Holy junk....
Look at this photo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27166589@N00/1036568295
Awesome.
In the meantime I'm visiting family for a few days.
So I'll post something Friday night.
Also I'm looking to making this more of a casual blog with sometimes deep thoughts. Should work out great :-).
8.08.2007
8.06.2007
How Can I Believe?
Do I really believe all this God stuff is true that I'm posting about?
C. S. Lewis is more profound then I can ever hope of being. I found this quote of his on atheism a couple days ago and it struck me very hard.
"When I was an atheist my argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. What was I comparing this universe with when I called it unjust? If the whole show was bad and senseless from A to Z, so to speak, why did I, who was supposed to be part of the show, find myself in such violent reaction against it?... Thus in the very act of trying to prove that God did not exist--in other words, that the whole of reality was senseless. I found I was forced to assume that one part of reality--namely my idea of justice--was full of sense. Consequently atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning."-C. S. Lewis
Ok so I know it was really deep. Read it a couple times. You'll understand. The biggest thing to me though was the line I put in bold. "A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line".
Basically. How can you tell something is broken? By knowing what it looks like, how it should act, and what it's purpose is when it's in correct working order. So how can you call society, yourself, or other people messed up unless you have an idea of how it can be fixed? You don't look at something you have no clue how to work and call it messed up.
So... How do you know? How do you know what you're suppose to be like in your prime? What society is suppose to be like and how far astray we actually are? If you're a christian it's your faith and trust in The Bible that puts the thoughts of perfection in you. The hopes and dreams of a perfect world. But what if you're not a christian? If you don't believe in The Bible? What do you do then?
Start Believing. What else is there to do? You could listen to the nothingness of a world without God. Maybe something will pop up for you. It's hard to explain why you should believe in The Bible because to anybody who sits down and starts to read Matthew with an open mind it's hard to believe anything else. It's so simple and it clicks that this is the way it worked. That a 'big boom' didn't occur. That yes there are hairy men but they still look nothing like monkeys. That anything else you can think of just didn't happen because you are presented with it in a whole new light.
Try it out. Why not? What have you got to lose? Ten... Fifteen minutes? Big deal. If you don't want to what's holding you back? Are you afraid of what it might cost? How your life might change? Big deal. Do it. Don't hold back because you're afraid of what might happen. You'll never know until you try right?
Once you step out, it's yours to do with what you will.
C. S. Lewis is more profound then I can ever hope of being. I found this quote of his on atheism a couple days ago and it struck me very hard.
"When I was an atheist my argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. What was I comparing this universe with when I called it unjust? If the whole show was bad and senseless from A to Z, so to speak, why did I, who was supposed to be part of the show, find myself in such violent reaction against it?... Thus in the very act of trying to prove that God did not exist--in other words, that the whole of reality was senseless. I found I was forced to assume that one part of reality--namely my idea of justice--was full of sense. Consequently atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning."-C. S. Lewis
Ok so I know it was really deep. Read it a couple times. You'll understand. The biggest thing to me though was the line I put in bold. "A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line".
Basically. How can you tell something is broken? By knowing what it looks like, how it should act, and what it's purpose is when it's in correct working order. So how can you call society, yourself, or other people messed up unless you have an idea of how it can be fixed? You don't look at something you have no clue how to work and call it messed up.
So... How do you know? How do you know what you're suppose to be like in your prime? What society is suppose to be like and how far astray we actually are? If you're a christian it's your faith and trust in The Bible that puts the thoughts of perfection in you. The hopes and dreams of a perfect world. But what if you're not a christian? If you don't believe in The Bible? What do you do then?
Start Believing. What else is there to do? You could listen to the nothingness of a world without God. Maybe something will pop up for you. It's hard to explain why you should believe in The Bible because to anybody who sits down and starts to read Matthew with an open mind it's hard to believe anything else. It's so simple and it clicks that this is the way it worked. That a 'big boom' didn't occur. That yes there are hairy men but they still look nothing like monkeys. That anything else you can think of just didn't happen because you are presented with it in a whole new light.
