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Location: Fresno, California, United States
Gender: Male
Interests: Hanging out with friends, Listening to music, Studying maps (and giving directions to lost friends), Singing, Driving, Sports, and more of the like...
Occupation: Student
Industry: Education/Research
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AIM:  CaliCoasterFan
Member Since:
1/17/2004
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| Summer really doesn't feel like summer. Job and sleep is pretty
much my life. It's weird having been away from SLO for two weeks
and I still haven't seen any of my friends here in Fresno. Very
different from what I'm used to. That is all.
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| Sometimes, you just have to slow down and recognize all the amazing
things God is doing, has done, and is preparing to do in your life and
the lives of those around you. Incredible.
Indescribable. In a Word: God.
This weekend was amazingly awesome, school is dragging on, but God will
pull me through, and it's just unbelievable to think that another year
at Poly is about to come to an end.
Also, for any of you Fresn-ites (and others as well) who are lucky
enough to be out of school for the summer (or not) and want to come
chill down on the Central Coast this Saturday and/or Sunday night,
please let me know. Give me a call, send me an e-mail, message on
Facebook, however you please, just drop me a line.
Alrighty then, that concludes this post. Until next time, enjoy life to its fullest ladies and gents.
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| Architorture is over! Yea! Here I come CRP!
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| It's been a really long week. And this upcoming one isn't looking
much shorter. On the upside, I will be at home this upcoming
weekend, Thursday night through Saturday afternoon, so give me a call
if you are free. I am looking forward to seeing you all at home,
seeing family, seeing BHS's production of My Fair Lady, and whatever
else I can cram into the 48 or so hours I am in Fresno. It's
going to be a nice mid-quarter break.
In such times of heavy workloads and stress, I am glad I can turn to
God for rest, and find relief in spending time with friends. I
notice that my times of greatest peace and joy come when I get to enjoy
time in fellowship with my Christian friends and spend time in God's
Word and prayer. However, I am finding it more trying to choose
to spend time with God with so much work being piled on. I want
architorture to be over with already, but I know God is using this time
as a way for me to more completely rearrange my priorities into a
God-centered life. It's a test I am failing right now as I have
chosen to spend all-nighters working on projects rather than choosing
to spend time with God. The balance has definitely tipped into
school's favor, and trying to move it back into God's court requires
much more dedication.
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| So, this is an odd time to be posting. It's three in the morning,
and I just woke up a couple hours ago from my seven-hour night's sleep.
Why you may ask? Well, I pulled an all-nighter last night working
on an architecture project, and when class ended and I returned to my
apartment at six, I pretty much collapsed on my bed and slept. So
now, I am wide awake, breakfast in stomach, and ready to start my
day. I have yet another architecture project due later
today. Yea!
In other news, life is pretty awesome. In fact, I don't think
life has been ever better. God has been continually teaching me,
mostly hitting me over the head with the concept of freedom in
Christ. It's amazing how much it has changed me, and how I view
my faith. That we should not dwell in our guilt of being sinners,
but be hopeful and optimistic in the life God has in store for us--to
value the sacrifice of our Savior Jesus Christ and not minimize it by
dwelling in the guilt of our sins, ultimately devaluing His
crucifixion. To seek only God's heart and focus on drawing near
our Lord rather than trying to do more "Christian" works or trying to
not sin, for by drawing near to God, we will have more fruits of the
spirit (aka Christian works) and avoid sin. I find myself less
inclined to change myself into a better person and less worried about
whether I am doing "Christian" things around others and just simply
follow God and let God change me into a better person, and let the
Spirit within me work to show others the glory of God. I have
fully experienced what it means to have your relationship with God be
your number one focus, and it's amazing how everything else really does
fade away into the background. I think it's because of this that
no matter how busy life gets or how bad an exam or project may go, I
end up smiling in joy at the end of each day and somehow forget all the
"bad" things of my day and focus on what really matters: my salvation
bought with the blood of Christ. God has also answered my prayers
and given me a place to serve the church. I really have never
done any sort of service for the church or community service with the
church, so this will be really cool. Starting this Thursday, I am
going to help set up the church cafe for our college group bible study,
which is honestly the highlight of my week. I am really excited
to start. Pretty much, God has turned my pessimism about
returning to the "stress and dread of school," into the most amazing
month of my life thus far. Optimism, hope, freedom, joy, and
worship have been overflowing through my soul for the last several
weeks, and all the praise and offerings I bring to God could never be
enough to express my thankfulness for the bountiful blessings He has
showered down upon me.
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