waking up

Words cannot express the intensity of the past two days of my life… well, at least not on a public blog. Suffice it to say, God is KIND, God is GRACIOUS, and God is using me. What more could I want?

Lord… I will remember You.

[02:53:11 PM] luke: broot

[02:53:27 PM] me: oh my gosh

[02:53:30 PM] me: nice buddy icon

[02:53:34 PM] luke: oh

[02:53:34 PM] luke: hahaha

[02:53:36 PM] luke: yup

[02:53:37 PM] luke: like it?

[02:53:46 PM] me: it’s preef

[02:53:53 PM] me: and noot

[02:54:04 PM] luke: no

[02:54:10 PM] luke: you can not make up words

[02:54:19 PM] me: …

www.webstrings.com

And the natural, bittersweet, graceful descent from the high place.

Euphoria.

My Isaiah 55:

Yes, God I come to You again. I now have the courage to approach the Source of satisfaction. I come to receive, though I deserve to have all taken. I have nothing material, nor ethereal, to offer You but myself. I will take what You will give, though I know full well that I deserve death, but because You say it is free. I see there is no point in stewarding the commodity that is my life by giving myself in ventures that are wasting away, to emotions that I have not mastered, or in sin I cannot enjoy.

I will hear Your words, and I will receive Your blessing, and what You give is of the utmost worth, above all else. I will open my ears to You, that I might hear You speak, and so live. God, be my God, and all I adore, as You were with David. I want to be a witness, and one reflecting what others can draw near to. Endow me with splendor. I seek You now, that I may not neglect or Your precious presence. I turn from my wickedness and evil, for You freely pardon.

Lofty One… the sight of Your creation makes me cringe when I catch a glimpse of the grandeur and beauty of it all… and so is the thought of You. How great are Your mind and works! And as water brings life before it returns to the sky, so be it with Your words in my life. May I go out strengthened by joy and assured by peace. I long to see the Earth rejoice around me! The dark places illuminated, the dead parts regenerated… all for You, that all may know Your redemption by Your redeemed, who will not fall without rising up again.

crazy.

[11:34:36 PM] me: man…

[11:34:41 PM] connie: ?

[11:34:43 PM] me: back from one of the craziest things ever

[11:34:47 PM] connie: ?

[11:34:50 PM] me: when i said goodbye

[11:34:52 PM] me: i went to go cook

[11:35:00 PM] connie: a feast?

[11:35:07 PM] me: and for the past half year or so

[11:35:15 PM] me: nah just some grilled chicken and vegetables

[11:35:17 PM] me: w rice

[11:35:20 PM] me: but yeah

[11:35:23 PM] me: for the past year or so

[11:35:41 PM] me: my finger has been too small for my ring

[11:35:46 PM] me: so it has been slipping off

[11:35:53 PM] connie: you lost it!

[11:35:56 PM] me: as u can guess

[11:35:58 PM] me: i lost it

[11:36:01 PM] me: very very sad

[11:36:01 PM] connie: oh no..

[11:36:08 PM] me: so i immediately went hunting

[11:36:09 PM] connie: what kind of ring was it?

[11:36:12 PM] me: white gold

[11:36:13 PM] me: 14K

[11:36:18 PM] me: not too cheap

[11:36:23 PM] me: but yeah

[11:36:24 PM] connie: yikes!

[11:36:27 PM] connie: i’m sorry warren

[11:36:40 PM] me: so i went to just complain

[11:36:58 PM] me: but eddie thought maybe i could take apart the stuff under the sink

[11:37:05 PM] me: so i gave it a shot

[11:37:23 PM] me: first, i reached in with my hand down the drain

[11:37:34 PM] me: and felt around the area where all the stuff gets ground up in the garbage disposal

[11:37:38 PM] me: but it wasn’t there

[11:37:44 PM] me: so i took the garbage disposal off

[11:37:58 PM] me: learned a few things along the way

[11:38:04 PM] me: like what tube does what

[11:38:07 PM] me: so i took it off

[11:38:12 PM] me: searched again while it was off

[11:38:15 PM] me: but sadly

[11:38:24 PM] me: it was the same area that i was reaching into before

[11:38:33 PM] me: i reached in again, this time being able to see most of the stuff

[11:38:40 PM] connie: dang..u hunter!

[11:38:41 PM] me: poured out the gunk

[11:38:45 PM] connie: ewww

[11:38:46 PM] me: reached in there

[11:38:50 PM] me: got my hand all black and grimy

[11:38:59 PM] me: and came out with nothing again

[11:39:02 PM] me: sadly

[11:39:03 PM] connie: =(

[11:39:06 PM] me: i was determined though

[11:39:15 PM] me: so i tried to unscrew the piping

[11:39:23 PM] me: that is only supposed to be unscrewed with a monkey wrench

[11:39:34 PM] me: but one of those screws

[11:39:38 PM] me: that goes around the entire pipe

[11:39:40 PM] me: was loose

[11:39:43 PM] me: so i undid it

[11:39:46 PM] me: with my hand

[11:39:52 PM] me: so i had hope

[11:40:09 PM] me: then the other part on the opposite side of the U-shape pipe

[11:40:21 PM] me: (the part of the pipe that is supposed to catch heavy things

[11:40:25 PM] connie: uh huh

[11:40:27 PM] me: before the water runs)

[11:40:35 PM] me: but that was stuck

[11:40:39 PM] me: i was quite sad

[11:40:51 PM] me: robert tried with his clasp of steel grip

[11:40:55 PM] me: but that failed as well

[11:41:07 PM] me: so i told eddie “i guess i better put in a work order”

[11:41:15 PM] me: he was telling me that they sometimes take a week

[11:41:21 PM] me: but as he was talking he came to see what he could do

[11:41:24 PM] connie: a week??

