Psalm 147:3
" 3 He heals the brokenhearted, binding up their wounds."
Ephesians 3:20
" 20 Now glory be to God! By His mighty power at work within us, He is able to accomplish infinitely more than we would ever dare to ask or hope."
This is probably the subject that hits the closest to home for me. I've been through a lot - emotionally, spiritually & physically - within the past 5 years; the past 2-3 years especially. 2 years ago God partially unblocked a traumatic occurrence that happened 5 years, and I've been wading through all that surrounded it since. And because I was able to remember what had happened, Satan threw a spiritual semi-truck at me to discourage me from giving God the glory He deserved. God has done an immeasurable amount of healing in me over the past 2 years, and I've formed beautiful scars that glorify God in all of His splendor. I've come to a place where I feel fully healed from where I've been, and though wounds still seep & flashbacks occur, God's got some pretty cool bandaid's of healing in His arsenal =]
Physically, He's brought me from a time & place when my body was constantly rejecting foods; I could eat only 13 different things (most of them vegetables) with only one source of protein, and along with that terribly low blood sugar, a leaky gut, mild sleep Apnea, twisted spine, etc. Needless to say, He has done some overwhelmingly powerful physical healing for me. I'm reminded every single day of God's healing in my life, whether it be past or present, and I love showing what He has done =]
1 Corinthians 3:16
" 16 Don't you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you?"
1 Corinthians 6:19
" 19 Or don't you know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself,"
When reading/hearing about being a temple of the Holy Spirit, I'm used to 1 Corinthians 6:19 where it talks about as individuals we are the temple of the Holy Spirit, but the verse in 1 Corinthians 3:16 put it in a different context, and honestly confused me for a bit. Not only are we as individuals the temple for the Holy Spirit, but we as the body of Christ are also the temple of the Holy Spirit. It really shouldn't have been so confusing for me. I love that though. The Holy Spirit dwells in us. God didn't send the Holy Spirit to live just on earth, but to live in US. How neat is that? And not just us as individuals, but us as the body of Christ. It's so simple, and just so neat =]
1 John 3:1
" 1 See how very much our heavenly Father loves us, for He allows us to be called His children, and we really are! But the people who belong to this world don't know God, so they don't understand that we are His children."
I love that, "And we really are!". I the love joy the writer has in exclaiming that; we're God's children, it's something to be excited about! I often compare the similarities to our heavenly Father and earthly fathers, and it always makes me smile & reminds me of how much of a Father He really is. Some of the verses that always comes to mind with that are in Hebrews 12.
Hebrews 12:5-6
" 5 And have you entirely forgotten the encouraging words God spoke to you, His children? He said, 'My child, don't ignore it when the Lord disciplines you, and don't be discouraged when He corrects you. 6 For the Lord disciplines those He loves, and He punishes those He accepts as His children."
and...
Hebrews 12:10-11
" 10 For our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few years, doing the best they knew how. But God's discipline is always right and good for us because it means we will share in His holiness. 11 No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening - it is painful! But afterward there will be a quiet harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way."
and also...
Hebrews 12:7
" 7 As you endure this divine discipline, remember that God is treating you as His own children. Whoever heard of a child who was never disciplined?"
It always confused me when people thought God didn't love them because they felt like He was punishing them. It sucks hardcore, and hurts beyond belief sometimes, but without discipline & correction, there's no growth. I'm glad that we have a Father who loves us enough to correct us and increase our growth, and I love that He walks next to us the whole way as well.
Also, I love that we have a Father who doesn't play favorites. This is something I was blessed with to have on earth, and I love the example that Ada (daddy) has set for us; it's a wonderful thing to see someone imitate God's character.
Also, also, if you do happen to listen to Adventures in Odyssey, you should go listen to The Secret Keys of Discipline, case #20 A Journey of Choices =]
Ephesians 1:5
" 5 His unchanging plan has always been to adopt us into His own family by bringing us to Himself through Jesus Christ. And this gave Him great pleasure."
