25 facts of Eric

These are just some interesting facts about me that you probably didn't know - Got the idea from some kids on facebook, and then Christina did it, so I was like, Ok, I think I'll do it. So here it is -

1. I enjoy drinking soda, Diet Mountain Dew, and Diet Dr Pepper, are my 2 main sodas.

2. I love Caffeine, it helps me concentrate, when I'm still sleepy.

3. I'm a HUGE Bible/Theology learner, and call me a dork, I don't care, I love learning about Jesus. =)

4. I still have little kid books on my book shelf, that I never threw out, and I'm thinking about giving them to my kids when I have some one day.

5. I'm a gamer, don't hate, and yes, I'm one of the few that will at times, like to play Halo 2, even though it cheats like mad. World of Warcraft is my other game...Don't call me a geek haha

6. My favorite movie is Silence of the Lambs, its very well done - and has a very interesting ending.

7. Music is seriously, one of my inspirations - It helps me to worship, it helps me to forgive, and love, and even cry when need be, it has also helped me to cope with issues I've had. Music = Awesome

8. I'm probably one of the most Hardcore Christians for a 16 year old, going on 17 in April. lol and yes, Fundamentalist right here.

9. For some reason, I really like Cheese, I don't know why, I just really do, I can eat it plain, I don't even have to have it on a sandwhich.

10. I use to play the Guitar, I still (kinda) can, but I'm not really the best at it.

11. When I eat bananas, for some reason my throat usually gets itchy, however, I love Banana Chips.

12. I have a rug with fish on it, in my room, don't ask why, I just do, had it for awhile.

13. I travel A lot, for my age, I've been to Nevada, Michigan(many times), Maine, Florida, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, stopped over in Chicago, Ohio, New York, Delaware, Virginia, and Canada. And I'm sure there is more, but I remember those specifically.

14. I've never had an official girlfriend, I'm working on that this year. lol

15. I feel like a new person everytime I take a shower, I'm sure you do too, but it just makes you feel like another you.

16. I have a wax hand, of my hand, I did it at the Rennaisance Festival. Its kinda cool.

17. I love classic rock, for some reason, I respect it, don't know why, but it just gives off this history I like. I also Love Christian music.

18. I'm one of the few that loves to Read, right now I mainly read Theology books, or Christian related material, so I can furthermore my studies. And of course, my Bible, I love to read.

19. I'm easily annoyed, and I have a short temper, but I try to keep it on the down low. lol

20. I use to love playing the card game, Magic. haha Yes, I can be a nerd.

21. The Ravens are my Favorite football team, (Born in Baltimore) don't hate Christina.

22. I do not like to be touched, it is a weird condition, I just have this huge issue when anyone hugs me, I mean if you are a close friend, I don't mind it so much, not saying I enjoy it though. lol

23. I have paranoia, meaning, I think that everyone seems to look at me, and that they have some kind of ignorant thought about me. Don't ask. its confusing.

24. I use to be the biggest fan on DragonBall Z - I watched the show, had magazines, drew art of it, and I even collected action figures. haha its true. :/

25. Lastly, I have this problem with people coming over my house, I'm not sure why, but I always either end up going over that friends house, or we just go out somewhere. Its strange. hard to explain.

Just pondering..

yeah, so I've just been thinking about having a family of my own one day, and yes, I know, I know, I'm only gonna be 17, however, I've just been thinking about who I am going to marry, and what my kids will look like, and trust me, I'm definitley leaving it All up to God.

I mean I know everyone goes into a thought cycle of whom, when, and where they will marry, and have kids. I'm sure of it.

I mean in the Bible, it just seems to be such a sacred and awesome thing to have a wife to love and cherish, and kids to raise to worship the Lord.
Genesis 1:26-28 - "Man was created by God. God, as our Creator, has power to make the rules that govern us. God created both male and female and gave them the responsibility to reproduce and populate the earth."

