Just A Kiss

Ha so I was just listening to the song Just a Kiss by Lady Antebellum. It’s a pretty great song if you ask me, mainly cause Lady A is a pretty good band, and because its just a generally appealing song. I don’t know exactly what it was, but it made me think of this summer. I can just sit back close my eyes, and think about driving home from church on a Wednesday night. It really makes me miss it. Not entirely sure why. I could go back to those nights in a heartbeat, but this is where I am and it just wouldn’t feel the same there anymore. It’s a very confusing dilemma. Missing something so much, but at the same time knowing that you must be separated. And then you miss it, but missing it isn’t quite the same. You become ok with not being able to be with it anymore. You kinda grow out of it.

And so I’ve grown out of a lot of things. I miss all of those things dearly, and its nice to come back to them every now and then. You have to replace everything very frequently in your life or you become overly obsessive or you become extremely bored and unsatisfied, and its rough. You don’t know how to change and change is tough because its different. Changing into college is something I’ve dealt with lately and its been an awesome, but changing experience.

What I’ve done my best to hold onto is my faith. My beliefs. My God. He’s the one unchanging thing you can find everywhere in your life if you are a Christian. He’s been constant for me, and He is the thing I hold fast to when everything else is changing. Looking back, He’s pulling me forward, into His will. He helps me grow out of the things that hold me back, and I do my best to be thankful. Stay classy San Diego!

----Walking Man

Mastering Chemistry

Hola! Just a little bored sitting in Chemistry listening to him answer questions on the test and questions on material I learned what feels like two weeks ago. Stuff in reality, I learned a whole year ago. Pretty crazy haha. But what’s nice is I only have this guy 3 days a week and only for 50 minutes at a time. And yet I still feel far more prepared for his test than if I had spent a week in my AP chem class last year. Maybe because the homework we have to do is actually effective at teaching people how to do it.

Next up is Calculus. I didn’t do all the homework for the class, but it can’t be that bad. I just have to walk in, sit down, and pass out against the back wall and I could still probably make it by with a B+ with the way this guy grades. Its mostly cause he’s incredibly asian. I don’t know. The first test isn’t until October, so I’m not incredibly worried about being able to know the material too well.

Engineering Module? Its really boring. The only class with an actual workload. But that’s because we are making a car and doing reports on it as well as learning materials regarding free body diagrams, gears, etc. etc. etc. Its all very annoying.

Italian. C’e buon class! L’Italiano e' molto molto divertente e…. come si dice… easy? I really like it. We talk in class and learn lots of phrases and grammar and words. Its fun to make fun of people. Haha. Yeah that’s right. Make fun of people .

Alright well that’s what my day looks like, and Chemistry is almost over, so I’ll catch you guys on the flipside. Buon Giorno! Ci Vediamo!

Sunday

Today’s the day of the week when I wake up early. I get a nice shower and walk out to absolutely no one because everyone is sleeping in until I get back from church haha. Its good and bad at the same time. I decided to make some velveeta cheese mac and cheese. Its pretty good, but not as good as the box quality. This one was in a cup, because we get to eat from the munchie marts. Its good stuff, its like you get three items from the gas station of higher quality, some organic stuff and fruit and pastries or chips and coke and frozen dinners. I’m definitely a fan. Today at church, though, the pastor talked about the presence of God. How God uses every situation to benefit his kingdom as well as that God protects those that are with Him. God protected David against goliath, again Saul, and against various enemies and temptations that would have prevented David from being the king of Israel like he was supposed to be.

Isn’t it kinda cool to think that we are protected no matter where we go? We are always being sent where God wants us to go, but we are making our own decisions on how to get there. Do we follow God’s desires for us throughout all the choices we make? Not most of the time. We are failures in many aspects of our lives and don’t always recognize it. But when we do see it, that’s when we fulfill God’s desires for us and we effectively turn them around. Because when we truly see them, we learn that they are wrong and we change our ways.

