Friday, March 28, 2008
Birthday
Birthdays are great...but fopr me my birthday hasn't really been a thing for me until the last few years when i met Alison and she decided to show me love on my b-day. But my b-day has been wierd for me...a before my 9th my dad was diagnosed with kidney cancer. That was hard for me. Then a year later on my 10th my dad was sent to the hospital...that was the last day he would see me outside the hospital. So i've always felt like my b-day was just another day filled with hard memories...and yes i still have some hard memories...thats why i wrote this to get them off my chest, But God has been so good to me and he's given me some great friends and family that love me. One thing i love is my mom calls me no matter what on this day at 10:10am cuz thats when her pain ended and iwas born...i guess i should call her and appologize! :) so anyways thats all for b-day wishes...its much appriciated.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
one day closer
So i'm 26...one day from 27...getting closer to 30...this thought wierds me out...for all who are 30...no disrespect...but man thats close to being old. My wife said i was having a quarter life crisis. Which i said, "No its mid life...i'm dieing by 50." She didn't think it was funny. I did. So anyways i'm ok, just the thought of being 30 is strange. Its excitingm but man i won't be in my 20 much longer. I remember still being a teen. Don't miss those days, but my 20's have been great. Had my first drink...legally...made some amazing friends, graduated college, got married, moved to NorCal, found a job talking about sex, and there is still time for more to happen. So the day before i turn 27 i decide i will make the most of my youthfulness at 27. A lil something from JEW to remember
Are you gonna live your life wonderin' standing in the back lookin' around?
Are you gonna waste your time thinkin' how you've grown up or how you missed out?
Things are never gonna be the way you want.
Where's it gonna get you acting serious?
Things are never gonna be quite what you want.
Or even at 25, you gotta start sometime.
I'm on my feet, I'm on the floor, I'm good to go.
Now all I need is just to hear a song I know.
I wanna always feel like part of this was mine.
I wanna fall in love tonight.
Jimmy Eat World - A Praise Chorus
Are you gonna live your life wonderin' standing in the back lookin' around?
Are you gonna waste your time thinkin' how you've grown up or how you missed out?
Things are never gonna be the way you want.
Where's it gonna get you acting serious?
Things are never gonna be quite what you want.
Or even at 25, you gotta start sometime.
I'm on my feet, I'm on the floor, I'm good to go.
Now all I need is just to hear a song I know.
I wanna always feel like part of this was mine.
I wanna fall in love tonight.
Jimmy Eat World - A Praise Chorus
Friday, March 14, 2008
Lost again
http://www.ew.com/ew/allabout/0,,20000067,00.html
this is a link to a guys site where he reviews lost...now this guy is nuts...he seems to have some great insight on this show and he is very well read so he picks up on many things (like Charlotte Staple Lewis referencing C.S. Lewis). So if you are a fan please read his site. i think you'll learn a lot about the lost universe and how complex it is...and that will make you appreciate the show even more.
So this season has been a spark for Lost...i was losing interest last season but they have just made the show fresh and new...i want to go out now and buy the first three seasons (even though i wasn't a huge fan of last season...the way it play into this one makes it essential) So last episode they completely turned it inside out for me once again...i actually have to see it again to have an opinion on it because the end i was left confused...now i know what happened, but why couldn't i see it! they did a great job with this episode and i am excited to watch it again!
this is a link to a guys site where he reviews lost...now this guy is nuts...he seems to have some great insight on this show and he is very well read so he picks up on many things (like Charlotte Staple Lewis referencing C.S. Lewis). So if you are a fan please read his site. i think you'll learn a lot about the lost universe and how complex it is...and that will make you appreciate the show even more.
So this season has been a spark for Lost...i was losing interest last season but they have just made the show fresh and new...i want to go out now and buy the first three seasons (even though i wasn't a huge fan of last season...the way it play into this one makes it essential) So last episode they completely turned it inside out for me once again...i actually have to see it again to have an opinion on it because the end i was left confused...now i know what happened, but why couldn't i see it! they did a great job with this episode and i am excited to watch it again!
Monday, March 3, 2008
How does God know everything?
This is truly a questions that we will all have until the end of time...and even beyond. Well I've been reading this bible in a year program and i was reading Matthew, Specifically verses 23-25. Basically Jesus telling us of the end of time, and a few parables about it. In 25:31-46 it says this
31"But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne.
32"All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;
33and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left.
34"Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
35'For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in;
36naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.'
37"Then the righteous will answer Him, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink?
38'And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You?
39'When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?'
40"The King will answer and say to them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.'
41"Then He will also say to those on His left, 'Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels;
42for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink;
43I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.'
44"Then they themselves also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?'
45"Then He will answer them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.'
46"These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
Now people interpret this verse so many ways...I don't want to get into that because well...you wouldn't want to read everything i could say about this, but i just wanted to say something. Verse 35-36 really hit me. Not because i think that you need to do works to gain salvation...because you don't. Works should come naturally out of you faith in God...which is all from God...another long topic that many would love to discuss...it was more of the praticle since though of this. Just simply helping people because of what God has done for you...I can't count how many times i've driven by people and just ignored them...even when they really needed help. On Sunday after church God gave me an oppurtunity to live this out. A man was broken on the freeway and was pushing his truck...a small UHaul basically...well i pulled over to help. And he seemed very apprcitive. It was a hot afternoon and the man was probablly in his late 50's or so...As i drove by this verse was tugging at me to stop...and like i said not because i think thats how i'll get into heaven...but because of what Jesus has done for me...and what he has given me. Like i said he was very appriciative of the help and even gave me a card with his business saying if i needed anything to let him know...that was a nice gestur...i would never do something like that for something in return but it was nice. So anyways how did God know that verse was tugging at my heart and how did he set it up that i could help someone in need? well its obviously him who did all this...but its still crazy to think...and like i said one more time...I don't think what i did ment that i'm better or that i have gain a lil more salvation...but the joy of just helping someone out...because Jesus in turn helped me...makes it good!
31"But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne.
32"All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;
33and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left.
34"Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
35'For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in;
36naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.'
37"Then the righteous will answer Him, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink?
38'And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You?
39'When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?'
40"The King will answer and say to them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.'
41"Then He will also say to those on His left, 'Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels;
42for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink;
43I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.'
44"Then they themselves also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?'
45"Then He will answer them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.'
46"These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
Now people interpret this verse so many ways...I don't want to get into that because well...you wouldn't want to read everything i could say about this, but i just wanted to say something. Verse 35-36 really hit me. Not because i think that you need to do works to gain salvation...because you don't. Works should come naturally out of you faith in God...which is all from God...another long topic that many would love to discuss...it was more of the praticle since though of this. Just simply helping people because of what God has done for you...I can't count how many times i've driven by people and just ignored them...even when they really needed help. On Sunday after church God gave me an oppurtunity to live this out. A man was broken on the freeway and was pushing his truck...a small UHaul basically...well i pulled over to help. And he seemed very apprcitive. It was a hot afternoon and the man was probablly in his late 50's or so...As i drove by this verse was tugging at me to stop...and like i said not because i think thats how i'll get into heaven...but because of what Jesus has done for me...and what he has given me. Like i said he was very appriciative of the help and even gave me a card with his business saying if i needed anything to let him know...that was a nice gestur...i would never do something like that for something in return but it was nice. So anyways how did God know that verse was tugging at my heart and how did he set it up that i could help someone in need? well its obviously him who did all this...but its still crazy to think...and like i said one more time...I don't think what i did ment that i'm better or that i have gain a lil more salvation...but the joy of just helping someone out...because Jesus in turn helped me...makes it good!
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