Saturday, April 21, 2007

cs3

cs3i'm really excited about cs3! i can't wait to get my hands on it. which will be soon! as i was checking out the product on the adobe website, and watching their little promo video, the last part really hit me. the speaker in the short clip said:

"When we do graphic design, it is a visual communication. But it's not only about the visual. It's all about like 5 different senses. The question is thru visual means, how can we make them taste something? How can we hear something? Or like how can we feel something? Really, the bottom line is if you can touch someone's heart."

i knew right then i had to hold onto that quote as a reminder this is what i do. it's not just about the visual. it's about touching people's hearts. and with the greatest message of hope ever told.

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

virginia tech

this weekend at church the message was on 1 Chronicles 21:1-27. The part of the story of King David's life when he was leading his people incorrectly and they followed. to sum it up, David chose to rely on his own resources and take a census to see what he could do to protect himself instead of relying wholly on God. it all started in verse one where it says:

"Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel."

after yesterday and the killings at virginia tech i am reminded how much i do indeed and truly believe that satan exists and is opposed to each and every one of us, personally.

then after David realized he'd made a big mistake, he cries out to God...

“I am in deep distress. Let me fall into the hands of the LORD, for His mercy is very great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”
1 Chronicles 21:13

beautiful. when i read that passage it hit me. David knew God personally. David knew that even though he'd screwed up he would still rather be put back in the hands of God to recieve whatever consequences were coming then have God put him into "the hands of men." God even gave David three choices. 3 years of famine. 3 months of being attached and killed by enemies, or 3 days of the "sword of the LORD". just think about that for a minute. he chose the "sword of the LORD". the LORD he knew and believed created heaven and earth, the LORD he knew could inflict way more pain and suffering on him than any human being. yet because he knew God personally. he knew "His mercy is very great;..." and he knew God could but would not harm him as much as men could and would.

and to me the virginia tech killings remind me of how true i feel that is. and how much we're all very, terribly and horribly broken. and I'm one of them.

Lord, I want to go home. i don't want to experience any more pain. i don't want to see any more pain. and i don't want to cause any more pain. how much longer do we have to stay here?