Sometimes decisions in your life are difficult to make.
…Glory Stones.
“For we walk by faith, not by sight.”
-II Corinthians 5:7
I will update more clearly when I have more time but, here we go…
Since my last post:
1. Jen came home from Africa. Thank God I missed her so much.
2. I got engaged: Jen Joslyn and I will be married June 9th, 2007.
3. College started. It’s been busy.
4. I got an awsome internship with: New York State Division of Human Rights.
5. I got sick as a dog.
6. I missed my LSAT from being sick and sheer stupidity. I will be taking it now in June.
7. My loan of $1,500.00 was denied by SUNY Albany. Buttheads.
8. God is good and has and always will take care of me and my future wife.
9. No matter what: God is good.
10. Psalms 145
I have found one of the cutest games in the world: Hamtaro Ham-Ham’s Unite!
This game is for the Game Boy color. Hamtaro came out in the U.S. in 2001. I think it came out in Japan though in 1998. Hamtaro is all about this cute, little hamster who needs to find all his friends and bring them back to the Ham-Ham club house. In this game you (Hamtaro) must learn the hamster dialogue, Ham-Ham chat. So far, I have learned about 20 Ham-chat words. One of the 20 Ham-chat phrases I have learned is: “Go-P”. When you select this phrase Hamtaro turns his back to the screen, wiggles around and shakes only twice. Needless to say this is one of the most bitchingest games of all time. Play it.
*Please don’t stop reading my blogg. I promise tech news will come from Jay’s blogg from here on out.
Over these past few hours I’ve been accounting all the most important things in my life. My God, my family, my friends, and the love of my life. Jen and I spent the holidays at her parent’s house. I had three Christmas’s: 17th, my house, 24th, Jen’s mom’s house and the 25th, Jen’s father’s house. Afterward on the 27th I drove Jen to NYC to get on a plane headed to Brakina Faso, Africa. This was one of the most difficult things I have had to do, find JFK airport in the midst of the borroughs. Well, that was the second hardest thing, I’ve ever done. The first was seeing her get into that line to get on that plane. Jen will be gone for three weeks on a missions trip. After 30 seconds I missed her. It’s now 2:33am, Dec, 29th. All I have done is pray for her, her safety and us. I love that woman with all of my being. I know that God will bring her back well but, my human side still has a hard time with her being so far away. Sometimes in our life we come to a point where we have no control of a situation, all we have to rely on is God. It takes faith. I know, I know, if you know anything about me, or read any of my posts about 40% of them are on faith. Like it or not, I have learned to live on it. I have had some pretty tough situations in my life where I thought I was going to die. Whether it had been of my own doing such as, O.D. on drugs, near misses, car accidents or otherwise. God has been the key focus. I can’t do anything without Him. It seems to me that sometimes I need a reminder of how much I need Jesus. I think that’s why things happen, good or bad. God is testing His children, to see if they have the stones to take the risk, to play the game, to fully rely on Him. I envy Jen, I think she has such a tremendous faith in God. Right now she is risking her life to talk to people about Jesus in a land that hates Christians. People ask her why would she do this? Why would she risk her life on these people? One answer, she has faith in the God that told her to go. It’s the same command Jesus gave to all of those who believe in Him.
“And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.” -Mark 16:15-18
The missions field doesn’t have to be a different country, it could be your neighborhood. It could be to your family, your friends. This doesn’t mean push a Bible down someone’s throat, it’s living the life. Living the way that Jesus did. Loving others as you would love yourself. It sounds easy but, it’s not. I am sad to say that I don’t do it all the time. It breaks my heart sometimes, the cowardess I have about telling someone about God but, I press on. I get pray for strength daily, life is hard but, God is good. If you think that I am spouting off a bunch of bullshit, I dare you to try Jesus. Try Jesus, pray a prayer to Him and ask Him for forgiveness for your sins and live one week with Him. I guarantee you, you will never go back. The world has nothing to offer but, pain and death. God is good, just try. Build your faith, like my future wife. I love you Jen, come home soon.
No, not that time of the month…
It’s time for another exciting addition to the:
DOUCHE BAG Of The Month (D.B.O.T.M.)!!!!
That’s right, scientists that work for The Whimsical World of Mahutaville (W.W.O.M.) have come up with yet another exciting discovery that will shock and amaze you. Yes, it’s true you thought that it couldn’t happen again but someone has taken up the throne to the biggest Douche Bag award. Our deep-rooted analysis of the human psyche and recent douche baggery of this person has rocked the core of modern science and psychology. I give you The W.W.O.M.’s Douche Bag of the Month: Alec Baldwin.
