i bulletined this on myspace because i was frustrated and just wanted to get it out. haha whenever i try to be deep, it never seems to work. but the one time i dont i have multiple people complimenting me on how deep it is.

hilarious. there area good amount of christians on this blog. so i guess im trying to connect to my fellow confused christians.

i dont know

but thats hard. even that is confusing.
will we ever be right?

Confused? Me too.

So who really decides that you are crazy? I guess the people around you, who think you aren’t handling something well. But our culture today promotes the individualistic way of thinking. America wants everyone to think using their own processes and come to their own conclusions. But I guess not, because if your not handling life well, based on the thoughts of others you are considered insane.

I’m reading a book right now, its called The Fountainhead. Basically it is about two characters. One Howard Roark, doesn’t care what anyone thinks. He knows what he wants and he does it, without even trying to persuade those who protest him that his meathod of thinking is correct. He doesn’t care to spend the time becaues when it comes down to it, he just doesn’t care if they think he is right or wrong. The only thing that matters to him is building, because he is an architect. Howard just pursues what he loves, and does what he wants. The other character of the book is Peter Keating. He is also an architect, and extremely talented. His passion is building, but he cares deeply about what others think. Instead of pursuing his dreams of the building he wants to make, he conforms to the people and does what they want him to do, creating the styles they push onto him.

Everyone thinks Howard is insane. People believe Peter to be completely sane.

America wants you to think that its okay to be Howard, pursue your dreams do what you want. But look at this culture! The one who stands out is the one who is insane. The one who does what he wants to. The one who doesn’t care what others think. Isn’t that what every Disney movie tells us? Be who you want to be! Sounds nice, but when you put it into practice, people will just think your insane. You’ll probably end up visiting me in the institution. Maybe we’ll be in rooms next door to one another…

Really. I think that Peter is the insane one. He took all his talent, all his passion, and squeezed it out of himself in order to be what everyone wanted from him. If thats not insanity, I don’t know what is.

And I forgot how to link this to another blog…

so here you go… http://chroniquesouslithium.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/abcs-of-bpd/

Twas started after WW2 with this vague purpose:

“The Fulbright Commission aims to bring a little more knowledge, a little more reason, and a little more compassion into world affairs and thereby increase the chance that nations will learn at last to live in peace and friendship.”

-J. William Fulbright

Basically, the program exchanges people and talent with other countries to encourage mutual appreciation and understanding between culturally polar nations. I found out these things by commenting on the blog of a Fulbright teacher in Bulgaria. For one year she teaches English, then returns home to the East Coast of the US. I found out that she was also an AmeriCorps volunteer with homeless in Washington D.C.

I simply want to blog about the idea of teaching abroad. Bringing the American culture to other nations. At first, such an idea seems very bad. Why would i want to encourage the American culture to becoming international. Now, i realize that America – though sometimes terrible – is a great place. It is a nation like any other but it has many facets that i realize are absent from the rest of the world. What most American share is our possession of fun, friends, family, food, freeways, flab haha, and so much more. Its easy to complain that the US is going down the tubes, but so many American adhere to the Bible and civil code that it really is the greatest nation on earth. True, we are the most complacent as well; but the American Dream is something everyone can dream. First, the must be introduced and taught English though.

I for one, would love to be a part of that cause. The utmost cause that i serve is to share the Gospel of Christ; yet, the American Gospel of Wealth may help me further that Cause.

Just an idea.

Love,

Me.

Benjamin Netanyahu issued a bold statement: if Obama does not stop Iran’s nuclear program, Israel most certainly will. The assertion seems to confirm Netanyahu’s own hawkishness, as well as the fears of US Middle East policymakers who support a more delicate approach to the region.

“Any aggression against Iran will start a world war,” deputy chief of staff for defense publicity, Brigadier General Masoud Jazayeri, said in a statement carried by the state news agency IRNA.

The world will just have to see what happens. There are many different scenarios that could occur. An attack on Iran would probably start a large war. Is it likely that America or Israel will attack Iran, some experts say yes. Could Armageddon be on the horizon only time will tell. America not only has Iran to deal with, but also North Korea that may launch a satalite within the next week or so. I just want to remind everyone there is a war coming that will kill 1/3 of mankind or about 2.3 billion people.  Revelation 9:15

Response to : http://kanan48.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/netanyahu-israel-may-attack-iran-soon/

Additional information can be found here

Last Friday, Notre Dame ignited a controversy when they announced that President Obama had agreed to be the commencement speaker at Notre Dame and to receive an honorary law degree.  The Controversy stems from the fact that Obama is probably the single most famous abortion advocate in the world today, while Notre Dame, a staunchly Catholic university, is perceived as being committed the Biblical platform of the sanctity of life.  Many people are outraged by Obama’s pro-abortion policies, such as state-sponsored advocacy of abortion in foreign countries, funding of embryonic stem-cell research, and his desire to repeal a conscious-protection law for health-care workers who don’t want to be forced into performing abortions.  To these people Notre Dame’s honoring of Obama in this way is analogous to acceptance of his abortion policies.  Although, the university has affirmed its traditional pro-life policy, and claimed that it does not support Obama’s view on the subject, many critics continue to be outraged.

Obviously, having someone speak at your university does not signify complete moral acceptance of that person (if they had Rush Limbaugh speak at Notre Dame, would they be advocating substance abuse?).  However, given Obama’s unquestionable reputation as an enemy of the most vulnerable members of human society, it seems that a university that claims to support the unborn child’s right to life should, to the best of its abilities, avoid affiliation with him.  Even if you supported most of what Stalin did, you would never invite him to speak at your university, because to do so would be to overlook the massive genocide that he committed.  I’m not calling Obama communist.  I honestly believe that he is convinced that what he is doing is right.  Nevertheless, the fact remains that he flagrantly supports the massacre of millions of unborn human beings, and any institution that claims to uphold Biblical morals should refrain from giving him honor until he attempts to reverse these policies which have become a death sentence for countless human beings created in God’s image.

