So this Is Christmas...

Merry Christmas everyone!

Do not forget to spend TIME with you family this Christmas season!

Quality time will be the most memorable gift given this year. So please, as your children pull you aside to have a tea party with her new doll, or your son has a new multiplayer game, just sit there and have fun with them. Pull the family together for dinner and MAKE personal pizzas that night and watch a old (Or new) traditional Christmas time movie!

This could be a fabulous break for everyone in your family. See none of us are promised tomorrow, and none of us can see such a time coming. So this Christmas, stop working and trying to impress people.

JUST BE THERE

Merry Christmas!

~Jared

Is It Time=It Is Time

     Ok, so is it time? You know time to figure out what you really want to do, time to make that big step. With all the possibilities of the world at your the tips of your hands, Is It Time? Time to go and time stay. Time to grow and time to play. What is holding you back, I say? answer me this, Is It Time?
    Time to go back and look at life as a child and to see you in the future being successful. Happy is time, gained or lost, it is how you see it spent to make the cost. My question to you is, Is It Time? Don't look so small at the buffet before you, go grab it all and try new things! But remember what you love cherish the most... stay on top of your life don't remain a ghost. These are the things I question the most.
     Why here, why there, why not everywhere?! Again I say, why you still here?! Go on, go out there! Chase the stars and run the river, grab the flowers and never quiver!!! I am telling you to light a fire and set your world a blaze! Doing what you do to amaze. Please don't fret to neglect the opportunities at hand but discern the outcome to follow your plan! The great things are what lie ahead just waiting for you to be fed. May I ask, Is It Time?
    I question you the riddle of the a life time, and ask that you know answer for yourself... So what are you waiting for, pigs to fly? Get up and Go! The world you live in is awaiting your potential. I say, Is It Time? Is now simply answered, It Is Time.

Wednesday + God's Power and Grace

I Know I know that This will be hard for you

And I know that this will also help you grow

I also know that no matter what I am behind you all the way

So, shadow this one in prayer

No matter what it is that YOU are going through be wise and gain discernment

I am praying for you

I am here for you

I will pick you up when you fall

And

I will help you gain strength so you can walk again

But listen to Me

And

You will receive the words and actions that I have prepared for you

Again, remember

I AM

-God

A Beautiful Day in Cloudy Last Few Months

          Today, was a day were the sun shined and green grass was all round! I heard the birds chirping in the back of the crisp fall breeze and saw the smile the Uncle Kracker keeps ringing in my head about! I mean come on I know that you know what I am talking about...today was wonderful! Ok, cut to the chase? I will, I will calm down the rapture hasn't happened yet! (I Know bcuz I am still here ;-)
          Ok, God has been blessing me in every circumstance today, and I am going to tell you all about it! Sit down, buckle up and put it in drive because the theater production is playing!.... This morning I woke up in such a slump that not even the thought of my future day came to my mind, I slithered out of bed beaten from the past few days(months) in my life. I got in Paula (Minivan) and drove off to class, not at all intending on attending my first class due to just being in the "Dumps Mood" and not feeling happy or of much worth. Well As I pulled in the parking lot of RSCC, I had received a phone call from a man saying, "Stop eating and get in your class" Now at this time I had no idea, not even a clue, as to who this man was telling me to sop eating (Which I was) and go to class (Which I had been contemplating not going to)! I mean I was flabbergasted, appalled, and speechless! Turns out that wfter I was over the shock he told me " Ah man, I was just picking on while I had the opportunity. I just passed you in the RSCC parking lot and had to give you a hard time" My thoughts were "WHAT ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH DID YOU DO THAT FOR?!?!!?! Turns out he was an man dropping of his daughter that I used to go to church with at my former place of worship! (I was thinking what a relief when I had figured out who he was!) Well needless to say somehow, I ended up in my first class right on time! And I will admit it was more difficult study in today's lesson but, I LOVED every minute of  it! See that was one of my blessings!
           After that class I had received the best opportunity to do some homework, since I had 1hr & 30mins till my next class, so I took it! And I had been able to get soooo much HW done in that time! Blessing again!
          Next, was ALGEBRA!!! And let me just say this, " I Have the best Father in the world! He provided me with the best algebra teacher I thought never existed!" In our lesson I was just-a-learning everything she was dishing out to us today. I mean I messed up on a few things, but, she did help me through ach od my wrong answers! She is 3rd blessing.
          LUNCH!!! I s my all time most favorite class periods ever, and the best part was I was able to eat lunch at the same time the girl of dreams able to!!! ( I like her... like like her a lot ;-) and we just sat in a booth eating and the only thing I could think about was her, and how I ended up with such a blessing from God! I Believe I was on cloud nine (IDK if she noticed or not).
          After the enjoyable Arby's 5 Star Meal (maybe a little too much emphasis) I had to take this jewel back to RSCC so she could finish up her day of classes and so I could meet one of my best friends/co worker/ business partner/ girlfriend's mom at a house we had to clean today...which was easy, nice, and the owners were like family! I made me smile! Uh.... 1,2,3, oh yeah, #5!
          My day was getting to a close when I found out that I had dinner invitation at a pristine and eclectic dining residence, were she had prepared a ROAST for her and her family to eat and invited me over!!! OMGosh it was sooo good! (And no, I was not invited to Paula Deen's house for dinner!) DINNER @ 6!
            After that it ended up with MANY MANY laughs and knitting while watching HGTV!!!


