Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)

One of the best head nodding songs of the 90s

I know I've been posting a bunch of videos lately but I've found yet another movie that really interests me. This is the new movie by the director of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"...

This is one movie I can get excited for.

Trailer for The Dark Knight. I like where they are taking Batman and the joker looks like he might finally be scary.

Shapoopi!

Best. Commercial. Ever.

We wrap our lives around your life

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew. -Saint Francis de Sales (1567 - 1622)

One of the things that God has really shown me the past few days is just how impatient I am with His plans. Clearly this is because I did not have Christ as the center of my life. One of the things that I really just need to come to terms with that is I am behind the curve for my age. I never have felt as old as my age says I am. I think that is why these "adult" pressures of responsibility have given me fits lately. I'm just starting to get comfortable in my own skin. I've been reworking a lot of my thinking lately. I do now understand why God choose to bring a long a girl at this point in my life. I really thought I wasn't ready for anything. However, God knows what He doing in bringing along Sammi right now. I need a splash of cold water to the face to wake me up from the path I was taking toward becoming the "loser" I was convinced I was. Then this very funny wonderful girl comes along side of me and I realize there is still a lot to like about myself. That the lie I had been buying is that I was too far gone to come back to God. That I should give up trying to be a follower of Jesus. I made the first step at church this past Sunday to bring Jesus the Christ back to the center of my life. I am so thankful that our Father God never gave up on me. That I can still become the man that so many people have told me I could become. I am lifting my eyes to the hill cus I know where my help comes from! My help comes from you LORD, the all mighty Creator of all that I see.

We lift our eyes to heaven
We wrap our lives around your life
We lift our eyes to heaven, to You

Did steve tell you that?

Flight of the Conchords - Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros

this would be overkill

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I really love this song

Only to bring you peace
Only at Christmas time
Only the King of Kings
Only what once was mine
It takes the end of time
It takes a long long time
Only one thought of mine
Only at Christmas time

He brings us peace
He brings us joy
He brings all thoughts to destroy
Only at Christmas time

To brings us peace
To brings us joy
To brings all thoughts to destroy
Only at Christmas time

Only at Christmas time
Only a tree to climb
Only at Christmas time
If you can read the sign
Only at Christmas time
Everything lost will find
Only at Christmas time
Only at Christmas time


~Sufjan Stevens "Only at Christmas Time"

Every once in a while the weight of life takes over
and I need to find songs to chill me out. Songs to ponder
about their meaning. The subtle beauty of this Sufjan song
is just so amazing. I've just been sitting here after
another long night of work and just am soaking in the mellow beauty.

Saint Patrick's Lorica

I arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through a belief in the Threeness,
Through confession of the Oneness
Of the Creator of creation.

I arise today
Through the strength of Christ's birth and His baptism,
Through the strength of His crucifixion and His burial,
Through the strength of His resurrection and His ascension,
Through the strength of His descent for the judgment of doom.

I arise today
Through the strength of the love of cherubim,
In obedience of angels,
In service of archangels,
In the hope of resurrection to meet with reward,
In the prayers of patriarchs,
In preachings of the apostles,
In faiths of confessors,
In innocence of virgins,
In deeds of righteous men.

I arise today
Through the strength of heaven;
Light of the sun,
Splendor of fire,
Speed of lightning,
Swiftness of the wind,
Depth of the sea,
Stability of the earth,
Firmness of the rock.

I arise today
Through God's strength to pilot me;
God's might to uphold me,
God's wisdom to guide me,
God's eye to look before me,
God's ear to hear me,
God's word to speak for me,
God's hand to guard me,
God's way to lie before me,
God's shield to protect me,
God's hosts to save me
From snares of the devil,
From temptations of vices,
From every one who desires me ill,
Afar and anear,
Alone or in a mulitude.

I summon today all these powers between me and evil,
Against every cruel merciless power that opposes my body and soul,
Against incantations of false prophets,
Against black laws of pagandom,
Against false laws of heretics,
Against craft of idolatry,
Against spells of women and smiths and wizards,
Against every knowledge that corrupts man's body and soul.
Christ shield me today
Against poison, against burning,
Against drowning, against wounding,
So that reward may come to me in abundance.

Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,
Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ on my right, Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down,
Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of every man who speaks of me,
Christ in the eye that sees me,
Christ in the ear that hears me.

I arise today Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through a belief in the Threeness,
Through a confession of the Oneness
Of the Creator of creation

Great Quote

"I know two things: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior." -John Newton

Devastion and Reform

Thank you, God for giving me the insight
So I might make these wrongs right
If and when there ever is a next time
Cause failure is a blessing in disguise
I'll pull my heart out, reconstruct
But in the end it's nothing but...

A shell of what I had when I first started


-Relient K

Happy Happy Joy Joy

My favorite song from one of my favorite cartoons....

Happy Happy Joy Joy

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I sure do miss that Ren & Stimpy

Hip-Hop meets Mozart

Thanksgiving

I am thankful.


"Be cheerful no matter what; pray all the time; thank God no matter what happens. This is the way God wants you who belong to Christ Jesus to live." 1st Thess 5:16-18 [the message]

HaHa

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V-Dub representing Deutschland

The trilogy of unpimping autos. Still makes me laugh. Oh snap!

I Kill You!

I know present Achmed the Dead Terrorist (Jeff Dunham is the comedian)

Let us be the remedy

I seriously love the David Crowder Band with all my heart. Their lyrics are perfect...








Here we are
Here we are
The broken and used
Mistreated, abused
Here we are

Here You are
Here You are
The beautiful one
Who came like a Son
Here You are

So we lift up our voices
We open our hands
To cling to the love
That we can’t comprehend

Oh, lift up your voices
And lift up your heads
To sing of the love
That has freed us from sin

He is the one
Who has saved us
He is the one
Who embraced us
He is the one who has come
And is coming again
He’s the remedy

Here we are
Here we are
Bandaged and bruised
Awaiting a cure
Here we are

Here You are
Here You are
Our beautiful King
Bringing relief
Here You are with us

So we lift up our voices
And open our hands
Let go of the things
That have kept us from Him

He is the one
Who has saved us
He is the one
Who forgave us
He is the one who has come
And is coming again
He’s the remedy

Oh, I can’t comprehend
I can’t take it all in
Never understand
Such perfect love come
For the broken and beat
For the wounded and weak
Oh, come fall at His feet
He’s the remedy
He’s the remedy

He is the one
Who has saved us
He is the one
Who forgave us
He is the one who has come
And is coming again
He's the remedy
He's the remedy

So Sing, Sing

You are the one
Who has saved us
You are the one
Who forgave us
You are the one who has come
And is coming again

To make it alright
Oh, to make it alright
You’re the remedy
Oh, in us
You’re the remedy

Let us be the remedy
Let us bring the remedy
~DC*B Remedy

Country roads, take me home
To a home I no longer know
Where is this place I long for?
A place where I feel useful
A place where I belong
Maybe the problem lies in my heart
Or my brain or my abilities
I can feel myself falling apart
but where will the pieces land?
Is this life all I see?
There is a God or there isn't
That's the choice in front of me
To live like there is
Or to destroy myself like there isn't

just hilarious

The Princess Bride

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Hold me with arms that made the universe

Sitting here staring into the sound here at the outer banks makes me feel small. Yet, small in a good way. I think we all need to be reminded of our small stature before the Creator God. Here's the tension, we are small but we are of great value. "While we were still yet sinners [enemies of God] Christ died for the ungodly" Paul tells us in Romans 5. Bethany Dillon sings, "When You could just be silent and leave us here to die/Still, You sent Your Son for us/You are on our side." In my smallness I feel loved by a God who is "on our side." Just my thought for today.

Let Me Sow Love

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury,pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.


O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen
~St. Francis of Assisi

Live a Life of Love

I got rejected by a girl that I had kinda liked today. Got the line of "nothing more then friends" and I felt the all too familar punch in the stomach that goes with the territory. Needless to say this is not the first girl who has ever given me this "just friends" line. I got a little bummed at this news. So I started listening to sufjan steven's version of the hymn Come Thou Font. I just was struck by my favorite stanza of the song that goes:

Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above.



