So I’m back to blogging again and I have a question…
What has happened today that made you think? Was it something funny/ironic that made you laugh and brighten your day? Did you have a conversation with a stranger that made an impact on you? Did you hear something on the news that made you angry?
Post them.
We’ve read about dreams in the bible. Jacob, Pharaoh, Magi. These are all visions from God. Instructions, warnings, foresight. I sometimes wander if we get dreams like these are don’t even know it. Maybe if we did get theme, we’d know it for sure. Maybe not. I can’t tell you how many people are always unsure if it is their plan or God’s.
This is just a thought I had.
My hair was cut last week and I’m still confused by it. I’ve heard its therapeutic. I wasn’t depressed or anything.
I just needed a haircut (overdue).
I like my length but I just don’t know about the style. Hair is stupid. I wish we were all bald and we were unable to get sunburned on our heads.
Note: This is not targeted at any specific church or any specific sermon.
So, I have a hard time listening to preachers (especially ones for specific churches).
I feel like I’m getting jipped or ripped off when I listen to someone teach about a controversial subject (not only in the church, but out of the church as well). War, Abortion, Missions, Offerings, New Buildings, etc.
So, I have a problem with listening to these preachers? Why? I feel like they are required to preach whatever the church believes. Well, of course they are going to do this, they wouldn’t be working for that specific church if they didn’t believe similar things.
I understand it, but I still don’t like it. This is why. I want to hear both sides (or all 3, 4, 5 however many) of the subject. EQUALLY. I absolutely can’t stand when people do this… “Here is argument A… but HERE!!! HERE is Argument B! Look at this argument, it says THIS and THIS and THIS and THIS!” Now which one is being pressed?
I feel like I’m being less educated and more brainwashed and lied to.
This is my Lost post. I’ve never posted anything about it before until now.
I love this show. Seriously. So much.
I don’t know what I’ll do with my life once it ends. Watch it all over?
I love Lost.
This a question that many have asked / do ask/ will continue to ask until God gets tired of this earth. I find myself knowing the answers to fixable questions because I am going through them and have realized what it is needs to be fixed, how to fix it, and how to prevent it from happening again.
Apathy/Complacency.
Words we are all too familiar with, unfortunately. Nobody likes to hear these words. Even if you don’t know the meaning, they just don’t feel right and have a negative sound that comes along with them. I hate these words.
What I’m going to write may be a partial recap to what was discussed in college tonight.
We were talking about disunity and how it isn’t good (obviously). What causes disunity and how can we fix/prevent it?
Trudy said disagreements. Elizabeth talked about gossip which led to flat out sin.
I said what I’m familiar with and that is apathy/complacency. This seemed to be the one we wanted to talk most about.
It was concluded that apathy is not a good thing. Should we be concerned on what causes this? YES. Every cause has an effect. If it is a possitive effect, then repeat the cause. If negative, remove it. So now, what causes apathy?
Many things. Not feeling important or having no goal. If you feel as though you are useless, you can become apathetic. How do we fix this? Create goals for yourself and more importantly with others. This builds unity and you’re always going to continue with something.
Mr. Walker said that he (along with everyone) gets tired and worn out and that this is a big contributor to becoming complacent. This is the one I want to go with. I wanted to add some stuff to this in the discussion but time didn’t permit. People sometimes get so involved and bogged down with things that after a while they just get tired and can’t go on anymore. This is human nature. We live in flesh and the flesh is weak so we need rest. REST. It is important to rest properly. By this, we must find rest is God. This looks different from person to person. True rest. Practice the Sabbath. Seriously. Russell talked about most of this, but I just want to reiterated what he said. I think it is crucial. I’ve been victim to this so many times and for so many times I rested wrong or didn’t at all. I thought that by doing more, it would bring me out of my state of apathy. The scary thing is, it flung me deeper into it and often times led to depression. Seriously.
How do we fix the fixable? Give it to someone who can fix it and allow them to do it. I think we all know who that is.
So my friend, Bush, has many readers on his blog and when he made that involved a link to my page, I got an unusually large number of readers for a little while. Well, that has passed and now things are back to the low numbers. I think I like it better this because each reader is that much more important to me.
So, any smart college student knows you need to calculate what you need on your final to get a certain grade. It is always good to be realistic in this situation. I’ve been estimating some numbers and I need roughly a 70ish to get an A in my geography class. I need a 66 on my final for bowling for my A. I can either shoot for a 40 in Art for a B or a 99 for the A… I’m going for the B and not studying.
The sweetest final is going to be my Logic final. I’ve pretty much pwned this class. My exam grades are 95, 108, 102, & 100. Yeah, pwned. I need a 37 on the final for my A in this class. It is so sweet.
Every now and then I like to check my blog stats and see how people have found my blog and what searches were used to find it etc.
Barium Enemas…
I didn’t even know the two words existed till I checked my stats…
Barium Enemas…
Apparently its an x-ray techniques for the large intestine.
Barium Enemas…
Honestly, how does someone stumble across chrisbrewster.wordpress.com with the title “word salads may occur” with the search…
Barium Enemas…
So Bush came to Awaken on Sunday and shared his heart for children in poverty. So far over 100 kids have been helped through Compassion International by people from Sagemont alone since Sunday.
I found a kid I wanted to sponsor but I told myself I’d do it once I got more money. I’ve been wanting to do this for some time but being a college student and all, money is always tight. Then I told myself, “Dave’s needs are greater than mine.” His needs are greater than mine. So, yesterday, Dave Loovenky Guillaume became my sponsor child. He is from Haiti. He loves singing, art, and listening to music. He is 4.
I’ve become so intrigued with this boy already. I played literally dozens and dozens of scenes in my head when he finds out that he’s just been sponsored. He is only 4 and I’m not sure if he is able to completely understand it, but I can’t help but imagine. He feels like more than just some sponsor child. He IS more than just some sponsor child. He is Dave form Haiti, child of God.
Dave has already began to change my life. He’s already given me so much joy in the past two days. I’m anxious to see him grow.
