busted

so today i got “busted” for the first time in a long time.  mostly because i havent been doing anything stupid recently, but i got caught scanning my card and dipping at chapel.  not a huge deal in the long run, but definitely not an honest move on my part and I certainly regret it.

In me getting punished for what I did I found out that people in charge at my school read my blog.  Not a huge deal, I havent said anything on here that I regret or that I didnt mean but it was definitely a shocker.

Im looking forward to my small group tonight.  I love my dudes, they are awesome.  Living room is gona be great tonight, clay is really challenging us this series!

-chris

Burnt Out!

So its 10:04 and I just got done the ACC Sunday night pow wow.  My Sundays are nuts.  I am not complaining at all because I stinkin’ love every second of it, its just that when I get to school and have to go to a Sunday night service I am not always excited about being here.

So it finally came to my attention today that absolutely NO ONE at our school thinks we are funny aside from the 4 of us.  The best part is, that makes everything we do twice as funny!  Come on guys, ACC is not that serious…

-chris

Smoltzy brings it home!

Here’s the latest news on my life.

My intramural basketball team sucks for 1 reason, I am on the team.

John Smoltz is like 6 strike outs away from 3000 and he stinkin’ dominated tonight.

Me and my dad are going to the game tomorrow and im stoked!
Can’t wait to see Charlie-Murphy tomorrow, I’ve been praying  for my lil’ guy.

-chris

Murphy Update

Great news!  Murphy didn’t have to have surgery today.  As of now it’s kind of a hurry up and wait process.  He has three weeks of no running, no jumping, and no stair climbing.  If you know my dog, this is gona be a challenge for him.  After that three weeks if he is not back to 100% they will resort to back surgery.  I am really praying that this wont have to happen for a few reasons.  First and foremost, it’s a risky surgery.  Secondly its $2,000 operation and with my parents owning 2 houses right now that’d be real tough for them to pull of.  I know that we would pull it off but that would be a struggle for sure.

Kurtis and I are going on the road this weekend.  We will be in Norcross for the next 2 days leading worship for some singles weekend for Mount Bethel.  We are pretty excited about it, it should be a lot of fun.  I am real stressed about the amount of work I have to get done in these last few weeks of school.  This weekend is gona be filled with a lot of guitar playing, and paper writing when we aren’t rocking out.

Pray for our band!  We are going through a weird time right now and could really use some good ole’ fashion prayer.  We just haven’t been excited about making rock music anymore because we are all doing our own thing.  We are trying to figure out where our steam went.  I’m sure this new record coming out is gona change things, but we’d love some extra prayer support!

-chris

the hood!

Kurtis and I had a day off school today to go help out in the worst area in the south east U.S.  It’s called the west end.  It’s amazing how there’s seriously a place where white people aren’t aloud.  It’s astounding because I don’t know of a single place where an African American would not be safe because of their color.  Maybe certainly outnumbered, but not unsafe.  I’m certain their are some places I just don’t know of them and they aren’t as common.  We were just trying to help people in need today and it was obvious that people just did not want us there.  If I had of walked in the grocery store on simpon road, I can promise you I never would have walked out.  I was more scared today than I have ever been.  We got to bust up some concrete pipe and it was amazing.  Check it!

 

everything I do (other than school) may it be all for You

I just got a huge lecture from one of my teachers.  I would say that I feel called out but I really don’t.  Apparently she feels that do not have a Christ-Like attitude in her classroom.  I was told that me not trying as hard as I can in music theory does not honor God.  Maybe I am wrong, but I feel like I have been totally misread.  I try so hard at the things I care about.  Worshiping God is my number 1 priority with my music, my life, and the band.  The fact that I am not excited about being in music theory at 10 a.m. every Monday, Wednesday, Friday has nothing to do with how much I love God.  I make good grades, keep my scholarship and give God 110% in every aspect of my life other than school.  Maybe this should be a wake up call for me.  I fully admit that it is not like me to settle for anything other than my best, but I just don’t feel like it makes a single bit of difference here.  As long as I keep hope scholarship and graduate on time that’s ALL I care about.  I just have a hard time believing that God is concerned with how much or how little I care about music theory class.  Tell me if I am wrong, please…

-chris