Haters hating

I really don't like it when people hate on my friends. In fact it makes me very mad. Other then God my friends are the most important people in the world to me. Not the acquaintances, but the real friends. So when they hurt I hurt along with them, and I just don't like seeing them get hurt. Here are song lyrics I found today from a pretty sweet band

You can't stop me / I won't give up / you can't stop me / What would you believe if I told ya / of all the people that would just love to see me fall / would it make them happy if I just gave up / if it's any consequence / I'm not doing this for them / When my dreams are drifting farther away / am I strong enough to follow through / until the end (chorus) Sing with me this song / I'm not gonna rest until I'm done / cause one day I will hold my head up high / and show the whole world I never gave up and that's why I'm not giving up / You can't stop me / I won't give up / Would you call me a hypocrite if I told ya / there are some days I could just burn this whole world down / how can you judge what I've done with my life / cause I'm not like you / how could you judge my life / when I've given everything / how could you judge what I've done with my life / cause I'm not like you / I'm not like you / I'm not like you / When people say / you're not enough / you'll never make it anywhere / just close your eyes and sing this song / Just close your eyes and sing (chorus) If you sing this song you'll feel much better / the hope in your heart will last forever / I'm not giving up / If you live for God and hope for heaven / the choices you make will last forever / Don't ever give up / don't ever give up / this is for all you haters out there / We'll here's a scream for you / RAWR

I like the part about living for God.

My family today has been another source of irritation. They have just been butting into things they have no business being a part of and I just feel frustrated today.

In your anger do not sin, I need to keep that on my mind today, and also don't let a day go past where you are angry, this is one of those surrender it to God moments. I need his peace, and even if I have to ask every 5 seconds I know he will give it to me. I need to give up these negative feelings to God. I don't want to deal with them and anger gives the devil a foot hold. it's not worth it. If you are dealing with something anger today do NOT! let it fester in your heart! give it up to God. Thank you blogging world for letting me vent out my thoughts!

Giving Thanks

Yesterday was an awesome day! I good time of hanging out with family and eating way to much food, but yesterday was also a day to remeber to be thenkful for all the blessings God has given me. It was a time to just stop and think of how grateful I am for all the amazing people in my life. I hope everyone had an awesome thanksgiving

This is a chinchilla. I put this in here because I felt like it.... theres really no reason at all why its here... it just is.

This is a bunny, there is a significance to it because its a bunny

Fire Proof

Today I watched the movie Fire Proof. It's an amazing movie and everyone should watch it, but watching it made me realize something. lately I have not been real. Ive been stuck in a routine and not going all out in my life for God. I have been slipping back into the way i used to be. For those that do not know I used to be a terrible person before I finally gave it all up to God. It's been a long road to recovery from that past self, but I'm finally on the way. I write on here because it helps me process my thoughts. Right now I'm thinking that I have just let a numbness creep into my life for about the past two weeks. Things like not praying as much, then finally not doing it, the same with reading my Bible. God has never stopped trying to get my attention though and I decided a long time ago to give my life to him. Watching the movie reminded me that I needed to get back on track because he has so much more planned for me. I'm running after those things. I want God to be number 1 in every area of my life, my thoughts, actions, relationships, the way I speak, everything!!!!!! I have to go jump into the word now. I should probably have done that first, but I wanted to write this down first. See y'all later.

Food, music, and everything in between

I love food. I'm just going to whip that out there, and not just any food, but REAL! food! for example I made my own french fries awhile ago and I almost died because they tasted so good! Food is also a social experience. I think its meant to be shared and it allows people to talk and just have fun together, even making food with a friend can be a blast..... and it just plain tastes good.

Music! I would die without it! in fact here is a song i found yesterday that is worth listening to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3410Eqh3LQo

Well see you all later, I need some time with God and I'm taking advantage of this time while I have it.

