Dangerous Business

It’s been so long since I have made any posts. I should feel ashamed of myself, however I am not. So, all two of you are probably not wondering what’s going on in my life right now. So, of course I am going to tell you. That is, I’ll tell you if I can figure it out myself. It’s a little bit confusing at the moment.

So, at the moment I am still out of a job. However, I am starting to do a couple things with my life, because I am getting seriously sick of sitting around. Like, seriously serious.
So, I have been doing a couple things with the church (designing and building a website, designing shirts, and other stuff). I have also recently started a script for a movie that I want to do in junction with the church for the youth group. I am not sure how I am going to get it all accomplished, but maybe it’ll come to something.

Really, that is about all that’s going on. Man, my life is not all that productive right now. About as productive as a pile of poo… steaming, and that’s about it. Not moving, at least to the naked eye. Wow. What a great annalogy. (Raises eyebrow.)

So anyway… to give me a little bit more filler, I am going to do this survey from Nikki’s blog. You don’t have to read it, it’s likely not going to be all that interesting anyway. Not to mention I do so many of them, that you probably know all the information already. How sad.

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If you knew you could not fail, what would you do?
I would be a writer and director, I do believe. I would love to write books and screenplays, then make them into movies. Man, so awesome.

What is your zodiac sign?
Saggitarious, or however you speel it.

Do you want to learn another language?
Gaelic of any and all sorts would be pretty sweet. Then no one could keep up with my conversations (in the States). It’s hard enough for them already.

5 things you can’t live without:
God, sustanance, sleep, friends, books.

Do you have any siblings?
I wish I did. Maybe life wouldn’t be so lonely.

If you could plan your ultimate vacation, where would you go?
Where WOULDN’T I go?

What mountain would you want to climb someday?
In a perfect world, I would say that I would love to climb Everest. However, I don’t know as if I will ever get around to it. Wouldn’t that be so amazing though? Standing at the top of the world. Any direction you look, you just see the uninterupted vastness of God’s glory and creation.

Say something to the person who tagged you:
Sup! I imagine I’ll talk to you tomorrow, however if I don’t, I’ll see you Thursday.

What do you think has been the greatest invention in your lifetime?
The internet, of course. Thanks Al Gore, you’re the best.

What kind of magazines do you read?
Covert Side

What’s your occupation?
Occupation? You mean, like a job? That’s a good one.

What’s really creepy?
According to a lot of people, I am. However, they change their mind once they get to know me. I’m a charmer… har har.

Who is your celebrity crush?
Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhm… To tell you the truth, I have no idea. I know there was someone, but I don’t remember who it was. I told Nikki not all that long ago… maybe she’ll leave a comment with who it was, if she remembers.

What’s your current fandom/obsession/addiction?
Well, my last one was Time Travelers Wife. However, at the moment I haven’t been able to put down my bible. It’s got so many great and inspiring stories in it. Which, a lot of people wouldn’t really view that as a good answer. So, other than that… I really am not into a whole lot right now.

What are you listening to right now?
Well, I was listening to Lara Ruggles myspace page a few minutes ago. I’ve been listening to a lot of Jars of Clay lately, though.

What are you most excited for?
I dunno. I guess I am looking forward to this weekend pretty good.

What websites do you always visit when you go online?
Facebook, DIII, and sometimes Twitter. I go a ton of other places too, but not every time.

What was the last thing you bought?
Stuff for dinner today, by not with my money. Mom sent me to the store for it. So, the last thing that I personally bought was a bowl of chili the other night at Wendy’s. Last thing that wasn’t food was, gasoline. Before that, some new pants at Wal*Mart.

What’s the closest you’ve come to becoming a pop star/winning an Oscar?
I have starred in several movies from Thirsty Dog Productions.

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Well, seizure!

I wonder why the Church cries for revival, but doesn’t do anything about it. They aren’t willing to get out of their comfort zone. It’s time to get uncomfortable. I am guilty of the same thing, but why have we gotten so complacent? Why …have we allowed sin to crawl into the very heart of what we hold dear? Christians sitting in their pew on Sunday morning, to look the part, then right back to wickedness by 3:00?

