O Come Come Emmanuel « Euphemism:

Dec 8, 2005

O Come Come Emmanuel

Time to revive this blog.
There were 2 other entries I think I typed out a month or so ago to put up but I never finished them.

Sigh... SLACKER.

I think some of you have given up checking out this blogspace... hehehe...
But anyway, I wanted to write something that has been on my heart for a bit.

I know sometimes, the worst friends can be Christian friends.
As paradoxical that sentence can be, it is a sad truth.
The desire to live holy and be holy is a noble desire, but sometimes.. we just let that desire run loose.

There was this fad, where everyone wore the wristband 'WWJD', acronym for 'What Would Jesus Do'..

but I think, that was just it. The people who produced the band just made millions, and Christian's all over the world had an extra item to isolate the world from the Christian culture.

Do we really care what Jesus would do?
And that begs the question, do we really KNOW what Jesus would do?

I don't know... I haven't been the perfect Christian.
But I've been hearing some stories from friends about certain things that pain their hearts.
My heart feels that hurt and disappointment with them.

What have we done? Where did we go wrong? What did we do to have helped in the schizophrenic construction of your identity? Did we place too much expectations on all of you? Did we keep you away from the world too long? Too long till the fact that now you have to venture out spineless? Where did we go wrong? Did we not love enough?

Why do we judge you so harshly? Have we not grown with you as well? Are we not equals in the journey of faith? Since when did those moments where we share our thoughts about God come to be moments you dread? Or eventually memories I dread?

I just want to live my life in such a way that discovers who God is, day by day.

I just want to live my life feeling grateful, not deserving.

I just want to learn what it means to glorify God, and not regret sacrifices.

What do you want in your life?

What can I do to help?

Why do you feel like you have to pretend in front of me?

Why do you feel that the name of the Lord MUST be in every sentence?

Why must you add Christian jargon to each conversation?

Do you think we care for such words? Does it make you holier to us?

Why are you not honest?

I am sorry, if I was anything of the above.

I do know that I have been, or still am in some of the above.. probably at one point of time, all in fact.

I am sorry.

What Would Jesus Do?

He will do the right thing.

Be kind my dear friends... some of us are still too young.

The Lord is stil with us... He will come to Thee.
So Rejoice, Rejoice.

love,

sheryl

O come, O come Emmanuel
And ransom captive Israel
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear

O come Thou dayspring, come and cheer
Our spirits by Thine advent here
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night
And death's dark shadows put to flight

Rejoice, rejoice Emmanuel
Shall come to Thee, O Israel
Rejoice, rejoice, Emmanuel
Shall come to Thee, O Israel

"O Come Come Emmanuel"

Posted at 10:23 pm by sheryl

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Euphemism..

The substitution of a mild or less negative word or phrase for a harsh or blunt one, as in the use of "pass away" instead of "die." The basic psychology of euphemistic language is the desire to put something bad or embarrassing in a positive (or at least neutral light). Thus many terms referring to death, sex, crime, and excremental functions are euphemisms.

Okay.. got that from here (haha, give credit where credit is due..)

A little about us..

da tabster (nope, not a rip off from 'DA' vinci code..)
the epitome of cool..

sherylogy
usually the phrase goes..
I think, therefore I am.
and for some, it'll be..
I eat, therefore I am.
but for this one..
I eat.
would suffice..
*LOL*

seryndipity aka furunu
The art of finding something by looking for something else.. umm, wat she would term as "A Beautiful Coincidence"
hmm.. this one is.. a genius when it comes to art and design stuff.. leggy and pretty cool at times (NB: nowhere near tabster's level. of course..) a little slow in other ways *"u-get-wat-i-mean?" look, then nods sympathetically to furunu* but, we understand.. it's alrite..

mich
95 out of 100 for her graduation recital.. no one can refute the fact that this, ppl, is THE music prodigy of our time.. w00t!!

We are pretty different in nature.. except for the fact that we're all of the ♀ gender.. but, I think that we've got one thing in common, which is, we're all striving, in our own peculiar(at times) ways, to be the women(haha, scary term for me sometimes..) that God has pre-ordained for us to be.. we live, we fall, we overcome, we fall again, we continue trying anyway.. striving to be the best we can for His sake.. We love Him with as much of our hearts as we can, no matter what our theological nuances may be.. With each post, we're just trying to discover a little more about our God, what it means to be His child, wanting to be a little closer to Him, learning to love Him more and trust Him more..

Anyways.. this is only from my POV.. so yeah, i know it's a little biased, u may think.. but, trust me, tabster's the real deal for the word "cool"..
So, feel free to get to know us better thru this blog, or.. our others.. the links are as below..

Tabster - Foolish Pride
Sherylogy - Graduation Day
Seryndipity aka Furunu - .:furunu-chan:.
Mich - Of Life (no linky till approval's given *grin*)

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