Favorite Band

Who is your favorite band of all time? What is the best concert you have been to? For those of you that know me real well know that my favorite band is Audio Adrenaline. You can make fun of me if you want to... but I don't care. I like Audio Adrenaline because their lyrics are honest and I can always compare my life and what I am going through at the time to some of their lyrics. My favorite song by Audio Adrenaline is called "Until my heart caves in." It's basically about praising God and loving him until your heart caves in. Audio A just retired about a year and a half ago because the lead singer lost his voice and had to get surgery on his voice box. If you have never listened to Audio A I would suggest their Lift album which is more of a worship album and my favorite one. Also you should try their "Until my heart caves in" album which was their last album other than Adios which was their greatest hits album.

One band that I have to mention is DC Talk. I grew up listening to them almost every day. Me and my sister would try to make music videos to some of their songs. Now that they are doing their solo stuff I really enjoy Tobymac. He is different than anyone else. His music is perfect for when I am hyper. You should give him a try. I suggest all of his albums. His live one is legit.

Okay sorry for blabbering about stuff you might not care about. I have only been to two secular concerts and those two were Coldplay concerts. I have seen Audio A and Tobymac a dozen times and could say that they put on a really good concert but when comes to a Coldplay concert it is hard to compare. The tickets are expensive but well worth it. If you haven't seen Coldplay live you have to as soon as you get the chance. Well enough about who I like. Who is your favorite band or artist? What is your favorite song by them? And what is the best concert you have been to?

A Day at Diffee Motor Company

At Diffee Motor Company my days seem to be very repetitive. Every Wednesday I show up at 8:00 and wish that I was still in bed. I find something to eat and today I was lucky and had donuts... no better way to start the day. As soon as I get settled in I will turn on Sportscenter and listen to it repeat itself twenty times throughout the day. I don't like to watch the news because it is depressing. Around 9:00 a customer will pull up and ask for a $4,000 car and I tell them all we have is an Oldsmobile or Buick and they say no I'm wanting a sports car or Honda. People get mad at me when I don't have a $4,000 sports car and I just have to be ignore their rudeness and get on with the day. Also one of my biggest pet peaves is people singing in the morning. Sometimes you just want to slap people. There are just days that you wish there was peace and quiet but there will always be something or someone that gets on your nerves.

Hopefully this day will pick up... it's the 14th of January and I have only sold 1 car! So I guess you could say the best part of my day so far is having a donut. Maybe something crazy will happen like someone buying a car from me. Who knows what could happen it is Bethany Oklahoma. Well maybe I should get back to work. If you read this and want to hang out or buy a car call me. Have a good day. Oh and call me if something crazy happens to you today.

His Word

  Do you ever feel like God's word seems dry and you just don't hear him speaking to you? At the end of last year I was in that place. I had a sense of confusion and loneliness and I couldn't really explain to anyone my reasons for feeling this way. I had mixed desires and felt like I was in a between mode with God. I wanted him there but at the same time I was confused because I felt like he wasn't moving in my life. 

  I think we go through these times so that we can truly figure out who we are in Christ. Where we stand and what we believe. I felt as if God was transforming me in a way I couldn't control. I had this fear because what I was wanting for my life wasn't what God wanted. I was happy so I thought everything in my life was under control. I realized I was putting my trust in myself and not God. The reason His word seemed dry is because my focus was on me and not him. That is the wrong place to be. You won't get anywhere in life until you fully release yourself and put all of your trust in God. I have to pray daily that God will free me of all of my iniquities. God's word brings life and brings joy. Jeremiah 15:16 says "When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart's delight, for I bear your name, O Lord God Almighty." If you run to his word and you fully trust and love him... he will be there and will never leave you.

Sanctified

May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it. 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

This is a verse that I have known for a long time. I actually used it for when I got baptized. I read it again today and the word sanctified stuck out to me. Sanctified means to be set apart for a sacred purpose. Right now in my life I am longing to be sanctified and I want to be kept blameless. It almost sounds impossible to be kept blameless because we live in a world full of sin. Satan will battle for a place in our lives... and he knows exactly what makes us weak. Whether it be gossip, temptation, greed, anger and so on he knows how to deceive us and when to do it. For me the best way to fight the enemy is by staying in the word and prayer. The word is the best weapon we can use against the enemy. I have to concentrate every minute of the day and make sure that I am obeying God with what I do and say. I am at fault and will admit that I am not on the right track. I haven't been giving God every aspect of my life. I know that I will never be perfect but I must focus on God. I want to end with some scripture that just came to my mind. It is Psalm 19:14. What are your thoughts on this scripture? Feel free to comment.

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you. O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. Psalm 19:14

Are you kidding me?

I am a big sports fan but sometimes I find it ridiculous of how much the athletes get payed. In the offseason the New York Yankees have spent $1.3 billion on a new stadium and $424 million on only three players! Are you kidding me? Something isn't right here. I think it's good to be competitive on a professional level and you want to bring a championship to your city. The Yankees are signing some great athletes and they seem to year after year because they want a championship so badly but you would hope they would do something different because they have seemed to choke the past couple of seasons. The average salary that managers and other clubs spend on a team is $220 million. It blows me away to think that with the way the economy is these guys are getting payed this much to throw and hit a ball.

I may sound bitter that I am not getting payed to play sports but I am not. I just have never heard of so much money being spent on one athlete. It will be interesting to see what kind of season the Yankees have with all of their money. Who knows? This is my random thought for the day. Have a good one. Peace out.

His Ways

Let me start off to say that I'm not that great of a writer but I have a lot that I want to say. You are probably wondering why my blog is called "Lost Inside the Wonder". I named it that for a couple of reasons. First because it is one of my favorite songs and because of what Deuteronomy 10:21 says. "He is your praise; he is your God, who performed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes." 

Last night was the first time that I came across this verse and I have been thinking about it all day. I think sometimes God's wonders and ways can bring us joy and at other times bring us pain.  In 2008 God closed a lot of doors in my life and it was hard to go through at the time but through it all I have seen his awesome wonders. We can have our own plans and be content with our lives but are we really doing God's will? That is a question that I find myself asking almost every day. To be honest I don't do good with the monotonous times in life. I want to feel like God is always moving. That is something that I know I have to release over to God. I will never know his will... so I have to choose how I will live each day. God takes us through hard times so we can learn to trust him and he closes doors because he has something far better than we could ever imagine. Even though we don't feel his presence he is always working.