http://bilyxiao.com Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:11:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en subpage1_post1_text1 http://bilyxiao.com/2008/08/subpage1_post1/ haha. Duets are awesome. And I love this song, the video, and the voices of Vivian Lai and this dude. Seems like they're having such perfect fun =p Unrealistic of course, in the real world there'd be ants crawling all over the picnic food =p Then looking up Brad Kane and Lea ... http://bilyxiao.com/2008/08/duets/ "In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." - John 16:33 God does not give us overcoming life: He gives us life as we overcome. The strain is the strength. If there is no strain, there is no strength. Are you asking ... http://bilyxiao.com/2008/08/strain-is-strength/ Ohhh! -- God you are good! haha. Having eaten lunch slowly I would be stepping out later than I had planned. I stocked my cargo shorts with a novel, a notebook, and a Bible for my visit to the park. Stepped out of the basement door into the garage. Locked the ... http://bilyxiao.com/2008/08/lol/ You haaaaaaavennnnnnnn't metttttttttttt ---- STREETCAR! *dundundun* It's a Simpsons episode with Marge in a musical, if you didn't know >_< ... But to the point of it: I do warmly agree with that view. The highlights of my day yesterday were the short but life-filled interactions with strangers. I had been thinking ... http://bilyxiao.com/2008/07/a-strangers-just-a-friend-you-havent-met/ We are called to goodness not niceness. That is not to say we aren't also to be nice, but it is not so much the point. Too often general society--and Christians--mix up the two to their own detriment. Biblically speaking the word "good" appears 614 times in the NIV, whereas "nice" appears... ... http://bilyxiao.com/2008/07/no-more-mr-nice-guy/ Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. - Philippians 4:8 Perhaps my life verse. Far from it. The verse has been far from my mind for a while, though it has ... http://bilyxiao.com/2008/07/whatever-is/ Are we too advanced for the Bible? Being honest with myself I've discovered that sometimes I believe that. The thought hides somewhere deep in the subconscious. Why read the Bible? I've done that. How bout I read some other Christian books instead? They give me more insight in more specific and ... http://bilyxiao.com/2008/07/spiritual-maturity-and-the-bible/ We don't like to work for things anymore. Well maybe no one ever really liked to work for things, to begin with, but our younger generations are much less willing to. We are ruled by the "everything, now" mentality. Instant this, instant that. Instant noodles. Instant downloads. Instant messaging. The power ... http://bilyxiao.com/2008/07/freed-time/ The glory of God is man fully alive. - St. Irenaeus That's pretty awesome, 'cuz I wanna be fully alive, anyway. There's a certain simultaneity to it. I've found that I feel most alive when I am experiencing God. It's different from other instances or periods of happiness. It's more than ... http://bilyxiao.com/2008/07/fully-alive/