NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
What did they do to the robots? They’re in disguise alright. You’ll never recognize them.
http://servewithchips.blogspot.com/2006/08/megaupdate-transformers-and-winners.html
The death and Rebirth of Daniel
God still works. A lot of people can try to deny it. A lot of people may not see it, but it is true.
In May, I got inspired to go back to church. I had gone back off and on but I never really made a committment to go.
But then I got a weird neck cramp and I could barely move on Saturday. By Sunday it got worse so I missed church yet again.
Sunday evening I could barely breathe when I laid down to sleep. I called Mom and Dad and they took me to the ER at Osky Hospital. The doctor on call told me to see the chiropractor in the morning and gave me some pain killers and muscle relaxants. He said the pain was what was making it hard to breathe.
Three days of going to the chiropractor and I still wasn’t any better. And now I could barely move at all. The chiropractor said, “You should’ve been better by now. You don’t look like you feel well, and you look yellow.”
I hadn’t noticed my color before that but I was starting to feel sick. And I ached all over. Went to Family Medical after that. Dr. Hirl cleared his schedule to take some time to look at me and sent me up to Iowa City Hospital.
Mom and Dad took me up there.
I was there for a couple of days with hepatitus like symptoms. My color had almost gone back to normal by thursday. Except for when Mom and Dad visited me I felt so alone. I had gone so quickly to the hospital that almost no one knew I was up there. The question I kept asking myself was would they come if they did know?
It was during this time that God made it clear to me why I needed the church. It was the support they give you. Even if they couldn’t be there it would’ve been nice to know that more people were concerned and praying.
The Hospital released me on that Friday. I was weak all weekend so Dad gave me a ride to church and I’ve been going since.
I tested negative for anything serious like hepatitus.
A month and a half later, God directed me to help with the youth. That night was prayer night and I was going to only pray for the youth, but then I remembered all the pain, joy, and confusion of high school. This made me feel more than just a feelling. I had been wrestling with the idea a couple of weeks but I was still getting used to hearing the master’s voice again and he was basically putting his hand on me and not letting me go till I agreed with him. I cried uncontrollably.
You see God used my illness as a way of getting me to go to church regularly. He used my attendence at church to make sure I died to myself and then he rose me back up again with a new mission.
A couple of weeks later, God directed me to pray for an old friend Steve who I hadn’t talked to in years. After two weeks of praying God told Steve to find me and he did thru my myspace account which at the time I barely used.
God had a simply message for Steve to come home. The night I replied to Steve’s email I had an elaborate email of my story with God’s message thrown in.
The power went out and I lost my message. I thought oh no, the devil don’t want me to send Steve an email. I couldn’t have been more wrong. As I started to rewrite the message I could feel/hear a voice in the back of my mind saying, “Send my message” so I simply wrote, “God says come home”
Since then We’ve chatted off and on, and Steve still has a ways to go I think, but only him and God know that.
Though I am certain that God has started a great many things in the last couple of months I am also certain I have no idea how it is all going to work out. But what I do know is that he does and he will finish his work.
One more story of God interacting in my life although indirectly this time. My brother Nate is a cop.
On Friday Aug.25th he and his partner were called to escort a sheriff who was driving a mental patient to the hospital. The sherriff had to make a stop and patient went crazy saying he had to get out too.
Nate and his partner hollered at the sheriff and the patient began kicking at the window.
“Don’t let him break the ….” the sheriff started but it was too late.
My brother was directly in front of the window with an officer on either side of him. They both dodged and my brother turned to shoulder the glass.
He said it was like it happened in slow motion. After the glass had settled the other too officers had either cuts or bits of glass on him but my brother who took all the glass head on had no cuts or any glass on him at all.
There was glass under his feet and behind him as if he hadn’t been there when the glass shattered.
The patient also calmed immediately down and said, “I’m sorry. I’ll pay for that.”
You see some of my stories tonight seem coincidental and others unbelievable but they are all true.
One thing I do know is that God is real and he cares what happens to us. He has a plan and has a way to heaven thru his son Jesus. A lot of religions will try to say they are the way but I’m not talking about religion. I’m talking about a relationship with the man who can get you there.
I know that these things may seem like ordinary things but you were not there. I can only tell you to the best of my memory and the best my words will allow. It’s getting late now and I’ve got to get some sleep. Maybe I’ll write more on this as God directs.
Hello world!
Testing. 1. 2 … Is this thing on?
I’ve been trying out different “Spaces” sites to get a feel for blogging. Then I was reading Applegeeks the other day and Hawk mentioned using WordPress. So far this has a really nice feel to it.
I do have one blog I am sure to keep at http://midnightq.1up.com if you want to read my blog on video games and since I use that one for games I will probably use this to update news on life and maybe even on the story I’m coauthoring called Trinexdey.
Well I’ll try this out and see how it goes. Once again its got a nice feel to it.
Books on the Plane!
Samuel L. Jackson’s sequel to Snakes on the Plane should be Books on the Plane.
Sound ridiculous? Yeah to me too, except they did that within the last week for flights from London to the US. They said no books allowed.
The scary part is if officials do stupid things like this to combat terrorism then what other zany stuff will they do? How much are we all willing to put up with?
I’m sure their thinking about stuff hidden in books, but still, don’t x-ray machines or a quick flip thru reveal any hidden compartments? … hidden compartments in a book … still sounds silly.
Something
Ok, Here’s something so my blog isn’t completely empty.
If you want to see my very short videogame blog you can check out my 1up page at http://midnightq.1up.com
Otherwise I’ll try to put more general info here. Like the time I almost smoked myself out of my house because I’m a terrible cook. Stuff like that.
Later.