           I could not have asked for a better recharge than for the one that I had received today, the past few months has been all BUT friendly/inviting/happy, but today God said "Jared, I love you, here you go"

"Friends"

I guess I am going to tell you all about one of my most recent endeavors, I deleted a LOT of friends in my life( well maybe you should look at it as if it was really my Facebook) Supposedly, these days if you delete someone off your Facebook then you are no longer friends... SINCE WHEN DOES A STUPID internet website decide who I am friends with?!

I Know, that today's technology speaks a thousand words in just a few simple exercises, but I mean, come on! Have we really let a technology decide who we are friends with and who we are not friends with?

OK, I know it sounds as if I am writing you  soap box, but, that is the last thing I am trying to imply. I am saying that I deleted 70something people off of my Facebook and I have sure received some flack because I deleted Xperson(s). See Facebook is not a place for "friends" that you don't keep in touch with, or for that matter even family members that you never see or talk to...it is a place for recent happenings and current updates from the people you know and love!

(Or for your Korean friends, who live in Korea!)

~I MISS YOU DAI GNE LIM~

I don't know maybe it is just me and no one else but that is what has been piercing my mind all day so maybe you can relate, or, maybe not, but in any circumstance I would definitely advice you to evaluate your life and those you care about. 

OR

Just keep getting all of the useless updates, requests, and tags that boggle your FB Home everyday....

The Healing Power of Forgiveness

You know that one of the hardest things in life is to forgive a person, right? I mean especially when they have wronged you in such a harsh way. Or even in some of the little things we still get tangle in anger over what has been wronged of us. Well, I have some thing to say about forgiveness first; IT IS NOT  EASY!!! I mean come on if it was easy would you not have done it by now?! GOTCHA! So confess it, forgiveness is hard... come on... do it. Thank you. Secondly; it is definitely WORTH IT! WAIT. Hold the phone. You mean you want me to get out of my comfort zone and forgive someone and then admit that I was wrong in holding my forgiveness off?!?! And Now you say it is worth it!!!? You are out of your mind. No, no, no I'm not, I am simply stating that if you take the time out of your busy day and look at the situation you will find out that most of the times you SHOULD be forgiving this person! OH CRAP! Yeah OH CRAP. I mean what did God tell us to do?

Jesus spells it out plainly: if we forgive others, we will be forgiven. Likewise, we shouldn't judge, lest we be judged and we shouldn't condemn lest we be condemned as well. 

Luke 6:37 (The Message)

 ^37-38"Don't pick on people, jump on their failures, criticize their faults— unless, of course, you want the same treatment. Don't condemn those who are down; that hardness can boomerang. Be easy on people; you'll find life a lot easier. Give away your life; you'll find life given back, but not merely given back—given back with bonus and blessing. Giving, not getting, is the way. Generosity begets generosity."

Luke 6:37 (New Living Translation)

Do Not Judge Others

 ³⁷ “Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn others, or it will all come back against you. Forgive others, and you will be forgiven.

 

 

I mean correct me if I am wrong but to me it sounds as if God <----- The Creator---> is telling us that we should forgive one another... and DROP it! Wow. Now why would The Creator God tell us to forgive others.... oh ya, see God expects us to be Christlike and to be the examples in this dark world. But forgiveness is holding us back. So in turn, we are ... disobeying God. (OUCH!) ((It even sucks to type that out!)) Okay, so, what if this is true... then we (Believers) are not living out what we want others to live.