Christmas with guns

Some of my fondest childhood memories... (wow its weird saying that) involve hunting. I was born and raised on it. When I was little I would be forced to wait with my grandma and aunts in the mornings, excitedly eating their cooking and waiting for my dad and the rest of the motley crew of my family to get back in. The few times at that age when I went out with my dad I was always so bored and finally begged to go back inside. Finally though I hit the age and took hunters safety. I was a part of things now. I didn't have to wait inside any longer, nope I was now part of the crew that got up before dark and headed out into the cold to take my chances and try and bag that buck! One year it was so cold and I sat out there so long that my pants actually froze to my legs (not fun, let me tell you) but afterwards when it was time to head in that's when the fun really started. Sitting in the warm house with all my uncles and the other guys I got to listen to stories of years past, and enjoy fresh baked bread. Until one year I finally got to add my own story to the mix, and as part of our family tradition earned my right to drink coffee. I got my first deer and boy was I excited theres nothing like it and for me it was an initiation of sorts. The past few years I have been to busy with school to be out there, but someday I hope I can get back in the game. Good luck to anyone going out there

Saturday oh what a day =)

Hello everyone! Yesterday was a very interesting day, in fact that is why I'm writing this so early, but before I get to that I have to rewind a bit. You see yesterday it was almost exactly a year since I met Holly, and what an interesting year it has been. We hung out for most of yesterday, and did things such as go for a 2 mile walk (which was harder then I thought), bake a cake, read cards to the perfect timing of sad background music, and tell random stories. Personally I would not have spent my Saturday any other way, and I thank God that I'm able to call such an awesome person my best friend. Despite the setbacks such as my truck blowing up (long story), we got to have a lot of fun yesterday.  All this is only the result of one year! I'm excited to see what the next year has in store and how God will grow my friendships and me personally. By the way never let Holly decide how much coffee to put into something, her daily intake of coffee is more then I have in a year, and after our coffee cake with coffee frosting served with coffee ice cream, I had a coffee headache and pretty much passed out for the rest of the night, but now im writing this so early because I opened my eyes and its like WOW!!!! this is why people drink coffee....... MWAHHAHA, but it was all worth it! So Holly, if you read this I dont know what you were thinking, but thank you for putting up with a loser like me and letting me call you my friend! Its been an amazing year!

Tangled

For anyone that has never seen this you need to! Run, walk, fly, steal someones car (OK maybe not that extreme sheesh!), but go and rent or buy the movie Tangled. Not only is it the best movie ever, but its the first movie in awhile to have a strong moral value. I'm obsessed with it, and i have been thinking a lot about it lately mainly because Holly loves it to and we were planning on watching it yesterday (I will post about that shortly), but we didn't get to it. Ok so in this movie a loser theif and a kidnapped princess have a chance meeting. A lot of great stuff happens and viola the thief is no longer a loser, the evil stepmother is defeated and the princess gets to meet her real parents. The quotes from this movie are amazing, but one more then any other stuck out. At the end of the movie as the sun is setting the thief turned hero and the princess are standing together as the sun is setting, when he says " she was a princess worth waiting for" How awesome is that!!!! I love it! I want to say that someday! I don't want to lower my standards when waiting is so much better. Through the years I have learned to trust God. By no means am I perfect ( I mess up about a kajillion times a day) but I'm a work in progress thanks to his abundant grace. The female friends I have now are a shining example of what a girl should be like. When I'm with them i feel like i am in the presence of royalty because quite honestly they should all be considered as such! Some of them would probably disagree with me, but i have seen the alternative.... its not good, the fact that they are even trying means everything. Its about moving forward and even though you have doubts stepping out on that cliff and taking a leap of faith. So for my female friends keep doing what your doing, I know it can be hard, but eventually it will all pay off! You are all such an encouragement to guys like me, and without you I would have given up a long time ago. For those guys that struggle with purity and waiting, don't give up I've been there your not alone, I still struggle sometimes, but greater is he that is in us then he that is in the world. I made my choice to follow him, whats yours?

