waking up

Prayer meeting was really great. Pastor Dave talked about the story in 2 Kings 6-7 when people were in a bad situation, but God opened up doors and just wants us to lay claim to the riches He has in store for us. I think it was really great, because a lot of times we just sit around and think how our lives are this and that, but when we have riches and glory in Christ with all that love.

I think my prayers for myself are starting to get really crazy, cuz I desire those things so bad, yet I know I am so far from perfect. One thing Pastor prayed in complete agreement with me was that I would come to know His love deeper and deeper, the kind that “surpasses all knowledge” in Ephesians 3. Head knowledge is good, but knowing with the heart is all the more meaningful.

P.S. I don’t think God wants to heal my wrists just yet.

Man… I just saw a hypnosis show that one of my floormates put on. It was crazy/hilarious/ridiculous/weird. It started out with 6, but 2 of them didn’t go deep enough so they went and sat back down with the rest of the audience. The rest of them were convinced that they could only count to 10 by 1-2-3-4-4-5-6-7-8-9 or 1-2-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11 so that they couldn’t understand what happened to their toes/fingers; they were also convinced that they could speak fluent Chinese, French, and two of them could even translate (although it was all gibberish); they were convinced they were spies who needed to answer the phone in their shoe without letting the hypnotizer see; they were convinced that their butts fell off, and then switched with someone else (who happened to be under hypnosis); they were convinced that they could speak like aliens in a weird alien language; they were convinced that a teddy bear was a baby, and that every time the hypnotizer snapped his right fingers, the baby pooped, and that every time he touched his forehead, the baby got smellier, and that every time he snapped his left, the baby got more and more nice smellin; they were even convinced that a guy and a girl were a hot girl and a hot guy, REVERSED; they were EVEN CONVINCED THAT THEY WERE NAKED, and then that they got their clothes back and the crowd was naked!!!!

CRAZY…….

I gotta read more about that.

Wrist brace #2 is on…

Had a great time with Moe: got an In-n-Out Grilled Cheese, talked about a whole bunch of crap, and got nothing done :). I need a break from playing music.

It’s so funny how many people noticed the suit when I went to go grab Crossroads. Hahahaha, I really am a slacker.

I’m wearing my suit right now… got it in the mail from my mom. I don’t look like a slacker anymore! Hahahahahaha

Worship meeting, worship practice, church, Souplantation, a Cowboy Walk, study hall, Relaxtation, Hedrick (for Yin), then De Neve and Cowboy Walk.

At Souplantation, I did a Cowboy Walk in front of so many people… it was crazy. I even came close to this kid coming out of the restaurant while everyone could see me through the windows from the inside. I just let it go, and scared the hell out of him in the process. I like how Cowboy Walk is becoming my most creative form of expression now that I can’t play stuff much.

Speaking of playing, drums hurt my left wrist a lot today, so I decided I am not playing for Revivalution on Friday nor Sunday when Revivalution is being asked to lead praise. I can’t help but feel it is a let-down of some sort, but I know my wrists can’t take much more. Even moving around and shifting in my chair, using my hands to push things, pull things, write on paper, whatever… the wrist pressure/feeling-of-approaching-popping-or-permanent-damage is not pleasant. But overall, I’m glad I have this test. It is making me rely on God, because without him, I am just a resounding gong.

That was the most full I have ever felt in my entire life. Claim Jumper’s… what’s wrong with you and your portions?

Saw the Powerhouse Gym/soon-to-be-new-home-for-Westside-Oikos. Moe did the Cowboy Walk to usher in the new generation :).

I wonder about my wrist. What will happen? I’m not so worried, but more curious as to what will come of this. Do I play for Revivalution next Friday? Do I play for the Sunday praise after that when Revivalution gets to lead? I know it is possible to play, but I know it is also possible that this injury doesn’t need any more aggravation than it has already gotten. It seems that Luke has gone through this type of pain before, and all it took was a few days of rest. Yet, the doctor obviously said no more activity: writing, drumming, etc. Was it the weights? Was it push-ups? Was it guitar? Drums? Bass? Writing? All of the above? None of the above? Some and not others?

Who cares, though, honestly… what’s done is done, but I think I should pray about what happens next.

Veggie Fried Rice with Sriracha and Cowboy Walk… I’ll never forget it.

Most sporadic sleeping schedule today ever… I slept at 2 last night, woke up at 6 for prayer, after prayer slept from 8 to 9:15 on a table, then came back from lunch to sleep from 2:30 to 5:30. What’s wrong with me?

Today in Gospel Choir, this High School choir from Texas came to sing for/with us. They were amazing… though you could still tell that they were only high schoolers, their expressiveness was more mature than I had heard in a long time. There was this one song, where they kept using swells and stuff, and it was so moving during this one part… “If you want it, you can have it” (regarding salvation). I teared. It was a fleeting sense of an overwhelming beauty of God… almighty yet humble… the most humble, to be exact. I want to glorify God like that — to convey a sense of how God is to me to everyone in a beautiful way. He really does deserve it.

P.S. Nate, Nate’s girlfriend Brenda, and John (my roommate John) all came to Veritas. The debate was amazing… I realized later that the pastor from Woodland Hills, Dr. Gregory Boyd, was the same guy in Lee Strobel’s Case for Christ. I asked some questions for Dr. Robert Price, the agnostic character, and he never directly answered my questions. He was so smart, yet he knew so little about salvation because it wasn’t personal. Dr. Boyd said the chuch’s greatest sin which also happens to be the result of the original sin, using their knowledge of good and evil to judge the world, when all we need is love. LOVE.