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| Well everyone...I've gone into hiding and I've directed my attention away from xanga and I've put more attention towards that of Facebook and Myspace. But here I am, back again with a new flavor to my xanga site. I've decided to grace all of you with a Top 10...but not just this week...but I will give you Top 10s on a regular basis. These Top 10s could range from anything like my top 10 favorite games to the top 10 worst ways to show someone you love them. I hope that you will enjoy my top 10s and I hope that you will give a tremendous amout of eProps and that you will leave comments letting me know what you would like to see in the top 10. Thank you for reading. Top 10 Places NOT to put Religious Tracts: 10. Public Restroom 9. The condom machine in that Restroom 8. Victoria's Secret Lingerie catalog 7. A small child's Trick or Treat basket 6. Democratic Convention 5. Sperm Bank 4. At the site of a car accident 3. Funeral 2. Bob Marley Concert (wait, isn't he dead... exactly!) And the number one place to NEVER put a religious tract... 1. North Carolina State University | | |
| What's up everyone?! For those of you who have been waiting for months for this entry....it has finally come. It has been a while since I've added another entry and I should have a lot to say....but it's 2:45 in the morning...so we'll see. Camp was amazing this summer. Words can't describe the change that it has left in my life. The experiences that I've went through have given me a fresher meaning to Christ and the life that he gives us. He's shown me how patience and love run hand in hand, and how patience with the boys and patience with him can truly show you the love that Christ has for you. Many times I found myself getting irritated with the way the boys acted, or how I didn't feel that anything I tried to teach them about Christ actually went through to them. Through the summer God really showed me and many others that our work was well spent. Throughout the summer I struggled with my spiritual life and was wondering if anything I said was truly coming from Christ, or if I was doing it all wrong. By the end of the summer Christ proved to me that what I did was for him, and that eventhough at times I felt that was I said was being ignored, I had planted seeds for spiritual growth.
The "Boys of Summer" were amazing! They are obviously the best group of guys EVER! For any of you guys who are reading this...I love you and THANK YOU for the summer that yall spent with me. Yall are more than just friends, and you are more than just brothers, you are "Caraway Boys"...and it is an honor that exceeds most everything that we've ever imagined. And remember....keep growing, don't let Christ only live at camp, but let him live in you all of the time. I love you guys more than you'll ever know.
Onto other things....JAY SEAWELL is soooo awesome. He is the best roommate ever, and I can't express how great of a blessing he has been in my life. It's sooo cool having a roommate that you actually talk to, and that you share so much in common with. Thanks Jay for everything.
Well....I don't have too much more to say, so I'm signing out. I hope that there will be more to come this year. Thank you my faithful readers!!! | | |
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So here I am again!!! Sorry to all of you people who actually read my Xanga, I've been slacking off. It's been quite a while since we've last talked, and a whole lot has gone on, but I'm not going to tell you everything because that would take a long time.
OK.......so here we go. College is kickin' my butt!!! I could end this whole entry on that one note and it would be alright, but I'll explain more. I have had project after project after paper after paper, and I'm tired, and I've been hanging out with friends too much. My design class has been quite hectic and I hope I can manage the rest of the semester. I have a lot of things coming up that I have to do in my classes. I have a huge project in both Design Fundamentals and Art History. I have a written critique due in my design class. I have a paper due in Lit, and I need to start reading a book for another paper in World Civ. 2. Plus to top it all off, I have a retreat this weekend that I kind of wish was next weekend so I can get all of this stuff done, but I'm soooo excited about it.
So on to other things. I was looking at comments that people leave on my Xanga entries, and this random girl that I've never met said that she liked my entry, and she knows someone that used to work at Caraway. I talked to her this morning and she went to the high school that was my high schools rivals. I live like, 45 min. or less away from her, how cool is that.
I'm am going to try and write to you people more often, I hope that I can start remembering. Thank you for the patience. Bye! | | |
| Well.....I know you have all been patiently waiting for my next entry in the life of MICHAEL JOHNSON......or maybe not!
Anyway.....I skipped class today, I guess this is not a good thing, but it is a thing nonetheless. This is why I am typing to you right now, because I am not in class. The person that I was skipping with didn't even hang out with me like she said she would......or maybe I was mistaken and she wasn't going to hang out with me in the first place. Oh well!!! This week is going to be sooooo chill, I don't have anything due and I really need some rest. Last week I had two tests due, a paper, and a project due. One of my tests was in Sociology......I got a 84!!! My other test was in Art History.....I got an 89, I'm pretty happy. I should do well in my classes this semester, and I have to do well if I want to work at camp this summer.
