November 2011
1 post
The Halfness
I thought I understood it, that I could grasp it. But I didn’t, not really. only the glimpseness of it, the pink slippered all-containered semi precious eagerness of it. Don’t know, didn’t know about grace abounding the smudgness of me. the goriness of me. I was halfed in half by halves. Didn’t realize it would sometimes be more whole, that the wholeness was rather an all...
October 2011
1 post
“alive body is not one that never gets hurt, but one that can to some extent...”
– C.S Lewis
July 2011
2 posts
“Grace changes us, and change is painful.”
– Flannery O’Conner
June 2011
1 post
“Come to me everyone who is carrying a heavy load, I will set that right. Your...”
– Jesus
May 2011
2 posts
“The real test of being in the presence of God is, that you either forget about...”
– C.S. Lewis
If you could only listen to 5 songs for the Rest...
These are in no particular order.
1) Jackson Brown - These days
2) lynryd Skynrd - Freebird
3) Fleetwood Mac - Listen to the Wind Blow
4) Ryan Adams - Come Pick me Up
5) John Mark Mcmillian - How he Loves us
April 2011
4 posts
“We cannot see light, though by light we can see things. Statements about God are...”
– C.S. Lewis
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
I have summoned you by name; you are...”
– Isaiah 43
“Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My...”
– Psalm 73:25-26
Bucket List.
skydive (which I’ll be doing on my 21st birthday)
swim in an ocean
make a youtube video
eat sushi
go to a concert
buy a big truck
honk an 18 wheeler’s horn
move to a tropical island
graduate college (1 1/2 more years!)
get a master’s degree
buy a house
get married
have children
travel across Europe and Australia
visit Auschwitz concentration camp
go to a frat party
go...
March 2011
5 posts
“I don’t think you can explain how Christian faith works. It is a mystery. And I...”
– Donald Miller, Blue Like Jazz (via hannah-brown)
“Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other, so that you...”
– James 5:16
Be the Light
“For God, who said, “Let the Light shine out of a Darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.” 2 Cor 4:6
So go out today and be the Light in your school, work, etc. let the Lord shine through you onto others! Don’t get caught up in worried about pleasing others, just please God and...
February 2011
4 posts
“On hearing this, Jesus said to them, its not the healthy who need a doctor, but...”
– Mark 2:17
“The lesson of the day, if you don’t like valentines day get over it, and...”
– Sociology Ta
“Who do you think you are, running round leaving scars? Collecting your jar of...”
– Christina Perri
love-is-here:
Introduce yourself: taylor chapman, taybby, t-chap, ifeelalittlebitlightheaded, smurf etc.
Your first love: I would have to say my parents Your Parents: amazing people that have help me become the person I am today, i love them soo much(: God really blessed me!
What you ate today:
cereal, sandwich, chicken
Your definition of love. you cant really describe love, but its that...
January 2011
2 posts
“You want to know the key to 7:30 am finals? Go to bed early wake up, chug 2...”
– Sociology Ta
Romans
“So I find this law at work; When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; but I see another law work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a PRISONER of the law of sin at work within my members. What a wretched person I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?” Romans 7:21
Paul...
December 2010
4 posts
Wanderlust.
This may be completely random, but here it goes…I have been questioning things a lot lately, like who decided black was going to be black and white was going to be white? Why do you eat breakfast in the morning and not at lunch or dinner (even though I eat anytime!) Why is it that success = lots of money? Why does our society say you “have to go to college” to make it in this...
“O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; My soul thirsts for you, My body...”
– Psalm 63
November 2010
9 posts
“Throw your heart out in front of you and run ahead to catch it, whatever you...”
– Cemetery Junction
Book nerd.
Have you read more than 6 of these books? The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books listed here.
Instructions: Copy this into your NOTES. Bold those books you’ve read in their entirety, italicize the ones you started but didn’t finish or read an excerpt. Tag other book nerds. Tag me as well so I can see your responses!
1) Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
2) The...
My Blue Heaven
Two sides twist and then collide You’re calling off the guards I’m coming through. tortuous conditioned to a spin cycled submission, You know, sometimes it just feels better to give in. And it’s all too familiar And it happens all the time. All the cards begin to stack up, Twisting heartache into fine Little pieces that avoid an awful crime, But it’s you I can’t...
“We hear a Christian assure someone that he will ‘pray over’ his...”
– A. W. Tozer
I keep a map of my heart under my covers I marked the spot where we buried our hearts in the earth we’ve all got stars in our eyes see how they burn oh see how they burn
“As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. My soul...”
– Psalm 42
“A man of a thousand faces, sits down at the table, eats a small lump of sugar...”
Rules for Holy Living
Pride defined as
1. proud or disdainful behavior or treatment
2. to indulge (as oneself) in pride
3. Ostentatious display
Lately I’ve allowed my pride to get the best of me, and I didn’t even realize that I have formed this subconscious of having better than the next person and judging them on the spot, the enemy has been working inside of me, and I never realized it. I have lost...
Sweet Disposition.
Sweet disposition never too soon oh, reckless abandon like no one’s watching you a moment a love a dream aloud a kiss a cry our rights our wrongs a moment a love a dream aloud
October 2010
9 posts
Memoir of George.
I just wanted to tell everyone a little something about my Uncle, George Oden. He was what you would call a gentle giant. He was about 6’6” tall but would never hurt even a flea. I think the only reason he would possibly hurt someone would be if they were raising a hand to a woman or a child. He had a really big pet peeve for that sort of thing. He was very unique because he was...
some old poetry.
As I lie beside you I wonder what I’ll do When I can no longer feel your embrace and no longer see the love upon your face I watch you as your eyes close A single tear rolls past my nose Bleed the red right out of the rose The night is dark; The only sound is that of a lark You cannot see my tears; you cannot feel my fears The pain eats away at my heart as the time nears when we must part I...
“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift, that is why...”
– Kung Fu Panda(:
“And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he...”
– Acts 17:25-28
“Lord I want to yearn for you, I want burn with passion, over you and only you.”
Kryptonite.
This is really dumb but I thought I should share with everyone my ironic insight. I think its kinda funny I have an atmospheric lab test that I’m studying for and Im watching Smallville at the same time. Who knew that learning atmospheric terms could give me more understanding on the tv show haha. that is all(:
I'm gonna let My Heart defeat my Mind.
This might hurt It’s not safe But I know that I’ve gotta make a change I don’t care If I break At least I’ll be feeling something ‘Cause just ok Is not enough Help me fight through the nothingness of life I don’t wanna go through the motions I don’t wanna go one more day Without Your all consuming passion inside of me I don’t wanna spend my whole life asking What if I had given everything? Instead...
Internal battle.
Im tired of feeling like this, feeling empty, alone, insignificant, these feelings go off and on everyday. I try to keep myself distracted but when the lights go off everything comes out and I cant forget any more because its just me and my thoughts. there is this constant internal battle going on inside of me and I don’t know if its just me entangling my mind or the devil or both, but...
September 2010
2 posts
“”Sometimes you read a book so special that you want to carry it around...”
– Markus Zusak
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy,...”
– Matthew 6:19-21
August 2010
5 posts
“the best things in life are the unseen.. thats why we close our eyes when we...”
“I just wanna run to you and break off the chains and throw them away
I just...”
– Lights
“Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? where is the philosopher of this...”
– 1 Corinthians 1:20
“When so many are lonely, as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish,...”
– Tennessee Williams