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A Wild Olive Branch

About Me


Every blessing You pour out I'll turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in, Lord, still I will say,
"Blessed be The Name of The Lord"

old man's gone.
HELLO THERE. Some call me el segundo. Generally, I go by Adam. Adam's actually my first name - the first of three, actually. I'm basically 20 by now. I work with children at El Toro Baptist Christian school, and with the best bunch of teenagers from the El Toro Baptist Youth Ministry. I understand what it means to be a Christian, and I most certainly am a Christian. I take the Bible literally, no to the extremity of legallism, but to the full extent of the understanding that it is the infallible Word of God.
I'm totally a student at IVC, trying to get all my general ed out of the way so I can transfer off to some crazy higher education somewhere, probably to get some kind of Biblical Studies or pastoral degree.
I am a sinner, and my human nature is in constant opposition with God. Because of my depravity, I have set myself as far away from God as a man could, and I deserve to die - not only physically - but spiritually; I deserve to spend eternity separated from God in hell. However, God demonstrated His own love for us, for mankind, by becoming a man, Himself, and taking on my own sins and dying a terrible and completely un-just death, knowing that not all will come to know Him, but that some will come into a relationship with Him and be saved through His death on the cross. That man is the man we know as Jesus Christ. He died and rose up again - conquering death - and established His church, whom He will soon be coming back for.
I like really silly things, like sunsets and faded colors and cloudy skies. I like the beach a whole lot, but I don't surf or anything like that (not yet... not yet for the past 4 years now :-P). I play guitar sometimes, and sometimes I write music. I love running over street reflectors and acting like I'm macho.
“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. " (from John 15:18)
-Jesus

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Ignition Youth Fellowship - a ministry of El Toro Bpatist Church, CA

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My Blog

ahh..

today is running suprisingly smooth..   and we have a very suprising God...    
Posted by on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:33:00 GMT

grace

spectacle. a spectacle.  they made a spectacle out of my Lord... I can never immagine myself bloodied, beaten, bruised, broken, humiliated, spat upon, thrashed, torn, helpless, hanging up on...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:02:00 GMT

namesake

my cousin is a soldier, and he's going off to war.   I talked to him today for the first time 5 years.     his name is Loverd 'Kenneth' Howard.   he was named after our grandfather...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:06:00 GMT

closure

now everything that everyone needs to know about me is known. everything I ever wanted to keep a secret. my story, the life I lived over the last 8 years...   everything.  8 years ago. ...
Posted by on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:34:00 GMT

not as though beating the air

the world just got a little bit more dangerous         because I've entered back into the fight
Posted by on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:29:00 GMT

rise y shine

if someone were to tell me that I talked in my sleep last night, not onlywould I believe them, but I'd also be more emberessed than usual. because last night, I had a dream that I had a seriou souther...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:47:00 GMT

thundercats!!

"Hold on.. I have a feeling they're making a thundercats movie...   heckYES!  'Warner Bros. is developing a live-action movie based on the '80s toon and toy franchise Thundercats.'! This is ...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 23:23:00 GMT

around the corner

ms. rosaline told me about a theory, where tension can build up in 1 of threeplaces on the back - the shoulders, the middle back, and the lower back. told me that all of my tension rested on my should...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:20:00 GMT

brain waves

I'm never quite the guy that I ought to be...   grace abounds... but some how I just need to do better.
Posted by on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 10:52:00 GMT

why should the fire die?

my mom and dad kept theirs alivehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WL1x_9Lkxo   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVByM79vtsw
Posted by on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:49:00 GMT