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Verse for Today: “I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances” (Phil. 4:11, niv)

I am writing you all from my newly fixed iMac. Sounds like I am becoming a Mac freak… I attened the premiere release of MacOS X 10.3 – Panther. Yeah… me an about 200 other people stood in the cold in front of the Mac Store in Easton so we could buy our copy. Yeah… by now everyone is thinking… GEEK. Yeah… and I am proud of it… It is us geeks that make the big bucks $$$$ … So remember, when calling someone a geek, years down the road you are a cashier for Kroger… and they are the Lead IT manager… Being a geek has its wonderful benefits… lol…

Well, today was a good day. Got off at noon. Came home, went to the mall, came home, and now I am here. I take my ACT tomorrow… which should be fun… I hope that I do ok. Then my small group from church is going Frisbee Golfing. Something that I’ve never done… so it should be interesting.

Well, as you can see there is a Daily Verse for today/tomorrow. This is sort of my outlook for the upcoming months and weeks when thigns sometimes get really hectic, that I will be content in whatever situation God places me in… So keep that in mind…

Later,
- J -

Welcome to this evenings post. Well, today was a good day. I went to work, came home from work, worked on school stuff, worked on some church stuff… and that is about it. So yeah, welcome to my o so exciting life! Well…. maybe not exciting…. dramatic at the most… hahahaha….

Oh, church… yeah… that is some of the coolest things going on right now. You know, I always wondered why God called me to another church, and as usual, as time plays out, I see all the wonderful blessings that abound from this move. Well, I now run PowerPoint, Sound, Lighting, and Live Video. I am also directing several videos that are actually going to be used in the church! Also, I may begin doing things musically with the worship team later in the year!

God has blessed me more than I have asked… as usual. I guess now that I look back, God has moved me, because he wanted me to be able to grow, and to learn to trust him more. As with a Mercy Me song, I said Here am I, send me! God did send me, maybe not to a far off land, but he did send me to Circleville where he is helping me grow in my faith and helping me reach out to others.

Well, there is no daily thought for today… maybe tomorrow. Just think about all that God has done for you, and if there is a calling in your life that you are ignoring….

Later,
- J -

Daily Thought – “He” Knows My Name

Today was a wonderful Sunday! Chuch was great, and I had a good afternoon and evening. After church my group of friends had our weekly movie night at my friend Julie and Jenny’s house. It is always fun just to hang out with all your friends and have a good time and eat. It seems like whenever all of us get together, food has to be involved one way or another, hahaha. So I am having a good start to my week so far.

Today’s thought is again based off of a song, “He Knows My Name”. I was thinking about this during my 45 min. drive to church. The God of the universe has time to spend with me and listens to me when I call, he sees me when I cry and when I am hurt, and he knows everything that I am thinking, and he knows everything about me, and most of all, He knows my name.

Think about that…. God knows your name! Take some time this week, if you happen to have the song, or look up the song on the internet, and think about that. God knows your name, and he cares for you! That thought alone should give you great amounts of encouragement, because I know it does for me.

Well, I hope everyone has a good week. Pray for me as I begin yet another very busy week.

Later,
- J -

Daily Though – Coming back to a genuine “Heart of Worship”

Welcome to this evening/morning’s posting. My week has been ok. I was informed that I was going to be only working 20 hours every week, which really is crappy, but oh well. So now I am in the process of preping for my next technical certification (MCSE – Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) and looking for a new job. So other than that, things are going great!

Well, as for my daily thought. In honor of it being Sunday and this is the day that most people go to church and Worship (except for you odd Saturday Night Vineyard people… , just kidding). Anyways, the thought is coming back to a genuine “Heart of Worship”

Based off of the Matt Redman song “Heart of Worship” is where the thought comes from. Throughout the year when I heard that song, I stopped to listen to the lyrics, and I mean I stopped singing and just read/listened to the lyrics.