For further reading on this topic see

FATHER JONATHAN MORRIS: Controversy at Notre Dame — Should Obama Be Honored?

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On Monday, March 23, 2009, Lance Armstrong had a bicycling accident which resulted in a broken collarbone, while riding in the first stage of the Vuelta of Castilla and Leon race in Spain. After being able to get 7 straight wins in the Tour de France, Armstrong was able to come back after 3 and a half years to get back to what he liked doing. What occured in Spain what unexpected and a great shock. It must have been hard for Armstrong to be able to leave his bicycling career in 2005 and then get back up in 2009 to continue again and then having this happen to him. Armstrong has done a good job in being able to look past his injury and wanting to continuing in his bicycling.

In this blog I read, it talked about how Americans are blind to Obama and how he is destroying America.

It’s true. Americans are blinded by his “good deeds” and his nonsense about how he is going to “change” things. When really, he’s setting up our country for failure. “50% of their life savings and 30% of their home values have already evaporated into thin air. National unemployment is driving towards double digits as home foreclosures continue to mound.” (Blog) People have allowed themselves to believe whatever Obama says, the media, and the journalists who put Obama in the lime light. They have entered into a state of total dependence on the government and whatever the government says or does because of this one man. When Bush was President, all the media and news journalists did was scrutinize his every move, making him seem like a “secretive” president, and that he was not helping our country. It is baffling to see how people can look the other way and just allow Obama to seem like a king on a high pedestal. That he is our “savior from our failing economy” the one who will end all this and “change America.” No one seems to notice Obama’s ridiculous and demeaning comments about the Special Olympics. Or even the fact that in the first sixty days of his presidency he increased the national debt from $3 trillion to $4 trillion.

Yes, I believe that Obama truly does want to better our Country. But he is not fit to run our country. I want to better our country, my family wants to better our country, anyone who is an average Patriotic American wants to better our country. But are we fit to run an administration that will make decisions that will carry out to actually change our country? No. But, those who are in Politics and who have the experience and qualifications to run a Presidential Administration are fit to run our nation. Obama has shown no experience except less than one term as a senator. That is overwhelmingly devastating. We elected a president who has good speaking capabilities and a way with words to persuade the American public, without realizing he was completely unqualified. We need to realize the destruction that could come out of this presidential term, and that even though he may want to better our country, he’s not proving to make the changes to do so. He is surrounding himself with the wrong decision-makers which makes it even worse for our country. We need to get out of this economic crisis with a president who is capable of leading our country.

Touch down on the cold black top
Hold on for the sudden stop
Breath in the familiar shock
Of confusion and chaos

All those people going somewhere
Why have I never cared

Give me your eyes for just one second
Give me your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me your love for humanity
Give me your arms for the broken hearted
The ones that are far beyond my reach
Give me you heart for the ones forgotten
Give me your eyes so I can see

Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah

Step out on a busy street
See a girl and our eyes meet
Does her best to smile at me
To hide what’s underneath

There’s a man just to her right
Black suit and a bright red tie
Too ashamed to tell his wife
He’s out of work, He’s buying time

I’ve been here a million times
A couple of million eyes
Just move and pass me by
I swear I never thought that I was wrong
I need a second glance
Give me a second chance
To see the way you’ve seen the people all along

The song Give Me Your Eyes, written and sung by Brandon Heath talks about the brokenness of this world that we live in. Everyday we have the same regimen…get up, get ready go to school/work, come home, and sleep. Yeah its simple, and yeah everyone does it, but this song talks about stepping out of that regimen, stepping out of your comfort zone and doing stuff for other people. Helping people in the simplest way does go a long way. Helping someone who dropped their pencil or books makes them realize that you actually have time for someone else rather than yourself. As people of this world, and as sinners, we are very selfish. All we do is look for more stuff that we can have, the next new phone, the next new computer, the next new car etc. All we do is want, want, want. But what about the people who NEED?  The people who can’t afford to pay their next electricity bill. The people who don’t even have electricity. The people who NEED GOD! What about them? All we do is watch and see what is happening around the world but hardly do we ever do anything.

We need to help those in need and help those who have nothing. Instead of worrying about how other people treat us, but instead worry about treating people with Christ like actions and words. Many times we complain about what our friends have and how we don’t have it, but if you think about it, who cares?  Everything of this world will pass away as we know it. The things that we store up on earth will have no use in Heaven. We don’t need anything, but God. There are a lot of lost souls out there, including those around us daily. By treating them nicely and appreciating them in the slightest way, does go a long way. We ALL need to step out of our comfort zone and into the life that God wants us to live. He wants us to live a life holy and acceptable and pleasing to Him. We are on this earth for a purpose and part of our purpose is to live everyday for the glory of God and for his name. We perform these things because, through our actions, people see Jesus, people see the love of Him, the love that should be shown daily, but isn’t. We need to step out of our sinful body and into the body of Christ, into His life. We need to follow in Christ’s footsteps by loving humanity, the broken hearted, and those forgotten.

Romans 12:1 “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.” 

1 John 2:17 “The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever. “

2 Timothy 1:8-9 “Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God, who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began…”

Ephesians 2:1-6 ” But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ by grace you have been saved and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.”

I pray that all of us show our lives as ones that are all for the glory of God and not for the glory of ourselves. Amen.

LIVE & DIE JESUS CHRIST