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Name: Josh
Birthday: 11/30/1982
Gender: Male
Interests: I love love love math....it is the apple of my eye and the very thing I yern to do after a long day of work.....HA HA HA...actually I hate it because I am too right brained to understand it but I do like.......SUnflower seeds, reading a good book, dancing in the rain and long walks inside of land fills.
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Occupation: Other
Industry: Art
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Member Since:
10/4/2005
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Capote
By Allie Mickelson, Kelci Stephenson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Craig Archibald, Bronwen Coleman, Kate Shindle, David Wilson Barnes, Michael J. Burg, Catherine Keener, Kwesi Ameyaw, Andrew Farago, Ken Krotowich, Chris Cooper, R.D. Reid, Rob McLaughlin, Harry Nelken, Jon Ted Wynne, Jonathan Barrett, Christopher Read, Edward Sutton (II)
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Okay, for those who know me, I hate pranks. There is something about them that just gets under my skin. Tonight, would have been another example of Josh over reacting to a TP epedemic but I actually was calmn. You see, I have learned that in Youth Ministry, it is just going to happen. I do not exactly like it but really can do nothing to change it. I would like to exaplain my evening in a creative way, so ....I am going to tell the tale with a little flare. *Just a little note, Center has a Poultry Festival which is and was really cool to attend....there were rides and games and good home cooked food....but I digress....the story goes as follows........On a cool night in October I walked down the street to a festival spectacular of tasty Chicken, not beef. The wind it blew gracefully as I strolled inside the square eating good ole dumplings stupendous placed in styrofoam with care The lights shined with enthusiasm glaring ino the eyes sparkling colored diamonds precious filled the evening sky The night air breathed in deeply as we walked the pathway home for in the trees vandalism white paper tagged the fallen Rome I couldnt think or whisper my lungs atraphied for my beautiful home discraced by childish vacgrancy My mind became a fathom deeping into disapair wanting to get out sunk in catacombs of wear Soon I began to scrub praying for beauty once more I saw great Rome revivied purified to its luster, tranqulity that it held once before. O revenge you shall come in the twinlkling of an eye for those who sneak seen and soon your laughter will cry. | | |
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Gilmore Girls - The Complete Sixth Season
By Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Melissa McCarthy, Scott Patterson, Keiko Agena, Yanic Truesdale, Jared Padalecki, Liza Weil, Milo Ventimiglia, Sean Gunn, Chris Eigeman, Matt Czuchry, Kelly Bishop, Edward Herrmann
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I sometimes wonder how God really makes things come to completion. I have spent the whole summer in complete anxiety over what God was going to do and then, BAM, I end up at the end of one road approaching a new turn. I am looking forward to what God is going to do through Andrea and Me. I wish I had the chance to explain all the great and wonderful things that have occurred. I guess I will have to give the edited version. To begin with, the church has placed us in a house that is absolutely beautiful. When we first saw it, well, it was ruff. After some TLC, wood staining and some painting, the house is awesome. So here we are, moved to a new place in a new house and ready to roll. I will be posting allot about what is going on and I hope to continue to get some comments from my amazing students who are at ETCS. You guys were great. O by the way, for anyone who is curious, I am teaching chapel on the morning of Oct 25. So do not be sick. Anyways, I am sorry for the randomness but I have so much on my mind and not enough time to explain it all. For those who want to know, I am at FBC Center, TX.......I have a new cell phone and all so if you need it, ask for it. B. | | |
| OKay so,
It has been ages since
I wrote on this thing but that is okay. I have a ponderous pondering to
propose........
We are promised
in scripture that, if we pray and believe then we will receive. Now I
am not a health wealth and prosperity Gospel guy so I do not mean to
propose the idea that we will all receive riches, but what does this
mean? How does prayer and faith really work. Here is where I stand, I
sometimes wonder if the lack of movement of God is due to our lack or
TRUE faith in Him. I am not talking about Sunday school answer faith, I
am talking about utter devotion to an almighty and powerful King of
Kings and Lord of Lords.
