cal apathy

pray for me please. i need courage, i need wisdom,
i need patience, i need gentleness, and i need love.
all of the passages i've read from the bible recently
have pointed towards the fact that i need to act now.
yes, i have been praying for my friends that are not
Christian and yes, i have been searching for opportunities
to evangelize to them and yes, i have spent hours staring
at my ceiling imagining each scenario of what it would be
like if i were to simply throw out the question, "do you
believe in God?" or "what's the purpose of your life?"
but, it seems like somewhere in my thought process,
i've forgotten the urgency of the gospel, the life or
death situation of each day that they face without knowing,
all because i've become a bit too comfortable in my walk
of faith. you see, living a Christian life without sharing
the gospel is like trying to reach a destination while
weaving through and trying to ignore a hoard of blind
people that is right in front of you. i keep telling myself
i need to wait for the perfect moment, because i don't
want to upset any of them. yet, in hesitating, i am letting
them upset my Lord while they are living in sin. i need to
stop putting my friendships above my friends and i need to
start making an effort to win their souls for His glory.
second semester senior, let's go!

snake kings

new favorite school-required book: housekeeping
a work of excellent literary genius literally.
never before have i seen such a novel in school
that so brilliantly intertwines a story of
transience with the call of every Christian
to live out the Great Commission. go read it.

extra credit

Lord, thank You for giving a college to go to!
pomona, i hear, is quite a good school...and
everyone i've told has told me to go...but
God, are You telling me to go? or is this
feeling i have tugging at my heart to stay just
coming from my own desire to remain comfortable?
i've said it all year and i'll keep saying it.
wherever i go, i know You will use me, because
wherever i go, i know You will lead me.
Jesus, i'm not afraid of the world because
You have taken away my fears- huh, peter
kinda said that. but God, in Your grace,
You named me john. i kid i kid. thanks God. ^_^

pressure

i'm free, i'm alive
feelin' good, i'm alright
and you can't take my joy
('cause the world didn't give it to me)
and you can't take my joy
('cause the world didn't give it to me)

stealth like ally

christine's party was fun!
mario kart was fun!
playing kemps and finally winning was fun!
"sneaking" around the dark with nerf guns was fun!
helping people unjam the guns was fun!
seeing a bullet epically crushed by christine was hilarious!
wayne chen missed out on so much fun!
so much fun!

rebel with the Lion

Christians, rise up!
this is the war we are fighting- every day.
a battle against lust, against gluttony,
against greed, pride, and our flesh.
in this war, there are no tragedies, no
deaths, no wounds that cannot be healed
all because Christ is leading- He is
the front line. so, rise up, because
He has risen! and raise up the banner
of victory and truth! we must not conform
to the world. we must band together and
rebel against the prince of power of the air.
do not simply read the word of God-
but live it! fight your sin! and take up
your cross and follow Him. die to yourself
and rise up in Jesus' resurrection!
equip yourself with the belt of truth,
the breastplate of righteousness, the shoes
of readiness, the shield of faith, the
helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit!

big boss battle

for the first time since the school year
started, i am completely confused.
this morning as i woke up, i felt helpless
because i knew that i would have to take
my physics test on thermodynamics- a unit
i've never really taken a liking to.
that is why i decided to take the day off
to spend some leisure time studying in
the comfort of my bright sunlit room...

the day starts at evening

thinking back to winter retreat
i always wish i could be there again

hi-rarious

hehe. today, while i was drawing, my mom came up
to me and said my picture was cute. then, she asked
me what kind of animal it was that i drew- it was
a walrus. then i spent the next couple minutes in
sheer laughter, because my mom could not pronounce
walrus correctly. and i know the chinese stereotype
of getting "l" and "r" mixed up, but the fact that
my mom could pronounce wall correctly, but not
walrus made me giggle uncontrollably. i even tried
my best to emphasize the "l" by adding an extra "luh"
before going into the "rus" but when she put it together,
it would come out "war-race"

interlude

taking a short break from romans, because those
posts take forever for me to write, and because
i've all of a sudden become super duper busy
with two events that are coming up: guy/girl
appreciation night and adopt-a-child! after four
years of participating in skits, videos, and dances,
i decided to take it lightly this year by becoming
chair of the committee- f6 "wait, what?" well,
considering i'll soon be a second semester senior,
my schedule should be as open as del taco. anyway,
i'm really excited to be leading in such a position-
God, take all the glory! my prayer is that lives
would truly be touched by this event and that the
gospel would not only be spread to the children we
adopt but to nonbelievers that attend the event as
well. media fast- 4 hours a week. 2 hours down already.
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totally random: shout out to serena! thanks for the
awesome mug (i used it to drink milk along with
two cookies ^_^)
random remix: shout out to eunice! you know how
i said i wanted to name a bug shaniqua? well i saw
an earwig in my bathroom and was about to name it steve.
but then, i remembered our conversation and named it
laquisha instead =3