Goodbye Brielle.

Here am I.
And I've found some spare time to write.
I have so much on my mind, its amazing!
Yet, I'll have to write it post by post. And hopefully not wait too long, or I may have more nonsense build up in this mind of mine.

Quite lately I have been thinking about music. God has truly blessed me with my ability to play the three guitars (bass, electric, acoustic). When my mind overflows with nostalgia. fear. joy. love. adoration. I retreat. I retreat to my sanctuary. My guitar. When the swift motion of my hand strums a Cadd9 chord into a G, nothing else matters. I feel free, I feel complete. I am so thankful that God works for the good of those who love him. I'm thankful he has instilled in me this love for my guitars, and the love to use them to worship Him.

However, as selfish and prideful as I am. I've wondered why the Lord didn't accompany the musical talent, with the vocal talent. I lack the vocal skills. period. Its not as if I have a terrible voice (well who knows, I may just be telling myself that). But I can't sing high notes. So trusting in Him, I've come to the realization that God didn't bless me with a vocal talent because He knew I would probably use it for a "me me me" talent instead of a "Him Him Him" talent. I would try to make myself appear as a rockstar rather than one who sang for Him alone. So I've come to accept that. I thank the Lord so much for giving me the ability to accompany others with my guitar-playing.

Well I think the Lord wanted me to come to this realization, this knowledge that my voice should proclaim Him only. And just as I sit back, and accept that my fingers will solely make the melody, the Lord seemed to open a door. A door that said "I'll give you this, as long as you use it for Me." So He brought forth Emily Pahler, wife to Ryan, my baptismal buddy, and Junior High director at the church. Emily teaches voice lessons at a music school, and just yesterday, God said "Here, I'm going to open this door so you can learn to sing high" Happy Day was playing, and I didn't even attempt to hit the high note of "He's alive!", instead I mumbled "I can't hit that", and she says "I could get you to hit that." And there we go.

May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine upon us, that Your ways may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations.
Psalm 67:1-2

Whether or not God will use this, is all up to Him. I sit back, content with my ability to play guitar, but ecstatic if the Lord opens doors to voice lessons. There is probably nothing more that I want then to be able to lead worship. God is gracious, and He will bless me, but in due time. I anxiously wait, and continue to pray.

My one advice to you. Wait on the Lord. Strength will rise as you wait upon the Lord. He has such great plans for you, know that You are already blessed, and will continue to be blessed. Dwell in Him, in his word, continually pray, continually worship. Love Him, trust Him, be patient with Him, for you know how patient He's been with you. Isiah 40:31 says but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Hope in Him. He will bless you immensely. I continually listen to worship music, one to encourage myself, and two, that I may be able to lead others in them. I've come across a song that I love, and I love the chorus. It's an amazing encouragement to think, and pray to Him.

I'm living for your glory
I'm living for the name above all names
No one else is worthy
No one else can ever take your place

I pray that you live for Him. Living to proclaim Him and worship Him. Live for His glory!

Signing out with love,
Danual Lee



for those who want to listen to the song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUZvSwIRpCc&feature=related)

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My Dearest Friends.

To my Dearest Friends,

It is emotional to think that in 2 days we graduate. In 3 months I leave to San Diego. And in 4 years (if not more), I have gained the most incredible friends anyone could ask for. I truly have no idea what I would have done through high school without you. You are an absolute blessing, and its going to be very nostalgic the next few days as I think back to all the memories I've shared with you. All the times well spent. All the tears shed. All the smiles spread wide. All the encouraging moments. And yes, all the upsetting minutes. But all moments that define who I am now. I could not ask for more when it comes to you guys, my friends.

Though soon we'll all be moving on. Soon it will be a whole new life. I hope and pray, that as Paul didn't forget the people of Philippi or Ephesus, that we not forget about each other. That somewhere in our hearts, minds, and prayers, we think of each other, and the times we shared. Philippians 1:3-9 shows Paul's love for Philippi. And I hope we will always have that love for each other. That we "thank [our] God every time [we] remember [each other]."

I know that I have had a different relationship with each of you. Whether it be a solid relationship, or one of those up and down roller-coaster ones, I know you've been blessed into my life by the hand of our Sovereign Lord, and I'm joyful that He brought you to me. I hope that as time has moved on, you've forgiven my many mistakes, my many faults, and have learned to love me through the hard times, for I know I have tried to love you to the best of my abilities (I am not perfect, I'm a wretched sinner!). Know that I love you with all my heart. You have shaped me into the person I am now. Whether it be the short periods of a strong relationship, or the continuous one, I thank you. Some way, whether big or small, you've had an influence on my life. Whether sharing in my sufferings, or in my joy, it is you who have helped mold me into who I am. Though I cannot give you all the credit, because our wonderful God is creator and controller of all!

