Thoughtful in Selah
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Peace and Tranquility at last...
Yes... As the week draws to a close I finally have more time to teenager. YEAH! No more drivers' ed until next week and no homework tonight. I'm looking forward to an awesome night at Remain. That's about it. Nothing new. Just keeping you all updated.
Time to relax. I need some smooth jazz.
Time to relax. I need some smooth jazz.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
***UPDATE***
In the post about my dream I forgot to include some stuff because I wrote about it seven hours after it happened so I forgot some of it. I just rememebered the rest of it and edited it. I put it back in the post under the headings of " ***UPDATE*** ".
Thank you all for your encouragement. I really feel like I have a new outlook on life.
~Blessed be His Name!
Thank you all for your encouragement. I really feel like I have a new outlook on life.
~Blessed be His Name!
Monday, April 16, 2007
Teenager - (noun, adjective, verb)
How is the word teenager a verb? I think my mom used it this afternoon. I've used it as an adjective as I'm sure we all have. I came home today after the first day back to school. **SIGH** I was feeling kinda tired and lazy and overwhelmed. (adjective form of teenager) And so I pretty much just kinda sat there for awhile (verb form of teenager). But then I had (and still have) a buttload of homework to do. And it's time to go to bed too! I had Drivers Education for the first time tonight. It wasn't as bad as I thought....
"What's wrong friend? Don't you like my chop job?"
"If your hand is at 12 and the airbag goes off, your hand is going to hit your face and it's going to get messy. Then it's going to screw your face up." ~Miss June
Yeah... That's about it...
I need sleep
"What's wrong friend? Don't you like my chop job?"
"If your hand is at 12 and the airbag goes off, your hand is going to hit your face and it's going to get messy. Then it's going to screw your face up." ~Miss June
Yeah... That's about it...
I need sleep
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Acts 2:17 "...your young men will see visions..."
First off... I'm really surprised of how many people actually read my blog. I went searching through all of your sites today (and yours too Daniel.. I resent the link to my site. It's insulting) and I discovered that a lot of people took my idea of "Music My Life". ***If I had a dollar for every view (like charging admission) I could be rich. Buy out Microsoft or something... Not to be egotistical or anything***
But that's not the reason why I'm posting.
Some stuff happened in that past couple of days. I know I said in yesterday's post that nothing did but it wasn't relevant until now.
On Friday me and AppleJacks got together to worship and pray. We felt that God was calling us to help encourage each other. So we did. Andrew and I have been praying for the baptism of the Holy Spirit for quite some time now. We both really want the gift of speaking in tounges and other blessings. Well for encouragement from the Word, I used Acts which I recently got done with studying from Bible Quiz. I turned to Acts chapter 2 where it talks about "The Holy Spirit Comes At Pentecost" Starting in verse 17, God spoke through the prophet Joel saying, "17 ‘In the last days, God said, I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams. (NLT)
Well here's where the story gets really good.
Last night (Saturday night - Sunday morning) I had a dream (which turned out to be a vision I'm pretty sure).
It was a place where people could fly (like a bird) when they were filled with the Holy Spirit. Crazy I know; just go with it. My friends could fly and I wanted the ability as well. I prayed and prayed but I just couldn't do it. My friends wanted me to go with them off of "the runway" (I don't know how to describe this. This was a place in the dream where people would run and jump off the end of this platform over a cliff's edge and fly away. I'm just going to call it the runway). I would go with my friends as they would jump and fly and they wanted me to join them but I couldn't. I would stand there on the runway and just cry and pray.
One day, Daniel took me up to the runway and told me, "Brice you are going to fly today and your not getting away until you do." Forceful sounding I know but I went along with it. As we approached the runway I was about to get sick I was so terrified, and I kept praying, "Lord please baptize me in the Holy Spirit. Send Your Holy Spirit upon me." I just kept saying that over and over. Daniel went ahead of me and jumped and I just followed him, not thinking of what was happening. I remember taking a step off the end of the runway and looking down seeing the ground below about one hundred feet away. I thought I was falling down with gravity when I spread out my arms and I soared away.
***UPDATE*** (I forgot to include this the first time which is pretty important)
After flying around for a bit I landed and asked if anybody else was going to join me. I was about to go again when someone said that I was low on fuel. (There's a way were you can tell but that is really weird and takes to much time to explain). I said I had enough to go again but then they said, "You better come back and fill up because you don't have enough to go it alone" yeah... I thought that was pretty awesome (I can't believe I forgot that the first time.)
My interpretation:
Flying is like speaking in Tounges. (not in real life of course) I wanted the gift that my friends had. I kept praying without seeing any results because "14 What good is it my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? 17 So you see, it isn’t enough just to have faith. Faith that doesn’t show itself by good deeds is no faith at all—it is dead and useless. 26 Just as the body is dead without a spirit, so also faith is dead without good deeds. James 2:14,17,26. Even though it's not exactly a "good deed", I need to show action that I am truly hungry for the Spirit. It isn't enought to say it we have to be committed to obey God to get His blessings.
