So I was supposed to go on my first missions trip to Brazil during spring break, but I'm afraid its not going to happen. The missionary that was to host us and take care of us has to take care of his sick mother. Very sad, but true.
So since the Recife, Brazil missions trip is cancelled there are other opportunities to help people. There is one where we'll be on a missionary boat in the Caribbean or going to a mission trip in Peru, Guatemala, New Mexico, Arizona, and other such places. Please pray for me and my teammates.
Pro. 21:30 "There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the LORD."
Anyway, in other news I've started thinking over me living on campus next semester. If I join the honors program, which i might do, I would have to live on campus, there is no way I'll be able to catch up on my reading while living at home with my dad. Last week i was praying about it, and out of the blue my dad, who didn't know I was thinking about moving on campus next semester, asked me how much it is to live on campus. I was quite shocked and I told him, he said that it wouldn't be a bad idea of me living on campus next semester. So I'm still praying over it, but I'm pretty sure God has answered my prayer because I've stopped worrying about it.
Another thing that has been on my mind is the world. I don't mean the entire world, but I mean worldly v. godly kind of thing. I am all against abortion and I do think that living in a homosexual lifestyle is sin. But I am too about pro choice and gay rights. Well you might think I'm trying to be politically correct, but I think this brings some controversy to Christin believers. How can I be against abortion, but pro life? How can I say homosexuality is sinful, but let the gays have their rights? Well I've been thinking about this for the past 2 weeks, maybe longer, but on and off, and I think I finally came to an understanding.
I've come to agree that the world will never change and that it will always choose the flesh over the spiritual. But this doesn't mean I can't change people. I can not change the world, but if I change one person, I've changed their world. Abortion is something of the world, I will fight against abortion till I die or if Jesus comes back down to take his people to heaven with him. But I am not against prochoice. God has given us free will, we can either choose our own fleshly desires or godly desires. If we had no choice then we can all believe Calvin and that it is by God’s choice that we go to hell and heaven and that John 3:16 is all wrong.
So it also says in the Bible that living a homosexual lifestyle is sin, its abominable. Well does that mean that they do not have rights? Murder is sin, so I guess the government is doing something right about taking away their rights, but lying is also sin, there’s no rights taken away from us, me included. Sin is sin. I don’t agree with the homosexual lifestyle, but that is something that is part of the world, I can’t change the world.
So what do I do? Well pray to God that He will bring people in your life that you will or already love and make a difference in their life by showing them Jesus Christ. And you know what? Jesus takes care of the rest.
John 3:17 “For God did not send His son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” Who are we to condemn? Be an instrument for God and help save people from being condemned at death.
I'm out.
1/18/2008
1/11/2008
My road then God's road
I read some one's "about me" today. I really liked it.
"I am who I am because I choose to be that man...And now I beg that God undo that man in hopes of his re-creating me into a peg that would humbly serve his purpose!"
We all grow up to be people that we think we should be or want to be, it's our own free will. But then something happens when we put our lives into someone else's hands, we are no longer in control of our own life, but someone else is. We let that someone or God to redo or work with what we have and shape it to what they or God want it to be.
With God, the second we give our lives to Christ it is no longer ours, it is a "living sacrifice." To serve Him and to worship Him is what He wants and His will is "good, pleasing, and perfect."
I know God will use all my experiences and gifts to his use. Though i chose another road first than Christ's road, God uses everything for His glory.
Anyway, give your life to God and humbly serve Him, He is the only "way, truth, and life." I'm out
"I am who I am because I choose to be that man...And now I beg that God undo that man in hopes of his re-creating me into a peg that would humbly serve his purpose!"
We all grow up to be people that we think we should be or want to be, it's our own free will. But then something happens when we put our lives into someone else's hands, we are no longer in control of our own life, but someone else is. We let that someone or God to redo or work with what we have and shape it to what they or God want it to be.
With God, the second we give our lives to Christ it is no longer ours, it is a "living sacrifice." To serve Him and to worship Him is what He wants and His will is "good, pleasing, and perfect."
I know God will use all my experiences and gifts to his use. Though i chose another road first than Christ's road, God uses everything for His glory.
Anyway, give your life to God and humbly serve Him, He is the only "way, truth, and life." I'm out
1/08/2008
God will provide.
