I May Transfer.

So I am really thinking about transferring to Southern Seminary. I know some people will say this is because I miss home or I miss friends or whatever, that is honestly not true. People who know me know that I am the most outgoing person around. I will make friends wherever I go and I have no problem finding things to do. Now I do have to admit that I hate the hot weather here and I do miss storms which do not seem to happen here. But to be honest with you all I have not felt at peace here. I believe that when you follow the will of God that there will be peace in what you do. It may not be easy and it could be the hardest thing ever to accomplish but we know in that that God is faithful and strengthens those he loves and offers peace to us. I believe a lot of times in my life I listen to God but I do not listen well. So maybe I wasn’t listening maybe something else. I am not sure but I am still praying about it and will make a decision by june or july.

I am open to advice from you all so feel free to comment. Love you all

Don't count God out, He has not given up on you!

I have not blogged in quite a long time. I have to admit that it was partially that spiritually I have been struggling. Praise God that he truly runs after his children and loves us all with a love that is unconditional and full of grace and mercy.  I sit here tonight wanting to write something that is on my heart. It has been awhile since I have written something that has pierced my heart and that I truly feel is something that everyone needs to hear. Tonight I sent a few dear friends of mine a text message with the message that simply said, “Don't count God out, He has not given up on you!” This was an interesting thing God put on my heart and I feel like He is still pulling my heart with this thought. That is why I write this tonight because we need to remember this.

So often things in life do not make sense and things keep going wrong. We have problems with relationships, with families, with money, and just life in general and it keeps spiraling downward it seems. During these times we feel like we need someone to blame and though we may not blame God personally sometime we can get angry with Him wondering why he seems so distant during these times. Some of us may not have a personal relationship with Christ or just feel like God cannot help us because we are way too dirty and messed up for Him to be able to care. You may feel like the endless pit you are in that there is no way that a God can honestly care for your brokenness. Some people may have such pain inside that even though they look good on the outside, inside they are broken and just screaming out for help.

With whatever you are going through I want you to know that you should never ever count God out, He has not given up on you! God is the only one who can rescue you from the pit you are in. You can try to fill up the void with riches, with pleasures, with drugs, with whatever but at the end of the day you know that the brokenness seems to remain. Once again I say you need to know not to count God out, he has not given up on you. Looking at scripture we see in Isaiah 40 that he says he will renew our strength when we seek him.

Some of you reading this may still be wondering how it is possible that God truly does care. It does not seem like he has ever shown that to me before. My friend I tell you that Christ showed his love and caring for you almost 2000 years ago when he left his thrown in heaven to become a man in order to save that which was lost. We were lost but God sent his son down to live a perfect life and to die for our sins. While Christ was hanging on the Cross dying he demonstrated true love by showing that he would never give up on his Children. Even if that meant going to a cross and dying for us, to demonstrate that. John 15:13 says, “Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.” God did not die just for those who seem to have it all together he died so that he could save all. We see that in John 3:16 that God loved the world enough to send his son so that no one would perish.

To wrap this up I want you to know that God has not given up on you. He is constantly running after you. Just like the shepherd in Matthew 18 who left the 99 sheep to find the one who went astray. God is running after you, the question is, are you going to look for him? God cares for you and no matter how life gets, DO NOT COUNT GOD OUT, HE HAS NOT GIVEN UP ON YOU!!!

I pray for you all daily, love you all.

Appreciation Day 4

Day 4 of my appreciation blog. I feel like I am really starting to enjoy writing these and I feel that though sometimes I am not good at words when it comes to telling someone that I appreciate them, this is helping. So this blog goes out to a guy who no matter what is going on he will always stop and take time to pray with you if you need prayer. This is a guy who constantly checked up on me during a really rough time in life my sophomore year of college. Even when I was never around and falling out the church he always checked up on me and wanted to make sure everything was alright. This guy means a lot to me and I am glad that he has been in my life ever since I have entered college.

So this blog goes out to my friend Stanley Wingard. You always have a caring heart and want to me sure that people are truly doing well. You truly show 1 Corinthians 9:19 when it says that “even though you are a free man you make yourself a slave to win as many as possible.” This is so true because you are willing to put yourself second in order to glorify God and to help people. Man this is much appreciated and I am thankful that soon enough you are going to be down in Texas hanging out with me. Much appreciation goes out to you man. Love ya.


Also realized we do not have a picture together so this picture goes out to the greatness of sledding with a truck liner. 

Appreciation Day 3

Day 3 of this blog I think it is time to show some love to a girl whose friendship is dear to me here at WKU. So this blog goes out to the only girl I know who gives me a run for my money at being to competitive. Also the girl who at one time had to listen to me boss her around as Outreach Exec when she was in charge or intramurals. And then she had to deal with me as her co-leader for freshman family groups. So I want to show some appreciation to the one girl out of my friends here at college who has had to deal with me probably the most.

So Sara Clifton this goes out to you. I promise that in everything you do if you keep God number 1 you will amount to amazing things. Also know that if you ever become a general manager of a baseball team or hockey team that I will be calling for free tickets and free stuff. Also every team needs a Chaplin which goes right up my ally. But keep your head held high and keep pressing, you have had a great impact on many lives more so than you can probably imagine. Keep it up and remember to keep in touch when we both move away in about a month.

