Quote of the Day Installment #2

This quote goes along with Dave Ramsey's financial principles. Check him out, it's some pretty motivating stuff.

Runs, Strips, and Tornadoes

Yesterday we had a tornado warning on the campus of North Greenville University. I couldn't help but laugh at this occurrence, even though it was a somewhat dangerous situation. First we were told to go into the gym, which is strongly advised against on Weather.com, where they say to avoid large buildings such as gymnasiums. So I just stayed in my dorm room and kept looking out the window to see if I could get a cool picture. Too bad nothing ever came of the dark clouds except for rain. I think it would be incredible to see a tornado just sweep down through the campus, but I wish it could do it without any damage. That would be awesome! I've been watching some tornado videos and getting pumped about going to chase one. Probably won't ever do it though :)



Labor Day is coming up. With Labor Day comes the start of the college football season. This year, Chick-fil-A is sponsoring the College Kickoff Game between Clemson and Alabama in Atlanta on Saturday night at 8 pm EST. After that game, on Monday, every Chick-fil-A across the country will be giving away FREE CHIK-N-STRIPS from 10:30 am to 10:00 pm for anyone wearing any type of football jersey or shirt. Go by your local Chick-fil-A(s), wear your football apparel, and get your free 3-count of strips with some Chick-fil-A sauce!

On another note, I had a great 3-mile run today (on the treadmill) and I think it was the first time I've ran 3 miles before. So yeah, that felt really good and I am hoping to stay diligent about eating healthy as well so I can lose some of my unsightly jiggly places! I'm gonna leave you for now, if there is anyone reading this leave a comment so I know I'm not just writing things to myself! Thanks, have a super evening/day...

I lost it

Went to work out tonight. Yeah, didn't go so fantastic. See, this summer whenever I got a chance to exercise, I mainly focused on doing cardio. Therefore, I lost a LOT of the muscle and muscle stamina that I gained from January to April during the school year. It's pretty depressing, I'm not gonna lie. Theron frickin took me to school...which is good because I need that motivation to do better and get back into shape. Anyway, just wanted to share my plight.

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Quote of the Day

Convictions

"Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded."
-James 4:7,8 (ESV)


Does it get any clearer than this? I think this verse tells us as Christians how to completely separate ourselves from the evils of the vile world we live in. We must not be "double-minded" as the verse says, also known as "lukewarm". God says He will spit us out of His mouth if we are lukewarm. That is one of the worst thoughts any Christian, or human for that matter, could ever think.

Submission is a key component of obedience, which I think is one of the main things that God wants from us every single day. Obedience displays faith in God's will for whatever situation you find yourself in. The devil will never stop trying to catch you in a snare, but James says if you RESIST him then he will FLEE. That doesn't mean just kinda shake him off lightly and try to ignore it. No. That means you utterly rebuke Satan and completely THROW him out of your life, by the name of Jesus Christ. And he will flee.

Drawing near to God is one of the most comforting feelings. "The Bible is keeping you from sin, or sin is keeping you from the Bible." When sin infiltrates your life and you don't repent of it, you are not drawn close to God because of that separation that sin causes. But when you do repent and turn away from that sin, you are drawn near to God, and He in turn draws near to you. Of course, I am saying all these things and I myself constantly struggle with drawing near to God because I continually let sin keep me separated from God. That's a never-stopping work though--something I have to work at every single day.

Cleansing and purification go along with the repentance piece--removing yourself from an evil and sinful habit or lifestyle. Man, I would love to be able to say that I am always submitting myself to God, resisting the devil, drawing near to God, and cleansing and purifying my heart. But the truth is that I am not always doing that, and it's hard for me to do that as much as I should. But I can't do it on my own. I am nothing and completely incapable without the power of God that works through me. That's something else I am continually working on--removing myself and letting God control my every step. My self-awareness is always taking over my Christ-awareness. I need to ask the Lord every day to give me Christ-awareness, so He will steady me until my completeness in Him is absolute.

Gotta Get Money

No, I don't want to be Lil' Wayne or 50 Cent and go around saying "I get money...I run New York...Young Money" in those horribly annoying voices. But I do want to make some money, and I need to make some money as well. I am about to head to work at Chick-fil-A of Pelham Road, back for the first time since April! I am pretty excited to see everyone, it should be a good day.



Staying on Money Road, I really don't want to fork up 5 or 6 hundred dollars to buy all my books for this semester, but it's looking like I will have to buy at least a few of them. I haven't found anyone yet that will lend me one of theirs from previous semesters, so I guess I will look on Half.com or Amazon for some good deals because the Lord knows that NGU Bookstore is ripping people off. Anyway, I'm gonna roll out. Eat mo chicken!

Cool Video!

I wanted to put up a video I made this summer for my internship with Chick-fil-A, Inc. Check it out, let me know what you think!

Senior Year

Typical blog subject, I know. Everyone always talks about how "it's their senior year, only one year left" blah blah blah. But now that I am in that position I totally understand the feeling. I'm not necessarily ready to explode out of NGU because I have loved it here. I think that 6 months from now I will be ready to graduate though.

Classes start tomorrow and my schedule isn't too bad. Cost and Intermediate Accounting are going to be my toughest classes. Then I have Advertising, E-Commerce Marketing, International Marketing, and Professional Development Seminar. Hopefully I can get all A's. That would be fantastic.

I am looking forward to working at Chick-fil-A Pelham Road again and bringing in that steady income even if it's not all that much; every little bit helps. Having a new and reliable car will also make me feel better about making the 20 mile drive back and forth to work.

I do enjoy having a 2000 Nissan Maxima although I have had to pay for repairs already but I am hoping nothing else will go wrong with it in the near future. I am fully trusting the Lord with the car as well as a lot of other things that I need to turn completely over to Him and allow Him to guide me and take care of me.

Well, other than that I don't really have much else to write about now. I think I'm going to hit the sack and get rested for the first day of classes and chapel tomorrow. Stay tuned for next time!