I'm so dumb.
I'm being a little over exaggerated but when I'm in a pickle, God won't let me be myself if I can't do it alone.
Just last week I was doing calculations of my bills and I was $40 short, what can i do? So instead of putting it in God's hands I put them on my own. I took $40 from my credit card instead of debit to make sure my dad would pay for it instead of me. Kind of spoiled, but what can I do, I was short.
Today a friend of mine was looking for a graphing calc. and I so happened to have one. I bought it for a cheap price and so I sold it to my friend for a cheaper price. I asked for $40 without even thinking about how much I needed. Some people might say it was an unconscious thing, but I totally know it was a God thing.
So the moral of this story, leave it in God's hands he'll provide enough.
I'm out.
I'm being a little over exaggerated but when I'm in a pickle, God won't let me be myself if I can't do it alone.
Just last week I was doing calculations of my bills and I was $40 short, what can i do? So instead of putting it in God's hands I put them on my own. I took $40 from my credit card instead of debit to make sure my dad would pay for it instead of me. Kind of spoiled, but what can I do, I was short.
Today a friend of mine was looking for a graphing calc. and I so happened to have one. I bought it for a cheap price and so I sold it to my friend for a cheaper price. I asked for $40 without even thinking about how much I needed. Some people might say it was an unconscious thing, but I totally know it was a God thing.
So the moral of this story, leave it in God's hands he'll provide enough.
I'm out.
1/02/2008
Find yourself
How do we find ourselves?
How do we answer "Describe yourself?"
Do we go crazy looking for the answer or do we just analyze ourselves?
Psalm 139:1 "O LORD, you have searched me and you know me." And the psalm goes on telling the reader that God knows us and why we do such things.
I earnestly want to know myself. I want to know EVERYTHING, but that's just my personality.
Why did God create me this way?
Everyone wants to understand themselves, everyone wants to know who they really are. Yeah there are confident people in this world, they might already have found themselves in who they are, or... its just a mask.
I'm at a loss. If I knew who I was, I'd know every flaw, I'd know my strengths and my weaknesses. If I knew all my weaknesses, then I would know how to compensate for them and rest it in God's hands or maybe I won't... maybe I say that now, but when the time comes, I'd take it upon myself to be fully independent.
I wish i could give you an answer on how to find your true self as you can see in my writing I doubt myself, but I'm just like everyone else, I'm different. No one is exactly the same, so even if I told you how, that would be how I found myself, not how I found your true self. '
So here's the only advice that I'm giving you on this subject, don't buy any book or magazine or take time to look at a horoscope or take a quiz, your wasting your money and/or time on what you could be using to live life and look for yourself.
Who are we truly?
How do we answer "Describe yourself?"
Do we go crazy looking for the answer or do we just analyze ourselves?
Psalm 139:1 "O LORD, you have searched me and you know me." And the psalm goes on telling the reader that God knows us and why we do such things.
I earnestly want to know myself. I want to know EVERYTHING, but that's just my personality.
Why did God create me this way?
Everyone wants to understand themselves, everyone wants to know who they really are. Yeah there are confident people in this world, they might already have found themselves in who they are, or... its just a mask.
I'm at a loss. If I knew who I was, I'd know every flaw, I'd know my strengths and my weaknesses. If I knew all my weaknesses, then I would know how to compensate for them and rest it in God's hands or maybe I won't... maybe I say that now, but when the time comes, I'd take it upon myself to be fully independent.
I wish i could give you an answer on how to find your true self as you can see in my writing I doubt myself, but I'm just like everyone else, I'm different. No one is exactly the same, so even if I told you how, that would be how I found myself, not how I found your true self. '
So here's the only advice that I'm giving you on this subject, don't buy any book or magazine or take time to look at a horoscope or take a quiz, your wasting your money and/or time on what you could be using to live life and look for yourself.
Who are we truly?
1/01/2008
Amazing Grace
First, Happy New Year!
Now, down to business. Most Americans, for the most part, have gotten over racism. At least I know I condemn no one by color or nationality, only by what they do. I can't understand what it means to be racist. But in a country not so far away, the darker you are or the more northerner, the poorer and dumber you are thought of.
My mother is from Sào Paulo, Brazil (south) and my father is from Paraiba, Brazil (north). So what?
