Wednesday, March 30, 2005
Hola,
It's been quiet on here for a while and I apologize it's just been that I haven't blogged. If you really wanna find me head over to relevant (link @ bottom) and hit interact o and by the way relevant will be gettin' a new site tomorrow @ midnite so you'll know where I'll be. Spring break has been boring but that stupid credit card is getting it's butt whooped cuz I got 178 left and it'll dwindle to like 25 or 50 by the end of the week! Hey tell me how ya'll like the new design. Gosh so much good music right now, Mutemath, Trust Company, Eisley, The Shins, Kutless, Gosh!!! and if the mail man will ever get me my cd I ordered I'll add Andy Hunter to that list.
I'm gettin' ancy about gradumation and can't wait till I get to go chill w/ B.Randon in April so far all looks good and I've got 14,000 buck in scholarships w/ more coming hopefully so prolly a new computer MAC G4 powerbook comin' my way.
Hey can ya'll pray for me cuz I'm not going through a rough time but like I said earlier I've been on the Relevant boards a lot and it's really making me realize and think about a lot of stuff so just pray I don't get lead astray. I love ya'll that read this and thank you for your support...even though no one really comments *wishes people would*
later.
posted by shark_maul @ 3/30/2005 10:23:00 PM
Monday, March 21, 2005
Hi
First I've been listening to Muthmath's "Reset EP" go check it out. It's interesting but real good. Alright no one's ever asked my why I blog but I'll answer the question. I do it cuz I enjoy writing but don't have enough to say to write a whole book. I enjoy spreading knowledge and teaching, it's fun for me. So there's the answer to the question nobody has asked. Ya'll pray for me because w/ the end of the year coming, mission trip, mission trip, family vacation, and college it's gonna be a tough summer but I'm ready. It's my last hoora so I better enjoy it. I've gotten my package for college and it's pretty good...really good. I've almost got a full ride (that's God's way of telling me I'm where I'm supposed to be). Now if I can just pay off some of my stuff I'll feel alright before I leave for Romania!
Later.
posted by shark_maul @ 3/21/2005 07:23:00 AM
Saturday, March 12, 2005
End to Freedom
A lot of people feel freedom is the ability to do as they please and believe as they please, but they are sorely mistaken. Being "free" by our cultures definition means we can do what we please w/o consequence emotionally or physically (there are plenty situations where this is not true but they are outnumbered greatly). If we choose to smoke pot, get drunk, look @ porn, sleep around, play football 24/7, play xbox all the time, do our school work every waking moment we are not free. We are enslaved by our ability to do as we please.
I believe liberty and liberation from the American way are much needed. We need to be free from the consumer driven society and the religious belief that God exists for us. Yes God cares about us but we are not the reason he's here, it backwards...we are here to serve him. By serving him daily and following his "guidelines" we will be free from the trappings of this world. We shall even be free from the "religiousness" of church. We will experience the power that he offers us but only by letting go and realizing we are only free by following the "guidelines."
Freedom is liberation from freedom and bowing down to God and his will.
posted by shark_maul @ 3/12/2005 08:05:00 PM
Friday, March 11, 2005
God in Nature
I drove home from work today and it was serene and quiet. But two hours before the wind could be heard running through the house and all. It was chaos.
But as I drove home the damage from the chaos was evident, todays was a spit in the bucket compared to the damage Monday. Trees down all.
But the great illustration is that God is in it 100% and it applies to you tomorrow. We will have wind, rain, and other storms regardless, but what I saw after trumped the destruction. What I saw was a beautiful sunset, one to rival the rest. And to me it illustrated the fact that our clarity is after the storm, God reveals himself after the damage we started is done. He will show us how much we've been missing.
Baker Elmore said it best "The moment of best clarity is after you've realized what you've done." (a slight approximation or so) Sorta like in Fight Club Raymond K. Hessels next day was the best of his life because clarity prevailed.
Let God Clarify.
posted by shark_maul @ 3/11/2005 07:48:00 PM
Saturday, March 05, 2005
Quiet
Tonight I felt God move, and for one the first times in my life I felt him deep within my being. He showed me worship was sticking to his word, he showed me worship was basking in his truth, and then he showed me worship is being broken, weeping, and beating the floor because we will never fully understand until we get there. I'm physically exhausted after tonight. God made me his vessel to talk to some I care deeply about. And it was amazing. I'm beginning to understand worship, it's not a song, a place, a plane of mind but a brokenness, a pain for the lost and a sip of what he has to offer.
posted by shark_maul @ 3/05/2005 12:00:00 AM
