Not that anyone's reading this, but I didn't update last night, so I'm going to update twice at once tonight. Aren't you lucky.
Yesterday was a pretty cool day. I did some yard work with Micah, and hopefully the money I earned doing that will help pay my bills. I put my PS3 on Craigslist as well. I don't really think I need it anymore, and there are much more Godly things to do than sit around playing videogames anyway. Thing's a total distraction.
Anyway, the month is half over, and I still don't have near enough to pay rent/tuition, so please keep praying the God would provide the finance and everything else that I need to be able to live/go to school down here.
Today was pretty cool. I went to some class/meeting/thing with most of the other men of the church, and Pastor Gardener talked about some various things that relate to the mission field (if you're reading this, Pastor, you did well. I learned quite a bit.) and the like. It was amazing to learn all that new information.
Also, I'm still in a total culture shock right now. I'm not used to this kind of church (it is 7 times bigger than my previous church, far more diverse ((in every aspect of the word)) and jsut the total inverse of Cornerstone Baptist/my old church.
I'm really excited about tomorrow, and for no other reason than it's tomorrow, and it brings another chance to serve God. I'm really, really excited. Pray that tomorrow would be a better day than today (not that today was bad, because it wasn't.)
Oh, and I'm decent at moving beds and other sleep related furniture and such (ask Phil) but an AWFUL karaoke singer ever.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
A Rollercoaster
There were a whole lot of up and downs in my day today, hence the name of today's blog. I woke up a little late, having gotten little to no sleep at all last night. I blame fast food. Any sandwich named "The Baconator" is bad news, no matter how delicious it may be.
So I woke up today, Micah was up and moving some stuff around, and so I kinda unpacked a little bit (finally) and headed off to my job interview. I dropped Micah off at the church, and then headed over to Kroger. I was so nervous that I wasn't going to be on time; it was raining pretty hard, traffic was going nowhere, and I was starting to freak out. After getting a little bit more nervous than I should have, I finally arrived at Kroger.
I went in, did my interview, and walked out. Assuming I pass my drug test, which I will. I'll have a job. YAY!
That was the end of my morning happiness. I realized that working for minimum wage wasn't going to pay my bills, but at least God gave me a job. Granted, I complained, whined, moaned and got down on the fact that I would be working for minimum wage, but God provided me a job. Isn't it funny how God answered my prayer, yet I still manage to complain? Anyway...
I went back to the church, feeling bummed out because I didn't see any possible way that I would be able to pay my bills only earning minimum wage, and all that stuff. I was pretty burnt out, and kinda moped around church doing nothing, although I did watch some reallllly old episodes of Looney Toons with Tyler Masters and David Velke.
Later that evening, a group of about 10 of us went to a small, small church in downtown Atlanta. For those of you who have had the privilege to attend Cornerstone Baptist Church in Jefferson, Maryland, imagine a church building three times smaller than that with less than 10 people there (excluding our group).
I find it to be no coincidence that the pastor there was preaching from Psalms 18:1-3. The message was about trusting God no matter what, and using Him as your strength. It CANNOT be a random occurrence that I, in a time when I was doubting God's ability to provide the finances I need, that I randomly hopped into a van, randomly showed up at a random church in some random part of downtown Atlanta and randomly heard a message from a random preacher on the exact thing I needed to hear. That was all random occurence I'm sure? More likely, it was an active, and loving, God caring for one of His children when His child was being a bit of a dummy.
I'm hoping and praying Micah will be able to get me hooked up delivering pizza for Papa John's, because , according to what he told me from his experience, this pays for the bills a lot better than minimum wage will.
I started high, went down a little, and came back up. I can't wait to see how much higher God will take me tomorrow!
So I woke up today, Micah was up and moving some stuff around, and so I kinda unpacked a little bit (finally) and headed off to my job interview. I dropped Micah off at the church, and then headed over to Kroger. I was so nervous that I wasn't going to be on time; it was raining pretty hard, traffic was going nowhere, and I was starting to freak out. After getting a little bit more nervous than I should have, I finally arrived at Kroger.
I went in, did my interview, and walked out. Assuming I pass my drug test, which I will. I'll have a job. YAY!
That was the end of my morning happiness. I realized that working for minimum wage wasn't going to pay my bills, but at least God gave me a job. Granted, I complained, whined, moaned and got down on the fact that I would be working for minimum wage, but God provided me a job. Isn't it funny how God answered my prayer, yet I still manage to complain? Anyway...
I went back to the church, feeling bummed out because I didn't see any possible way that I would be able to pay my bills only earning minimum wage, and all that stuff. I was pretty burnt out, and kinda moped around church doing nothing, although I did watch some reallllly old episodes of Looney Toons with Tyler Masters and David Velke.
Later that evening, a group of about 10 of us went to a small, small church in downtown Atlanta. For those of you who have had the privilege to attend Cornerstone Baptist Church in Jefferson, Maryland, imagine a church building three times smaller than that with less than 10 people there (excluding our group).
I find it to be no coincidence that the pastor there was preaching from Psalms 18:1-3. The message was about trusting God no matter what, and using Him as your strength. It CANNOT be a random occurrence that I, in a time when I was doubting God's ability to provide the finances I need, that I randomly hopped into a van, randomly showed up at a random church in some random part of downtown Atlanta and randomly heard a message from a random preacher on the exact thing I needed to hear. That was all random occurence I'm sure? More likely, it was an active, and loving, God caring for one of His children when His child was being a bit of a dummy.
I'm hoping and praying Micah will be able to get me hooked up delivering pizza for Papa John's, because , according to what he told me from his experience, this pays for the bills a lot better than minimum wage will.
I started high, went down a little, and came back up. I can't wait to see how much higher God will take me tomorrow!
