Phormal Fotos

13 Years Of Service

It would appear that I have finished school.

Exams: done.
Formal: done.
Graduation: done.
13 years of service (I did prep in Melbourne): done.
Everything else: done.

Right now there is only one song that comes to mind. It's called "Doing Time", by ye olde MxPx. I feel a bit bummed doing another song-related post so soon after my last one (Only two posts! Wah!), but oh well. I'll just have to deal with it.

I remember times I had
Some were happy, some were sad
Memories me and my partners in crime
Throwing up a thousand times

I got through it, I feel fine
I went to school and did my time
In a sense I'm out, in a sense I'm free
To be what I wanna be

Fun was cartoons, Saturdays
Fun was staying up past eight
Lame was tring to fit in
Lame was the wrong crowd let me in

I got through it, I feel fine
I went to school and did my time
In a sense I'm out, in a sense I'm free
To be what I wanna be

You gotta stick together
With who you are and who you know
You gotta remember
Where you've been and where you wanna go

I never did homework after school
Did all the things I thought were cool
Went out every Friday night
I still do and I'm alright!

With the exception of throwing up a thousand times, and trying to fit in with the cool crowd (an awful lot anyway, I did try a bit I confess. Didn't we all at times?), I did all those things. If I was a super-nerd, I might say "w00t" or something. But I'm not, so instead, I'll just say formal and graduation photos to come, and God bless, ya little ratbags.

SEAN-O

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Future Echos Of A Current Blessing

Ah,To fall in love...to get married...what a wonderful thing it must be. Everybody wants to be loved. Everybody wants to love. Everybody wants a special somebody to share their life with. The Supertiph is waiting for her Paperbag-Headed Prince, the future Mrs The Frullet is out there someplace, our favourite Carl-O-Meister has got a beautiful young woman out there in the world for him and I...well, I too am awaiting the special somebody that God's got lined up and will show me to when He is ready. Ever heard of Grand Incredible? It's a side-project band by two of the guys from The OC Supertones. One of their songs is called "Right On Time", and it goes a little like this...

What’s her name? What’s she like?
Is she feeling like I do tonight?
Is she hurt but believing and praying that everything
Is gonna be alright?
Where’s she from? Does she sing?
Is she worried about anything?
Does she lie awake blinking and sighin’ and thinkin’
And wonderin’ when we’ll be finally meeting
Well don’t worry, don't worry

I am on my way, I’ll be right on time

Lord I’ll wait patiently for the woman that you have for me
I just need to keep workin’ to become the person I need to be
Be the man she deserves
Yeah I wanna be ready for her
A prayerful and thoughtful and hopeful romantic
With ears that can hear her a heart that’s gigantic
So tell her that, tell her that

I am on my way, I'll be right on time

Yeah and she better be, she better be ready for me
Cuz I’ve been saving up all of my love to give her only
For my girl yeah my bride
My tired heart will open wide,
I’ll give her my hand and we’ll both lead each other
And I’ll walk her home to the house of our Father,
So wait for me, wait for me

I am on my way, I'll be right on time

And there you have it. Like the guy in the song, my natural curiosity and longing for a lifetime partner prompts me to ask questions like the ones above. I want to know, it's true! But patience is the calling card, and lately I've come to value my singularity as the blessing it is. God wants me single for a purpose, so I'm going to be single for quite a while! When it's time for me, God will show me to her, and her to me. Till then I'm nobody's but God's. Single power! Oo-rah! I pray that she is feeling the same as me, and is placing a big "Reserved" sign on herself, waiting for when God puts her and I together.

I wonder if I know her yet?
I wonder what she's like?
I wonder when we'll meet, or if we already have, when we'll fall in love...
Part of the blessing is finding out!

Thank you Lord for the woman I will one day marry! Help me to be strong and pure and reserved for her. Be my all, my strength and my fortress while I wait. Teach me patience and integrity, and build me up to somebody worthy of being entrusted with one of your valuable children.Amen.

Signed, the one commonly known as Sean.

Top 10 Things About Heaven

People,
It's finally here! I've finally found time to write it up! Have a read and see what you think...(all Bible quotes from the NCV or NIV). Also, yes, it is a rather long post, but bear with me, it's well worth it!

Top 10 Things About Heaven

1. Seeing the Lord face to face. See 1 Thessalonians 4v16-17: the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a loud command...and those who have died believing in Christ will rise first. After that, we...will be gathered up...to meet the Lord in the air. And we will be with the Lord forever.
2. Worshiping and serving God for eternity. See Revalation 21v3: ..."now God's presence is with people, and He will live with them, and they will be His people. God himself will be with them and He will be their God.
3. No sin --> We will finally be perfected! See Revelation 21v27: Nothing unclean and no one who does shameful things or tells lies will ever go into (heaven). Only those written in the Lamb's book of life will enter the city.
4. No more effects of sin, eg. sadness, tears, pain, etc. See Revelation 21v4: He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death, sadness, crying or pain, because all the old ways are gone.
5. Seeing other Christians. Departed family members, church founders (We can meet Paul and Peter and Thomas and Mark and John...), role models (We can meet Relient K, Steven Curtis Chapman, Michael W Smith...) etc. See Daniel 7v18: But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom and will possess it forever—yes, for ever and ever.
6. The light from God. Seriously. We don't need any bulbs or suns or fires. We got God's light. See Revelation 22v5: There will never be night again. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, because the Lord God will give them light. Also see Revelation 21v23: The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God is its light, and the Lamb is the city's lamp.
7. The pure construction of the place. Man, the passage is a biggie, so I won't post it up here, but I recommend you go and read it. Phew, the place sounds amazing! But then again, could we expect any less from such a God as ours?! See Revelation 21v10-21. Also, Revelation 21v1-2.
8. Our new bodies; whole, flawless and unspoilt by the ravages of sin. See Philippians 3v21: By His power to rule all things, He will change our simple bodies and make them like his own glorious body.
9. Seeing the other wonderful creations of God that we have only read about in His Word, like angels and cherubims and archangels and the beasts that worship at His throne. That'll be some great things to behold, I tell you what!
10. The knowledge that God's gracious and almighty plan is finished, and His work completed. It'll be all over guys...and we'll praise Him for all eternity for it!

Tell me what else YOU think will be absolutely splendid when we reach our final destination. Destination: Beautiful.

Sean