I’m not dead
I’ve just been doing a lot! A lot of reading too! I’ve been commenting a lot on other blogs and really reading them and learning. So do the same, while I conjure up some good stuff to post here.
Oh and by the way…
Christianity is not a religion, it’s a lifestyle created by a direct relationship with God through the son of God, Jesus Christ who gives you his Holy Spirit so you can live a lifestyle of purpose.
My entry for the day.
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Proverbs 24
As I was reading Proverbs 24 today, I learned that God is really trying to push me to read his word. I have this new regiment I want to try out; it involves my physical body and my spiritual body. Tomorrow (if I don?t chicken out) I?m going to sign up for a gym membership, and if there was such a thing a bible-gym, but since there is not, I?ll have to do it my self. I hope to go the gym after work each day, or at least three times a week, then go home or to another brother or sisters house and really dig into the word. I don?t want to burn my self out, so it?s going to only be a paragraph or so, whatever I feel like is enough to journal and really chew on. I?m going to ask all of you who read this to hold me accountable, if you don?t see me posting on a regular basis about some piece of the word, then let me know?. Thank you Lord.
Don’t envy evil people; don’t desire their company. 2 For they spend their days plotting violence, and their words are always stirring up trouble.
3 A house is built by wisdom and becomes strong through good sense. 4 Through knowledge its rooms are filled with all sorts of precious riches and valuables.
5 A wise man is mightier than a strong man, and a man of knowledge is more powerful than a strong man. 6 So don’t go to war without wise guidance; victory depends on having many counselors.
7 Wisdom is too much for a fool. When the leaders gather, the fool has nothing to say.
8 A person who plans evil will get a reputation as a troublemaker. 9 The schemes of a fool are sinful; everyone despises a mocker.
10 If you fail under pressure, your strength is not very great.
11 Rescue those who are unjustly sentenced to death; don’t stand back and let them die. 12 Don’t try to avoid responsibility by saying you didn’t know about it. For God knows all hearts, and he sees you. He keeps watch over your soul, and he knows you knew! And he will judge all people according to what they have done.
13 My child, eat honey, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to the taste. 14 In the same way, wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, you will have a bright future, and your hopes will not be cut short.
15 Do not lie in wait like an outlaw at the home of the godly. And don’t raid the house where the godly live. 16 They may trip seven times, but each time they will rise again. But one calamity is enough to lay the wicked low.
17 Do not rejoice when your enemies fall into trouble. Don’t be happy when they stumble. 18 For the LORD will be displeased with you and will turn his anger away from them.
19 Do not fret because of evildoers; don’t envy the wicked. 20 For the evil have no future; their light will be snuffed out.
21 My child, fear the LORD and the king, and don’t associate with rebels. 22 For you will go down with them to sudden disaster. Who knows where the punishment from the LORD and the king will end?
[Proverbs 24:1-22]
I love proverbs because it is so blunt, so to the point, tell me what to do LORD, okay, I will. Verse seventeen, do not rejoice when your enemies fall into trouble. Don?t be happy when they stumble, for the LORD will be displeased with you and will turn his anger away from them., good one for these times right now, eh? You see, I truly believe that not matter what God loves everyone, even if they are not following him, although it is very clear he hates our sins, and decisions which lead us away from him, because he is a jealous God, he wants us to be focused on him, because only following him will give us eternal life, he wants to spend it with us! Imagine, the God of the universe wants to spend his forever with us, with me, with you! But he also loves us so much, that he wants us to truthfully choose him, from our hearts and to follow him with all our will, otherwise if he made us choose him, what kind of setup would that be. Imagine your family, your mother, father, brother sister, only caring for you because they were ?programmed to?, it wasn?t their choice, horrible I say, just horrible.
I have a lot more to say, but i’m kinda at a friend’s house, sweet tulip. We will soon be entering; The Matrix.
God is so amazing, amen!
Well I did it… I got my MP3 player.. but didn’t do anything else but that, because a failure to communicate happened, and I kinda didn’t meet my friends where I was suppose to. So I ended up having to go straight to Snohomish to meet ’em… All was good, watched a great drama, a little fire and brimstone kind of presentation, but got the message out. All is well.
And now presenting…
My MP3 Player! 20gb of MP3s or DATA!
The perfect environment for me is one where I can be free of the busy stuff in life. Right now, as I write this, I?m looking out at that environment. It includes a slight breeze, a blue sky with puffy white clouds, a body of water, and nothing but me and God. In this little environment I would enjoy a little biking, maybe south to Redmond, or North West to Seattle. I?m thinking, North West, because I get to see more of the beautiful lake Washington. I think I?m going to throw on some warm-ups, a pair of my tennis shoes, a light jacket, yikes though? I need some music. Grrr my MP3 player is broken, well not really, but the screen doesn?t work, so I?m very tempted to buy a new one, because a bike-ride without music is like driving a car without a radio/CD player for me.