Try it out. Why not? What have you got to lose? Ten... Fifteen minutes? Big deal. If you don't want to what's holding you back? Are you afraid of what it might cost? How your life might change? Big deal. Do it. Don't hold back because you're afraid of what might happen. You'll never know until you try right?
Once you step out, it's yours to do with what you will.
8.04.2007
Being Human.
I sat here for a while... Trying to figure out a good subject to post about.
And I felt kind of bad because I have a lot of drafts half-written. But I was trying to think of something that didn't focus on... God.
It was hopeless.
I know all of my posts go back on something to do with God. And if you examine the posts you realize that I'm typing about these because it's things that I struggle with myself. Then you have to ask yourself, "If he's struggling with all of these things, and he admits it, why is he trying to tell me how to make it better? Does he even listen to his own advice?"
The answer: I have no clue. And I try.
I'm clueless when it comes to why I do these things. Why do I blog about stuff that I'm struggling with? Isn't it suppose to be something private that you don't want anybody to know about? Why would you want someone to know that you aren't perfect? Because it helps me be human. I try not to hide anything I'm struggling with in hopes that someone out there that knows more than me can help me out. And what better way to make it public than a blog?
Helps you be human?! Yeah. I think a lot of us are caught up in trying to be more. Trying to be this robot that our parents want us to be. Trying to be this push-over that our friends or significant other would so love for us to be. And all any of us are is human. Don't try to be more than you are, or less for that matter. God made us as humans. He didn't make us animals or angels. So why should we try to act like them?
Not try to act like an angel? Yes. Angels were created before humans in the timeline of creation. But, angels are suppose to be perfect and holy and that's what God wants us to be right? He wants us to strive to be that way. He wants to know we have the desire to be closer to Him. We will never achieve the closeness we ultimately want while we're here on earth being what God made us to be. Humans. So understand you are human, you make mistakes, and you're not perfect. It's ok. God intended it to be that way.
God intended it to be that way? But Hoyt, Adam and Eve were made as perfect people. But once they sinned and ate the apple that's when we were condemned to mess up for the rest of our lives. So initially God wanted us to be perfect. Right? Kind of. Do you think, if God wanted us to be perfect after Eve ate the apple and offered it to Adam that God succumbed to us? Thought there was nothing more he could do? No. He could've wiped everything away again and started fresh. But he didn't. He chose to grant us the gift of free will. It's part of this grace thing God is good at. Be thankful. We don't deserve it but God saw fit to give it to us. Praise Him for it.
So you take your own advice, right? Ask anybody who ever gives advice. It's harder for somebody to listen to their own advice rather than take somebody else's. I try to listen to myself. To look at my blogs, know I'm struggling with whatever it might be, and help myself. But sometimes it doesn't work. But I hope it helps other people. I think when I'm done helping people, myself included, I'll be dead. I sure won't blog anymore after that happens eh?
And I felt kind of bad because I have a lot of drafts half-written. But I was trying to think of something that didn't focus on... God.
It was hopeless.
I know all of my posts go back on something to do with God. And if you examine the posts you realize that I'm typing about these because it's things that I struggle with myself. Then you have to ask yourself, "If he's struggling with all of these things, and he admits it, why is he trying to tell me how to make it better? Does he even listen to his own advice?"
The answer: I have no clue. And I try.
I'm clueless when it comes to why I do these things. Why do I blog about stuff that I'm struggling with? Isn't it suppose to be something private that you don't want anybody to know about? Why would you want someone to know that you aren't perfect? Because it helps me be human. I try not to hide anything I'm struggling with in hopes that someone out there that knows more than me can help me out. And what better way to make it public than a blog?
Helps you be human?! Yeah. I think a lot of us are caught up in trying to be more. Trying to be this robot that our parents want us to be. Trying to be this push-over that our friends or significant other would so love for us to be. And all any of us are is human. Don't try to be more than you are, or less for that matter. God made us as humans. He didn't make us animals or angels. So why should we try to act like them?
