I thought I really should update... I did write something last night, but it's rather terrible and I wasn't in a good mood when I wrote it so.... I'm going to get going on my "Moses Project" soon hopefully. For now I'm going to go start Tierney's letter. I shall try to come up with something better to update!

EDIT:

Well, It's been long enough since I posted something, but somehow I'm still in a lingering creative slump. Too many ideas, passionate about too many things, not enough time to write it all down. It seems piano and photography are coming easier than writing for me lately - how odd!

Someday I'll have something interestin and/or exciting to post... Or maybe I'll just continue reading other's.

When most people hear the word "Christian", they think of the many martyrs that have died for their faith, and weren't afraid to do so. No, they did not fear death, the Chrisitans were the people who sang sweet praises to God as they were unjustly burned at the stake for heresy. The Christians were the people who smiled as they said, "Thy will be done Lord" while being forced into the arena of the Colosseum, where sure death awaited. What an amazing trait - to be an "If but not" Christian - To look death, or maybe even something worse than death, in the eye and not have any fear, to completely trust in God. But, if I'm completely honest with myself (and you), it's not a virtue I possess.

I am afraid of death...

And it's the most beautiful fear I've ever felt. It's the fear of meeting the sovereign, omnipotent, majestic God who knows all my doubts, shortcomings and failures face to face. It's the fear of knowing this life is but a vapor, just a glimpse of the beautiful (... more than beautiful, there just isn't a word to express it) eternity to come. It is the fear of not being able to fathom the true meaning of eternity.

Beside all these fears, His many promises remain true. Knowing God's promises, sovereignty, love for us... How can we not live optimistically? How can we not live our lives bursting with joy and anticipation of the eternity to come?

"13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who^[a] is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory." (Ephesians 1:13-14)