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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.

Christianity is not a religion, it's a lifestyle...

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

PRAY

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

Age Guage

G'night.

Let's just pray for our nation and troops.

These last few weeks having been interesting, lots people are upset at President Bush. How many chances does one need to give to another? I know Jesus said to forgive 70x70 which is basically to never stop forgiving, and to turn the other cheek when someone hits you. But I still believe (and I must admit at the moment I have no scripture to back this up) that if someone refuses to change (or repent) then consequences will happen, and that God is for justice. But because we are humans with sin, we all have to suffer consequences of war, life is not fair, innocent people will die, but sometimes you have to fight for peace and justice. I know oil is a part of the current crisis but our president is a follower of Christ, and even if he is the weakest follower of Christ, I am sure he understands, and has prayed and asked for guidance over these matters, including the human ones. No one ever wants war, but it takes ALL sides to make peace. Our world will never have true peace, not until Christ returns, so in the mean time we will need to do our best to be Christ-like (not that war is, but it takes all to do it, and not everyone is following), and practice justice as much as possible. I do believe we can interpret the bible fairly, and with accuracy because God has given us his Holy Spirit, and in scripture it says WITH the Holy Spirit we can discern the truth from the lies. Even though I probably would have gone about things differently (and I will say I am not qualified to even make those decisions, but if I were) if it had gotten to this point, I would be doing the same thing as President Bush, that�s a big IF, but that�s what I would do.

Dear God,

I pray for all of your power, all of your mercy, and all of your grace to fall upon the people of Iraq, the people of the United States, and the people of this world you have created. I pray for every person following you who is in this battle to seek your guidance, for everyone who is not following you to seek you, and your truth. Let your light shine upon Iraq and everyone in it. Let your love over come our soldiers and the people of Iraq, may this battle be about humans, their souls and waking their spirits. Let your GLORY fall over everyone, and may they all come to know you better.

So be it.

My friends, aren't they great?



Shoot 'em games... what can I say.

Nope, me excited never....



Dude, i'm going to Switchfoot!

My Creed Part II See Part I
Specifics; I can and most likely will change it.

Sin is the denial of the Holy Spirit; blasphemy is the denial of the Holy Spirit forever until death. I believe we all inherit sin because of the fall of Adam and Eve. We all have a natural desire to sin, because it is fun in the moment. But I truly believe true peace and happiness comes from denying sin from our lives, it�s hard in the moment but the effect is life lasting.

30 Anyone who isn't helping me opposes me, and anyone who isn't working with me is actually working against me.
31 "Every sin or blasphemy can be forgiven--except blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, which can never be forgiven. 32 Anyone who blasphemes against me, the Son of Man, can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, either in this world or in the world to come.
[Matthew 12:30-32]

If we follow the Holy Spirit�s guidance, which for me comes in the form of an emotion which I can�t explain right away, then we will feel God�s peace. We should all focus on listening to God�s Spirit. What does it sound like to you, us, and me? All sin is equal; the consequences are different, which in our linear lives may make sins appear they have different values.

Instead of fretting over weather or not you are sinning, or if this is sin or whatever, just love God and Love people. Ask your self; are my actions showing God�s love? Are my actions loving of others? If you mess up, from your heart ask for forgiveness, God will grant it, and his mercy will be yours. I believe Jesus was telling us the ultimate way in which to live was to love God and to love others. If we just filter our lives with through those verses then we can live a life which glorifies God and which God can bless us. No matter where your passion is, sports, technology, people, any kind of movement, filter it with love of God and others and I believe with all my heart, and I know it to be true, our lives will be blessed, maybe not a bed of roses but we will grow and become better humans, and later rewarded in heaven.

~ to be continued ~

The toilet attacked me!

Nature was calling just a few moments ago, so I went to my bathroom which is only a few yards away, I prepare myself, then I realize I have no toilet paper, so just before I sit down I pull my pants back up and button them barely enough for them to sit on my waste. I run to our utility room and grab a roll of toilet paper, okay all is good.

So now I was sitting on the toilet, doing the business that guys do when it requires them to sit. I was thinking about life and kind of zoned out in my own little world, while my body disposed of what it didn�t want. I get up from the seat, and I step in some liquid, unbenouced to me, my body apparently leaked. So in the moment of embarrassment between God and myself, I look down at my pant leg, and it is completely soaked with urine, yay for me. How on earth did I do this? I ask my self. I still have no idea, but as soon as I took of my pants to take them to the washer machine, I open my door (while standing in my boxers) and I heard my roommates voice (I wasn�t aware anybody was home) and then I see his girl friend, and quickly shut the door just enough to tell them I�ll be right out. I quickly grab a pair of jeans, throw them on, and put the other �leaked upon� jeans into the washer machine. How on earth do I manage to do things like this.

Where is your focus?
I am your friend, why do you need to get on the defense?
I am a brother in Christ, why do you not trust what I have to say?
I am hurt by your reactions, I guess I misunderstand you.
I can't explain how I feel, but I know it's the truth.
My heart is hurting for you, I tremble when I think of losing you.
I cried last night, I prayed last night, I am here, where are you?

5 So make every effort to apply the benefits of these promises to your life. Then your faith will produce a life of moral excellence. A life of moral excellence leads to knowing God better. 6 Knowing God leads to self-control. Self-control leads to patient endurance, and patient endurance leads to godliness. 7 Godliness leads to love for other Christians, and finally you will grow to have genuine love for everyone. 8 The more you grow like this, the more you will become productive and useful in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

[2 Peter 1:5-8]

You are my friend.

My Creed
Completely open to debate, interpretation, questions, and I can and most likely will change it.

I know Jesus Christ is the son of God; he was born of Mary a Virgin in the ancient town of Bethlehem. The reason he was male is because the culture at the time did not allow the education of Women, therefore to have a daughter of God would have been ineffective in that culture. I believe the entire Bible was inspired by God, but just as we do today, was filtered through the cultural knowledge of the writers, this is why it is so important to study the biblical culture so we can interpret God's words accordingly; this is why I read the New Living Translation. Jesus came to Earth to set the story straight, he came to let us know God loves us, and more than anything he wants us to love him.

34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. 35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question:
36 "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" 37 Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
[Mathew 22:34-40]

The person asking this question was referring the Ten Commandments, of which you can break into two parts, one part is about loving God and the other is about loving others.

I absolutely believe that if every Christian followed these commandments from their hearts, not because they want to please God, but because they want to love God, which in turn will please God, then the world would come to know Christ.

I believe that all humans have a spirit, some dead, some alive, and some stagnate. In order to grow your spirit, and become closer to God (because he is always calling us closer), we must make an effort to fellowship with other Christians who are stronger than ourselves. In fact, I feel so strongly about this, I challenge anyone who reads this to make that a commitment in their lives, get to know stronger Christians, and don't expect them to approach you, just like learning to walk, you must take the first step on your own.

~ to be continued ~
Part II

What am I to do
Where am I going
How do I get there
When do I start

Am I suppose to just sit here
I am more than this world has made
I refuse to be molded into the groove
All I want is to serve you

I don't want to be an idol
I want to know you and show you
It is you we live for
It is you we long to serve
It is you I want to honor

Blog Dreams?

So, I had this dream early this morning, in that "about to wake up" state. It was a dream about blogging, and I was full of fear. I dreamed that I was checking for comments, well I had comments alright, over 1000 on the two posts before this. But I was freaked to look at them, so I never did.

What is the world comeing to!

People are actually buying "Elivs" styled covers of new songs!? Yes it's very sad, late night comercials are the absolute saddest things of American culture.