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When I was in my second year of college, I took a graphics communications class. The entire class was dedicated to branding... myself. It was one of the most difficult things I've ever had to do of my graphic design projects. Fortunately, I got so much out of it. I ended up with a solid piece for my portfolio, skills to apply in future projects, and most importantly, a better understanding of myself.

I think ultimately, that's what college should be about. It should have this two or three-fold in its purpose for the students. College shouldn't be simply about supplying tools to survive. Rather, it should about how to bear fruit and thrive.  (Wow, you like that rhyming action?)

 Also in my second year, I took a basic black and white photography class with a professor named Todd Gray. Although an intro class, I felt I was given more skill and a broader perception that encompasses greater ideas. How awesome is that? 

It's teachers like those of the classes I mentioned that are really needed in this world. How often are there teachers who simply just want to get the job done and care less whether they make an impact on the student's lives. Even worse, they just want to be liked and provide little education at the risk of getting good evaluation feedback.

 Honestly, I don't know why I'm writing this. I guess I'm just thinking about my future and how this mode and method of teaching can easily apply to how I approach mentoring, friendships, and (hopefully) parenting. 

Romans 1: 16-19

I am not ashamed of the gospel because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes. First for the Jew, then for the Gentile. For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written, "The righteous will live by faith."  The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who sppress the truth by their wickedness since what maybe known about God is plain to them because God had made it plain to them."

Reflection: In the gospel, God's righteousness is shown by the faith we hold, that God's wrath may not be upon us, beacuse he had made it known to us, so that it might be readily availabe, accessible to us. That is, the truth.

So, what is the truth?  That through our faith in Him, we might obtain righteousness, to show that God's wrath might not be upon us, but rather for our inclination to become righteous before God by our faith in Christ Jesus.  Through God's plan, God enables us to see, hear, think, and understand what the heart of God might be.  That God so loved this world, He gave us Christ, so that there might be a way to commune with God. Since God and sin do not mix, Christ died for us so that we might live.  

The miracle in this reflection is not that we are sinners doomed to a life of heartache and sorrows, but rather, that we should take hope, knowing that although we will face many obstacles, God's wrath is but a moment in time, and that His favor never ends. Jesus says that we will face hardships and sufferings, it is but to make us a stronger person, to grow and obtain wisdom that we need to mature...Through the saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, it has been done, and completed, the transaction for our inequities, for our transgressions, for our deathly consequence of being called man, and having imperfect qualities, Christ's blood washed us clean and made it possible to commune with God.  What is evident more, is that to understand, for us to obtain "what is plain" for us to see, is only by the chance that God will allow us to see hear and obey.  Take heart, and be bold, be strong. For  the Lord your God is with you! Do not let your hearts be troubled. =)

Romans 12:2

"Do not conform any longer to the patterns of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. then you will able to test and approve what God's will is--His good and pleasing perfect will"

The worldly aspect of conformity seems so impersonal, so superficial that only reflects on things which are outside the human flesh, and incidents which only privide temporary pleasures can only prove that true spiritual growth only comes by the renewing of the mind. That is~filling the void with the things of God-(fruits of the spirit), and the word of God. (thy word I have hidden in my heart so that I may not sin against you) to guard you from evil on a supernatural platform, but also to draw closer to a more personal God who speaks to us, just as a father does a child.  Spiritual growth only incurs good, it brings a promise, and victory through redemption given by the blood of Jesus Christ. A promise that, life is not dead or stagnant, but is constant and unchanging in the promise that Christ provides- eternal freedom, eternal interaction with a personal God, whose position although can not be measured by man's standards or perception, is unchanging, whose love is unendings, whose wrath lats but a moment, but His favor, lasts a lifetime.  Filling that void with good things that are of the Holy Spirit which then can bring you to understrand that the fear of the Lord brings contentment, understanding, and unending promise of hope, and a long and happy life.

The will of God, unseen, unheard, unspoken, and unknown (to a point), can be transcribed only through the interactions by the Holy Spirit, whose accord is with the Lord, and intercedes for us on matters too complex to relay through human endeavors.  But rather the moans and groans of contemplating our rigid worldliness can be adjusted, to transform us to be intune with God's perfect plan for us individually.