We need to shake the foundations, rattle some cages. Yes, people in the church might get offended, they might ask us to leave the church… but are we so afraid of that, that we won’t say what needs to be said?

Look at the apostles, they were beaten, stoned, even killed for saying things that others avoided. We should be taking inspiration from them. Don’t be afraid to commit yourself to God. This isn’t a time for pansies!

If you are threatened with your life, to stop serving the God who made ALL things, is he not big enough to take care of you?

Get off your pew, and jump around, Christians! Make some noise! You serve a mighty God! Why do you sit quietly? Are you afraid of being looked at as a crazy person?
Imagine what God is looking at you as, for not getting excited about him!!

Let us rise up! The time is approaching for a renewing of strength. I will not be silent! He is a mighty God, and he is worthy of all my worship, and of yours.

These are a couple of poems that I wrote while I was getting my oil changed the other day… I like the first one better.

Hell–
Always falling
ever weeping
pain and torture
no rest for the weary
what repreave
none I see
If only I had
made him my king
riches untold
water abound
loving father
solid ground
I refused him
now I fall
forever and always
will I crawl

Life–
In this world
I will travel
always looking
through the rabble
forever looking
for my place
will I find
that amazing grace
I was told
of amazing love
how can this be
for a sinner
like me?
does he know
of my foolish pride
when he comes
will I hide?
maybe I shall
take his hand
he shall lead me
to his promised land
I have found him
or has he found me?
Dark and disparing
I felt lonely
but now I know
the truth of life
a sinner needs
not to strife
he’s always waiting
with open arms
he will not let you
come to harm

I think Lauren gave me the knot in her neck. I woke up this morning, and my neck is hurting.

Anyway… I had a great time this weekend. I went over to Berry on Thursday night, and went to the weekly swing dance. I had an overall good time, but only danced like… four songs, because there was a lot of Latino musica being played… and I am not good enough to dance that yet.  So, I watched for the most part. It was fun watching everyone out there having a good time. (Other than the snogging that one couple was doing.)

For the most part, we really didn’t do a whole lot over the weekend… but we hung out and had a good time. It was fun enough that I didn’t notice we weren’t really doing much.
Beth and I got Lauren to watch V for Vendetta. That was pretty awesome. It’s been a while since I have seen it. I need to go buy another copy, as mine is missing. Maybe I should get it on Blu Ray, to speed up the process of getting a Blu Ray player.

There were so many pictures of me taken over the weekend, it’s ridiculous. I would have broken the card, had I realized they were all going to be put up for the world to see.
Though, there are a few good ones with Beth and Lauren with me that didn’t turn out bad.

Last night before I left Lauren, Beth, and I all prayed. Gosh, it felt good to do that with friends. It’s been a while since I have had anyone to pray with. It’s always nice to talk to Dad when you have people to share his love with.

Alright, I’m off… Not sure to what to do… but I am.

Today at work I had the most interesting conversation with a fellow at work. It was technically a series of conversations, but none-the-less…
We were talking about spiritual warfare, Satan, heaven, and spiritual gifts, pretty much every time we saw each other throughout the day. It was nice to be able to discuss that openly at work, and not have to fear about someone getting onto us about it.
There was another guy who was not a Christian (as far as I know), that was listening and started asking questions too. So, maybe God answered my prayer of being able to be a light to those in my workplace.

We had one of the regional supervisors get in on the conversation too. He argued that there absolutely would not be animals in heaven. I wanted to ask him how exactly he knew, if he had God’s telephone number, or something.

He was going on about how the whole point of heaven was for us to worship God, and that animals can’t worship God, so why would they be there?
I know we will be worshiping God, but… I have a hard time believing that God wouldn’t have things there for our happiness as well. Animals make people happy… why wouldn’t God put his creations of joy for his people, in Heaven?

He also said that I was crazy, because I thought I remembered something about Jesus coming back on a white horse in the end times. He was quite derogatory towards me when I said that. I get the feeling he doesn’t like me.

Anyway… it was still nice, being able to talk about it.

Edit: Aha… Here it is…
“And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.” — REVELATION 19:11