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Name: Michael
Gender: Male
Interests: Playing guitar, listening to music, exercising, hanging with friends, playing just about any sport, reading
Expertise: Being organized in an unorganized fashion...
Occupation: Student
Industry: Education/Research
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Member Since:
4/28/2005
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I'll start off with
an interesting story. Friday afternoon I got home from a
wonderful trip to Colorado skiing. I was one of three people
staying in the campus house that night. I woke up at around 3am
from a nightmare - one of the very few nightmares I've ever had.
The scary thing was that I did not feel comforted at all when I woke
up. I felt a presence...demonic it seemed at the time, so I
immediately started praying. I got up and used the restroom,
heard a weird noise in the house, but I assumed that was just my nerves
on end, and went back to bed. I vaguely remember the dream I was
having. I tried NOT remembering it because it was so very
vivid. In any case, I'm not sure if I was under attack in
spiritual warfare or not, but it sure felt like it.
On a side note, Colorado was an amazing experience. I had the
time of my life, and I owe it all to God's wonderful creation. I
can truly appreciate his creation after having seen first hand what God
did with the mountains, the trees, and all the snow.
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I have constantly been reminded of God's grace lately. I've been
beating myself up for my own sinful nature, but am reminded of God's
gift to me through Romans 3:23-24:
For all have sinned and fall short of
the glory of God, being justified as a gift by His grace through the
redemption which is in Christ Jesus.
Chuck Swindoll mentions that we are declared 100% righteous. If
we were merely 99.9% righteous, then Isaiah 1:18 would have to be
re-written to say: "'Come now, and let us reason together,' says the
Lord, 'though your sins are as scarlet, they will be light pink.'"
That made me laugh when I read it. And it's so true. If we
weren't declared 100% righteous, there'd be a whole lot of stuff that'd
have to be re-written in the Bible. There's no luke warm -
there's only hot or cold.
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We
know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave
to sin. I do not understand what I do. For what I want to
do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not
want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no
longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. I know
that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For
I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want
to do - this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to
do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does
it.
Romans 7:14-20 (NIV)
This is how I feel
some days. I look back, I slap myself for doing something sinful,
but then I realize that it's not just me. It's the sin inside me
that's doing it - and everyone is plagued with this problem, even
Paul! Now if I stopped here, I would just be having a pity party
for myself. Paul mentions a line that puts the above passage into
perspective.
What a wretched
man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?
Thanks be to God - through Jesus Christ our Lord! (v. 24)
Even though I'm a sinner..Even
though on my best day I still may do what I hate.. I am saved by God
through Jesus Christ.. my Lord, my Savior, my Redeemer. What a
thought. What a profound statement. What a relief!
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| So I haven't written anything here in about 4 months. That's ok,
there are more important things than a silly weblog. I don't have
much time so this will be short.
This week = pretty stressful. Two papers were due last night;
everyone and their mom's internet seems to be down. But there are
brighter things in store this week. For one, the National
Missionary Convention in Atlanta is coming up. I will be leaving
on Thursday with CCH to head to Atlanta, GA to see what God has been
calling his people to do. And to find out what God may possibly
be calling me to do. It's a time to relax, a time to grow closer
to friends, and a time to reflect fully on God's blessings in my life
and possibly get a taste of what he may have in store for me in the
future.
You know what I miss most this week? Being able to flop down on
my bed and read out of God's word. I enjoy doing research on the
incredible things found in His book. It's amazing the things I've
already found!
I'm also excited about 2 movies coming out. 1) Harry Potter
4. 2) The Chronicles of Narnia. Ok so the Chronicles of
Narnia comes out December 9th, which is also the same night as the CCH
Christmas dinner.. Uhmm..can I request we move the Dinner to another
weekend? :) I'm sorry but C.S. Lewis was an amazingly
intellectual writer and I think this movie is going to be so
magnificent that I can't even explain how much I'm looking forward to
it.
Here's an interesting note: I often listen to books on CD from
the CoMo public library - mostly Christian fiction or Christian-related
books. Well I was listening to this book on the 23rd Psalm:
The Lord is My Shepherd... Well the author mentioned some things I
thought were kind of fishy..so I looked at the back of the case and it
said he was a rabbi.. Ok so he's Jewish.. that doesn't mean what he
says about the 23rd Psalm is necessarily wrong.. so I listened on.. He
mentioned some other fishy things - like hinting toward the fact that
he thought God may possibly be female.. and then he said.. "Just like
the waters a million years ago covered the earth, so too may they come
back to flood over the earth" ..or something to that effect.. Ok so
that's when I ejected the CD and considered that book done.. I'm sorry
but a 'million' years ago? How misconstrued is this guy's view of
our history? Read the BIBLE buddy! :)
Gotta run.. class is starting in a few.. gotta teach my kids something useful!
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| "Praise be to you, O LORD,
God of our father Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting.
11 Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power
and the glory and the majesty and the splendor,
for everything in heaven and earth is yours.
Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom;
you are exalted as head over all.
12 Wealth and honor come from you;
you are the ruler of all things.
In your hands are strength and power
to exalt and give strength to all.
13 Now, our God, we give you thanks,
and praise your glorious name.
What an amazing prayer...spoken from the mouth of David. It's
so true. In God's hands lies strength and power. All wealth
and honor come directly from him. He is the head of everything
and the earth and heaven are His. This is something I constantly
remind myself of.
I got to go home the weekend before last and spend some time with my
family (and see my niece!). I went and visited my Grandma on my
dad's side - someone I haven't seen for about a year, mainly because
she's hard to talk to and get along with. But I just felt like
God wanted me to go see her. So I went and visited her, and
talked with her for about an hour. Everytime something
controversial in our conversation came up, I was patient and tried to
see the positive side of things, and steer the conversation away from
anything 'heated.' God helped me with that. She also gave
me money for my graduation.. I thanked her, but ultimately I thank God
- for allowing the visit to turn out ok, and for the money he provides
me with. Wealth and Honor come from Him.
So let me update you on what's going on this summer. I'm
enrolled in my graduate course - it's an 8 hour course. I believe
it's 3 classes shoved into one, so you can imagine how intense it
is. It's not 'hard' persay, but there's a lot of reading and
papers. I have field experience, being a preservice teacher, in a
classroom at Rockbridge high school on tuesday and wednesday
mornings. It's an Algebra I class so it's easy stuff, but it's
fun and interesting getting to help these kids out. Most of my
nights are spent reading and doing homework. A few of us up here
played Sardines on the quad Saturday night. That was pretty
entertaining, even though it was about 80 degrees outside. It was
nice to get to spend time with friends again. Which reminds me,
4th of July weekend is coming up.. This should be exciting!
Here's a pic of my niece! :)
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| His grace is magnificant.
His forgiveness is life-altering.
His nature is loving.
His eternity is unfathomable.
His creation is beautiful.
He is the alpha and omega, and his love stretches as far as the east to the west.
He is unchanging.
Knowing this, why do I act so foolish at times?
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