I'll tell you what, its a disgrace for someone from the south to even think about dating or even marrying someone from the north. Its a disgrace for a white woman to love a black man.
There is no segregation of schools, there is no sitting at the back of the bus, but there is a segregation of the mind.
I can't even comprehend that because I've never seen it. I've read about it in my history book, I've seen it in movies, but I've never seen it in reality. I see a black man and a white man dressed in a suit, and I see a black teenager or white teenager with a kid.
But just because I've never seen it, like I've never seen God, doesn't mean that slavery, segregation, and God is not there.
Slavery still happens, even within the US borders; segregation still happens, even within the US borders. Just because I haven't seen it, doesn't mean its not there. Open your eyes and do something about it.
Be the change don't be ignorant!
Now, down to business. Most Americans, for the most part, have gotten over racism. At least I know I condemn no one by color or nationality, only by what they do. I can't understand what it means to be racist. But in a country not so far away, the darker you are or the more northerner, the poorer and dumber you are thought of.
My mother is from Sào Paulo, Brazil (south) and my father is from Paraiba, Brazil (north). So what?
I'll tell you what, its a disgrace for someone from the south to even think about dating or even marrying someone from the north. Its a disgrace for a white woman to love a black man.
There is no segregation of schools, there is no sitting at the back of the bus, but there is a segregation of the mind.
I can't even comprehend that because I've never seen it. I've read about it in my history book, I've seen it in movies, but I've never seen it in reality. I see a black man and a white man dressed in a suit, and I see a black teenager or white teenager with a kid.
But just because I've never seen it, like I've never seen God, doesn't mean that slavery, segregation, and God is not there.
Slavery still happens, even within the US borders; segregation still happens, even within the US borders. Just because I haven't seen it, doesn't mean its not there. Open your eyes and do something about it.
Be the change don't be ignorant!
12/27/2007
Do Something
I love the fact that I'm on break, I don't have to worry about projects or readings that I need to do for school. But I'm so bored...again! (Read 08/01/07 "Slump to Serve") I'm tired of sitting on the sofa and being a couch potato. I need to read or play soccer or do something. I know God doesn't want me doing nothing, that's why I refer back to one of my old posts.
So the moral of this blog is do what you preach. I need to get back on track and maybe... so do you.
James 1:25 "But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a DOER who acts, he will be blessed in his doing."
So go and be blessed.
So the moral of this blog is do what you preach. I need to get back on track and maybe... so do you.
James 1:25 "But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a DOER who acts, he will be blessed in his doing."
So go and be blessed.
12/26/2007
Passion: do you need it for work?
Being a college student, a lot of things go through my mind. One thing that's been on my mind lately is majors. I understand that my major is History, I need to know and remember a lot of things, but does a degree set my future?
There's a lot of competition in the field lately, and I wonder if my degree is good enough to compete with other historians going into the field. Not that I'm going to be a historian, but it is my back up.
Anyway, beside the point, I don't think a degree is all that makes you qualified, you need the degree, you need recommendation, you need an internship, and most importantly you need passion. Passion I give the biggest emphasis because without it, you won't do the best job, you'll do only what your qualified to do, not more.
I want to be a missionary and I can't help think of doing anything else because I am passionate about it. I want to learn more about the bible and I especially want to share it with those who have questions, and share it with just everyone. I can't see myself doing anything else.
So how about you? Are you doing what your passionate about, taking that extra mile or are you just going through it? Do what God gifted you with, I can't imagine a world where there was no passion.
Where is your passion?
There's a lot of competition in the field lately, and I wonder if my degree is good enough to compete with other historians going into the field. Not that I'm going to be a historian, but it is my back up.
Anyway, beside the point, I don't think a degree is all that makes you qualified, you need the degree, you need recommendation, you need an internship, and most importantly you need passion. Passion I give the biggest emphasis because without it, you won't do the best job, you'll do only what your qualified to do, not more.
I want to be a missionary and I can't help think of doing anything else because I am passionate about it. I want to learn more about the bible and I especially want to share it with those who have questions, and share it with just everyone. I can't see myself doing anything else.
So how about you? Are you doing what your passionate about, taking that extra mile or are you just going through it? Do what God gifted you with, I can't imagine a world where there was no passion.
Where is your passion?
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