Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, a top 3 favorite movie of all time in my book. I love saying that because it’s one of those lesser known movies that makes me feel special for liking it. Here’s a brief synopsis:
It’s a movie about two dysfunctional lovers, Joel (played by Jim Carrey) and Clementine (played by Kate Winslet) that meet each other on a train in Montauk. Hmm, I always thought that was a funny name. Montauk. But anyways, the movie starts out like any other cinematic romance: though they’re totally different, they’re absolutely in love with one another! But as time progresses, their relationship suffers from lack of excitement and various arguments, which eventually turn into bitter hatred towards one another. The pain from their once perfect relationship eventually becomes so severe, that they resort to having their memories of each other permanently erased from their minds–literally.
First off, sorry for posting two month old news, just goes to show how ‘in the know’ I am about the world. Thankfully, my friend AK Kim showed me this video, which was such a testimony to God’s powerful work in the present day.
Ladies and gentleman, we’re coming upon the anniversary of the greatest event in history.
All of scripture points to this day.
The prophets in the Old Testament all looked forward to this moment.
All believers hold on tightly to it.
It transcends past, present, and future.
Foretold from the very beginning, the literal midpoint of history, the guarantee of a hopeful future.
In case you didn’t notice, or if this is your first time visiting, I’ve made some changes to the site in the last two days. In an effort to enhance readability and blog-ness, here’s what happened:
The biggest change is that the theme is flat out different
Changed the font, increased font size, and spacing between each line
Added the ability to ‘like’ a blog post
Random texts will turn red when you hover over them
Added recent comments and recent posts to the sidebar on the right
Removed and added some sites for ’suggested clicking’
Bored and nostalgic, but mainly bored, I went over some footage my dad took for last Summer’s trip to China and Taiwan. I decided to turn that boredom into a cause for good: proving my legitimacy as a 100% Taiwanese-born-American. Why does that matter? Oh, you don’t need to watch a video to believe in my rightful Taiwanese heritage? Great, this isn’t for you. This is for the others. Some people don’t believe this truth; shucks, some people don’t even believe I’m Asian (I’ve gotta be at least half, right?). How outrageous!
So, if you could sit back, relax, and take two minutes of your time to convince yourself of this fact, I think both of us will benefit greatly.
On Friday, a group of brothers and sisters sang an awesome song before our church. After rediscovering it today, I know God’s speaking to me as I replay it through time after time:
Since, I haven’t posted in a while, I’ll just share about how I’m doing spiritually. Recently, I’ve just been so frustrated with the inconsistency of my heart. It’s like two seconds after every God-glorifying thought I have, I turn to self-praise or have some terrible thought about my brother, sister, or even a stranger on a bus. Then, in response, I’ll become frustrated and question my goodness and deservedness of God’s love. I mean, there’s no question honestly. I’m no good, but because He is, I’m wholly and absolutely saved by Christ’s redeeming love. But my heart never really reaches that point and sees that amazing fact. Whether in selfishness or selfish frustration, I’m still consumed by myself.
Recently, the song, “Beg,” by Shane and Shane has really been tugging at my heart. It’s not even just a couple of lines that I identify with, but every single lyric. This song reminds me that at the end of the day, He doesn’t want my words or deeds, but my heart. He wants my love.
I recently had the privilege of designing the new site for the One in Love (OIL) conference held in Melrose, Pennsylvania. I haven’t actually been to OIL, but I can tell just from the title that it’s a conference with one focus, loving our God. We’re all one church, one body of Christ, one set of people that was made to be madly in love with our savior. From January 6th to 9th, about a thousand people will join together in a cozy gym out in the frigid winter season to praise Him with all their heart, soul, and mind. Through music, fellowship, and a few incredible speakers: Dr. Min Joshua Chung, George Verwer, and Dr. Robert Norris, you’ll get blessed–no doubt. Registration for the conference begins in two days (Nov. 10th). Travel accommodations from various midwest and northeast locations are also listed on the site: http://www.winteroil.org
In case the site isn’t impressive enough or you just want more hype for OIL, watch this promo for the conference:
In the immortal words of the guy from Love Actually,
But for now, let me say - Without hope or agenda - Just because it’s Christmas - And at Christmas you tell the truth - To me, you are perfect - And my wasted heart will love you - Until you look like this.
or you just want more hype for OIL, watch this promo for the conference:
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