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Name: Nelson (Nelly)
Country: United States
State: Texas
Birthday: 7/11/1984
Gender: Male
Interests: God, Christianity, explaining Christianity, Wikipedia, trying to figure out "why," history, trivial knowledge, hymns , the B-I-B-L-E, YAC, flip-flops, reading, writing, food, eating, music, hats, Dr. Pepper, The Dallas Mavericks, The Dallas Cowboys, The University of Texas Longhorns, NCAA Football on PS2, A.W. Tozer, penguins, wearing t-shirts over collared shirts, popping the colla', college football, not so famous Christian music guys: Mat Kearney, Robbie Seay Band, Shawny Mac, Jeremy Courtney Band, Taylor Sorenson, Levi Smith, Ryan Essmaker, John Mark McMillan, David Ramirez, Vin Thomas
Occupation: Student
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AIM:  ilcollare
AIM:  nellynumberthree
MSN: nelly_III@hotmail.com
Yahoo:  nellynumberthree
Member Since:
9/11/2004
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| DISCLAIMER: In an effort to draw responses, I will be posting a couple of questions below. I care not for "happy, bubbly Christian answers." Just be honest. Your response will be apart of my next post. Thank you.
Does any ever find that Christianity is boring?
What about church, are you excited to go? If not, why do you go?
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| I have been confronted with an inordinate amount of writer's block. I have plenty to say, but I don't know how to go about saying it. So maybe it isn't writer's block, but maybe writing block. Either way, I would make my head heart with a long post, so I will just focus on the basics.
Romans...
I have been studying Romans for the past few weeks for my Sunday School class. I have realized that making your own lessons is a whole lot better than buying them in a book. I have also realized that Paul was a smart man. He is one of my new heroes. It seems that pieces of the first three chapters--all I have covered so far--seem to pop up at every interval throughout my day. Whether good or bad, Romans is there. It's like my shadow. So far, my favorite verse has been Romans 2:4, "Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and
patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to
repentance?"
Girls and Relationships in General...
Point 1: I never realized how important time management is. In regards to having a girlfriend. It is very hard to try to spend time with her, work, go to school, and still have "me time." I have come to realize that I must dig deep and suck it up, for alas this is life. I have also seen, "The Light," and realized the importance of a couples' Bible study. Now if I could get around to doing it. Point 2: Why don't more people come to me for advice? God has given me an incredible gifting in that area, but it's funny that the people that come to me aren't ones whom I would describe as close friends. Point 3: Somewhere along the way, I ceased to be like everyone else and became, "Nelson." Much more is expected of me than other people and people presume that I am better than I actually am. Maybe it's the way I carry myself, or the way I don't divulge too much, or maybe I just don't know what the cheese I am talking about. All I know, is that if I hear, "But you're Nelson..." one more time, I might just leave the vicinity and become a Franciscan monk.
Cell Phones...
I have lost two cell phones in as many weeks. Both were egregious errors on my part. The first I had in my back pocket and then proceeded to sit on a hard bench at Whataburger. Which seems strange because I have done that countless times before. The second, which was the replacement, I had for no less than five days and proceeded to enter a swimming pool with phone in tow (actually, in pocket, but in tow is a bit more literary). Needless to say, I was not happy with myself and am still a bit upset about the whole ordeal. But thank God I have equipment protection. However, I have yet to go back to t-Mobile for the third time, so I feel out of the loop.
Thinking...
I think alot. Maybe even too much at times. You know you have a problem when: 1) You can make your head hurt with thinking and 2) It is impossible for you to stare off into space like other people and live although momentarily in the land of bliss that is known as, "Where Brain's Go to Dine."
Band...
I want to form a band. I even wasted a good amount of time in Sociology class coming up with a logo. I thought that I would need to learn an instrument. But Julian Casablancas of The Strokes only sings. The instrument would only be helpful when I left the band because I became too good.
School...
I don't know how I feel about DBU. I'm not taking any classes that I want or like and I do not like having to $445 per credit hour just because praying before class makes it "Christian," or because you must keep up with the campus greenery or so that Campus Security can drive a nice truck and SUV that guzzle gasoline. Also, I am not a fan of having to work so much that I cannot join any organizations.
God...
He is incredible. And He has proved Himself o'er and o'er. I have come to realize how blessed I am and how little I deserve it. It's easy to go about life and forget God, but chances are, you will not be able to go far for long without Him saying or doing something to get you back on track.
Thanks...
Thanks to the five people that commented. You stroked my ego and made me want to post again. Since this is xanga, the best I can do is give you a shout out, which will be the title of this entry and a free copy of my movie, "Nelly's New Workout Plan" which can be easily viewed on YouTube, by clicking here.
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| Does anyone read xanga anymore? If not, I'll go elsewhere.
EDIT: I already have. Gone elsewhere that is. I sold out and got a MySpace and a Facebook. | | |
| | How to make a Nelson Howard | Ingredients:
3 parts success
1 part self-sufficiency
1 part ego | Method:
Blend at a low speed for 30 seconds. Add a little cocktail umbrella and a dash of lovability |
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| There are times when I care and times when I don't. Unfortunately, more often than not, the times I don't care outnumber the former. Why? Is there a reason for this complete lack of care and concern? In all areas from worship to work to meditation to other people to life in general, our lives take on a drudgery that they were never meant to sustain.
It seems that we find ourselves living in monotony and we are okay with it. Well, maybe we are not okay with it, but we definitely are not doing anything about it. We esteem lust above love. Selfishness above selflessness. Pride before humility. The list goes on and on ad infinitum. Something within us must begin to urge us to do something. To compel us.
In II Corinthians 5:14-15, Paul writes, "For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised."
Compel: to exert a strong, irresistible force on. There should be some force that comes from within us that is constantly urging us forward and away from the muckraking. There should be some type of urgency within us that directs us to further the cause of Christ. Life should be much more than the state in which we currently live. And most certainly, Christianity should be so much much more that what we have.
Let Thy love draw me nearer to Thyself.Wean
me from sin, mortify me to this world, and make
me ready for my departure hence. Secure me by
Thy grace as I sail across this stormy sea (from The Valley of Vision). | | |
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