Well, I didn't make a post on Sunday, but I though i ought to explain why I haven't been posting anything at all. I noticed that everyone reading this (for the most part) doesn't really care too much about what I personally do in a day, and I don't blame them. The reason why anyone reads my blog is in order to hear what I learned/or what my point of view on things are. The truth is, I've done a bunch of fun things in the past 2 weeks, I just haven't posted because its nothing anyone would care to read.
Sorry for getting all emo on you guys XD I'll post stuff, just not once a day, and they'll usually only be a paragraph from now on.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Day um... 15?
The past week's adventure: Nothing of much interest
Well! Doubt much of you cared much, but my blog had no entries at all for the past week. We'll calm down! I have a good reason!
Of course, that's what I would have said if I did actually have a good reason. No, I really don't. Just laziness I guess. But I did do a bunch of fun stuff!
Like erm... sit in the house?
Oh! I played Pokemon FireRed using Nuzlocke rules! Basically you can only catch the first pokemon you see on each route/cave/town and no others. Also you have to nickname each of your pokemon. Oh and every time one of them faints, its considered dead and must be released ASAP. If all of your pokemon faint, you've failed the Nuzlocke run and must being a new game.
T'was rather hard, but I got to the second gym. Unfortunately all of my pokemon were killed, and I finally lost. But I guess it meant more to me in this game than it had for others that my pokemon faint. Usually, if your pokemon faint, no worries, you can always heal em up later. After a while, they just become some sort of weapon to you. But when you have limited pokemon which you have named yourself, and they die, you feel a lot more attatched to each of them. Like instead of viewing the game as trying to get all the badges and beat the final 4 trainers, you view it as trying to keep your friends alive, and keeping them strong. It actually hurts when one of your favorite is killed in a battle. In this way, I kind of like Nuzlocke runs more than the standard game. They're more intimate, and promote creating personalities for your pokemon.
For those of you wondering, yes, I'm a HUGE nerd. That's fine though, I like what I like.
But anyway, back to the blog. I'm not making any promises, but I should start up again next sunday.
Sorry for the wait, Hope you've been having a great summer :)
Much Love,
Sean
Well! Doubt much of you cared much, but my blog had no entries at all for the past week. We'll calm down! I have a good reason!
Of course, that's what I would have said if I did actually have a good reason. No, I really don't. Just laziness I guess. But I did do a bunch of fun stuff!
Like erm... sit in the house?
Oh! I played Pokemon FireRed using Nuzlocke rules! Basically you can only catch the first pokemon you see on each route/cave/town and no others. Also you have to nickname each of your pokemon. Oh and every time one of them faints, its considered dead and must be released ASAP. If all of your pokemon faint, you've failed the Nuzlocke run and must being a new game.
T'was rather hard, but I got to the second gym. Unfortunately all of my pokemon were killed, and I finally lost. But I guess it meant more to me in this game than it had for others that my pokemon faint. Usually, if your pokemon faint, no worries, you can always heal em up later. After a while, they just become some sort of weapon to you. But when you have limited pokemon which you have named yourself, and they die, you feel a lot more attatched to each of them. Like instead of viewing the game as trying to get all the badges and beat the final 4 trainers, you view it as trying to keep your friends alive, and keeping them strong. It actually hurts when one of your favorite is killed in a battle. In this way, I kind of like Nuzlocke runs more than the standard game. They're more intimate, and promote creating personalities for your pokemon.
For those of you wondering, yes, I'm a HUGE nerd. That's fine though, I like what I like.
But anyway, back to the blog. I'm not making any promises, but I should start up again next sunday.
Sorry for the wait, Hope you've been having a great summer :)
Much Love,
Sean
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Day 8
Today's Adventure: Day and "Would you Rather"'s with Sharon
Well, its late, and also I don't want to make these blogs too long. Its better if they're just little anecdotes to read, so I'll try to make this rather short.
