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Sunday, 22 March 2009

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    Go
    By Newsboys
    Your Love Is Better Than Life
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    "I lie awake and wonder how to make a city believe...."

    Sometimes, you just feel something in your bones that makes you want to stand up in the middle of the street or sidewalk and just scream out your love for God, to just yell at the top of your lungs and praise Him in the midst of all the craziness and dreariness of life.

    And sometimes you lie awake at night, the day having gone by with pain and nausea rolling up and down your gut, a constant flow of sickness and helplessness, yet gazing up at the ceiling, and whispering "Thanks, God."

    What drives such different reactions? What motivates people to do what others call "crazy" things? From my experience, it is love that drives such reactions. Love that comes from somewhere else. From above. Some people just don't get it. They don't understand. They look at you, barely walking and moving, and you're praising God of all things. They see you, and they don't get it. They look at you, and don't know what it is. That's what hurts the most-- some find it hard to accept that God would allow a person, much less a person they love as a friend, go through such pain.

    How do you explain that to someone? Why do I have such a hard time talking with them about it? I don't know what to do. I want to reach out, I want to just.... let them see how much Christ loves them. And yet they push it away. And I don't want to force anything on them either. I want them to come. Oh how I want them to come.... *cries*

Sunday, 01 March 2009

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    Paradise Lost
    By Symphony X
    Oculus Ex Inferni
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    Broken For a Reason

    You know, I've been thinking about something for a couple of days now, and I think it actually makes a bit of sense.

    A lot of people don't know this yet, but I have now broken my ring finger on my left hand (6 weeks before I got married; long story, don't ask), gotten 2 hernia surgeries (again, don't ask), and before I even joined the Navy, I had an ACL replacement surgery.

    Funnily enough, the three things you do for your PFA (Physical Fitness Assessment) is push-ups, sit-ups, and running 1.5 miles in a certain amount of time. All three of the injuries I mentioned above affect each of those events. Now, what is the point of all this, you ask?

    Well, for me, it's simple. It's about dependency. My dependency. On God. I need Him in order to succeed. I need Him to provide me with the strength and concentration to finish all of those events. I needed Him to break me so that I could see my own weaknesses. I need Him, wholly. And it's taken me longer than it should have to see that. Everything happens for a reason. I needed to break so that He could show me that reason. It's comforting to know that He has everything in His control, and that whatever I do, it's to His glory and not my own.

    Life is about God, and our dependecy on His will, even though we may not be able to see it. Life is about being broken. For a reason.

Friday, 06 February 2009

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    All About Love
    By Steven Curtis Chapman
    Your Side of the World
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    Mwahahaha.....

    Okay, not really.... Bleh.

    Okay, okay... sorry. I'm just..... bleh.

    I'm done. No more "bleh"s. I just wanted to let some of you know that I am no longer in the United States. It was a very long, very boring plane ride to where I'm at, and it was on a C-130 at that. That means it takes like twice as long as if we had taken a commercial flight, and it was about 10 times as loud as one. Not so keen on C-130's right now.

    That, and they have pink toilet paper here. It's disturbing. (Anna, I know you feel my pain..... kinda.) Ooo! We did see a guy ride a horse down the interstate when we were on the tarmac. That was rather..... random. Cool, but random. Well, I gotta go unpack. Hope you are all doing well! Please pray for me cuz I have no clue what I'm doing on this project..... I need the prayer right now. Hopefully, the PEB portion will be done quickly. (They say it's like a Lego set. All the pieces just fit together. I'm hoping that's true....)

Wednesday, 28 January 2009

  • Life, the Universe, and Everything.................. 42

    Hehe.... don't ask. I'm in a weird mood tonight. A little on the goofy side, perhaps even a little off, you could say.

    Anyways, not the point. My point tonight is simply to let my friends know that soon, I will be gone for a little while. I cannot say where I'm going, for how long, and when I'm going. All I can say is that I'm going somewhere. Somewhere where they need me, where they need a Builder.

    For all of my friends who do not know what Seabees are, I will explain. (MC2, SW3, and PS2, you are not allowed to comment. XP)

    Seabees are a special part of the Navy that (usually) do NOT go on ships. Yes, that's right. We're in the Navy, and we're the only part of the Navy that (usually) do NOT go on ships. Once you hear about the jobs in the Seabees, you will understand. The Seabees are composed of seven jobs: Builder (that's me), Steelworker, Engineering Aid, Construction Electrician, Utilitiesmen (AC and plumbing peoples), Construction Mechanic, and Equipment Operator. Basically, they are all construction jobs, right? We build things. And we fight. The Seabee motto itself is: "We Build, We Fight!" That's what we are trained to do, anywhere in the world. The history of the Seabees is absolutely incredible, actually. You can find alot if you search on Google. You can also watch "The Fighting Seabees" with John Wayne if you're feeling really bold.

    I'm explaining that so you understand what I do. Please pray for me and my unit as we go do what we were trained to do.

    On another note, tonight is a good night. I got off work early, and was able to get some stuff done. WOOT!

Sunday, 21 December 2008

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    The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3)
    By Rick Riordan
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    So, Ryan and I leave for Ohio tomorrow morning, and I hope and pray we get there safe. Pray that we don't get stuck in traffic. We need to pack too. We should probably do that....

    Just to update: Ryan and I came down on December 10 to Sheboygan, and on December 13, we got married at Hope Reformed Church. It was so........ God-given. In all respects. That week-end was relatively warm, and there was no snow, my mom's friends took care of almost everything, and the reception was absolutely perfect. Except for a little smoke-out. Not that bad. God was SO in everything that happened. I cannot help but be amazed at all the intricacies that worked out. We hopeful will be getting the pictures from the wedding tomorrow.... I'M EXCITED!

    But yeah. I apologize for not updating sooner.... been busy.... (with myspace apps....) XP Ooops..... Gotta go!!

    (PS~ I just got done with the third book in the series Percy Jackson and the Olympians; it's actually quite good. If you want, check it out....it's really cool and a fiction about Greek mythology)

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  • Life is uncertain; pray first. God has opened up so much for me. I am now in the Navy (have been for over two years now), and am loving every bit. However, life changes unexpectedly, and God provides for the change every day.

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