F-A-N-A-T-I-C

I like rap music. Yes i said it, a 19 year old white guy from Topeka Kansas likes rap music. However I am not a big fan of just playing old school rap beats from old rap songs with no lyrics(volleyball/basketball games)!!!!

I get like listening to secular rap music, but their message is usually about having sex, drinking, getting high, or killing someone. It gets kinda old, but i still like them for some reason. Sometimes it gets hard to find good Christian rap music, but My good friend Tom Tatterfield pointed me to a good Christian rapper named Trip Lee. I started looking his songs up and it brought me to a group of christian rappers that like to mix their songs together. They are called 116 clique. One of my favorite songs of theirs is called Cash or Christ/Fanatic. It is a good song and the lyrics are amazing.

The song talks a lot about materilism. The lyrics are powerful and full of meaning that needs to be heard. "Intead of Ice, it be nice if we would try to invest in life"......"Got money, got quicks, got ice, still broke homeboy! No Christ!"......."The Dollar bill says in God we trust, its funny cuz money is the only god he trust"...."And when they die, not a dimes (is) gonna go. Now they phyiscally rich, but they spiritual poo(r)"..... "And they probably never heard of 1st corinthains chapta fou(r), cuz he said they can't imagine God's people being poo(r)."

The song goes on to say "I'm a F-A-N-A-T-I-C (fanatic) I rep Christ till I D-I-E (fanatic)" What does that really mean anyway? Fanatic for Christ? I rep Christ till I die? Do we treat God like God, or money like a god? What would happen if God's people truly did live a life that He calls us to live. Money may not be the wordly god in your life. There are plenty of other substitutes to fill in the blank. What are you a Fanatic for? Boyfriend/girlfriend? Money? Success? Sin? Or are you a F-A-N-A-T-I-C for the living God that was willing to die to give you eternal life? Will you rep Christ untill you are 50? Or will you start repping God when you are 30 and have a family and kids? Or are you Willing you rep Christ now and until till you D-I-E?


JIM'S BURN
I play a lot of ping pong during my free time. I'll get cocky on your for a second and tell you that im pretty good. I handle some of the best ping pong players (Charlie Landis, David Heffren, Ryan Hicks, Tyler Green and Monica Lanzone) on a daily basis. But there is this guy....His name is Chase Hill....Now Chase is a good ping pong player, but I don't think he has anything on me or any of the other people that I listed above. BUT for some odd reason that not even God can answer, I CAN NEVER BEAT THIS KID. He constantly makes me look like a 8 year old girl on the ping pong table. He does nothing special. He hits the ball back at me, and I just mess it up. What makes matters worse is that he is one of those trash talkers. I am constinly hearing, "Good try Jim....Maybe next time....or Hey do you think you will get double digits this game"? I know I am better than Chase, I just can't beat him! And I can never beat his ping pong disciple, Jackie Schargenaekgljaetkj either. And yes, I am better than you too Jackie.

The verbal abuse of 95 lb 4th graders

Well when I first started this blog, i thought I would write in it at least once every other week.....maybe even weekly. But it has been a month since my last post, so why not just commit to writing in it at least monthly?

Some things i have been up to:
I got back into playing a little bit of Halo every once awhile with Chuck and Jake...brings back good times, but a little rusty.....I am on the 6th season of Smallville, and I seem to be watching close to 4 episodes a day (yeaaaa Jim = loser).....School has been going pretty good, except the whole school part, but i guess thats normal for any college kid to say. I went to a Chinese restaurant after church last week and it rekindled my love for the Chinese. AND my fantasy football teams kicked butt this past week..YES GO SWEATHOGZ! (name of my teams)

So now that i got that off my chest....

I have been reading the book of Exodus. It is interesting to read and study how God worked 4000+ years ago. How awesome his presence was in Moses and the Israelite nation. God did some amazing things back then, and he continues to work in our lives today.
Moses was a stud, but kind of a wimp when you think about it. After he killed that Egyptian he took off and left the country. You all know the story, how God called to him to save his people. One thing that I guess I never really noticed was how many times Moses really did question his ability to save the whole nation of Israel. I remember learning about how he couldn't talk very well, and how he didn't think he could do it. But while I was reading it just kept coming up and coming up...Moses complaining to God and saying "I CANT DO THIS!!! GET SOMEONE ELSE!" Did I already say how amazing God was/is? God used Moses to save Israel while at the same time showing his power throughout the whole country.

I am a stud, but when i think about it, man I am a wimp. I don't know how many times i have thought about how I couldn't handle being a minister. When i see the "spiritual powerhouses" that surround me in the dorms and class room I can't help but think I am unqualified . I am not that smart, not the best speaker, and everyone knows I don't have the best blog posts. How is a person like me going to win students to Christ?

When I was reading how Moses kept complaining and doubting himself even with God at his side, i couldn't help but see myself in him (and not for the good). I am encouraged to become a youth minister. And if i don't live a life in ministry, I feel like I would be failing to answer the call that God has placed on my heart. I know that I am surrounded by amazing people and professors that daily help shape my live and spirituality. And God is with me just like he was with Moses..
Now if only he can teach me all those tricks with the staff. My prayer would be that we can be pushed aside and let God work through us. God will overpower any doubt that we have because it is his spirit working through us. He did it yesterday. Today. And Gosh darn it he will still be there tomorrow....

JIM'S BURN
I had so many burns lined up two weeks ago that I didn't know what would I would do with all of them...But they all seemed to have left me lately......BUT remember when I said that I was playing Halo a lot lately? It turns out that those annoying 4th graders that talk trash still play.......One of the most frustrating things in the world is when this 95 lbs 4th grader that has yet to hit puberty is calling out your manhood over a video game. Although I bet i could dominate these kids in all aspects in life, he absolutely punishes me in Halo. Its terribly frustrating, but if any of you 4th graders that smash me in halo are reading this..IM COMING AFTER YOU