| guess who caught the garter at his first cousin's wedding today?
ME! |
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| i LOVE:
1. JI Packer
2. the Wallflowers
3. Carhartt
4. my arc'teryx jacket (it keeps me dry)
5. Waffle House coffee (only when coffee shops are closed)
6. ipods
7. my family
8. keeping a journal |
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| well today was a big day folks...
i dropped some pants from my new suit off to be hemmed
i dropped seven shirts off to be taken up
and i bought my mom a mother's day present that involved:
a jamoka's coffee gift card
a pound of jamoka's coffee
and a john macarthur book "twelve extraordinary women"
(if any of you lady blog readers here have read that book lemme know how it is)
besides all that... i did pretty much nothing... great days here at home
i am speaking at the youth group tomorrow night... i am excited |
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| this could easily change, but chickety check this out
| Your Life: The Soundtrack | | Opening credits: | "Ramblin' Man" by the Allman Brothers Band | | Waking up: | "Truckin'" by The Grateful Dead | | Average day: | "Thy Mercy" by Caedmon's Call | | First date: | "Ugly Day" by Five Iron Frenzy | | Falling in love: | "New Year's Project" by Further Seems Forever | | Love scene: | Marvin Gaye | | Fight scene: | "If There's Still Ramblin' in The Rambler Let Him Go" by Yonder Mountain String Band | | Breaking up: | "Where Are You Going?" by DMB | | Getting back together: | "No Woman, No Cry" by Bob Marley | | Secret love: | "Arms of a Woman" by Amos Lee | | Life's okay: | "Jury Duty" by the OC Supertones | | Mental breakdown: | "It Is Well" | | Driving: | "Big Trucks" by Pedro the Lion | | Learning a lesson: | "Be Thou My Vision" | | Deep thought: | "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town" by Pearl Jam | | Flashback: | "Best Feeling" by Keller Williams | | Partying: | Anything by Andrew WK | | Happy dance: | "The Happy Song" by Matt Redman | | Regreting: | "You Have Redeemed My Soul" by Waterdeep | | Long night alone: | "Shirts and Gloves" by Dashboard Confessional | | Death scene: | "Goodbye" by Plankeye | | Closing credits: | "Before the Throne of God Above" | Take this survey | Find more surveys
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| hey everybody... i am sitting at moka's in saraland right now listening to a playlist called "Chill" and there is a death cab song playing. i am at moka's posting because i don't have internet (or cable for that matter) in my room. i like coffee shops because of the free internet, not because i am emerging. haha
i am speaking at a post-prom alternative for my home church this weekend... some of my close friends are traveling with me, which makes me happy. i am not exactly "preaching" this weekend. which i am always careful with this sort of thing. but this saturday will actually be slightly topical. actually, the point is that we're focusing on three passages. (Eph. 5:22-27; Gen 3:1-6; Matt 16:21-23) the focus is relationships. i usually stray away from this topic but it is on my heart for a few reasons....
1) this song by nichole nordeman that was sung at my church on Easter sunday that made Jesus sound like a adolescent girl. ("Why?" if you like this song i am sorry, and i would be more than happy to defend my negative view of the song if you hate me now haha)
2) sex always hold high school students' attention (it's gonna be late and after some bands when i talk)
3) especially on prom night, because half the student body at boaz waits for prom night to lose their virginity
4) there is an extreme lack of male leadership and female discernment in my hometown
so anyway i am considering titling this message "why your friends are having sex right now" but i probably won't, but don't worry i wanna find something very similar that fits the message better.
as i move to the next subject know some things about me...
1) i remain an expositor, but certain situations call for a more topical message (i.e. midnight on prom night)
2) don't think i am gonna go louie giglio and do "talks" all the time
3) don't think i am gonna go cheesy youth speaker and just tell them they can get pregnant or chlamydia... the message is going to go into their specific role as a male or female, and why sex and relationships are so important!
school is almost over, which will land me outside of charlotte, nc as an intern at first baptist church indian trail. i am very excited about the summer. some reasons:
1) i get to serve God in a local body for over two months!
2) i get to serve under my mentor kevin, which is always hard but awesome
3) i may get to go to the sbc pastors' conference in greensboro and see al mohler and paige patterson debate the doctrines of grace (!)
4) i may get to go to nyc
5) i get to lead a guys bible study
6) i get to live in a major US city
7) i hope to read a few books, including
a) Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
b) Lectures to My Students by CH Spurgeon
c) Knowing God by JI Packer
d) Brothers, We Are Not Professionals by John Piper
e) The Kingdom of Christ by Russell D. Moore
8) i am gonna visit southeastern seminary (close second behind southern right now)
so yeah if you're up that way you should come see a man!
i hope this finds you well!
grace and peace,
mat |
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