Hit and Run-- drive by pontifications

Travis Get's Smashed by a Saddle

2009-08-05T08:25:00.000-07:00

S L O W D O W N

2009-06-10T06:29:00.000-07:00

SLOW DANCE

Have you ever
watched
kids

On a merry-go-round?

Or listened to
the
rain

Slapping on the ground?

Ever followed a

butterfly's erratic flight?

Or gazed at the sun into the
fading
night?

You better
slow down.

Don't
dance so
fast.

Time is short.

The music
won't
last.

Do you run through each day

On
the
fly?

Then you ask How are you?

Do you hear
the
reply?

When the day is done

Do you lie
in your
bed

With the next hundred chores

Running through
your head?

You'd better
slow down

Don't dance so
fast.

Time is
short.

The music won't
last.

Ever told your
child,

We'll do it
tomorrow?

And in your
haste,

Not see
his

sorrow?

Ever lost
touch,

Let a good
friendship die

Cause you
never had time

To call
and say,'Hi'

You'd
better slow down.

Don't dance
so fast.

Time
is short.

The music won't
last.

When you run
so fast to get somewhere

You
miss half the fun of getting
there.

When you worry and hurry
through your
day,

It is like an unopened
gift....

Thrown
away.

Life is not a
race.

Do take it
slower

Hear the
music

Before the song is
over.

[written by a girl who is terminally ill with cancer]

Of LIGHT and >>MOTION<<

2009-06-08T12:26:00.001-07:00

Kintetic Typography

2009-06-02T10:37:00.000-07:00

I made this. I am pretty proud.

Inspiro

2009-05-20T13:55:00.000-07:00

Tune Back In....

2009-05-14T11:00:00.000-07:00

I want to design like this one day. Meanwhile I shall stare.

I Say This Not Lightly

2009-05-09T11:37:00.000-07:00

The time has come to blog about this.

For what else is a blog for?

Is it needless shouting into the void? Is it direct communication to those you know read it? Or is it rather a form of definite proclamation for the mind of the writer. A proverbial door in which to firm the intellect by nailing the hypothetical 95 thesis as Luther of old. It is here to this public area, for all to see, that I afix the newfound steadfastness of that which once was nothing more than a nebulous dream.

A girl has stolen my heart.

And lest you see this as the needless driveling of yet another emotional basket-case, driven mad by that cultural misunderstanding we call love, listen here. There comes once in very rare circumstances the aligning of two hearts and two souls. The melding of two who from creation were meant as one. This is in the process of happening. Rejoice with me, readers, for I have found a great treasure.

Rachel.

With a deapth of heart never to be rivaled, and an art expansive enough to touch a multitude of souls, this member of the insane elect of Jesus-artists has the soul of a warrior of Spartanian dimentions. She has fought and overcome every obstacle and daily proves the raw courage of her gifted being. Her love is fierce, scaling the most difficult and impossible to reach and care, and feel. her worship sincere, her beliefs strong, her hands and mind skilled. Her grace and kindness often convict me of the hardness of my heart, as I see her eyes fly to the soul of each human in front of her, seeing the pain beneath the mask, and hurting with those that are wounded.

She hopes with a hope that is rooted in eternity, for nothing of this world could cling so tightly to belief in the midst of the raging storm of life. But she holds, and she hopes, far beyond what should be as a human.

I love her.

This could drag on most indefinitely did i endevour to portray the beauty of this treasure that has been gifted to me. In every way fearless and loving, I eagerly await what our Father-God has in store. One thing is for certain. The earth shall tremble, and the powers of darkness quiver as a new team, a new force, and a new tool is forged in the hands of The Almighty.

I love Rachel Fernandez.

Grafitti=Cool

2009-05-06T12:25:00.000-07:00

<3

2009-04-23T13:09:00.000-07:00

Now

2009-04-22T18:02:00.000-07:00

L.I.F.E.

2009-04-21T21:58:00.000-07:00

So Yes.

2009-04-21T17:33:00.000-07:00

3 second headache

2009-04-16T11:05:00.000-07:00

2009-04-07T10:47:00.000-07:00

Today I feel pain. My heart cries why.

For Real?

2009-04-02T09:41:00.000-07:00

Watch it. You won't regret it. I know... I know... the beginning is a little slow...just watch.

[is it real?]

2009-03-30T11:03:00.000-07:00

“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”
~A. Einstein

Beauty in the Broken

2009-03-26T12:51:00.000-07:00

There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see. - Leonardo DaVinci

So I like Breakdancing, Too

2009-03-25T12:12:00.000-07:00

“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”

2009-03-24T08:56:00.000-07:00

"Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD..."
"The LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil."

