It's nearly behind me now. I've got one more final and a tour to do and my freshman year at Liberty University is done. I look back at the last entry I did at the beginning of the school year and can't help being overwhelmed by all I've experienced this year. I've encountered so much and learned incredible amounts of knowledge but I still lack so ( Read more... )

Today has been so amazing so far.  This morning we played (For those of you who don't know, I'm performing at CareNet conference in Lousiville, Kentucky with Sounds of Liberty this week) praise and worship for the morning session and during the middl of it I got a crazy surprise. Jordan asked the crowd to sing happy birthday to me, and the whole ( Read more... )

Tonight everything has crashed down on me.

I miss my family. It feels like it's been years since I last saw my family, even though it's only been around a month. I can't believe for the past 18 years of my life I didn't know how amazing my family truly was. Their sacrifice for me, their love, their guidance... I hate that I didn't get down on my ( Read more... )

It's now July 17th... where did the time go ( Read more... )

It's harder to do than you'd think. I've realized that I'm speaking 24/7, without ceasing and without the knowledge that I've been doing so. How can I fully rely on God if I am not even able to listen to Him. I'm not talking about literally "speaking" for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week... but more of a self-sustaining state of arrogance that I am ( Read more... )

33.
The number crashed down on me tonight. This is the number of days that I have left in the States before heading off to the Philippines for a two week mission trip. It is also the number of days that I have left to spiritually prepare myself for such the journey. I know that there is no way that one can actually fully prepare for something such ( Read more... )

life·style also life-style or life style (līf'stīl')
A way of life or style of living that reflects the attitudes and values of a person or group.

Note: I don't mean to offend anybody by what I'm about to type. It's just something I need to say before we make it a presupposition of what's true.

First things first... I am sick of hearing the analogy ( Read more... )

I was talking with Kevin tonight and something hit me. Something I said that I had never really thought about until it left my mouth. How often do I take time to thank God for His love?

None of us are worthy to enter into Heaven. We seperated ourselves from Him because He's perfect and we're sinful. So since we've chosen to be eternally seperated ( Read more... )

Right before I got on the computer I saw a picture on my screen saver. I've seen it a million times before and I don't know why it just hit me now, but it broke me inside. It was a picture of somebody I knew very well in the Philippines. His name is Andrew. It's a picture of him bent over a coconut with a machete opening it up.

Tears flood my eyes ( Read more... )

You know all those yogurts and drinks that attach the "light" tag to them to make them seem healthier than the normal product? There are a couple of things I've noticed about them and the similarities to how our culture views purity. People want to have the same amount of taste of the original product without having to pay the consequences of the ( Read more... )