I had something happen to me the other day that I never seen coming.  I have heard about this kind of stuff and seen it on TV, but I never thought that it would happen to me.  I was in Wal-Mart one Sunday picking up a few things that I would need for the week, and when I came out I noticed that there was a piece of paper on the back of my Jeep.  Not really thinking anything about it at first, I went on putting the things I had into the Jeep.  As I was going to close the read hatch, I looked at the paper and read what it had to say.  The first time I read it, I just read it, not really registering what it said.  A few seconds later, it hit me what I had just read, and then it hit me as to what the paper was covering up.  The paper read....

 

American Atheist Association

 

This person has official been ticketed by the A.A.A. for imposing your beliefs on the local atheists trying to live an independent life without religious shit being shoved down their throats every second.

 

This paper was covering up the icthus (Jesus fish) on the back of my Jeep.  They had taped it over the fish so it couldnt be seen.  When I realized all of this, to be honest, I didnt know what to do, or what to think.  It made me mad the more I thought about it.  I dont understand why anyone would go around and tape something like this to a person's car.  It's just not right.  For one, its vandalism and that is against the law.  These people are violating our freedoms.  If they want to go to some street corner and speak out for what they believe in, then they are more than welcome to, but they shouldnt be going around taping stuff to people's cars.  After the anger passed, and I came back to my senses a day later, I realized some things.  First of all, let me say thank you to whoever taped this on the back of my Jeep.  Yes, thats right, I'm thanking them, and here is why.  As christians, we are not as aware as we should be.  I mean, we put the icthus on the back out of cars, but thats about as far as go.  Ponder on this question, for those of you who have the icthus or some symbol like that on your car, how many times do you look at each day?  How many times do you notice it, or notice if it is even still there?  Sadly, I have to say that up until now, I didn't notice mine all that much.  Yeah, I knew it was there, or at least it was supposed to be there, but its one of those things that we just become unaware of.  I mean just think about how big of witness things like that are.  If you are sitting at a traffic light, or just driving down the road, and the car in front of you has something like that on there, does it not brighten up your day?  Does it not make you stop and think about the small things in life that we take for granted?  Now, every time that I walk out to my Jeep, I look to make sure that the icthus is still there.  Everytime I thank God for allowing me to live in a world where we have the religious freedoms to do as we please.  We are so blessed, and we take so many things for granted.  So, to the local atheists out there, I thank you.  I thank you for making me more aware, and more thankful for this world that I live in.

 

God Bless

Well, most of you know, but not all of you know, so I guess this will actually make it all official in me telling people.  I have been called to preach.  Yes, you read it right.  God called me to preach, and I have known for a long time, but I chose not to really do anything about it, till now.  I know, it's bad, and I should have listened before now, but you all know how I am.  God was really dealing with me here in the past few months, and everything seemed like it was just all going wrong.  I was about to get to the end of things, and couldnt take it anymore, and finally I just prayed and asked God what it was that he wanted for me, and of course he told me.  This time I was still saying no, and didnt want anything to do with it.  I said there was no way.  And then I came to my senses, cause I seen that my was wasnt working at all.  So I prayed and said okay, if this is what you want, let me know for sure.  I ended up calling one of my friends shortly after that to just talk and take a break from the studying I was doing.  I had no intentions of telling her what was going on, but somehow it just all came out.  I told her what I was going through and that God had called me to preach.  Right after I told her, and she paused for a minute and simply said, I know, I felt like a ton of bricks had been lifted off of my shoulders.  Then I tried to figure out how that she knew, and all I can guess is that was God's way of saying, hey, are you gonna listen to me now.  So, things have been changing drastically lately.  Satan is attacking me everyday as hard as he can, and its really tough.  I ask that you all pray for me because now I dont know what is going to happen.  I know that I'm going to graduate from Murray, or at least try anyway, and then I'm going to Louisville to the seminary.  And oh, I still have to tell my parents all of this.  So I ask that you pray that they will be supportive for me.  But I want to thank all of you who have been there for me the past few months, you all mean so much to me, you have no idea. 

