When I was young and growing up, my parents didn't have alot of money nor the technical no-how to buy or operate things like video games or television. I actually got the T.V. in my house when I was around 10 years old. Man I would just sit and sit watching all the neat shows on that violent wave projecting machine for hours and hours. But I'm actually glad I didn't get an actual video game or t.v. until I did, because it taught me there was more to life than just those two addictive things.
Anyway, thats another story entirely, my point was, when I was growing up, I learnt other pass times, like riding my bike with my dad, or playing monopoly with my sister or programming with my buddy Decan. Even listening to the radio, man I remember records man, they were so cool, I had the turkish march on one of them, it was awesome. Anyway, my sister was so pro at monopoly. I mean she would win like all the time. I mean Donald Trump would have problems facing her finacial and buisness oriented skills that she had in that game. I now wonder why she is always so bad at budgeting her money now a days if she was so good at in a board game. Anyway, she would always win, and I would really get depressed from playing monopoly, because we all know the feeling of not winning right? It sucks. Well think of how it would feel when we lose at the game "Life", no not the board game, but the reward God has for those who choose him at the end of it. Anyway that is another blog. My point orginally was that I would be so overcome with losing that I would find ways of increasing my chances. Obviously, you've either stopped reading my huge chunk of writing and their is no point to keep typing except for the fact that God brought this occasion up, and their is a loyal person reading what is being viewed on their monitor and has obviously read the title and learnt that I cheated in monopoly. God is funny though, because even when I get $50,000 extra dollars out of thin air my sister would still beat me.
Anyway the point I'm going to make is clear for those that read "The Purpose Driven Life", for those who haven't here is a little story.
Lets say your born again, and your now playing the fun game of "Life for God". Well instead of money, God gives us gifts. Well thats great, gifts are awesome, remember why Christmas and birthdays are the best afterall ( if your me the answer is food, but thats not the point). God gives us these gifts with one requirement, that we use them to serve others. Well, your probably saying, I don't see people to serve. Well you do more often then you think. Maybe you picked up a card from the encounter pile, and you drew "Friend is being bullied" card or the ever famous "Your friends are offering you drugs, and you know it isn't cheese as they say it is" card. Well God doesn't leave things up to chance, he leaves them up to choice ( haha yes you can quote that, it's prophetic). Instead of rolling the dice, he lets you decide whether or not to serve God by serving others. Whether is be standing up for what you believe in, or helping those in need, serving can be done in many ways. Your friend needs a bus ticket, and you only have one? Well you could say sorry, I only got one, or you could give him yours. That is the gift of hospitality and well service. There are many more examples I could give, like, oh your youth pastor is sick and can't go to the youth group meeting in an hour and will have to cancel because he couldn't find a speaker. Well God puts you in these situations for a reason. TO USE YOUR GIFTS. God's not going to put you in a situation where you couldn't do anything to help. Thats what service is, sacrificing something to help someone other than your self. It could be time, money, etc. He puts you in situations to serve people, we just need to read the cards we pick up and instead of taking out a loan, we should use what God has already given us.
Umm..
Well IDK...
Stop cheating others by not using your gifts to serve, whether it be in ministry or through your mission. Heck you can just serve without using your gifts, but it requires sacrifice. What are you so attached to selfishly that is holding you back from serving others?
-Brent
Tried to be as coherent as I could, but it's late. Night y'all.
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Ok it's been a week NOW WHERE ARE ALL THE BLOGS ABOUT ME?
Seriously, it's really sad that you guys obviously don't love me enough to write a blog about me. I can be cool right? No, there isn't anything bloggable about me? Fine... *sobs*
Anyway Good news.
God told me awhile back to start this Youth group thing at school that had to do with God, basically he told me it was going to be a safe place where Christians can just be who God created them to be, and be in a place where you can re-enforce topics during the school day to help motivate you to step out of your comfort box of comfort and make an impact for Christ in the School. Well when I told the Counsoller about this, he said that I could do it, but I couldn't make it like an offical club, just like a group discussion group, that is if I grabbed a couple of my friends and talked about God in a room. Well I got a room, and after the strike I decided to hold a Discussion about the group with a bunch of Christian peeps who are really stoked about this and really stoked about God.
If your interested in ever showing up and go to our school (New Westminster Secondary School) it is on Wednesdays at 11:28am - 12:18pm in Room 225, it's in the upstairs Massey Wing. The first meeting was basically a, what do you want this group to be like, and the actual first meeting it on tomorrow.
If you can't come, then just pray that God will have an impact on the school, I mean this is just the spark of the fire that is about to burn through the school. No I'm not an arsonist, but I'm talking about the consuming fire of the holy spirit.
Now then, where are your blogs about me?
-Brent
PS. Umm if I left out anything important, please tell me.
Anyway Good news.
God told me awhile back to start this Youth group thing at school that had to do with God, basically he told me it was going to be a safe place where Christians can just be who God created them to be, and be in a place where you can re-enforce topics during the school day to help motivate you to step out of your comfort box of comfort and make an impact for Christ in the School. Well when I told the Counsoller about this, he said that I could do it, but I couldn't make it like an offical club, just like a group discussion group, that is if I grabbed a couple of my friends and talked about God in a room. Well I got a room, and after the strike I decided to hold a Discussion about the group with a bunch of Christian peeps who are really stoked about this and really stoked about God.
If your interested in ever showing up and go to our school (New Westminster Secondary School) it is on Wednesdays at 11:28am - 12:18pm in Room 225, it's in the upstairs Massey Wing. The first meeting was basically a, what do you want this group to be like, and the actual first meeting it on tomorrow.
If you can't come, then just pray that God will have an impact on the school, I mean this is just the spark of the fire that is about to burn through the school. No I'm not an arsonist, but I'm talking about the consuming fire of the holy spirit.
Now then, where are your blogs about me?
-Brent
PS. Umm if I left out anything important, please tell me.
Thursday, October 13, 2005
My week.
I've been off school due to the strike and been lacking in actually focusing on God. So I've been doing stuff for him more recently, and well here are some of the great stuff that has happened in the week.
Oh ya, probably the highlight of my week summed up here. WINGNUT!!!!
W00t!
This is what I get for forgetting over and over to borrow the drum tuner from Karyn.
What the site is probably going to look like.
Any questions?
Where are your blog's about me? We decided last week that you would write blogs about me.... I feel betrayed.
-Brent
I had a dream...
Seriously I barely remember my dreams, like ever, most of the time I feel like I don't have dreams, but we all do, it's just some times you don't remember them. Since my memory sucks, you could say, I never dream.
So last night I had this weird, weird dream. I woke up right at the end of it, so maybe that is why I remembered it. But I wrote it down on a piece of paper in case it has any signifigance. I asked God what it meant, but now I forget what he said.
Anyway here is what happened in my dream.
Ok so, I was hanging out at the church for some odd reason, and it was late at night, really, really late. Like 11pm late. Well anyway for some reason me and Karyn were still at the church and she decided to give me a ride home because it was so late ( Which made it seem so realistic because in reality Karyn Baker is not a jerk, so she would do something like that).
Anyway, here is where the weird part comes in. We were standing in the parking lot, and then there was a large rumble from the ground, we thought it was an earthquake, but as we went towards Karyn's car, lava spewed up from the ground, behind her car, not under it, and was making a large hole growing deeper and deeper full of lava, either that or the lava was rising. Anyway, I said lets go, and Karyn was all like " What about my car?", and I said, "Leave it", and Karyn made a big fuss out of letting her car get ruined, but anyway for some reason we decided running along 6th. Eventually we saw Cory, in the middle of the sidewalk and he started running as well, as he saw what followed us. On the way we were warning people, I told people not to freak out, and near the theatre on 6th I said God bless at the end of warning someone, and there was a blind person in the crowd. He asked if I could ask God to heal him. For some odd reason I said reach out and touch me, and he said, ok as long as you keep talking. When he finally touched me I quoted Jesus saying, your faith has healed you. And he was healed by God.
Then I woke up. What a crazy dream. Almost as crazy as the time I was in a heard of sheep and the alpha sheep let me ride him after finding his long lost sister... well thats a whole other blog.
-Brent
PS. 1 DAY!
So last night I had this weird, weird dream. I woke up right at the end of it, so maybe that is why I remembered it. But I wrote it down on a piece of paper in case it has any signifigance. I asked God what it meant, but now I forget what he said.
Anyway here is what happened in my dream.
Ok so, I was hanging out at the church for some odd reason, and it was late at night, really, really late. Like 11pm late. Well anyway for some reason me and Karyn were still at the church and she decided to give me a ride home because it was so late ( Which made it seem so realistic because in reality Karyn Baker is not a jerk, so she would do something like that).
