it's your monkey.

well i hope you checked out that song from a couple posts ago. seriously. if you haven't go do it. 

mk. this is a passage that i would like to anotate for you all just cause i read it today and thought "oh i'll anotate that for my peeps" (all 5 of you)

i'm just gonna move verse by verse and throw in my two cents (it's a good thing its just my two cents cause i'm just a college kid..i'm not millionare or bad government that can throw other peoples money at whatever i want to--that was a jab at all politics and politicians not just the current party/party-poopers call em what you will)

mk. here goes.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:"

*i am still learning to diffrentiate between the right and wrong time. for real*

"a time to be born and a time to die"

*i'm gonna be around till i'm 134...cien treite y cuatro...thats 134 in spanish..just thought i'd sho you my skillz*

"a time to plant and a time to uproot"

*plant me some CORN COB!!! baha i'm just kidding, not a huge fan of corn...if you must know why you may ask me*

"a time to kill and a time to heal"

*see i keep trying to tell my professors it's right there in the Bible...kill time...i do i do i do..pray for them*

"a time to tear down and a time to build"

*i hope that means a house because i'm no fan of criticism...actually i like it alot but i'd prefer you tear down a house than me baha...unless it's "constructive"...but we're all like that i suppose*

"a time to weep and a time to laugh"

*i must confess...i try to do as little of the first as possible, but i can never get tired of the second one...i make myself laugh. that's right i laugh at my own jokes...but in my defencse i only laugh if something's funny*

"a time to mourn and a time to dance"

*haha nope not gonna do it. there will be no room for that last one if you are partial to the southern baptist way...just go ahead and throw that one out the window...*

"a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them"

*yaya...don't throw rocks at girls, i know*

"a time to embrace and a time to refrain"

*yes when the individual starts gasping for life giving air and can no longer breathe it might be time for you to start considering refraining from the embrace you are in*

"a time to search and a time to give up"

*even if you "KNOW" where you put it ladies...just give it up. hand it over to the Lord*

"a time to keep and time to throw away"

*packrats, that's God's shout out to you*

"a time to tear and a time to mend"

*guys if you were in boy scouts you should be able to do both...and no guys he is not talking about breakin' wind on that first one*

"a time to be silent and a time to speak"

*not gonna lie..i like my "me" time. seriously. i love to hear myself talk. and to all my friends there will be a haUUUUUGGGGEEE crown up in heaven for you listen to my big mouth*

"a time to love and time to hate"

*"so what the world needs now is love, sweet love. it's the only thing that there's just too little of"*

"a time for war and a time for peace"

* FOR REALS PEOPLE!!!*

so here's the kicker for all that and its found in the same chapter verses 19 and 20

"Man's fate is like that of the animals; that same fate awaits the both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath; man has no advantage over the animal. Everything is meaningless. All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return."

um. that kindof puts me in my place when i read that. especially the "everything is meaningless" part. with all this "time" for things, how are you going to be living? Are you living like it's your last day? Are you living so that when everything is said and done and you are standing before the King, the Creator of the Universe and everything in it, when you are on your face before His throne, will you hear "Well done, my good and faithful servant"? daily i struggle and fight and push back against living a life that is pleasing to God. daily i have to make a decision to be content with what i have, deal with my pride (not a fan of this one), and give God TOTAL control of my life. 

God does so many incredible things when you totally surrender your life to him and give him control. seriously. yes it's storytime with joey. it'll be quick though. i promise.

spring break was 3 weeks out and mom bought my plane ticket to fly home. i am in Greenville, SC and i was going to be flying out of Charlotte which is about a hour and forty five minutes from where i am. we did this because the flight was cheaper...and i had family that lives across the stateline and was going to be able to come down and pick me up and take me to the airport. well things happened that were no one's fault...it was just life...and the people that werent going to be available to come pick me up to take me to the airport up in Charlotte. well it's funny how God puts you in these situations just so that He will be the only one that gets any glory from it. i was now wondering what was gonna happen, we couldnt change the flight or the flight times cause that would cost an arm and a leg and i am partial to all 4 of mine so i needed to find a ride. well my mom made a phone call and the person that she talked to said "why don't you just send out a mass email to the student body to see if anyone could give you a ride." i am not joking. i was very doubtfull about the whole thing really. i am new here. i am from kansas. there arent a whole lot of people that know me. and there probably arent a whole lot of people that would be willing to give someone a ride to the airport that they had absolutely no idea who they were. lets be honest. would you? i'm still wondering if i would have given me a ride.

well i stepped out in faith anyway and sent out a mass email to the student body and explained (in fewer words than what i just told you) my situation and asked if someone would be willing to give me a ride. within 5 minutes i started getting reply after reply after reply of offers to take me up to the airport in Charlotte. not only did i recieve offers from people that were going home to Charlotte to give me a ride up but i recieved offers from people that were headed the total opposited direction of Charlotte that said they would be willing to give me a ride if i couldnt find one. guys keep in mind that it's a hour and 45 minute drive from here. i was SO overwhelmed by the support and offers and love that was displayed to me and literally was shocked and dumbfounded that so many people wanted to help the kansas kid get home. guys, only somthing as BIG as GOD can do somthing like that! and needless to say i now have a ride to the airport. God is so good!

there are so many things that we are unsure of. so are you willing to put it all on the line for Him? are you willing to say here i am? are you "comfortable with being uncomfortable" ( quote from Perry Noble)? God does incredible things when you wholly surrender, and seeing what the verses say, we all have a time to die, and after that it's done, there are no second chances, no get-out-of-jail-free cards, nothing...what are you going to do? how are you going to live from here on out? the monkey's on your back now. love ya!