I trust, that as time goes on, as we head our different ways, that you will discern what is right, and follow it. That you not get caught up in the passions and joy of this world. This world that tells you everything that contradicts what the Lord deems as good. A world that wants to take you down with it. I pray you remember your citizenship in Heaven. That we are not of this world, but we belong to our gracious and loving savior, Jesus Christ! Remember that! Know that He gave everything so that this world could no longer take hold of us. Whether you leave to a whole new city, or stay where you are, tough times will always come, but we must know and trust that our Lord is faithful and always true. Know that for every trial, He gives us a way out, and we must take it.

Whether you are one of the many in whom I share this passion for Christ with, or whether you are not. I desire that you listen to what is on my heart. I pray for you and will continue to, that you join with me in love and adoration of the One who saved my soul, and pulled me from the grave. As Paul says in Titus, I want to repeat to you.

"For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.".

I urge you not to get caught up in life. Not get caught up in everything thrown at us. But seek the Lord and his mighty power first, and He will bless you and give you all you need.

I could write pages about my emotion towards you. How I will dearly miss you. But I know the Lord has amazing plans for both you and I and He will continue to grow us into wonderful people. Somewhere down this road I know we will meet up once again, hopefully sooner than later, but I know our good God will bring us together at some point. Don't forget about me, for I will not forget about you.

My dearest friends; Show love. Find peace. Have joy in every circumstance. Be patient. Demonstrate kindness and gentleness. Have goodness in your heart. Be faithful. And have self-control.

With so much love,
Danual Lee Moon

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Love.

Here am I.
I'm sorry for the wait (if anybody reads this thing!)
I also should have been sitting here yesterday.
Please forgive me, I was tired.

Last night was an incredible, nostalgic, emotional, wonderful night.
It was the baccalaureate service for all us graduating seniors! I've got to say, its absolutely crazy to see how we've matured and grown in the past years! But the service wasn't the highlight. Even though it was amazing to worship, see baby pictures, and hear from Matt...it was the night at Ken Peet's house that was marvelous.

Sitting in a living room with twenty somethin' seniors, we all had the opportunity to share what we love about each other, and it was....wow. It is absolutely amazing to think of how many memories I have of (and had with) each and every one of them. It was so encouraging to see people's hands shoot up to tell of the things that they enjoyed and admired about the person.

It was a perfect example of what love is. Every person in that room at some time had "difficult" times with others in it as well, but the fact that we were able to open our hearts and find things about these people we loved, was wonderful.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 says that:

"4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8Love never fails."

Through all the times we've been through, I know that we all love each other dearly, as one in Christ. I just can't stress how much I adored last night.

And this leads me into my next post.

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Today I chose Barabbas.

Here Am I.
And as promised.

So this weekend was spiritually exceptional. It was perfect timing to get out and away from life for three days; three days to stop worrying about graduation and college. The thing is, I don't know if I would have gone had it not been for the invitation to help lead worship. But praise the Lord I did go.

David Hegg was a marvelous speaker. Pastor at Grace Baptist Church in Santa Clarita, CA, and a professor at the Master's college. This weekend he took us men through the topic "Better by Far: The Obedience Option": why we sin and what our faith should look like. It's impossible for me to lay out the messages of all four meetings. But there were two things that I really want to share with you. And I hope as fellow Christians, friends, or just humans, that you continue to read.

First, David gave us the image of Michelangelo's David.


The marble statue is one of his masterpieces. This marble masterpiece bears Michelangelo's chisel marks that prove its his. And we know for a fact, that he finds great pride and joy in it. Just like God does with us. We are God's work (Eph. 2:1-10) and He takes great pride in us. And because we are God's workmanship, we are to be walking in good works, and these good works, our chisel marks, are our righteousness and our obedience to God.