Anyway, here is where the weird part comes in. We were standing in the parking lot, and then there was a large rumble from the ground, we thought it was an earthquake, but as we went towards Karyn's car, lava spewed up from the ground, behind her car, not under it, and was making a large hole growing deeper and deeper full of lava, either that or the lava was rising. Anyway, I said lets go, and Karyn was all like " What about my car?", and I said, "Leave it", and Karyn made a big fuss out of letting her car get ruined, but anyway for some reason we decided running along 6th. Eventually we saw Cory, in the middle of the sidewalk and he started running as well, as he saw what followed us. On the way we were warning people, I told people not to freak out, and near the theatre on 6th I said God bless at the end of warning someone, and there was a blind person in the crowd. He asked if I could ask God to heal him. For some odd reason I said reach out and touch me, and he said, ok as long as you keep talking. When he finally touched me I quoted Jesus saying, your faith has healed you. And he was healed by God.
Then I woke up. What a crazy dream. Almost as crazy as the time I was in a heard of sheep and the alpha sheep let me ride him after finding his long lost sister... well thats a whole other blog.
-Brent
PS. 1 DAY!
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Website update.
So I told MarcJon we are getting this server ready at the end of October, and he hasn't really done a lot for the forum he tells me. So I'm waiting on him, and IDEAS FROM YOU GUYS!
Sheesh... If no one other than Jen gives me ideas, she is going to win the prize.
Baker... Help... Please.
Well, I either will stick with that red template I was working on if any one of you guys tells me what to name the thing, and gives me some ideas. YES YOU CAN POST THEM ON HERE.
I also have a CSS design in the works, if we don't get a fancy name that has zip to it.
Besides CSS just makes me look so pro, when making a website.
Bah, I thought you guys were excited about this, but from your lack of input, I'm left in the dark about your enthusiam. Seriously the spell check wasn't helping me when my brain went blank on how to spell that.
-Brent ( not happy mind you... *shakes fist*)
Sheesh... If no one other than Jen gives me ideas, she is going to win the prize.
Baker... Help... Please.
Well, I either will stick with that red template I was working on if any one of you guys tells me what to name the thing, and gives me some ideas. YES YOU CAN POST THEM ON HERE.
I also have a CSS design in the works, if we don't get a fancy name that has zip to it.
Besides CSS just makes me look so pro, when making a website.
Bah, I thought you guys were excited about this, but from your lack of input, I'm left in the dark about your enthusiam. Seriously the spell check wasn't helping me when my brain went blank on how to spell that.
-Brent ( not happy mind you... *shakes fist*)
My Crazy week of stuff.
So lets see how can I depicted what happened this week?
I know, I'll draw up my week in paint.
Oh this might take a while though.
Coming back from XLR:8
My new passion for God
Challenging my evil twin to Mortal Kombat
Talking to my counsoller about the lunch dealy
Yes, yes, I challenged him to Mortal Kombat as well
Getting my PSP
I thought it was a giant fighting robot, I feel deceived
Finally me getting a haircut.
And that was basically my week...
Any questions?
No, great, so we've decided that next week you will all write a blog about me.
-Brent
And just for those who liked that song Karyn played as the dedication song...
Back to homework I go.
Thursday, October 06, 2005
Template change
LOOK AT MY NEW TEMPLATE I MADE... well some what.
Anyway, God gave me something to tell people about but I'm saving it for sunday's bible study.
-Brent
Anyway, God gave me something to tell people about but I'm saving it for sunday's bible study.
-Brent
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
HTML lesson about Blogger.com
Yes you have to download the tutorial, but its in notepad so it isn't big, and no I could not post it due to the large amount of HTML tags in it so the server reads them instead of just posting the code like a good boy should.
Download it here
Download it here
Monday, October 03, 2005
Purpose
Listen to this
Listen closely to the lyrics, and you'll see why its an awesome.
PS. I updated my profile.
Update*4:04 PM 10/5/2005
Alternative Link
So many complaints the link wasn't working, its not the server its your OS that can't handle a redirect tag. So here, this should work.
Listen closely to the lyrics, and you'll see why its an awesome.
PS. I updated my profile.
Update*4:04 PM 10/5/2005
Alternative Link
So many complaints the link wasn't working, its not the server its your OS that can't handle a redirect tag. So here, this should work.
Sunday, October 02, 2005
WOW~!
MAN wow, just wow, XLR:8 just changed my life so much. Man I can't believe how unfaithful and blind I have been, I finally talked to god just a few minutes ago, and man I mean literally, faithfully, honestly did it, I don't mean I prayed to god for someone else, I mean I just layed everything out to god and I feel so JOYFUL!
MAN I'm just so happy typing is taking away the fun but I have to type faster in order to get back to just jumping up and down for god.
I mean GoD showed me today so clearly what I have to put in progress at my school.
God wants me to start a lunch youth gathering to bring god praise, and to just be yourself, I find it SO HARD to worship and just like honestly be FOR GOD at school. I'm going to go talk with my counsoller about this, and Karyn we need to talk badly about this. I want this to be awesome, I want this thing to get Christians at are school, to stop hiding it, like you may say your a christian but I've just noticed that it is like almost never followed through via actions of honestly praise to God. I don't see the body of christ getting together at school and worshipping and talking about god, and talking even making an impact on the school. But this is going to change, God is giving me a plan, and I am going to do it no matter what. Tomorrow I'm also going around to every Christian I know at my school and telling them about this, and I just want to get this started.
Like God just gave me this vision of a bunch of us just worshipping God through music, and people outside of the room, are like "Hey that sounds cool, hey Mike wanna go check out that Christian Club thing?", "Eh, I guess so, if it has music as cool as that it can't be as boring as I thought I'd be"
I just want to get this done for God. I thought I'd just get your thoughts about this, and get my joy out and tell you all without calling Karyn and like panting while trying to tell her all this and how HAPPY i am!
MAN
BRING GOD GLORY GUYS
-BRent
YES LORD I AM YOUR SERVANT, NOW AND ALWAYS
MAN I'm just so happy typing is taking away the fun but I have to type faster in order to get back to just jumping up and down for god.
I mean GoD showed me today so clearly what I have to put in progress at my school.
God wants me to start a lunch youth gathering to bring god praise, and to just be yourself, I find it SO HARD to worship and just like honestly be FOR GOD at school. I'm going to go talk with my counsoller about this, and Karyn we need to talk badly about this. I want this to be awesome, I want this thing to get Christians at are school, to stop hiding it, like you may say your a christian but I've just noticed that it is like almost never followed through via actions of honestly praise to God. I don't see the body of christ getting together at school and worshipping and talking about god, and talking even making an impact on the school. But this is going to change, God is giving me a plan, and I am going to do it no matter what. Tomorrow I'm also going around to every Christian I know at my school and telling them about this, and I just want to get this started.
Like God just gave me this vision of a bunch of us just worshipping God through music, and people outside of the room, are like "Hey that sounds cool, hey Mike wanna go check out that Christian Club thing?", "Eh, I guess so, if it has music as cool as that it can't be as boring as I thought I'd be"
I just want to get this done for God. I thought I'd just get your thoughts about this, and get my joy out and tell you all without calling Karyn and like panting while trying to tell her all this and how HAPPY i am!
MAN
BRING GOD GLORY GUYS
-BRent
YES LORD I AM YOUR SERVANT, NOW AND ALWAYS
Creator, master, friend, mentor, savior.
So on saturday we were finishing the day with Mark and Mike using their abilties to bring praise to God. God talked to me, I saw God right next to me in fact, it was cool, then God pointed towards the window, and I was outside the building I was in and standing in the field, I couldn't move, and I was missing my shoes, but I wasn't cold. I just relized I was probably standing in duck poop, but it didn't matter, because next to me was God, and he told me to look up, after some asking why, and God just being persistantly patient until I stopped being nieve and just went with God, I looked up, I didn't see much but a cloudy black night sky, then God moved his arm and the clouds rolled away to reveal millions of stars, then God said to me, "Brent, what do you see?" I wasn't quite sure of what I was looking at, and then I said, "I don't know a bunch of stars", then God simply laughed and pointed out the time and effort it went into making those stars, and then he told me how insignifigant the time and planning it was that God took into making a star, compared to his plan for me, just his plan for me, nothing else, not how long it took him to plan out what I would look like, not what I would eat, but what his purpose was for me. Then he told me a few things, he told me about the whole creator thing I meationed earlier, and then he showed me front to back my whole life, and everything I had done, whether it be good or bad, some things made him proud, others cry, and others shake his head, then he opened his hand, and put the bad and good things in each hand, then he said,
"Brent these are the good things you have done for me, here take them." He gave them to me, and I took them. Then he said. "Here are the bad things" Then he crumbled them into a paper ball, and tossed it behind him, and they vanished, "Brent, what bad things?". He told me he was proud of what I have done for him, and I really needed to hear it. I have gone my whole life loving and fearing God, but not once did I feel that I ever did anything to please him, in fact I felt like a failure.
