Friday, December 19, 2008
Randome thoughts,
What do you call the caffeinated drink family? Some call it pop (crazy Canadians) as you get further south some call it soda, and being from Texas we call it Coke. But, you ask what if its sprite, or Dr pepper, or maybe even Mountain Dew... IT DOESENT MATTER ITS ALL CALLED COKE...just thought you should know how i feel about it. But no matter how much i explain it i always end up going up to a restraint counter and saying "can i have a cup for coke" and almost with out fail they will say "sorry we don't have coke, we have Pepsi." Errrrrrrr...there's my rant for the day. And for all you people out there who call those caffeinated, deadly, syrup filled, addicting, bone decalciumizing, wonderfully tasteful, drinks pop, well... i just don't know how i feel about that. I guess I'd say what ever pickles your cucumber. But as for me and my house, we will call it by its true name....the one...the only....COKE. Spelled...C-O-K-E
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Jazz
I was ridding in my car the other day on the way down to Friend Church and i was listing to Jazz music, no words, just pure Jazz. Jeanie (my fiance) was like "are you seriously going to listen to this" (she is a country music lover). I then tried to explain why i loved jazz. As i am writing this I am actualy sitting in Panera Bread listing to more jazz. I tried to tell Jeanie that i love jazz so much because of its seemingly unrhythmic rhythm. There are plenty of professional musicians who I'm sure would argue that jazz is not unrhythmic, and to an extent they are right. You see jazz has a rithim at its cour, my old music instructor used to say, "rythim is sacred, you must have rythm first" and Jazz does have rythim but it also has randome free notes that are bouned only by the lack of imagination, and key signitures.
I think the reasion i like jazz so much is because it is ordered freedom. it has order at its cour (the rythim) but it has freedom of expression that caries your emotions and your thoughts further than most music does. It can be relazing, but it can also be intence.
My junior year in highschool I wrote a 15 page paper on music and its efects on mans emotions. I found out while resercing for it that the greeks actualy had a manuscript that explained what notes needed to be played in what order inorder to envoke certin emotions from the listers. I also heard the other day that a study was done on music and its phisical efects on the human body. come to find out if you listen to music that you enjoy, your blod vains expand and there is an increase in blood flow, if you listen to music that is distressing, or antaginizing then your blood vains contract slowing the blood flow in your body. This simply means it is healthy for you to listen to enjoyable music.
I say all this simply to say that I love jazz. It is randomly orderly, and a beutiful creation of God. I do marval some times how music can efect people in ways that words never can.
The truth is that somthing so amazing and so cretive, but still so orderly could only have been created by one thing, God.
I think the reasion i like jazz so much is because it is ordered freedom. it has order at its cour (the rythim) but it has freedom of expression that caries your emotions and your thoughts further than most music does. It can be relazing, but it can also be intence.
My junior year in highschool I wrote a 15 page paper on music and its efects on mans emotions. I found out while resercing for it that the greeks actualy had a manuscript that explained what notes needed to be played in what order inorder to envoke certin emotions from the listers. I also heard the other day that a study was done on music and its phisical efects on the human body. come to find out if you listen to music that you enjoy, your blod vains expand and there is an increase in blood flow, if you listen to music that is distressing, or antaginizing then your blood vains contract slowing the blood flow in your body. This simply means it is healthy for you to listen to enjoyable music.
I say all this simply to say that I love jazz. It is randomly orderly, and a beutiful creation of God. I do marval some times how music can efect people in ways that words never can.
The truth is that somthing so amazing and so cretive, but still so orderly could only have been created by one thing, God.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Back in time
Hello World!
Seeing that this is my first time blogging and I don't have a lot to say at this moment, I figure I will post some thoughts I wrote a few months ago.
8/7/2008 11:46pm
What is God’s Plan? Because of recent events that have happened in my life I have started asking myself this question once again. It seems odd to me that we only ask this question when our plans are interrupted. But let me ask you, the reader a question. When was the last time you didn't have a plan for your life and you were ok with it? It seems like God gave us this need and desire to plan, but when our plans are interrupted by circumstances we grind to a halt not knowing where to turn or what to do. Here is an excerpt from an email I sent when my plans came jolting to a halt.
Before I went to college I felt like I was standing at the edge of a cliff about to jump off into the dark abyss below, since then I feel like I have been climbing down the sheer rock wall and now and again I slip and fall a bit. But I have always been able to pick myself up and keep on going. I feel like this time I am still falling, dreading the moment when I hit the bottom and my lifeless body is shattered by the jagged rocks below. My stomach is sick from falling, and my mind is weak from trying to find a safety net in the darkness.
