Currently Watching The Sting By Paul Newman, Robert Redford see related

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Currently Playing No Name Face By Lifehouse see related

- Breathing

Were You there when I showed all my hid infidelities
When sickness took innermost hold on me
And I languished in all of my shallow infirmities
Could it still be possible;
Can it yet be reasonable
that my immersion in You could be just as real now
As at its inception?  Oh please show me how
Show me how I can live in this illness incarnate
How shall I then live in the world's strongest current?
I cannot be e'er more, but simply regard it
As rancid and empty, save in You discarded...
             --by me--

God is great!  My Dad's best friend once told me that God likes to give good gifts to His children.  He always gives us what we need, but He demonstrates a love of going further than that.  The actual story sounds really silly, but I was the recipient of that kind of blessing tonight.  And this isn't some isolated example; these kinds of things happen all the time.  And they're not coincidence; they're impossibilities.

Anyway, I was building a curtain wall for my architecture term-project, and I needed to just let it sit for few minutes to let the glue dry.  I also got really thirsty (it was hot in there).  Now I knew that I had spent all but fifteen cents of the change I had in the bottom of my bookbag the last time I wanted a drink.  But I looked anyway, and wouldn't you know it? EXACTLY the sixty cents I needed to get a Sprite!

You all probably think I'm insane now; you might be right.  But I had to write that down, because it demonstrated to me that the Lord cares about even the little things in my little life...
"Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your Heavenly Father feeds them.  Are you not much more valuable than they?" (Matthew 6:26)

Currently Watching The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (Platinum Series Special Extended Edition) By Elijah Wood see related

Craziness.  Absolute craziness.

I know it's been a long time since I updated, and to be honest I don't even have the time now.  School work has been...shall we say...in abundance lately.  It has been hard work keeping up.  But I know the Lord is teaching me responsibility and preparing me for what He will be calling me to do.

I watched the Fellowship of the Ring recently, and Gandalf's comments to Frodo in Moria reassured me in this uncertain time.  It is an encouraging thought that I do not control my own future, and I can rest in the fact that God has a perfect plan for me.

Currently Playing Hey You, I Love Your Soul By Skillet see related

- More Faithful

What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear
What a privelege to carry everything to God in prayer
Oh what peace we often forfeit; oh, what needless grief we bear
All because we do not carry everything to God in prayer...

I will be frank: my past week was terrible.  It was stormy, dark, oppressively busy, and logistically a nightmare.  I got distracted by the days, instead of focusing on Jesus, and I left my mind and heart unguarded and unfocused.

But the Lord was good to me.  As I wrote before, I had my gig at the Cafe Del Giorno Saturday evening, and, because of the chaos of my soul, I did not feel prepared to play at all.  But I went to Bible Study before-hand, and there the Lord took hold of my attention, faithful as He is.  I cannot figure out why I am so slow to take things to Him in prayer.  True enough that hymn is when it says that I bear so much grief and sorrow simply because I do not carry my life to the feet of Jesus, and there lay it down.  But I found solace quickly when I welcomed His control, and just in time too.  I do not think my performance would have been half so good, and I know I would not have been doing it for His Glory, had He not reigned me in.

"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.  Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think about such things.  Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me - put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you." (Philippians 4:6-10)

Currently Playing Nickel Creek By Nickel Creek see related

- The Hand Song -

Well, I don't have much time at all to update lately, as I have been exceedingly busy with studying.  But I wanted to let everyone who takes interest know that there have been recently and will be constant updates to the main website, in light of the summer and some new Architecture Studio developments.  Be sure to check it out!

In the midst of all the craziness, though, I have actually succeeded in writing some new songs.  Right now, the "Music" link takes you to the Nova77 website.  Eventually, I want to do rough recordings of the music I'm writing and post them on my own "Music" site.  I will still keep a link to Nova77.com, but the "Music of the Green Knight" will truly be my own, and it will be something that will hopefully be consistently interesting.

And one final thing: I am playing on Saturday, September 11, at 9:00pm in the Cafe Del Giorno in Greenville.  If anyone is at all interested in coming out to see me play for an hour or so, I would really appreciate the support.  I'll be doing some of the stuff I always do, some new songs I learned over the summer, and some of my own new songs!  Email me or drop me an IM if you want directions!