With regards to 9/11. Let’s all salute a veteran today. Respect someone who has saved a life and know that if it weren’t for them, many people would have died. Respect those of other ethnicities as well. I realize that the people who hijacked the planes were of middle eastern descent, but that is no grounds for blatant hatred towards there race. Racial profiling, stereotyping, all of this is perfectly logical. It simply reflects tendencies in human behavior. But as Christians we are called to love them nonetheless.

A Day of Encouragement

Hey guys so these posts look like they will be coming in about once a week. Maybe a little more frequently depending on what happens, but you know, the college life. Its complicated haha. Anyways, I had an encouraging experience. Part of my goal to fulfill that challenge I proposed about RUF leaders was to impact people. I won’t say I exactly did anything special, cause God is always the one working, but this was really cool.

Yesterday I went to lunch with this guy on our floor who will remain nameless for the time being. All you need to know is he is atheist/agnostic and hasn’t been mentioned by me before this post. We had lunch and he asked me questions regarding the PCA church of America. And we discussed issues like what Christians believe will happen to other sects of Christianity that don’t believe the exact same thing.

One of the religion aspects that I honestly had no idea how to respond to was the idea of the PCA church of America. The liberal church that a. accepts homosexuality b. has female pastors and c. has a “New standard revised edition” of the bible. I don’t know what the fate of people like this is, but some of the guys on my hall are members of churches like that and are all for it. Its just something that I think isn’t quite the right answer to many of the social issues going on. For example, homosexuality is a twisting of the relationship between Jesus and Man. The bride and the groom. Not the groom and the groom, but regardless, it’s a clear perversion of what was not only a gift, but a responsibility.

Off that tangent, my friend and I started talking and he asked me a simple question, “Do you look down on those people that go out every weekend and get drunk?” I responded as best as I knew how. “No, its not my place to judge them and condemn them, only to tell them its wrong and show them the love of God.” This sparked a discussion that turned into this guy asking me how to become a Christian. I was so excited, I told him, unfortunately in a rather complicated manner because I’m just that kinda guy, but he said he wanted to go to church with us this sunday.

Guys I’m not sure what you may be thinking now, but I was so pumped about this! This guy is coming to church, one that I’ve found that’s very similar to briarwood, and he lives on my floor. The opportunities are just popping up and I just pray everyday that he comes to know the Lord. Anyways, thanks for listening to the rambling. I’ll talk to you soon! Hasta Luego.

Good Morning

Hey guys, so since its been almost a week since my last post, I thought I owed you another one. Ha I owed myself another one, cause these are just fun to write.

So today I start class at 10:10 go till around 11 and then don’t have another class till 2. Pretty ballin I know. Schedules are fun to mess with, but yeah. I also have two other guys who are working out with me. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday we go to the pool and swim for an hour. I got in 1500 yards in the time they got in 2500 yards. I know, I’m slow, but that’s pretty good no? I should see Laura tomorrow cause she works the rec center on Friday mornings haha.

College is a pretty cool place, and I’ve met some really cool guys here. Last night we had a long conversation about a Christian’s model relationship and about issues like homosexuality and the condemnation of other religions. I say condemnation not in the sense as in they are going to hell no matter what, I say it meaning that unless they become a Christian they will most likely go to hell, because Jesus is the way the truth and the life, none can access the Father except through Him.

We’ve also talked about drinking. This weekend begins the frat parties for freshmen. Talking to two guys this morning, I explained to them that, as a. someone under 17 and b. someone trying to represent Christ, I wouldn’t be going partying with them. They were understanding of all of this, and I look forward to some BYX parties that I can attend and have plenty of dry fun. One of them described it as a noble position to take. Something that meant a lot to me because I had been slightly worried that it would be incredibly frowned upon to refuse to attend the parties. Also, it meant that I was making a statement and he noticed it. Which I guess was kinda my goal for coming here, to impact. Thanks guys talk to you soon!

----Walking Man