This is the feeling we all have when our plans collapse around us. We feel lost, frightened, lonely, scared, and hurt. So what do we do about it? It’s simple, turn to the Lord for strength, and insight. (I know you thinking, "What a church answer" but just listen for a sec) who is the creator...God. Who is omnipresent (everywhere all the time)...God. Who is omniscient (all knowing)...God. Who is omnipotent (all powerful)...God. Wow I sure feel like an idiot. Since when did I start thinking that I could come up with a better plan than God's? At what point did I start leaving God at church and start taking control of my own life? You see in the convoluted rendition of Christianity that most people practice today, it’s ok to do exactly that. Leave Christ at church and only use him when you need him. But I have a revolutionary idea for you. What if we stop letting other people set the example, even better yet what if we let Christ set the example? You see, before Jesus died on the cross for our sins he spent hours in the Garden of Gethsemane praying that, "this cup pass from me." Essentially Jesus was praying to the Father that the plan be changed so He did not have to suffer the pain He knew was coming. He was so stressed about Gods plan that he was literally sweating blood. But, yet in the end he gave Himself willingly for our sins, submitting Himself to His Father’s plan. Man, if we started living like that, and submitting to God's plan to the extent that we would be willing to die, what a difference we would make in this world. My prayer is that God will take this time in my life to teach me how to seek his plan. I have decided to follow Jesus, there will be no turning back...are you with me?
Seeing that this is my first time blogging and I don't have a lot to say at this moment, I figure I will post some thoughts I wrote a few months ago.
8/7/2008 11:46pm
What is God’s Plan? Because of recent events that have happened in my life I have started asking myself this question once again. It seems odd to me that we only ask this question when our plans are interrupted. But let me ask you, the reader a question. When was the last time you didn't have a plan for your life and you were ok with it? It seems like God gave us this need and desire to plan, but when our plans are interrupted by circumstances we grind to a halt not knowing where to turn or what to do. Here is an excerpt from an email I sent when my plans came jolting to a halt.
Before I went to college I felt like I was standing at the edge of a cliff about to jump off into the dark abyss below, since then I feel like I have been climbing down the sheer rock wall and now and again I slip and fall a bit. But I have always been able to pick myself up and keep on going. I feel like this time I am still falling, dreading the moment when I hit the bottom and my lifeless body is shattered by the jagged rocks below. My stomach is sick from falling, and my mind is weak from trying to find a safety net in the darkness.
This is the feeling we all have when our plans collapse around us. We feel lost, frightened, lonely, scared, and hurt. So what do we do about it? It’s simple, turn to the Lord for strength, and insight. (I know you thinking, "What a church answer" but just listen for a sec) who is the creator...God. Who is omnipresent (everywhere all the time)...God. Who is omniscient (all knowing)...God. Who is omnipotent (all powerful)...God. Wow I sure feel like an idiot. Since when did I start thinking that I could come up with a better plan than God's? At what point did I start leaving God at church and start taking control of my own life? You see in the convoluted rendition of Christianity that most people practice today, it’s ok to do exactly that. Leave Christ at church and only use him when you need him. But I have a revolutionary idea for you. What if we stop letting other people set the example, even better yet what if we let Christ set the example? You see, before Jesus died on the cross for our sins he spent hours in the Garden of Gethsemane praying that, "this cup pass from me." Essentially Jesus was praying to the Father that the plan be changed so He did not have to suffer the pain He knew was coming. He was so stressed about Gods plan that he was literally sweating blood. But, yet in the end he gave Himself willingly for our sins, submitting Himself to His Father’s plan. Man, if we started living like that, and submitting to God's plan to the extent that we would be willing to die, what a difference we would make in this world. My prayer is that God will take this time in my life to teach me how to seek his plan. I have decided to follow Jesus, there will be no turning back...are you with me?
Shut Up and Listen
11/30/08
I Just had the opurtunity to speak at a D-now and i have uploaded the Vid to God tube. Check it out, the title is Shut up and Listen. Its on the life of Job and talkes about how we need to be selfless.
I Just had the opurtunity to speak at a D-now and i have uploaded the Vid to God tube. Check it out, the title is Shut up and Listen. Its on the life of Job and talkes about how we need to be selfless.
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