Monday, March 31, 2008

Conditionals Define My Expressions of Love

If I we're a poet these words would melt and boil your very heart.

If I we're a musician I would send songs to ensure you never depart.

If I we're magician a thousand spells of love to you I would impart.

If I we're a painter my love for you would be shown through my art.



But I am none of the above, I am a choice D on a test.

I am just an average ordinary boy trying to do my best.

I love poetry, music, magic tricks, and art,

But to you my dearest passion, are the one I owe my heart.



Though I may not be a poet, I pray these words to guide you.

My words flow into music and every note I swear will be true.

The magic we will share will always seem to be fresh and new.

My dear, God has blessed us, with a passion just for us two.



I still don't know your face, or the sight of your sweet smile.

But with each day closer to you, it will all become worthwhile.



Sunday, March 2, 2008

Praying for James.

Fireproofsoul25 (10:06:03 PM): God I lift up James tonight here as we sit around with nothing but our hearts and you
Fireproofsoul25 (10:06:18 PM): I pray you take hold of his heart and remold it
Fireproofsoul25 (10:06:29 PM): give it a shape and strength unknown to this world
Fireproofsoul25 (10:06:44 PM): light it with a burning flame that has only been witnessed by precious few
Fireproofsoul25 (10:06:57 PM): let his own tongue be that of your pen
Fireproofsoul25 (10:07:14 PM): let him speak scripture like the birds sing praise to your kingdom
Fireproofsoul25 (10:07:31 PM): rearmor his soul from temptations and the lies of this world
Fireproofsoul25 (10:07:43 PM): may truth be his belt
Fireproofsoul25 (10:07:48 PM): righteousness his shield
Fireproofsoul25 (10:07:53 PM): faith his shield
Fireproofsoul25 (10:08:01 PM): this is all from my heart
Fireproofsoul25 (10:08:04 PM): to you God
Fireproofsoul25 (10:08:27 PM): that you let James know he is loved by the one whose own heart created the first love
Fireproofsoul25 (10:08:32 PM): who hands shaped out hearts
Fireproofsoul25 (10:08:47 PM): whos eyes saw all we can be and beyond what we can dream to become
Fireproofsoul25 (10:09:06 PM): whose presences brings strength and awe to our very souls and spirits
Fireproofsoul25 (10:09:16 PM): the God of the universe is smiling down on you tonight James
Fireproofsoul25 (10:09:21 PM): and i pray you take heed
Fireproofsoul25 (10:09:23 PM): Amen.
Fireproofsoul25 (10:09:32 PM): alright i feel better
Fireproofsoul25 (10:09:35 PM): who wants pancakes?

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Fruits... Where Is Your Grocer.

Love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and temperance. Galatians 5:22-23 tells us these are the fruit of the spirit. If these are the fruit then where is the tree, the vine, the bush, the grocer by which I can procure you. Holy Spirit do you hold these for us to happen upon? Or are they made freely available to us everyday? No matter where they may be, fill my arms with one of each. And maybe I will actually learn to live with each as though they were a part of my own countenance.

Monday, February 4, 2008

Another Brother to Confide In: AIM Conversation

Ruben, you have helped me in so many ways. Our conversation tonight really opened my eyes and helped me talk to someone new about the journey I wish to undertake. Thank you brother. May your heart be light with that High of 75. And may God truly show me the path to becoming that man of honor, that true follower of Christ who has the right words to say. Words of scripture.


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Sunday, February 3, 2008

Return of the Jedi (Well actually just blogging)

While I may be no Luke Skywalker, I do relish the idea of possibly being a Jedi. Whether it is in real life (that would be so cool), or if I am a "Jedi for Jesus". Nerdy I know, but its always appealed to me since I was about 4 years old. A lot lately I have turned straight to my journal for pouring out my heart. I used to go and write in my journal and blog at the same time updating both. But lately the feel of paper and pen just seems a bit more natural as I read the word of God. So in order to try to breathe life back into my road to ultimate geekdom and Internet fame, I will return to the land of all that is keyboard and blogosphere. Expect a lot of updates from my journals from a couple of weeks ago and of course recently.

