a sticky business....

Hey y'all,

I just wanted to do a part two to my previous post. I was not planning on it, but I had some more stuff to say, or so I found out today. It's about friendships, so I'm considering it part two.

I was thinking today, after making observations at church this morning, again about friends and people. It is so hard to, at least for me, watch certain people have pretty deep conversations and not be apart of it when I want to. Not so much a knowledge kind of deep conversation, but a personal conversation. But this is only, I find, with people that I want to be better friends with. It's like, "I wish I was that other person in the conversation" or "Why did they choose that person to talk to?"

Yes, I think it's as selfish as it sounds. Even if you are in a conversation with a person or in a group, you have this feeling that a certain person does not "like"(I do not like this word in this situation, I guess "care" would be a better word, but I digress) you as much as you would like. I guess you will always have friends who you want to get to know better or be such a friend to a person that you are the one they talk to for advice or the person who they call just to hang out with.

Why do friendships have to be such complex, difficult, easy, and misunderstood all-at-the-same-time in the many phases of life? I was thinking, maybe God is using hard situations where I feel far from my friends or that they do not care for me as much, to help me. You know, like a trial that helps you grow? I do need to remember that I should not worry about friendships (at least not the way I do) because God will work out everything and has decided who of my friends I will know really well and who will be more of less, good friends (yes, now there is such a thing:))

Those are just some of my thoughts. By the way, just a quick update since my last post:
-Friday:
-Went to a work meeting.
-Went to church and worked on the Thrive website.
-Went back to work from about 1pm-4:20pm.
-Went to soccer from about 4:40ish to 6:30pm.
-Watched Numb3rs with Mr. R from 10pm-11pm.
-Saturday:
-Was at home for a lot of the day doing jobs and such.
-That night went to Epcot with my "Aunt" Kathy. I say that because she is not really my aunt. She is actually one of my aunt's friends, but we have called her that for a while. She is so generous. She just came down from Jersey for "some fun" at Disney. She brought some of her nieces and a nephew. There was a couple from England who are long time friends of hers there, also. We had dinner near the Moroccoan display at Epcot in our own little private area. She does everything up big! It was really nice of her. We went from her hotel to Epcot in a limo! (That was definitely a surprise. It ended up being two limos. One, the kids went in and the adults went in the other.) It was a nice dinner and there were fireworks after. Over all, it really was nice! Thanks Aunt Kathy!!!!!
-Sunday:
-Went to church. Got up late so I did not even eat breakfast! (Should have set that alarm clock and woken up to it, Matt!)
-Came back from church.
-Went out and went to a few Halloween stores for tomorrow night's Fall Party!!
-Now I am here finishing this blog I began earlier and it's already 4:40pm!!! Ack!!

Take care all!

Verse for now (you get a bonus, this time I put the verse on my blog!:)) :
Romans 12:9-10
"Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves."

fickle and strong friendships......

Sorry I have not written for a while.....

Recently I have been and have been for a while thinking about friendships.  It is an interesting topic.  Friendships exist on many different levels: best friends, good friends, casual friends, acquaintances, etc.  I have struggled in this area.  Sometimes you want to be better friends with certain people and maybe, honestly, not want to be around other people. (I in no way recommend that you avoid anybody, but we as humans do.  We should, however, love and care for everybody, no matter what.)  Such things as friendships are sometimes complex and difficult things.  I do not really understand them fully at all and never will.  We wonder why people react to us in certain ways.  It's so hard because we do not always know if people like us or not. (That's just my  view though.  It's not the best view though because my friends are great and I hold people's friendships sometime by how much they interact with me at a time.) 

Ok, so all this may be jumbled up to you.  I just wanted to write about friendships.  Let me finish up with this.  Friendships can be hard.  They can be downright annoying and hard to understand.  However, worrying about them usually only makes things worse.  Not always, but a lot of the time.  So, be careful not to read too much into things because they probably are not what you think.  Finally and most importantly(this really is the most important part), having a good relationship with God first is important and absolutely key if you want any of your horizontal relationships to work out.  This does not mean that if you have a good relationship with God all your friendships will be peachy-keen, but your relationships will be better and they will work out way better than if you do not have a good relationship with God.  But I better stop.  I do not want to talk for God and do not want to incorrectly portray how friendships work and should work.

Alright, well....in a short summary about life:

-I have officially started soccer and try-outs are officially done.

-My online classes have been suffering due to lack of time spent on them:).  I have improved in my English IV class, but PreCalc still needs some work.