The third thing he showed me was a book, he opened it up and read it to me, front to back, it was a long book, it felt like a whole life time passed while listening to it. It was about a boy and his purpose for God, and what would happen in his life, and how he would live for God, and what he would do, at the beginning he was learning, but when he sat down and lived for God, the earth shook to the praise and pleasure he brought God. At the end of the book, I saw the gates of heaven open and God standing on the other side, and he said to "That story is what is to come for you, it is the story I have written for you, it is your story." Then I opened my eyes and was back inside, humbled and amazed at to what I had seen. Overwhelmed almost.
Some of the things I learnt were that mentors are so valuble to our growth as soliders of Christ, just like Jesus was to his disciples, mentors can bring us closer to God.
We ought to leave a legacy of people of christ on this earth when we leave for the performance. Don't be afraid to start things for God, be a fire sparker, not a fire fighter, and don't let anyone look down at you because you are young.
People look up to you, 99 people will read you, only one will read the bible, so we have to set an example, for most people, the only time they will see Christ is through us, so we better be doing something for God, instead of watching playing video games or watching the television.
I'm going to start being a mentor and telling everyone about Jesus and asking them how their relationship with him is,
We can mentor without opening our mouths, and that is through are actions, so are you being a good mentor?
I ask anyone who reads this if they can suggest a mentor for me, and I also ask that if anyone wants to walk beside me in my walk to change the world, because it will be almost impossible for me to be held accountable without someone helping me.
Even the word of the lord says to not do this alone,
Then Jesus went around teaching from village to village. Calling the Twelve to him, he sent them out two by two and gave them authority over evil spirits.
So ya, I don't know how to finish up here, other than, put down the remote controller ( I say controller because, your not really in control if you spend more time with the T.V. then you do with God) and ask him what he wants you to do, and what you can start doing. He showed me, I'm sure he'll show you, and trust me he will, my gift of prophecy is making me certain.
-Brent
"Brent these are the good things you have done for me, here take them." He gave them to me, and I took them. Then he said. "Here are the bad things" Then he crumbled them into a paper ball, and tossed it behind him, and they vanished, "Brent, what bad things?". He told me he was proud of what I have done for him, and I really needed to hear it. I have gone my whole life loving and fearing God, but not once did I feel that I ever did anything to please him, in fact I felt like a failure.
The third thing he showed me was a book, he opened it up and read it to me, front to back, it was a long book, it felt like a whole life time passed while listening to it. It was about a boy and his purpose for God, and what would happen in his life, and how he would live for God, and what he would do, at the beginning he was learning, but when he sat down and lived for God, the earth shook to the praise and pleasure he brought God. At the end of the book, I saw the gates of heaven open and God standing on the other side, and he said to "That story is what is to come for you, it is the story I have written for you, it is your story." Then I opened my eyes and was back inside, humbled and amazed at to what I had seen. Overwhelmed almost.
Some of the things I learnt were that mentors are so valuble to our growth as soliders of Christ, just like Jesus was to his disciples, mentors can bring us closer to God.
We ought to leave a legacy of people of christ on this earth when we leave for the performance. Don't be afraid to start things for God, be a fire sparker, not a fire fighter, and don't let anyone look down at you because you are young.
People look up to you, 99 people will read you, only one will read the bible, so we have to set an example, for most people, the only time they will see Christ is through us, so we better be doing something for God, instead of watching playing video games or watching the television.
I'm going to start being a mentor and telling everyone about Jesus and asking them how their relationship with him is,
We can mentor without opening our mouths, and that is through are actions, so are you being a good mentor?
I ask anyone who reads this if they can suggest a mentor for me, and I also ask that if anyone wants to walk beside me in my walk to change the world, because it will be almost impossible for me to be held accountable without someone helping me.
Even the word of the lord says to not do this alone,
Then Jesus went around teaching from village to village. Calling the Twelve to him, he sent them out two by two and gave them authority over evil spirits.
So ya, I don't know how to finish up here, other than, put down the remote controller ( I say controller because, your not really in control if you spend more time with the T.V. then you do with God) and ask him what he wants you to do, and what you can start doing. He showed me, I'm sure he'll show you, and trust me he will, my gift of prophecy is making me certain.
-Brent
God wants you to XLR:8 your life.
So XLR:8 was awesome, I went to Excellerate over the weekend and it was my sorta, weekend of relaxation.
Yes, I've been very busy lately with school and school work, and I was too occupied with doing well and leading bible study and going to refuge and preparing for sunday services and practicing the plays to focus on God. This weekend not only gave me time to relax but it gave me time I needed with God.
God talked to me so much over this weekend. I loved the camp it was really beautiful like God was saying to me "Brent, I will make nature sparkle just to show how much I love you". I learnt so much over the few days that I want to pursue God with so much passion that I feel like writing this blog is time away from that.
On friday, we had our 40 days of purpose sermon, literally, I mean learning more and more about gifts was really reinforced on friday, and tells me that God wanted me to truely find out my gifts and to start using them to my full ability. I got to meet so many new friends that passionatly loved God as much as I do, and it inspired me to learn more and more and get as much out of this weekend as I could.
God told me on friday about the time in my life that I had wasted on watching pointless television shows and playing very fruitless video games, so much so with the fact so clear as day, I could almost touch it.
Life on earth is just the warm up before the performance, like it touches on in the Purpose Driven Life, life on earth is only temporary, but life in heaven is eternal, in fact life on earth is just a centimeter on the meter stick of exsistance, smaller in fact. So if we take nothing with us to heaven but what we have done for Christ on earth, than what is the point on doing anything but doing stuff for Christ Jesus.
God wants us to use the gifts we are given here on earth to bring HIM pleasure, and to plant seeds in the world. Did you know the bible talks about an olive tree as the Jewish nation, and if it wasn't for their disbelief in the messiah, the branches of the tree would have never wilted and fallen from the tree, but the tree's loss is our gain, because of this God was able to graft the branches in us, so that we could produce olives for god, and even become olive trees for Christ.
If we use what we are given on earth, even no matter how small, or insignifigant it seems, we will be trusted with more in heaven, and this correlates to our gifts and abilities God has given us. More so our gifts in that manner, we can use our abilities, but unless we use them for God's pleasure than how we be able to use our gifts for God properly?
God delights in you, God is the maker of all, and he is the creator of everything, but no other creature in exsistance can make such a boast as God to always love his creations. Whether it be a faithful ant fulfilling it's purpose of carrying that leaf ten times its size back to the ant hill, or a fallen angel, God loves everything he has created, but he can't love everything man himself has produced. Remember how I talked about the difference of consequences and punishment? The same goes for a creation and a product. A creation is something God has made, a product is something that a creation has produced. Sin for example is not a creation but a product. But even though the one thing God intended this world for screwed up the simple task of obeying him, he provided a way out. Your creator loved you so much, and hated what your produced and what held you back from knowing him, that he sent his own son, to make the ultimate product possible. Redemption.
Can you hear God? Or have you build walls like school, or even friends that block him from allowing you to produce wonderful things for him? Have you used what God has given you to your full potential? I know I haven't been. But I sure as heck am going to do my darndest to now. What about you?
-Brent
PS. This is not all I learnt, but in order to rest your eyes I'm splitting this up into multiple blogs.
Yes, I've been very busy lately with school and school work, and I was too occupied with doing well and leading bible study and going to refuge and preparing for sunday services and practicing the plays to focus on God. This weekend not only gave me time to relax but it gave me time I needed with God.
God talked to me so much over this weekend. I loved the camp it was really beautiful like God was saying to me "Brent, I will make nature sparkle just to show how much I love you". I learnt so much over the few days that I want to pursue God with so much passion that I feel like writing this blog is time away from that.
On friday, we had our 40 days of purpose sermon, literally, I mean learning more and more about gifts was really reinforced on friday, and tells me that God wanted me to truely find out my gifts and to start using them to my full ability. I got to meet so many new friends that passionatly loved God as much as I do, and it inspired me to learn more and more and get as much out of this weekend as I could.
God told me on friday about the time in my life that I had wasted on watching pointless television shows and playing very fruitless video games, so much so with the fact so clear as day, I could almost touch it.
