i used to refer to it as a soundtrack, now it is a playlist
i always feel like music conveys so much emotion and meaning. And i think it is a big part of my life... so we picked out some meaningful and fun songs out
1. Canon in D
2. Be Thou my Vision ~ Ginny Owens (Processional)
3. Sing to the King ~ Passion
4. O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing ~ David Crowder band
5. Center ~ Charlie Hall
6. Beloved ~ Tenth Avenue North (Communion)
7. How Great is our God ~ Chris Tomlin
8. Stolen ~ dashboard Confessional (Recessional)
9. You make my dreams come true ~ Hall & Oates (entrance)
10. Can't help falling in love with you ~ Ingrid Michaelson (first dance)
11. All the Words ~ Kutless (slideshow)
12. You & Me ~ lifehouse (slideshow)
bonus
13. Forever ~ Chris Brown
14. Zhu Wo Jingbai Ni
15. How He loves us ~ David Crowder band
notes
• We wanted the wedding to be a worship service. We had 3 worship songs + one more after communion
• “Sing to the King” fit with passage we used from Revelation 19
• “O for a thousand tongues to sing” has become the title of our newsletter. We wanted a theme of the world for our wedding. Didn’t happen so much, but still, both Soo & I have huge passion for the nations to be reached for Christ
• “Center” is an amazing prayer and what we hope for our lives- that Christ would be center
• “Stolen” is one of my favorite songs, I love the rhythm and beat and everything… plus the whole emo/indie thing
• Our first dance song wasn’t that hard to choose. I’d often sing it to Soo… cuz we kinda quickly rushed into things- or at least moved faily quickly. And again using an Indie Artist like Ingrid was great
• “Beloved” was a song I really wanted and it was perfect for communion. I hope people saw the connection between Christ & the church to a marriage relationship. I know it helped me and helps me to understand His love. Plus Tenth Avenue North is one of our favorite bands!
• I probably could have picked several songs from the 500 days of summer soundtrack…
• How He loves us has been a theme for our marriage life…
Monday, April 26, 2010
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Our wedding vows
In honor of pour 3 month anniversay, i thought i would post our wedding vows.
We really hope it points others to Christ... but mostly ourselves to Christ and honors HIM!
I Matt take you Soo to be my lawfully wedded wife.
You are a gift from God, His provision for me. I am so thankful for you.
I like you.
And I love you.
I will
by the power of the Holy Spirit
make it my aim to point you to Christ, reflect Christ to you
and love you as Christ loves the church.
I will choose to love & honor you more than myself, considering your needs & wants more than my own.
As Christ came to serve and not to be served, I will serve & love you for our lifetime together.
I will seek to know you and understand you, care for you and protect you.
In sickness & health,
In moment of conflict
And moments of joy
I will always love you.
I will never divorce you
I will believe the best in you
And I will resolve conflicts quickly
I will admit when I need help and when I have sinned against you
I will be completely honest with you at all times
And I give you permission to remind me of these vows
I ask for grace from you and offer grace to you no matter what.
I will have fun with you, enjoy your company and take you on dates
However I won’t demand you to satisfy what only God can satisfy.
Above all, I commit to walk with God, experience Christ & depend on the Holy Spirit and help you to do the same
You will come before anything or anyone else,
Even if others don’t understand or if it ruins my plans
You will be #1
I commit all these things to you As long as we both shall live.
I love you. I cherish you.
I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with you
I Soo take you Matt to be my lawfully wedded husband. I love the way God designed you and brought you to have a personal and intimate relationship with Himself. You are a wonderful man and I will respect and affirm my love to you as I support you and trust you. I will build fun memories with you as we journey this life together and comfort and encourage you in joyful or sad times. I will point you towards Christ for as long as I live and serve you as Christ came not to be served but to serve. I will be confident in you as you are confident in Christ I will not demand you to satisfy what only God can satisfy
I will seek to know you and understand you care for you and protect you
In sickness and in health
In moments of conflict and in moments of joy
I will always love you
I will never divorce you
I will believe the best in you
And I will resolve conflicts quickly
I will admit when I need help and when I have sinned against you
I will be completely honest with you at all times
And I give you permission to remind me of these vows
I ask for grace from you and offer grace to you no matter what
Above all I commit to walk with God experience Christ and depend on the Holy Spirit and help you to do the same.
You will come before anything or anyone else even if others don’t understand or it ruins my plans
I will respect your leadership
I will be your number one fan.
