"Oh, that I had the wings of a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest..."
-Psalm 55:6
I don't know why, but I just really found that quite lovely
and felt compelled to share it.
I guess it's just because the idea of peace has always sounded really nice to me.
Not saying that I am without peace.
But just the idea of flying away to a distant land and being able to fill my lungs
full of air. Living life.
Benjamin Button teaches that our lives are defined by opportunities taken and missed.
Like, yesterday, Chris and I were going to go to the park to hang out, but instead we hung around outside my house and played music. Two men came and hung out with us. One of them was pretty blown away by the fact we could listen to a song and play along with it.
But that's besides the point.
What I'm saying is that we could have gone to the park and had an okay time, but life thew another opportunity when we chose to go a different path. So we missed one opportunity to go to the park, but gained another to meet new people and enjoy their company. Who knows what we missed by going to the park? Nobody really(God doesn't count because he's God).
Anyways, if this sounds like I'm rambling, it's because I am.
Hope you enjoyed some of my thoughts and are all enjoying your life. :)
Jonathan
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Porn
Hey. I've gotten pretty jacked up with porn lately, not gunna lie.
It's just so hard to care, if that makes sense.
But honestly, it's been so long that you forget how degrading it
is of women. This might sound weird but I seriously stopped and wondered
what was really going on here. Where she came from and what brought her
to that place. It breaks my heart, really.
But like I was saying, in the moment, it's hard to care.
I guess I'm just going to have to keep working at it.
In other news BOTH EPs are going pretty well.
I should be wrapping up the very final details and finishing up the South Africa EP by Thursday.
It will have been my first fully completed project, so that's exciting. I wish the whole project could have
been done at my house, though. But it should sound fine.
The Drifts EP(It's not really The Drifts, but I still call it that because I like the name) is coming along more slowly than I was hoping. We are done with two of the songs, so that's progress I guess. We're just going to keep picking away at it until we're done I guess. That's a bigger deal to me than the South Africa EP as far as finishing it. It's way more personal to me because it's music that I've had a part in making it what it is. You should check out our new song: How Long and let me know what you think of it. www.myspace.com/thedrifts4
This whole recording process has been kind of like if Hell suddenly decided to become enjoyable.
As if that makes any sense unless you've done this. :P
And last but not least: Six Flags on Saturday.
Oh, and apparently I'm heading out to Raleigh, North Carolina for the SHIFT mission trip. Weird.
I think that about covers my whole life right now :)
Jonathan
P.S. How are all two of you that read this doing? :P
It's just so hard to care, if that makes sense.
But honestly, it's been so long that you forget how degrading it
is of women. This might sound weird but I seriously stopped and wondered
what was really going on here. Where she came from and what brought her
to that place. It breaks my heart, really.
But like I was saying, in the moment, it's hard to care.
I guess I'm just going to have to keep working at it.
In other news BOTH EPs are going pretty well.
I should be wrapping up the very final details and finishing up the South Africa EP by Thursday.
It will have been my first fully completed project, so that's exciting. I wish the whole project could have
been done at my house, though. But it should sound fine.
The Drifts EP(It's not really The Drifts, but I still call it that because I like the name) is coming along more slowly than I was hoping. We are done with two of the songs, so that's progress I guess. We're just going to keep picking away at it until we're done I guess. That's a bigger deal to me than the South Africa EP as far as finishing it. It's way more personal to me because it's music that I've had a part in making it what it is. You should check out our new song: How Long and let me know what you think of it. www.myspace.com/thedrifts4
This whole recording process has been kind of like if Hell suddenly decided to become enjoyable.
As if that makes any sense unless you've done this. :P
And last but not least: Six Flags on Saturday.
Oh, and apparently I'm heading out to Raleigh, North Carolina for the SHIFT mission trip. Weird.
I think that about covers my whole life right now :)
Jonathan
P.S. How are all two of you that read this doing? :P
Monday, June 8, 2009
Becky
Hey! I got back from DC yesterday and it was quite a trip.
I spent ten hours planning next year at ALTAER with Jake.
Then ten hours planning on the way back.
The second day there we went out into the city just to hang out
with different people around town. I took Becky and Kara with me
to go talk to this homeless man named Larry. Really cool guy. He was
having problems getting a shelter because in order to get a shelter you have
to send an address, but he was homeless. Anyways, we ended up praying for him,
and afterwards Becky was saying that was the first time she had prayed out loud for
someone. It really was cool to see her step up.
This happened time and time again with the younger ones in my team.
Some talked to the homeless.
Others to the elder.
A few gathered the guts to ask restaurants for extra food to feed the homeless.
Sure I stepped in and tried to set the pace, but after I stepped back, they took the reigns.
Just the fact that they were once these immature SHIFT kids a few weeks prior and were
now growing into these beautiful women and strong men after God.
Still, when it comes down to it, what they are going with these experiences is up to them.
I have been around Student Life for six years and have seen some people take them and run
with it, and others forget and drift away.
I pray they will choose continue to pursue God.
If you want to hear about all the little details, you can talk to me or borrow my journal or something.
Glad to be back, though :)
Jonathan
I spent ten hours planning next year at ALTAER with Jake.
Then ten hours planning on the way back.
The second day there we went out into the city just to hang out
with different people around town. I took Becky and Kara with me
to go talk to this homeless man named Larry. Really cool guy. He was
having problems getting a shelter because in order to get a shelter you have
to send an address, but he was homeless. Anyways, we ended up praying for him,
and afterwards Becky was saying that was the first time she had prayed out loud for
someone. It really was cool to see her step up.
This happened time and time again with the younger ones in my team.
Some talked to the homeless.
Others to the elder.
A few gathered the guts to ask restaurants for extra food to feed the homeless.
Sure I stepped in and tried to set the pace, but after I stepped back, they took the reigns.
Just the fact that they were once these immature SHIFT kids a few weeks prior and were
now growing into these beautiful women and strong men after God.
Still, when it comes down to it, what they are going with these experiences is up to them.
I have been around Student Life for six years and have seen some people take them and run
with it, and others forget and drift away.
I pray they will choose continue to pursue God.
If you want to hear about all the little details, you can talk to me or borrow my journal or something.
Glad to be back, though :)
Jonathan
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