Ok, after all the comments I received from that last post I guess I aught to post a revision.
I guess what I mean, and what some of the comments showed me, is that my interests are often incompatible or different from those of others so I don't always have a common link with others that would make me interesting to them. I don't mean that I have a self esteem problem or that I think that I am actually boring but just that sometimes I think that some other people may find me boring whether or not they actually do.
Tuesday, November 30, 2004
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
Monday, November 15, 2004
today is almost over...
...and tommorow begins in ten minutes.
Everything was great. My speeches were great. Now I have to study for my Bible test tommorow at 8:00am. They are about to shut down the computer labs so I think I will go home and get a few hours sleep before the test. My brain is fuzzy.
Everything was great. My speeches were great. Now I have to study for my Bible test tommorow at 8:00am. They are about to shut down the computer labs so I think I will go home and get a few hours sleep before the test. My brain is fuzzy.
So much going on today
- two speeches to give
- two papers due (still have to write the two page one)
- math test to take
Tuesday, November 09, 2004
II Thess 1
3We ought always to thank God for you, brothers, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love every one of you has for each other is increasing. 4Therefore, among God's churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring. 5All this is evidence that God's judgment is right, and as a result you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering. 6God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you 7and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels. 8He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power 10on the day he comes to be glorified in his holy people and to be marveled at among all those who have believed. This includes you, because you believed our testimony to you. 11With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may count you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your faith. 12We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
I was reading this today and just thought I'd include the whole thing here. Verses 5 to 7 really spoke to me. Its great to know that God will be faithful through all our persucutions and trials. Its not in vain! And verse 12 too! Yes! It is my prayer that God would be glorified in me, in my life, and also all other christians. I say like Paul I am th eworst sinner. Its true. Of all the sinners I know, I know the worst things about myself. But God is faithful and is working in me so that He will be glorified in me. He will be faithful and just. It is not in vain!
I was reading this today and just thought I'd include the whole thing here. Verses 5 to 7 really spoke to me. Its great to know that God will be faithful through all our persucutions and trials. Its not in vain! And verse 12 too! Yes! It is my prayer that God would be glorified in me, in my life, and also all other christians. I say like Paul I am th eworst sinner. Its true. Of all the sinners I know, I know the worst things about myself. But God is faithful and is working in me so that He will be glorified in me. He will be faithful and just. It is not in vain!
Thursday, November 04, 2004
I want book
I want to read Let the Nations be Glad by John Piper. I started reading that book, but I never finished it because my dad had to return it to whomever he was borrowing it from. It's all about missions and why missions is important and so close to the 'heart' of God.
Wednesday, November 03, 2004
This is probobly my favorite poem.
The Gods Of The Copybook Headings
RUDYARD KIPLING
(Born December 30, 1865; died January 17, 1936)
As I pass through my incarnations in every age and race,
I make my proper prostrations to the Gods of the Market-Place.
Peering through reverent fingers I watch them flourish and fall,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings, I notice, outlast them all.
We were living in trees when they met us. They showed us each in turn
That Water would certainly wet us, as Fire would certainly burn:
But we found them lacking in Uplift, Vision and Breadth of Mind,
So we left them to teach the Gorillas while we followed the March of Mankind.
We moved as the Spirit listed. They never altered their pace.
Being neither cloud nor wind-borne like the Gods of the Market-Place;
But they always caught up with our progress, and presently word would come
That a tribe had been wiped off its icefield, or the lights had gone out in Rome.
With the Hopes that our World is built on they were utterly out of touch.
They denied that the Moon was Stilton; they denied she was even Dutch.
They denied that Wishes were horses; they denied that pigs had wings.
So we worshiped the Gods of the Market Who promised these beautiful things.
When the Cambrian measures were forming, They promised perpetual peace.
They swore, if we gave them our weapons, that the wars of the tribes would cease.
But when we disarmed They sold us and delivered us bound to our foe,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "Stick to the Devil you know."
On the first Feminian Sandstones we were promised the Fuller Life
(Which started by loving our neighbour and ended by loving his wife)
Till our women had no more children and the men lost reason and faith,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "The Wages of Sin is Death."
In the Carboniferous Epoch we were promised abundance for all,
By robbing selected Peter to pay for collective Paul;
But, though we had plenty of money, there was nothing our money could buy,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "If you don't work you die."
Then the Gods of the Market tumbled, and their smooth-tongued wizards withdrew,
And the hearts of the meanest were humbled and began to believe it was true
That all is not Gold that Glitters, and Two and Two make Four-
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings limped up to explain it once more.
* * * * *
As it will be in the future, it was at the birth of Man-
There are only four things certain since Social Progress began-
That the Dog returns to his Vomit and the Sow returns to her Mire,
And the burnt Fool's bandaged finger goes wabbling back to the Fire;
And that after this is accomplished, and the brave new world begins
When all men are paid for existing and no man must pay for his sins,
As surely as Water will wet us, as surely as fire will burn,
The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!