Also the picture below goes out to our days as being in charge or Freshman. 

Appreciation Day 2

Well day 2 of my Appreciation blog goes out to probably one of the most encouraging people I know. Always makes sure to check and see how people are doing and I honestly believe he cares. So this blog goes out to my man Marcus Bagwell. A man who challenges anyone who comes in contact with him to shine Christ in all times. A man who even though he seems to be doing a million things at once always has time to stop and talk to people. A person who honestly makes me want to be a better person and deepen my faith in Christ. It is a blessing to see your heart for ministry and how much you truly do put your best into everything you do. You truly show that everything you do you do as if working for the Lord and that truly is a blessing.

Man I remember the days when you were a freshman and I was helping lead worship and getting to know you from that experience. I am thankful to this day we became friends and you did not kill me from that experience. Because as you know a guy like me can me a sounds guys worst nightmare because apparently I sing loud enough without a mic.  

Love ya my man and I know God is calling you to huge things and I am excited to see where that will lead you. Whether that be here in the states or even farther away I know God will use you to change hearts as He already has. Keep it up man and keep in touch even though I am moving 12 hours away. Love ya

Appreciation

Well I have not written a blog in quite sometime. Not really sure why that is maybe I am trying to make the best of the time I have left and sometimes people get upset by my blog. Now it is not like me to care but I guess I want everyone to be happy until I leave because there is something not exciting about moving 12 hours away when you know someone that I call a friend is mad at me. Maybe it is just God trying to teach me a thing or two about not trying to upset people but those people this blog offends at time look past the point that everything I write is directed at myself and my battles with sin. I try not to write anything that I have not dealt with or are not still dealing with.

Well a long intro to this blog makes you wonder what this will be about doesn’t it? I am thinking about writing over the next month a series of blogs dedicated to certain people in my life that have helped impact me and my time here in Bowling Green as a student at WKU. Maybe it is because it is thanksgiving season or something but I feel this will be a good way to show my appreciation for people since it is normally not my strong point to show appreciation. Also do not feel upset over the next month if your name does not show up. Everyone who reads this means more to me then you could ever understand. I truly love all the encouragement I have got from you all. So please know that I do appreciate you even if your name does not show up.

Well first up on this list of people comes a dear friend who I am surprised we have become such great friends. This is a guy who I know did not like me very much at first but now we have become great friends and I know this guy truly would do anything to help a friend. From our days in D-group together or from our days just sitting and talking or to the more recent days of geocaching and ping pong. This guy has been a true encouragement to me. It is odd to think that for a couple years it looked like he was following my footsteps at the BCM. First taking over Campus Events after me and then taking over Outreach Exec after I did and to think about how this guy has challenged me in ways I could not imagine.

So this blog entry goes out to my boy Adam Drummond. You are a light in the darkness and even if sometimes it gets a little foggy out the light will always shine through. Keep strong my man I know God has amazing things planned for you and you have truly blessed many people. You are truly one person I will miss having around when I move away but I know that we will keep in touch. Keep your head held high and keep pressing!! Love ya man

Odd Dream

This post is about a weird dream I had. Will not be looking deep into scripture or anything like that just want to explain this dream. Now first off this has to deal with a girl and a little bit of my past so get ready for the joy that is ahead of you. Also if you are reading this you must be one of my true followers because I am not posting the link to this on facebook or twitter. So congrats to you for reading about my life.

Well this dream started with me hanging out with some old friends and some people I did not really know. You know reminiscing about the old days and some of the old stupid things we did in high school. For a dream I actually felt really good and was surprisingly one of the better feelings I have had in a long time. Maybe this is because I do not see my old friends very much or something, I do not know. Then while hanging out a girl from my past came in. Now kind of random because I honestly didn’t know the girl in high school and all I remember about her was that I led her on really badly. Yes I am honest about myself.

Well I found myself talking to this girl for a long period of time and found myself thinking I should hang out with her more. Remember this is a dream and when I woke up it was awkward and there are no feelings for the girl in my dreams. And yes technically it is the girl of my dreams because she was in my dream but no attraction to her in real life. Ok back to the dream, I found myself talking and talking to this girl and by the end of the night I got up the courage up to ask her to hang out again.

So when I asked the girl I figured the response would be yes but my past came back to haunt me. She looked at me and pretty much told me that she could not trust a guy who played games with girls and was scared of commitment. I woke up from my dream rather quickly and was very confused. I began to sit there and think deeply about what had just happened in the dream. I guess in some aspects the words she said were true about my past but are they true about my present?

I feel as though I have changed a lot since my high schools days. Now I did do a lot of things wrong and since girls are mostly the ones who read my blog I will not go into to much depth on that. God truly had to bring me out of a bad place when I came to know him and even after a few years of following him. I think my view of this dream is just how easily we can be manipulated by our past. Sometimes they can creep back up on us and we can let them bring us down but honestly it is just our past, it is not our future. I don’t know it was weird and I didn’t explain to well everything with the dream and my thoughts after but oh well. Hope you enjoyed reading a weird post.