Think about this verse. Think about the implications. We are presented to God. He views us. He watches us. He delights in us, and brags about us. The ultimate power. The supreme being. The perfect and holy one. He delights and brags about us.

So I like skateboards

2009-03-21T20:42:00.000-07:00

[and no, that is not me.]

Definition of Terms

2009-03-21T20:33:00.000-07:00

Art? What is it?

Can we use it to worship God?

Can we use it to change and influence others?

Can we use it to express ourselves, our emotions?

2009-01-04T19:48:00.000-08:00

"So you gotta believe that this is gonna be your year. Stand up straight, look alive, you never know." WeShotTheMoon. "Welcome Home"

For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning.
~T.S. Eliot, "Little Gidding"

"Dost thou love life? Then waste not time;
for time is the stuff that life is made of."
~Benjamin Franklin

"A goal without a plan is just a wish."
~Antoine de Saint-Exupery

E.N.D.U.R.E.

2008-12-02T13:45:00.000-08:00

“God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight.” ~Reggie White

“Don't pray for lighter burdens, but for stronger backs.”

“Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. Love still stands when all else has fallen."

“If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes.” ~Corrie Ten Boom

{ENDURE}

2008-11-15T16:42:00.000-08:00

If you're going through hell, keep going. ~Winston Churchill

Life is simple, its just not easy. ~Anonymous.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it. ~Henry David Thoreau

I count life just a stuff
To try the soul's strength on.
~Robert Browning

It was a good week. God is so good to me, despite how underserving I am.
He answers prayers.
He changes hearts
He loves unconditionally.

2008-11-08T09:28:00.000-08:00

A true friend is one who thinks you are a good egg even if you are half-cracked. ~Author Unknown

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. ~C.S. Lewis

2008-11-01T11:07:00.000-07:00

Hello there. I am back.
This is going to be a little more regular...(Really?)
So there are a few exciting things goign on here.
1. I moved to San Antonio
2. A friend and I have started a song of the week blog! CHECK IT OUT! http://songzast.blogspot.com we are still working on it...
3. I am going to update this every Saturday when I go to Starbucks to study. YAY!

And true to tradition. your quote.

"Be life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for."
David Starr Jordan (1851 - 1931)

This is me.

2008-03-31T13:13:00.001-07:00

If you wish to know what I am doing please check out this blog.
http://therevmediaproject.blogspot.com/
"Ruthless Compassion should be the goal of our life's journey." _Brennan

There are goobyes....

2008-02-13T00:28:00.000-08:00

"Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends."
Richard Bach

"Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens."
J. R. R. Tolkien

"The return makes one love the farewell."
Alfred de Musset

-This is my last post from Romania. I'll miss it.

smart...

2008-02-12T04:49:00.000-08:00

Cordaroy Pillows, Making Headlines.
"It is not intelligent to stay up all night." - Me

Without an Eraser....

2008-02-11T00:39:00.000-08:00

"Life is the art of drawing without an eraser."
-John W. Gardner

"A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way."
-Mark Twain

"Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on."
-Samuel Butler

"Men willingly believe what they wish."
-Gaius Julius Caesar

"Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people."
-Eleanor Roosevelt

Next Best Thing

2008-02-09T02:08:00.000-08:00

"The next best thing to being clever is being able to quote someone who is." -Hesketh Pearson

"In my experience, it is rarer to find a really happy person in a circle of millionaires than among vagabonds."
-Thor Heyerdahl

"People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things."
-Edmund Hillary

"Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged."
Ronald Reagan

Something More Stern

2008-02-08T01:17:00.000-08:00

"Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness." -C.S. Lewis

"An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered." - G.K. Chesterton

“It is inauthentic to have a treasure and not send it.” –John Piper in Don’t Waste Your Life

"Adventure is just bad planning."
Roald Amundsen

On an electric drill: "This product not intended for use as a dental drill."

Be not afraid of adventure, share your treasure, and love without fear.

The nectar of Life

2008-02-07T01:27:00.000-08:00

Friends, Contrary Men!

2008-02-07T01:17:00.000-08:00

"Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write." –John Adams, 1765

"Be merry, for our time of stay is short." -Shakespere Richard II, ACt II, Scene 1

"Silence is the perfectest herald of joy:
I were but little happy, if I could say how much."
-Shakespere Act ii Sc. 1

"Perfection is the enemy of the possible." - E.G. Valentino

"Wherever you are - be all there." -Jim Elliot

Live life in the moment dare to do the impossible and be not afraid of silence.

quote of the day

2008-02-06T06:46:00.000-08:00

"If you must cheat, cheat death."

Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege"

"Dance like it hurts,/ Love like you need money,/ Work when people are watching."

"Great spirits have always encountered oppostion from mediocre minds" -Einstien

"The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization."
-Ralph Waldo Emmerson

"How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct." -Benjamin Disreali

"The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found difficult and not tried." G.K. Chesterton.

2007-12-01T12:28:00.001-08:00

BOOM!

the question hit me,and my mind once again began to wander.

I did not expect something of this magnitude to come while wandering in an upscale mall in San Antonio. I knew I would find glizy merchandise and gaudy, overpriced clothes, but not this. Not here.

Yet there it was, bright red and white, shouting the query that richochetted through my brain.

CAN THE NEXT GENERATION CHANGE THE WORLD?

Well, can we? What do you think?

Ps 78:6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

Here we go

2007-11-30T18:30:00.001-08:00

I am going to be posting some more.

okay...

2007-01-25T13:05:00.000-08:00

So dear reader(s)
I realize these posts are going to be kinda long. So if you don't like long thoughtful posts, you can go to my Xanga. But this is how I think.

Welcome- Here I Think

2007-01-25T12:55:00.000-08:00

It was just last Sunday when the pastor was sharing prayer requests. Amidst the prayers for missionaries and sick family came the one request that has not stopped making me think. It was the news that a young lady from a Christian family had committed suicide. I had heard of suicide before of course, but for some reason now it really hit me. The wonderful gift of life, the divine spark of living, recklessly snuffed out by a conscious decision. Why? What tragedy. Some how the thought that this girl could never know the thousand joys that daily unfold themselves to us stunned my brain. The brilliance of a starry sky, the saline warmth of an ocean breeze, the thrilling throb of human love, the consuming fulfillment of serving the creator of the universe. These were forever lost to this lonely soul. Why? It just didn’t make sense. In my frail mind I begin to try to point fingers. Maybe it was her parents’ fault, maybe her friend’s fault, maybe... Then a new idea, not at all comfortable, hit me. How many people do I know that are considering the futility of life, and want to violently end it? How many people are gasping for a word of love, a word of comfort, news that there is more to life than what is here and now, tidings of a perfect God who loves with unchanging steadfastness? Could such a word have saved this girl? Friends, we have this Word! When is the last time I told someone how to escape endless emptiness and to be filled to overflowing with love joy and forgiveness? Could it have been the last chance anyone had to tell them? How about you? Are you living out loud, and is your lifesong singing loud and clear to all humanity? Think about it- we have nothing to loose and everything to gain by sharing the living words of Jesus to those who are being choked to death by this world.
But yet it is still there. Past the thought- the sentiment over a suicide victim- is a paralyzing shadow on my soul. You know, that tense pulse of fear that seals your lips and makes you walk in silence past dying soul after dying soul. What are we so afraid of?! Am I afraid of being weird, of being abnormal to everyone else? Face it, we place ourselves in the category of strange by just by the decision to follow Jesus. We have alienated ourselves already from the mainstream of culture by becoming Christians. As true Christians, we have no chance to reconcile our tastes and desires to the world, whose driving forces are diametrically opposed to that of God’s children. I have no chance to be a real Christian an a normal person to the world.
So why are we still afraid?
Truth is I don’t know. But here’s what I do know; this whole earth is one day going to burn out of existence. If this is the end it’s coming to, what can we do that will matter past the brief blink of earthly human life? What will be left? Thousands and thousands of human souls that must spend eternity somewhere. Think about that. Everyday from behind the checkout counter, to beside you in line, or across from you at the dinner table, the world is filled with human souls. Everlasting souls. They all need Jesus. Will you love enough to reach out to the aching gasping dying all around you? If you don’t, no one else will. Go. They are waiting for you.

Friends, in closing, let me remind you that although we may not have the world as friends, we are not alone. First, we have spiritual comfort in our Savior, but we also have each other. You are not alone. Remember that. There is a mighty army of Christian young people calling with a tremendous shout for the kingdom of God. I know how it is to feel isolated. I know the ache of loneliness. The repetitive thought that goes “am I the only one who believes this way?” But it is a lie, a mirage; something that seems real but isn’t. We’re out here and we’re every where; and we will win! Know that the Lord has given you this gift of a life, a voice, a song- so don’t waste it! It is past time for us young people to rise as one to take up the banner of our fathers. We are the next culture. We are the next heros. Raise the battle cry! The world is lost and dying and time is growing short!