6.24.2025

socially awkward .

Growing up, I've always been at peace with my awkwardness and I never felt the pressure or much care to fit in. But something about being older... I get so sad to know that my social awkwardness and anxiety can get in the way(?) of the church family that God desires. Ok ok, I know - "Nothing can get in the way of God's plans!" or "You're so proud to think your weakness blah blah." I dono.. I just get frustrated thinking of how my awkward silences can be mistaken for rudeness or dislike, and my efforts to make small talk are just blubbering stutters that eventually make me look a fool. I feel a tension between my desire for community and my comfort in isolation. But I also feel the tension within those tensions. My comfort in isolation is at times met with loneliness and fear of being forgotten. Desire for community is at a tug-of-war with fear of people and un-acceptance.

Whether inside the church or outside, society as a whole values community. That's what society is; when community dies, society can't thrive. And to some extent, everyone wears masks to hide parts of themselves and in an effort to make community "work". But what if you're just a weirdo that can't fake it well? How do I keep "being me" and my weird self, vs. do I compromise my weaknesses, and how do I swallow my fears in order to love others? I dono if this makes sense.

I know at the end of the day, God calls us to love each other with all of our quirks and differences. At the end of the day, his church is made up of all kinds of people who are flawed and imperfect. I want to love God, and love people... But in my first steps into looking for a church, I find myself struggling to fit in and be accepted. I feel like a broken finger trying to find a body that will accept it, but first I need to wrap my broken self up well with a neat bow. Or as if I'm a tooth trying to be an eyeball. Idk!! haha

sigh.

4.26.2025

how are You ?

what are You thinking about, God?
what has been on Your mind lately?

i know i won't fully understand;
Your ways and thoughts are much higher than mine

but curiosity and wonder float around in my little mind -

how are you, God?

4.22.2025

"lost cause"
"why are you so dumb"
"i hate myself"

words
that i have to fight
every morning
every day


by remembering
God loves me

3.10.2025

may the breaking not cause me to seek out
temporary solutions, temporary alleviations, temporary protections -
in the process building a fortress of accumulated idols,
burying me in the walls that were intended to shelter

but may the crushing allow You to carve
a well so deep and so firm
to hold Your anointing,
Your anointing that breaks chains
within and without;
may it purify what my sins have stained -
the things You'd entrusted to me...
mold in me once again more space
for Your love and Your grace
in the way only You can create out of nothing

help me not to turn a blind eye or run away
as if it could cause sorrow to disappear

but help me to hold on
help me to keep trusting You
help me to endure in the little things
even if i don't know and can't see what You're doing
even if You feel far away
even if this life seems done away with
i don't know how but would You be glorified
help me to hold fast to Your hesed,
Your kind, relentless, unchanging love for us

2.15.2025

fears // figuring her out .

- thorns / walls
- difficulty asking for help
- pretending to be immune(?) to what she likes
-- difficulty expressing affection

when the walls that were designed to protect
start to isolate and destroy...


"아무리 괜찮은 일상을 흉내를 내도
고장난 부분은 그렇게 불쑥 튀어나오더라고요."
<드라마 - 멜로무비>

ㅠㅠ

1.20.2025

create

be a planter of seeds

create

for your fulfillment and joy

the fruits will bear on the by

produce something

not for the success

(which, if it does come by, great,

if not, it's fine)

no more consuming

more creating

more planting

1.02.2025

shalom

"The Hebrew word for this perfect, harmonious interdependence among all parts of creation is called shalom. We translate it as 'peace,' but the English word is basically negative, referring to the absence of trouble or hostility. The Hebrew word means much more than that. It means absolute wholeness — full, harmonious, joyful, flourishing life."

 The Reason for God, Tim Keller