tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43351489328561324192024-02-08T07:50:32.171-05:00My Lion and Wild Goose ChaseSearching for God in a Moving WorldChuckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766160771692173278noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4335148932856132419.post-66282898804689997452009-11-24T13:17:00.002-05:002009-11-24T13:43:30.685-05:00QuestionsSo since Thurs night when my grandma died I've had lots of questions running through my head. Not sure how to express them all. But the big one right now is that I'm questioning how I'm feeling. <div><br /></div><div>You know humanly speaking I'm supposed to be sad right now. I do but more for the other people who are affected by her death. The only problem is that I feel happier than I do sad. Not because I'm glad she's gone but because she's no longer in pain. She no longer has to worry about her heart, diabetes, and all her medication that went with it. She is now living in a total worry free world. </div><div><br /></div><div>Five years and three months ago my Uncle Nathaniel died. At the graveside service I had this small picture play through my mind of my grandma meeting him and telling him all things that have happened in the last five years. It brought me to tears but it was a mourning of joy. </div><div><br /></div><div>Maybe it's alright if I feel this way but I am questioning it right now. </div>Chuckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766160771692173278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4335148932856132419.post-79990262589995038062009-11-12T10:33:00.000-05:002009-11-12T10:34:47.606-05:00Talk by Coldplay<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 11px; ">Oh brother I can't, I can't get through<br />I've been trying hard to reach you<br />Cos I don't know what to do<br />Oh brother I can't believe it's true<br />I'm so scared about the future and<br />I want to talk to you<br />Oh I want to talk to you<br /><br />You can take a picture of something you see<br />In the future where will I be?<br />You can climb a ladder up to the sun<br />Or write a song nobody has sung, or do<br />Something that's never been done<br /><br />Are you lost or incomplete?<br />Do you feel like a puzzle?<br />You can't find your missing piece<br />Tell me how do you feel?<br />Well I feel like they're talking in a language I don't speak<br />And they're talking it to me<br /><br />So you take a picture of something you see<br />In the future where will I be?<br />You can climb a ladder up to the sun<br />Or write a song nobody has sung, or do<br />Something that's never been done, or do<br />Something that's never been done<br /><br />So you don't know where you're going<br />But you want to talk<br />And you feel like you're going where you've been before<br />You'll tell anyone who will listen but you feel ignored<br />Nothing's really making any sense at all<br /><br />Let's talk<br />Let's talk<br /><br />Let's talk<br />Let's talk</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">So I've started listening to Coldplay recently. I'm liking them a lot.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></span></div>Chuckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766160771692173278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4335148932856132419.post-60594874517076511172009-04-04T09:18:00.003-04:002009-04-04T09:24:17.788-04:00WhoSo who is God? I've been taught all my life who God is supposed to be. He is the all knowing, sin hating, human lover, creator of this world. <div><br /></div><div>My thinking of him has been majorly shattered in the last few weeks. Or maybe it hasn't. Maybe some of the things that i have been taught I have come to more of a realization of them. Not sure anymore. </div>Chuckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766160771692173278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4335148932856132419.post-41552299765547042422009-03-14T15:03:00.000-04:002009-03-14T15:05:51.215-04:00Infant Salvation<p class="MsoNormal">I had an interesting thought today about Jesus and salvation.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>When Jesus was born, it was the invasion of earth by God and his power.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Satan had control of most of the world.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>But the entrance of a Savior of the World could change that for him.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Satan immediately tries to get rid of Jesus.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>He used the wise men who were coming to worship Jesus to make Herod mad and want to get rid of Him.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>But what would have happened if Herod would have killed Jesus?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Could God have used the death of an infant to save the world? </p>Chuckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766160771692173278noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4335148932856132419.post-67805339536985595612009-02-13T16:37:00.005-05:002009-02-16T11:33:02.782-05:00Leaving the Mennonitesok ok your probably jumping to conclusions when you read that title. "Wait he's leaving us, sombody stop him." No that is not true. But I did come across some a very interesting article(s) by an ex mennonite only a few years older than myself. <div><br /></div><div>He starts out with the beginnings of his questioning the mennonite belief system. I found it very interesting that he points back to music as the beginning of his journey. I can somewhat relate to that. I found it challenging that he not only questioned the beliefs in his church but also thought through them himself. I find myself disagreeing with people sometimes but not really studying it myself. Check out the first article <a href="http://www.xanga.com/futureastronaut/679890987/item/">here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'm impressed with how he opens himself up in article 2. You can see that his attitude is right. By right, I mean that he is not lashing out at the Mennonite beliefs. As seen in later articles, he did not leave only because of his disagreements. He also put a lot of thought into his decision. He tried to keep healthy relationships inside the church even when he was deciding to leave. Check out the second article <a href="http://www.xanga.com/futureastronaut/680254186/why-i-left-the-mennonite-church-part-2/">here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Part three is less about what he believes and more on what he thinks the mennonite church could inprove in. It is specifically directed toward older people who struggle to understand younger people. He gives three major ideas that youth generally have that older people tend to forget. He also notices the gap between the older and younger generation, which is not the way the church should be and