Life on earth is just the warm up before the performance, like it touches on in the Purpose Driven Life, life on earth is only temporary, but life in heaven is eternal, in fact life on earth is just a centimeter on the meter stick of exsistance, smaller in fact. So if we take nothing with us to heaven but what we have done for Christ on earth, than what is the point on doing anything but doing stuff for Christ Jesus.
God wants us to use the gifts we are given here on earth to bring HIM pleasure, and to plant seeds in the world. Did you know the bible talks about an olive tree as the Jewish nation, and if it wasn't for their disbelief in the messiah, the branches of the tree would have never wilted and fallen from the tree, but the tree's loss is our gain, because of this God was able to graft the branches in us, so that we could produce olives for god, and even become olive trees for Christ.
If we use what we are given on earth, even no matter how small, or insignifigant it seems, we will be trusted with more in heaven, and this correlates to our gifts and abilities God has given us. More so our gifts in that manner, we can use our abilities, but unless we use them for God's pleasure than how we be able to use our gifts for God properly?
God delights in you, God is the maker of all, and he is the creator of everything, but no other creature in exsistance can make such a boast as God to always love his creations. Whether it be a faithful ant fulfilling it's purpose of carrying that leaf ten times its size back to the ant hill, or a fallen angel, God loves everything he has created, but he can't love everything man himself has produced. Remember how I talked about the difference of consequences and punishment? The same goes for a creation and a product. A creation is something God has made, a product is something that a creation has produced. Sin for example is not a creation but a product. But even though the one thing God intended this world for screwed up the simple task of obeying him, he provided a way out. Your creator loved you so much, and hated what your produced and what held you back from knowing him, that he sent his own son, to make the ultimate product possible. Redemption.
Can you hear God? Or have you build walls like school, or even friends that block him from allowing you to produce wonderful things for him? Have you used what God has given you to your full potential? I know I haven't been. But I sure as heck am going to do my darndest to now. What about you?
-Brent
PS. This is not all I learnt, but in order to rest your eyes I'm splitting this up into multiple blogs.
Thursday, September 22, 2005
Youth Website in the works...
Haha, I finally get to put my computer skills to good use.
Anyway today I was talking to Karyn at lunch ( and yes Ashley you were there, I didn't forget about you.) and on Wednesday she proposed ( mm, proposed is such a lame word, how bout we use, oh I don't know, furnish, I do love furniture) the idea of making a website for the youth, so I sat down in my programming class and got to work making templates for the idea. It's looking interesting so far, but Karyn and I will have to get to together and come up with what to put on the site, and furthermore ( mmm, lets use conjointly instead, now there is a fun word ^_^) you guys, well mostly gals, can forward ideas of what should go on the site.
Oh and there will be a forum on the site, but I have to remember how to do forums, I'm going to have to talk with some people in my class on monday, and get together with Marc-Jon one day, as he and them can help me with that.
Alright back to homework and sleep.
-Brent
Anyway today I was talking to Karyn at lunch ( and yes Ashley you were there, I didn't forget about you.) and on Wednesday she proposed ( mm, proposed is such a lame word, how bout we use, oh I don't know, furnish, I do love furniture) the idea of making a website for the youth, so I sat down in my programming class and got to work making templates for the idea. It's looking interesting so far, but Karyn and I will have to get to together and come up with what to put on the site, and furthermore ( mmm, lets use conjointly instead, now there is a fun word ^_^) you guys, well mostly gals, can forward ideas of what should go on the site.
Oh and there will be a forum on the site, but I have to remember how to do forums, I'm going to have to talk with some people in my class on monday, and get together with Marc-Jon one day, as he and them can help me with that.
Alright back to homework and sleep.
-Brent
Thursday, September 15, 2005
The Sanctimonious Camaraderie
If you know what those two words mean than you must know what I'm going to talk about next.
We live in the most akward and mis-singled world imaginable.
We wake up to a term of equality and yet society still pulls us into the contrast that if we looked as good as the person on that poster sporting those pulchritudinous pair of jeans we will not be mocked by our eonic syndicate thats says one thing but does a total opposite, and that we will be the picture of true transcendence.
If you read John 3: 1-24
You may find that it doesn't matter to God what you look like or how you dress or even how much sin you have, god wants us to except him for whom he is, and that is our savior. After all he did die for our sins, and if we want to except him for whom he is, we have to first be able to except ourselves as who he created us to be.
What society directly opposes the word of God? Why is it that in society these days that a "wuse" is a person who crys when they fall down.
"My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? My tears have been my food day and night, while men say to me all day long, "Where is your God?" These things I remember as I pour out my soul: how I used to go with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God, with shouts of joy and thanksgiving among the festive throng."
Psalm 42: 2-4
God wants us to shed tears in front of him, for then we are pouring out to him, and with truth and sincerity in our moment of insecurity. We should no longer cling to this world's ideals but we should pour out to God. Then can we be free from our bonds to society and truely be ready to worship God and enter his kingdom he has prepared for us.
-Brent
PS. I let up on using too many big words... Karyn have fun reading.
We live in the most akward and mis-singled world imaginable.
We wake up to a term of equality and yet society still pulls us into the contrast that if we looked as good as the person on that poster sporting those pulchritudinous pair of jeans we will not be mocked by our eonic syndicate thats says one thing but does a total opposite, and that we will be the picture of true transcendence.
If you read John 3: 1-24
You may find that it doesn't matter to God what you look like or how you dress or even how much sin you have, god wants us to except him for whom he is, and that is our savior. After all he did die for our sins, and if we want to except him for whom he is, we have to first be able to except ourselves as who he created us to be.
What society directly opposes the word of God? Why is it that in society these days that a "wuse" is a person who crys when they fall down.
"My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? My tears have been my food day and night, while men say to me all day long, "Where is your God?" These things I remember as I pour out my soul: how I used to go with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God, with shouts of joy and thanksgiving among the festive throng."
Psalm 42: 2-4
God wants us to shed tears in front of him, for then we are pouring out to him, and with truth and sincerity in our moment of insecurity. We should no longer cling to this world's ideals but we should pour out to God. Then can we be free from our bonds to society and truely be ready to worship God and enter his kingdom he has prepared for us.
-Brent
PS. I let up on using too many big words... Karyn have fun reading.
Sunday, September 11, 2005
Man school is terrible...
Anyway who was there on Tuesday that night I ranted on about school, should actually read this closely. Cory interrupted my actual point behind this, so I'd be better if you actually read all this.
With that said time for one of my crazy inane rants.
So seriously your reading my blog, and chances are you are, have been, or never will again, go to school.
Seriously anyone who likes school must not be totally there or they are really skipping classes to hang out with their friends. News flash, that doesn't count.
Now don't get me wrong, learning is awesome but there are things about school that just plain suck.
Right now I'm pretty much talking about High school but people in College and university can relate.
Lets list off some things that make school a drag:
Oh man I love the
command. Anyway where was I?
Oh yes. We go to school to have it drilled in our heads that this foot in the door is the only chance we will have, and if we screw up now, our whole lives we be screwed. Harsh words, but really thats the plain truth of what we our told from grade 4 till we graduate college. If we don't do well in Grade 10 Math for example, we won't do well in Grade 11 math, and then without Grade 11 math we won't graduate... blah blah blah. Really it's only up to us to commit to passing and doing well, heck I could just plain not try in Math 10 and get a pass and then in Grade 11 get straight A's because I started to care. My point is, how much stress do we face when we go to schools and find out that even though we are giving full effort we find out that "Brent, your not trying hard enough". I got that from my socials teacher in grade 10. He told me I wasn't trying. I got a B. Not trying, heck I worked my butt off for a B, he doesn't know me... I think I'm just frustrated with schools lying to us. That if we screw up in school our whole lives will be ruined.
Heres my point, it doesn't matter what job you have, what grades you get in school, or even if you graduated or not. We are equal in the eyes of god. God loves us for who we are, not how good or bad we do in school. Now if schools taught that in schools, maybe we wouldn't have 80% of the suicide rate in Canada being Highschool kids.
I'm not saying don't try... I saying that this isn't all there is in life. School is just the beginning, remember your still young, and you have a life to do what you want. With that said I'd also like to meation one big important fact. This realm isn't just it. I mean I'd rather spend my time in school helping my friends to know god and end up in heaven then get good grades.
Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning.
Proverbs 9:9
We can learn all the knowledge in the world, and still be idiots. Idiots for not choosing God.
