A Man of God

Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
And in His law he meditates day and night.
He shall be like a tree
Planted by the rivers of water,
That brings forth its fruit in its season,
Whose leaf also shall not wither;
And whatever he does shall prosper.

The ungodly are not so,
But are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

For the LORD knows the way of the righteous,
But the way of the ungodly shall perish.



I've decided I'm going to memorize this passage, as well as a host of others. I'm going to for the next 6.5 weeks before I leave for college. I must hold onto the Word of God and not fall away. The world will be so tempting, so enticing. I can't give in, I cannot be like "the chaff which the wind blows away" but I must be a man of God, a man who will stand for what he believes in. Psalms and favorite passages is gonna be what keeps me going when I want to quit and give in at The Citadel. When I feel like I can't go any further.. I'll wait on the LORD, and he will renew my strenght.. I will "mount up with wings like eagles, run and not be weary, walk and not faint."


“Now therefore, fear the LORD, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the LORD! And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.” Joshua 24:14-15

I gotta stand up and serve the LORD... not back down and cower in fear. "As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." Lord, make me a man after your own making. A man of God. I pray that you will sanctify me, that my praises will overflow out of my life and into others. I pray that I will put away my foolish, selfish pride and humble myself before You.

"Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God." Hebrews 12:1-2

"Since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses".. I being prayed for, and watched by so many people. Everyone I know, in some way or another, is affected by me, either in alot of ways, or in very small ways; but affected nonetheless. I cannot allow the sin of this world and the devilish desires to so easily ensnare me. I have to look unto Jesus, the one who has endured every suffering, every pain which I will ever experience. He must be my chief cornerstone; without Him I will fail. Without Him all those who try to rely on others will be let down. God is faithful, and we too are called to be faithful unto Him. "In this world you will have tribulation, but be of good cheer, for I have overcome the world." He has overcome the world... so be happy! take heart! Look unto the "joy that is set before us" and run the race with endurance, never yielding the temptations of sin along life's road. He is faithful, He has called us... but will we answer the call?

Answer the call.

Thoughts and such.

Trusting God is hard to do. I always want to do it on my own, but I always fail. It's hard to just really, honestly, truly rely wholly on Him, and not be tempted to think that it's something that WE MUST DO. Jesus has paid the price, He's ran the race, finished the fight. We must give Him all the glory; constantly lifted our praises up to Him. Lol, I hate it when I get into God-talk. Alot of times we just need to put it plain and simple. In all "good deeds", in every encouragement, in every praise.. may God be in the center of it. He's gotta be first in everything we do.. not just thrown in there as an afterthought.

So Al-Zarqawi is dead. Justice has been served... we finally got him. It sounds like our military guys really worked hard for this one. It makes me proud and honored to know that I'll be serving with them soon... out there fighting for what's right, and doing my duty for this country that I love. Yeah, we're not perfect... in fact we are far from it. But it's my home, it's my birthplace, and that makes all the difference in the world. But I can tell you this.. Freedom has a steep price to be paid for it, but once we have it, we have a responsibility to keep it as well. And by that I mean, we cannot grow complacent and arrogant to the point that our freedoms and our "rights" to do whatever we please - is the most important thing to us. Freedom isn't going to make you sleep better at night. That still, small feeling of discomfort, of not knowing where you're going isn't going to go away. Because if your thinking being "Free" is going to do that for you, you're wrong. It'll lead you down the same road to despair every time. That yearning for true happiness in your soul has gotta be fulfilled. That fulfillment is Christ. People think that Christianity is only a set of rules and regulations, and takes all "the fun out of life." But in reality, you can't be any freer than when you ARE a Christian. It sets you free from the yearning and desire in your soul, that keeps telling you that there's something more out there. That something more is God, is the SUPER-Natural Being of Jesus Christ. He is not of this world... but He is the answer to all our questions. He is the fulfillment of all our true desires. He is the comforter of the weary souls that seem lost in this world of so many false-fulfillments and promises. He is the promise that we stand on. He will return and redeem those who He has called to be His own. And live forever with the Creator of the Universe.

NO I'M NOT DEAD!!!

I'm alive and well and have taken a break from blogging... But right now, a quick update would be this..

I'm graduated from HIGHSCHOOL!
I am leaving for the Citadel in 2 months and 7 days
I just got back from Colorado after 2 weeks there.
I made it to the Track and Field State Championships in the 800 meters.
I'm going to be helping coach my school's XC team this summer.
And life's going pretty darn well...

But anyways, just felt like giving an update, to lol, my one reader, but maybe more.. who knows. who cares.. this could just be a random update to myself..

Ok well I am OUTTA here.......