In the life of a Superhero.

"She incorporated her faith into every part of her life. She wasn’t a Christian just on Sunday..."

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:25:56 -0500

“She incorporated her faith into every part of her life. She wasn’t a Christian just on Sunday mornings; being a Christian was the core of who she was. And I adored that about her.”

- The Vow (the book)

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Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:47:09 -0500

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So like I’ve said before, there’s a song for...

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:42:29 -0500

So like I’ve said before, there’s a song for everything. THIS song though, is my favorite part of the famous show, “World of Color.” After all the perfect sights of Disney’s creations placed on water, backed up by their beautiful soundtrack, there is a slight pause before this song is played. The moment that the first few notes are played and the first line is sung, my heart melts. It melts into this puddle of just peace. I’ve watched this show many times, and I constantly look forward to that pause because I know that the next few seconds would be amazing. I don’t know what it is, but this song CAN and WILL put me in a state of complete bliss. World of Color, I love you.

I have a thing where songs remind me of certain moments or...

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 03:48:00 -0500

I have a thing where songs remind me of certain moments or people in my life. I had a dream the other day where I saw an old high school friend who was very dear to me. In the dream, we ran into each other and during that moment I felt this sudden peace. It was a peace and comfort that I’ve only felt with very few people. In the dream, we did not do much. We didn’t even talk much, but her presence made me calm. I woke up and all day I’ve been thinking about it. Even though we no longer talk or spend time with one another, the memories we made together when I was in high school still holds a spot in my heart. I guess it doesn’t bother me too much that we no longer keep in touch because I have my memories to remind me of that feeling of peace and comfort I had around this friend, and these memories is something no one can take away from me.

Favorite memory of her: It was my last day of sophomore year in high school and some friends were talking about how sad they were that the seniors were leaving. My friend was a senior at that time but I wasn’t that sad. As people continued to talk about it, it got to me. The bell rang and I ran into the parking lot looking for her car. She had a Honda and there was a billion of them so I didn’t know which one was hers. I just stood in the middle of the parking lot and I started to cry. Another friend saw me and asked me what happened. I said that I was crying because I didn’t get to say good-bye. I turned around and there she was walking towards her car. I ran to her and hugged her. My words to her, “I don’t want you to leave.”

I guess she never really left huh?

hiskingdomreigns: :D I LOLed.

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:00:23 -0500

hiskingdomreigns:

:D

I LOLed.

"Like the little school mate in the school yard We’ll play jacks and Uno cards I’ll be your best..."

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:23:27 -0500

“Like the little school mate in the school yard
We’ll play jacks and Uno cards
I’ll be your best friend and you’ll be mine
Valentine”

- Fergie, Big Girls Don’t Cry (via shesvanity)

These girls. <3

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:52:00 -0500

These girls. <3

open my eyes: READ THIS PEOPLE: on intimate friendships between men and women

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:11:33 -0500

open my eyes: READ THIS PEOPLE: on intimate friendships between men and women:

butterflyblog:

“Intimate friendships between men and women almost always produce confusion and frustration for at least one of the parties involved. Close friendships by their very nature tend to involve extensive time talking and hanging out one-on-one. They tend to involve a deep knowledge of the other person’s hopes, desires and personality. They tend to involve the sharing of many aspects of each other’s daily lives and routines. In other words, they tend to involve much of the type of intimacy and companionship involved in — and meant for — marriage.
And yet, even with all this deep communication going on, at least one aspect of these friendships inherently involves a mixed message. No matter how clearly one or both of you have defined what’s happening as “just friends,” your actions are constantly saying “I enjoy being with you and interacting with you in a way that suggests marriage (or at least romantic attraction).”
The simple reality (of which most people are aware, whether they admit it or not) is that in the vast majority of these types of relationships, one of
the parties involved either began the “friendship” romantic feelings for the other person or develops them along the way. Either way, that person is now hanging on to the “friendship” in the hope of getting something more despite the “clear words” from the other person that he or she wants nothing beyond friendship.”

—Scott Croft

I love it when people send me “happy 11.11.11!” texts. It’s like a second...