Galatians 4:5
" 5 God sent Him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that He could adopt us as His very own children."
I love adoption. If I were to ever have kids, I would adopt. I always thought it was funny how adoption was used in a negative light when it came to humor in movies. Lines such as, "Nobody loves you. You were adopted!" I feel like if anything, it would be the other way around (not that there should be favorites at all...). They're trying to illustrate it as if the person who was adopted doesn't belong because they're not blood related, which I realize probably happens a lot. But I always pictured it as this: there are thousands, if not millions, of children who are up for adoption, and you specifically choose a certain one(s). And they're that special one(s) for that family. That's like what God did, but He took it so much further than that. He - the King of Kings, Creator of all, Savior, etc. - adopted us to be His children. He knew us before we were born, knew all of the crap we were/are going to pull, and He still welcomes us to be His children. He makes His home in our hearts and welcomes us into His. How great is that?
Romans 15:7
" 7 So accept each other just as Christ has accepted you; then God will be glorified."
I feel like way too often we fight for peoples acceptance of us; of our clothes, our humor, our personalities, our looks, our lingo, our tastes, our faith, our hobbies, etc. It's human nature to want to belong with people; to fit in & be apart of something; to be acknowledged & loved. I find it sad that we feel like we need to fight for that, whether it be a little or a lot. I feel like especially for christian's, we try to be accepted by the world a lot of the time, but we don't need to - we're set apart from the world. And even if we're not seeking the acceptance of the world, there's still that desire to be accepted by someone. And a lot of the time we seek that acceptance out through a relationship. The thing that I love so much is that we simply don't need to. We don't need to seek out the acceptance of others; it's offered to us freely by Christ, who is above everyone out there combined. We don't need to try to be accepted by Him, have you ever stopped to think about what means? The lyrics that went through my head when I read that verse were from Amazing Love, "I'm accepted, you were condemned". I love that. He, the dude who made EVERYTHING - time, earth, the universe, us, existence, etc - and knows all of our sins, even the ones that haven't happened yet, fully & wholeheartedly accepts us.
The song below is one that's really close to my heart and effects me in a powerful way. It's one of the songs in my truth playlist that reminds me of what Christ has done in my life, and how incredible He really is.
1 John 4:16
" 16 We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in Him. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them."
John 3:16
" 16 For God loved the world that He gave His only son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life."
I feel like this is what ties all of the other identity pieces together: God's love.
There's a specific Adventures in Odyssey episode that I think of when I hear the words "God's love". In case #4 Puns, Parables, and Perilous Predicaments, there's an episode entitled The Greatest of These. In it Connie, Pamela, Robyn, and Oscar have a bible study and hear the word "agape" in regards to God's love. Throughout the rest of the episode they are trying to find out what the word "agape" means. Through a series of events, Whit feels it is best to simply tell Robyn what it means: "Agape is unconditional love. Now that means you love somebody no matter what. Not just if they're as smart as you, or act the way you want them to, and not just if they have a handicap. It means you love them, even when they don't deserve to be loved." Unconditional love; to love someone, even when they don't deserve to be loved. That's God's love EXACTLY. With the crap that I pull every day, I sure as heck don't deserve to be loved the way that God loves me. And yet He still offers His love to me, with no strings attached, and no hidden fees. That blows my mind...
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
" 19 Or don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, 20 for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body."
I could go off of this in so many different directions. Here's the image that I get when I hear "You are God's possession": I see me, curled up in the fetal position at the top of my bed on my seven pillows, comforter, Batman baby quilts, blankies & stuffed hippo (yes, I still sleep with blankies & a stuffed hippo, and they are marvelous comfort items), and just being in God's presence; being blanketed with peace & joy while wrapped up in His arms. Being surrounded by His truths: He delights in me; He gleans even more joy out of that time than me (which I still can't see possible); He loves it when I come to Him & just sit at is feet; He loves me; I AM HIS. This is not a property claim. It's not like when some dude fancies a lady, claims her, and then gives her father a goat in exchange. He didn't give a goat, He gave His freakin' life.