The funny thing is is that Pastor Tom just talked about this today. "Obedience Brings Fullness".
14 When I think of the wisdom and scope of God's plan, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father,
15 the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth.
16 I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will give you mighty inner strength through his Holy Spirit.
17 And I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts as you trust in him. May your roots go down deep into the soil of God's marvelous love.
18 And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love really is.
19 May you experience the love of Christ, though it is so great you will never fully understand it. Then you will be filled with the fullness of life and power that comes from God.
20 Now glory be to God! By his mighty power at work within us, he is able to accomplish infinitely more than we would ever dare to ask or hope.
21 May he be given glory in the church and in Christ Jesus forever and ever through endless ages. Amen.
***UPDATE*** To go along with the end of the dream.
I want certain things but God's answer to all of our questions is Yes, No, or Wait. I was blessed with a gift and I wanted more but God said "Wait" for a reason. We can't do all things on our own and that's why we need to be refilled or refreshed to help us on our way.
I hate to feel that I'm preaching here, but this is what I really feel.
So basically what happened in the end is that we need to make a move of faith. I need to come out of my box, take the right actions to do what is necessary (even if I don't feel like it), obey God, take a leap of faith, dive in, and praise Him as he gives me fullness. How's that for breaking the comfort zone? Forget being all inside myself because I'm afraid what else may happen. I need to overcome the feelings inside myself to press through and enter in! I want to have passion, fullness, and thankfulness in my life.
***UPDATE*** Footnotes
My grandpa sent me an email about this post giving me more encouragement and I wanted to share a couple things that he said (he is a pastor and all). He pointed out that we should seek that giver and not the the gift itself. And he's right. I didn't want it to sound like that. And that's what me and Apple Jacks are doing together. Together we are seeking God that he might bless us.
I also need to remember not to worry about what I'm saying when I'm praying. I just need to let it flow freely and "Just make love to Jesus".
~Thank you so much Grandpa J
Dive - Steven Curtis Chapman
But that's not the reason why I'm posting.
Some stuff happened in that past couple of days. I know I said in yesterday's post that nothing did but it wasn't relevant until now.
On Friday me and AppleJacks got together to worship and pray. We felt that God was calling us to help encourage each other. So we did. Andrew and I have been praying for the baptism of the Holy Spirit for quite some time now. We both really want the gift of speaking in tounges and other blessings. Well for encouragement from the Word, I used Acts which I recently got done with studying from Bible Quiz. I turned to Acts chapter 2 where it talks about "The Holy Spirit Comes At Pentecost" Starting in verse 17, God spoke through the prophet Joel saying, "17 ‘In the last days, God said, I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams. (NLT)
Well here's where the story gets really good.
Last night (Saturday night - Sunday morning) I had a dream (which turned out to be a vision I'm pretty sure).
It was a place where people could fly (like a bird) when they were filled with the Holy Spirit. Crazy I know; just go with it. My friends could fly and I wanted the ability as well. I prayed and prayed but I just couldn't do it. My friends wanted me to go with them off of "the runway" (I don't know how to describe this. This was a place in the dream where people would run and jump off the end of this platform over a cliff's edge and fly away. I'm just going to call it the runway). I would go with my friends as they would jump and fly and they wanted me to join them but I couldn't. I would stand there on the runway and just cry and pray.
One day, Daniel took me up to the runway and told me, "Brice you are going to fly today and your not getting away until you do." Forceful sounding I know but I went along with it. As we approached the runway I was about to get sick I was so terrified, and I kept praying, "Lord please baptize me in the Holy Spirit. Send Your Holy Spirit upon me." I just kept saying that over and over. Daniel went ahead of me and jumped and I just followed him, not thinking of what was happening. I remember taking a step off the end of the runway and looking down seeing the ground below about one hundred feet away. I thought I was falling down with gravity when I spread out my arms and I soared away.
***UPDATE*** (I forgot to include this the first time which is pretty important)
After flying around for a bit I landed and asked if anybody else was going to join me. I was about to go again when someone said that I was low on fuel. (There's a way were you can tell but that is really weird and takes to much time to explain). I said I had enough to go again but then they said, "You better come back and fill up because you don't have enough to go it alone" yeah... I thought that was pretty awesome (I can't believe I forgot that the first time.)
My interpretation:
Flying is like speaking in Tounges. (not in real life of course) I wanted the gift that my friends had. I kept praying without seeing any results because "14 What good is it my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? 17 So you see, it isn’t enough just to have faith. Faith that doesn’t show itself by good deeds is no faith at all—it is dead and useless. 26 Just as the body is dead without a spirit, so also faith is dead without good deeds. James 2:14,17,26. Even though it's not exactly a "good deed", I need to show action that I am truly hungry for the Spirit. It isn't enought to say it we have to be committed to obey God to get His blessings.