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:07:45 -0500

I love it when people send me “happy 11.11.11!” texts. It’s like a second birthday!!!

On a side note, let’s not forget those who have serve our country!!!

“Let the chips fall where they may.” -Pearls of...

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:45:03 -0500

“Let the chips fall where they may.” -Pearls of Wisdom.

been stuck in my head all day. music video is pretty awesome as...

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 21:53:55 -0400

been stuck in my head all day. music video is pretty awesome as well.

Sure we stopped talking, but that doesn't mean I stopped caring.

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 23:35:02 -0400

A note to the brothers.

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 05:28:44 -0400

Brothers, I want to say this as a sister whose heart is for you to have the best in the future. This may sound like an odd question but do you ever think about your future with your future wife? Do you ever think to yourself, “I want to give my wife the best” or something along those lines? Even though it seems like there is plenty of time before marriage and committing yourself to a relationship, this is the time that can be used for growth. If you want to give your future wife the best, then please strive to be the best that you can be. I encourage you to use the time you have now to truly seek the Lord so that he may lead you so you will know how to lead your wife. Take this time to seek the word and dwell in it so that your wife can admire and respect you for reflecting who God is. Please use this time to grow so that way no girl can ever give you an excuse to not want to be with you. I pray that people will be able to see Christ in you and because of that, admire and respect you for being a Man of God. Strive for holiness. Strive for purity. Learn how to protect your heart so one day you can protect hers as well. Learn to resist temptation now so one day you will not be tempted and she will not be tempted by you. One day in the future, someone is going to depend on you to lead them. I hope that your heart’s desire is to give them the best you can. So please brothers, I pray that you strive hard to be a Man of God so that one day, you can help others fall in love with the same God that you are trying to reflect. The time for growth is now. I know God will use each one of you. I’ll be praying for you all.

-Your sister in Christ.

I love AACF.

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 16:53:15 -0400

A lot of people hear me speak about AACF and I’ve never explained why I talk about this group so much. AACF stands for Asian American Christian Fellowship and it is a Christian fellowship for college students that allow them to grow in their spiritual walk while providing accountability through brothers and sisters. This is my 3rd year in this fellowship and every year I fall more in love with how they strive to love one like Christ loved us. Even though we are all human and we fail each other at some point, these brothers and sisters are constantly encouraging one another and trying to care for each other’s spiritual growth. I love being surrounded by these brothers and sisters. There’s something about each one of them that attracts me to them. I love their hearts and how supportive they are with me. There is always a sense of peace and comfort when I am around them. I really do hope for my relationship with these brothers and sisters to become more intimate with one another and that we can spur each other on. I’m praying that we continue to grow with one another after college. =D

So for the past few weeks, I’ve felt like I locked myself...

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 06:30:01 -0400

So for the past few weeks, I’ve felt like I locked myself in a prison. I limited my life to basically, eating, sleeping, and the internet. Going back to Riverside, my hope was that things would change and I would lighten up again. I was super excited and then realized that staying on the futon in my living room watching tv, eating, sleeping, and using the internet obviously did not free me from my prison. I’m blessed to have brothers and sisters who care enough to “drag” me outside and actually help me feel alive. The ability to laugh is such a gift that can free anyone from basically anything. Laughing gives the hear that extra boost it needs to remember that being alive isn’t just ones heart pumping blood, but being alive is a constant reminder that we also need to feel alive, to laugh, to love, to go out and do more than the ordinary. I’m very thankful for this week, the batting cages, good talks, babysitting, shopping, spontaneous outings, arcade games, more good talks, fellowship, visit to USC AACF, and of course, the laughs. Thanks God. I really needed this.

[picture taken at USC apartment at 3am]

So today I read about “Suffering for Doing Good,” “Living for God,” and...