But today Sharon and I spent most of the day together, and did a bunch of stuff. We watched How to Train your Dragon, went to the pool, and played Would you Rather/a random question game. It was really fun to do that, as her answers were so interesting, and neither of us judged one another, regardless of how weird the answer was. It just go me thinking about how vital it is to have at least one person whom you can tell everyone to. We're not meant to work alone, its super important to have friends who we can share all of our secrets with. And Love is vital to that. Like I said, Love is everything.
"The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone."
This is also very relevant XD
Much Love,
Sean
Well, its late, and also I don't want to make these blogs too long. Its better if they're just little anecdotes to read, so I'll try to make this rather short.
But today Sharon and I spent most of the day together, and did a bunch of stuff. We watched How to Train your Dragon, went to the pool, and played Would you Rather/a random question game. It was really fun to do that, as her answers were so interesting, and neither of us judged one another, regardless of how weird the answer was. It just go me thinking about how vital it is to have at least one person whom you can tell everyone to. We're not meant to work alone, its super important to have friends who we can share all of our secrets with. And Love is vital to that. Like I said, Love is everything.
"The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone."
This is also very relevant XD
Much Love,
Sean
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Day 7
Today's Adventure: Listening to music
Okay, stop laughing, that's an adventure to me XD. Listening to music puts me on adventures all the time. But stay tuned, the blog WILL get more exciting.
(Also a note: This blog is almost completely about The Almighty, if you don't like hearing about Him, feel free to skip today's blog)
But anyway! Today I got in the mail my new gaming headset 3 days earlier than I was supposed to. So of course, I tore open the packaging and set it all up. Its a wireless headset so I can like walk around while still listening to music. And the sound quality on these things are amazing. So I popped em on, and blasted Attack Attack!. After jamming around for a while, I had to shower/get dressed. it was odd though, for some reason out of NOWHERE the songs "Birmingham (We are Safe)" by David Crowder Band and "Love is Here" by Tenth Avenue North were stuck in my head the entirety of the morning. And it wasn't even the whole songs, it was specific parts of the songs.
In the David Crowder song: "Love has come, and we are safe. Hope has come, and we are safe." In the Tenth Avenue North Song: "Love is here, love is now." Yeah, its odd how both of them dealt with love being here and all around. Its funny when you worship to a song in your head, that you aren't even listening to, but in that morning, i was kind of overwhelmed. To those who don't believe in God, or don't believe in the God which I worship, you may not understand this. But occasionally the Holy Spirit wants something from us that we don't really even notice. So it'll put things in our life to get us to notice something. Whether that just be nature, a person, something someone says, or one of my favorites, music. God knows us more than anyone else, and he certainly knows where our priorities lie. If our priorities are out of place, God's going to use whatever is out of place, in order to return things to the way the should be. Like when I got the headset this morning. For a moment, that became the highlight of the day. But God knows how to reach me. He knows how much music is to me, so he did the obvious thing. Reach me through music. He used what I love: Music, to get me focused on Him again. :)
This blogpost isn't going to be completely about music, but its more of an example of what I'm trying to get across. The main point I think I'm getting at is, God doesn't forget about you, regardless of what you're doing, or thinking, or thinking of doing. He is always looking out for you, even if you're farther from him than east is from the west. God never gives up on you. He's always going to be looking out for you, making sure you know what is really important in life. And not just that! He's there no matter what. Again, you may not believe in God, but its just something I noticed. You may not call it God, but its 100% God to me.
He's always there. And he loves you. If your life is going downhill, don't worry, he's got your life in his hands. Nothing you will ever go through is uncommon to man. God is faithful, he will ALWAYS provide a way out. Also remember, you can't know joy without knowing pain. (Thanks cass)
I realize I'm kind of all over the place at this point, but I'm just typing as The Spirit leads me to, surprisingly, through music. Specifically "How He Loves" by David Crowder Band. Man I love that song. I swear that song is a gift from God XD.
