for the joy ~

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how now?

Posted by: mz on: Wednesday, January 23, 2008

The excitement has faded, and I’m suddenly at a loss for what to do.
The words don’t come, neither do the thoughts,
Just a tightness in the chest, a twinge in the heart, and a familiar damp on the cheeks.
Not-so-vague feelings of despair creep unbidden into every moment.
What to do? What to do?
What do I do?

quote of the day

Posted by: mz on: Saturday, April 21, 2007

“I feel hungry when I talk to you.”
- my dad

the answer

Posted by: mz on: Friday, December 8, 2006

Haiyah, have recently been making more stupid things that I didn’t mean to do. =( Mistakes… just remind me of how imperfect I am. They make me want to be better, want to improve myself. They push me onwards, toward perfection… onwards toward a goal I cannot see…
What is perfection? What does it look [...]

the shadows speak

Posted by: mz on: Friday, May 19, 2006

sometimes, when everything's a little quiet
and the noise has died down
when life dances crazy circles around me
and i find myself alone in a crowd
the silence haunts me
with thoughts i make up myself
i wonder how i got here
and if i should get out
who should this person be,
if this person should be me?
a stranger to a companion
stranger [...]


hebrews 12:1-3

    Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

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