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The Beautiful Exchange

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:43:23 -0700

This evening I was listening to a song by Hillsong United called “Beautiful Exchange” and was almost brought to tears when I started reading Isaiah 53:5-7

“But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we were healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned-every one- to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth.”

How beautifully does this passage show how God humbled himself and suffered as a man so that we may have salvation. I am in awe that God would make this exchange knowing that we would not only spit on him before he went to the cross but continually…

James getting the treatment

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:49:08 -0700

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My cal poly sweet heart

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:19:49 -0700

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I have some hairy arms

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:11:09 -0800

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Absolute essential

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:55:56 -0800

Leather money clip/card holder. Small, compact, light. Perfect.

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One of my faves

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:17:55 -0800

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Michelle being frustrated with me trying to teach her backgammon

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:56:54 -0800

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Greg Laswell - Moonlight

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:55:00 -0800

Greg Laswell - Moonlight

I love this.

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:53:41 -0800

Ephesians 2:14
For he himself is our peace

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The Holy Spirit

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:02:33 -0800

“The Spirit will lead you to the way of the cross, as He led Jesus to
the cross, and that is definitely not a safe or pretty or comfortable
place to be. The Holy Spirit of God will mold you into the person you
were made to be. This is often incredibly painful process strips you
of selfishness, pride, and fear.” Francis Chan - “Forgotten God”

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Miked up in the booth at Cisco

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:22:27 -0800

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Grandpa finds security in rubber bands; although after taking...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:33:00 -0800

Grandpa finds security in rubber bands; although after taking this picture, his paranoid instincts kicked in and I began to morph into someone other than his grandson in his eyes.

"If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning…"

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:23:07 -0800

“If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning…”

- C.S. Lewis

Twins

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:14:45 -0800

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Mr. Robshaw on Cisco TelePresense

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:23:14 -0800

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Boysen 830

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:26:05 -0800

Since moving up to San Jose, I have been thinking quite a bit about my couple years at Cal Poly and my apartment there on Boysen. Even though it was so old and extremely hot in the summertime and freezing cold during the winter, it has a special place in my heart.

Dear Boysen 830,

Thank you for giving me a workout every day as I carried my bike up and down those long stairs that were threaded with cob webs and that mysterious black “soot”. I most appreciated the fact that we didn’t have to ever lock the door since there was not much anyone would want to steal from you. I was able avoid fiddling with my keys to enter while carrying my bike. Boysen 830, your living room was so great and spacious. My two white couches, that were stained by old dear room mate’s filth, fit perfectly up against the bare white walls. The windows always gave a nice draft providing a lovely arrangement of dirt to be caked on the sill for that perfect touch. I preferred to hide this by keeping the drapes closed. Dear Boysen 830, thank you for keeping your standards so low for kitchen and bathroom cleanliness. It made things so much easier with just the once a month cleaning. Boysen 830, Cold winters made for such a memorable experience as I studied in many layers of clothes, sometimes pea-coat included with a knit hat. The hum of my costco heat dish became a familiar buzz sound late into the night and a reminder that I better not fall asleep while studying. Boysen 830, thank you for introducing me to ear plugs and forcing me to becoming accustomed to sleeping with them throughout the night as the sounds of shouting and drinking games echoed on into the wee hours of the morning. Boysen 830, I didn’t overlook you looking out for my studies as dust collected at an un-goldy rate on my text books. This always gave me the twitch to at least pick up the book and dust it off. Boysen 830, my three large closets in my room were perfect to store every possession..all ten of them. Boysen 830, I’ll never forget the bike ride across Santa Rosa and through Mustang Village through the trees, over the bridge and past the football stadium.

Boysen 830, Thank you for the humble apartment that you were. It was perfect.

Just when I think I'm done

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:51:46 -0700

Pslam 94:18

“When I thought, ‘My foot slips,’ your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up. When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.”

The essentials at Cisco.

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:40:00 -0700

The essentials at Cisco.

Footprints of Trial

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:36:00 -0700

You know when you’ve been through trials when you flip through your bible and find wrinkles in the pages from old tears. I love this because the tears bring me back to that exact moment. Now you’re probably thinking why would anyone want to remember hard times? Yes these were tears during a difficult time, but they were tears as a result of joy, peace, grace, and comfort from Jesus my savior. It happens when despair and anxiety are so overwhelming that there is nothing to do but go to God’s word. It’s in this moment that while reading the scripture I come across a passage that is so unmistakably my Father speaking to me the tears are impossible to hold back. It’s so awesome to come across those pages and see how God not only comforted me, but delivered and made me stronger in Him.

Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love, that he may deliver their soul from death and keep them alive in famine. -psalm 33:18

Relocation: Bay Area

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:18:39 -0700

It’s now been a month since I’ve moved up to the bay area, and let me say it’s been nothing of what I originally expected. It’s been a major transition moving away from home, family, and comfort especially since I envisioned it so differently and secondly because I am a person who does not like unfamiliarity (which I am working on). I am incredibly blessed to be up here with an incredible job and an incredible church right down the road from me. The theme of this time in my life? Change. But not just any change, a change that has been one of the hardest and most important times of my life. One that has given me no other option but to rely on God throughout the day and night and come to really find who he is. 2 Corinthians 1:8-10 talks about trials and tribulations with the emphasis on “But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises from the dead”. God allows hard times to bring us closer to him and then for us to encourage others. This verse has become incredibly comforting and my daily theme. There are times when I find that I want a quick fix, but pastor John Mcarthur’s advice really hits home; “Being obedient to the word of God and letting God do his perfecting work in your life, that is the answer- not running all over the place to have your troubles fixed.”