Working in the Technical Arts ministry me, and many others make worship a job and not an act. So I encourage you to stop and read those words and think about them, and think about how you worship…

Heart of Worship
Matt Redman

When the music fades
All is stripped away
And I simply come
Longing just to bring
Something that’s of worth
That will bless Your heart

I’m coming back
To the heart of worship
And it’s all about You
All about You Jesus
I’m sorry Lord
For the thing I’ve made it
When it’s all about You
All about You Jesus

I’ll bring You more than a song
For a song in itself
Is not what You have required
You search much deeper within
Through the way things appear
You’re looking into my heart

King of endless worth
No one could express
How much You deserve
Though I’m weak and poor
All I have is Yours
Ev’ry single breath

I hope that everyone has a great Sunday! Keep me in your prayers…

Later,
- J -

Well, tonight, has been an “interesting” evening. Why is it some people always feel the need to top whatever you do? Like tonight, I was talking to my friend, and she said she had something to tell me. I told her to tell me on AOL instead of calling me, because I was trying to get some work done so I could enjoy my evening. She told me that she had to tell me on the phone, I told her I wouldn’t be around until probably next week, because of schedule things going on, so it was either on the net or wait until next week.

She asked me what I was doing. I told her I was going to the Circleville Pumpkin show and I had to work on things on Friday and Saturday and Church was Sunday. Here is where the “topping” began. She said, “well that is fine, I don’t have time anyways, I am planning for future things”. So we began to talk about college, I just stated that I may be going to college out of state, and she got real sarcastic with me.

Finally I told her to feel free to lose my number, e-mail, and screen name. I could care less to talk to someone like her if she was going to be that way. Me, being the only person that doesn’t treat her like dirt, usually, she turns her attitude around and starts saying, well I care about you and all this crap, because she knows if I don’t talk to her, no one will, because she pulls this crap with everyone, and I am the only one that will put up with it.

Well, this time she has just gone to far. Besides her having that attitude with me constantly, she is practically pulling a case of phone harassment. She constantly calls my cell phone and home phone, and it gets old, fast. So she maybe after this she will remember in the future not to do this to people if she wants to keep them around as friends.

So, now that I have ranted long enough, let me talk about my day overall. It wasn’t too bad, I overslept though and was late for work, but my boss didn’t care. Yeah, I have a boss that really could care less if I am late, as long as it doesn’t happen all the time, and I get my work done.

Well, my long post is over, and I am going to bed. Keep me in your prayers… those of you who read this…

Later,
- J -

Daily Thought – God Will Make A Way

Well everyone… today was hectic! That is about the only way I can describe it. I had around 30-40 calls, logged a bunch of toner, and had to deal with a lot of paper jams. Then when I left today at 4:00 PM, there were already calls stacking up for me. So, I predict tomorrow to be a busy day as well. For some reason I am not tired like I thought I would be, but oh well. I guess I will write in here to help me pass the time before I go to bed.

As you all who read this has probably noticed, there is a daily thought on the top of most of my posts lately. I have decided to add this and dedicate some of my journal to that thought, to help myself, and maybe anyone out there reading it.

As I said before, my daily thought for today (tomorrow) is God Will Make A Way. I have to say that my life for the past year has been living proof of that. God has done a lot of things that, alone, I could have never done. He is wonderful and it is amazing to think about all He has done for me. So if you end up in a situation that you can’t face or get through, remember these two things. 1. God will always make a way 2. Because He will never give you more than you can handle. Many times I have to work at remembering that… I end up in situations that I think that I can’t handle; I just remember that God is there to help me along, and I know that everything will be all right.

I want to leave you with a song…

God Will Make a Way
Don Moen

God will make a way
Where there seems to be no way
He works in ways, we cannot see
He will make a way for me

He will be my guide
Hold me closely to His side
With love and strength for each new day
He will make a way, He will make a way

By a roadway in the wilderness, he’ll lead me
Rivers in the desert, will I see
Heaven and earth will fade, but his word will still be made
He will do something new today

Well, I am going to hit the hay, as they say in the south. So leave me a comment or drop me a line at my e-mail address or on AOL.