it hurts both sides. Check out article three <a href="http://www.xanga.com/futureastronaut/681181455/why-i-left-the-mennonite-church-part-3a/">here</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div>The fourth and final article is somewhat of a continuation of the third although this one is directed toward dissatisfied youth. He gives some very good insites on keeping relationships healthy within the church even if you are thinking of leaving. Just because you may want out, doesn't mean the people in the church don't love you for who you are. Check out article four <a href="http://www.xanga.com/futureastronaut/681681273/why-i-left-the-mennonite-church-part-3b/">here</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div>I have been blessed to hear the thought processes of someone who has left the Mennonite church. Sometimes we get caught up in all that is wrong in our Churches and Youth groups that we forget how much community and life we have. I want to continue the good and work on improving everything. Sure it won't always be always but it was I want to continue to do. </div>Chuckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766160771692173278noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4335148932856132419.post-11528957655292544582009-02-07T15:37:00.000-05:002009-02-07T15:39:00.831-05:00DO HARD THINGS<p class="MsoNormal">Just finished reading Do Hard Things by Alex & Brett Harris.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I’d recommend this book for any teenager looking for something else in life.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The authors also started the Rebelution website.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The book gives an insight into the low expectations our culture has for teenagers.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Think about, if we do something to strive for excellence, the first thing most ppl say is, “At least there not doing drugs, having sex, etc.”<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Well it doesn’t have to be that way.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Teenage years are not the time to party and have fun.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Not necessarily that you can’t have fun, but that should not be the main focus.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">We need to strive above and beyond what the cultural norm is.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>We need to DO HARD THINGS.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Whether that be doing little normal things continually day after day or joining forces with other ppl to decrease world hunger.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>All are part of the kingdom of God.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>We Don’t need to wait until we are “grownup” to further the kingdom of God.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Personally, I need to continue searching for God and finding what he wants me to strive for.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>There are so many things I can do.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>But am I willing.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Are we willing to do what God wants us to do?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Are we willing to lay aside our own ambitions for the kingdom of God?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p>Chuckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766160771692173278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4335148932856132419.post-36238478991170113442009-02-05T08:29:00.002-05:002009-02-05T08:35:10.313-05:00Hands Held High by Linkin Park<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; ">In my living room watching but I am not laughing<br />Cause when it gets tense I know what might happen<br /><br />World is cold the bold men take action<br />Have to react to get blown into fractions<br /><br />Ten years old is something to see<br />Another kid my age drug under the jeep<br /><br />Taken and bound and found later under the tree<br />I wonder if he thought the next one could be me<br /><br />Do you see the soldiers they're out today<br />They brush the guts with bullet proof vests away<br /><br />It's ironic at times like this you pray<br />But a bomb blew up the mosque yesterday<br /><br />There's bombs in the buses, bikes, roads<br />Inside your market, your shops, your clothes<br /><br />My dad he's got a lot of fear I know<br />But enough pride inside not to let that show<br /><br />My brother had a book he would hold with pride<br />A little red cover with a broken spine<br /><br />On the back, he handwrote a quote inside<br />When the rich wage war it's the poor who die<br /><br />Meanwhile, the leader just talks away<br />Stuttering and mumbling for nightly news to replay<br /><br />And the rest of the world watching at the end of the day<br />In their living room laughing like "what did he say?"<br /><br />[Chorus]<br />Amen<br />Amen<br />Amen<br />Amen<br />Amen<br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;">I've heard this song several times the last few weeks but never really heard the lyrics until yesterday. The second verse is amazing. It's somewhat humorous how it pokes fun at the government in a round about way. </span></div>Chuckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766160771692173278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4335148932856132419.post-66902703057531222182009-01-30T14:18:00.002-05:002009-01-30T14:28:16.706-05:00Beautiful Day by U2<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:11px;">The heart is a bloom <br />Shoots up through the stony ground <br />There's no room <br />No space to rent in this town <br /><br />You're out of luck <br />And the reason that you had to care <br />The traffic is stuck <br />And you're not moving anywhere <br /><br />You thought you'd found a friend <br />To take you out of this place <br />Someone you could lend a hand <br />In return for grace <br /><br />It's a beautiful day <br />Sky falls, you feel like <br />It's a beautiful day <br />Don't let it get away <br /><br />You're on the road <br />But you've got no destination <br />You're in the mud <br />In the maze of her imagination <br /><br />You love this town <br />Even if that doesn't ring true <br />You've been all over <br />And it's been all over you <br /><br />It's a beautiful day <br />Don't let it get away <br />It's a beautiful day <br /><br />Touch me <br />Take me to that other place <br />Teach me <br />I know I'm not a hopeless case <br /><br />See the world in green and blue <br />See China right in front of you <br />See the canyons broken by cloud <br />See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out <br />See the Bedouin fires at night <br />See the oil fields at first light <br />And see the bird with a leaf in her mouth <br />After