Ready, set, SHAVE

Hey dudes and dudettes... So much for slacking, I am on post two of today! BOOYA!

I just wanted to say a few things about one of the greatest things I have ever been apart of: St. Baldrick's

Yup, two years straight I am shaving my head (Saturday March 30th for those of you that wanna come show support @ WKU baseball field)  for their childhood cancer foundation and I could not be more excited. This is such an amazing cause and I am blessed to be apart of it. It is pretty sad knowing that every 3 minutes a child is diagnosed with some form of cancer. Little kids each and every day have to battle through the pain and sickness and sadly each day some lose that battle. I support St. Baldrick's because the money goes to to children and research! A cure needs to be found and fast!

As I have said before on facebook and other sites, I am honored to shave my head for such strong children. Not only that, I am honored to shave my head for all people with cancer. This especially hits me right at home because I know many people battling each day and I know some that have lost their lives. I know what it is like to lose a family member to cancer as my pappaw passed away from it. I don't want anyone else to suffer or have to go through the pain of cancer or knowing someone with it. Especially little children. Those kids and adults suffering from this "monster" are an inspiration to me and I truly am honored to shave.

Check out the website guys and just at least read up on it.
http://www.stbaldricks.org/

My prayers tonight will go out to anyone suffering from cancer and for the researchers trying to find a cure.

Thanks guys!

Entertain Your Enjoyments

You may be thinking, "What the crapola is this dude talking about?" just by reading the title. Shoot I am always wondering what I'm talking about, but to me, this phrase makes perfect sense now. So what exactly am I saying? Well let me just ask a simple question... What do you like to do? What brings you enjoyment/happiness?

For myself, I enjoy singing and playing instruments horribly. It is just fun to get caught up in the moment, expressing myself how I want to. I was talking to a friend earlier today about how bad I am and she said "It's about enjoyment not entertainment. You don't have to be good as long as you have fun."... So true... You know, I'm not living my life to please anyone but God and I am sure that God does not care if I can or cannot sing or play an instrument. What He does want is for me to give all I can to worship Him. So I guess what I am saying is forget all the people that make fun of you. Why? Because their opinion doesn't matter in the end, God's does and that is it. Period.


This goes back to one of my older blogs. If you have been reading you would know it was the one about judging others and how we shouldn't, if you haven't been reading/ are a new reader I will help you out:

http://takingtheotherroute.blogspot.com/2012/05/who-are-we-to-judge.html

It is decent so check it out.

But back to what I was saying before, God is all that matters and as long as we are pleasing Him with the things we do in a Godly way then kiss what others think goodbye and do your own thing. Express yourself how you want to, be you because that is what makes you special. I'm not the smartest guy around but I do know a few things, so take my advice... sing, dance, play guitar, the piano, flute... I don't care what it is, what you do, how good you are, just do it. You should be entertaining with what you do not using what you do do to entertain others. Make it personal, if it is then you will be happier, instead of trying to adjust and pleasing others! But whatever you do... don't just do it like Tiger Woods...

Well, I can't ramble anymore. My head is killing me. Until next time dudes and dudettes!


peace out cubscouts

Satanic Temptations

Hey there my lovely readers, fans, haters... It sure has been a while since I have blogged! This post will almost certainly hit a few of you all as it has me just thinking about it all day. So let's cut to the chase shall we?

So I never really thought about this until the mother of this really of this really awesome girl I know (yeah, I want a few points, so what)...made me think... I suppose I should tell you what it is that I am thinking right? Yeah!

"God has given me peace so, I know He's got this ... but, satan sure does work hard to cause me to doubt & fear ... so, I do need prayers for toughness, boldness & strength to fight the devil cause Jesus has got the cancer!"

If you can't see what she sees and has shown me, I will elaborate...

From what I have learned (which could possibly be nothing if I completely screw this up), God loves to lead us down paths that challenge us as Christian's. NO, I am not saying God tempts us Himself, but He does lead us to temptation on occasion, see Matthew 4:1 - Jesus was led into the wilderness by the Holy Spirit - If you don't know what came next, well he was tempted by the bad ole Devil yo. Excuse me for my gangster talk... But why does he do this? Well to challenge us to persevere of course.

You see, every time we pray during a tough time, we pray that God will do something for us that directly goes to our situation. But I think I learned something much more earlier in my conversation, God already has a plan for us, he CURE us in some way, he will save us from sickness. While praying for what we already know to be true is fine and dandy, I now also say we should pray for our battle with the Devil. He is always lurking in the shadow's waiting for our weakest point, waiting for a time to really crush us during our trials. The real trial is not getting through the task at hand physically or emotionally or however you want to say it, but what really matters is getting through it spiritually. Will we let the Devil conquer us in our time of weakness or will we have the strength, boldness to stand firm in our belief that God has us covered in any situation, to stand firm against the Devil as he attacks us.

I am certainly a failure in that aspect, the Devil seems to always get me when I least expect it. But I believe I have been praying for the wrong things. I've been praying for a quick fix and the easiest way out, rather than strength for a long grueling battle with temptation. I could be wrong but I think I could be onto something... Well my friend certainly is at least.

You learn something new when you least expect it and I am so grateful for the strong people out there that teach me how to see clearer and how to do better.

In case you did not see before, my friend has cancer and I ask that we each pray for her as she is tempted by the Devil, it is her wish to receive prayers to help fight the Devil and I want to respect that and help/pray in any way I can. It truly is people like her that I admire, people with courage through the toughest of times. It is a blessing even though I barely know her, but to be put down a path and understanding and being at peace with the obstacles, it is just amazing. Sometimes I let my life get me down for the smallest of things. I think I have really learned a big lesson.


