THE JOURNEY

why its good to be back. with senior year activities, family, friends, and church its been hard to get time to write on tumblr. now that its summer and that i got a new laptop..you’ll definitely be seeing more of me on here :] 

SO WHAT’S NEW? 

well I’m glad you asked…considering that its July 2nd and I leave for college in Massachusetts on August 16th you could imagine how I feel the need to prepare mentally, emotionally, and physically for the BIG change coming up. Moving to the opposite side of the country is going to be a hard one-full of growth, independence, new friends, new enviornment, and of course the WEATHER. Life is going to get a little crazy starting August 19th…move in day. Now of course I am super stoked about the new life i will experience there at Gordon but its really hard to leave your comfort zone. Mine is the irvine “bubble”. I’ve lived here my whole life. My family is here. My friends are here. My life is here. Everyone who i love and care about is either in this so called “bubble” or just a short one hour away. I’ve got the beach, the mountains, the city just a car ride away. In Massachusetts I have all these geographical places around me however there is just a few things missing-my family, my friends. I will be moving there knowing no one. The only thing that keeps me wanting to go there is GOD. I really feel that I am following Him there to Gordon. I don’t know exactly why He wants me there or for what purposes, all that I know is that HE WANTS ME THERE. And ask any believer-you want to be where God wants you to be because in the end God knows best and I trust Him with my life so why not move across the country, why not leave my family and friends, why not follow His will and plans for my life. When there were men wanting to follow Jesus, Jesus did not deny them but He did say come with me right away. However the men wanted to say goodbye to their families and friends. So they didn’t follow Him because they didn’t want to leave without saying goodbye. To me I could understand the men-they wanted to go follow Jesus but they were too tied down to their friends and family that they chose not to obey Jesus when He said you must come follow me there is no time to say your goodbyes. I truly believe that God wants me to take His hand and follow Him there :] with all the goodbyes of course…thank GOD! 

what is faith without action? hebrews 11 does a great explanation of what true faith is. 

in the end let go and let God. 

