God You Reign

Friday was absolutely amazing.  I am so pleased and thankful that even though I don't go to a Christian school, I can still gather with fellow believers and praise the One who created me.  It was just lead by a few students and one person playing the guitar and all of us giving God the glory that He deserves.  Worshiping God freely under the stars with no boundaries was so amazing and I can't wait to see how much better it's like in Heaven.  God humbled me and showed me what it's like to be focused on Him and not the world.  Prayer is power and God spoke through me and to me.  Looking up into God's creation reminded me so much of camp and made me realize that I can do the same things at camp as I can here at Furman.  


Psalm 121
1 I lift up my eyes to the hills--where does my help come from? 2 My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. 3 He will not let your foot slip--he who watches over you will not slumber; 4 indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The LORD watches over you--the LORD is your shade at your right hand; 6 the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. 7 The LORD will keep you from all harm--he will watch over your life; 8 the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore. 

Cliff Jumping...way more intense than HSM

When I was at Camp Cedar Cliff this summer, I was able to go on a trip up to some trails in the mountains and also jump from a waterfall, known as Courthouse Falls.  About a 45 foot jump.  When we were riding up there, it started to lightening and rain.  Well a few day earlier I was almost struck by lightening while doing a devotion inside of a van.  It was literally 5 feet away.  It ran through a metal chain, burnt the post that the chain was wrapped around, and made a huge hole in the ground.  I had 10 screaming, crying boys instantly.  So let's just say I am more aware of lightening now and what it can do.

Anyways it stopped lightening and we hiked up to the water fall.  I got in the water and it was frigid.  I am not talking about somewhat cold, I am talking about loosing your breath cold.  So after all of us stared at the waterfall, a good majority went up to the top.  It was really hard just to get up there and even scarier looking down.  I was basically thrown into jumping after a couple other people in front of me didn't want to go then.  I stood there on the edge holding on a tree for dear life and became really scared.  I prayed there right on the tree.  After about 3 minutes, I got everyone to give me a countdown.  5,4,3,2,1...I jumped!

When I was in the air it felt like an eternity.  Basically you don't think...your mind goes blank in the air.  I had Chacos on so I felt pressure when my feet hit, but I wasn't in any pain.  More and more people went until one girl landed in the upright seat position...let's just say she had bruises all over her legs.  I don't think anyone went after that.

So now I am on my first day on the job in the science library and itching to go jumping again.  It is one adrenaline pumping thrill.

P.S.  A freshman approached me and talked to me about a girl and how they broke up and mentioned that he was an atheist.  Please pray for him.

Come Back Kids

So I went to the Braves game on Monday.  As I was driving with a few friends, I saw some dark ominous (uh oh big word) clouds, which hinted that maybe it would rain in ATL.  But then there were nice happy clouds as well so it was kind of a mixed bag of weatherlyness.  So the whole ride there was rain, no rain, rain, no rain, repeat multiple times.  We stop in the best place known to man and wild, Taco Bell, and my friend and I split a grande meal.  Oh yeah, it was like a slightly bigger slice of Heaven.  Finding parking is well, easy...finding free parking is well, impossible.  When we get there it wasn't raining so of course I forget my rain jacket.  During batting practice we get close to catching a ball, but that is beside the point.

The game was a pitchers duel because it was 1 to 1 for the longest time.  We had decent seats, but when I went to get my jacket, a man gave me his tickets because there is no re-entry (stupid) and he was leaving.  It turned out that these were basically behind home plate.  So Ryan and I both sat there for the next three innings.  The Dodgers score two runs in the 8th off of two Brooks Conrad errors.  I was so mad because no one can take the place of Chipper Jones (injured after tearing his acl) and Brooks was definitely showing it.  So it's the bottom of the 9th, down 3-1, and the rally video gets all of us pumped from random movie clips and old games.  The Tomahawk Chop is indeed pretty amazing to see.  So the braves get a few walks and a single and a passed ball to make the game 2-3.  Melky comes up to the plate and gets a single with the bases loaded and brings in two runs to win the game in the bottom of the 9th, 4-3.  I was screaming, jumping, and then hugging my bro without even thinking about it.  On the way back, I was one of thousands walking through the walkways yelling the Braves chant, doing the Tomahawk Chop, and giving random dudes high fives.  It was a beautiful sight.  Wish it was on video.

The drive back wasn't as long.  I didn't get really that tired even though it was 1 am.  I guess I still had too much energy from that game.  It is one thing watching your favorite team on TV come back and win, but it is another thing to see it in person.

P.S. THANKS BOBBY!

Camp Lyfe

So camp life is probably the best thing that I ever did.  Best decision los manos down.  Each week is a whole new adventure even though you do more or less the same thing each week.  Some campers are great some are little tougher to deal with but I love it.  I mean skits, BBs, archery, climbing wall, swimming every day, slip n' slide, four square, and the list goes on.  The weekends a bunch of counselors go cliff jumping, turtle back falling, and eating meals, which total to the cost of a quarter of our pay.  It is so fun getting to know a lot of people here even though I am going to only be here for one month.  Oh yeah it is probably one of the most tiring things ever.  I have never wanted to go to bed before 11 in my life since elementary school, but camp drains every ounce of energy possible.  No air conditioning in the cabins was miserable but we put lots of fans up, which helped a little bit.  Oh yeah, I basically cant be in touch with the outside world which is nice once in a while.