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Name: Caleb
Birthday: 7/22/1981
Gender: Male
Interests: Anything that connects me to you. And not in one of those pre-verted ways!
Expertise: Expert of Nothing, because you won't listen to me anyway.
Occupation: Operations
Industry: Retail
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AIM:  CSMiracle722
Member Since:
2/28/2003
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| Life is full of it's little irony's. Things that make you wonder about the human race's collaborative IQ or just the fact that they don't really seem to care that much. I've wanted to buy a couple of those reusable shopping bags for awhile now. It's a small thing, but despite my views on an erroneous global warming concern, I bought one from Wal-Mart last night. I was kind of excited. I almost wanted that bag that cost me a whopping $1 to transform me into someone with eco-responsibility. As with any responsibility, I felt like I was a better person because of it.
Moments later however, any thoughts of being a better person faded, no, transformed into disgust and bitterness. As I was preparing to pay the cashier, she simply wrapped all of my items, including the reusable bag, into 2 plastic bags. I was a bit taken back to be honest. Why when I have this bag here, whose soul purpose is avoiding the need for plastic bags, would you take it and shove it in a plastic bag???
There were people behind me, but I felt my resolve strong. so I went up to the next counter, promptly took my bag out, filled it with my groceries and left the 2 plastic ones lying on the counter. I thought about finding a trash can for them (which is where they will inevitably end up) but quickly decided to leave them. I don't do this because I'm lazy, I do it for the hope of a lesson learned. That cashier probably did not even think about it, but the hope remains nonetheless.
Good Day!
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| I think i would like to build an ark. I've always felt a little awkward anyway. I think Noah was quite a bit a conundrum and history has portrayed him that way. I like the fact that people thought he was crazy, insane, and spent all his time on something totally worthless. But God told Noah to do something, and he did it. Noah wasn't super religeous, he wasn't a fence rider, but he did devote his life to God. He was usable, that's it. When he listened to God's voice, I'm sure he thought it was crazy. The thing is, God was bringing a flood; of mercy? of grace? he wiped out the human race. I believe God is bringing another flood today. Not to destroy us, but to truly awaken us with His Spirit. What part can I play in this? well, I just want to build an ark, to be a vessel, to obey no matter what the religeous or non religeous or semi-religeous might say. I kinda feel like I am a Noah, building a ship, of worship and praise, that only the obedient will choose to ride on. | | |
| I'm on the brink. how do you come to terms with loss of innocence. maybe it's a little late for me to start contemplating something like this. all my life I've wanted to grow up and i've wondered, what is that? growing up. I think i've found my answer. It's the loss of innocence. It's the realization that life isn't all fun and games. I think i've passed through this town before, but I don't think i've ever realized until now what it is and what it means. Things it doesn't mean:
- I can't have fun anymore
- I can't be spontaneous
- I can't be carefree
- I can't throw caution into the wind
- I can't pretend I'm someone else
- I can't have mental/physical breakdowns
Things it does mean:
- I can't do all of the above ALL the time.
I love TeenMania. I'm a byproduct afterall. Recently a group of them started coming to church. You see the passion, the zeal, the carefree attitude of God and nothing else matters at all!!!!! and I think it's awesome, but I also think it's innocent. Did you know what the number 1 issue with people leaving Teen Mania is? Learning to cope with the real world. It's true! Despite this realization I've had though, I'm at peace I feel lost in God. Like he's blinded me and stopped up my ears and just stuck out his hand. I just trust. There is a good thing about being lost though. When your lost, everything is an adventure, and perhaps that's really all i'm looking for. Yes, I am definately on the brink | | |
| So a couple people from my church got together and did a Labor Day campout at the Brookshire recreation area. Of course, I'm a camping junkie, so I got really really into it. We ended up having alot of fun, eating some great smores and almost falling off the spring loaded kiddie rides at the playground (you know, the kind you used to play on in the McDonald's playground) Needless to say, when i got home around 4pm the next day....I was done. Having fun and even relaxing even seems to be a chore these days. But oh man, can you beat the feeling of the wind in your face, cruising on a boat with the sun shining in your face and great friends at the helm. It was well worth it. God is soo amazing. He renews my confidence everyday. I can't do anything without Him. I am but a moon to the son. Let all creation praise His name and hunger more than ever before after His will. Caleb on another note. what is sympathy and compassion? is it feeling someone else's hurt and emptiness??? my heart definately goes out, it doesn't matter who you are, I don't like to see people get hurt for any reason. I guess you fill those holes of sympathy with prayer, because come on, when has God ever NOT been the answer :) | | |
| I think I'm becoming jaded towards fringe Christianity.
I also think that people who love God with all their heart, mind, and soul get treated like traitors because they don't want become the world, in order to reach out a hand towards it. I'm a long time believer in the church, I've grown up with it all my life. I've known since I was a child that my life was not my own and consider myself fortunate enough to hold to that mindset now. In my adult life, I've been criticized for my beliefs by more self proclaimed Christians than i have any nonbeliever. I feel like some people I know treat me like a radical at times. Am i a radical? I'm passionate about God, what his word says, and what he tells me on a day to day basis. Do I feel understood? Constantly no. It's not that I am smarter or more knowledgeable, on the contrary, I'm not, it's just the fact that I believe God has given me unique perspective. I try to look at the side no one else looks at because it's in that truth you can really find some wisdom. These same people seem to get incensed however to find a way to live on both sides of the street of life. On the one side we have a life which we realize is not our own and have relinquished the right to it. The other side is one where we have total control and do what we want when we want. I like to call these people, Atheist Christians.
Atheist Christians are people who want to serve God, want to do what's right, but only in a scope and measure that will serve their own personal fulfillment. The core of Atheism is selfishness. It's the reason atheists only have 1, maybe 2, children where a Christian family averages around 4-6. Atheism is about self, where Christianity is about self-less. Where the term Atheist Christians comes in to play is when the christian devoted to God, is only doing it for him or herself. Many people today live this way without ever thinking it is wrong.
I think a lot of people treat being a christian like being an undercover agent. We'll go along with secularism because it's our cover, we have to know what's going on in the world; therefore justifying their lacking life. For some reason we think that in the end we can jump out and go, "Suprise, I'm really a christian, get saved fool!" and BAM! presto chango out comes a new christian. Reality dictates however, that the person you suprise is going to laugh in your face. You simply canot afford this liability.
Most fringe christians are eager to do what God wants, as long as they don't have to do it with other christians. they want to live their own life in service to themselves first, and God second. Their attitudes are that christianity is full of fake people with fake worship and fake faith. I won't deny that there is some of this out there, but when you blame an entire genre on the few fakes, you're only justifiying your right not to submit yourself.
i'm not trying to put anyone down, i just think that as people who profess faith, we should step back and examine ourselves to see if there is any areas where satan has got a stronghold. The Rich Young Ruler in Mathew had done everything in order to obtain eternal life, but Jesus requested one more thing, sacrifice. He walked away because he could not sacrifice his wealth and his own life. Let that be lesson that we shouldn't make the same mistake. Don't hypothisize my faith because you think it's too shiny. Eventually you'll have to choose which side of the fence you want to be on too.
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