Well, I don't mean to really express all out here, I just want that "Life" ya know? I mean I want to be able to come home from work, with dinner prepared by my wife, kids done their homework, the table set, discussion of the Lord at dinner time, a little Bible study after dinner, then T.V time(nothing inappropriate, of course lol), and just whatever, just chillin in my Home. The true definition of Home too...:/

I also want to get to college, and get a Masters in some form of Business, then once I've gotten that all taken care of, by time I'm like 26 or 27, (10 years from now)...Hopefully, I will be married, and doing pretty well, financially, and then I will apply for a MASTERS IN THEOLOGY - which I think would be legit, I mean think about that, I would get to study the ways of the Lord, and be able to contemplate why our God, is THEE God. I mean I'll probably do an online graduate course for that degree, like in the Evening, after work, but honestly, by time I apply to earn that degree, I will have been a disciple in Christ for a decade! I'll be ready for classes like that, especially at the rate I'm going. No doubt.

"So do not fear, for I am with you, do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." Isaiah 41:10
Thats just my little motivator that I can do anything with the Lord by my side.

I have much more to say to you

The title to this blog, would be the title to my novel I am going to start soon, I still need to set up a better layout, and organize the chapters so I know what I will be discussing, but I can already see how I am going to end it. Anyways, I have been contemplating all these different subject matters, mainly focusing on Bible topics, and I'm completely absorbed in Jesus, our Savior right now. Its an amazing feeling if you go down that road. I've also seemed to notice that not many people seem to dedicate their life to Christ, and try to even be Christ-like, or even acknowledge him altogether, which I find to be really disturbing.

I've been reading, I don't have enough faith to be an Athiest, and clearly there is God, and yes, if you look at Evidence to our existence you will come to find that our God is the correct God. So I'm starting to become baffled at the idea that people don't want to surrender their life to God. I've been observing people at my school, and I've been observing people at the mall, and in restaurants, and I just can NOT believe what I hear, see, and witness with my own two eyes. And trust me, I'm not trying to judge at all, or come to conclusions that everyone sucks, but I just feel that we are so unworthy, and its almost that if God hadn't of promised to not flood us over like he had in the Old Testament, then He would have done it again for sure, I mean to be so disobedient and hateful, anything but his commandments, is beyond me. I know that we are all sinners, and I accept that completely. Its just I don't see any effort in trying to fix ourselves to a degree, but by continuing and not admitting Jesus Christ as your Savior, just shocks me.

I've also noticed that people think learning about God, is boring as well. The other day I was reading, I don't have enough faith to be an Athiest, and a kid I know, says, "What are you reading" so I told him, and then he replies in sarcasm, "Why are you reading that?! That is so boring, you should read something more fun" And of course I replied, "This IS fun to me", and it really is, however, I just can't believe that someone would even consider learning about our Creator, "BORING" I mean what the french toast.

Sorry, but this stuff has just been on my mind, and being a Christian, it just makes me sad that people would post and say things that disrepect God, and pretend he is all a lie.....

The Decision for God.

Well. As I said to Christina, I'm thinking about moving on with a friend that I've been best friends with for 14 years. But the truth of the matter is, we are going seperate ways, I'm trying to focus onto the Lord, and well, hes focusing on other "influences" in Cape. And as important as he is, and as much as we've been through, God and I have been through more. I'm trying to study my Theology, and pray more, and get more acquainted with God, especially when I have those days I really need it.

Not to mention, lately, there has just been consistent arguing, and hes just been losing his temper at me way too much to be considered good friends. So I'm not really trying to go down that path of anger again. I'm also feeling that God might be trying to speak to me and say, Enough.

The Bible says it all:
Prov. 22:24 & 25, "Make no friendship with an angry man, And with a furious man do not go, Lest you learn his ways And set a snare for your soul."

1Cor. 15:33, "Do not be deceived: Evil company corrupts good habits."

Prov. 13:20"He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will be destroyed."

That says it all....

I don't know right now..

I'm not sure what to think about anymore, I feel so befuddled of thoughts, and just rants throughout my brain, and I'm just not sure of "what" emotion I should be feeling right now. Between depression and all the meds, and just the stress from school alone, I've had enough of it. I need some Jesus right now, and I think there are some other concerns such as my friends mother has cervical cancer and shes a really nice person, so I hope things really get better for her, and when I heard her speak today, she just didn't sound so positive about where things are going with this, because she thought it was cured. So I'm just a bit worried about that...And then of course my best friend Christina, whom I know will read this and go, "Mmhmm", is stuck in Tennessee, on lock down within her household which sucks big time, and she just feels as though her car is broken down on the highway with no spare tire...

