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Name: JustiNNN
Birthday: 7/19/1989
Gender: Male
Interests: God =), DCBBBBBBBBBBB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! cs, videogames, basketball, sports, swimming, sleeping, eating, table tennis, being weird with weird friends, playing "bang!" guitar, drums, catch phrase, teaching sunday school, =) listening to ksbj and christian music, rockets =)
Expertise: being weird with weird friends
Occupation: Student
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AIM:  fatlilweirdo
Member Since:
7/24/2003
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| haven't updated in awhile and there have been many times that i wanted to update just to share but there's just so much to share. something i've noticed recently is the blessing of not just harvest in general, but specifically, our freshmen class. i can really see how everyone seems to have a passion for God, for worshipping together through songs and through building community and just hanging out, through being silly with one another, and just seeing everyone's hungry heart for God. settled harvest freshmen are around 12-15 as of now which i thought was a pretty good size but didn't realize til now how nice it is to have a relatively small class. this past week, we've had a 6 am worship/prayer time for about an hour and a half and then a few jam session throughout the week that were mostly singing songs and just building relationships with one another. seeing how intentional the other freshmen are, im excited to see how God will continue to work in us. praying for one another and praying for the campus, praying for those that are still searching for truth, who haven't found purpose in life, who haven't found or desired to seek God, has been uplifting and encouraging, as freshmen pray together. harvest as a whole is a pretty solid church, but it's just so awesome seeing incoming freshmen already so passionate for God and already seeking to build our fellowship with one another in the presence of God. if more people decide to commit to harvest as freshmen, all the better cause we wanna be welcoming to new members and be able to encourage one another in our personal walks with God, but if God wills for the numbers to stay about the same, im more than content with what He's blessed us with.
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| i was talking to various people and it seems many people in general (even people i didn't talk to) aren't/wouldn't be planning on going to christmas eve's service. after all, with the mindset, "i already went to christmas service yesterday" (sunday), it seems there's really no point in going two days in a row. i guess i've never really thought too much about christmas eve services and good friday services. every year, basically the same thing is done. the choir sings a few songs with some scripture readings and some short talks given by the pastor. seems every year, it's pretty much the same, so why do we go each year? is it cause it's another opportunity to see church friends throughout the week? is it the joy in hugging one another and wishing one another a "happy birthday Jesus" or a "merry christmas" and seeing one another's smiles after christmas eve service? is it because parents make us or we feel others will judge us as weaker christians if we don't go? or is it cause we want to devote that period of time in meditation and focus on God and His gracious and beautiful gift of His Son?
many times, realizations such as these comes to me and i know it couldn't have been of my own doing but God speaking. though it's not a concrete voice i hear, the thought is not of my own, cause i do not come to these realizations on a regular basis. if these realizations had come up on their own, i would have these type of revelations all the time.
reflecting on what has been revealed to me, my understanding of why we go to these services is primarily to meditate and really think about what God has done in sending His Son, all done in fellowship with one another. to worship together, to pray together, to glorify God with one another through seeing His character revealed through His actions and to be in awe and wonder as His infinite beauty and holiness is continually shown to us. it's a challenge for me to go into christmas eve service with a focused mind, and to clear my mind of all distractions, and to worship Him in all ways i can, though i understand my worship is an imperfect act of worship.
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| wow. it's been almost three weeks since my last xanga entry. it's kinda exciting starting up again though i wouldn't consider three weeks a period extensive enough that a new entry would be considered "starting up again". the three week period would just be a hiatus. =)
so this week's been really relaxing and productive (enough to be ahead of schedule). stayed with lance, elliot, and james (harvest upperclassmen) over thanksgiving break. throughout the week, i played a lot of metal slug 3 with lance (once with elliot and james). we tried beating all 6 levels but playing straight through, we could never get past level 5 cause it was like twice as long as the other levels...
james and lance cooked some chicken for me throughout the week with different vegetables and goodies. both cooking was good. james's cooking definitely meets up to what i've heard. sooooo good. haha. and considering lance doesn't really cook, it was really good. the worst part of his dish was the rice, which is what i made haha. a lil too wet. like xi fan.