On to a few side notes to just go over quickly:
-I plan on now using Twitter a lot more in addition to blogging.
-I finally have a cell phone to use to my advantage for IM, texts, RSS feeds, and maybe some more.
-I successfully added iPod linux to my 5.5g iPod video and now have bragging rights to that.
-I blacked out during a 1000 meter race in my last track meet on Sunday January 27th. That would seem to be no big deal, it is track after all, but my body kept running the race. I actually finished in sixth place and received a medal for my placement. I just have no memory of actually running except for extreme pain in my abs as soon as the race started. My doctor says she has never heard of anything like this ever happening and I need tests run at the hospital and neurologist on Feb 13th or 14th so pray for that.
-I have acquired a very disturbing obsession for Miley Cyrus and she seems to be as necessary for my survival as the very air I breathe. Pathetic I know.
-While I have never felt closer to God lately than that moment on a hill in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, my grades are starting to slip drastically. I am somewhat fearful for my academics but I relish the fact that I feel a great passion for the word of God and journaling my prayers lately.

So be prepared for an onslaught of posts and new information on whats happening, because it is coming...

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Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Honest Resolutions

I can never make any promise to myself that i can keep. I have a really big problem with being real with myself so its hard even just to think about what i would want to change about myself. I do know a few things though because lately I have had some time to think more about them.

1) I realize I have an obsession with Miley Cyrus and it creeps me out and makes me think a little harder at the same time. She is an amazing singer. She doesn't look too bad. (I know there are more beautiful women but she is beautiful in her own right.) She is a born again Christian, which is something I take in high regard. And she seems fairly down to earth, you know for a teenage pop star with her popularity.

2) VIDEO GAMES AND LORD OF THE RINGS ARE NOT REAL. Sorry Paul but you will probably never get the chance to fight Orcs, the Covenant, splicers, or capture genetic memories from hundreds of years ago. While the morals and stories are good in themselves, you need to find the balance between reality and fiction and learn how to translate those lessons in the video games into a formula you can use everyday.

3) Speaking of formulas, start working at your academics. You excelled in your youth due to talent and never had to work hard. Now the 2 tons of bricks have fallen on you and you don't know how to deal with the work load and the stress. Pure genius can get you far but a lot of the time hard work gets you farther.

4) You know that book you have always wanted write. Yeah all 15 of 'em. At least start them. Write at least 5 pages of each or summarize what you want them to be. That book of poetry. That book of adventure. Especially that book about your eventful rise to social geekdom via Youtube, lifecasting, Digg, and possibly side hacks on your iPod along with the whole bit-torrent scene.

5) Get over the fact that you have never had a girlfriend and just tell them you love em. Not right away but actually make an effort not to let opportunities for dreams to come true slip through your fingers. You cheap, lazy bastard you. You always have a tendency to hold it in until it breaks down into something that makes you sick or comes out while you are busy being sick. (Think about that one. There is a good riddle with there.)

6) Talk to God a bit more. You take your relationship with God for granted just like your gift of academics and now you are losing both. START WORKING FOR SOMETHING REAL.

7) No matter how much you think that getting into a fight will solve your problems, you need to find a better way to work them out. Albeit these fights have not yet happened but planning how you will successfully remove one's head from their body is not exactly productive.

8) Chivalry is not dead but hell it is dying like Caesar after a betrayal from Brutus. Painful and very bitter. And the worst part is, you're are the dying tissue. The wound in chivalry's metaphorical side. So patch up and get to it. You're not done being a gentlemen yet so act like the man you still are.

9) Stop ranting like this. You sound like a douche no matter how many times people say your advice helps. Learn to listen not to advise.

10) Actually I think the first 9 covered it. This year you actually set some goals. Real goals. Not try to lose weight goals or be a better person. But goals and the start of plans. Well done.

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

One of the best rants I have ever had! : AIM

FireproofSoul25 (9:47:45 PM): when you find yourself an incurable romantic you realize something... you're screwed
FireproofSoul25 (9:47:51 PM): sure girls think its cute
FireproofSoul25 (9:48:01 PM): "aww i want to read some of your poetry"
FireproofSoul25 (9:48:28 PM): but when your mind lies in the future, the present is the worst place to find a relationship
FireproofSoul25 (9:48:39 PM): so the breed dies out
FireproofSoul25 (9:48:43 PM): chivalry gave out
FireproofSoul25 (9:49:10 PM): and in the rubble and ruins of those ancient relics, came the perverts and "men" of today
FireproofSoul25 (9:49:45 PM): lacking morality and the depths of a soul they scavenge the earth for the helpless to snatch up and corrupt
FireproofSoul25 (9:49:51 PM): and society doesnt care
FireproofSoul25 (9:50:12 PM): so the last knights of chivalry hide in their last vestiages of hope
FireproofSoul25 (9:50:20 PM): in the pages of journals and epics and poetry
FireproofSoul25 (9:50:27 PM): to pray an eternity of prayer
FireproofSoul25 (9:50:36 PM): prayer that our age will once again rise
FireproofSoul25 (9:51:03 PM): that chivalry can find a foothold and destroy that from whence it came
FireproofSoul25 (9:51:17 PM): out of the ashes can never come goodness, but only pain.
FireproofSoul25 (9:51:23 PM): But from fire can come a good thing
FireproofSoul25 (9:51:27 PM): so instead of ashes
FireproofSoul25 (9:51:45 PM): we will burn until there will be golden hearts to replace each soul of ice


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Saturday, November 10, 2007

clean slate.

