On Panic, and Urgency.

There's something about the fervent whine of a fire truck. It seems to scream out "Panic!". I can only imagine what it would be like to have the sirens show up on my door step. To watch everything I love being cruelly wrenched from my finger tips. Going from everything, to nothing. It's a stark reminder that everything in this entire world is temporary. Someday, everything is going to burn.
And there won't be enough water to put it out.
That's why it's important to keep myself on Fire for the only One who matters. I only get one go around, and then it's Judgment Day.

I have to try.

On Cereal and Cold Weather

I got some fruity pebbles, and I'm sitting on the porch. A few days ago kicked off the start of 'Autumn'. Not really the fall equinox, but the Autumn weather. The sun is warm, but the breeze is cool and constant. I remark to my mother "This is apple cider weather." I remark to my beloved "This is the weather memories are made in."

And some of my favorite memories have happened in the fall. There's something about it that gives me a feeling of peace. It's a momentary respite from the oppressive heat of Texas summers, and it's still an island of hope before winter arrives. It seems life moves the quickest during the Fall. Why, I will never know. It just does.

There's something about this weather though, what it does to my emotions. It sparks something inside of me, something, something something,

What that something is? 

Well, I believe that if I knew, it would ruin the magic.

I want nothing more than to be in her arms, sitting on her porch, singing songs and laughing too loudly. I want nothing more than to be older and married.

Oh well. Maybe someday.

On Persecution and Fighting Back

1st Samuel 17:34-37

David said, "I've been a shepherd, tending sheep for my father. Whenever a lion or bear came and took a lamb from the flock, I'd go after it, knock it down, and rescue the lamb. If it turned on me, I'd grab it by the throat, wring its neck, and kill it. Lion or bear, it made no difference—I killed it. And I'll do the same to this Philistine pig who is taunting the troops of God-Alive. God, who delivered me from the teeth of the lion and the claws of the bear, will deliver me from this Philistine."

    Saul said, "Go. And God help you!"

I want to point something out right quick. Everyone is familiar with the story of David and Goliath. Even if you don't go to a church, you have probably heard about it somewhere in Pop culture, be it a reference in a movie, or on television.  But there's something more to the story.

Yes, David killed Goliath, but look at this. David says "Lion Or Bear, it made no difference-I killed it. And I'll do the same to this Philistine Pig who is taunting the troops of God-Alive."

David was angry! He was angry that this 'pig' was mocking who he knew to be the only Living God. So often in todays world, our God is mocked, by the media, by our friends, by our family, and we just sit there and take it. I'm not saying to go out, get five rocks and kill anyone who blasphemes against God, but you can't just sit there and take it. Stand up for yourself, stand up for your beliefs. Stand up for Your God.

On Love, and The Bible

Love- it's a word we throw around so often. We say "I love you", "I love this", etc. But do we really understand what Love is? Love is what spoke the world into existence. Love is what made Him send His Son to climb up on that cross and die. And love should be the motivator behind every single thing that we do. Not a girlfriend/boyfriend, husband/wife love, but a brotherly love, a neighborly love. There's only one way we can do this, and that's by reading the holy word of God, the Bible.

The word Bible comes from the greek word 'biblia', meaning 'books'. So when we say 'The Bible' or 'The Holy Bible' we are actually saying 'The Books' or 'The Holy Books'. Unfortunately, many people look at it as just that; that is, just some books. But it's so much more than that. Yes, it is a book.

It's also a manual on how to live life.

It's an epic story about the struggle of Good against Evil.

It's the devine word of the Only Living God.

But more than anything, it's a love letter.

And when we begin to look at it as a love letter, it begins to change how we view it. It becomes more than a book of rules, more than a story. It becomes something personal, a way to connect with The Creator.

What else could we wish for?

First Post.

booyah.

I think i'll keep this my little secret.

like, a diary.

I can tell it anything, then hide it until I need it again.

People do that sometimes.

We treat others like diaries.

It isn't fair to the diary, and we tell the diary, and then forget them,

at least until we need them again.

Oh well.