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Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 15:46:04 GMT

guess what? i love cake........but i love hannah more!

Sunday, May 07, 2006

Sun, 07 May 2006 20:04:01 GMT

i was thinking......

Look at your relationship with Christ like you would any other relationship. Think about how much more you talk to your good friends rather than ones that you hardly ever see. Why do you talk with them more? Because you have stories of good times and mutual friends and basic similar interests.

For example: remember that time we went to...., or remember when we did this or that.

Think about walking with Jesus right now, this very second. How much would you have to talk about?

Would you have a lot of things to talk about? a lot of old memories.

or would there be a lot of -

Hey, Jesus remember the time when.....? and Jesus would have to say, "Sorry, you didn't ask me to come with you." or "Sorry, didn't want me there."

Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 16:16:58 GMT

GOD IS AWESOMELY AMAZING, ISN'T HE?
HE is the Beginning and the End.
He is our Rescuer in times of need.
His peace passes ALL understanding.
He is our provider...
our comforter...
our cleft in the Rock...
our firm foundation...
our source of strength...
the ABSOLUTE truth...
our JOY...
the forgetting forgiver...
our hedge of protection...
Merciful...
full of Grace...
pouring out His AGAPE love toward us...
our reliable Friend...
our Father...
and if we let Him, He is our...
EVERYTHING!

If we give God everything.....He will be our everything! I'm not talking our best 50%, or even 99%. It doesn't work if you give Him everything except a bad situation from the past, or a secret sin that you are living in. Is your boyfriend/girlfriend too important to you to completely give him/her to God? Is your job in His hands? Did you give your school to Him? Does He have your life just on Sundays or do you let Him take care of your Monday to Saturday? Who controls your life........You, Others, FATE, or God?
     From experience I can tell you that if anything but God is in complete control of every aspect of your life.....your life is completely out of control. I had a hard time giving Him my life because frankly I didn't think He could do a better job than I could. I was in college getting good grades. I wasn't partying too much. I went to a church on Sundays. I "knew" my Bible. I had a good family, great friends, I was doing pretty good. Unfortunately, I was empty. Don't get me wrong, I was saved......I just had no purpose, no motivation, and had fooled myself into thinking that I had control. I didn't want anyone (including God) to have control of me.
     I think a lot of you out there can see yourself in some of what I was talking about. We can control so few things in life that we decide that we won't give this one thing away to anyone. Because if WE do it.......no one can hurt us, we will experience only the problems that we allow, and if we give any of this away......we won't look strong to those around us.
    How disillusioned is this mode of thinking? I have news for you....those around you when you live this kind of life are probably exactly like you, so why would they care? And no one needs to hurt us because we do a good job of that already by pushing people away, sustaining yourself with everything from drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, to the psychological damage we do by being filled with anxiety, anger, pride, false hope, and SELF. Self loathing, self pity, self righteousness. And at least when I was living this way.....my problems didn't decrease.....they increased and controlled me.
    See, what I have learned is that somewhere along the line our concepts twist. For some it happens early in life, and for some it takes time to become blinded. The hurt that we try to save ourselves from...was taken care of on the Cross of Calvary by Jesus Christ, God's Son! The problems that we hide or run from....they were taken care of there too! And finally our strength/pride issue....we aren't as strong as we like to think. We fail. We fail ourselves and others almost hourly. If we aren't even able to be strong enough to handle the small problems of our day....how do we plan on holding together our jobs, school, loved ones, and friend's problems? We logically can't! But you know what? GOD is ABLE!

All of us like sheep have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; But the Lord has caused the iniquities of us ALL to fall on HIM. (ISAIAH 53:6)

For God so loved the world that He gave His ONLY begotten son, that whosoever believeth on Him shall not perish but have everlasting Life. (JOHN 3:16)

God sending His Son, Jesus Christ, was planned from the beginning of time. Before He created us in His image God KNEW that we would choose to turn from Him and sin and live for ourselves. He knew before He created us that the only way to clean us from ALL the bad things we have and will do is by Jesus coming to earth, living a perfect life without one sin, and being sacrificed for us. Before you were born, Christ died for you because HE loves you. But in order to completely save us not only did He have to be sacrificed, but He had to defeat death. After being declared dead on the cross, He was wrapped and buried in a tomb. 3 days later.........His body was gone and He rose up from the dead! And to prove that His body wasn't just stolen.....He appeared to a woman next to the tomb, 11 men who saw Him die, and then before He ascended back into Heaven he appeared to a crowd. HE LIVES!

I'm praying for you today! I don't know who you are or where you live, but I love you. We are ALL sinners together and have all been saved by the same grace of Jesus Christ!

Thursday, September 15, 2005

Thu, 15 Sep 2005 10:53:17 GMT

I LOVE JESUS, YES I DO! I LOVE JESUS, HOW BOUT' YOU?..............

Monday, August 22, 2005

Mon, 22 Aug 2005 23:19:09 GMT

okay......UPDATE

1. Passed the easy Lee's Summit Fire entrance test.........Thank you Jesus! Now i have my 1st oral interview with them on September 20th.

