Well, med(ic) school is so busy, I like to refer to it as med school, it's just easier to explain that way. Morning formation and physical training from 0645 to about 730-800, then class 0900 to 1700, everyday of the week, followed by constant studying when not it class. It is what it is, the nature of the beast, so I haven't made the time to update this wonderful blog. Poor excuse but it's what I got, lol, nm
Now, here's for an interesting devotional thought... I was just thinking of this today when at a friends house I saw a honey comb. Remember the riddle that Samson posed to his father in law and other philistines at his wedding feast?
Judges 14:14
"Out of the eater came something to eat. Out of the strong came something sweet." And in three days they could not solve the riddle.
So Samson was walking around and saw a dead lion carcass that had a swarm of bees in it. So being a good Israelite (jk, this violated a ritual law), he scraped up some honey from the dead carcass, ate it and gave some to his father and mother.
A phenomenal riddle, but a horrible sinful situation. One way to look at this is that not matter how enticing the situation, if you haven't properly evaluated it and prayed for guidance or direction, the instant gratification isn't worth it in the long run because you won't be honoring God. I can relate to this in every day situations all the time. Do I consult God in my important decisions? or do i just go with whatever I think is fastest, get the job done, and benefit me the most? Ya, I gotta work on that a lot.
Joshua 1:9
"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go!"
Saturday, 16 June 2012
Wednesday, 9 May 2012
Graduations...
Well I was able to head over to Chatt and see Juli's graduation this last weekend! Pretty much awesome! Such a tease though because it was so quick, got in Friday midnight, left Sunday afternoon : ( Love hanging out with friends and family. I'm so proud of Juli! All finished up and gradumacated!!! Such a smart younger sis, I'm a lucky brother... no big deal. : )
Last Wednesday I did a parachuted jump with the mc-6 from about 1200 ft out of the back of a Cassa... it was awesome!!! The landing wasn't hard, feet and knees together, tucked my chin, just another day at work.
I've been so busy with classes, had a test yesterday, have a test monday, wednesday, and friday of next week. We covered 120 pages in the book today, 7 hours worth of lectures, lol, this course is so intense it's nauseating. I gotta get better with putting up more devotional thoughts, for tonight I'm gonna write in some of my favorite verses.
Isaiah 40:29-31
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;
But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles' they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
John 15:13
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
Matthew 22:37-40
Jesus replied: Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
This is the first and greatest commandment.
And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.
All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandements.
Matthew 26:41
Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.
Phillipians 4:5-6
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
John 15:5
I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
Last Wednesday I did a parachuted jump with the mc-6 from about 1200 ft out of the back of a Cassa... it was awesome!!! The landing wasn't hard, feet and knees together, tucked my chin, just another day at work.
I've been so busy with classes, had a test yesterday, have a test monday, wednesday, and friday of next week. We covered 120 pages in the book today, 7 hours worth of lectures, lol, this course is so intense it's nauseating. I gotta get better with putting up more devotional thoughts, for tonight I'm gonna write in some of my favorite verses.
Isaiah 40:29-31
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;
But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles' they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
John 15:13
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
Matthew 22:37-40
Jesus replied: Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
This is the first and greatest commandment.
And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.
All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandements.
Matthew 26:41
Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.
Phillipians 4:5-6
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
John 15:5
I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
Wednesday, 2 May 2012
BPM-- music link
Random post here... so when I took leave a month ago and went to see Juli, I rented a nice Chevy Malibu. Now I don't know about you, but I like electronic dance music (EDM) quite a bit and the rental had Sirius satelite radio : ) So I ended up jamming and dancing my way along the 7.5 / 8 hr drive to and from TN to NC, lol, here's a link to some cool EDM songs, the radio station was called BPM or beats per minute, I think its a heart rate joke, lol, idk follow the link : )
http://pl.st/p/23228001035
http://pl.st/p/23228001035
Thursday, 26 April 2012
The Greatest Commandment
We've all heard this verse before some time. I love how simply it breaks down God's desire for us as his children.
Matthew 22:37-40
Jesus replied: "Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
This is the first and greatest commandment.
And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'
All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.
It's so simple, so beautiful... so freaking hard to do every day! Being a believer isn't easy, especially when you're so busy and caught up in work and life, like me and everyone reading this blog probably is. I gotta work on committing to this verse's message. It's simply amazing and straight forward how God desires us, his children, to live : ) 'Give Me your all, give others the respect and love you give Me!'
Matthew 22:37-40
Jesus replied: "Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
This is the first and greatest commandment.
And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'
All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.
It's so simple, so beautiful... so freaking hard to do every day! Being a believer isn't easy, especially when you're so busy and caught up in work and life, like me and everyone reading this blog probably is. I gotta work on committing to this verse's message. It's simply amazing and straight forward how God desires us, his children, to live : ) 'Give Me your all, give others the respect and love you give Me!'
