alby: a work in progress

Sarcasm is Tearing Flesh

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:32:07 -0800

No reason to be snarky.

Lord, forgive my misplaced intentions and misdirected affections. I’m a wreck. Revive and...

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:43:27 -0800

Lord, forgive my misplaced intentions and misdirected affections.

I’m a wreck. Revive and restore me to be walking alongside your path. I am prone to wander each minute, hour, and day.

Continue Your good work in me. Even though it feels like dying, I am committed to who You are.

There is Weight in Silence Before the Lord

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:30:51 -0800

Psalm 51

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:24:57 -0800

Have mercy on me, O God,

according to your steadfast love;

according to your abundant mercy

blot out my transgressions.

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,

and cleanse me from my sin!

For I know my transgressions,

and my sin is ever before me.

Against you, you only, have I sinned

and done what is evil in your sight,

so that you may be justified in your words

and blameless in your judgment.

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,

and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being,

and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;

wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Let me hear joy and gladness;

let the bones that you have broken rejoice.

Hide your face from my sins,

and blot out all my iniquities.

Create in me a clean heart, O God,

and renew a right spirit within me.

Cast me not away from your presence,

and take not your Holy Spirit from me.

Restore to me the joy of your salvation,

and uphold me with a willing spirit.

Then I will teach transgressors your ways,

and sinners will return to you.

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God,

O God of my salvation,

and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.

O Lord, open my lips,

and my mouth will declare your praise.

For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it;

you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;

a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

Do good to Zion in your good pleasure;

build up the walls of Jerusalem;

then will you delight in right sacrifices,

in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings;

then bulls will be offered on your altar.

Lord, Let me Love, and Entrust the Results to You.

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:52:00 -0800

Or let me love. And just love without expecting anything in return.

Psalm 27:4

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:12:51 -0800

One thing that I ask of the Lord,
That I will seek after:
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord,
All the days of my life,
To gaze upon the beauty of the Lord
And to inquire in His temple.

"The greatest things in your life aren’t planned. It comes from abiding in the Lord and He..."

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:11:21 -0800

“The greatest things in your life aren’t planned. It comes from abiding in the Lord and He gives them to us as gifts. Stop trying to plan your life. Surrender to His will and all good things will come.”

"Lord, use me as a conduit of your grace to my family, friends, and fellow human beings. Work through..."

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:50:07 -0800

“Lord, use me as a conduit of your grace to my family, friends, and fellow human beings. Work through me; Remove any barrier that would inhibit you from doing so. This is my prayer.”

Joshua 1:9

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:55:55 -0800

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

"I am lost if Jesus be not my Substitute. I have been driven up into a corner by a pressing sense of..."

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:25:05 -0800

“I am lost if Jesus be not my Substitute. I have been driven up into a corner by a pressing sense of my own personal sin, and have been made to despair of ever doing or being such that God can accept me in myself.”

Simpler Times

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:52:32 -0800

There is great joy in knowing you can do more with less.

Often times people can long for the past childhood they have ‘lost’ or look forward to a life of retirement where there is no worry but just time with loved ones.

In between there is all this striving, climbing, backstabbing. But it’s all ashes in the wind. There is no lasting impact from all this labor.

There isn’t much one needs to be happy. All the treasures I reap in this world I can’t bring to the next.

When life is simpler, it is certainly better.

Health for Wealth

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:42:27 -0800

Health for Wealth:

Can’t believe I wanted to do this.

Not finished with me yet

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:44:00 -0800

Still wondering why I’m here
Still wrestling with my fear
But Oh He’s up to something
And the farther out I go
I’ve seen enough to know
That I’m not here for nothing
He’s up to something.

There is hope for me yet
Because God won’t forget
All the plans He’s made for me
I’ll just have to wait and see
He’s not finished with me yet.

God, I'm hungry for your glory to be unleashed

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:15:50 -0800

It’s the deepest hunger of my soul.

So much wisdom for someone so young.

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:49:51 -0800

So much wisdom for someone so young.

Psalm 116

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:28:56 -0800

I love the Lord, because he has heard
my voice and my pleas for mercy.

Because he inclined his ear to me,
therefore I will call on him as long as I live.

The snares of death encompassed me;
the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;

I suffered distress and anguish.
Then I called on the name of the Lord:
“O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!”

Gracious is the Lord, and righteous;
our God is merciful.

The Lord preserves the simple;
when I was brought low, he saved me.

Return, O my soul, to your rest;
for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.

For you have delivered my soul from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling;

I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.

How to Get to Know the Ladies

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:59:05 -0800

How to Get to Know the Ladies

God is Up to Something

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:57:00 -0800

God, you’re doing something big in Oakland through your church. I’m excited to be a part of it. It’s a privilege. Use me Lord, in whichever way you deem is the best to bring You glory to this city.

Lord, Help adjust my attitude when I am dragging my feet and lose sight of Christ’s beauty. When I rely on my flesh to give me strength instead of your Spirit. When I want comfort and have hunger pangs for home. Lord my Soul longs for Heaven, but until that day, let me be faithful to wherever you have me. Renew this city. Renew these people. Lord, let Your Spirit come. Descend and manifest your glory here.

"I’m not sentimental. This skin and bones is a rental."

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:29:09 -0800

“I’m not sentimental. This skin and bones is a rental.”

God is love.

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:20:07 -0800

God is love.