The only way we can suceed is with God. I can't be more blunt than that. I don't mean succeed as in have the most money or a nice car, or being the smartest or the fastest or the strongest, or the most beautiful as this world and the society even in our school tells us we have to be. Why do we go to school? Do we learn about God at school now a days? No, we learn so we can go to college, and get a degree so we can get a career. Thats not what the bible tells us is the most important thing to do. I notice more and more that we as christians in this area of work, yes going to school is considered an occupation, decide that we our to busy to listen to what tells us to do. The next time you get home, think about what you do first. Your homework or do you thank god for helping you get through another day at school?
Well...
That was a really mean blog so I will allow you to enjoy my little pic by pic comic I made.
Here is me in Programming Class
With that said time for one of my crazy inane rants.
So seriously your reading my blog, and chances are you are, have been, or never will again, go to school.
Seriously anyone who likes school must not be totally there or they are really skipping classes to hang out with their friends. News flash, that doesn't count.
Now don't get me wrong, learning is awesome but there are things about school that just plain suck.
Right now I'm pretty much talking about High school but people in College and university can relate.
Lets list off some things that make school a drag:
- Lame Teachers, you know the ones that aren't doing their job of actually teaching you. Heck most people hate teachers for the next reason and that is...
- Homework, I for one don't mind it, but it takes time, hey if I could get out of doing homework, I would. But apparently it helps your progress in school.
- The collective attitude that what you do now effects your entire life. I mean seriously who has heard their teacher say that if you fail this test you will end up with a bad grade? As we all no bad grades will ruin the rest of our lives for all eternity right? No? Then why does it seem like the entire school makes you think that.
Seriously I have no idea how to run this pointless composing box on this blog, so I'm switching over to HTML mode because I am really comfortable with it.
Oh man I love the
command. Anyway where was I?
Oh yes. We go to school to have it drilled in our heads that this foot in the door is the only chance we will have, and if we screw up now, our whole lives we be screwed. Harsh words, but really thats the plain truth of what we our told from grade 4 till we graduate college. If we don't do well in Grade 10 Math for example, we won't do well in Grade 11 math, and then without Grade 11 math we won't graduate... blah blah blah. Really it's only up to us to commit to passing and doing well, heck I could just plain not try in Math 10 and get a pass and then in Grade 11 get straight A's because I started to care. My point is, how much stress do we face when we go to schools and find out that even though we are giving full effort we find out that "Brent, your not trying hard enough". I got that from my socials teacher in grade 10. He told me I wasn't trying. I got a B. Not trying, heck I worked my butt off for a B, he doesn't know me... I think I'm just frustrated with schools lying to us. That if we screw up in school our whole lives will be ruined.
Heres my point, it doesn't matter what job you have, what grades you get in school, or even if you graduated or not. We are equal in the eyes of god. God loves us for who we are, not how good or bad we do in school. Now if schools taught that in schools, maybe we wouldn't have 80% of the suicide rate in Canada being Highschool kids.
I'm not saying don't try... I saying that this isn't all there is in life. School is just the beginning, remember your still young, and you have a life to do what you want. With that said I'd also like to meation one big important fact. This realm isn't just it. I mean I'd rather spend my time in school helping my friends to know god and end up in heaven then get good grades.
Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning.
Proverbs 9:9
We can learn all the knowledge in the world, and still be idiots. Idiots for not choosing God.
The only way we can suceed is with God. I can't be more blunt than that. I don't mean succeed as in have the most money or a nice car, or being the smartest or the fastest or the strongest, or the most beautiful as this world and the society even in our school tells us we have to be. Why do we go to school? Do we learn about God at school now a days? No, we learn so we can go to college, and get a degree so we can get a career. Thats not what the bible tells us is the most important thing to do. I notice more and more that we as christians in this area of work, yes going to school is considered an occupation, decide that we our to busy to listen to what tells us to do. The next time you get home, think about what you do first. Your homework or do you thank god for helping you get through another day at school?
Well...
That was a really mean blog so I will allow you to enjoy my little pic by pic comic I made.
Here is me in Programming Class
Here is me in Socials class
Here is me in Math class
And finally me in Chemistry class
-Brent
Ps- I update my profile pic and song... incase you were wondering.
Karyn I also want you to listen to this whenever you notice my blog has changed.
home.graffiti.net/countolaf39/Mozart-TurkishMarch.mp3
Saturday, August 27, 2005
What's better TV or the Internet.
You know I was reading some of Maddox's points about how the internet is replacing the Radio really fast.
People can find songs to new artists and not have to listen to some lame DJ talk about his childhood.
Well now the internet is becoming a large media viewing platform as well, not only can you watch shows on the internet, but you can rewatch them, and watch a whole bunch of stuff without annoying commercials.
Here are the Pro's and Con's of the Internet and TV
Televisions Pro's: You can watch cool and interesting shows for a small some of money. You can play video games on a television, as well as watch movies, and even check your email on your TV.
Con's of TV: Starts with a C and ends with a rappy Commercials. Did you know most shows only used to be 8 mins in length? Yes, those were days were you could watch 20 re-runs of some lame black and white retro show. Then some smart pants decide to make shows that were 30 mins in length. Not bad, but now we have shows that barely run 30 mins or even 12 for that matter. I was watching an episode of the Simpson's yesterday and I timed the whole episode, without commercials the time span was 9 mins and 36 seconds. That means in the 30 min time frame I was watching more than 20 mins of commercials. That's a lot of advertising, and subconsciously that can hurt us. Yet people still blame being fat on McDonald's... If anything it's TV. Anyway back to pro's and con's
Pros of Internet: I can view awesome websites, I can watch movies, store pictures, make pictures, make movies, make games, play games, talk with people, make blogs, view blogs, store, and send all of the above, and much much more, for a fee, that is less than cable.
Con's of Internet: Pop-ups. But at least I can make pop-ups go away. Indentity theft, if this ever happens to you, you need to learn how to use a computer. ( Sorry if that is harsh, but seriously, people who decide to give out there information and not want it to be exploited against them, should look up hypocrite in the dictionary).
Now then. Yes the internet is replacing the Television, but all these ad's and ideals being shared over the web can be bad for us as believers.
We may stray from the truth of the matter, and that is
Jesus is number one.
Television maybe getting replaced by the internet, but we can't allow god to be replaced by anything.
-Brent
PS. Dear Karyn if you were offended by the following post, which I hope like you and the rest of the world was, then I won't have to tell you how happy I am that I got excepted to XLR:8 but that I have a delima on hands, because I want to go to that and youth councils. We need to get together and talk, maybe Monday or something. But again I should just email you, because you were offended and aren't reading about how the robot cyber monkeys now control half of aisle 7.
People can find songs to new artists and not have to listen to some lame DJ talk about his childhood.
Well now the internet is becoming a large media viewing platform as well, not only can you watch shows on the internet, but you can rewatch them, and watch a whole bunch of stuff without annoying commercials.
Here are the Pro's and Con's of the Internet and TV
Televisions Pro's: You can watch cool and interesting shows for a small some of money. You can play video games on a television, as well as watch movies, and even check your email on your TV.
Con's of TV: Starts with a C and ends with a rappy Commercials. Did you know most shows only used to be 8 mins in length? Yes, those were days were you could watch 20 re-runs of some lame black and white retro show. Then some smart pants decide to make shows that were 30 mins in length. Not bad, but now we have shows that barely run 30 mins or even 12 for that matter. I was watching an episode of the Simpson's yesterday and I timed the whole episode, without commercials the time span was 9 mins and 36 seconds. That means in the 30 min time frame I was watching more than 20 mins of commercials. That's a lot of advertising, and subconsciously that can hurt us. Yet people still blame being fat on McDonald's... If anything it's TV. Anyway back to pro's and con's
Pros of Internet: I can view awesome websites, I can watch movies, store pictures, make pictures, make movies, make games, play games, talk with people, make blogs, view blogs, store, and send all of the above, and much much more, for a fee, that is less than cable.
Con's of Internet: Pop-ups. But at least I can make pop-ups go away. Indentity theft, if this ever happens to you, you need to learn how to use a computer. ( Sorry if that is harsh, but seriously, people who decide to give out there information and not want it to be exploited against them, should look up hypocrite in the dictionary).
Now then. Yes the internet is replacing the Television, but all these ad's and ideals being shared over the web can be bad for us as believers.
We may stray from the truth of the matter, and that is
Jesus is number one.
Television maybe getting replaced by the internet, but we can't allow god to be replaced by anything.
-Brent
PS. Dear Karyn if you were offended by the following post, which I hope like you and the rest of the world was, then I won't have to tell you how happy I am that I got excepted to XLR:8 but that I have a delima on hands, because I want to go to that and youth councils. We need to get together and talk, maybe Monday or something. But again I should just email you, because you were offended and aren't reading about how the robot cyber monkeys now control half of aisle 7.