We tend to speak of the wonders of our Savior but
the breathe is merely air not vibrations of the heart. We speak of
creation yet never sit and view the amazing power of our God's hand. I
guess what I am trying to say is that we see, yet do not believe and
some taste but never swallow. Why is this? Why do we not believe in a
God who does all these things?
I am convinced it is not just the
TV and other things we fill our lives with. Read some history and you
will find people who are wrapped up in the same stuff, different
gadgets, same decorated dust. I think it is our FEAR that keeps us from
believing. Not horror film fear but fear of , what will happen if I am
wrong, fear of it all being a myth, fear of anything spiritual at all.
We FEAR those things we can not control.
Anyway's, I say all this to ask a question, do
you think that our lives would change if we truly became believers of
this YAWEH, God of the covenant and if they would, how do we come to a
place that we can have such a prayer life, what must one do?
just a few thoughts.
-B-
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| Well, life seems to always roll and keep rolling and then roll some more. I Don't really know what all God has planned for the next few months and into the next few years but I am excited about what he desires for our (Andrea and myself ) life. I have recenently been meditating on a few scriptures that boggle my soft feeble human brain, the first is this...
Romans 8: 14 - For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God.
Romans 8: 19 - For the anxious longing of the creation waits for the revealing of the sons of God.......
; 21 - that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.
I have some insights, I don't know how much truth there is in my own pondering's.....but here goes.
If all who are led by the Spirit of God are his children.....what does that say about those who, " Claim" to be Christians but avoid the Spiritual aspects.......I find this verse so interesting because....in the Old Testament...the sons of God are typically seen as Angels....does this mean that in light of Christ we are now elevated to the same plane as Angels....? Are we now more precious than angels?
I am not sure I have a definitive answer for all of these but I do think that it is a slap in the face of those of us to tend to walk in the flesh....and deny the Spirit. I think and believe it also is requiring ....in the freewill kind of a way...that we walk always in and by the Spirit. Hmm......sounds like the Christ I read in Scriptures.......!
The other verses intrigue me as well because.....they insinuate that creation itself has a form of redemption to look forward to.....which is why I sometimes wonder if Earth will eventually become as Heaven. It also insinuates that the whole creation longs for salvation. I am not saying my dog looks for me to be saved but it is an interesting thing to ponder. It also brings up the issue of how we abuse the earth. I am not a tree huger but think about it.....the earth is subject to the falleness of man that God subjected it to. How sad....poor earth.....maybe the trees do need a nice hug....In a practical sense, the way the earth functions keeps us alive. This is God's process for keeping us up and running. The earth cannot on its own decide to stop it and it cannot decide to change things up. All the problems of earth are stemmed, generally, from what we as Humans do to it.
How cool is it that the very earth longs for the day when man will be redeemed.
I would love any comments and pondering's. * to all my students...remember....I thrive on opinion and thoughts. DO NOT be afraid to challenge my thoughts. | | |
| So, It has been a bit since I have written on this thing. NO real reason why, except, things have just been going on. So we are getting ready for a wonderful week of VBS. My wife and I stayed at church late on Wed and tonight. This would not be so bad if....well....My wife wanted to cut out some fake houses for the little kids to crawl in...I was in charge of paint, cut and glue. The paint went well until our high dollar walmart spray paint went out on both boxes. I would have screamed but the wind was blowing in my face and I would have inhaled some .....spray fumes.....fun trip....back times....I gave up. So I was then on to cutting. I tell people....God blessed me with creativity and teaching and good looks...*lol* but not the ability to cut and use my hands. Anyways, my windows and climbing holes.....not so pretty....but it is little kids....who cares. Then I move on to connection of the two boxes......well...the glue gun....retired and never gave me its two week notice....and the staples...well...bad idea..unless little kids with bloody hands = a good VBS. After all of this....well....it all came together at about 10:00. YAY!
By the way..the world cup ended today. France lost, and I wouldn't care about the Fri makers but my favorite Futbol player was on the team. It is kinda subtle that the mafia (Italy) won....I mean.....it's the Mafia...nuff said.
So, for those of you praying......keep praying....when I can be more open...I will be ....but for now...those who know....welll....pray specific...for those who dont....God reads minds really well.....
 ......NICE!
 Man.......Hott...that is all I can say.....Hott!
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