The funny thing is is that Pastor Tom just talked about this today. "Obedience Brings Fullness".
14 When I think of the wisdom and scope of God's plan, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father,
15 the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth.
16 I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will give you mighty inner strength through his Holy Spirit.
17 And I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts as you trust in him. May your roots go down deep into the soil of God's marvelous love.
18 And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love really is.
19 May you experience the love of Christ, though it is so great you will never fully understand it. Then you will be filled with the fullness of life and power that comes from God.
20 Now glory be to God! By his mighty power at work within us, he is able to accomplish infinitely more than we would ever dare to ask or hope.
21 May he be given glory in the church and in Christ Jesus forever and ever through endless ages. Amen.
***UPDATE*** To go along with the end of the dream.
I want certain things but God's answer to all of our questions is Yes, No, or Wait. I was blessed with a gift and I wanted more but God said "Wait" for a reason. We can't do all things on our own and that's why we need to be refilled or refreshed to help us on our way.
I hate to feel that I'm preaching here, but this is what I really feel.
So basically what happened in the end is that we need to make a move of faith. I need to come out of my box, take the right actions to do what is necessary (even if I don't feel like it), obey God, take a leap of faith, dive in, and praise Him as he gives me fullness. How's that for breaking the comfort zone? Forget being all inside myself because I'm afraid what else may happen. I need to overcome the feelings inside myself to press through and enter in! I want to have passion, fullness, and thankfulness in my life.
***UPDATE*** Footnotes
My grandpa sent me an email about this post giving me more encouragement and I wanted to share a couple things that he said (he is a pastor and all). He pointed out that we should seek that giver and not the the gift itself. And he's right. I didn't want it to sound like that. And that's what me and Apple Jacks are doing together. Together we are seeking God that he might bless us.
I also need to remember not to worry about what I'm saying when I'm praying. I just need to let it flow freely and "Just make love to Jesus".
~Thank you so much Grandpa J
Dive - Steven Curtis Chapman
Labels: Posts of my Faith
Saturday, April 14, 2007
My driving experience today...
My heart was racing wildly. My knuckles were turning white from the intense grip I had on the wheel. I started sweating as the temperature rose. I was looking around my eyes going every which way wildly. I was about to scream from the pressure of it all when my dad said, "Start the car".
I'm kidding. I'm not that oblivious.
No but I did get quite an experience in. I drove for 2 and a half hours on the highway. Going 65mph towards Cleveland was kind of terrifying with all the traffic around. Then actually trying to make it through the city of a suburb of Cleveland was bad enough. I got to learn how to do it sometime. Fun.
I think I'm going to take a nap.
I'm kidding. I'm not that oblivious.
No but I did get quite an experience in. I drove for 2 and a half hours on the highway. Going 65mph towards Cleveland was kind of terrifying with all the traffic around. Then actually trying to make it through the city of a suburb of Cleveland was bad enough. I got to learn how to do it sometime. Fun.
I think I'm going to take a nap.
Cun yu sea goud?
moderob si gnikat revo htiw eno yad tfel ot og. yldas gnirps kaerb si revo.... dna I od ton tnaw ot og kcab ot taht live ecalp.
siht si tola erom nuf naht I thguoht ti dluow eb.
rof esoht ohw era dionna ydaerla htiw siht:
I get to go driving today and work at the same time. Me and dad have to go deliver furniture up near Cleveland and who gets to do the driving on Route 2? Me.... Pray for protection for me. I'm sure I'll post tomorrow over the fun it was of being deeply horrified for an hour at a time. I think that's all I have to post about. Nothing new has happened to me in a while.
Well... I made my computer look like vista for free. That is pretty sweet. Here's the link...
Make sure to start your computer in safe mode (for XP press F8 at boot and enter the options) and then install the executable. This will change all icons, title bars, taskbars, and will also add windows Vista sidebar gadgets. It does slow the computer down so make sure you have a good CPU and atleast 512MB of RAM. (The install is a little scary but as long as your in safe mode you'll be fine. This is the 6th edition with 7 on the way.
You can also download other themes to change the title and task bar here. This does not change anything else so all your icons will stay vista style after installing the transformation pack. Simply download and double click the theme file to apply. No going through the control panel. If you have trouble click here for the fix. This is more advanced stuff. Save everthing you need in a folder where it won't be deleted, moved, or modified. (This can be placed anywhere but make sure you know where it is). And that's it. Have fun. Make sure to back everything up first if your worried you won't do it right.