Sunday, 22 April 2012
Fearless
You gotta play along with this one, imagine this, picture it with your eyes closed per say as I try to paint this epic encounter. I was just thinking about Israel and how much I miss digging at Khirbet Qeiyafa, and well 1 Samuel 17 rushed into my head, so here we go...
Dust was in the air as a gentle breeze blew in from the coast, there in the distance stood the nuisance of so many days past. The time had come, I told myself, to prove the fearlessness and power of my God! The armies were camped upon both sides of the hill, ours upon the hill at Shaaraim, the Philistines upon the other. So many had lost their faith, their tiny hearts had not the courage to face this evil creature.
The sun hung high in the sky, everything was still except for the soft sound of the stream running through the valled of Elah, where I stood across from this giant. I was afraid, yet I knew God was with me as he always had been, guiding my hands to slay the lions and predators that tormented my father's sheep. Something had to be done about this abomination to the LORD, and by God I'm was going to die trying to show these Philistines the power and truth of our God, the one God, the LORD of Israel.
A rasping shout emerged from the giant, reverberating against the hills... "Am I a dog, that you come at me with sticks?" ... "Come here, and I'll give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field."
Guide my hands LORD... I am yours, I whispered to myself... then suddenly I shouted to the beast... "You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
This day the LORD will hand you over to me, and I'll strike you down and cut off your head. Today I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.
All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give all of you into our hands!"
My feet began to move, my sandals feeling light as air, tearing through the gravel and dirt beneath me. Reaching into my pouch I grabbed one of the smooth stones I had taken from the stream earlier. My grip was firm, assured, I felt as though God's hands were fused within my own. Close to a dead sprint and gaining towards the lumbering Giant who was readying to throw his spear, I stuck the stone in my sling and started winding it over my head. Just as Goliath reared back to through his spear and pin me to the valley floor, now at a complete and utter sprint I released the stone from my sling with a shout... time froze for what seemed like an eternity, Goliath lunged forward about to release the javelin from his grip... but right at that instant the stone struck that demon directly in the forehead...
David was so fearless for God, for proving to the world how much God meant to him, for living that fearless Christian live, fully devoted. He made mistakes as we all do, as I do so often, but he always came back in forgiveness... a man after God's own heart. I want to be more fearless in my faith, I apologize for that attempt of a story of the battle scene of David and Goliath... It's just awesome to imagine the fearlessness and faith which David showed and breathed in as he undertook that challenge of life and death for the LORD : ) Epic stuff... we gotta be fearless, we have one life to live here on earth and one great eternity before us!!!!!!!!
Dust was in the air as a gentle breeze blew in from the coast, there in the distance stood the nuisance of so many days past. The time had come, I told myself, to prove the fearlessness and power of my God! The armies were camped upon both sides of the hill, ours upon the hill at Shaaraim, the Philistines upon the other. So many had lost their faith, their tiny hearts had not the courage to face this evil creature.
The sun hung high in the sky, everything was still except for the soft sound of the stream running through the valled of Elah, where I stood across from this giant. I was afraid, yet I knew God was with me as he always had been, guiding my hands to slay the lions and predators that tormented my father's sheep. Something had to be done about this abomination to the LORD, and by God I'm was going to die trying to show these Philistines the power and truth of our God, the one God, the LORD of Israel.
A rasping shout emerged from the giant, reverberating against the hills... "Am I a dog, that you come at me with sticks?" ... "Come here, and I'll give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field."
Guide my hands LORD... I am yours, I whispered to myself... then suddenly I shouted to the beast... "You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
This day the LORD will hand you over to me, and I'll strike you down and cut off your head. Today I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.
All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give all of you into our hands!"
My feet began to move, my sandals feeling light as air, tearing through the gravel and dirt beneath me. Reaching into my pouch I grabbed one of the smooth stones I had taken from the stream earlier. My grip was firm, assured, I felt as though God's hands were fused within my own. Close to a dead sprint and gaining towards the lumbering Giant who was readying to throw his spear, I stuck the stone in my sling and started winding it over my head. Just as Goliath reared back to through his spear and pin me to the valley floor, now at a complete and utter sprint I released the stone from my sling with a shout... time froze for what seemed like an eternity, Goliath lunged forward about to release the javelin from his grip... but right at that instant the stone struck that demon directly in the forehead...
David was so fearless for God, for proving to the world how much God meant to him, for living that fearless Christian live, fully devoted. He made mistakes as we all do, as I do so often, but he always came back in forgiveness... a man after God's own heart. I want to be more fearless in my faith, I apologize for that attempt of a story of the battle scene of David and Goliath... It's just awesome to imagine the fearlessness and faith which David showed and breathed in as he undertook that challenge of life and death for the LORD : ) Epic stuff... we gotta be fearless, we have one life to live here on earth and one great eternity before us!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Focus...
Hebrews 12:1-3
"Therefore since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us."
"Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God."
"Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart."
Verse two rocks my world, there it is... the answer to having true focus in life, so simple, yet so many times I've forgotten. Fix your eyes on Jesus, walk in his ways, talk with him every day... the rest will fall into place : )
"Therefore since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us."
"Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God."
"Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart."
Verse two rocks my world, there it is... the answer to having true focus in life, so simple, yet so many times I've forgotten. Fix your eyes on Jesus, walk in his ways, talk with him every day... the rest will fall into place : )
Monday, 16 April 2012
Back and back in class
So much for my accountability blog : ( I totally lost two weeks of devotional and life blogging when I took leave to see Juli the week before Easter : ) which was awesome!!! and then I left my computer there, lol... epic fail!!!
Well now it's time to get back on track with this devotional accountability. Quick update: I took a PT test with about 70 guys last wednesday and did well enough to get in the top 15 or so to get into the Special Forces Combat Medic class early. Those who didn't make it are gonna have to wait 6 more weeks for the next class. So that was pretty cool, making the cut : ) But it now means my life for the next 9 months is going to be consumed by being in the classroom eight hours a day, only getting weekends and or federal holidays off, but hey I guess that's just the price of learning trauma medic awesomeness!!! lol, it's gonna be worth it, I can't wait to learn how to treat gunshot wounds, arterial bleeds, sucking chest wounds etc... : ) I'm so lucky to be learning this stuff, and thank God I've been given this opportunity, who knows maybe after the Army I'll go to Africa and be a missionary medic embedded deep in the Congo, lol.... jk? Actually that would be pretty darn sweet!!! you never know, I hope that happens : ) or a tropical island like Tasmania or Tahiti would be nice, surfing is a must have in mission work I've decided just now!
Well over the next 25 days, I'll finish up and re-certify as an EMT-B. That's the first part of our training, covering 3-5 chapters every day, it's gonna be like drinking water from a firehouse.
Devotional thought for today:
Recently I jumped back in the Psalms, and found a few amazing verses that have really spoken to me. Psalm 40 verse 4 is the first verse,
"Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie!"
So often recently, I find myself always trying to solve my problems of the day/issues at work, by myself and finding the world's fastest proven solution for getting things done. I hate this, when I lose that trust mentality in God, and just try to get things done on my own, instead of getting things done and relying on God to help me get them done. I don't know if this makes any sense, I guess basically what I'm saying is... this verse reminds me that trusting in God and having faith in Him everyday need not be forgotten or abandoned for the world's way!
Psalm 42:1-2 "As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God.
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?"
This beautiful verse is self explanatory, and makes me ask this question to myself... does my soul thirst for God? Does your soul thirst for God? Only God can quench our thirst, we've been taught that, know it, and I needed the reminder to get back on track and realize how well God can quench our thirsts, any thirst!
Well now it's time to get back on track with this devotional accountability. Quick update: I took a PT test with about 70 guys last wednesday and did well enough to get in the top 15 or so to get into the Special Forces Combat Medic class early. Those who didn't make it are gonna have to wait 6 more weeks for the next class. So that was pretty cool, making the cut : ) But it now means my life for the next 9 months is going to be consumed by being in the classroom eight hours a day, only getting weekends and or federal holidays off, but hey I guess that's just the price of learning trauma medic awesomeness!!! lol, it's gonna be worth it, I can't wait to learn how to treat gunshot wounds, arterial bleeds, sucking chest wounds etc... : ) I'm so lucky to be learning this stuff, and thank God I've been given this opportunity, who knows maybe after the Army I'll go to Africa and be a missionary medic embedded deep in the Congo, lol.... jk? Actually that would be pretty darn sweet!!! you never know, I hope that happens : ) or a tropical island like Tasmania or Tahiti would be nice, surfing is a must have in mission work I've decided just now!
Well over the next 25 days, I'll finish up and re-certify as an EMT-B. That's the first part of our training, covering 3-5 chapters every day, it's gonna be like drinking water from a firehouse.
Devotional thought for today:
Recently I jumped back in the Psalms, and found a few amazing verses that have really spoken to me. Psalm 40 verse 4 is the first verse,
"Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie!"
So often recently, I find myself always trying to solve my problems of the day/issues at work, by myself and finding the world's fastest proven solution for getting things done. I hate this, when I lose that trust mentality in God, and just try to get things done on my own, instead of getting things done and relying on God to help me get them done. I don't know if this makes any sense, I guess basically what I'm saying is... this verse reminds me that trusting in God and having faith in Him everyday need not be forgotten or abandoned for the world's way!
Psalm 42:1-2 "As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God.
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?"
This beautiful verse is self explanatory, and makes me ask this question to myself... does my soul thirst for God? Does your soul thirst for God? Only God can quench our thirst, we've been taught that, know it, and I needed the reminder to get back on track and realize how well God can quench our thirsts, any thirst!
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