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SAVE THE LOST
Age: 17
Location: Farmington, MO
Joined On: Mar 24, 2007
Occupation: Student
christchoirmember
Columbia, SC
PacificBoi 14
south of the ATL
You Are Luv'd
Yes YOU - check the blog
I've been a Christian for about eight years now, and my faith has gotten me through some very hard times. God has blessed my life with a wonderful mother, a beautiful sister, and very kind grandparents and aunts and uncles. Unfortunately, my mother and father have divorced, but I haven't been affected much by it. I just wish that my father would find the glory and grace of Jesus, our Lord.
I am thinking about attending a seminary college and becoming a youth pastor. Youth need help to find the truth the most because we tend to have more conflicts in our lives that can change the way we think entirely, whether it is just a fight with one of your friends, or an abusive parent. I'm also going to major in music at that college, and hopefully start a Christian band.
I'm finally partially trying to start a Christian band! Sure, it's not much, just me and my best friend, but we're finally getting around to writing some songs. Check us out when you have the chance.
I am a virgin, and I am quite proud of it. To me, abstinence is a promise to God that I am never going to break until I get married. If I don't get married, I will not have sex out of marriage. It also saves me from the horrid drama of impregnating a girl and being a father before I'm ready, which I know that I won't be ready for quite a while yet.
Photography
Along with writing music and singing, I'm also into photography. Pretty much, whenever I can and whenever I take my camera with me, I try and take good pictures of nature and my whole intent is to try and expose the beauty of God's creation because so many people take advantage of the beautiful land that we live in. Granted, it will be nowhere in comparison to the beauty that is Heaven, but we do have many beautiful things here on Earth that some people don't tend to notice. So, I hope you enjoy the pictures I have taken so far. :)
Kingdom Eternity: My New Band
I finally got around to making a band page for me and my friend. Check it out. Our new band is called Kingdom Eternity. We haven't really had a chance to get much music on there yet, but it'll slowly start trickling in. Tell all of your friends about us, though!
"In God We Shall Trust"
My friend and I wrote a song for the Lord, and since this computer won't let me make an account on Purevolume, I just have to put a link to it here.
It took about two months to finally get the song right, but considering we both can't play instruments, and I have a program on my computer that lets me compose music, we made the song that way. The only thing real in this song are the vocals, which were all done by myself. Also, if the audio quality is kinda crappy, it's cause we had to use a desktop mic (which actually doesn't sound as bad as I make it sound), and that was all we had to work with since we are both broke teenagers. Anyway, here is the song "In God We Shall Trust" (and the lyrics to it).
"In God We Shall Trust" Note: I fixed the link on the song.
I guess, I just don't give or get respect in this life
Well, we're never gonna get the respect we all deserve
Don't fall into this filthy world now
Trust in God
And He will save you now
Trust in Christ
For He is your holy Saviour
God will, protect you as you praise him through your life,
He will, always be with you when you go throughout your strife.
Have faith in Him and you'll never lose hope now.
Trust in God
And He will save you now
Trust in Christ
For He is your holy Saviour
Trust in God
And He will save you now
Trust in Christ
For He is your holy Saviour
Trust in God
And He will save you now
Trust in Christ
For He is your holy Saviour
Relativism is False
For those of you who don't know what relativism is, here is its definition:
n
belief in changeable standards: the belief that concepts such as right and wrong, goodness and badness, or truth and falsehood are not absolute but change from culture to culture and situation to situation
Encarta World English Dictionary & (P) 1998-2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Now, I don't know about you, but I don't believe that in any way shape or form. Truth and morality is not supposed to change from person to person, or culture to culture, but rather set upon the concrete foundation of God's standards. You see, if you just say that everyone's opinions and morals are false and that everyone is right, then we are all essentially gods in that viewpoint, aren't we? If we have the power to determine what's right and what's wrong, that makes us gods, which is the main reason I don't like relativism.
There is only one truth, and that truth is this: Jesus, God's only begotten son, came and died for our sins by being crucified on a cross, and no one gains salvation except through him.
Jesus answered them, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." John 14:6
Jesus is the only way that people can find salvation. They can't make their own salvation; they can't find salvation through idols, or through reincarnation, or any other ideas made by man. They can only find salvation through the one true God and Jesus, our Savior.
My Rant
I've been thinking about people lately, and I've seemed to noticed something... The people that cuss and curse and swear and make fun of everyone else have had either a bad family life or a history of being bullied. I've also noticed that people that haven't had parents that teach them good morals/discipline them that they have no real value of what's right and what's wrong, and I'd just like to know: Why do we live in such a world where people have to be afraid of other people and their actions? Seriously, people are almost constantly in fear of dying and being teased and even about how their day is going to go. So, what did Jesus think about this?
Well, he tells us not to worry.
"Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Which of you by worrying adds one cubit to his stature?" Matthew 6:25-27
God doesn't want us to worry about earthly things like death and what clothes we should wear, or what grade we're going to get on a test. He wants us to live for him, and not worry about how our life is going to be, because He is going to take care of us.
Also, about the people that have had no morals... We're supposed to try and help the people that are lost to try and help them see the light. So, why are Christians so judgmental? Mark Hall put it perfectly in his song "If We Are The Body":
"If we are the body,
Why aren't his arms reaching?
Why aren't his hands healing?
Why aren't his Words teaching?
If we are the body,
Why aren't his feet going?
Why is his love not showing them there is a way?
There is a way."
We need to stop casting judgments on the people around us, but instead try to help them find the light. You see, if we keep judging those around us, then why should they not use those same judgments against us? That's what God is going to do.
"For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. Matthew 7:2
So, we as Christians need to learn to treat everyone around us with kindness so that we might witness to them through our actions.
Save The Lost
Yeah. :) It's about time, huh?
posted Jul 12
christchoirmember
Hey, you finally added a picture of yourself!
posted Jul 11
PacificBoi 14
Just asking how do you make your letters different
colours?
posted Jul 08
PacificBoi 14
Hey what's up man...just wanted to drop you
line...tell me what's been goin on in your life...I'm
goin on a mission trip next week so...Anyway...talk to
ya later and God Bless
posted Jul 07
AKayWolfHaze
hey, i really love what you wrote in your blog, and it
seems like you'd be a cool person to talk to.
posted May 22
We'll waltz around the room, …
you are in a band? cool
posted Apr 16
christchoirmember
I totally agree with the blog. that is totally true. I
have a friend with prostate cancer that has spread to
his liver. He\'s a Duke University for treatment. Our
church is praying for a miracle for him. Mom says that
what she is going through doesn\'t hold a candle to
what Jamey is going through. (That\'s his name)
posted Oct 03