I couldn't not share this:

I think there should be a committee with the power to take away churches' sign privileges.

It's the end of the world as we know it!

Can I just say that Christians tick me off? I was flipping channels instead of rewriting my southern lit paper just now and there's another show about the end-times on the history channel. It's full of people who have diagrams showing the tribulation step by step. And it's always these "left behind" followers who seem to worship the coming back of Jesus more than they do Jesus Himself. That just bothers me a lot.

How cocky do you have to be? The Bible clearly states that not even Jesus knows when He's coming back, only the Father does. So if you think that by studying the scriptures, especially Revelations, you're going to be able to come up with an answer that not even Jesus has, you're a pretty heretical person.

I just hate it when people make Revelations a book about destruction and death. Sure that stuff's in there, but first and foremost, this book is a letter to seven churches (I know, seven...spooky). Revelations was written during a time of great persecution for the church. It was also written by a man who had undergone great persecution. They tried to boil John alive, and when that didn't work, they just stranded him on an island. If you read Revelation with this in mind, it becomes a book of hope. When Jesus says, "I'm coming soon," it isn't the warning of a violent ruler telling us to straighten up. It's the comforting of a loving Savior, telling His suffering followers to hang on, because He's on His way to rescue us.

And finally, to those who really want to know when Jesus is coming back, I have a verse that tells exactly that:

"And that Good News about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, so that all nations (all peoples) will hear it; and then the end will come."
Matthew 24:14

So there you have it. Jesus isn't coming back until every people group in the world has heard about Him. So if you want Jesus to come back, instead of arguing with other Christians about things that don't matter, tell people who don't know Jesus about Him and change lives.

It's almost over...

Right now I'm sitting in my second to last class ever! It's kind of exciting, but at the same time I realize how pointless some of the classes that I've taken are. I mean, I'm able to write this as opposed to listening to the professor, yet I have full confidence that I'll make an A in this class. But that's college. There are some things that you do that change the way that you see your world and give you insight into what you want to do with the rest of your life, and there are other things, such as a Chaucer class, that show you how pointless some of the things you learn are.

I'm just thankful that I've had an awesome computer with a good enough battery to get me through this class all semester by playing on the internet. Now off I go to my last class as a college student.

sniff sniff...

God's Peace

What I'm realizing more and more is that God is awesome. He is showing me how much I need him and through all of that, I'm wanting more and more to get closer to Him. The peace that He gives is absolutely amazing. I have no idea where I'm going to find a job in the coming months, but I'm not worried about it. He's going to take care of me and that gives me so much peace.

I've given up watching the news. I don't even like watching the Daily Show anymore when it has politicians on. There's so much crap going on in the world, and I can't stand the fact that I know the answer to peace but don't know how to get the message out. Or, more accurately, I know how to get the message out, I just don't do it. World peace isn't going to come through me telling President Bush that he needs to daily surrender his position to Christ. It isn't even converting Kim Jong-il to Christianity. The world will change when I start telling the people I have access to about Christ and how much He loves them.

I'm sick of living in a world where a politician will come along and tell the world that he or she should be president because they can save the world. They're essentially painting themselves to be false christs that will save the world through their actions and that will never happen. Hope isn't found in politics, it's found in Christ. I just need to grow a pair and start telling everyone I meet about Him.

Here we go...

So I've decided that I wanted to be like all the other cool kids and tell everyone what I think, so I'm starting a blog. I figure that this'll be an interesting time in my life to write about, since I have no clue where I'm going or what I'm doing. I'm about to graduate, which leaves me with mixed feelings or fear, excitement, etc. Pretty much what anyone else feels at this point in their lives.

This is my obligatory first blog that most likely no one will read, but I'll write it anyway. But to the one person who actually catches this and gets addicted to me (and who couldn't?) welcome. I'll try to keep it interesting.