Estes Park, Colorado
Photo Credit: Brandon Reinhart
Category: 2015
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My Future Wife on the Altar
I’ve been attending Ellerslie for two weeks now. God has been doing a lot, both in my life and in the lives of others. However, God has recently done a work in my life, which I had already thought to be accomplished, but none the less, it had not. Things have become real, very real.
A young woman had taken an opportunity to speak to the student body, and she told how during the previous night, she had given an area of her life to God, and then she challenged us all that whatever we’re holding on to, we need to give it up. I nodded along, appreciating the conviction, and so I asked God, “What in my life do I need to give up?” Well, on my left fourth finger, there has been a ring to signify what God has done in my “love life” so that I can remember what He has done, and I was subconsciously twiddling with it as I asked God this question. That’s when my eyes slowly maneuvered down to the ring, and my eyes just about exploded.
God gave me the answer to the question.
(And just like God answers questions best..)
“Are you willing to give up your future wife for a life of singleness?”
(I’ve been asked before, but this time, my answer was different..)After going back to my dorm room to pray, this is the response that God led me to:
“Okay, God. I can’t believe I’m going to say this, but.. for everything that You have done in my ‘love life,’ everything that You have shown me, all that has transpired, I give You full legal right of retraction. I lay my future wife upon the altar, and I will bring the knife down. I will give myself to a life of devoted intimacy with you alone, and unless you stop me, that’s what I’m willing to have. I lay her on the altar of sacrifice, and do not expect her back. If this is what will bring You more glory, amen..”
I will expect not to marry unless the Lord follows suit with Abraham and Isaac, which I am not anticipating.
As a Christian, I am called to take up my cross.
Therefore, I have counted the cost,
And I have written out the check.
I do not expect a repayment.
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Intermission
Me in the waiting room: (more like my bedroom desk, but still..) Ladies and gentlemen,
Chris has walked into the Surgeon’s operation room.
Don’t expect him to walk out alive, because he won’t.
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Mingus – Creativity
Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, that’s creativity.
– Charles Mingus
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A New Era (To Post or Not To Post)
On May 22nd, 2015, around 8:00ish pm, after attending since k4, I graduated from Fourth Baptist Christian School. When the tassel went from one side of my head to the other, it marked the end of a chapter in my life, and the beginning of a new one.
Unlike the past two summers, this summer, I will not be traveling with The Academy of Arts, but I will be attending Ellerslie Discipleship Training for their very last 9 week semester. After that, I will be attending Pensacola Christian College to major in Business with an Accounting Concentration.
All of that to say, I have absolutely no idea how often I will be able to post anymore. It has been a faithful friend throughout my Junior and Senior years of highschool, but during this summer followed by four years of college, I don’t know what things are going to look like.
None the less, if God decides to continue laying things on my heart to post, things will always be posted. This is something that He started two years ago and has been sustaining ever since, so whether it continues consistently or not is completely up to Him.
Really though, whether I write about it or not, God’s plans will move mountains, and I cannot wait to move forward in this endless frontier.
This is a new era, and it’s definitely the better.
Where it happens, or should I say, “happened.”
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Encouragement From Iron to Iron
Once upon a time..
In the midst of a small school,
There were two young men:
A senior and an eighth grader.Each were on two completely different paths of life,
But when a work of God brought the two together,
It could truly be said that iron and iron
Came together to sharpen iron.However, I don’t believe that the young eighth grader
Will ever understand the impact that he had on the senior.
For more than being encouraged, he was an encouragement,
And he was willing to let God work in his life immensely.The years ahead are brighter than the eighth grader could ever imagine,
For it is a rare thing that God would work so much in someone so young.
And although the highschool has yet to realize this new ninth grader,
He will cause more spiritual havoc for God’s kingdom than many before him.So, —–, whether you ever read this or not, know that
It has been an honor and a privilege to grow with you.
You have drawn me closer to God, taught me many things,
And given me a legacy that I would not have left otherwise.As far as the prayer meeting, God will see to its survival,
For He has begun a work in our school, and He will finish it.
But above all else, whether He uses many or few,
One thing is undoubtedly certain:He will use you.
And that, my friend, is an encouragement.
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First Camera! First Day! First Mistakes?
You do know that I can still see you, right?
Behold, the power house line!
Departing the Mohinani’s house.
My first portrait victim. Muwahahaha.
You would’ve thought One Tree Hill was over by now..
Mah school’s parking lot, folks.
She’ll be coming ’round the.. school?
Looks like someone skidded away in a hurry.
Nice kicks! I think..
First selfie. Hah.
Dude. Solid.
Door blocked? Duh!
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Zack and Sarah – Wedding Film
Call me overboard, but I’ve admitted this many times before.
I do enjoy wedding videos (every… now and then).
This will be the only one that I share;
It’s my favorite.
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Brainiac – The Moments We Have
Heroes are made in the moment. Not in regretting the past, nor in fearing the future.
– DC’s Brainiac
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