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Name: Brandon
Birthday: 3/18/1984
Gender: Male
Interests: I am in love with my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! I love spending time in God's Word and praying to Him. I love music...playing drums, trumpet, and especially singing. I like pretty much every sport...especially soccer and golf. I love to eat! Especially cheese!!! I think Spongebob Squarepants is the greatest show ever. I like to talk and encourage others, if I can. And of course, I like girls :-)
Expertise: Being a dork!!!
Occupation: Student
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AIM:  Mustardman16
Member Since:
1/26/2004
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| Hey everybody. So I have a new Xanga. Go check it out. It's much more professional  Mostly just the name! Haha! So this one will no longer be in use.
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| I know I've said this a thousand times before...but it never gets
old...at least to me it doesn't. God is so good!!! Lately,
I've been struggling with a lot of things. And I'm going to be
honest with you. When I went to bed last night, I was honestly
wondering if I was going to make it. I've just felt so drained
and so low lately. I wondered if I was even going to be able to
get back up. But God showed me that I can...with His help, and
only His help. This morning I woke up, not exactly in the
greatest of moods, but I felt somewhat refreshed and filled. God
is so good, and He never fails me...He never fails anyone. I am
so grateful to him. God really does all things well.
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| Last night was the Steven Curtis Chapman concert. I have to
admit...going into it I was a little unsure as to what it was going to
be like. I love his music, but it isn't exactly what I would
think of to make an exciting concert. Boy, was I ever
wrong. It was incredible! He is so talented and so blessed
by God with amazing abilities. God has used him in so many ways
so far in his life. The thing I appreciated the most, though, was
how it wasn't so much a concert as it was a praise and worship
"service". It was awesome! That's how it should be,
though. I have seen a lot of artists that seem to have the focus
on themselves. But the focus and attention should be completely
directed to God. And Steven Curtis Chapman did a great job of
that. Constantly keeping and directing our focus and attention
back to the Father. He literally led us in worship, not in praise
of himself...in praise to our God.
My favorite song of the whole night was the song playing in the
background..."When Love Takes You In". What an amazing and
awesome song of God's love for us. He referred to his adoption of
his 3 little girls and how he was led to write this song because of
them. As he played and sang the song, he had a video playing in
the background. It was of little children wandering by
themselves. It was the picture of how they felt unloved, not
having a place to call home. It showed 5 or 6 different children
in different places. Then towards the end of the song it showed
each of them being met by and picked up by their new "parents".
The parents gave them a hug and kissed them...then they took them
home. What an amazing picture of how we have been adopted by
God. We aimlessly wandered alone; wondering if we would ever have
any place to go, any place to call our home. Wondering if anyone
would ever love us. Then the love of God came into the picture
and He adopted us, and gave us a home. It's because of that love
that we will never have to wonder or dream that we have no place to
call home. One day (hopefully soon) we're going home. And
waiting there is our Father with arms open wide.
Selah
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| Chapel was really good today. The speaker was an alumnist who is now a pastor down in South Carolina. He was hilarious. But he was also very good. He was talking about how everyone in this world worships something. Worship is not just made up of singing and praising God in that way. Worship is a lifestyle. And in that lifestyle, what and who we worship is reflected...whether we think so or not. He brought up the idea of football stadiums full of people who are crazy about their team. And I thought about my Wolverine's. Do I worship them? Whenever I get a chance, I read up on whatever is written about them. I check out stats, rankings, records, info on players, etc. I am CRAZY about U of M football. And then I thought about worshipping my LORD. Do I long to know everything I can about my God like I long to know everything about Michigan football? I am ashamed to say that I don't. And I should. Because Jesus Christ is the only thing worth worshipping. And he, especially, should be worshipped more than anything else in my life. I thought he was. But today really opened my eyes to see how much farther I have to go. How much more I need to long for knowing my Savior as best I can. | | |
| This song has been on my mind today for some reason. I guess it's just because of things that have been going on lately. God never ceases to amaze me.
"Your grace still amazes me. Your love is still a mystery. Each day, I fall on my knees. Because your grace still amazes me." | | |
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