Anyway in summary: Regardless of what you do, God is there for you and he will help you no matter what. Also, he's not always going to talk toy you in ways you think he will, he's a very creative God XD. Love is here, love is now, and you are safe.
Much Love,
Sean
Okay, stop laughing, that's an adventure to me XD. Listening to music puts me on adventures all the time. But stay tuned, the blog WILL get more exciting.
(Also a note: This blog is almost completely about The Almighty, if you don't like hearing about Him, feel free to skip today's blog)
But anyway! Today I got in the mail my new gaming headset 3 days earlier than I was supposed to. So of course, I tore open the packaging and set it all up. Its a wireless headset so I can like walk around while still listening to music. And the sound quality on these things are amazing. So I popped em on, and blasted Attack Attack!. After jamming around for a while, I had to shower/get dressed. it was odd though, for some reason out of NOWHERE the songs "Birmingham (We are Safe)" by David Crowder Band and "Love is Here" by Tenth Avenue North were stuck in my head the entirety of the morning. And it wasn't even the whole songs, it was specific parts of the songs.
In the David Crowder song: "Love has come, and we are safe. Hope has come, and we are safe." In the Tenth Avenue North Song: "Love is here, love is now." Yeah, its odd how both of them dealt with love being here and all around. Its funny when you worship to a song in your head, that you aren't even listening to, but in that morning, i was kind of overwhelmed. To those who don't believe in God, or don't believe in the God which I worship, you may not understand this. But occasionally the Holy Spirit wants something from us that we don't really even notice. So it'll put things in our life to get us to notice something. Whether that just be nature, a person, something someone says, or one of my favorites, music. God knows us more than anyone else, and he certainly knows where our priorities lie. If our priorities are out of place, God's going to use whatever is out of place, in order to return things to the way the should be. Like when I got the headset this morning. For a moment, that became the highlight of the day. But God knows how to reach me. He knows how much music is to me, so he did the obvious thing. Reach me through music. He used what I love: Music, to get me focused on Him again. :)
This blogpost isn't going to be completely about music, but its more of an example of what I'm trying to get across. The main point I think I'm getting at is, God doesn't forget about you, regardless of what you're doing, or thinking, or thinking of doing. He is always looking out for you, even if you're farther from him than east is from the west. God never gives up on you. He's always going to be looking out for you, making sure you know what is really important in life. And not just that! He's there no matter what. Again, you may not believe in God, but its just something I noticed. You may not call it God, but its 100% God to me.
He's always there. And he loves you. If your life is going downhill, don't worry, he's got your life in his hands. Nothing you will ever go through is uncommon to man. God is faithful, he will ALWAYS provide a way out. Also remember, you can't know joy without knowing pain. (Thanks cass)
I realize I'm kind of all over the place at this point, but I'm just typing as The Spirit leads me to, surprisingly, through music. Specifically "How He Loves" by David Crowder Band. Man I love that song. I swear that song is a gift from God XD.
Anyway in summary: Regardless of what you do, God is there for you and he will help you no matter what. Also, he's not always going to talk toy you in ways you think he will, he's a very creative God XD. Love is here, love is now, and you are safe.
Much Love,
Sean
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Day 6
Today's Adventure: A ton of stuff
Well! Blog's back! Sorry about yesterday, I was just have a plain old boring as heck day with no interaction with anyone aside from my mom. So I just kind of sat around, and did nothing. Bright side is, today was SO much better! :D
Well day started off with me trying to get my learner's permit. So we scurried on down to the DMV only to find out that, uh-oh!, we need to actually enroll in a driving school first. So unfortunately that meant that today's adventure was NOT going to be driving. ):
But my uncle came up to see my mom and I and we went out to eat. I had some good food n such, yadda yadda yadda. After that, I had a dentist appointment, and I got my teeth cleaned and stuff. Normal dentist stuff.