This is just simply, I AM HIS. I'm His child, His stupid little sheep whom He loves, His bride, His love; I am His. I just don't know how to fully explain that, but it is wonderful, and it's just about one of my favorite things EVER.
He dwells in us; we are His temple. This is something I feel like we don't really think about all that often, or at least I don't. Something to be praying about, and asking God how we can improve =]
Colossians 3:12 " 12 Since God chose you to be the holy people whom He loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience."
ho·ly/ˈhōlē/
Adjective:
Dedicated or consecrated to God or a religious purpose; sacred: "the Holy Bible"; "the holy month of Ramadan".
(of a person) Devoted to the service of God: "saints and holy men"
Or as my iTouch dictionary puts it:
I love that description. We belong to God; we're His children, and we belong to Him. He CHOSE us to be His children, knowing our sins and all that we've done, and knowing how much we would hurt Him, He still chose us to be His holy people. How flippin' great is that?! That's such a beautiful picture of His love for us, I love it =]
Hebrews 10:14
" 14 For by that one offering He perfected forever all those whom He is making holy."
Philippians 3:12 " 12 I don't mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection! But I keep working toward that day when I will finally be all that Christ Jesus saved me for and wants me to be."
The second part of the second verse has always stood out to me. It brings me hope. I know that I'm not perfect, no where near it in fact, but through the power & grace of God I can continue in my quest to achieve perfection; to achieve godliness. I know I'll never get there while I'm here, but I also know that God has reserved perfection for me when I go home, for all of eternity.
Ephesians 1:4 " 4 Long ago, even before He made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in His eyes."
Colossians 3:1-15 " 1 Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand.2 Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth.3 For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God.4 And when Christ, who is your* life, is revealed to the whole world, you will share in all his glory.5 So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing to do with sexual immorality, impurity, lust, and evil desires. Don’t be greedy, for a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world.6 Because of these sins, the anger of God is coming.* 7 You used to do these things when your life was still part of this world.8 But now is the time to get rid of anger, rage, malicious behavior, slander, and dirty language.9 Don’t lie to each other, for you have stripped off your old sinful nature and all its wicked deeds.10 Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him.11 In this new life, it doesn't matter if you are a Jew or a Gentile,* circumcised or uncircumcised, barbaric, uncivilized,* slave, or free. Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us.12 Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.13 Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.14 Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony.15 And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful." Okay so I'm sick & exhausted, and my brain turned off about 2 days ago, which makes it nearly impossible to form word fragments, so not much will be said in this one. Plus this was a harder one to comprehend for me, cause I definitely don't see myself as blameless in any sense of the word. So I talked to Ada to word it in a way for me to understand. This is what he said (which is probably what I would have eventually ended up saying, had my brain not quit on me):
Because He see's us as cleansed by the blood of Jesus. When you believe in Jesus, you are cleansed by His blood, and so that's how He see's us; He see's us through the eyes of Jesus. "We are clothed by His righteousness"
Isaiah 61:10 " 10 I am overwhelmed with joy in theLordmy God!For he has dressed me with the clothing of salvation and draped me in a robe of righteousness. I am like a bridegroom in his wedding suitor a bride with her jewels."
Romans 8:1-2
" 1 So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. 2 For the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you through Christ Jesus from the power of son that leads to death."
Romans 6:14
"14 Sin is no longer your master, for you are no longer subject to the law, which enslaves you to sin. Instead, you are free by God's grace."
con·demn/kənˈdem/
Verb:
Express complete disapproval of, typically in public; censure.
Sentence (someone) to a particular punishment, esp. death: "the rebels had been condemned to death".
