I Love New Jersey

I Just filled my tank with ten dollars from a quater tank....I am pretty excited about this. I will be watching football today...the eagles need the bears and bucs to lose and a couple moons of jupiter to come into alignment to go to the playoffs....I would like a christmas miracle Lord...."With God all things are possible"

Dressing up for Christmas

Its interesting that christians dress up for christmas eve services when it usually isnt their standard practice when coming to church. When one of my family members found out i was wearing jeans they said to me "its christmas eve." i dont understand the difference. i guess the idea is that it is a special holiday so we should treat it as such. this whole thing goes back to the other whole thing about dressing up in church at all. The tradition comes from the idea of respecting the presence of God and giving him your very best. i guess i understand that. But you can give your best in other ways than taking time to get dressed. An who is to say that that is the best style of worship for everyone. What if dressing up makes you attention hungry. What if it makes you prideful. Is it then the best way? I have also heard people say that i would dress up more for a date than for Jesus. Good point, but i will never have to for Jesus. We dress up on dates to impress and we cant imprss God. So what if we bring our informalities, our selves unaltered into God's house. Maybe more people would be honest with themselves and with others. Dressing up to me is putting on a show in some way. Its fun and people look at you different. It is necessary for some situations but not all. Worship to me is not one of those situations. Maybe God wants us to be organic and a alittle less processed. maybe god wants us to just be real. That is my defense for not dressing up for church. Although the real reason is probably laziness. thoughts on this matter would be interesting.

Advet Conspiracy (Cont)

So o I have changed how i view Christmas. i never though t i would say this but it is so much about family. over this Holiday Season i may be able to see my entire immediate family...That is awesome and is such a blessing. I am also spending time with friends and centering myself for the second half of my school year. I love Christmas because of family. I really love that that is true. i also love that video. It really makes you wonder about our values. What is Christmas about? It is an age old question. i like to think it is about family, about rest and about giving in some way. God, give me ways to give...let that be our prayer.

Advent Conspiracy

check this video out.

I have learned so much about Christmas over the past two years. my battery is dying again...more on he next post

Sorry i didnt finish my previous post

i think my point was pretty well developed and i am not thinking on such things anymore...There is something i have been thinking about recently in terms of relationships. Why is it that we think not talking about things makes them go away. Example: One person likes another and they are super close as friends. she doesn't tell him for a while but then she tells him. He doesn't like her but he doesn't say that. Instead he spends some time trying to make himself like her. This doesn't work. So he ends up getting "I dont like you" dragged out of him kicking and screaming. Why do we do this crap to each other? Why not be straight forward. Rip off the bandaid. it hurts more immediatley but less in the end. And dont act all awkward about liking people. People are people and they like each other sometimes. It doesnt mean they want to marry you, they just may be interested. This isnt affecting me at all right now but i have been there before. It wasnt bad for me because the girl honestly wasnt sure. When she figured it all out we talked soon afterwards but i know guys who have been through this for years. It is usually guys. Guys will hold onto relationship hope if it is a string over a canyon...seriously. Girls, dont give guys even the slightest inkling and expect them to get the hint...they wont. They will hang on fo dear life...That is all on that.

Good day... i will seperate my other topic on another blog...i guess i ad more thoughts than i thought.

All Your Promises WON'T Let Go of Me

I haven't blogged in a while. This has been an incredible month. I preached three or four times. All of them were awesome, especially the time at my youth group at home. I have a couple opportunities in December and January. The Eagles started out the month horrible but have woken up in December. Oh my...now to today, and what a day it has been. I am thinking about the show the Bachelor. Any watchers? basically it is a show that takes 30 women and one man and puts them in a situation where 30 are competing for one. OH yeah, and the women live together. I have only ever watched finales. The last two. both are so sure that this guy is everything they have ever wanted. Both are sure, one is right. We often hear these stories. Two people, both so in love and married 30 years get asked how they met. A twinkle gets in their eye and they tell the whole story. Somewhere in there there is another person That isnt in the story long. He was the terrible relationship someone was in. The one that if they would have never gotten out of, they would have never found happiness. They were so sure he/she was the one but the real person for them was just a friend. Both are sure, the other and the story teller, one finds what they are looking for, in someone else, and it was meant to be, the other is left questioning emotions. These are our stories. Maybe not all of us. But too many of us can identify with Guy/ Girl number 2 on these reality shows. We go into the finale sure, but we dont get the last rose. These stories are great to hear but maybe we should think of number 2 a little more. Cause where are all of us twos left. We are left with the option of trusting God and the all to cliched Christian Relationship advice. I trust him but it is hard. I am not heart broken at all. But i find myself looking at this God i follow and asking him the next step. Married People that read this, i could use an "i was there once addison." This is a difficult season..please comment..battery running out...must stop...more tommorrow