October 1, 2008

Pure in heart

My friend forwarded this to me the other day.

—– Forwarded Message —-
From: Jenny W <j******5@hotmail.com>
To: j*******7@yahoo.com
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 5:55:33 PM
Subject: RE: hiya

lol , yeah, blame isaac for everything. xD i dunno how tina found out though…maybe she’s psychic. xD
i was so worried about my anatomy, but it turns out i did ok, so yeah, PRAISE GOD! xD
oh and we realized that afternoon that gwen’s birthday is on the 15th. we wrote her a card and everything, but she wasn’t there, so i guess we’ll celebrate next week?

sure, i’ll record the tapes for dora, i got the first part of the sermon thing, and i was so excited while listening to it. it felt like i was back at the retreat again!Â
and yes, even though i DID practice those songs, you’re still gonna have to sing. don’t try to back out of it and get me to replace you. lol
oh and much to my surprise, my dad wasn’t mad about the mission thing. he just said i was lucky my chinese is already pretty good, so i don’t have to learn it again. yeah, i wasn’t expecting him to say that, but it’s better than i hoped for. THANK YOU FOR PRAYING FOR ME! :D i’ll continue to pray for you and your parents too.

and don’t worry, i won’t forget about friday. i thought YOU forgot last week! lol

If you noticed the date, this email was all the way back in 2005, my junior year in hish school. Reading this brought 2 verses to my mind:

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
- Matthew 5:8

And he said: “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
- Matthew 18:3

A part of me wishes that I could go back to being the way I was before, but the truth is, we can never go back to the way we used to be. However, we can make changes so that we become the someone we have always dreamed of being.

4 Comments
filed in Life, Quiet Time
  • http://www.everdestiny.com Destiny

    That’s very sweet… it reminds me of my notes from back then. Even though we cannot turn back and like children in life, it’s within the heart… which means that you still cherish the things (even in small amounts) in your heart of things that we loved before, and also remember how it feels to be carefree and not prioritize everything else above Him. ^_^ We can still be there :)

  • http://unsexy.net Angela

    My OCD would not allow me to keep emails in my email box that long. It’s sad too because there are alot of things I probably would love to still have.

    It’s sweet your friend still had that, and it’s true what you said about not going back. I wish I could be the same person I was years ago. Now I feel like I’m jaded by alot of things.

  • http://ttm.dreamless-illusions.ca/ Viona

    Wow, I don’t keep e-mails that long, too bad. But reading old stuffs always bring me to tears. Sometimes of happiness, sometimes the opposite. x)

  • http://riyuu.org Mimi

    @ Destiny: I think I’ve forgotten what it means to be carefree and let it be all about Him and nothing else :( But yes, if we searched, we could still find it.

    @ Angela: My friend actually sent it to me while she was cleaning out her inbox, and it is a nice keepsake to have.

    @ Viona: I feel the same way when I read old stuff. Brings back a lot of bittersweet feelings…