This is one of the ones that speaks the loudest to me. I deal a lot with spiritual warfare, and about five years ago I went through a two year time of spiritual warfare, during which I basically walked out on God. He pursued me as always, and restored my life in Him. Since then I've constantly been battling Satan's condemnation. I know that he has no place to condemn me, but lies are supposed to sound like truth, and he is the king of lies. On the last night of the retreat they handed out slips of paper to us to write down our sins/burdens, so that we could throw them in the fire later. I didn't write down a sin, but a prayer; a prayer of truth, that in God's name the lies surrounding that time and the condemnation would end. As I prayed I definitely started crying, which, for those who know me know that that's kind of a big deal for me... especially when there are people involved. There was an instant release, and for the first time in I don't know when, Satan's condemning of that time stopped; I haven't felt it since.
God and Satan are opposites; light and darkness. If Satan is the one constantly condemning us and feeding us those lies, what does that then tell us about God?
Acts 10:43
" 43 He is the one all the prophets testified about, saying that everyone who believes in Him will have their sins forgiven through His name."
for·give/fərˈgiv/
Verb:
Stop feeling angry or resentful toward (someone) for an offense, flaw, or mistake.
Stop feeling angry or resentful toward someone for (an offense, flaw, or mistake).
re·sent·ful/riˈzentfəl/
Adjective:
Feeling or expressing bitterness or indignation at having been treated unfairly.
This is one that's a little harder to write about. I feel like I'm pretty decent at forgiving, though there are times when it's definitely not as easy. And then there are times when I feel I can forgive someone, but I still don't trust them, and feel uncomfortable around them. I then feel like that's not actually forgiving them, and it just becomes an entangled web of what the definition of forgiveness is, and how I'm applying it.
What amazes me is the way God forgave us on the cross, and how He continues to forgive us daily. On the cross He forgave us our past sins, and the sins that had not yet happened. All the times we lie, steal, lust, murder, give into temptation, hate, and deny Him, He has already forgiven - we need only to repent and ask for it, knowing that it is so. Think about that: when we repent, God forgives us our sins. He doesn't hold it against us, reminding us of how we've failed; that's Satan's line of work, and he will do anything to get us to believe the lie that God is counting our sins against us (2 Corinthians 5:19). When God forgives us, He doesn't hold it against us, He doesn't resent us for that offense or mistake, He TRULY forgives us. Even when we don't feel like we can forgive ourselves, God can. We need to be better at following His example in this, and I say that knowing full well that I have a lot to work on in that area...
2 Corinthians 5:17
"17 What this means is that those who become christians become new persons. They are not the same anymore, for the old life is gone. A new life has begun!"
This makes me very happy. God's gift of forgiveness is powerful enough to nullify our sins and create in us a new person. We're made new when we come to the cross and repent, accepting Christ as our Lord & Savior. Have you ever stopped to think of how wonderful that is? God takes away from us the old, dirty rags, burdens, and sins when we repent. We're made NEW. We don't have to carry around the shame of who we were before, it's been forgiven. We don't have to constantly try to redeem ourselves, it's been taken care of. We don't have to fight for our forgiveness, it's been given freely. It doesn't matter how screwed up we were, or what we've done. Look at Paul: he did everything he could to stop the growth of the church (Philippians 3:6), and he persecuted christians to the extreme, going to their homes & dragging them out to put put in prison. He was on his way to bring christians back to Jerusalem to be punished, when God intervened. He got ahold of Paul's (known then as Saul) heart, made him new in Him, and he's now known as one of the greatest apostles. Such a powerful testiment! If we think for one second that we simply cannot be made new in Christ for what we've done or said; that nothing can change us, then we're listening to lies told to us by Satan himself. NOTHING is too great for God. And though we may not deserve it... at all, He still offers us that precious gift of new life in Him freely. We're new creations in Christ, how freaking awesome is that?!
Ephesians 5:1-2
"1 Follow God's example in everything you do, because you are His dear children. 2 Live a life filled with love for others, following the example of Christ, who loved you and gave Himself as a sacrifice to take away your sins. And God was pleased, because that sacrifice was life sweet perfume to Him."
Romans 5:7-8
"7 Now, no one is likely to die for a good person, though someone might be willing to die for someone who is especially good. 8 But God showed His great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners."