So, this is what I?m going to do today:
Go to Radio Shack or Target and hopefully they will have an MP3 player I like, although maybe I should wait because the next cell phone I want will have one built in? grr.
Go back to my place, put on some warm-ups, get my bike out of the closet, throw on my tennis shoes, and hit the Burk Gilman trial, listening to the sounds of Switchfoot.
Talk, listen, worship, walk, run, bike, watch, feel, look for, God in everything I do and everywhere I go.
Come back whenever I feel like it.
Go to a play up in Camano Island with a good ?ol friend of mine.
Music does it all
Music can completely manipulate my mood, I was thinking tonight, while listening to some great music, why is that? Why can music change the way I feel so quickly? Is there something deeper with in us? I was watching other people listening to the music, and it seemed everyone was in the same stance, just letting the music flow through their bodies, some more than others. Music is so mysterious, I love it, and it makes my world go around. It?s a good thing.
I do this thing when I?m listening to good music. I picture these streams of colors flowing all around, changing colors and shape as the music tells its story. Sometimes when I?m feeling spiritually inspired I imagine the Holy Spirit touching every person I can see, then exploding out the doors and into the world with arms wide open. I see the spirit touching everyone who asks, prompting everyone it comes in contact with to follow it. God?s spirit is so strong in some music, I physically feel God, and can only imagine what being with him will really be like.
I’m searching for your will
I’m watching the doors and peeking through them
Which one should I take?
Where should I go?
I want to be in your arms
Direct me, I want to follow you
This is the day which you have made
Show me your light, show me the way
Yes this is my final answer.
Concerning the war and our government; I don?t have any information to support my views, and neither do you unless you are holding the documents and surveillance video in your hands. Unless you have all the information the only view you or I can have are opinions, which you can voice as much as you want. Although based on the information I have read and seen, I believe this war to come, is ?justified? as presented. Meaning, remove the current government and put one in place which is friendly to its people, and gives them more power. Now, what ever the ?real? motives are, we don?t know, but at least the presented motives are valid enough to support the war based on the refusal and threats received by the Iraqi government. Of course, I do not have all the information, so my vision is skewed only by what I know, as are yours. I believe in our government to make decisions based on the facts it receives. It?s true that Iraq did not attack us first; it?s true that the people of Iraq have not done anything to us; it?s true we have not been directly attacked; but I trust in God to straighten this whole mess out. We should continue to pray that God?s will, be done, and that whoever is in our leadership is convicted to do the right thing, especially when our leader is a Christian. I know I would be convicted to seek God?s will, and be praying every moment, and over every decision. So all I can do is trust that he is informed as much as possible and has been convicted by God. We will never understand why this is happening until the day we enter into God?s glory. All we can do is trust God that everything is working the way it should be, and by trust I mean know, to expect with out doubt that God is fulfilling his plan. God is Good all the time. Our first worry should be to love him and love others, and to love him and lover others means to protect our freedoms which allow us to outwardly love God and protect others so we can love them outwardly.
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I’ve added some new favorite posts… they are under “The posts with the most” and “More Posts”.
And for some fun.. My birthdate is 3/3/1982
I am….
65 years 4 months younger than Walter Cronkite, age 86
61 years 10 months younger than Pope John Paul II, age 82
57 years 9 months younger than George Herbert Bush, age 78
50 years 5 months younger than Barbara Walters, age 71
48 years 3 months younger than Larry King, age 69
42 years 1 month younger than Ted Koppel, age 63
38 years 8 months younger than Geraldo Rivera, age 59
35 years 8 months younger than George W. Bush, age 56
30 years 8 months younger than Jesse Ventura, age 51
26 years 4 months younger than Bill Gates, age 47
21 years 6 months younger than Cal Ripken Jr., age 42
15 years 8 months younger than Mike Tyson, age 36
11 years 7 months younger than Jennifer Lopez, age 32
6 years 2 months younger than Tiger Woods, age 27
0 years 4 months older than Prince William, age 20
and I was:
19 years old at the time of the 9-11 attack on America
17 years old on the first day of Y2K
15 years old when Princess Diana was killed in a car crash
13 years old at the time of Oklahoma City bombing
12 years old when O. J. Simpson was charged with murder
10 years old at the time of the 93 bombing of the World Trade Center
8 years old when Operation Desert Storm began
7 years old during the fall of the Berlin Wall
3 years old when the space shuttle Challenger exploded
a 1 year old when Apple introduced the Macintosh
a 1 year old during Sally Ride’s travel in space
G’night.
