The disparity between comfort and contentment is massive.

There are many accounts in Scripture of the Lord calling individuals to be content in Him. However, to my knowledge, He never placed a calling on anyone to be comfortable.


"Happiness is reality minus expectations."



The new title picture of the page is a photo that I took from a spot in the Greenwood Parking Lot that overlooks the greater majority of the Appalachian State University campus. If you have never been there, I highly suggest that you check it out.

From Ephesians 1:16-19

“I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know Him better. I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints, and His incomparably great power for us who believe.”

Anything worth gettin...

I have learned this: Anything that is worth having is worth working for.
And working hard.

The past three years have been one long lesson designed to teach me that, truly, everything happens for a reason.

My former understanding of this principle was: "If it isn't easy, it probably isn't right".

--My future profession will be laid at my feet by a wealthy, established land owner.

My future wife will walk up to me on the street corner wearing a wedding dress and a smile.

If I don't enjoy classes now, then I clearly should not pursue any post graduate education.

When I wake up tired, I am destined to go back to bed for another 2 hours rather than catch some fish or go to church.--

More recently (actually very recently) I have developed a much better understanding. We are not, as humans, designed to sit passively by and allow things to happen to us. "Everything happens for a reason". What this means is that we are given the desire to pursue that which we feel is right. We are also given the ability to follow through with these pursuits. The struggles that we encounter along the way are what build character and strength.

Also courage. Failure will be a part of this system. It is through failure that we grow the most. By this logic, we must not fear failure, but pursue truth with all of our heart and let come what may. The worst thing a person can do is let the possibility of failure cripple the potential of their success.

God never told us it would be easy, but it was promised that He would protect and support those who would but trust in His power and grace.

1 Peter 3:13-14
13Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good? 14But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. Do not fear what they fear; do not be frightened.