1 John 4:9-10
" 9 God showed how much He loved us by sending His only Son into the world so that we may have eternal life through Him. 10 This is real love. It is not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins."
This is something I struggle with a little. I've found that I try not to think about what Jesus endured for me, cause honestly, I hate the thought of it. I watched The Passion of the Christ for the first time this year when Suburban held a showing of it around Easter. I wasn't really sure what to expect, as there's been some debate about it's accuracy, quality, etc. I'm not sure why it feels like a struggle to admit this, but it hit me hard. As soon as I got in my car and was on the road, I lost it; I started sobbing, and I hate admiting that because 1) I hardly EVER cry, and that's something that I'm proud of for some reason. And 2) it was seemingly because of a movie. But I couldn't help it, which was even more frustrating. I was sobbing because now I had a visual image in my mind of what Christ endured, even if it wasn't the real thing and only a movies portrayal of it, it was still there. And I hate the thought of someone doing that for me. When I was younger, I would try to compare what it was like to something that was easier for me to understand. I used to imagine it being like someone took a bullet for me, but that never worked because taking a bullet is NOTHING like what Christ went through. He was wrongfully accused, beaten in ways that I can't imagine, mocked, spat on, humiliated, whipped, forced to carry a heavy, splintering tree on His open flesh, nailed to the same tree He carried up a hill, and then sufficated... for me. It makes me feel almost guilty at times. But that guilt doesn't come from God, it comes from Satan, the great deceiver. Jesus WILLINGLY went through that. He didn't want to, He prayed that there could be another way (Mark 14:36), but there wasn't, and He still did it. I personally can't fathom that kind of love, because I'm a selfish ninny who doesn't want to endure hardships. I don't feel like I deserve what He went through for me. I'm selfish, proud, oblivious, hurtful, weak, arrogant, disobedient, and more, and I'm constantly letting Him down. Yet He still finds me worth dying for.
I think the thing that gets me the most, and it's something that I'm reminded of every day, is that at that time God knew exactly who I was, and He had every power to deny me His salvation, but He didn't.
The last song that I posted, You Love Me Anyway by Sidewalk Prophets, is one that speaks really deeply to me. If you don't watch/listen to anything else, listen to that.
"But the beauty of grace is it makes life not fair."
2 Thessalonians 2:13
"13 As for us, we always thank God for you, dear brothers and sisters loved by the Lord. We are thankful that God chose you to be among the first* to experience salvation, a salvation that came through the Spirit who makes you holy and by your belief in the truth." (NLT)
*God chose you from the very beginning
1 Corinthians 7:23a
"God purchased you at a high price."
Whenever I hear the word "chosen" I immediatly think of two things: Harry Potter, and Frodo Baggins. Luckily, that kind of chosen isn't quite what God meant when He said that He has chosen us. We're not the only ones alive who are capable of defeating the Dark Lord, nor do we have to travel across middle earth with a more than half-naked, emaciated, balding dude who crawls around everywhere and has a split personality. Granted, we are persecuted, and have many hard battles to endure, but I think we got a pretty good deal out of everything...
This is something that I absolutely love, but don't really have a lot of words for. God chose us. He, the creator of the entire universe, chose us. And not only did He choose us, but He actively pursues us, seeking us out. In Sunday Study a little while ago we did some lessons on In The Dust of the Rabbi, looking at what it was like to be a disciple in the 1st century, and what it means to follow Him today. The thing that stuck out to me the most was when it talked about how back then people sought out the Rabbi (I'm pretty sure that's what they called that person at that time, unless I'm remembering the name incorrectly); they traveled to him, tried to find him, and constantly followed him. But with Jesus as the Rabbi, He sought US out; He traveled to us, found us, pursued us. But He never pushes Himself on us; He's a gentleman. I love that example of how much He cares for us; He chose us, He pursues us, He longs for us. I'm not very familiar with very many other "religions", but I don't know of any who has a "god" like that.
