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| I've gone 100% facebook with my blogs, so don't expect any more updates here. I also mess around on myspace, but not much more than sending people messages and stuff.
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| Xanga has become more of a hassle than anything, but I think some people still read this. I'm just reposting from facebook.
I had an awesome weekend. We went on a camping trip with Cross Campus,
and I went and set up a little early with Jeff and Tyson. It was hard
work, but I enjoy being helpful when I can.
The weather wasn't
ideal. Storms came through on Friday night, and we had to spend the
evening in the house, and Saturday was cold. Sunday was nice, but we
were packing and getting ready to leave.
We still had fun
though. We played football and explored around the place on Saturday,
and a couple of people jumped in the river when it was really cold, one
in full clothing... even though it was entertaining, I had to feel
sorry for them since it was so cold.
We didn't sing as much as I usually like to, but my voice was pretty shot when it came to singing.
I brought home a sunburn as a souvenir, but at least I'll have somewhat of a ton when summer comes.
I've
been thinking a lot about what it means to be a true disciple. Not only
a Sunday/Wednesday Christian, not just having 1-hour-a-day-for-God
Christian, but one that thinks Christ all the time, where every word,
thought, and decision is Christ filtered. I long not only to live this
out in my life, but to bring others along with me.
Americans are
so spoiled that we don't experience the desert, the relying on God each
and every day that I think we as Christians should experience. We have
high suicidal rates because people grow up thinking life should be
easier, when in fact we just don't experience enough need to know how
blessed we are from day to day.
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| One thing I learned this past weekend, going to LTC. I'm old enough now that people, a lot younger than I am, will come up to me and say, "Hey! I know you from ___!" Sometimes I recognize faces, but usually, I'm just like, "Yeah, I was there! ... it's good... to... see... you." Heh, maybe not too awkward, because I'm used to playing it off. It's just not what I'm used to.
I feel close to Christ in my own life right now, and I want to impress that on the people around me. I want others to feel the need to grow closer to Christ. I especially feel that I should impress it on certain friends of mine, but sometimes I'm at a loss as to what I should do. Mostly church goers, but not as passionate about knowing Christ, and the word of God as I think a Christian should be.
There's lots of people that have been on my mind lately though. I don't want to go to heaven and realize that there were people who didn't make it, and I could have been the one to make the difference.
Romans 9:2-3 "I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers..."
I pray for Godly sorrow (2 Cor 7:10) on many, so that they may find salvation before it's too late.
Matthew 22:37-38 "Jesus replied: '"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: "Love your neighbor as yourself."'"
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| Working laptop... Awesome as peach cobbler and ice cream.
I'm still feeling fine as well, for 4 straight days.
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| If anyone cares to know, I'm doing better. Yesterday evening, I was
leaving class around 8pm, and in front of me was an awesome orange
sunset, and behind me was the most vivid rainbow I've ever seen.
Call
me crazy, but I think it was my rainbow. My sign of promise. If Moses
can have one, so can I! (In case you didn't notice, it should have been
Noah :D). I don't really see it as my depression is over, but with the
help of God, relief is near (if temporary), and today seems to be such
relief.
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