So, im walking back from the UCC late tonight and i run across a group of 4 girls looking for directions. (Which shall henceforth be known as A, B, C, and D)
A asks me for directions, and me being my nice self obliges. They are looking for Kings and Vanburen.
I point them in the direction of vanburen(we were on jackson). Right off the bat, B starts disagreeing with me, while C agrees with me and D, is very obviously intoxicated (also probably high on something), and stays quiet.
As we start towards vanburen (i was headed from harrison), D decides to ask me if she can shoulder walk with me, and without waiting for an answer, grabs ahold of my shoulder and starts using me as a leaning support. Confused and not sure how to respond, she starts going off about how the drugs are calling to her, and how she is a terrible person, while C reprimands her, telling her she chooses how to act. a few seconds later, D comments on how my sweater is warm, and starts leaning even more, if possible, against my shoulder.
Completely unsure of how to respond, and feeling very awkward,
(wishing that she would stop trying to shove her right boob against my elbow) i accept that we are only about 100' from vanburen, and decide to just go with it.
We get the street, and me, very happy that i could now escape from D, gives further directions, and after a hug from C, starts across the street. D then follows me across, and only comes back after her friends call her back telling her to leave me alone.
All in all, a very odd experience.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
A Dream of Unity
On August 28th 1963 (consequently 27 years exactly before i was born) a speech titled "I Have a Dream" was given to crowd of over 200k people at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. This was a landmark moment in the Civil Rights Movement, in which Martin Luther King Jr spent all of his adult life attempting to gain the freedom that was part of regular life for Americans of European Dissent.
I have a dream also, though it has to do with a completely different area of society. Mine is a dream of the unity of Christianity.
My campus minister told me that almost all denominations have the same basic beliefs, and after that, they really branch out. I disagree. Throughout my life, i have attended two particular denominational church's. Those of the Roman Catholism Denomination, and those of the Church of Christ view. It has been my view that they are incredibly similar. Sure, they may have some different traditions, but when it comes down to it, is that what really matters?
I have a friend who is a very strong believer in the Church of Christ Ministry. He has an unshaking belief in Christ, that has come from many years of being a Christian. Though he often can come off as stubborn, i pray to god that one day, my relationship with god will be as strong as his.
I have another friend, you has spent, to my knowledge, her entire life in the Roman Catholic Ministry. While she might not talk about it as much as the first, it has been my experience that she has just as strong a relationship with god as any.
What is the difference between the beliefs of these two people? Besides the titles of their churches, not much. They both love god with all their heart, and strive daily to be more like him.
A good example of what i have found to be the core of almost all christian denominations (one or two exceptions), is the Nicene Creed. (http://www.creeds.net/ancient/nicene.htm If your interested)
What confuses me so much is why all these denominations feel the need to disagree with one another on the smallest of things. It has lead my attendance at my current church to fall noticably. I truly want to be around other christians, but when all i seem to hear is discussion about how this denomination is wrong, or how this translation of the bible is wrong, it gets rather draining at times.
Which brings me to this question. What truly matters?
To me this is simple.
Jesus Christ was born of the virgin Mary, and became a human. Throughout his adult life, he strived through ridicule and torture so that i might not die, but that i will be able to go live eternally with god that created me. Jesus lived a life that i should have lived, and died a death that i should die......for me. God wants to have a relationship with us. An analogy that i always agreed with is that we just need to take one step, and god will take the remaining 99 steps.
A song that i think represents what i have written is linked below. It is truly amazing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IIRxdSFxwY
Thank you for reading this. God Loves You!
David Bade
I have a dream also, though it has to do with a completely different area of society. Mine is a dream of the unity of Christianity.
My campus minister told me that almost all denominations have the same basic beliefs, and after that, they really branch out. I disagree. Throughout my life, i have attended two particular denominational church's. Those of the Roman Catholism Denomination, and those of the Church of Christ view. It has been my view that they are incredibly similar. Sure, they may have some different traditions, but when it comes down to it, is that what really matters?
I have a friend who is a very strong believer in the Church of Christ Ministry. He has an unshaking belief in Christ, that has come from many years of being a Christian. Though he often can come off as stubborn, i pray to god that one day, my relationship with god will be as strong as his.
I have another friend, you has spent, to my knowledge, her entire life in the Roman Catholic Ministry. While she might not talk about it as much as the first, it has been my experience that she has just as strong a relationship with god as any.
What is the difference between the beliefs of these two people? Besides the titles of their churches, not much. They both love god with all their heart, and strive daily to be more like him.
A good example of what i have found to be the core of almost all christian denominations (one or two exceptions), is the Nicene Creed. (http://www.creeds.net/ancient/nicene.htm If your interested)
What confuses me so much is why all these denominations feel the need to disagree with one another on the smallest of things. It has lead my attendance at my current church to fall noticably. I truly want to be around other christians, but when all i seem to hear is discussion about how this denomination is wrong, or how this translation of the bible is wrong, it gets rather draining at times.