watched a lot of yakitate. went to harvesters houses and played rock band (like guitar hero but with an entire band so there was vocals, and drum pads to be played ddr style! haha), true colors, catch phrase, last word, and mafia.
thanksgiving day, played flamingo tackle football with harvest. boys vs girls. the twist was guys could only hop on one foot during a play. the girls team had a guy who was quarterback cause they didn't have enough players. on one of the plays when i got the ball, i got creamed by the girl's quarterback. though it was kinda a hard hit, i think the contact makes it fun haha.
for thanksgiving dinner, ate with pastor lin's family (former dallas pastor of my church when i was little). watched high school musical and some pokemon with the kids and had some sword fights with plastic swords. afterwards, left with harvesters and went outlet shopping from 12 am-4 am (black friday). came back and slept while other harvesters went back to target to shop from like 5 am - 9 am. i had been a lil sick with just a minor sore throat but got a fever over the weekend. i could still go crazy during games like catchphrase cause it's too fun not to go crazy. slept a lot and ate a lot of tangerines and advil.
im a lot better now but i still got some bad coughs and sore throat. sleeping is the worst part. over the weekend, i felt really weak and in bed, laying on my side was kinda a strain on the back cause i was sore all over. seeing how much i suffered this past weekend in bed and realizing how long it took me to come to God with my pain, i've been praying to rely more on God not just that i turn to Him, but specifically that i turn to Him sooner. so i ask for prayers on being more focused on Him and also prayers for healing.
thanksgiving break was relaxing and fun and well worth it. despite being sick, i wouldn't have chosen a different way to experience thanksgiving break (in san diego) had i had the chance. =)
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| went to cliffs again today. reflected a lot and gathered my thoughts for the entire quarter today. thoughts of God's sovereignty and better understanding the way God will and our free will (not completely separate from God) coexist and work together is very comforting. i journaled (a significant amount) for the first time in my life and ended up journaling for maybe an hour. easily at least 30 minutes. felt great. great way of organizing thoughts even though the writing itself isn't organized. kinda all over the place, jumping from subject to subject.
coming to harvest is such a blessing: the family atmosphere fellowship here, the depth and challenges of understanding God and seeking to learn more about Him (me and a friend talked about past sunday sermons about free will and God's will and stuff for like around 2 hours). IV and harvest have both been huge blessings: with the accountability and opportunity for sharing. i think accountability is one of the main reasons for my extensive growth in my walk with God. accountability is essential. encouraging one another through speech and prayer and just challenging us to ask God to reveal out weaknesses and faults and praying about them and improving on them and just seeing God's work as we ask for what He wills and in turn see His answers and receiving what we ask for (wisdom, revelation of God's work, etc.)
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| halloween was fun yesterday. dressed up as aladdin. friend dressed up as jasmine to match. =) i was expecting a lot more people to dress up but the lack of numbers just made those that did dress up all the more unique and outstanding. =) saw superman, pippi longstockings, army men, golfers, another aladdin (his costume wasn't as impressive as mine =P), found an abu (who was bigger than me haha. ohhh the irony...), fred and wilma flintstone, a gothic looking girl from deathnote, heard there was a mario, saw a david crowder! haha, my friend had the crazy hair, goatee, glasses, and guitar hero guitar =). my favorite costume i saw would have to be a cow costume i saw when i went to tap ex with some friends. the cow had udders! =)
the sun sets so early here. we haven't even set our clocks an hour back and it's setting at like 5:30 or 6ish. starting next week, it's gonna be at 4:30-5. it's like a whole hour before houston. kinda draining on excitement. makes the day kinda gloomy setting so soon. i love summers with long days, where the sun completely sets at like 9. o well, i never do well with transitions from summer to winter daylight times but after a week or two, i'll be good. it just means winter's coming. so nice walking at night when it's chilly. Christmas's almost here and that means coming back to texas is coming too! =)
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