A Poem about Friends

A friend is a friend to the end
There will be troubles, bubbles and chocolate truffles
And despite the lil' squobles the love still remains.
Not any love but that of which will be true honest and good
Lest a deceitful tongue scar the one of whom you love

This Here update

On this here January 11, 2013, I would like to write about my current life status. I am taking five classes; three of which are of historic in nature. well, 'doctrine of the church' i consider historic simply because it is most effectively learned from scripture, the best recorded history we have today. The other two, Church history and World history speak for themselves. I lack memory from high school or grammar school history because of my apathetic attitude toward it. Because of this, I am learning quite a bit of exciting information. I am also taking an English literature course. It is taken online. Reading is one of my most favoritist pass times. :) British Lit tends to have, in my opinion, more  volume and thought provoking material. However, I do believe one's mind is only as useful as he makes it. Needless to say, I look forward to this next ten weeks of intense reading and taking in as much knowledge as possible.


In the event of a new year here are some personal goals of mine. Inspiration and encouragement are my intent in sharing.
    I intend to discipline myself to prayer, not only prayer, but in documenting the works of God in my life and the lives of others. Practically, I write a one line theme every day of the week. It may be the grace of God, the miracles of faith, the outworking of my salvation, my attitude, love, self-control etc. I find a verse to match up with that theme and meditate on it during the day.
    Vocabulary is a struggle for me. Learning to use more words and spell them correctly is tough. I love to write, and would like to help others and communicate well someday with my writing. Therefore, I need to be a student in the Word of God, but also the English language. A great way to add to my understanding of our language is through the internet. Get a word every day via email and write it down in a journal. Copy the origin of that word, and how we use it. Use this word twice in conversation during the course of the day. You find that often these uncommon words will come up in your writing or in conversation when looking for a descriptive word. A wider variety in speech brings much clarity! As followers Jesus, we need to be clear and descriptive in teaching the Word he spoke on earth, in short, the gospel.

America vs. Literature

Here is a Post I did for my English Literature class. It's just the indroduction to the class. However, I  am looking to get a better understanding of in what ways(good or bad) American lit has and does effect us, the general public, and what we are doing about it.  So offer thoughts..Discussion is helpful.          What does it mean to be an American? - Fighting together in unity, despite our differences, for truth, justice and equality which gives us Freedom. An american understands the need for justice (law/order) and is willing to support and follow that law. Respect for differences in culture, religion and opinions is important to authentic patriotism of a true American.                  Success is defined in short as the freedom which ultimately gives American's the right to decide what happiness and success are for their own life. This success can also be defined as the as the justice and equality set in place at the start of our nation. We have not really lived up to this so called "success of America". We can believe in success and equality because American success is that lifestyle of equality of persons and freedom. We must believe in individual rights in order to believe every man has the capability to equally pursue happiness.                   There are many national "conversations" that have allowed Americans to answer these questions. Some being: gun control, religion in the school systems, murder, capital punishment, health care, and especially our economy. There could be a much larger list. However, even these issues bring about discussion, opinions and hopefully answers to which we look for often through our own Literature. Literature has often has political meaning, and reflects our leadership and religion.  Literature reflects society and changes with culture. Therefore, the rhetoric of literature is very similar to the rhetoric of our culture and it has changed over time to become less traditional and more liberal.  I believe it answers some questions but not all. It tends to be reflexive and gives meaning to our society.                     The issue of work ethics, social status, economics, governing authorities seem to be a consistent theme in literature and are often given thought provoking answers to these repeating American issues. Too often we are not inspired enough by the experience or second hand writings of these problems to really allow it to change us. As a whole I believe we do not reflect on past English Literature enough.