Oh My Gracious!

so i have a chronic outer ear infection.


ouch.

the nurse (who was indian) was all like
"oh my gracious!"*

*pronounced in strong indian accent

essentially my ear was purple which is always fun. also...
i now own "808's and Heartbreak"
--only 79 days till i can listen to it though...

anyways--i now only have one earring
..my left one.
so everyone thinks i like men now,
which is nice.

~~
Im having a pretty nice Thanksgiving,
i hope my flagler peeps are too...
just getting some homework done,
chillin with ethan and the family
getting close to God (which is nice)

...you know...all the usual stuff haha

i just finished reading my really close friends blog...
it made me smile because it seems he's finally...
answered the questions he's been seeking.
im praying for him and i hope he knows it...

i just hope he knows how much of a friend he's been...

and how much i appreciate it.

i'm pray for him and thank God for him..
it isn't often you find a friend like that


to close this blog i wish all of you an amazing thanksgiving
stay classy....and keep in mind you are what you eat...
so don't be a turkey.

Oh Lord...

I just finished reading Rob Bell's "Velvet Elvis"

...an amazing book 

and i want to put what he's saying into practice..

I'm trying, I really am.
I don't just want to live the "church lifestyle"--

I want to live the "Jesus" lifestyle.
i want to get back to the church's original roots--
                                                 serving others rather than myself

..exhausting my energies on the lives of others 

rather than my own


I'm ready to be a vessel,
                                      a tool,
                                                 an instrument


i need waves that crash into me, 

eroding myself and leaving nothing....

 but who He wants me to be

i need Heaven on Earth
               ...and im ready to do what it takes to bring it here.

im not talking about evangalism
im not talking about street ministry

im talking about genuine kindness, compassion,   love.

i want others to look at me and not see a Christian...
                                                     

                             i want them to see a disciple of Jesus.


I need to bring Heaven to Earth
I need waves.
I need Jesus.

808s and Heartbreak

...the new album by Kanye sounds amazing--I haven't listened but the concept of the whole thing sounds awesome--

I don't really listen to rap or hip hop that much but 808's will probably be my artistic guilty pleasure come Feb. 15 when this fast of mine is done...

Speaking of which, this fast is insane--these last days are killing me--so much music, too many movies, and all of those video games...ugh.

82 days left...

but whos counting?

In the Pursuit of Happiness...

I've decided to improve myself. My plan:

1. Create decent health habits: Vitamins, Protein, Work-Out
2. Read more: The Bible, Classic Lit, etc.
3. Actually do my homework...(maybe?)

I don't know if this'll work...but i'm hoping it will...

What Party Was Jesus Again?

Here's a little reality check for Christians bemoaning Barack's victory...

Just because the church voted for John McCain doesnt mean he was God's choice...

The church can be misled--the Bible warned us to be wary of false prophets...so many claimed that John McCain was God's chosen servant... a warrior for the cause...

...but he lost--not by a little...

by over 100 electoral votes

Don't insult God and claim that Christianity has lost--that God didn't want Barack to win

Saying this is implying that God didn't have control over this election; basically that God was outsmarted by Barack somehow...

God has made his choice--he may not be a righteous choice by the Christian stand point, but God uses everyone...not just church-goers.

What makes the church mad is the fact that the church doesn't have the power to control the people of America for once...they've lost the game of politics and what's truly sad is that they weren't even supposed to be playing it at all. The church should be less concerned with the cogs of the political machine and be more concerned with the community. This election has isolated the church...most people now view Christians as intolerant myth believers, using religion and ignorance to persecute sinners via political action--all because we stuck our head where it was never supposed to be...

What remains to be seen is whether or not Barack is an agent of God's good or an agent of God's wrath...

...Im pretty sure the Bible warned us that we weren't people of this world... but then again...God's followers never have been good at listening...

Hail To The Chief...

Congratulations President Obama.

I hope America made the right choice...

because I'm scared to see what'll happen if we made the wrong one...

God Bless Barack Obama

God Bless America

Can You See At All?

So yea--i find myself in the library doing a massive amount of backlogged hw so im procrastinating

and this election year ive grown alot
having watched church after church try to meddle in the affairs of the state i realize that the church is broke.

that doesnt mean it cant be fixed but right now the church is heading in the wrong direction.

Instead of sharing the Message of Christ, they impose it upon people (i.e. gay marriage debate, prayer in schools) causing more and more people to be disenfranchised with God. The church is trying to turn the realm of politics into the realm of the conservative republican-ism and anyone who isnt on the same bandwagon as every other church member is ostracized.

Since when was Jesus a conservative republican?
Since when did Jesus say it was our Christian duty to vote?

We, as Christians, aren't of this world according to the Bible...
why then do we feel the need to rule it and repress people who think differently than us...in the name of Jesus?

To be honest...i'm ashamed of the church right now...
I'm just trusting God for change in his people...

or maybe i'm the one who needs to change..