Long time no post

...gone three weeks without updating your blog? I have, OBVIOUSLY. This isn't going to be a very informational post and it's hardly an update on what's going on with me because there is FAR too much to explain and now is not the time to do so. For all the people that follow this out there, if there are any, take this small bit of advice to heart, much like Proverbs 3:3 says, except I'm not as eternal as God's law.. technically.. whatever, figure it out. DON'T STRESS, DON'T WORRY, and DON'T take your eyes off of Jesus. Why? because He's worthy of it. Beyond that, when you're focusing on Him and not the waves (thanks, Peter, for sucking MISERABLY so I can use you in an illustration) you won't even notice that there's a storm or seas raging at all. Paul said that he learned to rejoice in situations of have and in those of lack. how? He, along with all of those who find their joy in the only true source, can do all things through Christ. Jeremiah 17:7-8 and Colossians 3:1-4 are perfect examples as to how this is possible. oh, and, p.s., if we don't trust in Him, if we doubt or worry, we're making Him a liar. He's promised us EVERYTHING we need. It's Him. Also, Matthew 6:33-34 steps that up. GUYS, we as the church are the BRIDE of Christ. How's your marriage? Do you wake up every morning with the love of your life, or do you wake up with someone new because you're living a life like that of Hosea's wife? How can we not understand the peace and joy that's found in Christ? People might read this and think I'm playing the "holier than thou" card or that I'm talking down to people, but ALL I WANT is for the church to be the CHURCH. I'm losing my mind. Well.. i love you all, but it's nothing in comparison to the love that's found in the shadow of His wings. His yoke is easy, and His burden is light. He makes straight the path laid before your feet. I'm running out of words to express what I'm thinking and I'm not proofing this, so.. I hope it didn't go too hard. Oh, well. One final thought, sometimes, bombs fall quietly. That's all.

"New Year, New Beginnings."

...made a New Years' Resolution? I have. Have you ever actually followed through with one? I wish there was a percentage somewhere that showed how many resolutions were actually acted upon. OH, how i wish. why? because it's funny to me. the most popular resolution EVERY SINGLE YEAR is probably to get in shape, eat better, or work out more. stay fit, in other words. my question is, if that's your goal, why wait to fail? if people would decide to start their resolutions three days prior to the new year, maybe they'd actually follow through with it. i'm not sure what resolution is funnier, the one i just stated or Carter Willis saying that his new years' resolution is to get Sara Bareilles to write him a love song. i'm not sure what the deal is. I'm such a negative person when i see people talking about how positive their new year is going to be. Maybe it's the skeptic in me trying to breach the surface. i call it realism. what breaks my heart the most is when people who dig themselves into the deepest ditches during 2010 just assume that because the number at the end of the date they'll write on papers changed, so will their habits, lifestyles, or desires. The literal definition of insanity is doing the same thing OVER AND OVER AGAIN and expecting a different outcome. My definition of ignorance is consistently doing something stupid with a decent outcome and expecting it to stay that way. let's take something horrible for example. drinking while driving. that doesn't always turn out for the worst, right? oh, and it could NEVER happen to me. i could never wreck my car and leave this earth. never. A kid my brother went to high school with just passed away for this exact reasoning. Sad, right? let's try something new: "and endless procession of righteous living, living. instead, let there be a flood of justice." - Jon Foreman. I'm an addict, judge me. Sorry for the dissidence. I'm not always this negative but resolutions and some notion of new beginning due to a date change just... sadden me. To God be the glory in all things, can we reflect it? please? i'm done. i dunno. i'm not happy with this post.. but it's still going to be posted. yikes. that's all.