I commit all these things to you as long as we both shall live.
I love you.
I’m so glad I’m marrying you!
And now bullet points
• I took inspration from many friends as we planned our wedding and our vows. Thanks to Clint & Sung, Ken & Jenny, Shane Stec & Shane Ferguson and many others…
• A while back, my ATL Robin told me STINT was good preparation for marriage. Those who have been on teams with me in EA may recognize some ideas in our vows- basically directly out of our team covenants: resolve conflict quickly, believe the best, walk with God…of course a lot of it is Biblical principles!
• Like a Team Covenant, I hope Soo & I will review this often: we even put in our vows that we can remind each other of our commitment to one another. We’ve already renewed it twice, and I hope we look at it at least once a year if not more
• We made point to say by the power of the Holy Spirit: for we know - even though we like each other & love each other deeply- we need God to make this marriage work!
• And we also give each other grace
• Some may object of me calling Soo #1 as God is #1. But I don’t consider God a priority, I consider Him my living breath (this is a whole other blog)
• Still, we emphasized only God can satisfy us
• Our vows are very similar, but one thing where it diverges is the emphasis on love toward Soo and respect & affirmation toward me
• We truly hope we can show Christ to each other & experience Christ from each other!
Married life has been good. i love my Soo, and i am so thankful for her!
We really hope it points others to Christ... but mostly ourselves to Christ and honors HIM!
I Matt take you Soo to be my lawfully wedded wife.
You are a gift from God, His provision for me. I am so thankful for you.
I like you.
And I love you.
I will
by the power of the Holy Spirit
make it my aim to point you to Christ, reflect Christ to you
and love you as Christ loves the church.
I will choose to love & honor you more than myself, considering your needs & wants more than my own.
As Christ came to serve and not to be served, I will serve & love you for our lifetime together.
I will seek to know you and understand you, care for you and protect you.
In sickness & health,
In moment of conflict
And moments of joy
I will always love you.
I will never divorce you
I will believe the best in you
And I will resolve conflicts quickly
I will admit when I need help and when I have sinned against you
I will be completely honest with you at all times
And I give you permission to remind me of these vows
I ask for grace from you and offer grace to you no matter what.
I will have fun with you, enjoy your company and take you on dates
However I won’t demand you to satisfy what only God can satisfy.
Above all, I commit to walk with God, experience Christ & depend on the Holy Spirit and help you to do the same
You will come before anything or anyone else,
Even if others don’t understand or if it ruins my plans
You will be #1
I commit all these things to you As long as we both shall live.
I love you. I cherish you.
I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with you
I Soo take you Matt to be my lawfully wedded husband. I love the way God designed you and brought you to have a personal and intimate relationship with Himself. You are a wonderful man and I will respect and affirm my love to you as I support you and trust you. I will build fun memories with you as we journey this life together and comfort and encourage you in joyful or sad times. I will point you towards Christ for as long as I live and serve you as Christ came not to be served but to serve. I will be confident in you as you are confident in Christ I will not demand you to satisfy what only God can satisfy
I will seek to know you and understand you care for you and protect you
In sickness and in health
In moments of conflict and in moments of joy
I will always love you
I will never divorce you
I will believe the best in you
And I will resolve conflicts quickly
I will admit when I need help and when I have sinned against you
I will be completely honest with you at all times
And I give you permission to remind me of these vows
I ask for grace from you and offer grace to you no matter what
Above all I commit to walk with God experience Christ and depend on the Holy Spirit and help you to do the same.
You will come before anything or anyone else even if others don’t understand or it ruins my plans
I will respect your leadership
I will be your number one fan.
I commit all these things to you as long as we both shall live.
I love you.
I’m so glad I’m marrying you!
And now bullet points
• I took inspration from many friends as we planned our wedding and our vows. Thanks to Clint & Sung, Ken & Jenny, Shane Stec & Shane Ferguson and many others…
• A while back, my ATL Robin told me STINT was good preparation for marriage. Those who have been on teams with me in EA may recognize some ideas in our vows- basically directly out of our team covenants: resolve conflict quickly, believe the best, walk with God…of course a lot of it is Biblical principles!
• Like a Team Covenant, I hope Soo & I will review this often: we even put in our vows that we can remind each other of our commitment to one another. We’ve already renewed it twice, and I hope we look at it at least once a year if not more
• We made point to say by the power of the Holy Spirit: for we know - even though we like each other & love each other deeply- we need God to make this marriage work!
