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Name: Stephen
Country: United States
State: Florida
Metro: Panama City
Birthday: 7/23/1988
Gender: Male
Interests: I'm from sunny Panama City, Florida, but I feel right at home up here in Birmingham. I graduated in the Covenant Christian School Class of 2006. There were only 17 of us, but we were basically like a family, and I miss everyone so much! I went to Covenant Presbyterian (PCA) and was active in the youth group and youth choir. I'm a crazy FSU fan, although I'm also starting to cheer for Auburn as well. I love sports and I played basketball in high school, but I'm also really into drama. I've played such roles as Peter Marshall in "A Man Called Peter," Charlie Brown in "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," and the Beast in "Beauty and the Beast." So much fun! I also love writing and listening to music (i'm a recent country music convert, and i also love contemporary Christian and some other random stuff as you read above...haha). I love traveling and going new places, I enjoy the outdoors, and I like spontaneous adventures, but I'm also a homebody. There's no place like home!!! I miss Panama
Expertise: I'm still tyring to figure out what God wants me to do with my life. I'm majoring in political science, and I might have a career in government, but I've really been feeling led lately in another direction. I really feel led to work with young people in one way or another. Maybe as a teacher (history/government, of course!), or maybe even as a youth pastor. I'm seriously considering Seminary after I finish up at Samford. I just really feel like I want to make a difference in the lives of youth, but we'll see where God leads me!
Still looking for that special girl too, but I'm in no hurry. I'm trusting in God's timing, and I know that He will introduce me to her when the time is right, so I'm not gonna go make a mess of things by taking it into my own hands! I'm looking forward to starting a family, and I pray that my family will keep Christ at the center of everything we do: my marriage, raising kids, etc...
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Member Since:
4/15/2006
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| So I got an email from xanga saying if I didn't update my site it would be deleted. Well...call me nostalgic, but I don't want to see this xanga die...yet. haha Comment if you read this...I have no idea if there's even anyone reading these anymore! | | |
| I feel like I just opened a trunk in my attic that I hadn't seen in years and blew the dust off of some old relic from ages gone by. And it's just barely been a year...hmm. I don't know what made me log back in finally...maybe it was the outwardly friendly but subtley threatening emails that Xanga has been sending me. Maybe it was a sense of nostalgia. However, I do feel like a disillusioned elderly person with a cell phone. Xanga looks so different now. What are all these newfangled gizmos and gadgets? Fiddle-faddle. Anyhow, it's not like I have all this time laying around to keep this thing up in addition to everything else. This could very well just be an irrational act of passion that I engaged in at 1:30 in the morning, lost in the haze of exhaustion. I do fondly remember the good ol' days of xanga. Sigh. Oh to be 16 again. Wait...scratch that. But xanga always did have that charm to it. A lot more personal than other alternatives, and much more interesting and engaging. You had to put time into it. And it was actually worth something when you were finished. You learned about your friends and about yourself. I liked it. But then we all started philandering around with that flashy, sexy, quick-and-easy (pardon my French) myspace. I just felt dirty every time I logged on to myspace, like I had to take a shower afterwards. But it's what was going on, and it didn't require as much time or energy. Facebook seems to rule the day now, and I do really like Facebook. However, I still mourn the loss of the xanga community of merely a few years ago. Who knows, will Xanga make a surprise comeback? It's doubtful. We're too hooked on what's quick and easy and flashy. We forget about dear Xanga, who was there for us after school, who saw us through our teenage angst, our depression, our joys, and our sorrows. I have absolutely no idea if anyone besides myself will ever read this post. But if you do, and you feel the same way, leave a comment. Maybe an attempt to revive a dying institution, maybe a tribute to an institution already gone. Whatever you think... And now I'm starting to sound like an English major. tsk tsk See you all later, all you out there in xangaspace. Stephen | | |
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I wrote this on MySpace on Monday evening...thought it was worth sharing today...
Wow...I'm still in shock from today's news about the horrible tragedy at Virginia Tech. I don't know anyone from VT, but it still just really struck me today. Something like this could have happened anywhere, even here at Samford. We truly do live in a fallen world.
However, it is SO amazing to know that we do have a loving Father in Heaven who is in complete control of this world. We may wonder how a loving God could let a horrific tragedy like this happen, but we know that in His will EVERYTHING happens for a reason. It may be hard, and it may be tragic...but He truly does know what is best. Even as our hearts stopped when we saw the death toll rising, even as we weep when we picture college students, just like us, going through such a nightmare and the families of such students and professors...even as our hearts just ache as we hear all of this news, we can rejoice, because we know that we serve a God that has the whole world in His Hands. He had Virginia Tech in His Hands today...again, we ask why? WHY? But just as a loving father tells his children to trust him, He lovingly tells us, "Trust me."
