What a Kid

What a kid


If I ever need a good laugh, this kid is a good source...and the watermelon on his head is not even the funniest thing he ever did. Check out his song....

If youre sitting on the john and the toilet paper's gone
Friends are there to help you
If you fall on your face and it's a big disgrace
Friends are there to help you
If youre digging in a hole and you find a dead mole
Friends are there to help you (bury it)
If youre making a shirt and you start to flirt
Friends are there to help you
If a girls so hot that she melts your snot
Friends are there to help you

It goes on and on...now you guys make up verses and post them!

Blissfully Unproductive

After a rousing game of kickball at midnight with a bunch of the Crusade kids on Thursday, someone suggested something to the effect that college should consist of hanging out, a Interpersonal Relationships 101 sort of thing. Wouldn't that be nice.

This past weekend was probably the closest I will ever get to that sort of the arrangement. I did absolutely nothing productive all weekend, and yes, it was nice.

In reality my weekend basically started Thursday night, seeing as how I skipped my 10 o'clock class on Friday morning, and made a brief appearance at Math at 12 to go over the troublesome mathematic concepts of mean, median, and mode (and yes, I am paying money to learn this). And that was the extent of my productivity.

Friday well afternoon we went and saw The Incredibles, then Zaxby's for dinner, and on to the Roasting Company for Rique's band's show. Each and every facet of that was molto bene. After that Erica, her friend Erin, and I went to Richardson and watched The Secret Window with some of the boys from BCM.

Saturday I slept in, which is rare for me, and didn't even care that I woke up at 11:40, got some food and then watched the Clemson/Carolina game with a bunch of the girls on the floor in Reagan and Amy's room. That was fun, let me tell you, and even more fun when you aren't emotionally attached to either team and can just add funny commentary at all the appropriate moments. Then Sarah, Shannon and I went to Jessica, Leslie, and Sarah's house, picked up Leslie and visited Jessica at work in Tega Cay. She works at Cliffard's Cafe and the pizza there is quite good. After that, it was movie night (again)--Meet the Parents and Raising Helen...good times.

I must say Sunday was even less productive. Another lazy morning, one of the advantages of going to church at night. I really didn't do much, I went to dinner with KTB, Reagan, Amy, Sabrina, and Erica then off to church with Sarah...It was good times.

After church I unfortunately had to do the one piece of homework, reading a chapter in Government, which took me four hours, because I was allowing myself plenty of distractions.

Wow, this was an incredibly boring entry. So I will leave with this one final thought.

I am coming to realize more and more, that any time is better spent in the presence of good company. Whether its a much needed break from studying in the wee hours of the morning, a good conversation (even if it is only on AIM), or just hanging out...good company is essential and God has blessed me with good people here. Yeah...in the words of Maggie, good company is "mentally and spiritually rejuvinating"

I promise next time will be something slightly more intriguing

Priceless

God's Team

"After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth; and he said to him 'Follow me.' And he got up, left everything, and followed him. Then Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house; and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others sitting at the table with them. The Pharisees and their scribes were complaining to his disciples saying, 'Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?' Jesus answered, 'Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick; I have come to call not the righteous but sinners to repentence.'" -Luke 5:27-32

If you quiet yourself, and look into your heart and see sin, brokenness, incompleteness, inadequacies, failure, ugliness...Rejoice...God is calling you. Because "Jesus is not looking for people who have something to offer. He is looking for people who are willing to accept His offer and follow Him."

God so much desires to use us. To do great things through us. We just have to get up and go.

I think sometimes my problem is, I desire to do great things, I honestly have heart to serve God in a big way, but that so often I loose focus on the little great things that happen or that I could do everyday.

I want to invest in people the way God invests in me. More than just holding doors and flashing a smile, but talking to people, getting to know them, and find out where they are with God. Even if its not finding out where they are with God, just finding out how they are doing. really.

Talking, real conversation, not just small talk, is so important.

Too many people lack people who care about them. I am incredibly blessed. I have an amazing community of people who love me and who I love dearly. People who "have nothing better to do than worry about [me]" ( I told you I would quote you dear!). People who really care. Its an amazing thing to know you are blessed with love.

I am tired.

Oh yeah, by the way, God's been talking to me again...it's good times.

