Christ Is Risen

Let no one caught in sin remain
Inside the lie of inward shame
We fix our eyes upon the cross
And run to him who showed great love
And bled for us
Freely you bled, for us

Christ is risen from the dead
Trampling over death by death
Come awake, come awake!
Come and rise up from the grave!

Christ is risen from the dead
We are one with him again
Come awake, come awake!
Come and rise up from the grave!

Beneath the weight of all our sin
You bow to none but heavens will
No scheme of hell, no scoffer's crown
No burden great can hold you down
In strength you reign
Forever let your church proclaim

Christ is risen from the dead
Trampling over death by death
Come awake, come awake!
Come and rise up from the grave

Christ is risen from the dead
We are one with him again
Come awake, come awake!
Come and rise up from the grave

Oh death! Where is your sting?
Oh hell! Where is your victory?
Oh Church! Come stand in the light!
The glory of God has defeated the night!

Oh death! Where is your sting?
Oh hell! Where is your victory?
Oh Church! Come stand in the light!
Our God is not dead, he's alive! he's alive!

Christ is risen from the dead
Trampling over death by death
Come awake, come awake!
Come and rise up from the grave
Christ is risen from the dead
We are one with him again
Come awake, come awake!
Come and rise up from the grave

Rise up from the grave...

I'm Alive

Come here often?

I didn't know that the new beginnings of 2013 would keep me from my blog.  The busy schedule of teaching a class and juggling a weird/random personal training schedule combined with the fact that I have shifted more from blogging to writing in my prayer journal have kept me absent.

Even though I still do not have a full-time job, I am thankful for the opportunities that God has given me.  The 2 part time jobs I have are not ideal but they are in my field (or the field I hope to be in) and they are better than a random office job.  I have a church and bible study group that I love.  God has used that to rekindle my daily, personal relationship with Him.  I feel like my perspective and state of mind is a lot better than it was a year ago.  I am thankful for Integrity church and its Bible teaching.  I am thankful to have a Bible study leader who is also a friend.  I am thankful that I get to meet with him almost every Tuesday for dinner to talk about God and life.  I am thankful I have ways to make money to eat out with friends, pay my own gas, and fund the Kingdom of God.  I am trying to count my blessings instead of list my complaints.  Long term this is not where I want to be and this is not what I want to be doing but for right now this is where I am and there is a lot to be thankful for.

I am also thankful for weightlifting.  I really enjoy lifting with and coaching the college team.  I have also started a new blog concerning their training.  Follow it and suscribe to our youtube channel.

Pirate Weightlifting Blog

Pirate Weightlifting Youtube Channel


I will try to do a better job posting in the future.  I think it will be good for me to document what God is teaching and showing me at this point in my life.  I will be able to go back to it to remind myself of His love and faithfulness (in addition to the Bible of course).  I have been praying that God would help me love Him and others with a real and genuine love... a love that could only come from Him.  I have also been praying that all my delight would be in Him.  That I would delight in reading about Him, praying about Him, hearing about Him, learning about Him, sharing about Him.  I think this blog is also good for that... sharing what God is doing in my life and delighting in that.