-Work is going fine.  It's a great job.  Things are going to get crazy once I start soccer practices at Airport Lakes Park that is out by the Orlando Int'l Airport.

-I would definitely appreciate prayer that I spend enough time on all my classes and stop procrastinating.  Also, that I would seek God in all areas of my life and submit humbly to His control.  I would really, really appreciate prayer in these areas.

I hope these thoughts have maybe been helpful, if not at least you are getting a glimpse into my mind....though that may not be a good thing:) Hahahahah....I hope that does not scare you!

Thanks for taking the time to read this!

Verse for now: I John 4:7...check it out!

Take care kids!

today...yesterday...extras........

So here's a point by point of my last two days.........

-Wednesday morning got up and ate breakfast.

-Wednesday afternoon-ish walked to take care of two dogs.

-Walked to work and was at work from 1:00pm to about 5:00pm.

-Went to church, after eating dinner, and worked on the Thrive Youth website (go check it out: thriveyouth.org).

-Watched debate Wednesday night - Go McCain and Palin!

-Thursday morning got up late(somewhat) and had breakfast.

-Worked on school and got Theology homework done before Theology:).

-Went to Theology Class and came back around 5:00pm.

-Ate dinner tonight and am home now.  Have school to work on now:).

Well, it's not that interesting, but I do not have a lot of time and should be working on school....

So, that's all for now.  

Verse for now: Jeremiah 29:11

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quick update....

So, yesterday was a pretty normal day, kind of.  I no longer have work on Tuesdays!!  It is nice so now I have time for other things, like school, soccer, college stuff, etc.  But, I got to go play soccer with Josh H. and Caleb G. up at Sanford with some missionaries and MKs.  It was good to get in some soccer this week because we are off till out last club game on Saturday.  Then after playing soccer I came home after my mom picked me up from church, I had dinner and watched some news.  Then I read and went to bed.  It was a good day in that I got something done, but it was kind of a weird day in what I felt.  I was just not feeling  right.  But anyway, that was yesterday and today's a new day!  Ask yourself this today, "Am I living compartmentally or wholistically?'  If ya have no idea what that means, just ask me!

Take care now!

so.......

Hey everyone, if there's anyone out there reading this:)......

So, I would like to be persistent with this and keep updating it pretty often. I could use some encouragement to if you see that I have not posted in a while. Anyway, so I've started a blog once or twice, but it's never stuck. I want this one to. By the way, if you want to check out a good blog go to mymklife.blogspot.com. Megan, I hope you do not mind me giving a plug for your blog. It's great stuff though!

I thought I'd start my blogging off with a review of sorts. It's a movie/miniseries review. It's about none other than John Adams. This was a miniseries, I guess, created about the life of John Adams, America's second President. It is based off of David McCollugh's book, John Adams.(Original, isn't it?) Well I'm going to do something some reviews may not do. I'm going to give you my rating first, then explain. I give it a three-and-a-half to four stars(out of five) rating. It really was a well put together film. It is broken down into three discs. The first one has two parts, the second has three parts, and the third has two parts. It starts with Adams witnessing events directly following the Boston Massacre and it follows his life up to his death. It gives you an idea of what the Founding Fathers went through and experienced to get our country where it is today. Let it be known that while they were not all Christians, the foundation of America was based on God's commandments. Without Him, seriously, our country would be nothing.

The story takes you through his life as a representative to Congress before the national government was established to his extended time spent in Europe as a delegation for the US to his presidency and all the hardships involved. I cannot vouch for its validity as it relates to actual history, but being based off of a book that was greatly researched one could assume it is fairly historically accurate.

It really is entertaining even if you are not a history buff, but all the more so if you are. The acting, from my little knowledge of good acting, was done well. The people they chose to play the historical figures may not be who you'd think looked like the original people (with the exception of George Washington) but they did a purty good job.

As material and content are concerned, I cannot in good conscience recommend it to people of any ages. It is not full of inappropriate material but there are a few scenes that could have been done without and with which I have reservations on recommending it. It is a shame because it is a good film. But if you are interested in seeing it you can contact me and I can let you know specifics that will help you avoid watching parts you would not want to.

So, I gave it a three-and-a-half to four stars, because it does have some regrettable material in, but it really is worth the time if you interested in seeing, from one man's point of view, what it took to make America what it is today.

I hope this review has not been boring, if anyone read it that is:). No, but I thank you if you took the time to read it, and if you did not, that's ok too.

Well, it's late, but here begins the beginning, hopefully, of my blogging for much time to come!
Goodnight kids!