Later,
- J -

Good evening everyone! Today has been a great day. I have been working on my new Apple PowerBook G4. For those of you who are techies, yes… I am using a Mac… Anyways, today has been a nice day off and I am having fun with my new toy.

Well, tomorrow I go back to work. I have a feeling that it is going to be a busy day tomorrow, due to the fact that some departments were not off today, which means there will be a lot for me to do tomorrow.

Well, I am really tired, so I will try and make tomorrows post a little more interesting and longer.

Later,
- J -

Daily Thought – My Audience of One

Hey All,
Thanks Tiff for leaving me that comment, it brought a lot of encouragement to me! Anyways, here has what has developed lately…

I have tomorrow off, yay! My main computer that I use isn’t working at the moment, and my laptop’s keyboard is slowly shorting out. I guess I will be sending this back to BestBuy to get them to fix it. So if your are reading this post and notice that an “f” is missing, just keep reading… Yeah, the “f” key is going out. Well, tomorrow I am getting another laptop! Yeah, I know most of you are thinking… two laptops, are you out of your mind? No, the new laptop I am going to expand my video editing. Which it is a good thing that I am getting that, that way I can use it for my daily things while my current laptop gets sent to Sony to be fixed.

Well, for those of you who read my posts, you will notice that I have some type of daily thought… Today’s is – My Audience of One. Stop to think about those four words. Story time again… Before Big Daddy Weave ever sang that song, my school principle used to say this to us, “You are not living for others; you are living for your audience of one.”

Always after hearing him say that, and hearing the Big Daddy Weave song, this picture or metaphor comes to mind. I see my life as a stage, and I am the main character. As I stop on the stage and look to my audience. My view is cluttered with people, thoughts, and physical things. I need to wipe those things from my mind, and all that is left in my life is my audience of one, that one person being God. I don’t live for others, I live for my God.

So anyways, keep that in mind today as you walk through your day and make decisions… Who are you living for, it is your audience of one?

Later,
- J -

Daily Thought – Walking in the shadow of the Cross…

Hey All,
It is time for a story. My youth pastor once told us about a man that he used to know. He remembered that when he prayed, he said something along the lines of, “Let me walk daily in the shadow of the Cross, that I may not be seen, but you may be seen through me.”

Ever since he told us about that, I have kept that thought in my mind. I want to walk in the shadow of the Cross. I walk around at work and see these lost people, but I don’t know how to even begin reaching out and witnessing to them. Tonight, I also realized that I have friends that are very close to me, that aren’t Christians. How can I let someone that I care about so much, slip away from God?

For me, life has been going pretty good. Work has been going great, and my friend and I are going out to the mall tomorrow evening. Things are just so-so with life I guess, nothing really great and nothing really horrible.

Keep me in your prayers, for those of you who read this, about my witnessing. Also, leave me some comments! Anyways, I hope that you all have a wonderful weekend!

Later,
- J -

Well, my weekend was great! I always enjoy going to church and hanging out with my friends. Also, I got paid today, yay! So, over all, things have been going good. I have some library books that came in, so I need to go get those tomorrow. And there really isn’t anything else great going on.< ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Sunday we sang one of my favorite worship songs. This really is my prayer daily, and I find it to be a powerful song. So for those of you who don’t read it, as usual, I will post the lyrics.

Power of Your Love

Lord I come to You
Let my heart be changed, renewed
Flowing from the grace,
That I found in You

Lord I come to know
The weaknesses I see in me
Will be stripped away
By the power of Your love

Hold me close, let your love surround me
Bring me near, draw me to your side
And as I wait, I will rise up like the eagle
And I will soar with you, Your spirit leads me on
In the power of Your love

Lord unveil my eyes
Let me see you face to face
The knowledge of your love
As you live in me

Lord renew my mind
As your will unfolds in my life
In living every day
By the power of your love

Stop and take a good long look at the words, and you will see what I mean. I hope that everyone has a great week! Leave me a comment!

Later,
- J -