Open up my eyes,
See right through my soul.
Unlock the door,
Thats keeping me from you.
Set a fire to my heart,
Flames burning with the truth.
Desires of this caged mind,
Keep them alive in an uncaring world.
Show me the love that burns within you.
Share the passions of a pure heart.
A love true and honest,
Innocent as white.
Tell me not of stains or blackness,
My soul is covered with them.
Bleach, tears, pain...
Nothing can remove this sin.
Scars etched into the soul,
Haunting this terrified mind.
A brother, a savior, a friend.
Someone to listen to my suffering.
Someone to heal this heart...

[You can respect this. I have no doubt. A revolution is a spark, the smallest of flames. Take away its oxygen, its fuel, and it suffocates in the darkness. Do not take away my oxygen. If you will not stand by me then please don't oppose me. Who would be cruel enough to reject an out stretched hand or open arms? Then I offer this embrace as a release from pain. Take heed of it. We all need a friend sometimes, I will be here waiting all the time. God bless the suffering for they shall be healed.]

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Curses Of Weakness

God curse my heart, for it betrays me.
God curse my mind, for it confuses me.
God curse my eyes, for they deceive me.
God curse my lips, for they hunger after That which I must wait for.
God curse even my tongue, for it curses that which I love, have want of, and need yet still to curse.

But even after I have cursed, bless my soul oh Lord.
Bless this soul that screams of passion for you my King.
Where I fall in flesh, you catch me in spirit.
May your spirit work through my soul and into my flesh that will have not need to curse it.

For though my soul burns for you,
My heart is of a lover,
My mind is of a scholar,
My eyes are of a pervert,
My lips are of passion and longing.
And even my tongue is of the witty.

Let that heart be of a lover for God and His will.
Let that mind be of a school always thinking of God.
Let these eyes be of a saint always searching for your will.
Let these lips be of passion for God's word and His kingdom.
And this tongue be of scripture, flowing forth with His word.

But even now in the silence,
In the dark, still of this night.
My soul cries out in its burden,
Of its flesh to be set right.

Friday, September 14, 2007

The Battle Is In Its Heat

"God save your servant. I am cut i am bleeding, i am crying out in pain at what the enemy has done to me. Save me in my hour of need. Save those brethern who I have fought for. Show them what i tried to and failed. Lead them to your grace and evelope them in it that i may see my dreams become real and your grace in my life. God i need you to save a servants brother. Without this brother this servant can go no futher. Save your servant's brother. Bring him to your grace. Amen."- A quick prayer before I go through with this...

An AIM conversation I just had:

