New Song....

Here is an arrangement of "Angel's We Have Heard on High." I decided to leave the movie blank this time. :) Enjoy!

Prayer and College info!

Hey All,

First I would like to thank all the voters! The answer is Aaron.

Second I would like to ask for prayer. I am traveling next weekend and will be working for 3 days on a Kitchen Staff. Please pray that we will honor God in our actions. Also that we could be a blessing to those we serve! 

Thirdly, As many of you know I have considered becoming a Doctor of Chiropractic. I need a bachelor's degree to apply to the college I am interested in but please pray for God's direction before I endeavor to get my BA. I would be using College Plus! which will cut the time and cost in half. I want to be sure it is God's will before I begin my studying. 

Now on the subject of College, I was looking at some online courses and I was very interested in Maranatha Baptist Bible College.  You can take online courses through them and if you are a Junior or a Senior you can cut the tuition fee by 50% with a scholarship. I was looking at taking an English Course and for 3 semester hours it would be $441! That's pretty good. :)

God bless!

~J

Here is the Promised song.... I couldn't get it to upload audio so I threw together a video of it with Lyrics going across the screen... Enjoy.... Let me know what you think. I want to hear! If you can't comment at first, I typically have to hit publish ( or whatever the button is ) twice. Here it is again, If it doesn't work once do it twice. It should work...... hopefully. :P

Demo Song

Hey all.... Here is the Demo song that I promised a couple of posts back. It is, O Come, O Come Emmanuel.

Enjoy!

Ps.... I can't seem to figure out exactly how to post "music" but when I do I'll have the song up. :)

Something interesting....

Hey All!

Well. I was doing my devotions this morning and was struck with yet another thing that "kinda" ties into what I previously posted. 

In Luke 13 Jesus is generally speaking about Israel's rejection of their Messiah. Well 14 opens with this passage: "And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him. And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy. And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? And they held their peace. And he took [him], and healed him, and let him go; And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have a donkey or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day? And they could not answer him again to these things." Wow..... The people couldn't answer to those statements. I was later reading in, " The Believer's Bible Commentary, by William Macdonald, and Mr. Macdonald pulled out something interesting. I quote, " Jesus therefore healed the man and let him go. To Him it was a work of mercy, and divine love never ceases its activities, even on the Sabbath. ( John 5:17. ) Then turning to the Jews, He reminded them that if one of their animals fell into a pit, they would certainly pull him out on the Sabbath day. It was in their interests to do so. The animal was worth money to them. In the case of a suffering fellow man, they didn't have care, and they would have condemned the Lord Jesus for helping him." Wow..... again, Jesus didn't go into a long winded debate but on the contrary, spoke directly to the heart and left the other things behind and they couldn't answer him again. Another thing is that Jesus knew what was right, and in a gentle way, went against the opposition in his day. I don't always have to do what everyone else is doing, especially when what they are doing is wrong. ( Then I shouldn't be doing it. :) God calls me to be different than the world and sometimes, if they are sinning, even our own brothers and sisters in Christ. It's not easy though. That's why his grace is sufficient for me. ;) 

Towards the end of the Chapter Jesus is teaching on the disciple and what cost there is. "Count the Cost" is His theme and right at the end he says, " Salt is good: but if salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned. It is neither fit for land, ( Fertilizer [ commentary ] ) nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, LET HIM HEAR." ( Emphasis mine. ) Hm...... Just something to think on. 

God bless, \

 

~J :)

Recent Activity!

Hey All!

Sorry for the absence. I have been extremely busy with school going full speed and church activities. :)  

Nonetheless, I have missed posting extremely so here we go! 

On Tuesday I had a speech I did and I enjoyed one part especially. I asked LJ on Sunday if he would be willing to, shall we say, be used as an visual aid. He very willingly consented. So the speech was on Art Class etiquette. Around halfway through the speech I called LJ ( Not my Little J but a friend named LJ. :) up and we began disobeying the rules. ( For the sake of example of course. ) Therefore..... The picture. ( THANKS LJ. :) Well.. I hope everyone enjoyed the speech as much as I did drawing on LJ's face! :) 

Shakespeare class went well. The only thing being that I had to gravel around on the floor "begging" for mercy to a girl, pretending to be a boy, in a Lawyer's outfit AND to LJ. Beside those facts I find my role wholly satisfying. :) 

I really have to think about my creative writing though........ I have to write a story about a picture of Snoopy and the whole Charlie B. group having a "dog" fight in the sky. Any ideas? It can be either based off The Charlie B. group of can be made up of completely fictitious characters. My last assignment was on the Nativity story through the eyes of an animal. I liked that one!

Well... enough about school. :) I have been reading through the Gospels and I am in Luke right now. I read something today that really interested me. In Luke 13: 10-27 Jesus is discussing Hypocrisy. He heals a lady with an infirmity and the Ruler of the Synagogue "answered in indignation". Then the Lord says something interesting." The Lord then answered him, and said, [Thou] hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or [his] donkey from the stall, and lead [him] away to watering?And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?". What 17 says though struck me the most.... "And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him. " I often think I have to debate truth, defend God. While there is a time for that sometimes, maybe, God wants us to just speak His word. Just say those words that bring your adversaries to shame. Not for the shake of seeing them ashamed but bring glory to God, as it reads toward the end of the verse, "and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by Him." What are your thoughts???

Well I had better stop otherwise I won't have anything to post for while. :) 

God bless you all!

~J

The Beautiful Clouds.

A Beautiful Sunrise

LJ's Art Face. :)

Hm..... This one is sideways..... Nonetheless, A Beautiful, though sideways, sunrise. :)

PS. To all those musically inclined friends of mine, Logic Pro is now installing on my computer! I finally managed to clear off the required 30 GB of space. :) I'll hopefully be putting up some sound clips soon for you guys to listen to.

HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL!

HEY ALL!

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!

As I look back over last year it is hard to believe some of the milestones that I had this year. Here is some of the major events,

Jan. Prayer Advance - Mens.

March. Prayer Advance- Ladies.

April - the consideration of moving.

May - MY B-DAY! Also Packing.

June - Music Camp. What a blast! Then Serious packing.

July - the GREAT MOVE!

Aug - Oct. - Attempting to find a house and get settled in. School starts back up after move as much as possible. ;) What a busy couple of months.

Late Oct. - FIND OUR HOUSE!!!!!! Praise the Lord for our beautiful house. Cantata Practices start on Sunday afternoon until performance. Handbells start.

Nov. Typical business with handbells and Cantata practices and I accompany someone at church for special music.

Dec. CHRISTMAS! Business unleashed as we were getting ready for the Christmas Season and the New year. With all the practices above mentioned as well. I accompany another group in Church. Also attended the Leaders In Training Conference.

If we went into January and beyond,  my schedule doesn't look like it will slow down anytime soon.

Well I look forward to what God has in store for all of us for the upcoming year!

God bless you all as you serve Him in the New Year,

~JT