So, we are about two years into 2009. What a year it has been thus far. This past year was a big year for me I guess you would say, what with me graduating and all, starting college, and many other things. All in all though it was a great year for me. It was one in which i probably grew more than i have in any year in the past. Even now as we speak, or as a i type i should say, i'm in a motel in jacksonville, florida preparing for the gator bowl tomorrow between my clemson tigers and the nebraska cornhuskers. I guess that is rather trivial. Many steps in the direction of adulthood have been taken this year (albeit i'm still far far from an adult). There have been lots of struggles and hard times, but i have been able to make it through; only through the help of Christ. It has been a year of new experiences, new people, relationships, places, feelings, food, and many other things, and i just hope that as i continue on this journey so aptly named life, and continue to encounter these things, i can do so with pride and confidence because i know that i am a friend of God, and He calls me friend. Nuff said :-)
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
The New Year and Such
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Update
Goodness I love how I go almost two months without updating this bad boy, but I suppose now would be just a wonderful time to do that. So I think I shall. We are in the midst of the final week of classes of my first semester at Clemson. Its kind of crazy to think about, but it is indeed true. It has been a pretty crazy semester, but I think that I am finally getting the used to the whole college thing. Next semester my schedule looks to be rather interesting. Its going to look a little something like this:
I'm pretty excited to see how it goes...
Hopefully I will remember to update this thing more often.
Peace
Lonnie Leia Mais…
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
New Realization while watching this debate...
Obama is also left-handed...
It isn't looking good for us either way...
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
I Noticed Something Watching the Debate...
John McCain is left-handed.
According to my calculations, if you are a left handed president, you have a 33% chance of either being assassinated or impeached. How about that for statistics that matter.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Humility
So, today's study at BCM was on humility. It really hit me hard. Just how that even though I don't always do boastful things, I often times do do things in a way that would bring me honor. This, as we all know, is wrong. We just spent some time talking about God's version of greatness compared to the world's version. It was just some food for thought. Especially since, as college students, we are constantly encouraged to make choices that will benefit us, and help further our career, and lead to wealth and all that jazz. So, it was just a wonderful time of fellowship.
On the school front. Well, I forgot to do a few things tonight, which in turn lead to me staying up until 12:30. But thats ok, I'm a college student thats what we do. School is, well, school. Nothing amazingly exciting. Well, I do have all As on my midterm so thats good I suppose. Hopefully I can keep it up. We shall see.
It is late. I am tired.
Peace
Lonnie
Romans 12:2
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
pardon me
I totally couldn't think of a clever title. I guess thats ok. It was bound to happen sooner or later. Some may argue the efficiency of my wit has departed a long time ago. Now whether or not that is true would of course be completely subjective. And there simply is no room for that here.
Anywho.
I don't really have anything to report today. Oh, other than Josh and I hit up Fike for a little fitness training, workout, stuff. Some girls challenged us to a 2x2 basketball game. We lost. But that is ok. We had fun.
Well tis all I have at the moment. I thought about not putting anything up. But I'm like, dude you created a blog and only have two blogs? But I'm done...
sorry to waste your time :-p
Lonnie
Romans 12:2
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Are We Really In Love?
The past few weeks God has really been working like double time in my life. Through various Bible studies, sermons, messages, podcasts, songs, Waffle House visits, and virtually anything else you can thing of, God has just been pounding this point over, and over, and over. And it is this question: Do you really love me? This seems like a simple enough question, with a simple enough answer. That answer being, "uh duh God, you rock. Of course I love you." But, really if you think about it, it is a question that requires so much more than that. I guess it has a lot to do with my English class this semester. Its all about rhetoric and argument forming. But, if you or I had to prepare an argument showing how we do indeed love Christ, and how that love is visible to Him, and the world around us, could we do that. Could I do that? I mean really think about that. So I start thinking about all these messages I've been getting through Bible study, and church, and BCM meetings, and there just seems to be a common thread in all of them recently. It has been talking about the church, and how it falls so short when it is examined through the lens of scripture.
I started to think and pray a lot, examine my life, my church, my friends, my like everything. And my heart was broken with just how pathetic of a case I have. Even more heartbreaking is that sometimes I try to cover it up by comparing it to others, but that is a whole different subject. God just kept revealing different things to me, a long and a long. Like how me and so many other believers still rely on others to help feed us. We aren't mature enough to look for answers, and when we do, we don't trust them enough to give them any weight. How stagnant the church is. Just so many things. Then as I was coming home Friday, I was listening to a message on my iPod and it just started talking about the church really, like really being in love with Christ. And as a whole, the church isn't. The American church just has become so complacent. I haven't found anywhere in the Bible where God says, "repent, be baptized, get comfortable, wait to die." Not even close. Christianity is so very radical. At its core it is a rebellious faith. Its one that goes against so many politically correct ideas, and one that requires not only for us to go outside our comfort zone, but for us to pretty much get rid of it. In order for one to receive the passion to do any of this, he has to be in love, madly in love with Christ. There is no way around it. If "passion" comes apart from a love deeply rooted in Christ, then it is all in vain. Not only is it impossible to get this passion w/o being in love, it is impossible to really be in love with Christ, and not have the passion. The two are connected, and cannot be separated.
Having said this. I don't see how it is possible to be a Christian and be comfortable. How you can honestly say you Jesus is lord of your life, and still be complacent. How can you have had gone to church like, any in your life, heard almost any sermon, and not had your heart torn apart because of the state of it? I've been losing sleep, going crazy, all because I know I've got to tighten up. I've realized that it is impossible for me to be in love with Christ and not have your heartbroken by looking at the world around you.
I guess what I'm getting at is this: If we can, in any aspect of our lives, be satisfied with where we are, then are we really in love with Christ?
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Back In Tiger Town
Well I am back in good ole Clemson after a wonderful weekend home. And just completely on a whim I have decided to start an actual blog. I started on for English, but its sole purpose is to turn in work. This one, as you can tell by the very clever name, is intended to take you into the world of Lonnie. It could get very interesting, but hopefully it will be fun. I'm not going to be promising much from this thing. It is more of a test run, just to get my feet wet in the blogging world. So, if you read something that you think is just completely out there, don't say anything mean. But, if you see something that is just amazingly deep or just catches your eye, please by all means let me know. I'll be posting my feelings on, life, faith, music, movies, college, sports, and pretty much anything that creeps its way into my head. Please do keep checking back in, hopefully I won't disappoint.
Peace
Lonnie Smith
Romans 12:2