Jordan Posted

Aww...it really makes my day

HuG

Stagnant

"Because, I got to get out of here/ I'm stuck inside this rut that I fell into by mistake/ I got to get out of here/ And I'm begging you, I'm begging you, I'm begging you to be my escape" - "Be My Escape" Relient K

Man, I am in such a weird place with God right now, and the worst part is, I don't even know how I got here. It is like it just blindsided me one idle Tuesday night that I am nowhere near where I should be in my faith and that for the life of me I CAN'T HEAR GOD. He is being so quiet right. And it has been awhile now.

And it's not just hearing God, it's feeling Him. Feeling His presence in my heart and in the world around me.

I know, that faith cannot be a feeling. That we all must go through valleys and dark nights in order to truly appreciate and understand all the amazing and beautiful things God has done for us, and to recognize our own inability to accomplish anything and our desperate need to cling to His strength, but for crying out loud...give me something to feel.

What scares me is that I feel so stagnant--in a rut--apathetic almost. And I hate it. And what I hate more is that I recognize all these feelings, and no matter how much I am praying about them I don't seem to feel any different. It's like I know God is there, that He has some amazing truth to reveal to me, and an awesome plan laid out for me, but for right now, I just feel inadequate.

I feel like I am doing nothing to serve God with my life. Like I have no ministry, no outlet through which to spread the Word of God and to do His will and share his Love. And when I pray, it's not the same peace I used to find.

It's all so very hard to explain, especially because I know that it is all a matter of patience and willingness to seek God despite His being quiet.

I am part of the problem.

Because of this weird state, I have not been spending the time with God that I know I need to be in order to get back on track with Him, in order to best prepare myself for the things He will say when He once again puts His voice in my ear. I need to center myself on His Word, and make my heart vulnerable to His will.

Perhaps though, He is almost ready to speak, because in the past few weeks God has been laying things on my heart and giving me an insight that I never had before. I am coming to realize just how huge prayer is, and how persistent we MUST be in our conversations with God. I am digging into God's Word, looking for answers. I am aware of the blessings God has placed in my life, especially by means of relationships. I am basking in God's beauty in the world He created. I feel called to speak out for purity and life. The list is forever growing. And it's invigorating. I am once again starting to feel a call and enthusiasm for ministry, for action, for something.



I don't think I will ever quite understand God.


I guess that's ok.




Things are looking up. And maybe if I would look up a little more, I would see things more clearly.

Election Day Hooplah

Well the Redskins lost their last homegame before the election so Bush is doomed to loose I suppose. Such is not the case, in fact, he is ahead in the game right now 207 to 199 Electorial votes, with a strong hold in several of the reamaining states.

I must admit this makes me rather happy, I did in fact vote for Bush, even though in all reality I don't truly think either candidate is the best choice, nor can I say I fully support eithers platform completely, but I went with some moral convictions on this one. I feel better with Bush in office, I don't trust Kerry. But the election aside....

Today has been a fantastic day, tis true, tis very true.

First off--No Class, which was much needed. That of course led to sleeping in a bit and enjoying a long shower to start the day off. Lunch followed and what is more, Thompson had sprinkles for the ice cream--yessah, that makes it a good day.

However, I would say really the highlight of my day was getting the new Relient K CD. Oh man, the lyrics absolutely blow me away. The album, overall, has a much harder sound and is definitely more mature than all their other stuff. No goofy songs on this CD, and for those who liked them based mainly on their sense of humor, probably will not care for this CD. I however, enjoy it enough to have listened to it 9 times already today.

Molto Bene.

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I feel like writing but I really dont have anything to say right now, or at least not anything that I feel will be productive to any of the current situations competing for interests in my brain at the moment.

I really fear for our country.

I was reading some articles today about the Osama bin Laden tape from Friday and I have a feeling something is going to happen, and soon.

What is must be like in the mind of a terrorist? It's really quite scary. I mean seriously, September 11th was beautifully organized and executed. The man does not lack intelligence, and what is worse is he has so much anger towards America that he will stop at no end to make it known. And it's not like he cares if he dies doing it, as Professor Belk said in Government today, "Its like a job opening amongst drug dealers"--there will always be someone ready to fill in the vacancy.

It's kind of hard to believe that people are intrinsically good if there is a whole nation of people full of so much Hate. But in a sense, we Americans are just as guilty of another sin of Pride.

It's all quite complicated and it's really quite late and my head hurts.

We really need to pray for our country, and for its leaders regardless of who wins the election. No so much for God to make things change, but for the ability to endure.

And I thought I had nothing to say.