2. And now I will show you the beautiful, and wonderful girl that is mi novia. HANNAH!

Monday, August 15, 2005

Mon, 15 Aug 2005 03:18:18 GMT

here's the updated news....................................

1. passed my EMT test. praise the LORD!

2. have the most amazing girlfriend that i have ever met. ever! seriously ever! her name is HANNAH.

3. taking a written test for Lee's Summit Fire on Tuesday morning...please pray.

4. i still love Puerto Rico.

5. my heart still belongs to Jesus....He shows me more of His wicked-awesomeness everyday.

i love all of you. especially my ALBC peeps. ADIOS!

Friday, July 15, 2005

Fri, 15 Jul 2005 22:10:11 GMT

***** MY CELL PHONE WAS RECENTLY STOLEN. I STILL HAVE THE SAME NUMBER, BUT UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE LOST MOST OF YOUR NUMBERS. IF I SEE YOU, ASK ME IF I GOT YOUR NUMBER BACK, AND IF I DON'T GET TO SEE YOU ON A REGULAR BASIS YOU EITHER NEED TO CALL ME OR LEAVE ME YOUR NUMBER SO THAT WE CAN TALK AND HANG OUT AND STUFF. *****

Happy Friday night to everyone! I think Friday nights are my favorite part of the weekend because they are the furthest away from Monday morning. I hope all of you are doing wonderful and I hope that all of you are able to see a touch of God in everything that you do. Here is what has been going on in my world.........

...working a lot at Lake Lotawana Fire Department

...working even more at the good ole mudjacking job

...picked up an application for Lee's Summit Fire Department (please be praying for this job because it is the desire of my heart to get it.)

...watching the Salgado residence while they are in our homeland of Puerto Rico. I miss E- Money. a lot. and berlico. and mami y papi. mi corazon is there with them.

...saving up for hair plugs

...i'm trying to find time to study and a date that will work for me to retake my EMT written test (please be praying for this also. i have always had a hard time studying for tests and i need this to get a full-time fire job

...i'm hoping that sometime this week i can start running again to lose my freshman 150! i almost broke my ankle on the 4th of July running to the fire engine. the Lord is healing it quite nicely though

...i'm still praying for the Lord to prepare me and my future wife for the day we will meet. it gets frustrating from time to time, but luckily i don't have to worry about anything because God will give me what i deserve

...that's about it from me. let me know if there is anything i can be praying for. i have been learning lately that it is the little things that i fear we as teens and college age forget. spending a few minutes a day praising and talking to the very one who made us. giving Him at least 10% of our paycheck to thank Him for all He has given us and to show our trust in Him. reading even one verse a day out of our Bibles, the living and only absolutely true thing in this world. just thoughts.

...i love you. whether i know you or not. i love you because my God can love me. i hope you can see His love in me...ADIOS!

...i have decided to end on a recent self-check.

DO you ever head for church on Sunday morning and can't find your Bible? HAVE you ever had to wipe off 6 days worth of dust on your way to church? WHY do we put aside and forget about one of the greatest gifts God directly gave us? HOW can we do this and continue to grow toward Him? TWO WORDS.............we can't. just thing about it.

Monday, July 11, 2005

Mon, 11 Jul 2005 20:55:53 GMT

hello there all my xanga friends! i hope everything is going well in your lives. i promised a new update, and you will get one tomorrow. this will just have to tide you over until then..........

what do you call a boomerang that doesn't come back?

a stick.

Saturday, June 04, 2005

Sat, 04 Jun 2005 19:09:38 GMT

*UPDATE*UPDATE*UPDATE*UPDATE*UPDATE*UPDATE*

it has been a while, but i am back today. i have been oh so busy!waiting on test results from my written EMT test. working the night shift at the fire station. been spending a lot of time with the family lately.......good times. i have some pics to put up as soon as i scan them. i hope everyone is doing great. god has been teaching me so many awesome things about Himself, His love and protection. He opens doors right when i need one, He answers my prayers before i can even ask them sometimes, and His love is sooooo great that He died on the cross and rose again three days later......and that was all that He had to do to eternally save me. I........WE, owe Him everything. Our lives, our time, our attention, all that we are should be seeking all that He has for us. I pray that everyday i can grow at least a little bit closer to my Savior. I hope that you all love and earn to seek Him daily, because there is no regrets in time spent seeking His love. ADIOS!

Friday, May 06, 2005

Fri, 06 May 2005 22:19:49 GMT

I'm gone to Jefferson City this weekend. Helping my sis with some outside work on her house. I hope everyone is doing freaking swell. I have only a few days to learn how to dance like a Puerto Rican for E-Money's cumpleanos fiesta! I'm freaking out. I DO the robot, i DO breakdance, unfortunately i cannot Roll my hips to the sounds of Daddy Yankee! Oh well, in memory of good times i am putting up a pic of old school jeremy.........

As you can probably guess....... i was in timeout a lot!

And when i wasn't in trouble i would sleep....... anywhere!

i love you!