Friday, August 19, 2005
Debt
There are two things girls are good for in my personal opinion
Number one,
They have hair that smells nice ( Well most of them that is)
Number two, which any guy can relate to,
They can easily burn a hole in your wallet.
I seriously need to stop talking people out to lunch... That aside though as soon as I hang out with someone for the day, I spoil them.
The other day I was hanging out with Angel, so I take out 20 dollars for lunch and stuff.
I'm not a guy who really cares about money at all, unless I'm like saving up for something, but then again, if you have money then why not spend it on others before yourself?
So by the end of the day I have spent an average of 15 dollars, I don't mind that wasn't a lot of money, but I decided to go buy someone a gift that I owe them, and that set me back more.
On Saturday I'm hanging with Ashley, I only have like 9 dollars and 50 cents and that is all I'm going to spend tomorrow, I am not taking out more money. If I do that means I'm either
One; I'm being exploited into buying stuff, which is unlikely because I highly doubt Ashleys the sort of person that wants stuff bought for her >.>
Two; I'm being an idiot and buying stuff I don't need.
Anyway but that was my point.
I decided to buy someone a gift, and when I told them about it, they freaked out at me, and were all like you don't owe me a gift.
But if were talking about that, I owe someone a nice gesture if they give me a nice gesture.
If someone gets you a gift for your birthday it is only fair that you return the kindness by getting them one for theirs, right?
You don't have to, but I feel that I want to not be a jerk who receives and not gives.
The same goes for Jesus, if we have received him we should make an effort to give him to others to return the kindness Jesus showed us. This year I'm going to buy Jesus a present, I'm going to make an effort to give him to at least one person before his birthday.
Anyway, a gift to be is like a debt, if you give me a gift, expect to get one back. Yet, if a give someone a gift I really don't care, don't get me one, instead call me a hypocrite.
Give everyone what you owe him: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.
Romans 13:7
-Brent
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PS. Dear Karyn, the smart reader would've stop reading to this point.
Since you are smart you must've stopped reading so there is not point for me to tell you that the gnome problems are settled, and that everyone was worried that you didn't show up at the banquet on Thursday, or that I hope you are ok, and that I update my song in my profile to something you might like to listen to if you are not being attacking by a outraged octopus. I am still frightened about Sunday for I fear that approval of others will not be shown and I will be attacked my the most dissident dolphin that feeds off people who have just been subjugated to disapproval.
Number one,
They have hair that smells nice ( Well most of them that is)
Number two, which any guy can relate to,
They can easily burn a hole in your wallet.
I seriously need to stop talking people out to lunch... That aside though as soon as I hang out with someone for the day, I spoil them.
The other day I was hanging out with Angel, so I take out 20 dollars for lunch and stuff.
I'm not a guy who really cares about money at all, unless I'm like saving up for something, but then again, if you have money then why not spend it on others before yourself?
So by the end of the day I have spent an average of 15 dollars, I don't mind that wasn't a lot of money, but I decided to go buy someone a gift that I owe them, and that set me back more.
On Saturday I'm hanging with Ashley, I only have like 9 dollars and 50 cents and that is all I'm going to spend tomorrow, I am not taking out more money. If I do that means I'm either
One; I'm being exploited into buying stuff, which is unlikely because I highly doubt Ashleys the sort of person that wants stuff bought for her >.>
Two; I'm being an idiot and buying stuff I don't need.
Anyway but that was my point.
I decided to buy someone a gift, and when I told them about it, they freaked out at me, and were all like you don't owe me a gift.
But if were talking about that, I owe someone a nice gesture if they give me a nice gesture.
If someone gets you a gift for your birthday it is only fair that you return the kindness by getting them one for theirs, right?
You don't have to, but I feel that I want to not be a jerk who receives and not gives.
The same goes for Jesus, if we have received him we should make an effort to give him to others to return the kindness Jesus showed us. This year I'm going to buy Jesus a present, I'm going to make an effort to give him to at least one person before his birthday.
Anyway, a gift to be is like a debt, if you give me a gift, expect to get one back. Yet, if a give someone a gift I really don't care, don't get me one, instead call me a hypocrite.
Give everyone what you owe him: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.
Romans 13:7
-Brent
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PS. Dear Karyn, the smart reader would've stop reading to this point.
Since you are smart you must've stopped reading so there is not point for me to tell you that the gnome problems are settled, and that everyone was worried that you didn't show up at the banquet on Thursday, or that I hope you are ok, and that I update my song in my profile to something you might like to listen to if you are not being attacking by a outraged octopus. I am still frightened about Sunday for I fear that approval of others will not be shown and I will be attacked my the most dissident dolphin that feeds off people who have just been subjugated to disapproval.
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Frustration
Man, I QUIT!
Writing a good blog is too hard, I never know what to say!
-Brent
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Oh? Still reading?
Ok...
Ever had one of those moments where your just so fed up with something because it didn't go the way you expected it to go?
For example, here is what happened to me today.
I woke up at 1pm by the sound of my mother asking me to see if I wanted to be taken to the church to tune the drums, which the previous day, I agreed to with Karyn.
Now first off, I and my human nature to assume things thought, well Karyn will be at the church and I'll be able to tune the drums, and they'll sound all nice, and I'll get the key to the city for all of my hard work, and not have to be attacked by rigorous humanoid reptilian who are repelled by recent reward receivers.
^_^ You hate me don't you? It's because my examples start to make sense and then throw you a curve ball... Frustrated yet? No? Well back the tale then...
So I call the church and get no answer...
um, bad start to my assuming... Not very good.
So I assume they're out to lunch so I call 1/2 hour later, and...
"Hello, blah blah blah, I'm a chump, Corey speaking" Corey mostly answered as he put the phone in one of his hands, I'm assuming his left.
"Yes, I would like to ask that Karyn would be in the building in a straight answer from you after this sentence has reached its end" I said with the most polite manner,
"um, yah" Corey replied in a chump like tone
What to mean and unrealistic? FINE! You chump... >.>
"Ok, I'm going to be stopping by to come tune the drums" I said, in a realistic manner.
So now I get to the church go to the back door, answered by Dave, he is cool and all even though he is a chum.... Cool guy.
So I talk to Karyn and after we treat ourselves to some well deserved cheese to fighting off the hoards of vigorously tall atheists from getting hands on the plate of holy holiness, which they would have used to corrupt aisle 7 in the Safeway downtown if it wasn't for us.
So I go about tuning the drums and decide to put pieces of card board under the heads to stop the echo, they did this but unlike my drums at home, it changed the sound of the drum, and made them too flat, as Corey meationed.
Again not what I expected, I was frustrated because I had just spent four hours of my life tuning the drums to what I had assumed they'd sound like, and in the end they did not live up to that assumption.
So, I'm about to go I call my dad so I can meet him to get a ride home, and I tell him to meet me at the school.
I assumed he was picking up the boys at the high school, so I walked there...
He wasn't at Massey where all the other boys before these ones always were picked up.
Maybe he is near the Pearson office, but due to the fenced area I would have to walk around all of the school to get there, it was 4pm, it was a hot long journey.
By the time I had assumed I would make it there and find him waiting for me, I saw that this part too was fenced off, so once again I made my trip around the school to get back to the parking lot, as I had assumed he went and got something to drink while he was waiting and that's why he wasn't there.
Frustration seemed to build as he wasn't there, so I hiked up 8th avenue towards my house singing to myself to pass the time...
As I was into the second chorus of the song "Run and not get weary..." I trailed off as I heard a honk, now I was almost home, it was my dad, asking me if I wanted a ride. I had assumed I was too early, and he left without me... So I said no, and decided to get the last of my exercise for the day and trought down 8th Ave, in the heat.
When I got home I had assumed I could go to refuge and sit and relax. After I found out my dad picked them up at a different school which name has left me, I sat on the couch, and the boys asked if they could go play tennis.
I assumed this would be fun, and easy since they sucked at tennis, and only had one more friend with them, and he couldn't be too good.
Well I lost, after passing out from either dehydration or heat exhaustion which ever one came first.
We went home, and now it was almost seven but I was hungry and my mom was having a party so I forgot about refuge.
Now I'm here, full from food, and frustrated from my annoying, almost pointless day.
A point to this story?
I'm grumpy and tired, YOU THINK I WANT TO WRITE A POINT!?
The point is, that even when we make the all to common human mistake of assumptions, god is with us, even when they are wrong or right, and he will help us through them, and make us write long interesting blogs to the public about how we assumed people would read this garbage and still enjoy it.
