April 4, 2013 • 23 notes
If you don’t feel free to be yourself, you can’t connect. Find people who accept your quirks. They’ll heal your soul.
Donald Miller
April 4, 2013 • 4 notes
Fear is directly correlated to how big we think God is. The greater we see God the less fear we have.
Jefferson Bethke
March 29, 2013
Resound Church Westside GRAND OPENINGIf you live around the Tigard/SW Portland area (or the surrounding area thereabouts, like Lake Oswego, Downtown Portland, West Linn, Wilsonville, Oregon City even), be sure to check out my church’s second location! 10AM, THIS Sunday, March 31st. We’ll be at the Regal Tigard 11 Cinemas located on SW Pacific Highway. Hope to see you there—and invite your family, friends, neighbors, coworkers… the possibilities are endless :)  **Those of you who live further out west of the Sunset Highway (aka Beaverton, Hillsboro, Cornelius, Forest Grove), we’ve got you covered. Resound Church’s main campus in Tanasbourne is also holding Easter services—and kicking off “Three Weeks of Bring”—this Sunday, with services at 9AM & 10:30AM at the Regal Evergreen Cinemas on NW 185th Ave** For more details, go to www.resoundchurch.com

Resound Church Westside GRAND OPENING

If you live around the Tigard/SW Portland area (or the surrounding area thereabouts, like Lake Oswego, Downtown Portland, West Linn, Wilsonville, Oregon City even), be sure to check out my church’s second location! 10AM, THIS Sunday, March 31st. We’ll be at the Regal Tigard 11 Cinemas located on SW Pacific Highway. Hope to see you there—and invite your family, friends, neighbors, coworkers… the possibilities are endless :) 

**Those of you who live further out west of the Sunset Highway (aka Beaverton, Hillsboro, Cornelius, Forest Grove), we’ve got you covered. Resound Church’s main campus in Tanasbourne is also holding Easter services—and kicking off “Three Weeks of Bring”—this Sunday, with services at 9AM & 10:30AM at the Regal Evergreen Cinemas on NW 185th Ave**

For more details, go to www.resoundchurch.com

March 21, 2013

Wandering Ruby: Hope Deferred

An excerpt…

I definitely feel more like I am back to my old self again, and the hurt and feelings of worthlessness now gone. My memories of this guy grow more faint each day. Guess it is true that when they say that if it’s “out of sight”, it’s also “out of mind”.

But I will admit I still miss him… or perhaps, I miss the idea of him. In a way, I think that–as hurtful as the result was for me–God used this person in my life to show me that there are guys out there who possess traits that I hope to find in my husband someday. I’m not saying that my future husband is going to have these traits but not serve Jesus; what I’m saying is that God very possibly may have allowed for this to happen in order to give me a glimpse of what I should partly expect from my husband, if that makes any sense.That, eventually, I will find the kind of man who has both: love for Jesus, plus the good traits exemplified to me by how a man truly should be.

March 12, 2013 • 6 notes

Heart Attack

Been listening to Demi Lovato’s new single this entire week. Love it.

Never put my love out on the line
Never said yes to the right guy
Never had trouble getting what I want
But when it comes to you, I’m never good enough

When I don’t care, I can play ‘em like a Ken doll
Won’t wash my hair then make ‘em bounce like a basketball

But you make me wanna act like a girl
Paint my nails and wear high heels
Yes, you make me so nervous that I just can’t hold your hand 

You make me glow
But I cover up, won’t let it show
So I’m putting my defenses up
‘Cause I don’t wanna fall in love
If I ever did that, I think I’d have a heart attack

Never break a sweat for the other guys
When you come around, I get paralyzed
And every time I try to be myself
It comes out wrong like a cry for help

It’s just not fair, pain’s more trouble than love is worth
I gasp for air, it feels so good but you know it hurts

But you make me wanna act like a girl
Paint my nails and wear perfume for you
Make me so nervous that I just can’t hold your hand

You make me glow
But I cover up, won’t let it show
So I’m putting my defenses up
‘Cause I don’t wanna fall in love
If I ever did that, I think I’d have a heart attack

The feelings are lost in my lungs
They’re burning, I’d rather be numb
Yeah, there’s no one else to blame
So scared, I’d take off and I run
I’m flying too close to the sun
And I burst into flames

You make me glow
But I cover up, won’t let it show
So I’m putting my defenses up
‘Cause I don’t wanna fall in love
If I ever did that, I think I’d have a heart attack 

March 12, 2013
Yet he (Abraham) did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.
Romans 4:19-20 (NIV)
March 8, 2013 • 5 notes
You’ve never failed and You won’t start now. Spirit, lead me where my trust is without borders. Let me walk upon the waters wherever You would call me. Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander, and my faith will be made stronger.
Hillsong United - “Oceans”
March 8, 2013 • 4 notes
What was lost is not lost forever, and what was stolen from you, He restores completely.
Steffany Frizzell-Gretzinger (Bethel Music Spring Tour 2013: Miami)
March 8, 2013 • 3 notes
Before God is a rulemaker, He’s a creator. When God says no, it’s because that thing is less than what He created for your joy.
John Mark Comer
March 5, 2013
Life can be cruel and unfair; it has its share of pain and disappointments. But whatever you do, don’t quit—especially in yourself. God hasn’t.
Eugene Cho