Speaking of camp......I am going to CARAWAY this weekend, actually I am going to Mundo Vista, but I will definitley make a couple of pit stops at Caraway. Who knows what us guys will get into this weekend. I am so excited about seeing my Caraway boys this weekend, and I'm also excited about meeting the new potential staff. My friend Charlie Whitman applied for Caraway, and he is going up there with us this weekend. I'm soooooo EXCITED!!! Like I said before, I just know that this summer is going to be awesome.
God has really been testing me lately, he's given me opportunites to do things in the BSU, I've had the chance to lead a bible study, and there are a few other things that have been thrown in my path that I am kind of confused about,  and I'm just wondering sometimes how I should handle it. I went to Caraway two weekends ago because I just had so much stuff piled on me at once, and I needed to get away from all of it. I hung out with Bradley and Andy and helped belay on the zipline. Then, best of all, I got to go up to Slick Rock with Bradley and have a quiet time......it was AMAZING. I know that God is testing me, and he is even protecting me at the same time......it is even more AMAZING how God works in our lives.
I really miss Josh Smith.......I wish he would just heal up REAL QUICK and come back to App. I know it won't happen, but i do pray that he gets better. Even though breaking your leg in two places on a sled is definitley a bad thing, I know that God let it happen for MANY reasons. One reason I think he let happen is so me and Jami could get to know each other better.....I have REALLY enjoyed talking to you Jami, and hanging out. Thank you for being there for me like Josh ALWAYS is, You're GREAT!!!
A word from God, to all those out there struggling, remember to rejoice in your sufferings for Christ (1 Peter 4:13). And in each of your struggles remember to give him ALL of the glory, because he WILL get the glory, whether we give it willingly or not (Ephesians 3:21). PRAISE GOD!!!
Well......it seems as if my life is picking back up for sure.....not that it was ever down in God's hands. I thank you God for being amazing in my life!!! I love Jesus!!!
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| Well.....I'm finally writing in this thing again! All I can really do on this entry is praise God. God has been so good to me lately, in ways I can't describe. He has given me the chance to lead our bible study.....and I think that he really worked through me. We have been reading 1 Peter, and last night we focused on Chapters 1 and 4. It basically talked about how we as Christians suffer for Christ, and how we must be joyful in our suffering. I know it's so hard to give glory to the Lord in all of our suffering sometimes....but it is what he asks of us so we must do it. I'm definitely going to make it a point to glorify him more often, even in the hardest things. Lately I have also been convicted about having my focus on things that I really shouldn't worry about. It's so tough to not worry some of those things because they are constantly there. I've been praying about it, and God has laid a burden on my heart to focus more on him because I have work to do for his glory. I wish things could be a little easier than they are sometimes, but God has his ways and I KNOW I will be blessed.
In the past few weeks I have really began to focus more on Christ, and I've read my bible and I've prayed more than I have been. I just pray that God will only strengthen that in the ways that he sees best fit, and not in ways that I see fit. I know God will bless me, and through this time of struggle he WILL recieve his glory. Isn't he amazing!?!? I just hope that I will not do all of these things out of habit, but I hope that I continue to do them because of the love for Christ. Please pray for me.
What if the armies of the Lord
Picked up and dusted off their swords
Vowed to set the captives free
And not let satan have one more
What if the church, for heaven's sake
Finally stepped up to the plate
Took a stand upon God's promise
And stormed hell's rusty gates
What if His people prayed
And all who bare His name
Would humbly seek His face
And Turn from their own way
And what would happen if we prayed
For those raised up to lead the way
Then maybe kids in school could pray
And unborn children see light of day
What if the life that we pursue
Came from a hunger for the truth
What if the family turned to Jesus
Stopped asking Oprah what to do
What if His people prayed
And all who bare His name
Would humbly seek His face
And Turn from their own way
He said that they would hear
His promise has been made
He'll answer loud and clear
If only we would pray
If My people called by My name
If they'll humble themselves and pray
If My people called by My name
If they'll humble themselves and pray
What if His people prayed
And all who bare His name
Would humbly seek His face
And Turn from their own way
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