Basically the day was rather full and eventful. But... looking back there's something I realized. That amidst all of the things I did today, I think simply resting and enjoying the comfort God has to offer was the real adventure today. I feel like resting can both be amazing and annoying as heck, depending on the day. Like yesterday, resting around was annoying as heck to me, and above all else, I wanted to just go out and DO something. But on days like these where you do a lot, I feel like rest can be the best part about it, if that makes any sense. As God put in place Shabbat, he's also separated work from rest. Both very different from one another, and a balance between the two is definitely needed. How can you work without resting? You'll overheat. How can you rest without working? You'll never get anything done! God's gift of rest is an amazing one, which I call Shabbat (or Shabbos land for all you camp folks). Shabbat doesn't need to be a day, or even a Saturday or Sunday for that matter. Shabbat (or rest) is a state of being, a rest that ALL people may enter.
"There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God's rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from his. Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following their example of disobedience.
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account."
-Hebrews 4:9-13
(The second half of that quote had little to do with the topic, I just LOVE that part, and think its significant nonetheless)
If you're a part of the Church, you know how much we're all pushed to be led by the Spirit to do great things for Christ, but I can't stress enough that resting is vital. As much as most of us laugh at the term "resting in the spirit", I believe there is some truth to that. Don't misunderstand resting as being weak, or not living up to the call. God CALLS us to rest. Or at least, that's my opinion. Food for thought.
Much Love,
Sean
Well! Blog's back! Sorry about yesterday, I was just have a plain old boring as heck day with no interaction with anyone aside from my mom. So I just kind of sat around, and did nothing. Bright side is, today was SO much better! :D
Well day started off with me trying to get my learner's permit. So we scurried on down to the DMV only to find out that, uh-oh!, we need to actually enroll in a driving school first. So unfortunately that meant that today's adventure was NOT going to be driving. ):
But my uncle came up to see my mom and I and we went out to eat. I had some good food n such, yadda yadda yadda. After that, I had a dentist appointment, and I got my teeth cleaned and stuff. Normal dentist stuff.
Basically the day was rather full and eventful. But... looking back there's something I realized. That amidst all of the things I did today, I think simply resting and enjoying the comfort God has to offer was the real adventure today. I feel like resting can both be amazing and annoying as heck, depending on the day. Like yesterday, resting around was annoying as heck to me, and above all else, I wanted to just go out and DO something. But on days like these where you do a lot, I feel like rest can be the best part about it, if that makes any sense. As God put in place Shabbat, he's also separated work from rest. Both very different from one another, and a balance between the two is definitely needed. How can you work without resting? You'll overheat. How can you rest without working? You'll never get anything done! God's gift of rest is an amazing one, which I call Shabbat (or Shabbos land for all you camp folks). Shabbat doesn't need to be a day, or even a Saturday or Sunday for that matter. Shabbat (or rest) is a state of being, a rest that ALL people may enter.
"There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God's rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from his. Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following their example of disobedience.
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account."
-Hebrews 4:9-13
(The second half of that quote had little to do with the topic, I just LOVE that part, and think its significant nonetheless)
If you're a part of the Church, you know how much we're all pushed to be led by the Spirit to do great things for Christ, but I can't stress enough that resting is vital. As much as most of us laugh at the term "resting in the spirit", I believe there is some truth to that. Don't misunderstand resting as being weak, or not living up to the call. God CALLS us to rest. Or at least, that's my opinion. Food for thought.
Much Love,
Sean
Monday, August 16, 2010
Day 5 (Again nothing)
I apologize for not doing anything two days in a row. I planned to do something today, but its really just been a melancholic day. I woke up at 1, never went outside, didn't talk to Sharon or any other friends today, and most importantly, I spent little to no time with God today. Pray for me if you can, I'll try my best to be up and running tomorrow. :)
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Day 4 (Nothing)
Well, I've decided to make Sundays my Shabbat in that I wont do anything super exciting, and even if I do, I wont blog about it. It gives me some time to rest and not have to worry about a blog. So from now on, there will be no blogs on Sunday.
Much Love,
Sean
Much Love,
Sean
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