Do not forget for the lord your god is always with you, we may all get frustrated but think how god feels when we do something that he is not proud of... Happy? I surely doubt that...
We need to preserver through are day with the faith that god is there walking with us along are frustratingly long day, and he will give us the strength to make it through the next day, without the fear of another frustratingly long day, and if that happens, then he will
Well... That was my frustrating day, and I'm frustrated because you'll stop reading after...
-Brent
PS. Karyn you and I know the simple minded have already stopped reading, so it is safe for me to enclose this message to you in one of my blogs.
We may have driven off the atheists but now comes the hoards of zombie monkeys looking for the stapler in dave's office, aisle 7 is in grave danger, I'll meet you tomorrow around 1pm again so we can prepare the drums, in what people will think as tuning, but really I have enclosed a sonic charge in the auto tuner in dave's office, once tuned to the frequency of the auto tuner, the drums will emit loud sonic waves which will convince the monkeys they are all peaces of cheese, and will run in terror, because you know that zombies are afraid of cheese.
Writing a good blog is too hard, I never know what to say!
-Brent
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Oh? Still reading?
Ok...
Ever had one of those moments where your just so fed up with something because it didn't go the way you expected it to go?
For example, here is what happened to me today.
I woke up at 1pm by the sound of my mother asking me to see if I wanted to be taken to the church to tune the drums, which the previous day, I agreed to with Karyn.
Now first off, I and my human nature to assume things thought, well Karyn will be at the church and I'll be able to tune the drums, and they'll sound all nice, and I'll get the key to the city for all of my hard work, and not have to be attacked by rigorous humanoid reptilian who are repelled by recent reward receivers.
^_^ You hate me don't you? It's because my examples start to make sense and then throw you a curve ball... Frustrated yet? No? Well back the tale then...
So I call the church and get no answer...
um, bad start to my assuming... Not very good.
So I assume they're out to lunch so I call 1/2 hour later, and...
"Hello, blah blah blah, I'm a chump, Corey speaking" Corey mostly answered as he put the phone in one of his hands, I'm assuming his left.
"Yes, I would like to ask that Karyn would be in the building in a straight answer from you after this sentence has reached its end" I said with the most polite manner,
"um, yah" Corey replied in a chump like tone
What to mean and unrealistic? FINE! You chump... >.>
"Ok, I'm going to be stopping by to come tune the drums" I said, in a realistic manner.
So now I get to the church go to the back door, answered by Dave, he is cool and all even though he is a chum.... Cool guy.
So I talk to Karyn and after we treat ourselves to some well deserved cheese to fighting off the hoards of vigorously tall atheists from getting hands on the plate of holy holiness, which they would have used to corrupt aisle 7 in the Safeway downtown if it wasn't for us.
So I go about tuning the drums and decide to put pieces of card board under the heads to stop the echo, they did this but unlike my drums at home, it changed the sound of the drum, and made them too flat, as Corey meationed.
Again not what I expected, I was frustrated because I had just spent four hours of my life tuning the drums to what I had assumed they'd sound like, and in the end they did not live up to that assumption.
So, I'm about to go I call my dad so I can meet him to get a ride home, and I tell him to meet me at the school.
I assumed he was picking up the boys at the high school, so I walked there...
He wasn't at Massey where all the other boys before these ones always were picked up.
Maybe he is near the Pearson office, but due to the fenced area I would have to walk around all of the school to get there, it was 4pm, it was a hot long journey.
By the time I had assumed I would make it there and find him waiting for me, I saw that this part too was fenced off, so once again I made my trip around the school to get back to the parking lot, as I had assumed he went and got something to drink while he was waiting and that's why he wasn't there.
Frustration seemed to build as he wasn't there, so I hiked up 8th avenue towards my house singing to myself to pass the time...
As I was into the second chorus of the song "Run and not get weary..." I trailed off as I heard a honk, now I was almost home, it was my dad, asking me if I wanted a ride. I had assumed I was too early, and he left without me... So I said no, and decided to get the last of my exercise for the day and trought down 8th Ave, in the heat.
When I got home I had assumed I could go to refuge and sit and relax. After I found out my dad picked them up at a different school which name has left me, I sat on the couch, and the boys asked if they could go play tennis.
I assumed this would be fun, and easy since they sucked at tennis, and only had one more friend with them, and he couldn't be too good.
Well I lost, after passing out from either dehydration or heat exhaustion which ever one came first.
We went home, and now it was almost seven but I was hungry and my mom was having a party so I forgot about refuge.
Now I'm here, full from food, and frustrated from my annoying, almost pointless day.
A point to this story?
I'm grumpy and tired, YOU THINK I WANT TO WRITE A POINT!?
The point is, that even when we make the all to common human mistake of assumptions, god is with us, even when they are wrong or right, and he will help us through them, and make us write long interesting blogs to the public about how we assumed people would read this garbage and still enjoy it.
Do not forget for the lord your god is always with you, we may all get frustrated but think how god feels when we do something that he is not proud of... Happy? I surely doubt that...
We need to preserver through are day with the faith that god is there walking with us along are frustratingly long day, and he will give us the strength to make it through the next day, without the fear of another frustratingly long day, and if that happens, then he will
Well... That was my frustrating day, and I'm frustrated because you'll stop reading after...
-Brent
PS. Karyn you and I know the simple minded have already stopped reading, so it is safe for me to enclose this message to you in one of my blogs.
We may have driven off the atheists but now comes the hoards of zombie monkeys looking for the stapler in dave's office, aisle 7 is in grave danger, I'll meet you tomorrow around 1pm again so we can prepare the drums, in what people will think as tuning, but really I have enclosed a sonic charge in the auto tuner in dave's office, once tuned to the frequency of the auto tuner, the drums will emit loud sonic waves which will convince the monkeys they are all peaces of cheese, and will run in terror, because you know that zombies are afraid of cheese.
Sunday, August 07, 2005
When life gives you lemons.
I was standing at my computer, yes standing, and then it came from the swamp.... ooo ahh...
Wait what that has to do with my topic? I'll never know.
Life teaches us many things right?
For example history, in theory they say history repeats itself, but to me that means that people didn't learn from their mistake the first time...
Like if life has taught us anything it is to learn from our mistakes.
You fall off a horse, your suppose to get back on, that is what were taught when we fall off a horse apparently, but if you are wise like me, you run away from horses everytime you see one again, because you don't want to make the stupid mistake of getting back on one, because you'll probaly end up getting bucked off again.
But I guess that is the whole thing about mistakes right? You took a risk, and you learned from it either being a success or being a complete utter, being attacked by wild pigmi's because a friend told you to mine in a certain part of South Africa in monkeys blood because the sent wouldn't attract evil mine golems, and though this may be true, pigmi's notice the sent of dead monkey... where was I? Oh yes, failure.
If world war one taught us anything it was not to assinate Arch Bishop Ferdinand.
But what if life was to throw you a curve ball, what if risk came knocking at your door?
What if you happened to stumble upon something that would throw your life into a pile of risks to come, and large mistakes that will be an outcome?
God wants us to have a personal relationship with him, and though you might have just relized this now, he is that risk knocking at your door, but if you take this risk for the rest of your life, the outcome will be great.
Now like any good spokeperson, I'm going to convince you on betting on this horse for the rest of your life.
If you think, well if I have to love god what will I get in return?
But it's simple God loves us no matter what, even if we haven't loved him!
"In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us."
—1 John 4:10
God wants us to know him, he is, has, and always will be knocking at that door, even if we screw up, its us that has to open the door and let him in.
"So that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us."
—Acts 17:27
But what if we screw up? What if we make crappy lemonade with the lemons fate has given us?
"We are dead in trespasses and sins."
—Ephesians 2:1
God has already found a way to forgive are sin, allow us to get back up on the horse and try again.
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."
—John 3:16
So what are you waiting for?
Take the plundge, make some lemonade, and if it sucks try again until you please god, but first we have to get all the tools for making lemonade in order to make good lemonade ( These are the fruits of the spirit).
So if life gives you lemons make lemonade, but life has already given you Jesus, have you started to do something about it.
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On a more corny note, I was looking into the whole Blood drive commercial...
"Blood it's in you to give"
So if your already taking the risk you should follow this motto,
"Jesus, he's in you to give"
Umm... oh ya, CHEESE!
Wait what that has to do with my topic? I'll never know.
Life teaches us many things right?
For example history, in theory they say history repeats itself, but to me that means that people didn't learn from their mistake the first time...
Like if life has taught us anything it is to learn from our mistakes.
You fall off a horse, your suppose to get back on, that is what were taught when we fall off a horse apparently, but if you are wise like me, you run away from horses everytime you see one again, because you don't want to make the stupid mistake of getting back on one, because you'll probaly end up getting bucked off again.