• And we also give each other grace
• Some may object of me calling Soo #1 as God is #1. But I don’t consider God a priority, I consider Him my living breath (this is a whole other blog)
• Still, we emphasized only God can satisfy us
• Our vows are very similar, but one thing where it diverges is the emphasis on love toward Soo and respect & affirmation toward me
• We truly hope we can show Christ to each other & experience Christ from each other!
Married life has been good. i love my Soo, and i am so thankful for her!
Sunday, April 11, 2010
My need to blog
For the last month... maybe longer i've been saying to myself, and to Soo: i need to start blogging again.
It used to be want to start blogging, but i think it may be necessary for me.
Why I should blog again
1. Helps me process life
2. Helps me think more critically and gets my mind on important things
3. Makes me think more about living out a godly life
4. Creates conversation
5. Helps me keep in touch with friends back home
6. Takes my focus off myself and onto matters that matter to others as well
7. Encourages and challenges others
8. God uses it
9. It energizes me
10. I waste my time on things that don’t matter at all
11. Opportunity to make some lists again
Yes, i can journal... and i can talk to Soo... and there are a couple guys here... and i don't want to become dependant on the internet... i know it seems foolish to some... but i think it helps me a lot. And it is fun. It refreshes me.
Plus i miss having guys in my life, and perhaps friends close to my age, and people who think differently around me to stretch me.
i am hoping people will read... and comment... and discuss things...
Remember when so many people blogged? And we would comment? Now it is just twitter and facebook... a 5 second thought...
Why did we all stop?
Comments stopped coming. i think it shows the importance of feedback.
We may say that we should act regardless of how people respond, but feedback is necessary.
In blogs, and more importantly in life.
If i blog will people read? will people comment? will people care?
(i keep hearing this voice: if you blog, they will come... the people will come... ease his pain... stuff like that)
At this point i may start blogging even if no one reads...
but my hope in blogging is:
1. To Glorify God
2. to grow as a person
3. to encourage and challenge my readers
4. to build friendships
Has our society become to dependent on the internet and social networking?
Perhaps we have, but i think we can take advantage of the benefits... what do you think?
What should i write abut first?
1. my life
2. sports
3. Purdue sports
4. marriage/wedding
5. thoughts from God's Word
6. Harry Potter
7. LOST
8. books i'm reading
9. friendship issues
10. Asia
11. music
12. something else
Stay tuned... i hope you'll read... and comment (everyone wants comments, why be shy about it expressing it).
much love all
It used to be want to start blogging, but i think it may be necessary for me.
Why I should blog again
1. Helps me process life
2. Helps me think more critically and gets my mind on important things
3. Makes me think more about living out a godly life
4. Creates conversation
5. Helps me keep in touch with friends back home
6. Takes my focus off myself and onto matters that matter to others as well
7. Encourages and challenges others
8. God uses it
9. It energizes me
10. I waste my time on things that don’t matter at all
11. Opportunity to make some lists again
Yes, i can journal... and i can talk to Soo... and there are a couple guys here... and i don't want to become dependant on the internet... i know it seems foolish to some... but i think it helps me a lot. And it is fun. It refreshes me.
Plus i miss having guys in my life, and perhaps friends close to my age, and people who think differently around me to stretch me.
i am hoping people will read... and comment... and discuss things...
Remember when so many people blogged? And we would comment? Now it is just twitter and facebook... a 5 second thought...
Why did we all stop?
Comments stopped coming. i think it shows the importance of feedback.
We may say that we should act regardless of how people respond, but feedback is necessary.
In blogs, and more importantly in life.
If i blog will people read? will people comment? will people care?
(i keep hearing this voice: if you blog, they will come... the people will come... ease his pain... stuff like that)
At this point i may start blogging even if no one reads...
but my hope in blogging is:
1. To Glorify God
2. to grow as a person
3. to encourage and challenge my readers
4. to build friendships
Has our society become to dependent on the internet and social networking?
Perhaps we have, but i think we can take advantage of the benefits... what do you think?
What should i write abut first?
1. my life
2. sports
3. Purdue sports
4. marriage/wedding
5. thoughts from God's Word
6. Harry Potter
7. LOST
8. books i'm reading
9. friendship issues
10. Asia
11. music
12. something else
Stay tuned... i hope you'll read... and comment (everyone wants comments, why be shy about it expressing it).
much love all
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