Reveries and Passions
Friday, August 19, 2005
more tomorrow than today | 11:15 PM |

I think I have a knack to become another's irritant without myself knowing it...I'm smooth like that. Smooth as a prickly pear.

Anyways, after chilling with my biochem buddies today...I had an epiphany. It is the fact that people will move on. People whom one sees for 8 months of the year will envitably become closer to them. The converse is true as well. Thus I've realized that I will probably never be able to connect with people whom I used be close with as much...since with time/distance separations, our experiences will be different, the crowds we hang out with will not be same, memories cannot be shared...the list goes on. However, it is not to say that the connectivity is gone, it is to point out the fact that further potential for growth will require overcoming this roadblock. I don't think it can be easily achieved (for the next few years), but it can quite possibly be done.

I've also realized that my writing style has become more choppy and has lost its lustrious flow.

In other news, I got a new stapler today and it came with 5000 staples and a staple-remover.

[Isaiah 1:13]
"Stop bringing meaningless offerings! Your incense is detestable to me. New Moons, Sabbaths and convocations - I cannot bear your evil assemblies."

Was reading through Isaiah and this verse struck out to me. Meaningless offerings (whether it be money, time, service...) can refer to many things. Oh how many times I've grudgingly gave up a few coins to the homeless, or when was the last time I helped out another without selfish intents? Every "good" done is meaningless unless tis' for God's glory (Soli Deo Gloria).

Prayers of a saint are like sweet smelling incense to the Lord, because only a righteous man's prayer is effectively powerful [James 5:16]. How often I have let my sins get in the way of intercessory ministry. How much unconfessed deeds have tainted the aroma of my incense?

Evil assemblies. A church (not the Body of Christ) can possibly have it, certain clubs, gatherings with people without a profitable clause.