Anyone reading this, I just really need some prayers, and not to mention my own personal crap thats going on doesn't help the situation, and just...I don't know. I'm really trying to fulfill my duty to God, it just gets so difficult sometimes to feel motivated when school work blocks that "level" of enthusiasm.
I want to just live somewhere peaceful, focus on the Lord, and live a nice life....

I also want to mention that right now I'm feeling as though I'm stupid, for example, Why is it I do so poorly on my tests in school? I study. I read. I listen in class. I mean am I an idiot? or what? it frustrates me like mad. People who fart around in class get A's when I'm someone working my butt off for the B? I mean um correct me if I'm wrong but does something seem screwed up here? Then there is of course this whole change of Schools, that was a huge mistake, and I can't do anything about it - but cope with it. Good thing I've learned to master with coping from the past...or I'd be throwing in the flag right about now. These kids annoy me, and makes me want to hit one of them in the face, and its a very "cultural" school, and there is just no chance of "friend-making" for me. Not to mention that my trust levels aren't exactly easy to get. So pray that this school year goes by quickly for me...2nd Semester here I come....oh joy. :/

Loves me some Jesus

yeah, so I went to the Pasadena Assembly of God Church this morning, and it was actually pretty awesome, everyone was very nice, and considerate, and I don't know how many times I was greeted, I really noticed a great fellowship there. Todays message was talking about Prayer, which I thought was legit, and the songs they played at the start of the service were very good. I felt a bit of the Holy Spirit I'd say, and I even thought about my 2 best friends, Amber and Christina while being there, which made me a bit sad. But when I thought about how I am nothing without God, then I remembered that as long as I have Him in my life, I will get through any depressions of missing some of my best friends. :/ If you are curious about attending a new church, or going to church for the first time, or just wanna be saved and accept Jesus Christ as your Savior, I would recommend getting involved here, its a decent and nice Church. Here is the site for all information:

http://pasadenaag.org/

+ God Bless +

Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.

So I've came to this conclusion that school really does take out too much of my life, and I would like to spend all day after school working on Theology studies, but no, I can't, I have studying to do, and essays to write, and study guides to complete, and text book problems to solve...So if you can't tell, I'm kinda stressed out, and apparently according to my AP Psychology text book, Stress can kill you..So somehow, I'm thinking I need to surpass this school work, and start praying more, so this stress decreases. I feel soar, tired, and like my weeks have nothing else in them, but more WORK. And its not even the fact that I can't do this work, its just very time consuming of my relationship with God, if you understand what I mean, all you Christian FaithFreaks out there. lol Anyway...

I felt like I needed another Blog, thought I'd talk about whats recently on my mind..

Got Calvinism?

Well, my good friend, Christina, enlightened me up on the debate of Calvinism, and honestly the beliefs aren't really that strange as some like to proclaim it to be. I'm surprised this theory isn't expressed more. So far I've looked in on the doctrine of Total Depravity, and I agree with about 99 percent of what is being preached. If you read certain scriptures out of the Bible, you will see where I am coming from with my support of this doctrine, that is if you are one to disagree with me. One Bible scripture that I like that shows the support of this doctrine is,

Romans 3:10-11: "None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God."

I think that scripture pretty much explains the reason as to why God must predestine individuals into salvation since evidently man is incapable of choosing God. It all makes sense to me. If you just completely don't see where I am coming from, please ask me, I'll have no problem explaining my view on the matter even more in depth. Well I basically just wanted to state to every body that I have take upon an interest in the study of Calvinism and I will be purchasing my first novel soon on Calvinism to help me even understand better since this is new for me.

