Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Questions
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Talk by Coldplay
I've been trying hard to reach you
Cos I don't know what to do
Oh brother I can't believe it's true
I'm so scared about the future and
I want to talk to you
Oh I want to talk to you
You can take a picture of something you see
In the future where will I be?
You can climb a ladder up to the sun
Or write a song nobody has sung, or do
Something that's never been done
Are you lost or incomplete?
Do you feel like a puzzle?
You can't find your missing piece
Tell me how do you feel?
Well I feel like they're talking in a language I don't speak
And they're talking it to me
So you take a picture of something you see
In the future where will I be?
You can climb a ladder up to the sun
Or write a song nobody has sung, or do
Something that's never been done, or do
Something that's never been done
So you don't know where you're going
But you want to talk
And you feel like you're going where you've been before
You'll tell anyone who will listen but you feel ignored
Nothing's really making any sense at all
Let's talk
Let's talk
Let's talk
Let's talk
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Who
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Infant Salvation
I had an interesting thought today about Jesus and salvation. When Jesus was born, it was the invasion of earth by God and his power. Satan had control of most of the world. But the entrance of a Savior of the World could change that for him. Satan immediately tries to get rid of Jesus. He used the wise men who were coming to worship Jesus to make Herod mad and want to get rid of Him. But what would have happened if Herod would have killed Jesus? Could God have used the death of an infant to save the world?
Friday, February 13, 2009
Leaving the Mennonites
Saturday, February 7, 2009
DO HARD THINGS
Just finished reading Do Hard Things by Alex & Brett Harris. I’d recommend this book for any teenager looking for something else in life. The authors also started the Rebelution website.
The book gives an insight into the low expectations our culture has for teenagers. 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.” Well it doesn’t have to be that way. Teenage years are not the time to party and have fun. Not necessarily that you can’t have fun, but that should not be the main focus.
We need to strive above and beyond what the cultural norm is. We need to DO HARD THINGS. Whether that be doing little normal things continually day after day or joining forces with other ppl to decrease world hunger. All are part of the kingdom of God. We Don’t need to wait until we are “grownup” to further the kingdom of God.
Personally, I need to continue searching for God and finding what he wants me to strive for. There are so many things I can do. But am I willing. Are we willing to do what God wants us to do? Are we willing to lay aside our own ambitions for the kingdom of God?
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Hands Held High by Linkin Park
Cause when it gets tense I know what might happen
World is cold the bold men take action
Have to react to get blown into fractions
Ten years old is something to see
Another kid my age drug under the jeep
Taken and bound and found later under the tree
I wonder if he thought the next one could be me
Do you see the soldiers they're out today
They brush the guts with bullet proof vests away
It's ironic at times like this you pray
But a bomb blew up the mosque yesterday
There's bombs in the buses, bikes, roads
Inside your market, your shops, your clothes
My dad he's got a lot of fear I know
But enough pride inside not to let that show
My brother had a book he would hold with pride
A little red cover with a broken spine
On the back, he handwrote a quote inside
When the rich wage war it's the poor who die
Meanwhile, the leader just talks away
Stuttering and mumbling for nightly news to replay
And the rest of the world watching at the end of the day
In their living room laughing like "what did he say?"
[Chorus]
Amen
Amen
Amen
Amen
Amen
Friday, January 30, 2009
Beautiful Day by U2
Shoots up through the stony ground
There's no room
No space to rent in this town
You're out of luck
And the reason that you had to care
The traffic is stuck
And you're not moving anywhere
You thought you'd found a friend
To take you out of this place
Someone you could lend a hand
In return for grace
It's a beautiful day
Sky falls, you feel like
It's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away
You're on the road
But you've got no destination
You're in the mud
In the maze of her imagination
You love this town
Even if that doesn't ring true
You've been all over
And it's been all over you
It's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away
It's a beautiful day
Touch me
Take me to that other place
Teach me
I know I'm not a hopeless case
See the world in green and blue
See China right in front of you
See the canyons broken by cloud
See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out
See the Bedouin fires at night
See the oil fields at first light
And see the bird with a leaf in her mouth
After the flood all the colors came out
It was a beautiful day
Don't let it get away
Beautiful day
Touch me
Take me to that other place
Reach me
I know I'm not a hopeless case
What you don't have you don't need it now
What you don't know you can feel it somehow
What you don't have you don't need it now
Don't need it now
Was a beautiful day
Thursday, January 22, 2009
They All Fall Down
Who can't see time fly by
Revolving on a carousel
Living life like a modern day fairytale...
Slow mo', urgent message gets a no-go
What fo'
Can't nobody tell you
Everything is lovey dovey
Till your plans fall through...
They all fall down
These are the lyrics to the song They All Fall Down 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.