• An Atheist Professor of Philosophy was speaking to his Class on the Problem Science has
• with GOD, the ALMIGHTY. He asked one of his New Christian Students to stand and . . .
• Professor : You are a Christian, aren't you, son ?
• Student : Yes, sir.
• Professor: So, you Believe in GOD ?
• Student : Absolutely, sir.
• Professor: Is GOD Good ?
• Student : Sure.
• Professor: Is GOD ALL - POWERFUL ?
• Student : Yes.
• Professor: My Brother died of Cancer even though he Prayed to GOD to Heal him.
• Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill.
• But GOD didn't. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?
• (Student was silent )
• Professor: You can't answer, can you ? Let's start again, Young Fella.
• Is GOD Good?
• Student : Yes.
• Professor: Is Satan good ?
• Student : No.
• Professor: Where does Satan come from ?
• Student : From . . . GOD . . .
• Professor: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this World?
• Student : Yes.
• Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn't it ? And GOD did make everything. Correct?
• Student : Yes.
• Professor: So who created evil ?
• (Student did not answer)
• Professor: Is there Sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness?
• All these terrible things exist in the World, don't they?
• Student : Yes, sir.
• Professor: So, who Created them ?
• (Student had no answer)
• Professor: Science says you have 5 Senses you use to Identify and Observe the World around you.
• Tell me, son . . . Have you ever Seen GOD?
• Student : No, sir.
• Professor: Tell us if you have ever Heard your GOD?
• Student : No , sir.
• Professor: Have you ever Felt your GOD, Tasted your GOD, Smelt your GOD?
• Have you ever had any Sensory Perception of GOD for that matter?
• Student : No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.
• Professor: Yet you still Believe in HIM?
• Student : Yes.
• Professor : According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol,
• Science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?
• Student : Nothing. I only have my Faith.
• Professor: Yes,Faith. And that is the Problem Science has.
• Student : Professor, is there such a thing as Heat?
• Professor: Yes.
• Student : And is there such a thing as Cold?
• Professor: Yes.
• Student : No, sir. There isn't.
• (The Lecture Theatre became very quiet with this turn of events )
• Student : Sir, you can have Lots of Heat, even More Heat, Superheat, Mega Heat, White Heat,
• a Little Heat or No Heat.
• But we don't have anything called Cold.
• We can hit 458 Degrees below Zero which is No Heat, but we can't go any further after that.
• There is no such thing as Cold.
• Cold is only a Word we use to describe the Absence of Heat.
• We cannot Measure Cold.
• Heat is Energy.
• Cold is Not the Opposite of Heat, sir, just the Absence of it.
• (There was Pin-Drop Silence in the Lecture Theatre )
• Student : What about Darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as Darkness?
• Professor: Yes. What is Night if there isn't Darkness?
• Student : You're wrong again, sir.
• Darkness is the Absence of Something
• You can have Low Light, Normal Light, Bright Light, Flashing Light . . .
• But if you have No Light constantly, you have nothing and its called Darkness, isn't it?
• In reality, Darkness isn't.
• If it is, were you would be able to make Darkness Darker, wouldn't you?
• Professor: So what is the point you are making, Young Man ?
• Student : Sir, my point is your Philosophical Premise is flawed.
• Professor: Flawed ? Can you explain how?
• Student : Sir, you are working on the Premise of Duality.
• You argue there is Life and then there is Death, a Good GOD and a Bad GOD.
• You are viewing the Concept of GOD as something finite, something we can measure.
• Sir, Science can't even explain a Thought.
• It uses Electricity and Magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one.
• To view Death as the Opposite of Life is to be ignorant of the fact that
• Death cannot exist as a Substantive Thing.
• Death is Not the Opposite of Life: just the Absence of it.
• Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your Students that they evolved from a Monkey?
• Professor: If you are referring to the Natural Evolutionary Process, yes, of course, I do.
• Student : Have you ever observed Evolution with your own eyes, sir?
• (The Professor shook his head with a Smile, beginning to realize where the Argument was going )
• Student : Since no one has ever observed the Process of Evolution at work and
• Cannot even prove that this Process is an On-Going Endeavor,
• Are you not teaching your Opinion, sir?
• Are you not a Scientist but a Preacher?
• (The Class was in Uproar )
• Student : Is there anyone in the Class who has ever seen the Professor's Brain?
• (The Class broke out into Laughter )
• Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's Brain, Felt it, touched or Smelt it? . . .
• No one appears to have done so.
• So, according to the Established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable Protocol,
• Science says that You have No Brain, sir.
• With all due respect, sir, how do we then Trust your Lectures, sir?
• (The Room was Silent. The Professor stared at the Student, his face unfathomable)
• Professor: I guess you'll have to take them on Faith, son.
• Student : That is it sir . . . Exactly !
• The Link between Man & GOD is FAITH.
• That is all that Keeps Things Alive and Moving.

Good morning!! Ive been thinking and if I look back on how my days are spent I realized that I don’t talk to God throughout the day. I’m sure if I did I would have a more positive outlook on everything.

CHALLENGE #2:

Don’t keep God out of your entire day. Talk to him continually :)

I lime to think of my life as being a Seinfeld episode…the events tha occur in my day to day routine remind me so much of something that would be on the show Seinfeld! So whenever something funny like that happens I’ll blog about thAt too :)

I haven’t been a good blogger considering that I havent visited the site in which I am suppose to be writing about my exciting life experiences to my one dedicated follower. Aka my sister bless her soul… Any ways Im going to try to get up earlier before school and write about what my challenge is for that particular day and then in the evening I will tell you what difficulties I faced or did not face in seeking to completing my challenge for the day! Let’s give this baby another shot! I’m back tumblr watch out for my life changing events

This morning I decided my challenge for the day will be something that will make somebodys day a little brighter:)

THE CHALLENGE: To be patient