7But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ 9and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith. 10I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.
This passage is one of my favorites. When I read I can't help but shout amen. It just speaks so much amazing truth, that I get choked up when I read it, it's so beautiful. But feeling all nice inside is different from being changed by it. And I wonder how much this passage reigns true in my life. And if I do have the same desire as Paul, how is that being played out in my life?
I've been getting challenged right and left recently and I think God's trying to tell me that I'm supposed to be doing something. Something that perhaps I'm not doing right now. I'm not exactly sure what that is right now, but I think I have a holy discontent with the way things are right now, and I'm trying to put my finger on why God has been convicting me so much to be more active in His kingdom work. I don't know what this is supposed to look like in my life right now, but please pray that I will go boldly and confidently wherever God leads me.
And now a random clip from x man, from the best part of the show entitled 당연하지 (which in English means, "Of Course"). In the game, people have to say something about you, and you HAVE to answer back with 당연하지, and if you can't say that, you lose. In this clip, Tim (he's actually a pastor's son from Philadelphia), takes on Park Myung Soo. Tim can speak perfect English, so Park Myung Soo decides to have a battle in English and it's hillarious!!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
hey mark,
it has been a very long time indeed. my trip aroud the world came to an end in november and it was the experience of a life time. word can't really express the things i've seen, learned and experienced over the last year... so many different places, so many different cultures... it was amazing...
right now i'm living in florida. i moved here at the end of january to be closer to the lovely lady in the picture on my blog. her name is joy and we are going to be getting married in june. she was on the trip as well... we're looking at staying in the tampa area after getting married for at least a year, then looking into different mission organizations hoping to eventually end up in africa somewhere...
life is good. things are going well here on my end. how about you? how's life in korea? i didn't get to stop there on my trip, but did get to hit up thailand, cambodia and china, so i got a little taste for the asian culture. hope things are going well for you.
chris
Post a Comment