i think i made up that word….
i think my blog is pretty cool. i don’t think this because my posts have anything profound or though provoking. i think it’s cool because it’s all over the place. my last post was about worship teams. i looked at my archives and saw posts about: revelation, dragonforce, barack obama, children singing about barack obama, dating, and pretty much everything else.
usually blogs are themed…
oh well.
leading a worship team once a month is quest has been pretty cool. not only has God been doing some cool stuff in the ministry, but He has been doing some cool stuff in me. one thing that really struck me this week is that i’m playing this song that was one of the first i learned. i practiced the riff and solo for this song a lot back in jr. high. it’s one of those songs i still remember how to play after three years. that was when i was very new to playing in bands. that was when i was new to leading worship. what i learned in 7th and 8th grade worship band will alwasys stick with me though. i’m very thankful and blessed to have had the great leaders in the band and jr. high i had then leading me in my journey.
back to what i was saying… all of what i just said hit me this week after i picked that same song that i had practice a lot when i was 12. now there is a kid in the band i’m leading who has spent a lot of time working on the same song. it’s all different though because i’m the leading. it was one of those, “wow i can’t believe how much i have grown and changed in six years,” moments.
i can’t wait to see what’s going on six years from now!
honestly, i don’t know for sure what all i think about the end times. one big question is about the rapture. what is it? when is it? why is it? is it?
people can get in arguements about it, and people can talk about it all they want. in the end though, does it matter? at some points i have though no, but i am convinced more than ever that it does.
it’s true, no matter what happens, we should be ready for death or the Lord’s return or whatever happens at all moments, but don’t you think you would live your life differently if you thought that one day you would just die or be raptured away, as opposed to going through a time of choas and trouble known as the tribulation? even following God, that’s a lot to deal with.
it seems that theology affects the way you live (yeah, i heard that from someone, but i believe it true). if you live in a world where the endtimes means being raptured away while all the nonchristians suffer, i think you would deal with a tribulation a little differently then someone who believes living in the end times means undergoing hardship while spreading the gospel before the Lord’s return.
all of my life, i’ve been told and given that impression that the book of Revelation is really hard to understand. and in my long 16 years, i’ve heard very few teachings on it. i’ve always wanted to understand it though.
this year, the theme of onething was the book of Revelation. while i didn’t get to go to onething, i watched a bit of it online and have talked to friends who went. let me be clear, i am not going to just proclaim that mike bickle has everything about revelation 100% right and that i’m sold. i’m not. what i am going to say is that i really feel like the book is not some anomoly that the church will never get. in fact, i think it’s crucial that we understand what the book says.
this is post one, if i keep going the post will be too long.
it’s funny how i just posted about every dragonforce song being pretty much the same. this song off of the new cd just came on, and it’s pretty sweet and different from the norm. i’m proud of them. that previous post is still mostly true though. just wanted to throw this out there.
if you’ve never heard dragonforce… your life is just sad, i’m sorry. 
anyway.. i am listening to their new album right now, and i got to think as i usually do. how does dragonforce keep writing songs that are almost exactly the same, but yet they aren’t exactly the same. i know for me, when i try writing, if something is too similar to something else i’ve written or another song, i eventually drift and start playing that other song. i don’t know how they keep all of their almost the same but different songs separated. i’m not sure whether to commend them or not. of the few people out there who care about this.. thoughts?
by the way, i know i haven’t blogged in forever (not that i think anyone is affected by it), but i probably won’t get started back up until next year. i’m going to be really busy with northwoods christmas production, visiting family, and going to onething. it’s all good though, because i’ll probably have a lot to say after i get back from onething.
peace ya’ll.
that’s about all i have to say.
“Your voice has broken my defense. Let me embrace salvation. Your voice has broken my defense. Let me embrace salvation. Your voice has broken my defense. Let me embrace salvation. Your voice has broken my defense. Let me embrace salvation. Your voice has broken my defense. Let me embrace salvation. Your voice has broken my defense. Let me embrace salvation. Your voice has broken my defense. Let me embrace salvation. Let me embrace salvation”
Amen to that.
I enjoy this time of year very much. Spirit week, peprally, bonfire, parade, game, and the dance all in a week are great fun. I get to connect more with the Heights, which is good because most of my time is spent out of it. I leave for the bonfire in a half hour and that should be fun. It’s pretty much like, an organized chaos type of thing, and I love it. I sure do hope it’s cool tonight.. Warm bonfire nights just aren’t fun. Tomorrow will be a fully day though. I get up at 8, go to Subway at 930 to prep for the parade, then we march to the school (I also play the big bass drum fyi…) Then it’s time for some good pizza eating with band people, then we move back outside to play at the game. I go home to change into my awesome pink shirt then it’s time for the dance and dinner. The dance is usually a good time, and it will be this year cuz McDanielz is going! Steak n’ Shake is the last stop on my homecoming journey, which is appropriate. Sunday is the day of resting, although I have a bad feeling I may be mowing the lawn.
Like I said, I enjoy homecoming because I get to connect in the Heights. It feels really good because I get to know the people I see everyday at school but never really talk to that much. I’m excited!
Don’t think this post is over. It isn’t. I play guitar and sing at church, but most people don’t know that I play some keyboard too. I have played drums in Quest once or twice also. Even fewer people know though, that I have been bit by bit teaching myself harmonica. I have a new endeavor though. My sister recently started playing flute. I am really proud of her, and glad she is getting into playing an instrument, but I could not pass up the chance to work with a new instrument in the house. I have been reading her flute book and playing with it, and I know 5 notes! Today I cycled through 3 instruments…