11/11/11 a day later

Today I was listening to a song and one of the lyrics was in Christ there are no goodbyes. With that in mind I want to thank all the people who have given their lives for our freedom, and for the family's who have lost loved ones you will see them again someday. Thank you for your sacrifice. For those still fighting I pray for you. We can never thank you enough.

300

Hello anyone that reads my blog! Today's post is actually a place where I'm getting serious. This subject is near and dear to my heart. If you have never seen it the movie 300 is about an army of 300 Spartans that stands alone against something like 10000 Persians, I think they all die, I cant remember, but the point is that sometimes that's how i feel the christian life is. All alone against insane odds, but like God revealed to Elijah after he made the same complaint. We are not alone! back then God had saved 2500 other people that never worshiped idols and still followed Gods ways. In the same way I know I am not alone. When i think I'm the only guy striving to be pure and struggling with it. I meet someone who has won the fight and is able to speak truth into my life and encourage me. When I'm convinced every girl in the world has given up on knowing God, I meet some that just stun me with how real they are trying to seek after him ( I know they struggle with a mountain of stuff as well, and we all do, but the fact that they are even trying is amazing!) So ya thank you God for the amazing people you have brought into my life! Thank you for letting me meet a part of the group that is still loyal to you! and as always its not about how many times you fall. its how many times you get back up. Never Surrender! in Jeremiah it says I will make my words in your mouth like a fire. God has got our backs, he wants to speak through us and use us if we will let him and seek him!

Crummy Government

SCHOLARSHIPS!!!!!! GAHHHHHHHH THEY ARE DRIVING ME INSANE! I WANT MONEY BUT THERE IS SOOOO MUCH PAPER WORK!!!!!! ok now that im done venting about the accumulating mountain of paperwork i have to fill out i want to talk about how are government is no longer doing its job and is drifting away from the values it was founded upon. Seriously when was the last time you saw a prayer meeting being held in the white house. Our nation is going downhill fast. Instead of just complaining bout it i however intend to do something about it. What that is i don't know yet, but i know i need to do something. For example a speaker i heard in church the other day brought to my attention that public schools have pretty much excluded all parts referring back to God in important historical documents, and that makes me really mad! if you want to know what im talking about find a way to look at the original fundamental orders of Connecticut. Thats all for now folks. Enjoy the rest of your week

Worship

Ok today I was having a terrible day, well and yesterday to, and I am just so thankful first of all for Gods amazing grace. For pastor Matt and him always being there for me and willing to help me through my toughest struggles. And I am so thankful for my friend Holly!!!!!! She is Just plain amazing, and if you don't know her, your life is pretty much incomplete, and i could spend a whole blog post talking about why. But you see Holly loves music, and even more then that she loves God and she plays worship music, and listening to her today at youth group, i was able to get to a place where i could just talk with God and take care of a bunch of Stuff! So if your reading this thanks again Holly! Its an incredible gift to be able to move people to a place where they can genuinely worship the Creator.

Today is one of those days where I feel like Paul back when he was Saul. Not that I go around killing people, Its one of those instances where I feel like I'm ignoring God. Thats not ok by any stretch of the imagination, but so often i find myself tripping myself up by the choices i make. Thank God for his abundant grace. I know the truth and I made my choice to follow it a long time ago. I just need to learn to put feet to my faith and live it out. Gah I feel like such a moron sometimes. Thank God for his grace though. (this is one of those cases where i use this thing as a way to vent, in case anyone is wondering)

Language

Ok I have been thinking about this a lot lately. I have been thinking about language and the fact that we understand each other.... THATS INCREDIBLE! its one of those things most people take for granted, but if you think about it, its amazing that we are able to communicate with most of the people around us by speaking the same language. Its one of the most complex and hardest things to do, yet we do it as children. Simply amazing! Imagine though if we all still spoke one language... for everyone everywhere. I wonder how different the world would be?