Not try to act like an angel? Yes. Angels were created before humans in the timeline of creation. But, angels are suppose to be perfect and holy and that's what God wants us to be right? He wants us to strive to be that way. He wants to know we have the desire to be closer to Him. We will never achieve the closeness we ultimately want while we're here on earth being what God made us to be. Humans. So understand you are human, you make mistakes, and you're not perfect. It's ok. God intended it to be that way.
God intended it to be that way? But Hoyt, Adam and Eve were made as perfect people. But once they sinned and ate the apple that's when we were condemned to mess up for the rest of our lives. So initially God wanted us to be perfect. Right? Kind of. Do you think, if God wanted us to be perfect after Eve ate the apple and offered it to Adam that God succumbed to us? Thought there was nothing more he could do? No. He could've wiped everything away again and started fresh. But he didn't. He chose to grant us the gift of free will. It's part of this grace thing God is good at. Be thankful. We don't deserve it but God saw fit to give it to us. Praise Him for it.
So you take your own advice, right? Ask anybody who ever gives advice. It's harder for somebody to listen to their own advice rather than take somebody else's. I try to listen to myself. To look at my blogs, know I'm struggling with whatever it might be, and help myself. But sometimes it doesn't work. But I hope it helps other people. I think when I'm done helping people, myself included, I'll be dead. I sure won't blog anymore after that happens eh?
8.02.2007
You value... what?
I lost $50 today.
I put it in my right front pocket to get it out later. And when later arrived, it was gone. It was a $50 dollar bill.
Was I disappointed? You bet I was. That's fifty bucks that I don't have anymore. And I looked for a good while around the house here and couldn't find it. My bet is I either lost it at Wal-Mart when my dad and I went to go get some stuff. Or I lost it when we sat down to eat some bbq at this place.
But I had to look at it this way. I'm going to make more money in the future. And it's only money. WHAT?!?!?!?
Yeah, it's only money. There's more of it. It's not a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to gain this money. And I don't personally believe in coincidence so to me, this happened for a reason. Maybe somebody who needed it more was going to walk by there today. A person that couldn't afford food for their baby or really needed just a little more money for the rent. So hey, it's all good. But what's more valuable to you?
Family. Family is awesome. I'm starting to realize how much you value it as-of-late. I'm spending time with my dad right now who I haven't been able to spend much time with in the past. And I love it. He's teaching me things that a guy is supposed to know and we're having all that father-son time you would expect two people to have. So it's awesome to have family. I've lived without a father for a while now, and even when I had a step-dad later in the times it wasn't enjoyable at all. So, people, especially teens, dislike their parents. Want to move away when their 18, or the soonest possible time. And never want to turn back. To move far away when college comes so they won't have to visit their parents because they made their teenage life a living hell. And that sucks. It sucks to have your parents treat you like they seem not to care. And often parents use the power they have for reasons even they don't know. But they DID raise you. Or foster parents raised you. Aka you had somebody that cared enough about you to not drop you off on the street. Look up the cost to 1.) have a kid 2.) furnish a room for your new kid 3.) feed another person in your life. It's a lot. So be thankful even if you don't like them. They could've been more mean.
Sleep. Sleep is valuable but come on. Get up before noon in the summer. Don't be lazy. You can get so much done in the morning and then have the afternoons off. I'm done with this one. Get up off your bum and do something. Atleast watch a morning talkshow.
Friends. Friends are awesome. Frickin' awesome. Get a best friend. A person you can tell everything to. Help get some stuff out. Get a group of friends who you enjoy being around. Who won't put you down and bring you up in every aspect of your life. I had a friend who always put me down and it sucked. I wasn't happy. Get you a friend who brings you up and you can have fun with. It will be awesome.
Breathing. That's awesome. Enjoy it. Because if it gets taken away you're dead. So try not to take it for granted.
Sorry this is a long post.
Opposite Sex. Yes. Women for me thank you. It's awesome. Just value them. Don't take them for granted because if their giving you the time of day be very thankful.
Hearing. Right now I'm listening to The Rise Guys podcast for today. It's awesome because I can hear it. Without my sense of hearing I wouldn't be able to listen to everything I do. It's weird eh? But it's awesome.
