I couldn't say this at the senior banquet due to some eye malfunctions so I'll type it out - To the seniors, to my brothers and sisters: I wish you best of luck as you turn to a new chapter in your lives. I can't tell you how much this class of '10 changed and shaped my life and so I thank you. Thank you for being part of my life, thank you for being the sunshine to my darkness, thank you for being the jajangmyung to my champong. I hope we can live up to the glory you guys left behind. Thank you senior class of '10 I love you all!!!!!
How the times fly. I remember looking up at the seniors when I was a sophomore thinking they were so old and outgoing. Well I am now that image. I'm sad that my brothers and sisters are leaving, but I'm also glad to fill their shoes and do what they did to me.
I can't wait for the sophomores to come up into Journey ministry. I'm so excited to see what they have in store for the ministry. Remembering back, I didn't really want to leave YNJH and I'm sure they feel the same way. But I also remember the warmth I felt as I entered Journey ministry. I hope they feel the same warmth.
I'm really excited on what God has in store for this ministry next year. Thinking of the new sophomores, the reliable juniors, and my fellow seniors makes my heart happy. I really can't wait for the upcoming year. Good thing it starts next week.
And to my fellow seniors: WE RUN THIS TOWN
-Phil
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Screaming the Anger Out
Today was a good day.
Surprisingly, it was one of the better days in a while. I had a SMT meeting to go to in the morning and a very hyped up wedding to attend in the afternoon. I get through the meeting and get excited as I see my friends coming in the room with suits in hand for the wedding. We get changed, hype ourselves up even more, and head out.
The ride there wasn't the average car ride. Driving through less than comfortable neighborhoods made the arrival to the wedding that much better. It was a great setting: right beside the golf course, overlooking the pond, the sun shining, a nice breeze flowing through.
The wedding was like any other, the groomsman looking as handsome as ever, the bride shining in the white wedding dress, and the bridesmaids and the groomsmen all lined up to watch. The vows were said, the rings were exchanged, and the greeting of their parents were done.
On with the reception right? Wrong. We didn't find our RSVP passes to the main hall, and it turns out we were put in the children area.
Bad.
With our tempers rising and our self esteem dropping, we decided to go to the beach.
Probably one of the most mind clearing moments of the year. I don't even know why. Just the sound of the ocean after a stressful day seems to make it all worth it.
I had some more time to think about my future and what it could possibly hold, and I confirmed that I'm not scared anymore.
These past two days were crazy in a good way. I can't even put my thoughts into words so for now, I'll leave you with this mess to figure out yourself.
-Phil
Surprisingly, it was one of the better days in a while. I had a SMT meeting to go to in the morning and a very hyped up wedding to attend in the afternoon. I get through the meeting and get excited as I see my friends coming in the room with suits in hand for the wedding. We get changed, hype ourselves up even more, and head out.
The ride there wasn't the average car ride. Driving through less than comfortable neighborhoods made the arrival to the wedding that much better. It was a great setting: right beside the golf course, overlooking the pond, the sun shining, a nice breeze flowing through.
The wedding was like any other, the groomsman looking as handsome as ever, the bride shining in the white wedding dress, and the bridesmaids and the groomsmen all lined up to watch. The vows were said, the rings were exchanged, and the greeting of their parents were done.
On with the reception right? Wrong. We didn't find our RSVP passes to the main hall, and it turns out we were put in the children area.
Bad.
With our tempers rising and our self esteem dropping, we decided to go to the beach.
Probably one of the most mind clearing moments of the year. I don't even know why. Just the sound of the ocean after a stressful day seems to make it all worth it.
I had some more time to think about my future and what it could possibly hold, and I confirmed that I'm not scared anymore.
These past two days were crazy in a good way. I can't even put my thoughts into words so for now, I'll leave you with this mess to figure out yourself.
-Phil
Friday, June 18, 2010
The Light for my Path
I always dodged the question of the future. What do you want to do? I don't know, I would always say. But as school winded down to an end, I was scared. Scared of a future that was hard to see. Scared that the answer I always gave didn't work anymore. I was scared to go on with my life.
Tonight changed everything.
Praise night was awesome. The message was great, the song selection was great, the experience was great. For some, it was a first encounter with God. For others, it was another experience of his great love. For me, It was a revealing experience. For some reason, I didn't want to mix God with my future. I always put that separately. Church and work. Always present, never together.
Throughout junior high and high school, I felt God pushing me to do ministry work in some way. Thinking of how hard and how long of a road that would take, I always pushed it away and tucked it under the fake dreams and aspirations.
Praise night changed everything. For some reason, I doubted God with my future. I don't know how, I don't know when this started, I don't know why. But now I don't care. Through all the hardships I've been through, there should be nothing that keeps me from doubting God.
Ministry is also a very big possibility for me in the future. Although I ignored it before, I feel the strong calling towards that area, but I will keep praying for it. Biola is also a big calling for me, so who knows? Maybe I just might become P(astor) Cho just like I've been called since seventh grade.
Some things that can't leave my mind:
Isaiah 6:8 "Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, 'Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?' And I said, 'Here am I. Send me!'"
Mark 15:16 "He said to them, 'Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.'"
Delirious - History Maker
Hillsong - Tell the World
Phil
Tonight changed everything.
Praise night was awesome. The message was great, the song selection was great, the experience was great. For some, it was a first encounter with God. For others, it was another experience of his great love. For me, It was a revealing experience. For some reason, I didn't want to mix God with my future. I always put that separately. Church and work. Always present, never together.
Throughout junior high and high school, I felt God pushing me to do ministry work in some way. Thinking of how hard and how long of a road that would take, I always pushed it away and tucked it under the fake dreams and aspirations.
Praise night changed everything. For some reason, I doubted God with my future. I don't know how, I don't know when this started, I don't know why. But now I don't care. Through all the hardships I've been through, there should be nothing that keeps me from doubting God.
Ministry is also a very big possibility for me in the future. Although I ignored it before, I feel the strong calling towards that area, but I will keep praying for it. Biola is also a big calling for me, so who knows? Maybe I just might become P(astor) Cho just like I've been called since seventh grade.
Some things that can't leave my mind:
Isaiah 6:8 "Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, 'Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?' And I said, 'Here am I. Send me!'"
Mark 15:16 "He said to them, 'Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.'"
Delirious - History Maker
Hillsong - Tell the World
Phil
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