Thanks guys, I know it was a little ramblish or something but oh well. It is what it is... go listen to this song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoPyLcY6Zv4

peace out cubscouts.

Praying the Worry Out

Hey guys, it is the start of the new year and a renewed me. I have made a lot of resolutions for the year and my biggest one has to be blogging some more. I am anxious to get started so without further ado, leggo!

Check this out folks, one of my favorite songs by Brandon Heath: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecilfLSOGVI

It is a little country and Christian at the same time, I love this dude.

But more importantly I really love this message. Why do we pray then continually worry about what we just prayed for? We all do it, no way any one of even the "greatest" of Christians doesn't worry. So I guess my question is once again why do we do that?

Well honestly, I don't know. I think we as humans always want to be in control of the situation. We don't want to be patient and we want results fast. Truthfully though, results won't at all times right when we want them, but they will ALWAYS come when God wants them. So if we are gonna worry about it then why pray? Like Brandon Heath says clearly in the song, leave it in the Hands of the Father and the Healer. All you can do is pray and leave it up to God. Worrying adds more stress to an already tough situation so you need to listen to God's word and understand He has a plan and He will come through with that plan no matter what.

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding"
- Proverbs 3:5

While it is hard to not worry and to not seek out your own understanding on a certain situation, the best advice I can give you is to try hold those urges in. To those who wait and continually pray will come the best results. Good or bad, God knows what is best and He will hold your hand every step of the way. To have complete faith in His abilities to heal and lead us, is how He wants it. God will lead our lives if we give Him complete control and trust in Him.

So my prayer is not only for healing to all my friends and family in need or for them in general, but also that they put complete faith and trust in Your Word Father. That they all trust You and Your judgement and give all they can to glorify Your name. With trust in You our lives become better. Granted the path You give us may be hard to follow, in the end You will bring us all to the same home. Thank you Father and watch over each and every one of us through our times of trial and happiness.

In Your name I pray,

Amen!

Just a little poem

I had a blog post before about writing poetry and well I haven't really written much of anything lately so I figure I will give it a try. Hopefully it doesn't turn out too bad.

I spoke to God about my life;

more specifically about my wife.

I wanted to ask for a girl that would see

The very different side of me.

But before I could speak,

God started to teach.

While I'm just a young man,

He still has a plan.

He will send me someone that won't judge my past,

a real love that will truly last.

A girl that will put Him first

even when things are at their worst.

He told me to wait and see

All good things will come to be.

Welp, that is it! Not the best but I mean, I tried.

I like eggs

Hey folks! It certainly has been a while since my last post and I think I owe everyone an apology for not blogging like I had hoped for. It isn't that I was too busy, I just didn't have much motivation I suppose. That is all going to change now! I am very excited to continue posting for everyone that enjoys reading what I have to say. So with that said, onward to my new blog post!

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Man oh man, what an interesting semester I have had. From changing my major to considering changing schools, it has been pretty hectic. I have probably thought more about my life as whole these past few months than I did all through high school and in my first year of college.If there is one thing this semester has really taught me, that would be that you always need to remain true to yourself!

As all of you all know, I wanted to teach for a very long time and well, part of me still does. Through prayer and some thoughts though, I believe that I have a different purpose in life. I still want to teach, but I want to do that through Sunday School for sure, with the possibility that I still teach math later on in life. I believe that God has given me a gift in my mathematics abilities and I know He wants me to use that. Where I go with that is completely up to him but I do plan on pursuing a degree in Math. All I know is that I need to apply myself and do the best that I can. Uncharacteristic of me to an extent, but I believe in myself and I know I will do great things with the help of God.

So how does this really relate to me or anyone for that matter remaining true to themselves? Well, I mean I grew up with numbers. I was scoring higher on an RGIS company test than the employees themselves at 10 years old. I was in Algebra 1 as a 6th grader and had it not been for my awful work ethic and no motivation back then, I would have probably been in a much better position mathematically than I am now. What I am saying is that I miss the numbers and I miss the fun in solving things. I am sure that sounds crazy to some people out there, but it is the truth. I LERVE MATHS!

Haha! Anyways, that is not the only reason/relation to remaining true to yourself, I have plenty more to share. So this is where it gets a little more serious, hide yo kids, hide yo wife if you scurred... If not read on!

Throughout this semester I have had my ups and downs. I have been depressed at times and happier than ever other times. Through those experiences, I have learned one important thing, the only person you owe anything to is God. Granted, I still like to be honest with my friends and family just because that is me, but God is who you should worry about first and foremost. I think I got caught up in worrying about people/myself...mostly girls... rather than worrying more about God. I suppose what I am trying to say is that sometimes I tried to force stuff to happen that God obviously did not want for me in my life. I am thankful that he opened my eyes and now I am back on track. Patience is a virtue, I have always lacked that but now I just feel better about it, I really don't know how to explain it. All I know is that through prayer, anything is possible and God continues to show up in my life and I couldn't be more thankful for what He has done.

So what I am trying to say is that through being honest with God and admitting my mistakes, seeking guidance from Him rather than doing it myself, I realized that anything is possible. It may not happen today, tomorrow or next week but if I give it time and I continue to care for the seed God has planted, it will grow into something beautiful.

I know that this blog is sort of a huge ramble and maybe makes no sense or doesn't flow...idk, it's my blog! SHUDDAP!

I love yall

peace out cubscouts!

Just some thoughts

My backs against the wall, 

with nowhere to go at all.

My eyes are on the prize,

instead of to the skies.

Only time can tell,

whether or not I fail.

It is that moment when,

His truth finally sinks in.

Don't believe the lies,

just look through his eyes.

Only then will I be so wise,

to understand how to truly rise.