Sitting by while the world is suffering

I saw one of my friend's girlfriends with a bruise on her face. I visited a friend and her mother who was recovering from breast cancer. Another friend's mom is suffering back home with a foster child. My suitemate told me he might not come back next year because his girlfriend of two years is struggling with the distance between them. On top of that I have numerous tasks ahead of me including a missions team meeting for the Philippines in less than an hour.
Don't get me wrong, I am very excited and blessed to be serving the kingdom by leading a group of people to the Philippines with my good friend Jared Furze. I just hate all the logistical, financial, and developing things I am required to do. Alas, that's what you get when you sign up for service to Jesus. What was that about narrow roads, hating his mother and father, and denying yourself? That Jesus.

The other issue is, there is seems to be so much hurt and struggle with those I love and adore. I hate that I am unable to do anything. Well i guess there is one thing I can do and that is pray. Pray beyond belief. I honestly believe that prayer can move mountains. Although I have never seen a mountain move.

God move a mountain tonight not for me but for them

MLK

A great man lived in the 20th century. The fact that he conquered no lands, fought any wars with a sword, nor discovered the new world or invented the wheel says so much. He proved you do not have to be that kind of person to be great. And let it be said that greatness he did not strive for. Only freedom.

Take a lesson and remember him well. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

live your dream

Beaten and bruised but not down

I have never really been that good at things never exceptionally talented necessarily. If there is one thing I suck at it is longboarding. Friday after class I said to myself, "I think I will try that hill on my own". Less than an hour later I found myself being bandaged up by my good friend Matt Lopez because I had fallen and I scraped myself up pretty good. Two days later I am sitting at my desk redressing my wounds that still hurt a good bunch. I cannot move without some kind of pain in my left hip or my knee. Yet in spite of all this, I will not let it get me down. I refuse to let this road rash hinder me from time with my friends and from God. I say that while it is definitely painful, it is of no consequence to those who suffer for the sake of Christ.

I will take on that hill again, and I will be able to sleep on my left side again too. For now it is time to rebandage and heal.

why do we fall? so that we can learn to pick ourselves up.

The time of night is fading.

Believe me when I tell you I only want to see the joy inside of you once for today and forevermore.

I dont need this.

would you remember if i stood by even when i was far away?

Money is the stuff the dead are made of

I found twenty dollars on the ground yesterday outside my dormitory. I knew that someone who lived in the dorm had dropped but I did not know who. I've never seen twenty dollars on the ground like that before. I stood there for a while and then I walked away. This morning I went back to where I found it and it was gone.


green is more than just a color.

Joy in friends

I hope one day one of you will come to know the people i knew. If you value and love as I do, make a promise to value those you love without hesitation. Tell them everyday that you can.

Have you ever looked on someone's face and seen pure joy come from it?
I have


joy in the laughter, joy in the pain.

Peace to 2008

I think 2008 was one of the best years thus far in my life. I felt that I have never been closer to God. It began with practically a clean slate after a terrible finish to 2007 that ended up in me getting dumped and getting drunk of winter break. I started the spring semester meeting some more amazing individuals and getting used to being so far away from home. Summer was amazing, Probably the best summer yet. I went on a fantastic cross country bike trip that was actually a missions trip! It was probably the best experience I have ever had with eight other individuals that challenged me and became my family over those many miles. When i was not doing that I was at home learning how to love my family and what friends I had over summer. Michael I love you we still need to finish that Mcgee song. My blind grandfather turned 90 and my aunt turned 60. I came back to school to a community I had never felt so good about. Truth, honesty, transparency, and love have never been so prevalent in my life until after this past year.


Love to love God

Getting back.

Nick, Rouse, and Clarke are kicking it in the bedroom. What is going on.....? i want rest.

I got back and immediately had to go out to my Spring missions leader retreat. It is the bane of the task that i chose to uphold in the beginning of the year when I decided to become a missions team leader to the Philippines with Jared Furze

So when I got back naturally most of my friends were also back so I guess I could not help but run into them....

Alas, honestly I love my friends to death and missed them dearly so I willingly tagged along with whatever they were doing but I would have loved a few hours, just a few hours of peace and time to reflect.

But the luxury of time is sometimes an illusion that we must not count on to bail us out and thus, become content with the way our lives are written each day with or without our friends.

Read the Bible someday and maybe you'll find the strangest answer to your most basic of question.