THIS WEEKEND ROCKED

So this weekend was an awesome one for me, we had a guest speaker, Dr. David Anderson, he totally rocked my world. I'm gonna have to watch the podcast to be able to produce something personal. If you wanna check out what he said you can download the podcast here

So, I just started laundry and I ran across a five dollar bill in the laundry room. What is the rule when you have a roommate(s)?

a. Finders Keepers
b. The other person than the one who found it gets it
c. It goes toward the bills
d. you fight to the death over it

Anyways I hope this weekend is better than the last one.

Interesting poster....

I saw this poster in at the hair salon, yes I go to a hair salon, it had an intersting quote on it. It made me think about life.






Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.



James Dean

So, How does this playout in a daily walk with God?

I think it means that you dream as big as you want to and God will meet you and fulfill your dreams. It looks just like a dreamer walking along doing what God asks you to do even if it doesn't fulfill your dreams.

If you live like you'll die today then you live life to the fullest, living your passions for God and not regretting anything. Living like theres no tomorrow is the easyiest way to think about this.


Do any of us know how to do this?

So...

So I look around my life today and I wonder what it would look like if I had done things different. What would have happened if my dad wouldn't have left? What would I be doing if not for God and his never changing love, mercy and grace? If I had let Him interject in my life would I be the man I am today.

Anyways it's kinda fun to think about what my life would look like/be if not for the choices I made in life.

"This is your life, are you who you want to be,
This is your life , are you who you want to be.
This is your life, is it everything you dreamed that it would be
When the world was younger and you had everything to lose."

Jon Foreman

I think I can finally answer YES to those questions.

Lazy, Lazy, Lazy...

So I went grocery shopping tonight and I saw what has to be the stupidest invention I think I ever seen...

So this is how lazy america has become we can't even put a hot dog in a bun.

Gosh I love this country!! (Put my sarcastic twist on that.)

My Church......

So I go to this really cool church that loves to push the envelope of what church is. I run sound there a few days a week, play bass occasionally and get to hang out and shape the lives of some really cool teenagers and it certainly is a fun job(s) to do and I love how much they allow me to participate in the lives of a bunch of people trying to love God and let God love them. Yes it is tiring and I don't set healthy boundaries in what I do at church, everyone sucks at boundaries get over it, I love what I do.

My love for this church was very alert this weekend as Greg, our lead pastor, talked about what it looks like to take God to the world both here and abroad. I got the privilege to run sound this weekend and got to hear his talk four times. Every time I heard something I hadn't heard the other times, I love that. He also hinted at not running and hiding from culture but facing culture head on and embracing certain aspects of culture but, to be aware of culture that is not uplifting to God or us yet effects people.

If it weren't for my church I would not be the God fearing man I am today and I wouldn't have a ton of great friends who I want to hangout with for a long time.

It's truly amazing to me the work God does in my life through this church and the work God is doing through me.

Check out this band they really rock!!!!

So this is what I read.....

I have studied many times
The marble which was chiseled for me-
A boat with a furled sail at rest in a harbor.
In truth it pictures not my destination
But my life.
For love was offered me, and I shrank from its disillusionment;
Sorrow knoocked at my door, but I was afraid
Ambition called to me, but I dreaded the chances.
Yet all the while I hungered for meaning in my life
And now I know that we must lift the sail
And catch the winds of destiny
Wherever they drive the boat.
To put meaning in one's lofe may end in madness,
But life without meaning is the torture
Of restlessness and vague desire-
It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid.

Edgar Lee Masters


So this poem was in the book Wild at Heart and after I read it I took a look back at my life and saw all the times where I had the chance to turn and run from the way of God and do my own thing. I look at the times I did and saw that God was still with me even when I didn't choose Him.

THIS IS HOW AWESOME MY GOD IS!!! Even though I thought I turned from Him he still showed up, how awesome is that.

SO, what does this mean? Well it means that I am going to pursue him in everything I do and my some of my dreams, desires and goals will be shown to me while at the same time I will have to learn what it means when God's will is not mine and therefore I have to slow down and look for the reason for his will.

Go visit for some sweet tunage.

Step up and get out of the meat market....

I am officially out of the meat market that is single life. No I didn't find someone to date, No I didn''t give up and go celibate, and NO I DID NOT GO GAY, not that there's anything wrong with that. It has come to my attention, throght a series of events, that all any single person does want, or according to the world, should want/need is someone who looks like a supermodel and puts out like a porn star. I am done with that! I may not be Brad Pitt or Jude Law but I am a good looking man. I don't want a woman that only goes for looks. I'm not into the girl that will get ride of me at the drop or gain of a few pounds. I am not into flings or one-night stands, a hookup, or anything that can be labeled as "complicated". LIFE IS COMPLICATED GET OVER IT!!!! It may be a long, hard, tough road to follow. I will get impatient, I will make mistakes, but in the end God will show up, God will be the center of my relationship with that beautiful, Godly woman, who loves me because I love God and live by his standard. I want a girl who finds me intresting for my personality. I am looking for that one woman that finds God is all she needs and doesn't require a relationship with a man to be fullfilled.

Someone like this-

A Wife of Noble Character

10 ^[b]Who can find a virtuous and capable wife?
She is more precious than rubies.
11 Her husband can trust her,
and she will greatly enrich his life.
12 She brings him good, not harm,
all the days of her life.
13 She finds wool and flax
and busily spins it.
14 She is like a merchant’s ship, bringing her food from afar.
15 She gets up before dawn to prepare breakfast for her household
and plan the day’s work for her servant girls.
16 She goes to inspect a field and buys it;
with her earnings she plants a vineyard.

17 She is energetic and strong,
a hard worker.
18 She makes sure her dealings are profitable;
her lamp burns late into the night.
19 Her hands are busy spinning thread,
her fingers twisting fiber.
20 She extends a helping hand to the poor
and opens her arms to the needy.
21 She has no fear of winter for her household,
for everyone has warm^[c] clothes.
22 She makes her own bedspreads.
She dresses in fine linen and purple gowns.
23 Her husband is well known at the city gates,
where he sits with the other civic leaders.
24 She makes belted linen garments
and sashes to sell to the merchants.
25 She is clothed with strength and dignity,
and she laughs without fear of the future.
26 When she speaks, her words are wise,
and she gives instructions with kindness.
27 She carefully watches everything in her household
and suffers nothing from laziness.
28 Her children stand and bless her.
Her husband praises her:
29 “There are many virtuous and capable women in the world,
but you surpass them all!”
30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty does not last;
but a woman who fears the Lord will be greatly praised.
31 Reward her for all she has done.
Let her deeds publicly declare her praise.

Proverbs 31.

When this happens I will go on living the life God gave me with her on one side and the Father above.

Ok, so I don't think anyone will read this....

So, I am starting a blog. I am not sure who will read it or what, it's going to be more of just notes that I will write about me and my views. So here goes......