in awe of such clarity // when you dry your eyes pt. 2

i was so in awe of such clarity. and at peace!

but maybe i misinterpreted? before that stopover (and all the kornix!)... it was a sad bus ride home... even vanessa noticed from halfway across the bus!

and if i am scared now, then perhaps it isn't (or wasn't at all) perfect love?

brian, do not fear the consequences, remember?

.....and after a single, short conversation, ...........i must be considerate, and selfless. the confusion may be from God, but i must stay the course! and i must be sure the intentions are not my own. for HIS purposes, not my own.

Lord, i still do not know where you are leading me, nor why you are leading me to radical changes occuring over the same situation... but no matter where you lead, i must still follow you through to the end!

when you dry your eyes...

1 John 4:7-21 (NAB)

⁷Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God; everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God. ⁸Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love. ⁹In this way the love of God was revealed to us: God sent his only son into the world so that we might have life through him. ¹⁰In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as expiation for out sins. ¹¹Beloved, if God so loved us, we also must love one another. ¹²No one has ever seen God. Yet, if we love one another, God remains in us, and his love is brought to perfection in us.

¹³This is how we know that we remain in him and he in us, that he that he has given us of his spirit. ¹⁴Moreover, we have seen and testify that the Father sent his Son as saviour of the world. ¹⁵Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him and he in God. ¹⁶We have come to know and to believe in the love God has for us.

God is love, and whoever remaans in love remains in God and God in him. ¹⁷In this is love brought to perfection among us, that we have confidence on the day of judgment because as he is, so are we in this world. ¹⁸There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear because fear has to do with punishment, and so one who fears is not yet perfect in love. ¹⁹We love because he first loved us. ²⁰If anyone says, "I love God," but hates his brother, he is a liar; for whoever does not love a brogher whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. ²¹This is the commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.

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"Perfect love drives out fear... so one who fears is not yet perfect in love."

...well-said. and how timely!

Coincidence or synchonicity? (pt. 2)

list of recent odd thoughts, happenings, and coincidences from the nonlocal:

yesterday:
*approaching woodside's foodcourt, sensing both facets of nostalgia simultaneously.

*conversation with multiple references to A Walk to Remember.

*0missedcalls change-over from Switchfoot's Only Hope to Mandy Moore's Only Hope.

*yet-another person who knows the theme to Love Story.

*the introduction to A Certain Shade of Green.

today so far:
*wake-up call with Only Hope playing, and
all-of-a-sudden realizing how important the song is to the plot.

*"wanna guess the last name" halfway through rosary, and
subsequently adding Home Life (as/is) to 0missedcalls (<< now in v2.4).

Incubus - A Certain Shade of Green (Acoustic)

A certain shade of green... tell me: is that what you need?
All signs around: they say "move ahead!"
Could someone please explain to me your ever-present lack of speed?

Are your muscles bound by ropes, or do crutches cloud your day?
My sources say the road is clear, and street signs point the way.

You gonna stand around 'til 2012 A.D?
What are you waiting for: a certain shade of green?
I think I grew a-gray watching you procrastinate!
What are you waiting for: a certain shade of green?

Would a written invitation signed, "choose now or lose it all!"
sedate your hesitation, or inflame and make you stall?
You've been raised in limitation, but that glove never fit quite right.
The time has passed for hand-me-downs. Choose anew, please evolve, take flight!

You gonna stand around 'til 2012 A.D?
What are you waiting for: a certain shade of green?
I think I grew a-gray watching you procrastinate...