Tim and Olive's Blog

“JUST WORDS”?

“jimminy crispers!” he said.
“jimminy crispers?”
“yep. it’s the words i use instead of the religious JC words,” my supervisor replied. he proceeded to defend his view that the words Jesus Christ are “just words” that mean nothing to most of the people in our society and therefore don’t really matter if they’re used as an expression. “any swear word is only used to convey the emotion behind it… even words like ‘i’m gonna kill you’ are only used as an indication of emotion. it’s not like the person actually wants to kill you. they’re just words. just words.”

whatever happened to the value of words? according to Genesis, God spoke the world into existence. those were not just words. those were words packed with power. and what about my words? well… i’d like to think mine are not just words. that everything i say has some weight to it. but i think i’d be lying to myself.

“Out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.” Matthew 12:34

empty words from empty hearts?

my remedy for pride or self-righteousness:

realizing that the sins that i am tempted to frown upon in others are those exact sins that i am most capable of committing. i cannot fathom my own capacity to defy God without being disgusted, afraid and humbled. conversely, i cannot face my deepest ugliness without experiencing anew the freshness of the grace of Jesus Christ. this is where i need to come each day if i am to follow freely in His steps of servanthood without discrimination. this is how i can abandon myself.

so here i am, starting my own blog. part of me is still wondering “do i really want to be a part of this blog craze?” (it took me a year of convincing before i got icq – and i still hardly use it!), but part of me knows it’s because once in a while, i have thoughts i’d like to share with the world… even if no one’s listening. i know this may not be the nicest of web pages, but i hope that as life unfolds, the content can make up for the lack of aesthetics.

i don’t consider this a diary or journal. i prefer handwriting that stuff. this is just a place where i can collect my observations in hopes that some insight from this silly mind of mine can encourage, challenge or inspire a passerby.

alors, thank you for entertaining my thoughts and watching me grow.

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked

or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.

But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.

He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season

and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.

~ Psalm 1:1-3