filters by Christmas!)
I am currently reading David Crowder's newest book "Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven, But Nobody Wants To Die."
On Monday, I took my bowling final. Currently, I am almost done with my 8-10 page paper for Christian Doctrine. All I have left is my take-home final for Christian Education. I am ALMOST DONE with the semester. It's so surreal. I only have one semester left—a semester that will be test-less. Oh how lovely this will be! That's the joy of graphic design classes.
