one chance...

The average person in the US lives 2,453,500,800 seconds. Does anyone else think that isn't really all that much? i mean, ya that is definitely a big number, but those are only seconds, not minutes or hours or anything. they go by sooo fast. blink and another one is gone.
so with that in mind, think about how many times you only get one chance to make an impact...
I know personally it happens ALL the time...
i wrote this little poem thingy:

One chance

I see the man with no money
But I look the other way
I see the angry woman walking down the street
But I fail to smile
I see the friend who is so sad
But I don’t give them a hug
I see the most beautiful girl in the world
But I neglect to say hello

I see the dying yearning for help
But I look the other way
I wake up to the most spectacular day
But I fail to smile
I see the person who has experience a loss
But I don’t give them a hug
I see a complete stranger
But I neglect to say hello

In life we have thousands of one chances… But they could be our last

Babies everywhere!

So school starts tomorrow! Wow... It is going to be interesting for sure.
It is my last year of college... I am a senior, for those of you who are still wondering what that means. haha
I bought my 23 books for 1st semester today. Guess how much they cost?
$607! Can you believe it?
What a crazy world.
Tonight I also moved into my grandparents.
That wasn't where I was going to be living when this school year rolled around.
But I feel a peace about it.
But ya, here goes another year of my life.
I think it will be great.
It starts at 9:30 am tomorrow

Video from Portland mission trip

So here is a video from the recent mission trip to Portland. Abbey Howard you are stellar for doing an awesome job.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpqUZymRU7A

I have been challenged...

This past week was awesome. I went with the senior high youth from the church I have been interning at for the summer (Valley Shepherd Church of the Nazarene) on a mission trip to The Community of Adsideo in Sellwood, Oregon. We spent the week with them. And it was flat out awesome.
How many times in the Bible do we see community being talked about? A lot is the answer I am looking for. How many times does your average church here in the US actually get involved with the community? Not a whole lot.
But this was a different story. This church really practices being the embodiment of Christ to those there in Sellwood and Portland as a whole. The people of this church have a remarkable desire to know people, no matter who they are, at a deep level of community.
This is what church is intended to be about. It's about being the church, and being Jesus the whole week! Not just for 90 minutes on a Sunday morning.
Adsideo challenged me, and I am stoked for the future. I hope you are too...

Peace and Love

It is well with my soul... Dedicated to those who have passed this week

This week has been rough. A few people that I have known have gone on to heaven. Today at the memorial service for one of those people, this hymn was sung. If anyone ever needs encouragement, I would suggest reading the story behind the author. It is pretty awesome stuff. To go through the things he went through yet to still say, "It is well with my soul," is downright incredible. But this is what faith in Jesus Christ is all about. Just this past week I read of how even through losing your oldest son who was just twenty years old, a father could still sign off a letter, "With great joy in a great God!"

It Is Well with My Soul

Text: Horatio G. Spafford
Music: Philip P. Bliss

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1. When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
 when sorrows like sea billows roll;
 whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say,
 It is well, it is well with my soul.
Refrain:
 It is well with my soul,
 it is well, it is well with my soul.

2. Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
 let this blest assurance control,
 that Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
 and hath shed his own blood for my soul.
 (Refrain)

3. My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
 My sin, not in part but the whole,
 is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
 praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!
 (Refrain)

4. And, Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,
 the clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
 the trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
 even so, it is well with my soul.
 (Refrain)

The world has lost a great man but heaven has gained him

I was so deeply saddened by the passing of Ben. It doesn't seem fair at all to me. He was a friend. One that I didn't know too well, but still, a friend. He was almost always smiling and this is what sticks out to me about him. Maybe God brought him to this earth for the purpose of brightening people's days. I think that is a possibility. Thank you Ben...

do this peeps!

Matthew 25:35 & 36
"35For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'"

Jesus is calling us to do this... Why don't we? Let's get on it!