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Name: Jon
Metro: Philadelphia
Birthday: 4/4/1986
Gender: Male
Interests: lets see...im almost 20, I'm from right outside of philly aaand I'm all about everything from audio adrenaline to switchfoot, and everything in between. (i mean everything, old school or new). Sky diving, wakeboarding, corvettes, rollar coasters, stewarts orange and cream...and of course my faith. Don't be afraid to say hi! ~corinth926
Expertise: Being at the wrong place at the wrong time...all the time....hehe
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AIM:  mx6racer237
Member Since:
12/7/2004
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| Whoops. The first link was wrong. This is the right one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NED7v-InX2k
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| No way, am I actually updating? Unbelievable. I guess it takes a nice
saturday afternoon with not a whole lot to do to really be able to sit
down and write something to you wonderful xanga addicts. Anyways-
Where do I begin? Since being in Salisbury, life has been an absolute
rollercoaster, with some of the biggest highs and lows my life has ever
seen. Crazy huh? Needless to say, I could get into the hundreds of
things that have gone down lately, but I feel like that novel would
simply bore all instead of entertain or enlighten, so I'll move on.
Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have -1 Peter 3:15
There's something I've been trying to live by lately, you know it's a
crazy thing with all the flooding and disasters going on lately,
revelation is really coming to past. As scary and wonderful as it is, I
can honestly say that the whole concept of "you don't know the day nor
the hour of His return" is really hitting home now. Could be next week,
for real you know? Faith by itself, if not accompanied by action, is
dead. So I can't pass up opportunities, not now...not until it's all
over and Jesus is saying Welcome home. (Haha sorry, that reminds of me
of a sweet supertones song, it's stuck in my head now).
Oh and here's another verse to back up my stance on whether or not one can lose thier salvation after accepting Christ:
For
I am
convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,
neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor
depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us
from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord- Romans 8:38-39.
For anyone who worries about what this whole Christianity thing is
about, or what the absolutes of it entail...just go read Romans, it may
just be my favorite book now. It's seriously like one of the major no
nonsense books of the bible, it really just tells it how it is, no
exceptions or exclusions or misinterpretations or contradictions, its
just straight up truth. Good stuff.
Is it bad that I'm already I'm ready to get into next semester? The
truth is my summer has become somewhat of a routine of just working and
occationally hanging out. Salisbury is nice, but still relatively
empty...and a lot of that is due to how busy everyone is keeping
themselves. Because of that, I'm ready to tackle next semester like,
now. Should be good times.
At the same time, I'm both anxious and really nervous about next
semester, because I believe I'm going to have to face many crossroads
in my life. I know I've said that before, but its seems like I always
have major decisions to make around each turn. Ha, I wish for once in
my life I can honestly say I know exactly what I'll be up to six months
from now, but God likes to keep us on our toes, never a dull moment.
Because after all...
For
I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper
you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future- Jeremiah 29:11
And for a certain someone, I've provided more than enough hope in this entry, so there better be some smiles to follow :)
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| Well heres a quick update:
New look, sugery on tuesday, move-in the following week 
I do have some more things to talk about here that I want some people close to me to hear, but I'll have to get into that later.
Until then, enjoy the sun and whats left of the money you got selling books.
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| Ah, beautiful day! Despite my six pager due tomorrow at 2, I'm in a pretty good mood. Although I can really say that one of the reasons is because of my philosophy class today, ironically. We talked about atheism. I never realized how exciting it is to battle atheism. Seriously, getting a chance to stand up for your faith and still being able to say intelligent things, is perhaps one of the most spiritually exciting moments ever.
So just for the heck of it, here's my top five reasons why atheism makes no sense to me:
1. Ok God has done some amazing things in me, so that's one of the best reasons right there.
2. Uh, how do you think this whole earth thing started to begin with? Science in ALL of it's brilliance and logic who comes up with complicated formulas and unnecessarily big names for things came to one grand conclusion: Something went boom....here we are. wow.
3. Atheism is a refusal to believe in something beyond this earth, right? As humans, we don't even know what's past our own galaxies, besides just billions and billions of stars. (I suppose there was a marathon of booms to create those ones). So suppose there was a big boom and here we are? Funny how the earth is perfectly located in our solar system isn't it? How convenient it is that if the earth were a couple feet closer or farther from the sun, we would all be dead, or that if the earth were just a few miles bigger or smaller it wouldn't be able to sustain and maintain life and a perfect orbit around the sun. Kinda a little too perfect to believe, isn't it?
4. I'm sorry, but the earth would have destroyed itself by now.
5. Atheists have absolutely no faith, but in reality they have the most faith of any religion. Bear with me here. Atheist say that if it doesn't make sense to their own understanding, then they do not believe it, right? Well by that logic, that means that the logic of one atheist is the ultimate logic and understanding of the entire universe. That's putting a ton of faith in one's own logic. Taking hold of one's own logic and saying that it's not perfect is probably the most logical thing to do. In the end, atheism comes off as sort of selfish to me. If I were an atheist, it would be all about me and my understanding, me me and me. I am the ultimate authority and no one controls my own destiny except myself. I am in control, no one God has a hold over everything.
So in the end, is it just selfish or a fear that maybe there is a God out there who controls me, so it's better not to believe in Him? I don't really understand it personally, it just sounds stubborn and rebellious to me in the end.
Anyway, it felt great standing up for what I believe in today, that was the bottom line. We talked about death as well, and I realized that when it comes down to it...if you don't have something worth dying for, you don't have anything worth living for. That's the bottom line. Every human belongs to God, whether you like it or not. Even an atheist can't argue that a body is your own when you think about it. We are all part of our mother and part of our father, who in turn are part of their respective parents. There is not a cell in our body that we created on our own, it all came from somewhere.
Today I'm thanking God that He is in control, and that I have the absolute privilege that I don't have to rely on my own understanding, for such a life would be chaotic and hopeless. It is our hope and understanding of God that gives us life with meaning and purpose, so let's not forget that.
Ohh, let my pride fall down...I'm a little man.
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