The Gods Of The Copybook Headings
RUDYARD KIPLING
(Born December 30, 1865; died January 17, 1936)
As I pass through my incarnations in every age and race,
I make my proper prostrations to the Gods of the Market-Place.
Peering through reverent fingers I watch them flourish and fall,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings, I notice, outlast them all.
We were living in trees when they met us. They showed us each in turn
That Water would certainly wet us, as Fire would certainly burn:
But we found them lacking in Uplift, Vision and Breadth of Mind,
So we left them to teach the Gorillas while we followed the March of Mankind.
We moved as the Spirit listed. They never altered their pace.
Being neither cloud nor wind-borne like the Gods of the Market-Place;
But they always caught up with our progress, and presently word would come
That a tribe had been wiped off its icefield, or the lights had gone out in Rome.
With the Hopes that our World is built on they were utterly out of touch.
They denied that the Moon was Stilton; they denied she was even Dutch.
They denied that Wishes were horses; they denied that pigs had wings.
So we worshiped the Gods of the Market Who promised these beautiful things.
When the Cambrian measures were forming, They promised perpetual peace.
They swore, if we gave them our weapons, that the wars of the tribes would cease.
But when we disarmed They sold us and delivered us bound to our foe,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "Stick to the Devil you know."
On the first Feminian Sandstones we were promised the Fuller Life
(Which started by loving our neighbour and ended by loving his wife)
Till our women had no more children and the men lost reason and faith,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "The Wages of Sin is Death."
In the Carboniferous Epoch we were promised abundance for all,
By robbing selected Peter to pay for collective Paul;
But, though we had plenty of money, there was nothing our money could buy,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "If you don't work you die."
Then the Gods of the Market tumbled, and their smooth-tongued wizards withdrew,
And the hearts of the meanest were humbled and began to believe it was true
That all is not Gold that Glitters, and Two and Two make Four-
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings limped up to explain it once more.
* * * * *
As it will be in the future, it was at the birth of Man-
There are only four things certain since Social Progress began-
That the Dog returns to his Vomit and the Sow returns to her Mire,
And the burnt Fool's bandaged finger goes wabbling back to the Fire;
And that after this is accomplished, and the brave new world begins
When all men are paid for existing and no man must pay for his sins,
As surely as Water will wet us, as surely as fire will burn,
The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!
Tuesday, November 02, 2004
my favorite books
My favorite books (just the ones I've read)
by C.S.Lewis:
by C.S.Lewis:
- Mere Christianity
- An Experiment in Chriticism
- The Space Trilogy: Out of the Silent Planet; Peralandria; That Hideous Strength
by John Piper:
- The Dangerous Duty of Delight
- Future Grace
by Mark Twain:
- Roughing It
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Aurther's Court
by Charles Dickens:
- Nicholas Nickleby
- Oliver Twist
- Great Expectations
- David Copperfield
by Victor Hugo:
- Les Miserables
by God:
- The Bible
Monday, November 01, 2004
Pascal, Lewis, Edwards, Piper
Pascal, Lewis, Edwards, Piper. Four authors.
These four authors all have something in common. They all talk about joy and pleasure and how that is the motivation for every action that a human being makes.
I am a christian hedonist. What does this mean? It means that I live for pleasure. How? By obeying God and living for Him. That is how God designed us to live and that is how I try to live. We can only really follow God if we live for Him and we will only be able to live for God when we realize that we will only find true satisfaction in him. If this sounds strange and perhaps heretical realize that it is not my own idea. It comes from the Bible and is touted by the four authors mentioned above. For instance, I quote Pascal , "All men seek happiness. This is without exception. Whatever different means they employ, they all tend to this end. The cause of some going to war and others avoiding it is the same desire in both attended with different views. This is the motive of every action of every man, even of those who hang themselves." I have just been thinking alot about these ideas and I just wanted to put some of those thoughts here.
These four authors all have something in common. They all talk about joy and pleasure and how that is the motivation for every action that a human being makes.
I am a christian hedonist. What does this mean? It means that I live for pleasure. How? By obeying God and living for Him. That is how God designed us to live and that is how I try to live. We can only really follow God if we live for Him and we will only be able to live for God when we realize that we will only find true satisfaction in him. If this sounds strange and perhaps heretical realize that it is not my own idea. It comes from the Bible and is touted by the four authors mentioned above. For instance, I quote Pascal , "All men seek happiness. This is without exception. Whatever different means they employ, they all tend to this end. The cause of some going to war and others avoiding it is the same desire in both attended with different views. This is the motive of every action of every man, even of those who hang themselves." I have just been thinking alot about these ideas and I just wanted to put some of those thoughts here.
My newest post ever
I just finished my project. My project was an HTML based CD of John Piper's sermons and articles. It was great and I hope a lot of people are edified by that. John Piper has an amazing ministry. If anyone wants a copy of the CD just post a comment stating that or email me or just get in touch with me somehow. Anyway I loved working on that project. I stayed up till two am one night working on it. Now I'll have to find something else to do. Maybe I could do a sequel. Naw, maybe not. I have a test in a few minutes and I really ought to study for it. So I will end this post at this point.
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