FireproofSoul25 (11:16:16 PM): but dude, i just want to say, be sure God is at your center
FireproofSoul25 (11:16:36 PM): just please focus on God
FireproofSoul25 (11:18:06 PM): dude God has really been working hard on me and I feel like i am failing a lot
FireproofSoul25 (11:18:14 PM): i dont want us to fail and fall
FireproofSoul25 (11:18:44 PM): can you respond or something?
*********** (11:17:57 PM): idk dude
*********** (11:18:00 PM): i dont rele liek this
FireproofSoul25 (11:18:56 PM): like what?
*********** (11:18:12 PM): were different ppl and im not rele like yu
FireproofSoul25 (11:19:16 PM): i am not pressuring you or anything i just want to be sure that your motives are right
*********** (11:18:35 PM): i want to be a kid and im working god into my center but i cant like presto chango liekt hat
FireproofSoul25 (11:19:36 PM): Dude we are brothers in christ, there are very few bonds closer than that
FireproofSoul25 (11:19:45 PM): *********** thats just it
FireproofSoul25 (11:19:59 PM): when you signed up for this, you didnt sign up for a year long course
FireproofSoul25 (11:20:14 PM): God accepts you immediately and throws you into the battle, armor or not
FireproofSoul25 (11:20:28 PM): David was a teenager when he killed Goliath
FireproofSoul25 (11:20:30 PM): our age
FireproofSoul25 (11:21:05 PM): Joseph was a teenage when he was sold into slavery but he rose above it and became the most powerful man in Egypt directly under pharoah
FireproofSoul25 (11:21:31 PM): I dont want to hear you complain about be a kid anymore
FireproofSoul25 (11:21:48 PM): i know this is hard and you probably dont want to hear it, but this is a fight
*********** (11:21:02 PM): im onyl complaining becuase you lecture me all the damn time
FireproofSoul25 (11:22:02 PM): *********** !
FireproofSoul25 (11:22:04 PM): read the bible!
FireproofSoul25 (11:22:12 PM): you will see this on every page screaming out at you!
FireproofSoul25 (11:22:15 PM): we need to fight!
FireproofSoul25 (11:22:22 PM): what happened to our revolution?!
FireproofSoul25 (11:22:38 PM): you are the one person i have met in my entire life with the most influence!
FireproofSoul25 (11:22:42 PM): i envy that!
FireproofSoul25 (11:22:48 PM): you can talk to people like i cant!
FireproofSoul25 (11:23:08 PM): you met someone and your almost instantly friends!
FireproofSoul25 (11:23:11 PM): i cant do that
FireproofSoul25 (11:23:15 PM): i am not wired that way
FireproofSoul25 (11:23:27 PM): i write poetry, and think deep, and talk too damn much
FireproofSoul25 (11:23:35 PM): you are funny, and witty, and wise and you have a talent
FireproofSoul25 (11:23:39 PM): I ENVY THAT!
FireproofSoul25 (11:23:41 PM): I AM JEALOUS!
FireproofSoul25 (11:24:00 PM): you have the biggest position right now to start a fire at our school for christ
FireproofSoul25 (11:24:04 PM): i need you man
FireproofSoul25 (11:24:14 PM): i can not start without knowing you are there with me
FireproofSoul25 (11:24:36 PM): i know God is there but it feels like he has abandoned me if you arent in it with me
FireproofSoul25 (11:24:38 PM): please
*********** (11:23:57 PM): what do yu mean like
*********** (11:24:00 PM): we dont even see eachother
*********** (11:24:05 PM): and you dont liekt alk in class
FireproofSoul25 (11:25:01 PM): It doesnt matter!
*********** (11:24:11 PM): how is this gonna work?
FireproofSoul25 (11:25:16 PM): just be as glass so that people may see jesus through you
FireproofSoul25 (11:25:27 PM): a flame brighter than any they have seen
*********** (11:24:42 PM): i see
FireproofSoul25 (11:25:38 PM): a cross beaconing to the broken
FireproofSoul25 (11:26:01 PM):*********** you are my hero in so many ways
FireproofSoul25 (11:26:06 PM): you dont care what people think
FireproofSoul25 (11:26:10 PM): you do waht you want
FireproofSoul25 (11:26:29 PM): you know just what to say to get people to talk and laugh
FireproofSoul25 (11:26:38 PM): just use that for Christ
FireproofSoul25 (11:26:43 PM): thats all i am begging of you
*********** (11:26:03 PM): ok ok i get it
FireproofSoul25 (11:27:00 PM): if you could see me now i would be on my hands and knees before you
FireproofSoul25 (11:27:08 PM): i need to know that you will fight for God
FireproofSoul25 (11:27:13 PM): not for your childhood
FireproofSoul25 (11:27:18 PM): i have given up myself
FireproofSoul25 (11:27:24 PM): i have nothing left to give
FireproofSoul25 (11:27:37 PM): and i feel like i will fail if you arent there
FireproofSoul25 (11:27:45 PM): not physically but in spirit
*********** (11:27:11 PM): you cant really fail at that
*********** (11:27:19 PM): and that doesnt make sense if im not there
FireproofSoul25 (11:28:22 PM): i just need to know you will fight for God in all you do
FireproofSoul25 (11:28:31 PM): that you will witness Jesus' love to people
*********** (11:27:43 PM): not yet
FireproofSoul25 (11:28:40 PM): that you will bring them to church
*********** (11:27:50 PM): im not like able to yet
FireproofSoul25 (11:28:44 PM): and to NINE12
*********** (11:28:00 PM): mhm
FireproofSoul25 (11:29:03 PM): i jsut need to know you will fight the same fight i will fight
FireproofSoul25 (11:29:23 PM): we may not be on the same battlefield but our cause will be the same and our enemy will be the same
*********** (11:29:08 PM): i guess i can try
FireproofSoul25 (11:30:22 PM): a wise old man once told me, "Do or do not, there is no try."
*********** (11:29:31 PM): but i cant really promise i can do all thata much right now, yur expecting too much from me at the moment
FireproofSoul25 (11:30:43 PM): So what if that wise old man happens to be Yoda
FireproofSoul25 (11:31:25 PM): i just feel like its as though the week at NYC meant nothing to us anymore
FireproofSoul25 (11:31:34 PM): it just brought us closer together for us
FireproofSoul25 (11:31:37 PM): instead of God
FireproofSoul25 (11:31:46 PM): and tht alone is enough to make me cry
*********** (11:31:06 PM): i see
*********** (11:31:16 PM): well
FireproofSoul25 (11:32:09 PM): i dont know how else to say it
FireproofSoul25 (11:32:17 PM): if will not fight beside me
FireproofSoul25 (11:32:19 PM): then...
FireproofSoul25 (11:32:23 PM): idk
FireproofSoul25 (11:32:27 PM): ill fight but
FireproofSoul25 (11:32:38 PM): even the thought of that scares me
FireproofSoul25 (11:32:49 PM): who else in our school has been on a mountain top with God?
FireproofSoul25 (11:33:11 PM): who else has felt God's touch and remembers what it means to be with God
FireproofSoul25 (11:33:43 PM): who else has actually got down and dirty and served because God called them to help his children in need?
FireproofSoul25 (11:33:50 PM): i can not think of anyone else
FireproofSoul25 (11:35:09 PM): *********** please set aside your pride and give up that which you hold most dear as an offering to God that he may take it and bless you 10 times over
FireproofSoul25 (11:35:35 PM): what is it you are afraid of that is holding you back from this?
FireproofSoul25 (11:35:52 PM): i want to pray for it
FireproofSoul25 (11:35:55 PM): right now
*********** (11:35:27 PM): im not afraid of nething per say but like ur just steam rolling me with all this shit its like whoa, and im not even thatb liek "with" god and ur expecting alot from me
*********** (11:35:41 PM): but im getting stressed out so imma go for a lil
FireproofSoul25 (11:36:38 PM): why is it me you see as calling you to this?
FireproofSoul25 (11:36:55 PM): God has been screaming it to you and I am asking if you have answered the call
*********** (11:36:25 PM): not really
*********** (11:36:30 PM): you have been screaming to me
*********** (11:36:33 PM): and i dont rele liek ti
*********** (11:36:39 PM): i want you to let me find him myself
FireproofSoul25 (11:37:39 PM): then i have failed
*********** (11:36:51 PM): nah
FireproofSoul25 (11:37:45 PM): yes
FireproofSoul25 (11:37:58 PM): for over one year i have tried to lead you to that place where God is
*********** (11:37:09 PM): i just get caught up in all this stuff and i fail to relize im nto connecting with god
FireproofSoul25 (11:38:06 PM): i invited you to Vertical
FireproofSoul25 (11:38:18 PM): i suggested we do Nine12 serves
FireproofSoul25 (11:38:23 PM): then we went on the missions trip
FireproofSoul25 (11:38:31 PM): you can lead a horse to water
FireproofSoul25 (11:38:38 PM): but you can not make him drink
FireproofSoul25 (11:38:57 PM): i never thought i would have seen that quote ever become more real
FireproofSoul25 (11:39:18 PM): you go ahead and chill or what ever
FireproofSoul25 (11:39:20 PM): i need to pray
*********** (11:38:38 PM): ok




