The Story of Leopold...

So, last night or last blog I talked about the turtle Heather and I saved. Well, here is the story. We were driving to my parent's house and we saw a turtle in the road. So, Heather and her awesomeness decided we should save him. Then we did a u-turn and turned on the hazards. Heather got out and we put the newly named Leopold into a foam cooler I had in my trunk. We then brought him to my parent's house. We took his picture and freed him into the field behind the house. We hope he is happy. So, there it is the amazing story of Leopold.

Well, I am getting married on Saturday. So, I will blog later. Thanks!

Interesting...

This is really interesting to me.

I am getting married in two days that is why I haven't been blogging. I will try but the next week or so will probably be silent. We are going to Portland, Oregon for our honeymoon so I will try to post some amazing pictures. Oh and tomorrow I will try to post pics of leopold the turtle Heather and I saved.

Indulge Me

The hallowed light is not worshipped.
The halo comes blaring in my vision.
Racing towards me the yellow blends with grey.
The swirl of fog and rain is peaceful.
This angelic beast flying faster toward me.
The black rises gently under me.
My spirited vessel soars past theirs.
The hallowed light is not worshipped.

Big ol' pile of who the crap cares...

Apathy is my friend. When I get down or scared or stressed I just stop caring. This is sad. I am working on it. I think that because I normally care so much about everything and what people think of me that eventually when I get down in the dumps enough I just stop caring. Thankfully people around me care for me and they don't let me stop caring. God has blessed me in that area. So, I am going to try to care about...


...something.

The Book of Job...

When I was a kid I thought the book of Job in the Bible was the place you went to to find a job. Later in life when I read the book I realized how wrong I was. I read Job along with a play called J.B. I read these in high school. Hopefully you know the gist. God and Satan are chatting and Satan says that Job only praises God b/c of what he has. God who had blessed him abundantly said that Satan could do what he wanted with Job but couldn't kill Job. So, Satan does a lot of stuff to Job. For example he kills all of his children and takes away his life stock. Job's friends tell Job to "curse God and die". I often felt his friends were absolutely ridiculous. Today I heard about some people who are followers of God but have had everything thrown at them but still praise God. Today, for the first time I understood why someone would say "curse God and die". I personally wouldn't say it but when everything is falling apart in your world it feels like maybe you should. This shows me that so much more Job was this amazing man of God. How we should strive for that. Also, it helped remind me that cursing God is merely a cop out and despite what we are going through there is light even when it feels like there isn't. Praise God and live.

Grey is a beautiful thing

I think for the most part I have decided that I like grey. Black and White boggles me. So, I believe that I am going with grey. I just don't think everything is as black and white as some people like to make it. Maybe I am just too open to things I shouldn't be. Who knows?

Hanging with the boys...

I have never been one to just hang with the guys. I have always had guy friends but I just don't go out much. I have always prayed that God would give me a christian guy like me that I could look up to and ask tough questions of. I believe that this prayer has finally been answered. More on that in a later post. Anyway, today Heather had her bachelorette party. So, my dad, my little bro, and I went to dinner and saw a movie. We went to quizno's and then to see Spider-Man 3. Well, to be honest the movie was umm okay. I am not saying bad but I expected more. On the way back from the movie something awesome and odd happened. My dad, brother, and I sang together. This is weird because well my dad doesn't sing. I am pretty sure I have heard him sing like 3 times in my life. We sang a Johnny Cash song and it was quite awesome. Just thought I would share that. Oh and on my artsy fartsy side there was a preview for this new movie called Across the Universe and my artsy side was tingling! I hope we get it around here. Here is a link to the preview.

Thought I would share this...

So, I am not sure how many people actually know who Derek Webb is but I think he is pretty fantastic. He is an independent (sorta) christian artist who isn't afraid to speak against the "norm" of christianity. I appreciate his honesty. His new cd The Ringing Bell is pretty cool. One song immediately stuck out to me because of the lyrics. It is called A Savior on Capitol Hill:


I’m so tired of these mortal men
with their hands on their wallets and their hearts full of sin
scared of their enemies, scared of their friends
and always running for re-election
so come to DC if it be thy will
because we’ve never had a savior on Capitol Hill

you can always trust the devil or a politician
to be the devil or a politician
but beyond that friends you’d best beware
‘cause at the Pentagon bar they’re an inseparable pair
and as long as the lobbyists are paying their bills
we’ll never have a savior on Capitol Hill

[Bridge]
all of our problems gonna disappear
when we can whisper right in that President’s ear
he could walk right across the reflection pool
in his combat boots and ten thousand dollar suit

you can render unto Caesar everything that’s his
you can trust in his power to come to your defense
it’s the way of the world, the way of the gun
it’s the trading of an evil for a lesser one
so don’t hold your breath or your vote until
you think you’ve finally found a savior up on Capitol Hill

Really?

So, I just find life to be odd at moments. I mean it feels like at any point on any given day the world could shift and you will have to rethink everything. I am glad that God doesn't change. That is at least something to cling to. Recently, Heather and I have been trying to figure out where to finish school. We completely stressed ourselves out. Now, the two places we think it may be are very interesting. I am not saying which two because quite frankly everytime we seem to have a plan something happens. I think secretly I am leaning toward one. That is scary. Anyway. Life is fun. Thanks for reading!