Shepherd's Blog and the challenge ahead

Well, it certainly has been awhile since I have written anything on here, and my first blog in a long time is not going to be like what I thought it would. I read part of Shepherd Smith's blog this morning (http://whatjesushasdone.com/blogs/shepsmith/) and was blown away and certainly challenged in my faith. His insistence that we seek Jesus first and not behavior modification was a great reminder for me. So therefore, I want to start blogging again with the intent of (hopefully) showing my walk into a true and sincere faith. One centered on Jesus alone. I am excited and scared at the same time. More to come, but now to work.

Luke

getting things out of the way

Merry Christmas, happy New Year, and happy 3 year anniversary. Done and done.

Hell week has been entered into. Homework sucks. Interim is good. That is all.

I love prisclla deen very much and i am so thankful for her.

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money cannot save
talent cannot save
position cannot save my soul from death
knowledge cannot save
learning cannot save
even wisdom cannot save my soul from death

I will boast in only Jesus Christ
I will boast in only Jesus Christ
to this world I have been crucified
so I will boast in only Jesus Christ

religion cannot save
service cannot save
surely good deeds cannot save my soul from death

preaching cannot save
singing cannot save
no even Scripture cannot save my soul from death

I will boast in only Jesus Christ
I will boast in only Jesus Christ
to this world I have been crucified
so I will boast in only Jesus Christ

Busy

Right not I'm putting off writing a lesson plan for a lesson that I have to give in a little less than two hours. Funny thing is, I'm still not entirely sure how to write a good lesson plan.

Life is good right now. I rarely have time to play video games, play guitar or go shoot my 22 at the range but life it good. I feel productive for the first time in a long time.

It is with this knowledge that i've come to realize how good work actually is, and that God created something hard to be good. How many times to I try to avoid work only ending up up at 5:00 am finishing a paper due at 8 am and thinking to myself, "this would have been a much more enjoyable paper at 5:00 pm yesterday."

But I think I'm doing a little better.

I also wear ties a lot more too.

Today has been very, what's the word for it, blustery, yeah that's it. Blustery days remind me childhood and Winnie the Pooh and going outside and letting the wind hit me in the face in gusts and feeling a little cold but very refreshed.

The earth is such an interesting thing. The class I tought talked about Pangea today. I didn't know quite what to say about how long it took for everything to break apart so I just said millions of years. Is that un-Christian? Oh well. The earth still is very interesting.

Birthday Wish List

Just so I can refer everyone who asks me to this website instead of trying to remember what I want:

Music:

Indelible Grace IV - Beams of Heaven
Andrew Peterson - The Far Country
Sandra McCracken - The Builder and the Architect; and/or Gravity/Love
Ellery - Lying Awake

Movies/TV Seasons:

The Office - Seasons 1 and 2
Battlestar Galactica - Seasons 1 and 2
Sienfeld - Seasons 3 and 4

Books:

1776 by David McCullough
American Theocracy by Kevin Phillips
Becoming Conversant with the Emergant Church by D.A. Carson

Video Games:

Oblivion

I really, really, really like to give people advice.

I really, really, really hate when people give me advice.

I am hoping that Jesus can reverse that because it is so much better to be teachable than to teach.

Why does God give good things when I don't deserve them? Priscilla is the ultimate gift from God and she teaches me so much. Thank you God.