 

Also, please note that this is the condenced version of what all went down.  If you want to know the whole story with all of the details that I left out, come and talk to me.  I love to tell this story...its sooo awesome of just how it all happen and fell into place.

 

God Bless,

Okay, for those of you who actually read this thing, I'm sorry that I haven't been posting stuff.  I have been really busy dealing with school, work, and life, that I haven't hardly been myself lately.  Most of you know that I have a lot going on right now, and that kind of explains why I haven't been keeping this up to date.  However, I intend on trying to do a better job of that, but who knows how long it will last.  I have a few things to post on here, so get ready to read...

 

God Bless

Yeah, okay so tonight would almost have to be the most interesting of my life so far....well maybe not the most...but I think it will definately hold a candle to it.  I chose to stay in good ole Murray this weekend so I could study and prepare for finals....I know, most of you think that I wont be studying...but I actually intend to study at some point...at least I hope.  Anyway, lets just say that I dont wanna be put in the positions that I was put in tonight again for a very long time.  I ended up at a friends "house" tonight with people who were very drunk...and I mean very drunk....can we say gone..or wasted....yeah....that drunk.  Now, dont get me wrong, I have nothing against people who drink, as long as they know their limit...but I do have problems with people just getting wasted.  I can understand drinking to get the "buzz" so to say, but I see no point in going far enough to where you dont know what you are doing and wont remember any of it the next morning.  All I'm gonna say is that God is the only thing that kept me out of trouble tonight.  There were things going on that I didnt agree with...and things that I almost got in trouble over...and if those people hadnt of left the scene....I probably would have done something I would have regretted later.  I'm not going to come out and say what all was going on tonight....sorry to get your hopes up....I will leave you in suspense...but if you just have to know...well you can ask me in person and I will tell you then.  It is currently 3:02 am according to the clock here on the computer and I am still awake...and will be awake for a long time still.  Yeah, I'm the smart one who decided and got the wild hair to do my laundry at this time of morning.  I mean, the washer and dryer were empty. so I figure why wait and fight for them later when I can do it now and not have to mess with it.  It is murder trying to wash clothes up here....cause no matter when I try to do it...someone else always beats me to it.  I know, I hardly ever stay in Murray to wash my clothes....but hey...there were those few times.  Anyway...tonight was different to say the least.  I was being a good friend tonight and it almost got me in trouble.  I'm just really glad that I didnt do anything stupid....like what was running through my head.  I am going to leave this as a note tho....guys....when you drink...be smart....dont be stupid and take advantage of things that you arent going to remember in the morning.  I mean come on....is it really worth it that much?

 

God Bless

Well, things have been pretty crazy here lately.  With school and all the other crazy things going on in my life, it's a wonder I'm still able to do the things I do.  And the craziest thing is, I seem to keep taking more and more stuff on, even though I tell myself I have to much to do already.  It is really hard to believe that we only have three and half weeks left till Christmas break.  I will have to say that I'm ready for the break though.  Things are just way too crazy and it's time to get out of Murray for a while.  I have no plans over the break, other than just trying to calm down and prepare for a hectic crazy spring semester.  Maybe this time I can at least stay in the same room for the entire year.  But this summer, if things work out like I hope they do, I will be moving into a house here in Murray.  Brett and I are trying to work it out to where we can move out of the dorms and rent a house.  We will be off campus and actually be able to hear ourselves think.  I mean, I have nothing against living in the dorms, okay, yeah I do, but you know.  I think it was a good experience living in the dorms, but I'm ready for something else.  I'm getting to the point to where I am fixing to have harder classes, and I need time alone to go my stuff.  I like being around the people in the dorms, there is hardly ever a dull moment, trust me, but there comes a time when you just have to get away.  I'm excited about the house and I just pray that God allows it to happen.  If he doesn't, then hopefully he will open up another door and show me what he wants me to do.  I have been praying a lot lately that God will open doors and help do the things that he has in his will for me to do.  It is so hard to go out on faith and do stuff.  I still have a problem sometimes just letting go and trusting that he will work everything out.  Please pray for me that I will have patience as things change here in the near future.  I have so much going on, and I just need to settle down and take it all one thing at a time and not lose hope that it will turn out like it is supposed to.

 

God Bless