How all of this shall disperse, I do not know. i am not a biblical scholar that possesses miraculous amounts of facts and figures, but rather, trust in the knowledge that all things written in the bible, no matter how absurd it might sound, is of God, of great importance, and is the secret weapon to developing our secret ambition to talk, walk, think, and worship like our Lord Jesus Christ.  Man can not compel to fathom the perfect precision that God has placed for us, in the events that transpire throughout a life, but rather, the hope is placed to dwell in his presence, and actively seek Him and His counsel, to be refreshed by the manna we eat, continuously, so that our lives may reflect His glory, His blessings to the world around us. That we may be called justly so, as sons and daughters of God, adopted to a family of royal lineage, and through all circumstance, know that God is faithful to us for eternity.

Well, so far, in month of June, we had Three Amazing Guests for our music show, Christian Music Scene.

 Sheri Yi
Vantage
Sarah Kim

 They all stopped by our KACMedia studio to show case their music and talents!

I had lunch plans with a friend today. I stopped by her house so that we could carpool. On our way out,  she asked me what I wanted to drink. In response, I asked what she had. She replied, "juice, milk, or Capri Sun."

 It was then that it had me thinking--people have different drinks or items in general in their fridge to represent different lifestyles or periods in their lives. My friend has a kid, so it's only natural that she would have her drink selection limited to those three. 

I remember peeking in my other friend's refrigerator the other day. She lives in a single bedroom apartment in Culver City. She had diet coke, wine, beer, and water. No juice. 

Another apartment I visited had only water. Even still another had only beer. 

Hi Everyone!

Since this is my very first blog, I would like to dedicate it to our great, almighty, and sovereign God by posting one of my favorite psalms, Psalm 103.

  ¹ Bless the LORD, O my soul,
   and all that is within me,
   bless his holy name!
² Bless the LORD, O my soul,
   and forget not all his benefits,
³who forgives all your iniquity,
   who heals all your diseases,
⁴who redeems your life from the pit,
   who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
⁵who satisfies you with good
   so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

 ⁶The LORD works righteousness
   and justice for all who are oppressed.
⁷He made known his ways to Moses,
   his acts to the people of Israel.
⁸The LORD is merciful and gracious,
   slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
⁹ He will not always chide,
   nor will he keep his anger forever.
¹⁰He does not deal with us according to our sins,
   nor repay us according to our iniquities.
¹¹For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
   so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
¹²as far as the east is from the west,
   so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
¹³As a father shows compassion to his children,
   so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him.
¹⁴For he knows our frame;
   he remembers that we are dust.

 ¹⁵As for man, his days are like grass;
   he flourishes like a flower of the field;
¹⁶for the wind passes over it, and it is gone,
   and its place knows it no more.
¹⁷But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on   those who fear him,
   and his righteousness to children’s children,
¹⁸to those who keep his covenant
   and remember to do his commandments.
¹⁹The LORD has established his throne in the heavens,
   and his kingdom rules over all.

Everyone that loves sports should watch this. This is Orlando Hudson on 'Rome is Burning'. This guy has so much class. There is no way you can hate this guy. For more of my thoughts on the Dodgers and Orlando Hudson you can go to thinkblueheaven.blogspot.com

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv2UqceFWyc

 College and graduation.

Five years of endless classes, new faces, new material, experiences, and friends all met up and halted at last week’s graduation ceremony. Congratulations.

I can’t say that much has changed since I graduated. “How do you feel?” That’s the question I’m asked most frequently. The honest and most-encompassing answer I could give someone who asks that question is, “I feel the same.”

The truth is, college in its entirety has been a life-changing experience. I was shaken at my foundation ever since the beginning. I didn’t have the typical college life. I didn’t live outside of the city, nor did I even live outside of my own home. I commuted and remained solely in my studies and artwork, instead of dividing my time to be plugged into campus life. As a result, I never quite left the real world.

People say that college is a bubble. If that’s the case, I never truly entered into that bubble. Yet somehow, I still lived in my own world and was left to my own imaginations of what the real world was going to be like—all the while unknowingly living in it fully already. That is the reason why my life is the same in my post-college days.

What college did bring me are tools to apply into the “real world.” Ultimately, that’s what college is supposed to do for students, right? I would say, then, that college was a success. Five years of life well spent. I was given tools to use and was able to apply them immediately at my own discretion. I look back at when I was a freshmen, barely 18-years old, and I felt so well… fresh; so raw; so new; so naïve.

I am 23 now. I love this age. I am settling into my 20s. I went from wallowing in my sins and carrying my burdens, to enjoying in the Love that God has offered me.