With each girl I like, I'm allowing my heart to wander and dictate the life I'm demanding from God. Like a little kid who wants all the candy in the candy shop right now, that's what my heart is doing. Romans 5:8 is a favorite verse of mine for the simple fact it spells out just how much God is on our side. While we all were still in our sin, God sent His only son Jesus to die and raise again to give all us the life we did not deserve. That is how God once and for all showed His love to all of mankind and to me. For the first time I was not mad at God for the rejection of a girl. Why did I blame God? In my insanity I felt like God was just being mean to me about withholding a relationship. Yes, God is withholding a relationship from me but it is not because He is mean. The reason is that I'm no where near ready for the gift that He wants to give me at the right time. He wants me to be content in His love first and foremost. God keeps pointing me to the death and reserrection of Jesus and whispering, "Be content in that first. That's my ultimate demonstration of how dedicated my love is. Now make your love like that." Paul later writes in Ephesians 5:1-2, "Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God." That is life that I want and am praying to have the strength to be like. "Live a life of love" is where I'm allowing God to take my life. I'm glad this rejection happened to snap me back into another bit of reality. To God be the glory, forever and ever. amen




When You could just be silent
And leave us here to die
Still, You sent Your Son for us
You are on our side
~Bethany Dillon

Welcoming back the God-light

I've been thinking about reality and how for nearly 4 years I didn't really want to deal with any sort of reality that would rain on my parade. Jesus says in John 3:19 [the message] "This is the crisis we're in: God-light streamed into the world, but men and women everywhere ran for the darkness. They went for the darkness because they were not really interested in pleasing God. Everyone who makes a practice of doing evil, addicted to denial and illusion, hates God-light and won't come near it, fearing a painful exposure. But anyone working and living in truth and reality welcomes God-light so the work can be seen for the God-work it is." God has poured out His life into my life the day I accepted the free grace that comes from admiting I've been rebelling against Him in my sin and that I turn from that sin to return to Him. Just like Jesus said, those who live in the darkness hate the light and in the last 4 years I've hiding, so I thought, in the dark areas of my life. I've made very ungodly unwise decisions lately. Are there consequences? Oh my gosh yes! I finally came within a hairs breath of becoming homeless. I was "addicted to denial and illusion" just like Jesus said I would be. The slow change that has been happening in my life has been in the "but" section of that verse. I've started letting God workin in my life that I can live in the "truth and reality" that comes from a God filled lifestyle. I'm slowly getting back to where i want to be. I'm committed to show that the God-work in my life is all giving Him glory and is about His grace not about my failures. I want my life "to be seen for the God-work it is." Amen.

Treasure

"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Matthew 6:21

How God Works

Colossians 1:10ish-12 (the message)
"As you learn more and more how God works, you will learn how to do your work. We pray that you'll have the strength to stick it out over the long haul—not the grim strength of gritting your teeth but the glory-strength God gives. It is strength that endures the unendurable and spills over into joy, thanking the Father who makes us strong enough to take part in everything bright and beautiful that he has for us."



I was looking through some old notes on facebook and I came across the passage I had run across while reading through colossians. As I slowly get my life to where I want it to be, I find great peace in this passage. There's strength for everyday if I just ask God. And what a glorious strength that Paul describes. This strength is a glory-strength that endures all things and spills over into joy! That's the strength that I want my life to look like. The last three years I've been a poser pretending to be a follower of the way of Jesus. I was not living the truth that I had once made so known through my life. This over time is going to change. I'm finding strength in the daily routine of waking up at 7 or 8am and being a normal person. I had a very unhealthy lifestyle that was not a glory giving life that I wanted. There's a lot of change happening in my life and for once it's a good strength giving kind of change. I'm just at the point where I have no more excuses. I want my life to be a thanksgiving to "the Father who makes us strong enough to take part in everything bright and beautiful that he has for us." Amen.