Hey There!

Wow i kinda busted back on too the blogger scene with a doozy...:) anyway been extremely busy lately...working at a store called Replay's we buy used dvd's, cd's, and video games then sell them back to the public. Very interesting business...and surprisingly stressful...but just because of the amount of things going on at one time...it's really helping me learn how to multitask...which i am horrible at. I'm one of these people that tend to focus on one thing at a time...when i try to multi task things start becoming undone...:) anyway just wanted to update a little and add one little verse to the end of my blog just for good measure!!!

Proverbs 23:
4 Do not wear yourself out to get rich;
have the wisdom to show restraint.

5 Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone,
for they will surely sprout wings
and fly off to the sky like an eagle.


in our Capitalistic society that we all live in...we notice that certain things make you look successful, mostly materialistic things like cars, houses, expensive things that make us look happy... but do these things make us happy? Sure it's great to have nice things and i'm not saying that we should strive to be with out things...and in poverty..by all means no...but were are we putting our trust? are we putting it in the material things of this world our jobs and our things...or are we putting our trust in God. Does having really expensive things make you happy by themselves? I'm not gearing this toward anybody i just noticed some of the names of a few albums and it made me think. why do we want money? what purpose does it serve to be rich and have all thing in the world...to quote the bible Matthew 16:26

26What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul

it just seems to me that so many people are dying to be rich literally. trading a honest life of work to get some quick cash selling drugs...or stealing cars...or mugging people...what purpose does money serve? i just don't understand it...yes i like having money, yes i like having cool awesome expensive things..but is it worth killing myself to get these things? neglecting my family and friends to work hard enough to get these things...putting myself in insane amounts of debt to get these things? i don't know these are just some thoughts i've been pondering on today...it's amazing what a album cover can make you think about. any way people God Bless you. And i shall return

Marriage

Hey ya'll i know i've not been involved blog wise in quite sometime but i felt i should speak concerning the marriage issue...The word of God in proverbs 18:22 22He who finds a wife finds a good thing,
And obtains favor from the LORD.

I believe marriage is a God ordained thing..he created woman for man...don't freak out ladies..so that she could complete him. so that he could become a whole man. you notice in the scripture that God takes a part of adam's rib to make eve. when eve is apart from adam there is always a part of him missing. in the same way we should look for a wife..or husband that will complete us that makes us complete and whole..I've talked to Clay about this on numerous occasions and I believe he has prayed very hard about it, and honestly sought after God's will in the situation...for two reasons...one the divorce rate in his family alone...he has no disire for this to happen to him...two for him to make sure with out a doubt in his heart that God has ordained Stephanie to be in his life...I do agree with Dr.Copeland in most of his arguements.. yes, you should wait to get married...but there is a time and a place where you just know in your heart that it's your time to get married...and God placed stephanie into his lap at a time when he need her most.
yes i was sceptical at first but the more i see them together and hear about what they have discussed I know it's not a superficial thing...it's genuine..they have delved deeply into each other's lives to make sure that they are exactly what each other needs.. I myself at one time wanted to be married young...THank GOD for unanswered prayers.. i have not found the woman i want to be with the rest of my life...and if i have God has not revealed that i should be with her at this time... but there is a time and a place for all things and I personally wish the best to Clay and Stephanie and pray that they have a long and happy life together. God bless Zach