Ok well let me help some of you in realizing how the power of forgiveness has a healing side effect! There is a book, "The Healing Power of Forgiveness" by Ray Pritchard. Need I say no more. If you are having trouble in this area I KNOW that this book will help you. I dare you to spend $15 + Reading time = Forgiveness. This book, will "drive it home" for you in helping you let go of your hurt, experience renewed relationships, and, find new intimacy with God.

Okay, now, all of that to say... "Don't wait until the person you need to forgive is dead in a 2 week later car accident to tell him/her that you forgave him/her" Your relationships are VERY important, why else would God stress that a relationship with Him is the key to heaven?!?!?

God Bless and be Blessed

~Jared

She Is....

She is everything,

everything beautiful and is every bit modest.

She is outgoing, and yet, even conservative.

She is all that she says she is and everything that she says she will be.

She is smart and she is talented

in many ways.

 She is fun and responsible, 

morally correct and kind hearted.

She is my helper and my life saver.

She is there when needed and needed in many ways.

She is bright and happy.

And a bit slappy.

She has high goals and boundaries.

She is pure and amazing.

She is a girl, duh, with my heart.

She is near even when we're apart!

She is here, in my heart.

She is, in all aspects, on the same ground as I.

And also, has a very good eye.

She is sharing the same Dad, who I consider quite rad!

She is in love with him, as well I am.

She is, who she is, and all that she will be, but for now

she is.....

Krazy 

Awesome

Tactful

Enjoyable

Loving

You*

Nice

By now you * know who you are and I hope that you will love you for who you are here on this list and for the things that best describe that aren't on here.

There is just one more thing to say...

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No not merry Christmas, try,

"I love you"

8-28-10 Big Day

Oh, today! It was early this morning that I had to get my self awake and get ready for work, had to be there by seven o'clock. So I of coursed woke up around six fifteen to be sure to be ready and on time. Originally it was supposed to be a seven to three carhop shift at the Drive-In, but I was fortunate enough to be able to stay an extra 2 hours!!! (Always a good thing for that paycheck) All-in-all it was a very good work day. I had decided to leave and go home, while on my way, I had received two text messages from my mom about our family plans (had family in from Colorado) well come to find out they were going to be at our house for desert that evening! "AH!" Was my thoughts,"I'm not ready for company!" So, I scurried home. Luckily, when I got home, I had come to find out that the plans had changed, yet, another time, they weren't going to be here for another hour! (Inside my mind I was thinking NAP!!!) But as you all know that six pm on a Saturday, a nap is not going to happen. SO I rolled with the punches and eventually,earlier than planned, they showed up. It was so much fun to have them here and to be able to just relive some of our ALWAYS fun past times! After we all had desert, cake and ice cream, we decided to do some games. Our first game of the day was Sit-Down Duck, Duck, GOOSE! Then closely followed Zoom,ZILch, CASTIGLY-AWNO! Which I must say that last one was too much fun! After about two hours our time together had ran up and they needed to get going to finish packing their bags, so they could leave in the morning. 

All to my surprise, I had thought that the night was basically over and that I could chill for a bit and then off to bed. NOPE! I had to log on to my college site online and fix a class, I mean drop a class! It was a total relief to be able to do that and remain a full-time student! (Who needs Technology Essentials?!?!) I didn't care it was just best this way! Well, with all of that said I did it! I had completed it all!! "Bed time" that is all in my mind now, but my mom hollered for me down the hallway and needed my help... ( I LOVE my mom and love to help her, always have and hope to always will) So, I jumped at the opportunity to offer my services! She was needed a quiz on her Vocabulary Words for college!!! "Yea, Boring" of course you know that is what I was thinking! I did it anyways! It turned out to be soooo much fun! It was fun that I had missed when I was younger and different life facts were also different than they were today! But I am ok with all of that! I saw my mom tonight and it was... 
AMAZING! We laughed and thought and shared the same thoughts alot of the times! You know, I have always admired and loved that woman for everything she has ever done for me and m brothers, and tonight... I got to show her :D  Happy? Ya, it is a good starter word, but not what I had felt tonight, tonight was...loved and cared and helpful and just like we were best friends! That is something I would NEVER trade, it was... priceless!

World, I will be going to sleep now, with a smile on my face and a beating heart! Goodnight ~Jared