God and Carmen

i just want to take a moment and tell you how incredible my fiance' is. Carmen is amazing, i have never met a girl who was so in love with Jesus. I have also never met a girl with such a great and correct understanding of Scripture. Carmen wants our life to be about God as much as i do and that is very exciting. Her convictions are very solid and she has them because of Scripture and what God has spoken into her life. She is a huge encouragement to me as it pertains to my walk with God.

God is so awesome and He blows my mind. I want all of you to know that there is so much to who God is and His character, i encourage all of you to chase hard after Him and to forsake everything else. i have been reading a lot and there is a verse in the Bible that tells you and i to "purify ourselves". a lot of people should hear what i am about to say but God says that we should be striving after holiness. also in 1 john the bible talks about how if you really are a true christian then your life will be marked by an interest in the law of God and conforming yourself to that law. i hope that all of you "freedom fighters" who talk about grace but never talk about the law of God will begin to realize that there is a Scriptural balance between the two and that you are called to observe God's law under grace. For those of you who do not care about the law of God, I pray that God shows you grace and reveals this to you and births in you a desire to live a holy and set apart life.

two in a row

This is my second day in a row posting. You should all be very proud.

God is so awesome. He continues to work in my life in a mindblowing way. Let me encourage all of you who are christians to follow after Him with everything that you are and have.

Read Isaiah 53:10 it is an incredible verse.
i have got to go

Yesterday

Alright, well yesterday was Sunday and of course i went to church for another great time of storytelling but i tend nowadays not to hear a lot of hardcore biblical truth. So instead of paying attention i did what i usually do now and i read Scripture and tried to take something away from my time there. God, however is much more than just a good storyteller, (which makes me happy) I found some great stuff in the Bible. I showed up not expecting to teach Sunday school at all but i ended up teaching 2 classes. I do not remember everything we talked about but it was great. I am not at all a great teacher, i think i would be a better preacher or something. Not a pastor but a preacher. I wanted the guys there to walk away with two things yesterday. 1. never take anything that a preacher says as truth until you have examined it yourself with Scripture. 2. There is so much more to our God and His Word than you could ever imagine and you better start learning now.
I hope that God takes the mess i put in front of them and either brings them into a relationship with Himself, or gives them an unending passion for knowing Jesus intimately.
I also must thank my friend J.C. Thompson for his kind words that he posted on his blog today. I love you man.

life

well, it has been a long time since i have posted a blog but hopefully things will get back to normal here soon... I have not posted because life is so crazy sometimes. I am currently facing at least two decisions that will impact my life dramatically. every free moment i have i am reading the Bible or praying and seeking God. I am really scared that i might screw things up big time, and i here so many different things about how to seek God that i still have no clue what i am doing. I wish there was someone who could give me a completely clear answer about anything. in the midst of everything though, GOD IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! God is using these situations in my life and even though i don't have all the answers i am having to cling to Him for dear life.
I hope that i can begin posting on a regular basis but for now i will go. I am at work and break time is almost over.

Last night was crazy!

Last night I asked Carmen to marry and she said yes!!!!!! I am so excited about our future. For those of you that do not know me personally, I chased Carmen for like two years and now as of yesterday we have been dating for three years and are now engaged to be married. We will probably get married in June of 2008 so be looking in a few months for an invitation. Sorry, I have got to go call my fiance. bye.