I'm Your Beloved

You've given me

Eyes only for You

You've given me

A heart that's satisfied by You alone

You've ruined me for all that I see

You're ruined me for all that I see

For I am Yours and You are Mine

I am Yours and You are Mine

Forever I'll be...

I'm Your beloved

This is my identity
(I'm Your beloved)
This is my destiny
(I'm Your beloved)
No one can steal this from me
(I'm Your beloved)
You paid the highest price for this to be

(I'm Your beloved)

Jack of All Trades, Master of None--Now Master of One!

I used to think of myself as a jack of all trades, master of none: I could write well, solve math problems fairly quickly, have decent social skills, great leadership skills (as far as school organizations went!). I even had a keen mind for business as well as the arts, knowing how to play many instruments---but never mastering one, I should say. 

This week I'd been pretty stretched thin on all counts, with my brain working overtime in stuff I knew I could benefit learning about. I started exploring the business part of my brain, and of course, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. 

But tonight He told me something that really struck me: I'm no longer a jack of all trades, master of none---instead, I'm a master of One, His emotions! 

All my brain energy can certainly be put to good use on many varied pursuits, all of which may not necessarily be bad or evil. But I was never created to behold so many things; when He created me, He did not intend for me to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, but only from the Tree of Life. 

And the best part is... He reminded me that He Himself has only one thing on His mind: ME! 

I mean, think about it: why else would He choose to revolve human history around the cross, around His becoming human (see the other post I made today, too!) in order to relate to you and me? He chose to revolve human history around the story of His becoming weak, of His showing His love, of His dying for His bride!

He has dove's eyes, my friend, eyes only for you!

I don't know about you, but I love this new tag to my name: Master of Arts, Emotions of God. 

I'm a jack of all trades, but a Master of One---the one thing that is truly needful!

You Became Like Me

You became like me

Took on my weakness

Gave up Your glory

How did You look

As You sat in that boat

As you walked on the streets of cobblestones?

How did you look

As You grew hungry and thirsty

And as they served You delicious food?

You became like me

Took on my weakness

Gave up Your glory

You had no beauty

You had no majesty

Nothing at all to attract me…

How did you look

As You stayed up all night

Healing the sick and all that was not right

How did you look

As You grew tired and weary

As Your eyes started to feel heavy?

You became like me

Took on my weakness

Gave up Your glory

How did You look

As You carried Your cross

Down on the streets of cobblestones?

How did You look

With Your eyes set like flint

To the hill where You chose to die

You became like me

Took on my weakness

Gave up Your glory

How did You look

As they nailed Your hands

As they nailed Your feet to that old rugged cross

How did You look

As You hung on that cross

As You took on my sin

As You became me

And there’s one thing beating

One thing beating

In Your heart

Oh, there’s one thing beating

One thing beating

In Your heart

You became like me

Took on my weakness

Gave up Your glory

All because You loved me

All because You loved me

How did You look

As You breathed Your last

With a sigh that said You were satisfied?

You became like me

Took on my weakness

Gave up Your glory

All because You loved me

All because You loved me

Information Age: What Will Be Next?

First was the Industrial Age, with the boom of factories and manufacturing. (I don't know what came before that, though it's not that relevant to my lifetime hehe) Somewhere down the road, it turned into the whole capitalism scene. And then, the Information Revolution overtook the whole factories and stuff, giving us what we see right now of online businesses. 

As a Business graduate majoring in Marketing, I was musing about these things this past week. In the Industrial Age, we sold actual products (e.g. packaged food, books, even computers). Now, we're selling words! Or more specifically, keywords that represent certain ideas---i.e. something intangible. Think about it: websites pay strong attention to keywords in order to lure the necessary "traffic." Nearly everything has gone virtual, and people think their thirst is for information, for more knowledge. 

But I know better: people aren't looking for knowledge. Soon we will come to realize that all the information in the world and all the money we make off it will never satisfy us! We're looking for something deeper, for affirmation beyond our wildest dreams, for affection that is unconditional and not dictated by how well we perform. 

In other words, we're looking for God. And He's not just some words on a page, He is real and personal, and He is coming to encounter this world like never before. 

Watch out, Information Age, something bigger is coming and taking over your place: The Desire of the Ages is coming to woo and awaken His bride! Yippee!

One Thing vs Many Things

This past week, my mind has been full of ideas---creative ones, I might say. But at the end of the day, I wound up feeling torn between too many directions, and I keep getting reminded that I was called to behold only One thing. 

It's hard to imagine that there's only one thing on His mind, too, considering that He's the most creative Being with all the capabilities and power. Yet He thinks only of ME!

One thing I desire, that I will seek: to gaze at Your beauty, Lord. 

There are many pursuits that are fun and challenging, but only one that is eternal in value: seeing His love for me. 

And that's all that matters.

You are not Threatened!

This past weekend, I did something according to what the Lord instructed and the outcome wasn't as I expected. I ended up in a flurry of tears and frustration, and for some reason, I didn't feel like talking to Him all that day and for a few days after that. 

When I finally got back to our special meeting time, I wondered why He didn't seem to say anything throughout my whole tantrum. And then it struck me: He was not threatened by the accusations in my heart! Just like He was not threatened with Satan's accusations right at the very start, that He was not all good, He just stood silently by and showed His love on the cross. He's confident of His love for me that He knows it's the only thing I'll run to! 

You are not threatened

By the accusations in my heart 

You are not threatened

By the accusations in my heart 

For You know

I will run to You

You know

I will run to You

For You alone are beautiful

You alone are good

You alone are beautiful

You alone are good...