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 01:48:38 -0400

So today I read about “Suffering for Doing Good,” “Living for God,” and “Suffering for Being a Christian.” Now just by reading the subtitles, one would think negatively about wanting to be a Christian. It isn’t easy. It’s hard because there is this battle between our physical desires, our emotional desire, and our spiritual desire. Our physical desire could be sex, drinking, entertainment, material goods, money, etc. Emotionally, we desire love, friendship, support, closure, peace. [not saying any of that is bad] And after wanting all that, we get tired of wanting more when it comes to what we need spiritually, so we leave the spiritual things aside and settle for the physical and emotional desires. Lately, for myself, the question of why I chose to be a Christian kept rising up. I will admit, there are many moments where i just want to forget about being a “good Christian” and go along with my desires, but then I feel guilty. Is that the correct feeling though for wanting what other people have? these past weeks have still been tough. I needed my time to ask myself if I wanted to suffer for the good. Did I want to live for God and will I be okay with “suffering” because I am a Christian? And there it was, the answer and the reminder of why Christians suffer. We suffer for the name of Jesus Christ and the belief that He died on the cross for our sins so that our sins may be put to rest. Yes, we do have struggles and trials, but it is Jesus Christ that we can rely on to rest our burdens upon Him because His “yolk is easy and His burden is light.” So I guess that when we do “suffer,” it isn’t really suffering because in the end, His name will be lifted high and that alone can be our reward.

Swing Life Away: Christians...

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 23:51:00 -0400

Swing Life Away: Christians...:

swimmertkesh:

Constantly glorifying God

Hands lifted to Christ

Reading God’s Word

Intimate Relationship with God

Staying committed to growing with God

Trusting in God’s plan for you

I am perfectly made

A passion to serve God

Never stop praying

So in love with You

C Constantly being hypocritcal
response: yes we are hypocritical, but no one is perfect. and yes, no one can take that and use it as an excuse to cover up any wrong that we, as chirstians, do. we are all human and we all suck. sadly some “christians” do pretend to be perfect and it comes off wrong about who our God is. hopefully one day you, and others, can find someone who loves God so much that their life can reflect who God truly is cause I will admit, we don’t do the greatest job doing so. By the way, we don’t mean to be hypocritical so I apologize. On another note, it feels like everyone assumes that Christians are supposed to perfect when we’re the least from it; that’s why we need God.

H Hands out for money
response: okay, I really don’t understand where you get this from.

R Reading an outdated book that was written by chauvanist men and using it to jusitfy taking away people’s rights
response: have you read the Bible? if not, please don’t say anything about the men who wrote it. I will admit, a lot of people take verses out of context and use it to justify things that they shouldn’t try to justify in the first place. we do not have the right to judge anything or anyone. on my part, i apologize for people feeling judges because of “christians” and because of our words and actions that are incorrect. But please, next time you chose to speak of the Bible that way, get some perspective of what you’re speaking of.

I Intimate relationships with priests
response: what is so wrong with have an intimate relationship with a “pastor.” if you are referring to intimate in a sexual way, that is just wrong. But if you are referring to intimate as in being vulnerable, that is completely normal. I don’t see what is wrong with that. Being vulnerable to another human being means that we need one another. Christians also struggle with things that everyone else struggles with. Our problems in life aren’t any easier than anyone else’s. We just chose to handle or see it in a different way. we are open an “intimate” to our superiors so that they can guide us towards the right direction.

S Stay committed to their imaginary friend
response: good thing you noticed that God is our friend. Points on that. We can’t see God, so what? In fact, the thing that you say that we’re committed to our “imaginary friend” is good. Because even though we can’t physically see or physically hear our God, we still choose to follow and believe in Him because we’re experienced His love. Maybe you haven’t met someone who does reflect God’s love, but I pray that you do because it will change how you view God.

T Trusting that there’s some big, hairy old dude playing a big game of Sims up there who can rationalize a six year old girl getting brain cancer and dying
response: life is not a game, so I don’t understand why you compare a person’s life to a game of SIMS. no, life is not fair, but who are we to judge what is fair and what is not? if you want fair, then we would all go to hell; end of story. God does give us mercy and grace and we’ll never understand why some people die and some people live. But that is not up to us. At times, I wish it was, but imagine how life would be like if everything was up to us.