Ephesians 2:10
"10 For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so that we can do the good things He planned for us long ago." (NLT)
mas·ter·piece
n.
1. An outstanding work of art or craft.
2. The most outstanding piece of work of a creative artist, craftsman, etc.
When I think of a masterpiece, I think of four things:
1) Julian Beever (Pavement Picasso) http://www.julianbeever.net/ . The man is a freaking genius when it comes to pavement drawings.
2) Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Not even going to expound upon that, I'd be typing for hours.
3) Christopher Nolan (or rather, his movies). This dude is a cinematic genius, and simply amazing at what he does.
And 4) (don't hate) Bob Ross. The man made a masterpiece right before your eyes in half a flippin' hour. Seriously, watch this, it's phenomenal.
Bob Ross is known as "The Happy Painter". You'll often hear him say things like, "happy little tree's" on his show. Which, is kinda weird, but the point is his joy. He has so much joy when painting, and even when he's not painting. There were several times when he said that one of the things he enjoys the most is cleaning the brushes, particularly drying them. He's sincere, and he has an awesome fro/beard.
This may seem like a bit of a stretch, but it reminds me of our Creator (not so much the fro part). We are His masterpiece, the ones created in His image for His purpose; He delights in us. It kinda goes back to yesterday's post in Psalm 139:13-14,
"13 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb. 14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous - and how well I know it." .
He created us, and not just like, "BOOM! Humans". He formed our individual beings; every cell, every molecule, every detail. And I'm pretty sure He did so within a half hour time period, too. He's known all along what our appendix does, and he knows why we yawn. He formed all of our physical aspects, as well as gifts, abilities, etc. And I think one of the things I love most is that He didn't just create us and then just go about His business; He's constantly shaping and molding us, continually perfecting us for His glory and by His love. We are His masterpiece, "The most outstanding piece of work of a creative artist, craftsman, etc."
"13 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb. 14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous - and how well I know it." (NLT)
The two verses that follow those are:
"15 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. 16 You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day passed."
I love this subject, it's one of my favorite truth's. We're not accidents; we're not mistakes. Not as a whole, and not as individual's. When we were born, God didn't say, "Crap, what am I supposed to do with this one?". He's the one who intricately put us together and formed who we are. He gave each of us our own unique mix of gifts, talents, abilities, quirks, understandings, passions, and humor. He put great care into each and every one of us, knowing exactly where He would place us. He did all of these things and more, knowing that we would mess up; knowing that we would sin. It doesn't shock Him when we do. It doesn't leave Him dumbfounded, wondering, "Why did I make her/him if she's going to mess up & disappoint me like that? That was dumb of me..." No. He knew from before the start that we would constantly fail Him, mess things up, and take away His glory - but He still did it anyway. He carefully & lovingly made us, knowing about all of the crap that we do. He still loves us despite those things. They hurt Him, they break His heart, and He desperately desires for us to turn from them, but He doesn't regret forming us. That's a beautiful picture of God's love for us. We're His children. He gave each of us a purpose, and He gave us that unique blend of gifts & abilities for that purpose. Lets glorify Him with it =]
Well your life is the song that you sing And the whole wide world is listening Well the answer to the question is You were created, your life is a gift and The lights are shining on you today, ‘cause [ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/m/matth You got something to say If you’re livin’, if you’re breathin’ You got something to say And you know if your heart is beatin’ You got something to say And no one can say it like you do God is love and love speaks through You got it, you got it You got something to say
The speaker at the Suburban College Fall Retreat spoke about our identities this year, and gave each of us a bookmark with a list of 31 different things that help make up our identities in Christ and verses to go along with them. I decided to spend time every day focusing on one of the subjects, writing down my thoughts, and any songs, verses, or quotes that come to mind. I'm not a particularly profound person, I like touching on the simple things more. I like the idea of hearing & seeing different people's thoughts on these, since we're all programmed so differently. It's a great way to glean insight on things that we wouldn't have thought of otherwise. I think it'd be awesome if other people did the same... even if you didn't post it, it would be worth it =]