But I guess that is the whole thing about mistakes right? You took a risk, and you learned from it either being a success or being a complete utter, being attacked by wild pigmi's because a friend told you to mine in a certain part of South Africa in monkeys blood because the sent wouldn't attract evil mine golems, and though this may be true, pigmi's notice the sent of dead monkey... where was I? Oh yes, failure.
If world war one taught us anything it was not to assinate Arch Bishop Ferdinand.
But what if life was to throw you a curve ball, what if risk came knocking at your door?
What if you happened to stumble upon something that would throw your life into a pile of risks to come, and large mistakes that will be an outcome?
God wants us to have a personal relationship with him, and though you might have just relized this now, he is that risk knocking at your door, but if you take this risk for the rest of your life, the outcome will be great.
Now like any good spokeperson, I'm going to convince you on betting on this horse for the rest of your life.
If you think, well if I have to love god what will I get in return?
But it's simple God loves us no matter what, even if we haven't loved him!
"In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us."
—1 John 4:10
God wants us to know him, he is, has, and always will be knocking at that door, even if we screw up, its us that has to open the door and let him in.
"So that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us."
—Acts 17:27
But what if we screw up? What if we make crappy lemonade with the lemons fate has given us?
"We are dead in trespasses and sins."
—Ephesians 2:1
God has already found a way to forgive are sin, allow us to get back up on the horse and try again.
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."
—John 3:16
So what are you waiting for?
Take the plundge, make some lemonade, and if it sucks try again until you please god, but first we have to get all the tools for making lemonade in order to make good lemonade ( These are the fruits of the spirit).
So if life gives you lemons make lemonade, but life has already given you Jesus, have you started to do something about it.
===================================================================
On a more corny note, I was looking into the whole Blood drive commercial...
"Blood it's in you to give"
So if your already taking the risk you should follow this motto,
"Jesus, he's in you to give"
Umm... oh ya, CHEESE!
Thursday, August 04, 2005
A huge mistake!
Ever wake up one day, and forget to put on your pants?
No, just me? Ok... ;_;
The little mistakes we make can come back to haunt us, and effect us later on.
Like a close friend of mine once stated, that the actions we choose to make will have a punishment or reward, as well as a consequence, but it best not be to think they are one and the same.
Punishment, under the "P" section of your dictionary, means an action carried out due to a result of something occurrence. Punishment, basically means something that is done to us after the fact. While as a consequence is more or less, once that something has occurred, it has set in motion a sequence and events that will lead to a reaction.
If you don't clean the dished, a punishment might be, being grounded in your room for a week, or having the King of Prague knocking on your door, and handing you a medal of bravery for standing up to the dragon that is your mother.
A consequence could be, your dishes will be left unclean, and you might have harmful bacteria on them the next time you go to eat, or the mold on the dishes comes to life, and attacks you while your sleeping, then taking its victory unto society, enslaving mankind to do its bidding.
I was talking with sid one day, about how he just got pwn'd in a video game he was playing, he corrected me, by telling me the tale of pown'd, which talks about consequences of our mistakes.
An online game, I forget the name but with the initials S.S. was pretty popular, but the game was being upgraded or bought out, and this was the last time all the players could get ranked, before the game ended.
Sid and Dan played ss, they were pretty good, but these were the elite of ss, so... Well yah...
A guy named Madblood, ranked #1 was in the match as well as a few others, including StrikerBlue, who was always like 2nd-3rd in rankings. Rhino was there too, he is good, but pretty dumb, always giving people a chuckle.
Anyway the game goes on, Sid and Dan are out pretty quick in this Space fighter elimination match if you die 10 times your out.
Madblood has 9 deaths and maybe one kill, he is totally losing, and Sid and Dan are talking in the lobby about the match going on, Rhino joins them after getting killed by StrikerBlue...
Striker who has only died 3 times and killed about 7 people is the fan favorite and everyone thinks he is going to win, there are about 15 people left. Well Madblood just goes insane, wiping everyone off the floor except striker, so its just between those two. Madblood who has dies 9 times and just gotten 14 kills, is now facing StrikerBlue for the title of the best, Striker loses 7 times in a row, each time fairly and justified, that Mad was the better player.
So striker say in the lobby ;_;
Madblood says "Good game"
And rhino goes to type Striker was own'd but instead of o he types P.
Pwn'd, is created but Sid and Dan never let Rhino let go of his mistake, and laughed at him, and pwn'd became famous and is used around the internet to this date as a huge spelling error.
Now the consequence of that spelling error, even though small, grew into a giant mockery of misused spelling... Words like h4x0r, or l33t, or teh n00b.
But as your wondering what my point is, Sin's entrance into this world was a consequence of Eve taking the fruit and eating it, disobeying god, which lead towards Adam eating it, then mankind punishment...
Something small and innocent that looks simple yet delicious, can still make a huge impact.
Don't let Satan trick you into thinking that, its just one time, or everyone else is doing it, or it can't be as bad as this or this sin...
Think before you act, and ask god to work through you, and when you make a mistake, instead of ignoring it and hoping no-one noticed like Rhino hoped for, ask for forgiveness, and maybe the consequence will be less bad.
Now the next time you are asked to mow the lawn, think about obeying your parent, or you could end up in the stomach of a giant two headed Human eating Grass monster's belly.
No, just me? Ok... ;_;
The little mistakes we make can come back to haunt us, and effect us later on.
Like a close friend of mine once stated, that the actions we choose to make will have a punishment or reward, as well as a consequence, but it best not be to think they are one and the same.
Punishment, under the "P" section of your dictionary, means an action carried out due to a result of something occurrence. Punishment, basically means something that is done to us after the fact. While as a consequence is more or less, once that something has occurred, it has set in motion a sequence and events that will lead to a reaction.
If you don't clean the dished, a punishment might be, being grounded in your room for a week, or having the King of Prague knocking on your door, and handing you a medal of bravery for standing up to the dragon that is your mother.
A consequence could be, your dishes will be left unclean, and you might have harmful bacteria on them the next time you go to eat, or the mold on the dishes comes to life, and attacks you while your sleeping, then taking its victory unto society, enslaving mankind to do its bidding.
I was talking with sid one day, about how he just got pwn'd in a video game he was playing, he corrected me, by telling me the tale of pown'd, which talks about consequences of our mistakes.
An online game, I forget the name but with the initials S.S. was pretty popular, but the game was being upgraded or bought out, and this was the last time all the players could get ranked, before the game ended.
Sid and Dan played ss, they were pretty good, but these were the elite of ss, so... Well yah...
A guy named Madblood, ranked #1 was in the match as well as a few others, including StrikerBlue, who was always like 2nd-3rd in rankings. Rhino was there too, he is good, but pretty dumb, always giving people a chuckle.
Anyway the game goes on, Sid and Dan are out pretty quick in this Space fighter elimination match if you die 10 times your out.
Madblood has 9 deaths and maybe one kill, he is totally losing, and Sid and Dan are talking in the lobby about the match going on, Rhino joins them after getting killed by StrikerBlue...
Striker who has only died 3 times and killed about 7 people is the fan favorite and everyone thinks he is going to win, there are about 15 people left. Well Madblood just goes insane, wiping everyone off the floor except striker, so its just between those two. Madblood who has dies 9 times and just gotten 14 kills, is now facing StrikerBlue for the title of the best, Striker loses 7 times in a row, each time fairly and justified, that Mad was the better player.
So striker say in the lobby ;_;
Madblood says "Good game"
And rhino goes to type Striker was own'd but instead of o he types P.
Pwn'd, is created but Sid and Dan never let Rhino let go of his mistake, and laughed at him, and pwn'd became famous and is used around the internet to this date as a huge spelling error.
Now the consequence of that spelling error, even though small, grew into a giant mockery of misused spelling... Words like h4x0r, or l33t, or teh n00b.
But as your wondering what my point is, Sin's entrance into this world was a consequence of Eve taking the fruit and eating it, disobeying god, which lead towards Adam eating it, then mankind punishment...
Something small and innocent that looks simple yet delicious, can still make a huge impact.
Don't let Satan trick you into thinking that, its just one time, or everyone else is doing it, or it can't be as bad as this or this sin...
Think before you act, and ask god to work through you, and when you make a mistake, instead of ignoring it and hoping no-one noticed like Rhino hoped for, ask for forgiveness, and maybe the consequence will be less bad.
Now the next time you are asked to mow the lawn, think about obeying your parent, or you could end up in the stomach of a giant two headed Human eating Grass monster's belly.
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