Whether he is making another craptacular blockbuster or giving his opinions on politics, on the Friday’s Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO:
“Most Republicans who are registered Republicans are decent, honest good people who you have a difference of opinion with,” but, he alleged, “the leadership of the Republican Party are a bunch of sociopathic maniacs who have their lips super-glued to the ass of the conservative right.”
Alec Balwin continues to stupefaction and jolt our minds here at The W.W.O.M. Thoughout all of this we have come to the conclusion that someone, no matter how much we analyize sadly, will probably de-throne him within the next month. Until that day, Alex Balwin you are the world’s biggest Douche Bag.
That is all.
I know, I know…I bought the greatest series [SCRUBS] to come to DVD on opening day on Nov. 15th. I had my B-day and am now 22 years old. ..Jen and I went down to her house for the Thanksgiving break. I had a fun but, unsuccessful hunt. Now I am sitting here with a 20 page paper due on Dec. 1st and I have a 6 inch thick pile of loose paper to read for it.
Pray for me and Jen too, we got nothing done in the way of homework last week.
Waking up a 6:00am is no picnic, especially if you were up until 3:00am that night. I got up this morning with such a distain for sunlight, birds and little sisters. I took a shower, said goodbye to Jen and drove to Albany around 7:30am. Just before I left I prayed to the Lord for help, all the stress of the week was about to collapse on me. I have three papers due soon, I have to register for LSAT’s and be able to pay for them and get a criminal justice class waived. I arrived at The University at Albany about 40 minutes before class started so I could do my homework. It took 25 minutes to look for a parking spot. I found one: The doctor’s office parking lot. After a long walk to the campus I arrived in the library. With a prayer to God, I got my homework for Portuguese completed. Five minutes after this miracle I went to class, fought off sleep and finally finished up class at 11:20am. As soon as class ended I ran back to my car and headed downtown to Draper Hall [Criminal Justice Dept. Office]. I had to go down to Draper to talk to the Dean about waiving a class, I prayed on my way to the office for two things: The Dean to waive my class and a parking spot. I think the bigger miracle happened first; I got a parking spot right near the door. As I climbed the steps to the Dean’s office I stayed in a continual state of prayer. I found the Dean was very friendly and waived my class without issue. I got back into my car, got lunch and headed back to my dorm. I just signed got to sign up for my LSAT’s and will be taking them in February. I have been so stressed over so many issues; it’s nice to know that someone is looking out for me. Whether it be relationships, money or not knowing how you will graduate put your trust in the Lord.
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.”
–Proverbs 3:4-6
“I will lift up my eyes to the hills—
From whence comes my help?
My help comes from the LORD,
Who made heaven and earth.
He will not allow your foot to be moved;
He who keeps you will not slumber.
Behold, He who keeps Israel
Shall neither slumber nor sleep.
The LORD is your keeper;
The LORD is your shade at your right hand.
The sun shall not strike you by day,
Nor the moon by night.
The LORD shall preserve you from all evil;
He shall preserve your soul.
The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in
From this time forth, and even forevermore.” –Psalms 121
God is good. That is all.
I acquiesce myself over and over again, why in the world do I get so caught up in temporary instead of the permanent? The temporary are things that don’t really amount to bagatelle, things that are small trifles that only I [this is my soliloquy, I am only talking to myself] find important: Time to hang out with my friends on weekends, luxury such as, alcohol and other frivolities when I should really be spending more time on the permanent. Permanency is the eternal, how can I justify watching a movie and screw around with my friends when I haven’t even read my Bible today? My prayer life is nowhere near what I want it to be, granted I talk to God all day long but, it’s not quiet time. Quiet time is time set aside for God and I, I am I so self-absorbed that I can overpass my Creator to spend more time with my family? Why do I do this? It has to change. Fin.
Welcome again ladies and gentleman of the blogging persuasion. It’s time for another amazing tour into: The Whimsical World of Mahutaville’s (W.W.O.M.) hall of douche bags. Tonight our special guest is none other than Jim Davis. Now before you all start booing me to the high heavens here me out. We here at the WWOM have a fool-proof system for rooting out the biggest douche bags in the world, it is a complicated system of formulas, analysis of documents and at the head of all of this: Brian Mahuta. Brian Mahuta knows all. So, hush. Anyways Jim Davis is receiving the Biggest Douchebag award this month for these reasons. Davis the inventor of the “loveable” character
- Kicking Odie off the table.
- Whacking a spider with a fly swatter
- Eating a lot.
I would also like to point out the sub par film that recently came out “
That is all.