the flood all the colors came out <br /><br />It was a beautiful day <br />Don't let it get away <br />Beautiful day <br /><br />Touch me <br />Take me to that other place <br />Reach me <br />I know I'm not a hopeless case <br /><br />What you don't have you don't need it now <br />What you don't know you can feel it somehow <br />What you don't have you don't need it now <br />Don't need it now <br />Was a beautiful day </span>Chuckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766160771692173278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4335148932856132419.post-84142393116044813242009-01-22T13:45:00.004-05:002009-01-22T13:55:41.992-05:00They All Fall Down<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e398c0295b000100e398df511f0005-pi"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 228px; height: 211px;" src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e398c0295b000100e398df511f0005-pi" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">To the naked, untrained eye<br />Who can't see time fly by<br />Revolving on a carousel<br />Living life like a modern day fairytale...<br />Slow mo', urgent message gets a no-go<br />What fo'<br />Can't nobody tell you<br />Everything is lovey dovey<br />Till your plans fall through...<br />They all fall down<br /></div><br />These are the lyrics to the song <span style="font-style: italic;">They All Fall Down </span>by Grits (a hip-hop band for those who don't know) It's kinda the expression of my life right now. Not knowing exactly which way to go. Then when you think you know where you're going you fall flat on your face. You get up to face the world again to find God waiting to push you on.Chuckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766160771692173278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4335148932856132419.post-18532752067073072292009-01-16T15:35:00.000-05:002009-01-16T15:35:22.624-05:00storyThis is an incredible <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?section=magazine&id=3789373">story</a>.<br /><br />I have no idea if Kris Hogan is a Christian or not. I do know one thing, he portrayed the attitude and actions of someone who is following Christ. Praise God, there are people in this world who will sacrifice to give someone else a glimpse of hope.Chuckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766160771692173278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4335148932856132419.post-55600562898639670792009-01-13T16:36:00.001-05:002009-01-13T16:38:23.766-05:00I Don't Want to Fight by Derek Webb<p style="font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong>I don’t want to be right anymore<br />I don’t want to be good<br />I don’t want to change your mind<br />to feel it like I do</strong></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong>I don’t wanna sell graves<br />peddle them door to door<br />a little something to ease your mind<br />and prepare you for what’s in store</strong></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><em>[Chorus]</em><br />I don’t want to fight<br />brother I’m not joking about peace<br />we can have it here tonight<br />it all comes down to you and me</strong></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong>you never asked me to save anyone<br />not in whole or in part<br />like I was some kind of Holy Ghost<br />come to change their hearts</strong></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><em>[Chorus]</em></strong></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong>you know the tree by the fruit<br />but just between me and you<br />I never do what I want<br />I do what I’m taught<br />and I’ve been learning a lot<br />about the violence I’m capable of</strong></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong>so I’m walking away from this<br />before I hurt someone<br />’cause I’m facing enemies<br />on both sides of the gun</strong></span></p>Chuckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766160771692173278noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4335148932856132419.post-823490563979098362009-01-08T09:12:00.003-05:002009-01-08T09:18:35.945-05:00Lay It Down by Matt Maher<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Everything I am</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> Everything I long to be</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> I lay it down at Your feet</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> Everything I am<br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> Everything I long to be</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />I lay it down at Your feet</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> I lay it down</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> I lay it down</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> I lay it down</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> At Your feet</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> Oh pearl of greatest price</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> No act of sacrifice</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> Can match the gift of life I find within Your gaze</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> Oh, what a sweet exchange </span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> I die to rise again<br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> Lifted up from the grave into Your hands of grace</span></span>Chuckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766160771692173278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4335148932856132419.post-30543634043735837072009-01-07T15:57:00.002-05:002009-01-07T16:37:43.071-05:00Movie Makers<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">I've been following a story on <a href="http://www.therebelution.com/blog/">The Rebelution</a>. The event is the fifth annual San Antonio <a href="http://www.independentchristianfilms.com/">Independent Christian Film Festival</a> and the Fourth annual <a href="http://www.independentchristianfilms.com/academy/">Christian Filmmakers Acadamy</a>. Amazing, over 450 people attended. They started on Monday and will continue through Saturday. It is amazing the amount of people inside the Christian domain who are interested in making movies. <br /><br />The things they are talking about are quite interesting. On Tuesday they had a man who actually made a fight scene. <br /><br />Today Stephen Kendrick was speaking. He is the producer of three films, Flywheel, Facing The Giants, and Fireproof. <br /></span></span>Chuckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766160771692173278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4335148932856132419.post-69818381100281997012009-01-06T08:33:00.001-05:002009-01-06T08:35:58.819-05:00Numb by Linkin Park<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">I'm tired of being what you want me to be<br />Feeling so faithless lost under the surface<br />Don't know what you're expecting of me<br />Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes<br />(Caught in the undertone just caught in the undertone)<br />Every step I take is another mistake to you<br />(Caught in the undertone just caught in the undertone)<br /><br />I've become so numb I can't feel you there<br />I've become so tired so much more aware<br />I've becoming this all I want to do<br />Is be more like me and be less like you<br /><br />Can't you see that you're smothering me<br />Holding too tightly afraid to lose control<br />Cause everything that you thought I would be<br />Has fallen apart right in front of you<br />(Caught in the undertone just caught in the undertone)<br />Every step that I take is another mistake to you<br />(Caught in the undertone just caught in the undertone)<br />And every second I waste is more than I can take<br /><br />I've become so numb I can't feel you there<br />I've become so tired so much more aware<br />I've becoming this all I want to do<br />Is be more like me and be less like you<br /><br />And I know<br />I may end up failing too<br />But I know<br />You were just like me with someone disappointed in you<br /><br />I've become so numb I can't feel you there<br />I've become so tired so much more aware<br />I've becoming this all I want to do<br />Is be more like me and be less like you<br /></span>Chuckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766160771692173278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4335148932856132419.post-75591105693344565462009-01-02T09:15:00.001-05:002009-01-02T09:25:13.282-05:00“We Really Do Need Each Other”<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">by Reuben Welch <br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">You know something—</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">we’re all just people who need each other.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We’re all learning</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">and we’ve all got a long journey ahead of us.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We’ve got to go together</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">and if it takes us until Jesus comes</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">we better stay together</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">we better help each other.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">And I dare say</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">that by the time we get there </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">all the sandwiches will be gone</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">and all the chocolate will be gone</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">and all the water will be gone</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">and all the backpacks will be empty. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">But no mater how long it takes us</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">we’ve got to go together.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Because that’s how it is</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">in the body of Christ.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">It’s all of us</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">in love</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">in care</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">in support</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">in mutuality—</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">we really do need each other.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Between the lines</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">is</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">not </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">automatic.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I am personally responsible.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">So are you.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></p>Chuckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766160771692173278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4335148932856132419.post-49719241031528584382008-12-16T09:09:00.003-05:002008-12-16T09:29:15.418-05:00Sunrise<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">You wanna sound off but you can't find the words to</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">Nothin' makes sense in the way that it used to</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">Can't find the plus in the positive thinking<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">The well's run dry and you're not done drinking<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">Clouds start comin' and the sky will fall<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">Clock stares back from the bedroom wall<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">Now you're breathin' just to make it through the night<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">All you need is a sunrise<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">Just a moment of dawn<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">If you're lost in the twilight<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">Close your eyes and move on<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">When you're tired in the waiting<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">Even though it's gonna take you<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">A little more time<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">Just a little more time the sun's gonna find you<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">Holding your days like a stack of paper<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">Then you're chasing the wind as the pages scatter<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">You can save a few but you can't get 'em all back<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">So get out fast with your heart in tact<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">Find yourself on the very edge<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">Lying awake in an empty bed<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">Now you're breathin' just to make it thru the night<br /></span></span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">--Brandon Heath</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: pre;font-family:'times new roman';font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div>Chuckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766160771692173278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4335148932856132419.post-22616908747284353372008-12-10T13:30:00.003-05:002008-12-10T14:26:24.583-05:00Tied by a Thread<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Came across these articles talking about youth and their potential. Our society trains us into thinking that we cannot do anything big. THAT IS A LIE. Youth can have a huge impact on the world around them. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">We must not allow ourselves to be forced into the mold the world has made for us. We need to live for God. We must do HARD things. Since it is not required of us, we will not do it unless we want to. So let's not be tied by the "thread", let's break loose. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Here are the two articles. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2005/08/myth-of-adolescence-part-1/">Part 1</a> and <a href="http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2005/08/myth-of-adolescence-part-2/">part 2 </a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Peace</span></div></div>Chuckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766160771692173278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4335148932856132419.post-27623111795151874492008-12-08T12:09:00.003-05:002008-12-08T12:18:30.920-05:00Shattered Dreams<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">Dreams</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">Shattered across the floor</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">Of your life</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);"><br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">Scattered through the field</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">Of your thoughts</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">Splintered into pieces</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">By your head</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);"> </span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">Crushing the spirit </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">That brought you to life</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">Causing the tears</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">To flow from the heart</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);"> </span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">Watering the earth </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">Beneath you</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">Looking for dreams </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">To continue</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);"> </span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">Dreaming, looking, daring</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">For something</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">Something not of the earth</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">Out of the mind</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);"> </span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">Something, dare said</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">Heavenly</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">Yes, Spiritually stimulating</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">For dreams to continue</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);"> </span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">Dreams are sown</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">To prosper and grow </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">To take the place </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">Of dead dreams</span></span></p>Chuckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766160771692173278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4335148932856132419.post-6108757732472773352008-12-03T12:44:00.003-05:002008-12-03T13:14:36.907-05:00My Own Backyard<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">And there are far away places<br />That I would like to think<br />Keep all the world's suffering<br />At a safe arm's length<br />But I can't keep pretending<br />When I only have to look as far<br />As my own back yard</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;">-<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; ">Geoff Moore</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-weight: bold; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman'; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; ">How long do we think we can keep the suffering of the world out of sight tucked away where only those who experience know about it? Do we deny the suffering in the world? Not only by our words but also by our actions? </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman'; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman'; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; ">How often while walking down the street do I ignore the dirty man sitting alone on the sidewalk? Most of the time I don't even make eye contact with him. I just walk on by not thinking twice about someone else but about my own comfort. </span></div>Chuckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766160771692173278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4335148932856132419.post-24663695922000676222008-12-01T08:45:00.001-05:002008-12-01T08:46:48.971-05:00I Dare You to Move<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; ">Welcome to the planet<br />Welcome to existence<br />Everyone's here<br />Everybody's watching you now<br />Everybody waits for you now<br />What happens next<br /><br />I dare you to move<br />I dare you to move<br />I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor<br />I dare you to move<br />I dare you to move<br />Like today never happened<br />Today never happened before<br /><br />Welcome to the fallout<br />Welcome to resistence<br />The tension is here<br />Between who you are and you could be<br />Between how it is and how it should be<br /><br />Maybe redemption has stories to tell<br />Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell<br />Where can you run to escape from yourself?<br />Where you gonna go?<br />Where you gonna go?<br />Salvation is here</span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;">-Switchfoot</span></div>Chuckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766160771692173278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4335148932856132419.post-31947634939107368562008-11-26T12:30:00.003-05:002008-11-26T15:49:44.103-05:00ok so here goes my blog. I have no idea what will end up in this thing but we'll find out. <div><br /><div>God is amazing right now. He has been working like it is unbelievable. His grace and mercy are awesome. He has shown himself strong in relationships, in ministry, and almost everything around me. </div><div><br /></div><div>Question i'd like to hear feedback on</div><div>Does God stop working sometimes or Do we not look for Him working all the time?</div><div><br /></div><div>Peace out</div></div>Chuckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766160771692173278noreply@blogger.com0