This is a fallen world, and it will only continue to get worse until that glorious day when Christ returns. as we see these pictures and hear these stories, we cry out desperately, "COME LORD JESUS COME!" This world is full of sorrows, pain, tragedy, tears, and ultimately death. But Jesus has won the victory over death, and we know that one day there will be no more tears, no more sadness, no more death. There will be no more wars, no more sickness, no more school shootings. We look forward to that day with great anticipation...Come Lord Jesus!
We need to lift up everyone in prayer who was involved with the tragedy today. Families, friends, other students...I couldn't help but keep thinking today, "what if this happened at samford?" It's not something that's nice to think about, but i couldn't help it. We are in God's Hands. None of us are ever guaranteed another breath. But we don't live in fear, because we know that whatever happens will be in God's perfect will, and if it's God's will for us to lose our lives, it will all be for gain because we will then be with Him forever in Paradise!
Just keep praying for these people, these people that are just like you and me, these people that just 24 hours ago were just living their lives like we were and are now. Pray that God will bring His peace to them, and that He will work through this situation to draw many to His loving embrace.
Pray for Virginia Tech...pray for our schools...pray for our nation...
Pray for the Return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!
Come Lord Jesus! | | |
| Happy Resurrection Sunday, everyone! I hope everyone had a nice, peaceful, and relaxing Lord's Day...a time spent with family and/or friends, reflecting on the awesome power, wonder, and majesty of Christ's Resurrection. It's not just a story, folks...it happened. Jesus died on the cross, was buried, and yes, after 3 days, he ROSE AGAIN, and HE IS ALIVE!!! HALLELUJAH!!!
You might notice the odd absence of "Easter" from my greeting. Easter's not bad or anything, but man, the holiday Easter has been all but stripped of any kind of true significance. it's a celebration of "spring and new life," but just pretty colors and self-indulgence. I mean, c'mon, our Easter "traditions" are nothing but a bunch of pagan fertility symbols...there's a holiday for the kids, honey! lol
But I really like calling today Resurrection Sunday. There's just no way that society can take that away. And it puts the focus right back where it should be. This is not a holiday about bunnies and spring and flowers and chocolate and eggs and oh yeah that Jesus who died on the cross yadda yadda...this is a day to remember and CELEBRATE the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, because that's where we have our hope. If Jesus died and remains dead, we have no hope. Our sins have not been paid for, and we'll pay for our sins for eternity in hell. BUT, Jesus DID rise and He IS alive, and because of that, He has defeated death and He won the victory! We are on the winning side! And when we put our faith in Him, we know for a FACT that we will be spending eternity with Him in Paradise!!!!!!!!!!!
GLORY TO GOD!!!!!
Christ, the Lord, is risen today, Alleluia!
Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!
Sing, ye heavens, and earth, reply, Alleluia!
Love’s redeeming work is done, Alleluia!
Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia!
Lo! the Sun’s eclipse is over, Alleluia!
Lo! He sets in blood no more, Alleluia!
Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia!
Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia!
Once He died our souls to save, Alleluia!
Where thy victory, O grave? Alleluia!
Soar we now where Christ hath led, Alleluia!
Following our exalted Head, Alleluia!
Made like Him, like Him we rise, Alleluia!
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies, Alleluia!
How great the Father's Love for us,
How vast beyond all measure,
That He would give His Only Son
To make a wretch His Treasure.
How great the pain of searing loss,
The Father turns His Face away,
As wounds that mar the Chosen One,
Bring many sons to Glory!
Behold the Lamb upon the Cross,
My sin upon His shoulders.
Ashamed I hear my mocking voice
Call out among the scoffers.
It was my sin that held Him there
Until it was accomplished.
His dying breath has brought me life.
I know that it is finished!
I will not boast in anything,
No gifts, no power, no wisdom.
But I will boast in Jesus Christ,
His Death and Resurrection.
Why should I gain from His reward?
I cannot give an answer.
But this I know with all my heart:
His wounds have paid my ransom!
Happy Resurrection Sunday, everyone!
Stephen
Soli Deo Gloria | | |
| ugh...this thing is getting harder and harder to keep up. i don't want to give up xanga. i mean, goshdarnit, i'm one of the longest holdouts, am i not? haha! xanga's just not exactly designed for my lifestyle now...it takes so much time! at least for the kind of posts that i make. i was about to make a post about spring break, and then i thought about the hour or two that it would take on my computer to upload all those pictures and stick them in the post...and i just thought, why is it worth it? no one reads this anyhow! gah! lol... so i'm not giving up xanga, not now, at least. BUT, don't be surprised if you see less and less of me on here. What time i have is pretty much now devoted to facebook and myspace. it's not quite as personal, and i hate that, but ya know...it works. i'm on myspace some, but if you REALLY want to keep up with my life and see all my pictures and whatnot, you can find me on Facebook. if you don't have a facebook, get one. everyone can get one now. that's where it's at. what's it? i don't know. but whatever it is, it's at facebook. yes. this isn't the end...i'm just not gonna be posting on here quite as regularly. pretty much limited to major life events and rants/sermons...lol. see yall later, stephen | | |
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