Which brings me to this question. What truly matters?
To me this is simple.
Jesus Christ was born of the virgin Mary, and became a human. Throughout his adult life, he strived through ridicule and torture so that i might not die, but that i will be able to go live eternally with god that created me. Jesus lived a life that i should have lived, and died a death that i should die......for me. God wants to have a relationship with us. An analogy that i always agreed with is that we just need to take one step, and god will take the remaining 99 steps.
A song that i think represents what i have written is linked below. It is truly amazing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IIRxdSFxwY
Thank you for reading this. God Loves You!
David Bade
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
My Meanings in Song Lyrics - 'All Things New' Sidewalk Prophets
This song really stuck out to me as i was listening on youtube and KLove (AMAZING RADIO STATION, by the way). It really made me think of my life. So without further ado-
'There’s a place deep inside of me
No one else has ever seen
And I fight to keep the light
From reaching the darkness within me
I’ve been holding onto secrets
That I can never tell
Cause if I did, then you’d know
That I was really someone else'
We all have things that we like to keep to ourselves. I definitely do. This blog is actually part of an attempt for me to let more people in to my thought (in a non scientific way, for any science majors reading this). Even though we may hide them from others, god always knows. And it hurts him to see us try to hide them.
'Can you forgive, will you forget
All these wrongs and make me whole again
You restore the broken, You heal the sinner’s heart
You make all things new, all things new'
A lot of people that haven't come to see god, as well as some that have, worry that they have done so much wrong in their lives, and that they have no chance to be reconciled. However, God always loves us. I seem to remember a story in church about a guy that sent 3 lieutenants, one after another to capture Elijah. He still loved him. Hebrews 13:5-6 "Let your conduct be without covetousness, and be content with such things that you have, for he has said, 'I will never leave you, nor forsake you,' so that we may boldly say, 'The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do to me.'"
'On the cross Your love was spoken, You even wore the scars'
Even when we were nailing his hands into a cross, to crucify him, he still loved us.
'You have carried all the pain
So heavy on my soul
Lift me up, and hold me close
You will never let me go'
God wants us to give him our troubles. He works unspeakable good out of the evil in this world. For he wants us so much.
'I should have know the walls I built
Were never strong enough
To keep You, from reaching me
Nothing’s greater than Your love
Can you forgive, will You forget'
No matter how strong the walls we build, he is always there. Always ready to come closer to us. All we have to do is ask.
'All these wrongs and make me whole again
You restore the broken, You heal the sinner’s heart
You make all things new, all things new'
God can do anything when we believe in him. In Jesus, nothing is impossible.
'You release the chains
Of all my yesterdays
And I am not the same, Lord
I am not the same'
If we believe in him, and honesty move all our attention on to him, we will never be the same.
'From the beginning till the end of time
You love will never change
You make all things new, all things new
From the sand upon the shoreline
To the stars up in the sky'
'18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”' Matthew 28:18-20
I skipped some of the repeated parts
These are my thoughts on the song, i would love to hear yours!
'There’s a place deep inside of me
No one else has ever seen
And I fight to keep the light
From reaching the darkness within me
I’ve been holding onto secrets
That I can never tell
Cause if I did, then you’d know
That I was really someone else'
We all have things that we like to keep to ourselves. I definitely do. This blog is actually part of an attempt for me to let more people in to my thought (in a non scientific way, for any science majors reading this). Even though we may hide them from others, god always knows. And it hurts him to see us try to hide them.
'Can you forgive, will you forget
All these wrongs and make me whole again
You restore the broken, You heal the sinner’s heart
You make all things new, all things new'
A lot of people that haven't come to see god, as well as some that have, worry that they have done so much wrong in their lives, and that they have no chance to be reconciled. However, God always loves us. I seem to remember a story in church about a guy that sent 3 lieutenants, one after another to capture Elijah. He still loved him. Hebrews 13:5-6 "Let your conduct be without covetousness, and be content with such things that you have, for he has said, 'I will never leave you, nor forsake you,' so that we may boldly say, 'The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do to me.'"
'On the cross Your love was spoken, You even wore the scars'
Even when we were nailing his hands into a cross, to crucify him, he still loved us.
'You have carried all the pain
So heavy on my soul
Lift me up, and hold me close
You will never let me go'
God wants us to give him our troubles. He works unspeakable good out of the evil in this world. For he wants us so much.
'I should have know the walls I built
Were never strong enough
To keep You, from reaching me
Nothing’s greater than Your love
Can you forgive, will You forget'
No matter how strong the walls we build, he is always there. Always ready to come closer to us. All we have to do is ask.
'All these wrongs and make me whole again
You restore the broken, You heal the sinner’s heart
You make all things new, all things new'
God can do anything when we believe in him. In Jesus, nothing is impossible.