I am perfectly made as long as I’m straight
response: I already spoke a little about this. we are not perfect. we will never be perfect. We are all human and we make horrible mistakes. So I cannot say this enough, we aren’t perfect. We are the least from perfect so please stop thinking we are.

A A passion to protect and support only the ‘ideal Christian’
response: Yes, we do want to protect and support what it means to be a Christian. If the “ideal christian” is a person going to church, reading their Bible, and then living life like any other person then no we do not support that. We support and encourage a person’s life being changed because of the love of Jesus Christ. We attempt to protect what it means to be a Christian because people have taken the meaning of being a Christian and changed it something completely different, which is why you wrote your response in the first place. Not just that but also because some “christians” haven’t done the greatest job in reflecting what it means to be a Christian. A Christian is someone who follows Christ, someone who wants to be like Christ. If you read the Bible about who Christ is, you’ll see someone who is perfect without judging anyone or making them feel lower than dirt.

N Never moving forward
response: Again, I don’t get where you’re coming from with this.

S So in love with someone of the opposite sex. Cause that’s the only kind of love there is right?
response: my brother who originally wrote this post that as Christians we do not only love people of opposite sex. we are so in love with our brothers and sisters that we would be willing to go out of our way for them because we love them. so no, we do not think that the only love that exist is the one for the opposite sex. For example, the fact that @swimmertkesh has used his blog to encourage people and to ask for prayer requests and actually prays for his followers shows a lot about love and obviously that love is not for someone of just the opposite sex.

I really do hope that you did take the time to read through this because you deserve to know that there’s more to Christianity than what others assume. Christianity is not about being perfect. It is not about judging others. It is about sharing the love of Christ to the people around us through our words and actions. I know that we have not lived up that standard and that vision. I know that Christians and used Christianity as an excuse for anything. I truly apologize for that. So please forgive us because we know we’re not perfect. I pray that one day you can SEE and EXPERIENCE the love of Jesus Christ.

side note: top portion is what my brother Ryan Tokeshi wrote. another person reblogged it and wrote her own interpretation of a Christian and so I wrote my response to hers.

These past 3 weeks have been very difficult for me. This past weekend was the last weekend for my...

Sun, 28 Aug 2011 22:26:00 -0400

These past 3 weeks have been very difficult for me. This past weekend was the last weekend for my youth pastor. I won’t go into details to why my youth pastor is leaving. I found out that something was wrong 3 weeks ago, the weekend I came back from Thailand. Lucky for me, I’ve had 3 weeks to soak everything in. I went through the entire process of anger, grief, denial, and finally, acceptance. I’ve been in the youth group for 9 years and this pastor was my 8th youth pastor. Every time a pastor left, it made it harder for me and everyone else to trust the next one that comes by. On Friday, we had a combined service with another church. During worship, I couldn’t stop crying because I knew that hearts were broken. Even though I was constantly reminded of how faithful God is, I know that my brothers and sisters have forgotten who their God is. My heart breaks because I know that my brothers and sisters have lost hope that their God is faithful and that He will provide. Some have even been tempted to give up on the youth group due to what happened. Lately, I’ve been praying and fasting for a breakthrough for my brothers and sisters. I’ve come to the conclusion that if this is what it takes for God to break down hearts, mend them, and grow them to be men and women for Christ, then let it be.

My dear brothers and sisters, “Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in habit of doing, but let us encourage one another-and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” -Hebrews 10:23:25

God is good and he is faithful. Please don’t ever lose sight of that.

And this is why Christianity is not based off of the deeds a...

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 01:13:24 -0400

And this is why Christianity is not based off of the deeds a person did. Christianity is based off of the faith one puts in Jesus Christ and the relationship being built. Christianity is not about a person doing good deeds to receive their ticket to heaven. ”For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,” Ephesians 2:8. We can never do enough good deeds to replace our sins. Luckily enough, it is by the grace of Jesus Christ that we can have peace, joy, hope, and happiness. And by the love of Jesus Christ, it would change our hearts to want the best for and of people. It is the love of Jesus Christ that changes us to be better, to do these good deeds, to learn how to truly love.