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Well I just got back from Millar college of the bible yesterday and today I have been figuring out education plans and stuff and just finding interesting sites on the internet. Here is a really good yet sad site

http://www.bound4life.com/

it is an activist site for people who are burdened by the millions of abortions every year in the world. Here is a really beautiful music video about that check it out.

http://www.nickcannonmusic.com/


You called, you cried, you shattered my deafness.
You sparkled, you blazed, you drove away my blindness.
You shed your fragrance, and I drew in my breath,
and I pant for you.
I tasted and I now hunger and thirst.
You touched me, and I now burn with longing for you.

--St. Augustine

Also here is another really neat site

http://www.internationalworship.net/

go to listen to music and listen to some of the student songs they are very beautiful and worshipful.

There has been a lot that I have been thinking about lately, like the simplicity of the christian faith. In Gospels class we started talking about the verse "no one can enter the kingdom of heaven unless he first becomes like a little child" in Matthew. Then we talked about what characteristics would jesus be talking about? it was really neat to think about that and maybe some of our role models ought to be children. Here are some that I remember

Humility - very often you don't get little kids who are prideful and think a lot of themselves or on the other side they don't put themselves down either. They just are who they are and that's that.

Joy - How easy is it to make a little kid laugh? They are always so quick to smile and enjoy the moment. They don't get concerned with what time it is or their surroundings.

Authenticity - there are so few hypocrites as kids, there is the pretend world and the real world and when they are pretending to be someone else they know it and make it obvious. They haven't learned to make masks for themselves for different situations, they just act however they feel like acting.

and then Energy, Idealistic, Stubborn, and Friendly. There are probably even more and also those are becoming less and less evident in children as they get corrupted earlier and earlier in life but still I think we can all remember instances of those. Something I want to strive for is to be more childlike in my faith. Just stubbornly following Jesus with the joy energy and humility of a child.

Haha I have heard a lot of Mennonite jokes at Millar. Also here is a new joke I heard this year

a guy walks into a bar with a piece of pavement under his arm. He orders two drinks and the bartender asks him why and he says "Oh one for me, and one for the road"

haha well have a great year all, God bless you guys.