Difference Maker

I am on the fence about nearly everything I've seen,
I've felt the fire, and put it out with too much gasoline
And we're all strangers passing through places on one afternoon,
And life is but a vision in a window that we're peaking through
A hopeless conversation with a man who says he cares a lot
It's a hopeless confrontation about who might throw a punch or not
We are all transgressors,
We're all sinners,
We're all astronauts,
So if you're beating death than raise your hand and shut up if you're not

-Difference Maker (unreleased song) by NEEDTOBREATHE

9/18 Song of the Day

Song of the Day: Unbroken by Jon Foreman (unreleased)

give me a song to sing
a decent melody
because i’m alone and i’m nineteen
and I feel like the world
is trying to swallow me whole
like it’s trying to swallow me whole

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5pgYSD2enA&feature=player_embedded

I recently found a new song from the singer of my favorite band, Jon Foreman from Switchfoot. He wrote this song for the For The Sender project where musicians take letters that people of troubled pasts or people with good stories have written to some famous person, i don't know who, and the musicians make songs out of them. Anyway, check it out, it's pretty good

Plans

 "For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, they are plans for good, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope." Jeremiah 29:11
God has a plan for your life and everybody's life. Yes I said everybody. The oppressed, the oppressor, the sinner, the saint. God has a plan for everyone, it's just a matter if you chose to follow him to experience the good plans that he has for us. I think people forgot that God loves everyone and has an individual plan for each other. I also think that people forget that God hates sin (but loves the sinner.) I saw somebody today say that God doesn't hate anything. I think they're getting confused anything with anyone. The Lord hates the sin and we should to in effort to earn God's grace.

O's

Orioles in first place. If we make it, it would be the first time that the O's made it to the playoffs in 15 years. Let's go. Anybody watch that Ravens monday night game? Flacco's looking pretty nice.

Dream

Dream to achieve. Dream to better yourself and the world. You know you want to

Throwback

Throwback pic. ha

Da News

Song of the Day 8/29

Song of the Day: Lift Me Up -The Afters

Artistic Expressions

8/28 song of the day

Song of the day: By Your Side -Tenth Avenue North

#GoodAdvice

As my summer nears to an end...

RIP Neil Armstrong

RIP Neil Armstrong

movement

 Live is a verb. it ain't just a thing.

Christianity Problems

I recently saw a Facebook post (I hate to admit that I'm on that site) that basically told everyone to not buy Pepsi cans anymore because they recently made a patriotic can with the Pledge of Allegiance on it but they did not include "under God" in the pledge. This person was obviously a Christian and probably thinks they're a great one too because they always post statuses about protecting the faith. But what I don't think they understand is that all of their statuses are hateful ones. Do Christians not understand that they are called to be loving individuals. The most loving people of all, actually. But these thoughts that people have, it makes me wonder about their faiths. I mean, this is a little incident that means absolutely nothing. A Facebook status on Pepsi cans is very insignificant and will end up meaning nothing, as people will keep buying Pepsi cans and Pepsi will probably stay in business, I don't know it might be a close call. Ha. Anyway, I'll take this Pepsi outrage as an example. If the corporation leaves out God in it's work in the safe call to not offend anyone, that's probably because they don't see God as Christians do, or the right-minded ones anyway. Not to say that there aren't Christians in the Pepsi company because I'm sure there are a ton. But, if there are some non-Christian folks in that company, that means they might be uneducated in the Christian department or maybe they had a bad experience with the church. Either way, they are less fortunate than Christians are, so we shouldn't reprimand them for that. I tried to keep out of this post but I am, in fact, a Christian.  Our work is to educate people on their religion and spread God's word, not to stick our noses up at people that aren't of that religion. I think that is what's wrong with Christians and the lack of spread of the religion today. Christians get so caught up in wanting to please God that they forget to help other people that haven't received God but instead, reprimand them for not doing so because they think that is what God wants. Instead, if Christians show love toward everyone, not just each other, than the world might just see this and see what God's love can do. Another thing, if I want Pepsi, I'll buy a Pepsi, I don't think my views and their views conflict when a buy a beverage. Just like with Chic-Fil-A, if a want a chicken sandwich  I'll buy one. Just because a buy food from Chic-Fil-A does't automatically mean that I support the anti-gay movement, I just want food. Ramble complete.

Consumed Consumers

A simple fact is that the average American is richer than most humans. But what are we doing with this money? How valuable is our money if we only spend the money on ourselves. I see on the news about how impoverished these third world countries are and the turmoil that these Middle Eastern countries are experiencing and then I realize, what does my money even mean to me. Is it something I use for what I want on that particular day. Starbucks coffee, McDonalds fries, whatever I’m craving. I find that I ask myself if that’s what I really want, or if that’s what I really need when I buy these things. I can’t even begin to size up what I have and what people in less fortunate countries have without feeling sick and hard on myself. These countries need help. We need to be the change and yet we can’t get out of the traps of worldly possessions. We walk in these convenient stores, these clothing stores, and these car dealerships and want more, more, more. It’s hard not to. It seems that our compassion to want to help others is being consumed by our love to be consumers. Our love for buying, fueling the industry, is degrading the quality of life for a little boy who has nothing to eat and nothing to drink but a couple drops of well water that an elder had just given him from a well that was a good couple of miles away. I believe that our money can be valuable, can be enriched if we use for a good cause. I’m not saying that we should all get up and go to Tanzania and write the government a check for x amount of dollars. I’m just saying that we, the consumers, need to stop being consumed by earthly possessions.

Major Decisions

I’ve been debating my major for a good while now. Coming in to college, I boldly stated that I wanted to be a mechanical engineer. What I wanted to do specifically, ha, that’s funny, you’re kidding right? I hid from the fact that the name of major wasn’t the specific name of a job. Here’s my thing. I want to do something fun. Design rollercoasters or a ship, I like rollercoasters and ships so why not. But I recently found out of a field of study called Biomedical Engineering. It involves designing and building devices that help people somehow in the medical field. I recently did an engineering project where I built and soldered an electrosurgery unit tester with a Bovie pen. Big words, easy description. It cuts or coagulates tissue during to prevent blood loss during surgery. We built a few and they were to be sent in bulk, with others that other colleges made, to a third world country. If I was a Biomedical engineer, I would help people. Sounds good. I like helping people. I find that making a living should be more than making a paycheck. It shouldn’t be quick money so I can pay my bills and buy things I want. I want the term “making a living” to be redefined to mean doing what you want and having fun and making a difference. After my time’s up and I’m ready to retire, if I didn’t make a difference somehow and then I didn’t do my job right. It seems hard to get all three of those things involved in there but that’s what I want. But does everyone else want that? I don’t know but my advice is to give it a run for their money.