04/28/2005
I am just constantly amazed at how good of a God we serve! It is hard to fathom sometimes. I have been seeing Him work in the most amazing ways in my life and the lives of my friends. It is a wonderful encouragement to see how the Lord is bringing people into closer intimacy with Him and enlightening hearts to Spiritual truth. What a Great God!
“The Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods” – Ps. 95:3
.:Vin:.
04/24/2005
Here are a couple pics from the night.
.:Being Silly:.
.:Dessert:.
Time for a little nap.
Out.
04/22/2005
I just wanted to let the whole world know (or at least the 7 people who read my blog) how amazing I think Kesha is! It is hard to think that she could have been in Chicago right now. I can’t imagine missing out on all the mad crazy fun we have been having lately! We have our first “date” on Saturday. I am taking her to Portland for a night on the town. She is gonna be such a hottie in her dress and stuff! I am looking forward to that…just a bit! She is a great girl for sure!!
Anyways…I have to go to court in the morning and defend a traffic ticket — EEK! I am supposed to appear in just over 3 hours, so it might not be the worst idea to go get a few winks in.
Livin’ it up,
04/20/2005
So last night something really strange happened. I don’t know if I completely know what happened, but here is my account as far as I can remember it…
Kesha, Grant, and Tamara were over for a movie last night. We watched Oceans 11 and Oceans 12. They were pretty good. But that isn’t the point, so I will move on. So after they left (around 4am) I went to get all ready for bed and stuff. I took a shower, brushed my teeth, took my contacts out, and got in my undies and t-shirt. That took me about 10 min. Then I thought I would text message Kesha to say “goodnight”. She was probably still on the road and really tired, and since I didn’t want her to get in an accident, I decided to bust out a little prayer and then text her. As I was praying, I fell asleep. I never got to text Kesha to say goodnight (so here is my belated “goodnight” Kesh!). The next thing I knew I woke up at 9:30am to a phone call from my work asking if I could come in today. I said ok and tried to get back to sleep…and that is when I noticed something different. Now here is where it gets a little Twilight Zone-ish! I don’t know how it happened, but somehow I ended up wearing my pants — belt and all. I was a little confused, took my pants back off, and went back to bed.
That is all.
04/17/2005
Here is a pic of me and Kesh at Sip. I am trying to drop a few…so I have to lay off the bubble tea for a while 
O well. Kesh and I went and watched a movie out in the wilderness tonight. It was a little freaky, but it was a funner! Well…I got Church in the morning so I had better get a little rest. I hope y’all are doing good and keeping your eyes on Christ!
Peace,
04/16/2005
It is a tough thing to let God have all of your life. It is really easy to live compartmentalized and only give certain sections, portions, and times to the Lord. But when it comes time to living a life of surrender on a moment by moment basis…that is where the rubber meets the road. That is what I long so much for! And the Lord longs to live in that kind of relationship with me as well! That is the grace in it all!
There is a great movie that asks the questions “Is the juice worth the squeeze?”. That is a question that I need to ask myself a lot. There is so much that I want to hold on to. So much that I want to control. So much that I am scared to release to the Lord. I am counseled by the words of the Apostle Paul:
“…what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. Yet
indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of
Christ Jesus my Lord…” – Phil. 3:7-8
He knew that the “Juice was worth the squeeze”! And the “Juice” was knowing Christ more intimately. What a great reward! I am slowly learning to unclench my fists. I am learning to give up the rubbish that I treasure and find the true Treasure. Easier said than done. That’s for sure!
Cool beans…I’m out.
.:Vin:.
PS. Check out the “gotlife?” link at the bottom of the page.
PPS. Also, the new website address for university life is www.ulife.org
04/15/2005
So I have been doing a little bit of thinking about God lately. I am really beginning to see how little I know about Him. I am also seeing that who I think He is sometimes falls very short of reality. I am beginning to see how great and worthy a subject Theology is! Because there is no greater Subject to study than the One through whom we have abundant life!
God is so great!
Amen?
04/14/2005
well…maybe not tequila, but there is some good bubble tea at SIP. Here is a picture of us with Angie (the owner of SIP). She has been a huge advocate of University Life Salem, so we love her lots!
Speaking of University Life, we are just about to have LIFE_LINK. It should be great! Grant is speaking and I get to lead praise & worship. We just printed some new tracts so we are really excited about that too! I ought to go prepare a bit.
Over and out.
04/13/2005
I think the next couple weeks are gonna be toughies! I normally have class on Monday’s and Tuesday’s, but I am taking a modular course that will take up 4 hours Thursday, 4 hours Friday, and 7 hours on Saturday. And after I have done that once, I have to do it all over again. So pretty much my only day off is…o wait…I don’t have one! I hope I learn lots during this time, but I hope I don’t get distracted from the Reason for it all!
I gotta sleep,
04/12/2005
Salutations,
Yesterday was pretty amazing. I went for a walk at around midnight and had such an awesome time of worship. The Lord really comforted my heart as I shared some of my pain. It is so true that “His burden is light”. For some twisted reason I get the idea in my head that I can carry my own burden and be just fine. So yesterday was a big weight off of my shoulders as I just allowed Him to take it all.
After my walk, Kesha came over. We spent about 4 hours talking. She is such an encouragement to me!! I am SOOOO thankful that she stayed and didn’t go to Chicago! I know that the Lord is doing great things in her and through her, so I am just feeling blessed to be around as it’s happening!
O…I almost forgot – Grant is a stud! Need I say more?
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