Went to the DIA

Today I visited the Detroit Institute of Art, I've been there several times, and its pretty awesome. Some of the "considered" works of art should not be there. I saw canvas with just red paint...That is not art to me, I also saw stones laying on the ground, once again...not Art..However, as many paintings that sucked, there were also some really interesting ones as well. Most of the Vincent Van Gogh, and Pablo Picasso stuff was pretty sweet, and there was a special exhibit on Monet and Dali which was alright. My favorite section of the Institute was the Christian Devotion section, it was full of sculptures of Jesus on the Cross, and Jesus with family, like Mary. There was images of baby Jesus which was cool. They also gave a brief description of how Christianity impacted much of the society back then, and how important it was to some of the people which was cool. Although there was also some Catholic related material art that I didn't so much agree with. There was also a painting of the image of the resurrected Christ, that was a unique picture because there was very small cuts on Jesus, and he didn't look as happy as I had imagined him, but that painting doesn't necessarily mean that is the truth, it was only one person's idea. I'm kinda curious if any of the artists might have been pastors...Most likely they were apart of the Church or Ministry, considering a lot of faith in God must have been there in order to depict Jesus in the ways they had done. I felt that the Christian art had really pointed out certain scriptures in the Bible, and I thought that was a cool way of expressing certain messages across to people that might not understand the text itself.

The Truth about Chick-Fil-A...It needs to be said

Ok - I'm pretty much fed up with chick-fil-a chicken, its gay. If you like it, you really shouldn't. The way its made is disgusting, they don't wash their hands when preparing the chicken, they don't use fresh chicken - its all stored in a container, the flour is not even white, they use dirty water to wash the dishes, they don't even clean the store or gutters properly. They pick up sauces off the floor and throw them back in the bin, I've even found lids in the ice bin that have probably been there for months - and trust me people's hands touch those lids, I've also seen bites out of the chicken -that makes me wonder, who ate that chicken? *cough* the cooks... - So to start off the place is pretty much Unsanitary to begin with.

Next I want to say that the employees are ignorant, mainly the managers, they think they own the restaurant, when its the basic employees who do all the work at the registers. If you haven't noticed yet...They barely give you any bathroom breaks, or even drink breaks, yet the managers are free to do whatever they like, and THEY get all the respect because they have a clearance card and some keys to registers. Ooh big frickin deal..you get no sick time, they force you to find someone else to work for you, EVEN if you might be in the emergency room. They don't care if you have family plans during the holidays - its ALL about them between November and December which I think is crap, they force you to stay on register, they are unfair towards paychecks, and gives certain employees who have been there for a much longer time less salary than someone who has been there for a shorter period...its ridiculous. I also have a theory that relatives of managers get more Respect opposed to someone who works their butt off....

Lastly, the customers...they are gay. They have no respect towards "us" the employees, they have no patience, even if it might be ridiculously busy out front. And they blame everything ON the cashier, when its not even our fault. Not to mention, all they do is WHINE. They always have to find some problem just to make you look like a retard, and let me say something - I am not your slave, I am an employed worker at Chick-fil-A who is WILLING to give you ignorant people food.

Congratulations Scruff McGruff, you really took that "bite" out of crime.

I wanted to share with you people about a U.S History teacher that teaches in a bias manner, and honestly should not be a teacher. He calls out your test grades in class, which is crooked, and realistically you can get fired from the job if any one was to report it. I mainly want to make the announcement about the religious content he likes to try to put out "there", but honestly he fails dramatically. He makes too many inappropriate comments about how fundamentalists are wrong, and how he doesn't even know where they are coming from when honestly he shouldn't even go there considering he was raised in a Catholic school who has priest that molest children, and how the "Catholics" didn't do anything to arrest them, and instead defended them. And Then he tries to get started on scriptures which is a huge mistake to do, because if it became a one on one battle, he would get trashed. It wouldn't even get to the second level, he tries to point out the roles of women, when he knows so little, and he tries to announce how we are all sinning at this very moment, when that is actually false if you knew the real context and quote, "Hebrew language" as Christina would say. Let me also say that he has cursed out other students, and consistently makes fun certain individuals, I also got word that he made a racist comment to an Asian student that went along the lines of this:
Student: I can't do this work
Teacher:You're Asian you should be able to do this
Call me wrong, but I consider that to be a bit racist....Well that is just some examples of ignorance that occurs in this class that needed to be announced.