Some of you may be wondering why there’s not much personal stuff in this here blog. Well, the answer to that is simple. I have two so-called blogs. This blog is for my public declarations and place to put oddities and weirdness and other stuff I think is important for people to know. My other blog is a LiveJournal. It’s for those not too lazy to go to here. That’s where all of my personal stuff goes. On the rare occassion of course, stuff will be placed in both.

In conclusion, my blog is my soapbox and my livejournal is my, uh, journal.

And for those of you wondering about xanga, I’ve never had a very high opinion of xanga or its users.

Hmmmm. I couldn't see it coming. They created a new position and it's sort of like gm but more techie. Like I said, couldn't see it coming. And so, what do I do. I had wanted to move away from the serving with the tech thing. After the missions trip, I feel like if God wanted me to and forced me to depend on Him, I could be able to do anything. If I'm stuck doing tech stuff again, why would I need to depend on God?

I love to serve for worship on A/V because it's necessary. But Hosanna, and creating an entirely new role just for it? I don't know. I was expecting something new and God would be able to work in me and grow me from there. I don't think I can grow if I keep getting focussed on all of this techie serving. I know God's given me a gift, but I feel that God wants to use me in other ways too. I want to be able to serve Him in other ways too. I don't want to be stuck doing the same thing over and over again.

I feel that God has given me the desire to do more for Him.

You all may not have noticed, but I started a blog for my more public announcements, like rants, and other stuff. This lj is for my personal amusement/stuff anyway. So if you're not too lazy, it's <a href="http://blkmage.blogspot.com/">here</a>. Have fun.

So today I finally went out on a walk. Luckily, there's a nice path that goes through some wild looking plants and wild looking terrain. I just started singing as I went along. Heading home, I just let out some of my frustrations and stuff while praying. It works better than sitting in my room.

Then, I cracked open a devo book. It had to do with 1 Samuel 19. It talked about how Saul just <i>happened</i> to run into Samuel when looking for his father's donkeys. What does this have to do with anything?

<b>Opportunities</b>

Divine appointments: chance meetings set up by God that change someone's life forever. I can think of a few that I just screwed over. One would have to be that "so tell me about church" thing in English. Another would have to be the "who's going to do their testimony" from STM.

I have less than two months to get myself spiritually prepared to go back to school (doing devos on a regular basis, not being mean, etc.). I believe that this new fellowship is what's going to mobilize all of the Christians there. And I plan to be right in the middle of it, with the people who are starting it up again.

I felt the need to comment on some of the CDs I, uh… “got” because of listening to them in Atlanta.

First up is Passion’s Hymns: Ancient and Modern. This CD made me love hymns even more. They sound awesome when contemporary-ed by the likes of David Crowder, Matt Redman, Chris Tomlin, et al. There’s a distinct way to the melodies and lyrics that makes it so cool sounding.

Secondly is my favourite CD so far: Andy Hunter’s Exodus. BOD put it on in the van and I loved it. The first track, GO!, just owns. I love this CD. This is the reason I got into Christian techno/electronica over the last few days. I want to go back to Atlanta to have another rave in the van :( I miss them.

And then, Relient K’s Anatomy of the Tongue in Cheek. I already have Two Lefts Don’t Make a Right… But Three Do, but I love Pressing On.