I could go on for a while about everything, but you understand right? Why not appreciate Jesus?
Jesus. Everything I named came from God. It's weird eh? How everything we appreciate has been GIVEN to you. Have you earned any of it? Did you pay your friends to keep you or your family to consummate you? Now you might have payed a women to keep you company but that's not morally right and you need to repent because at that moment she is very valuable to somebody and you're treating her like she's a piece of meat. Not cool man. So throw appreciation where it's due. That requires you to not take advantage of anything. And pray. Talk. Something I have to work on also. Do it. You didn't earn anything. It was given to you. So be thankful.
And it's only money.
I put it in my right front pocket to get it out later. And when later arrived, it was gone. It was a $50 dollar bill.
Was I disappointed? You bet I was. That's fifty bucks that I don't have anymore. And I looked for a good while around the house here and couldn't find it. My bet is I either lost it at Wal-Mart when my dad and I went to go get some stuff. Or I lost it when we sat down to eat some bbq at this place.
But I had to look at it this way. I'm going to make more money in the future. And it's only money. WHAT?!?!?!?
Yeah, it's only money. There's more of it. It's not a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to gain this money. And I don't personally believe in coincidence so to me, this happened for a reason. Maybe somebody who needed it more was going to walk by there today. A person that couldn't afford food for their baby or really needed just a little more money for the rent. So hey, it's all good. But what's more valuable to you?
Family. Family is awesome. I'm starting to realize how much you value it as-of-late. I'm spending time with my dad right now who I haven't been able to spend much time with in the past. And I love it. He's teaching me things that a guy is supposed to know and we're having all that father-son time you would expect two people to have. So it's awesome to have family. I've lived without a father for a while now, and even when I had a step-dad later in the times it wasn't enjoyable at all. So, people, especially teens, dislike their parents. Want to move away when their 18, or the soonest possible time. And never want to turn back. To move far away when college comes so they won't have to visit their parents because they made their teenage life a living hell. And that sucks. It sucks to have your parents treat you like they seem not to care. And often parents use the power they have for reasons even they don't know. But they DID raise you. Or foster parents raised you. Aka you had somebody that cared enough about you to not drop you off on the street. Look up the cost to 1.) have a kid 2.) furnish a room for your new kid 3.) feed another person in your life. It's a lot. So be thankful even if you don't like them. They could've been more mean.
Sleep. Sleep is valuable but come on. Get up before noon in the summer. Don't be lazy. You can get so much done in the morning and then have the afternoons off. I'm done with this one. Get up off your bum and do something. Atleast watch a morning talkshow.
Friends. Friends are awesome. Frickin' awesome. Get a best friend. A person you can tell everything to. Help get some stuff out. Get a group of friends who you enjoy being around. Who won't put you down and bring you up in every aspect of your life. I had a friend who always put me down and it sucked. I wasn't happy. Get you a friend who brings you up and you can have fun with. It will be awesome.
Breathing. That's awesome. Enjoy it. Because if it gets taken away you're dead. So try not to take it for granted.
Sorry this is a long post.
Opposite Sex. Yes. Women for me thank you. It's awesome. Just value them. Don't take them for granted because if their giving you the time of day be very thankful.
Hearing. Right now I'm listening to The Rise Guys podcast for today. It's awesome because I can hear it. Without my sense of hearing I wouldn't be able to listen to everything I do. It's weird eh? But it's awesome.
I could go on for a while about everything, but you understand right? Why not appreciate Jesus?
Jesus. Everything I named came from God. It's weird eh? How everything we appreciate has been GIVEN to you. Have you earned any of it? Did you pay your friends to keep you or your family to consummate you? Now you might have payed a women to keep you company but that's not morally right and you need to repent because at that moment she is very valuable to somebody and you're treating her like she's a piece of meat. Not cool man. So throw appreciation where it's due. That requires you to not take advantage of anything. And pray. Talk. Something I have to work on also. Do it. You didn't earn anything. It was given to you. So be thankful.
And it's only money.
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