Secondly, which I thought was absolutely brilliant, was he painted us a small picture. A fork in the road. One road led to Barabbas, and the other road led to Jesus. Remember Barabbas? The criminal demanded to be set free by the people wanting to crucify Jesus. Barabass, a murderer. Jesus, a sinless man. Yet the people turned their back on Christ and chose Barabbas. Whose side are we on, who are we going to follow? Barabbas or Jesus. Everytime we sin, we say "I'll take Barabbas" and we turn our back on Jesus. Today I did that. Today I was ashamed. Today I pray for forgiveness. However, I will keep this thought in mind, I know for a fact, if today I was forced with the option to let a man walk who had murdered 5 people versus a man who did absolutely nothing (Pontius Pilate even said so about Christ!), I would NOT choose the murderer. So why would I do that spiritually? So I ask...

Why turn our back against a man who shed blood for us, and turn our faces towards a man who would shed our blood?

I came across a picture yesterday totally by accident, and it portrayed this idea so well.

Are we to fall off the cliff and follow failure. Follow Barabbas? Or are we to continue with our faith, following Jesus, to a brighter day, where we notice the blessings of not sinning.

The choice is yours. I want to love and follow Christ. So henceforth, I want to pursue righteousness to the best of my ability. Actively involved in reading the word. In time of prayer. In worship. Fleeing youthful lusts. Pursuing righteousness, faith, love and peace. And I'll do it with those who also call on the Lord with a pure heart.

God works wonderfully. And I hope you take these things into your heart.

On a lighter note. Brent, Casey, Eli and I have a new vocabulary for bathroom use.
Farting = Ke$ha (or brain fart, would be a brain Ke$ha)
Going #1 = Taio Cruz.
Going #2 = Jason DeRulo
More extreme #2 = Deluca Heights (it says this at the beginning of all DeRulo's songs)
I guess you wouldn't understand. But if you ever hear us using it, you'll know. Its a lighter way of telling someone your going to the bathroom. HA!

Well. I seem to write alot. And I love it. I hope you enjoy reading this also. But as I write, I remember to write not for selfish purposes, but I write for the Lord. Whoever is reading this, I want you to be encouraged and drawn closer to the Lord, however that is possible. I pray for you. And will continue to pray my words may touch you.

Signing out with Love,
Dan

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This Week the Trend.

was to borrow all the strength that you could lend!

Ah I love that song.
It's like 9:45 right now, and I am so tired.
A weekend of 90 degree weather, up at Lopez Conference Center, with a bunch of men at the Men's Conference, and rockin' some worship, turns out to be super tiring.

And so I wanted to write something tonight, and it is this:
I'll write all about my weekend and the awesome stuff I learned...tomorrow!

But for now I'll leave you with this:

"Faith is a life-dominating conviction that all God has for me through obedience is better by far than anything this world or Satan offers me through selfishness and sin." - David Hegg

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I can't reach my hands high enough, when I'm reaching for You my God.

Here am I.
In complete adoration of my savior Christ
And what a wonderful night tonight was!

First off, I want to start with this quote from the very legit CS Lewis.

“I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: “I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept His claim to be God.” That is the one thing we must not say. A man who said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic — on a level with the man who says he is a poached egg — or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to.”

Tonight was a good night. It made me realize how much I am truly going to miss Grace Student Ministries, and especially being a member of the worship band! Tonight we sang "There is No One Like You" by the awesome David Crowder, and boy did we rock it, praise the Lord! But it totally made me realize how there is NOBODY like our Jesus!



It's incredible how people try to turn away from him. Why would anyone want to turn away from such wondrous love?! It's beyond my capability to understand, I for one love being loved. So why ever would I think to turn away from the greatest love ever shown, that is crazy! I love the lines in the the song that say "And how could I ever deny, The love of my Savior, You are to me everything, All I need forever". And that's what I want to ask, how can you ever deny?

Its like our world wants to make everything so complex. Make it so hard. Deny this deny that, accept this and that. Jesus asks for us to believe, and to know HIS love! It isn't difficult at all. But people try to make it so by saying he was only a great teacher, or some dude, but that's not it! CS Lewis' brilliant quote sums it all up. Jesus is either a raging lunatic or the Son of Man. There's no middle ground there. I cannot understand why people want to turn away from such love, grace, and life. Now that there is lunacy!

Who is Jesus? The ONLY way to Heaven. And oh how I love Him, and how He loves us!

But alas, I am heavyhearted. GSM has been such a wonderful place in my life. The people, the message, and the band! I'm saddened as I think that I am moving on to UCSD, and away from it. But life goes on. God has a plan for me somewhere down this road of mine, and boy am I stoked for it. I hope you pray for me that I may just lay back and trust God and his mighty power!

Signing out with love. Praise be to our wonderful Savior!
Dan

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