[11:41:31 PM] me: so he took a peek under the sink

[11:41:39 PM] me: i wasn’t able to put the garbage disposal back on myself

[11:41:43 PM] me: but he helped, and we did

[11:41:52 PM] me: so then he tried unscrewing what i couldn’t unscrew

[11:41:56 PM] me: and again, no progress

[11:42:01 PM] me: but something caught my eye

[11:42:08 PM] me: i saw two tightener things

[11:42:20 PM] me: that clamp onto the tubing past the u shape a bit

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[11:42:33 PM] me: what was the last thing i said?

[11:42:52 PM] connie: u had to put the disposal back on yourself

[11:43:06 PM] me: [11:41:43 PM] warjianrumoelliu: but he helped, and we did

[11:41:52 PM] me: so then he tried unscrewing what i couldn’t unscrew

[11:41:56 PM] me: and again, no progress

[11:42:01 PM] me: but something caught my eye

[11:42:08 PM] me: i saw two tightener things

[11:42:20 PM] me: that clamp onto the tubing past the u shape a bit

[11:43:41 PM] me: so i found that those two clamp things were unscrewable with a regular screwdriver

[11:43:47 PM] me: i mean wrench

[11:43:52 PM] me: they were six sided screws

[11:44:00 PM] me: so yeah i did with a wrench

[11:44:07 PM] me: yanked the whole thing off

[11:44:14 PM] me: (some dirty water splattered)

[11:44:29 PM] me: and i then grabbed the whole u shape thing and dumped it out into a bowl

[11:44:40 PM] me: dirty, dirty rice and gunk

[11:44:53 PM] me: there was nothing in there…

[11:44:55 PM] me: and eddie said

[11:45:03 PM] connie: determined warren..haha’

[11:45:03 PM] me: “i guess it’s in the ocean”

[11:45:08 PM] me: i got kinda sad

[11:45:13 PM] me: but i swallowed it for a moment

[11:45:17 PM] me: to put everything back together

[11:45:19 PM] connie: aww..i’m sorry warren =)

[11:45:21 PM] me: now there is a tiny leak

[11:45:24 PM] me: BUT WAIT

[11:45:29 PM] connie: ohh..the good stuff is coming

[11:45:40 PM] me: i had some determination left in me

[11:45:47 PM] me: so i searched through all the dirty dishes again

[11:45:53 PM] me: cuz ppl in this house don’t wash em

[11:45:59 PM] me: but to no avail

[11:46:01 PM] me: then

[11:46:07 PM] me: i searched the garbage a bit

[11:46:11 PM] me: not there

[11:46:17 PM] me: i was down to my last straw

[11:46:26 PM] me: and so i take a chopstick

[11:46:40 PM] me: and comb through my rice pot

[11:46:43 PM] me: …..

[11:46:53 PM] me: IT WAS COOKED WITH MY RICE

[11:46:57 PM] connie: LOL

[11:47:01 PM] connie: praise God that u found it!!!

[11:47:04 PM] me: IT FELL OFF DURING MY WASHING OF THE RICE!!!!!

[11:47:10 PM] connie: hahaha

[11:47:14 PM] connie: it was a cooked ring

[11:47:17 PM] me: all eddie and i could do was laugh hysterically

[11:47:24 PM] me: and then he told me i shouldn’t eat that rice

[11:47:27 PM] connie: hahah

[11:47:28 PM] me: but i did, and it was too late

[11:47:33 PM] me: so all is done

[11:47:37 PM] me: …whew

[11:47:57 PM] connie: haha..good job

“The man whom God will use must be undone. He must be a man who has seen the King in His beauty.”

-A.W. Tozer, Whatever Happened to Worship?

Exodus 33:20 – “But,” he said, “you cannot see my face; for man shall not see me and live.” (NRSV)

Judges 6:22 – And Gideon knew it was the angel of God! Gideon said, “Oh no! Master, God! I have seen the angel of God face to face!” (MSG)

Judges 13:22 – 22 And Manoah said to his wife, “We shall surely die, because we have seen God!” (NKJV)

Job 42:5,6 – I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees You. Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.” (NKJV)

Isaiah 6:5a – So I said: “Woe is me, for I am undone!” (NKJV)

Luke 5:8 – Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell to his knees before Jesus. “Master, leave. I’m a sinner and can’t handle this holiness. Leave me to myself.” (MSG)

Revelation 1:17a – When I saw him, I fell down at his feet like a dead man. (GNT)

Speeding ticket = $140. That’s like… 280 Tacos.