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
A ray of hope.
Today was another typical day for the most part: waking up, eating breakfast, Bible study and prayer, the usual. (yet enjoyable)
The internet works in the apartment again, and that's awesome. I no longer have to steal internet from OfficeMax. Anyway, I applied for a few jobs online tihs morning, and then left to go start a bank account, and then to apply for a job...or ten.
I applied to a few more places (Papa John’s, Another shoe store, and even a Mattress sales place, but I was rejected by the house of Chicken and Waffles. Sad.) and decided it was time to head home and get a meal. It was seriously 96 degrees today (I love it!) and then, out of nowhere, it started raining for a minute. Then, it stopped, and went back to being just as hot. Curious.
Anyway, I am very excited to say that I have a job interview tomorrow at a grocery store. (Kroger). I'm super excited about this, and I'd ask you to pray that God would bless the interview.
Also, please pray for my friend, David, who is in the army. He's having a tough time with life, and has a whole lot of issues on his plate.
Wow....never mind about the rain...it's pouring outside, and that reminds me...my windows are down =(
Anyway, I’ve read a few things lately, and they've been very convicting, yet uplifting at the same time. I'll end today's post with this:
You can't say "No, Lord" because it's a contradiction... if you tell Him "No", then you haven't made Him the Lord.
The internet works in the apartment again, and that's awesome. I no longer have to steal internet from OfficeMax. Anyway, I applied for a few jobs online tihs morning, and then left to go start a bank account, and then to apply for a job...or ten.
I applied to a few more places (Papa John’s, Another shoe store, and even a Mattress sales place, but I was rejected by the house of Chicken and Waffles. Sad.) and decided it was time to head home and get a meal. It was seriously 96 degrees today (I love it!) and then, out of nowhere, it started raining for a minute. Then, it stopped, and went back to being just as hot. Curious.
Anyway, I am very excited to say that I have a job interview tomorrow at a grocery store. (Kroger). I'm super excited about this, and I'd ask you to pray that God would bless the interview.
Also, please pray for my friend, David, who is in the army. He's having a tough time with life, and has a whole lot of issues on his plate.
Wow....never mind about the rain...it's pouring outside, and that reminds me...my windows are down =(
Anyway, I’ve read a few things lately, and they've been very convicting, yet uplifting at the same time. I'll end today's post with this:
You can't say "No, Lord" because it's a contradiction... if you tell Him "No", then you haven't made Him the Lord.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Internet failure, and job hunting.
It would make sense that the internet at my apartment would fail the day after I start a blog. Anyway, I'm mooching free internet off of OfficeMax for the time being.
Since I moved down here, I've been in search of a job to no extent. I've filled out over 15 application in the short time I've been here. I don't care where I'm working, just as long as I ccan earn enough to pay my bills, I'll be happy. Right now, I think I'm going to get a job aat Bed Bath & Beyond (yeah yeah, laugh it up) and I'm totally fine with that. I've calculated that I'll need to earn about 750 a month to pay for all my bills and still have enough for gas and such. (25 for room, 250 for tuition, and 100 for car insurance. That leaves me with about 150 for gas and food.) Please pray that God would provide me a job, as well as the finances I need to be here in Georgia (Where the peaces grow, and the people talk real slow)
On another note, I've totally enjoyed the services here (all two of them) and God has really shown me a lot through them. Right now, I'm working on strengthing my inner man, and trying to make him a more Godly man.
I'll openly admit that I'm a bit nervous about being in a new church, in a new city, and all of that. Pray that God would allow me to be comfortable, and fit in (and by that, I mean to be a blessing to everone here, and not a burden.)
Also, football (or soccer for the majority of you) starts in less than 5 days. This makes me happy. Liverpool play Spurs to open the season. I predict a 3-0 victotry, with goals from Torres, Gerrard and Kuyt. (You heard it here first)
I'd like to add this before I end this:
Ezekiel Ch2-Vs5
"And they, whether they will hear or whether they will forebear (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them"
When you go out into the world, do people know you are a messanger of God, or do they just see you as another, normal, person who doesn't care about God and lost souls? Just something I thought I'd share from my Bible studies this week.
Since I moved down here, I've been in search of a job to no extent. I've filled out over 15 application in the short time I've been here. I don't care where I'm working, just as long as I ccan earn enough to pay my bills, I'll be happy. Right now, I think I'm going to get a job aat Bed Bath & Beyond (yeah yeah, laugh it up) and I'm totally fine with that. I've calculated that I'll need to earn about 750 a month to pay for all my bills and still have enough for gas and such. (25 for room, 250 for tuition, and 100 for car insurance. That leaves me with about 150 for gas and food.) Please pray that God would provide me a job, as well as the finances I need to be here in Georgia (Where the peaces grow, and the people talk real slow)
On another note, I've totally enjoyed the services here (all two of them) and God has really shown me a lot through them. Right now, I'm working on strengthing my inner man, and trying to make him a more Godly man.
I'll openly admit that I'm a bit nervous about being in a new church, in a new city, and all of that. Pray that God would allow me to be comfortable, and fit in (and by that, I mean to be a blessing to everone here, and not a burden.)
Also, football (or soccer for the majority of you) starts in less than 5 days. This makes me happy. Liverpool play Spurs to open the season. I predict a 3-0 victotry, with goals from Torres, Gerrard and Kuyt. (You heard it here first)
I'd like to add this before I end this:
Ezekiel Ch2-Vs5
"And they, whether they will hear or whether they will forebear (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them"
When you go out into the world, do people know you are a messanger of God, or do they just see you as another, normal, person who doesn't care about God and lost souls? Just something I thought I'd share from my Bible studies this week.
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