'You release the chains
Of all my yesterdays
And I am not the same, Lord
I am not the same'
If we believe in him, and honesty move all our attention on to him, we will never be the same.
'From the beginning till the end of time
You love will never change
You make all things new, all things new
From the sand upon the shoreline
To the stars up in the sky'
'18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”' Matthew 28:18-20
I skipped some of the repeated parts
These are my thoughts on the song, i would love to hear yours!
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
My Meanings in Song Lyrics
The next section of posts will be part of a string that I'm starting about what a lot of christian songs mean to me. Most of them have great messages, and i like thinking about how they apply in real life. Specifically in my life, as i am the one writing.
Me Socially/Dating
Its been quite a while since i last posted. I figured that since ive gone over my early life, and a brief overview on my beliefs, that i should venture into yet another aspect of my life, and one that ive been trying to learn about and grow in during the last 3 years of college while i was taking classes. That is to say, the social spectrum of things, and in particular, Girls/Woman.
Throughout my life, like i mentioned in an earlier post, i didnt really try to expand much
in my social life. I liked to watch people, and try to learn about it, but it wasn't in my list of goals, shall we say. When i entered college, i decided that i wanted to change that.I had 3 main goals when i entered college.
1. To pursue a degree which i could use to mold a career path for myself
2. To learn about God. In particularly the christian faith.
3. To expand in my social life, in a healthy way (to make a distinction)
I hadn't had much luck in number 3 during high school or middle school. I had tried once to work on it, and that didn't turn out too well.
To be specific, i had a middle school crush. At one of the school dances, i decided to approach her and ask her to dance. It seemed like a good idea at the time, from my minimal knowledge of social how-to-do's. I waited for a slower song, and asked her. I got a very blank stare in return, and after waiting 5 or so seconds (it seemed like a whole day at the time), i turned and left, at a double timed pace. My heart was beating out of my chest, and i was really unsure of what to do, or what i had done wrong. Later that day i decided that i would avoid actively getting to know people of the opposite gender from now on. (probably the first time since then that i have told anyone about it)
During college, thanks to a few azalean friends, i got rather involved in ballroom dancing. At a dance I met someone by the name of Kirstin. It turns out that she had recognized me from a biology lab that i stood in for. She had been the TA. I rather stood out during that year. I was still very much a Butte Creek Wrangler through and through (well in clothing at least). We danced, and later she found me on Facebook. I started to get to know her as friends, with an interest in becoming more than that. She was a very unique and amazing human being. I don't think i have ever met someone so fascinated with bugs, in particular, cockroaches. She could list out all these different but cool facts about bugs. (not exactly my area of expertise)
However, in my rather un-knowledgable state, i acted in ways that i now regret. Like for instance, not showing interest in things that she loved to talk about, even though she would ask me questions about horses, for instance. (more my cup of tea)
Our friendship never grew into someone more, but i learned many valuable lessons about being around people. Many of them, i'm just now realizing.
After that i did a lot of soul searching, and over the next 2 years i tried to figure out just what dating meant to me, along with what i was looking for in possible girlfriends/wives. I friend of mine, Daniel Thornton, expressed his views earlier this year on the same subject, and i very much agree with what he says.
Im not up for short relationships and the like. When i date, i am trying to look for what i would want in a wife. Ive never had a girlfriend. I guess you could say i have just never found the right person. Or perhaps i have, and i haven't realized it yet.
Either way, i know that god will, at some point (maybe he already has and i haven't noticed it yet), bring the perfect girl my way for me. When this happens, i will devote all the love, honesty, and happyness that i can to her. I strive to do that to people around me, in the hopes of growing in it, so that i will be prepared when i find that person.
When i find her, i will be the luckiest person alive, and i will strive to show that she is the most beautiful person that i have ever met.
As for what im looking for, a friend of my explains it very well. "
I'm not trying to set a high standard. I'm looking for a girl who's single. I'm looking for a girl that shares my faith. I'm looking for a girl who gives me the impression that if I ask her on a date, I have chance. Just a chance. I'm looking for a girl that I can make laugh, and who can make me laugh. I love to laugh and I try to be funny. I'm looking for a girl I get along well with. If the laughing matter is there, this probably is too. Just saying. I meet girls like this all the time. Except one thing. Seriously. One thing is usually missing. Specifically they all seem to be either non-christian, or non-single."
I'm not trying to set a high standard. I'm looking for a girl who's single. I'm looking for a girl that shares my faith. I'm looking for a girl who gives me the impression that if I ask her on a date, I have chance. Just a chance. I'm looking for a girl that I can make laugh, and who can make me laugh. I love to laugh and I try to be funny. I'm looking for a girl I get along well with. If the laughing matter is there, this probably is too. Just saying. I meet girls like this all the time. Except one thing. Seriously. One thing is usually missing. Specifically they all seem to be either non-christian, or non-single."
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