Bachelor Bowl 07

Wow.

I ache right now.
Played flag football yesterday with the bachelor and other people.
I never thought "the old guys" could make me hurt so much.
HAHA

I really ache. My neck hurts, My back is killing me, and my arm and leg have some major "turf burn" all over the place. I played my heart out, because "I just want that ball" as I said a few times during the game.
That's just the way I am

Now its gonna take me till the time I'm getting married to recover from my injuries!
I hope the rest of you do not have the same pains everywhere as I do.

Things to be learned from Veggie Tales

Have you ever considered everything you take for granted?

Recently, I have begun to.

My car died last week and I am now without a car since about 10 days ago, so its really funny how much I appreciate things, especially those things I have always taken for granted..

It's humbling really

On the way to my step-dad's parents house on Christmas day, I heard this song off my little brother's Veggie Tales CD and thought about the words and how much different my life would be if I though like this in my day too day life.

Artist: Veggie Tales
Song: The Thankfulness Song

Read it through, think about how it can apply in your own life,
I thank God for this day,
For the sun in the sky,
For my mom and my dad,
For my piece of apple pie!

For our home on the ground,
For His love that's all around,
That's why I say thanks every day!

Because a thankful heart is a happy heart!
I'm glad for what I have,
Thats an easy way to start!

For the love that He shares,
'Cause He listens to my prayers,
That's why I say thanks every day!



Grace to you all,
John

An awesome bible passage

Acts 8:26-40 (New International Version)

Philip and the Ethiopian

26Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." 27So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian^[a]eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship, 28and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the book of Isaiah the prophet. 29The Spirit told Philip, "Go to that chariot and stay near it."

30Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. "Do you understand what you are reading?" Philip asked.

31"How can I," he said, "unless someone explains it to me?" So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

32The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture:
"He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,
and as a lamb before the shearer is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
33In his humiliation he was deprived of justice.
Who can speak of his descendants?
For his life was taken from the earth."^[b]

34The eunuch asked Philip, "Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?" 35Then Philip began with that very passage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.

36As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, "Look, here is water. Why shouldn't I be baptized?"^[c] 38And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. 39When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing. 40Philip, however, appeared at Azotus and traveled about, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he reached Caesarea.

Can I just say this is one of the coolest passages ever?

If this was me I would be thinking to myself "Was this all a dream" or "Where the heck did he go", I'd start like a hunt for Phillip. I mean, who just disappears like that? I think its awesome. The interesting part to me, is that the eunuch never questioned (at least as far as the passage says) where Phillip went!!

The way God works is mysterious and quite amazing!

I Love it! :)

Peter Heals a Crippled Beggar

What Happens?

So what Happens when your goal is to live near the church you attend, get more involved in the church and community, and most of all, impact the people around you and the entire culture...but your instead stuck almost 1 1/2 hours away from the church and am just trying to get through a few college classes?

That's my life
I want it to change
Soon

For those of you ...

For those of you single , feeling alone at times, wondering if there's someone for you out there, wanting to cry...just let it out, I let the tears out, sometimes daily, sometimes weekly, sometimes its not something i think about at all, but it's still there. If your in this same boat today, just pray, not for ANYone to be in your life, but rather for THEone to be in your life, and make sure you pray that it happens in God's time, not your own. It's a hard prayer because it means putting everything out of your hands, and into his.

But do it

Yo need to do it.

Give it all to Jesus

John Schuchman is in need of JESUS

So after my last post, I was driving up to Allentown and thinking (because my long trips to Allentown are where I do my best thinking) and began thinking that I was so worried about "our culture" and not worried about myself, who needs Jesus just as much . . . no . . . more than everyone around me.

I have a problem. It has to do with my alter ego. See...there's a John who goes to Cornerstone, loves the worship, loves the friends, loves the community, and loves the tear he usually sheds during the sermon because the sermon hits him HARD. Then, that same John who puts on the nice suit ( or the jeans and Hollister t-shirt if he's lazy), gets in his little car, and spends 85 minutes on the way home thinking about it all.
Then John walks through his door a home ... and everything changes.

You all know what I'm talking about, and some of you have struggled with it yourself, but I'm not here to point out your sins, its all mine tonight.

So anyway, this John then goes through his weeks with a mindset of "how can I get my family to leave me alone and not bother me", wants his teachers to go pound salt, and wants his bosses to give him decent hours, oh and pay him better to....and he's willing to complain about it if need be.

Then John complains to his parents about the situation he's in (having a piece of crap car, having to be home all the time, having to go to community college) even though HE is the one who screwed himself and put himself in this position....

So the idea here is, I need to be the same person many of you know on Sundays during EVERY OTHER day of the week...because I'm not doing a very good job of that now.

The issues above aren't like day-to-day things, but they happen, they shouldn't, and that SUCKS.

No matter how nice you look on Sundays or how well you convince everyone on Sunday that life is perfect, you need to be that same person Monday through Saturday....

I guess this is why the church is the hospital for sinners aye?