I'm a geek.
siht si tola erom nuf naht I thguoht ti dluow eb.
rof esoht ohw era dionna ydaerla htiw siht:
I get to go driving today and work at the same time. Me and dad have to go deliver furniture up near Cleveland and who gets to do the driving on Route 2? Me.... Pray for protection for me. I'm sure I'll post tomorrow over the fun it was of being deeply horrified for an hour at a time. I think that's all I have to post about. Nothing new has happened to me in a while.
Well... I made my computer look like vista for free. That is pretty sweet. Here's the link...
Make sure to start your computer in safe mode (for XP press F8 at boot and enter the options) and then install the executable. This will change all icons, title bars, taskbars, and will also add windows Vista sidebar gadgets. It does slow the computer down so make sure you have a good CPU and atleast 512MB of RAM. (The install is a little scary but as long as your in safe mode you'll be fine. This is the 6th edition with 7 on the way.
You can also download other themes to change the title and task bar here. This does not change anything else so all your icons will stay vista style after installing the transformation pack. Simply download and double click the theme file to apply. No going through the control panel. If you have trouble click here for the fix. This is more advanced stuff. Save everthing you need in a folder where it won't be deleted, moved, or modified. (This can be placed anywhere but make sure you know where it is). And that's it. Have fun. Make sure to back everything up first if your worried you won't do it right.
I'm a geek.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
No Mispellnigs
I went driving today to get some more hours. Plus I had an eye exam and yeah. I'm making progress. They had to add a prism to correct my one eye. Before the exam I had to fill out the patient info and I'm pretty sure I spelled some things wrong. (That's not my strong point). But then I found this:
 clipped from www.google.com
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Friday, April 6, 2007
Music My Life
1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question.
What does next year have in store for me?
Suond of the Underground - Dave Koz
What does your love life look like?
That Mellow Saxophone - Brian Setzer
What do I say when life gets hard?
Love Lifts Us Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
What do I think of when I get up in the morning?
I love you - Celine Dion
What song will I dance to at my wedding?
Together Forever - Happy Hardcore
What do you want to do for your career?
Cityscape - from the album "Night Owls"
Your favorite saying?
Leave [Get Out] - JoJo
Favorite place?
In the Rain - Kenny G
What do you think of your parents?
True Love - London Pops Orchestra
Where would you go on a first date?
Mockingbird - Eminem
Drug of choice?
Misty - Dennis Marcellino
Describe yourself.
High Flyin' - Nick Colione
What is the thing I like doing most?
Remember - Mindi Abair
What is my state of mind like at the moment?
Almost a Whisper - Yanni
How will I die?
Show me - Michael Lington
The song that will be played at your funeral?
It's alright - David Benoit
The song you'll put as the subject?
Love Won't Let Me Wait - Luther Vandross
The song that describes my friendships?
Chariots of Fire - Yanni
The song that describes my future marriage?
Where Is The Love - Black Eyed Peas
The song that describes my future children?
Crazy - Gnarles Barkley
The song that describes what this summer will be like?
Wake me up when September Ends - Green Day
The song that describes what people think of me?
Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla
The song that describes how I will do in school?
Virtual Insanity - Jamiroquai
The song that describes how nice of a career I'll have?
Must Get Out - Maroon5
The song that describes my personality?
Canned Heat - Jamiroquai
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question.
What does next year have in store for me?
Suond of the Underground - Dave Koz
What does your love life look like?
That Mellow Saxophone - Brian Setzer
What do I say when life gets hard?
Love Lifts Us Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
What do I think of when I get up in the morning?
I love you - Celine Dion
What song will I dance to at my wedding?
Together Forever - Happy Hardcore
What do you want to do for your career?
Cityscape - from the album "Night Owls"
Your favorite saying?
Leave [Get Out] - JoJo
Favorite place?
In the Rain - Kenny G
What do you think of your parents?
True Love - London Pops Orchestra
Where would you go on a first date?
Mockingbird - Eminem
Drug of choice?
Misty - Dennis Marcellino
Describe yourself.
High Flyin' - Nick Colione
What is the thing I like doing most?
Remember - Mindi Abair
What is my state of mind like at the moment?
Almost a Whisper - Yanni
How will I die?
Show me - Michael Lington
The song that will be played at your funeral?
It's alright - David Benoit
The song you'll put as the subject?
Love Won't Let Me Wait - Luther Vandross
The song that describes my friendships?
Chariots of Fire - Yanni
The song that describes my future marriage?
Where Is The Love - Black Eyed Peas
The song that describes my future children?
Crazy - Gnarles Barkley
The song that describes what this summer will be like?
Wake me up when September Ends - Green Day
The song that describes what people think of me?
Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla
The song that describes how I will do in school?
Virtual Insanity - Jamiroquai
The song that describes how nice of a career I'll have?
Must Get Out - Maroon5
The song that describes my personality?
Canned Heat - Jamiroquai