This is a friend who I have prayed for and tried to help them find God. I have no idea where to go after this. I feel like the past 2 years of my life have all be for naught. I am crying. I am not ashamed. I don't not want you to judge this person. I want you to help my never ending prayers that God may bring him to his light. Do not confront them about this if you magically find out who it is. Pray. Pray. Pray. I can never stress this enough. In all you do turn to God for assistance. So thats what I am asking of you. Pray for him, pray for me as I pray God will work on his heart. I feel like I ask too much of you guys and you spoil me and I can never give enough back. If I can I will give you guys my blessing in heaven just so I can see this friend brought into God's never ending grace. Pray...


Added in minutes after original post: In retrospect I do feel like I was hard on him, but Jesus also was hard on the people who thought of themselves as religious or God followers and did not truly lay down their life for Him or used Him as an excuse to gain earthly pleasures. I just have a really big problem who would use an experience like the missions trip we had as a way to just simply have fellowship. I love fellowship and one of my hearts desires is to somehow stay with the people from the missions trip the rest of my life as we go around the globe helping various missions teams get established or strengthen their spirits and helping them for a week to a month. I just see people who do not go on those events for God as Jesus saw the Pharisees, as people who use God for personal gain and do not give everything up to him as he has asked of us. Sorry if you think I am harsh, that is just my mindset.

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