well... motorcycle class went well... kinda mad I missed Bible Study tho, then I am also going to miss Sunday morning Sunday School, and possibly worship. But I may as well get it done with. If I really want a motorcycle this is probably the best way to get moving in that direction. Josh is taking it at the same time as me, so thats cool. Once I finish the class I can go to DMV and get my license with out taking the DMV behind the handlebars test. I would really like to get a cruiser bike, thus making long trips less of a pain and more enjoyable, but a sport bike would be cool too. So anyways...

Those of you who don't know, my job is me driving around the greater OC area delivering, picking-up, and installing various signs & sign materials. So while I drive I see a lot of different things. Especially how vain some people are about their cars.

Like this one.I mean how can anyone be so vain as to think "Everyone has to know what year my car is! So I'll get a personalized plate stating such fact." Who cares... So this person spends extra money each year to so people how old his car is getting and how lame they are.

Then there are the cars that are not that "cool" per se.

Come on now... Rims, graphics(poorly done by the way), clear tail lights on a family van... Why? What will doing this accomplish? All I see happening is you wasting a lot of money so people like me can point and laugh.

Then theres the people who just don't care.


I think this is my favorite, because why not take the 10 seconds to to pick some of the garbage off your car...

Then I got to thinking about it... In what ways am I vain? I don't primp and preen in the mirror (some of ya'll may be able to tell that), I don't really try to "bling" out my truck... The way it is is the way I bought it, except the radio.
Then I look at myself and wonder about all this random crap that I own. What good is it? Can I use random Coke memorabilia in Heaven? So why did I spend money on it? Just so I could say I have it and brag about it I guess... It's some pretty neat stuff, at least in coke collector circles it is.
So I did a word search on Bible Gateway for vain. and found Ecclesiastes 2. And this chapter basically sums it up. "...for all is vanity and is like grasping for the wind." Now I have to see what I can do to be less vain and more Christ focused. Don't spend money on stuff I'll never use. As Matthew 6:19-20 says:

19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal;
20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.

Well I gotta get to work, I might be having a yard sale soon... or a big eBay marathon of selling. we'll see. Thanks for reading.
And please pray for Josh and I as we go to this motorcycle class, I would very much not like to die. But if I did, it wouldn't be so bad.

Ok... I'm going to try this again. If you had been reading before, then you have noticed the blog is completely blank. If your new... welcome to my now completely blank blog... And with this new blog I am going to try and have more coherent postings and thoughts. And if you have ever spoken to me you'll know how hard that is going to be for me.

Well here goes...

Lately I have been trying to do a more regular personal Bible study & prayer time. I try to get some studying in every day. And most days I do, in the little time I have, before I have to walk in the door to work. I know this is not the way it should be. I know it should be the first thing I do in the morning and the last thing I do at night. I also find myself messing around the house later and later everyday and getting to work 5 minutes before I start, thus not accomplishing the goal that I had set. Well today I got home from work and decided to start reading my Bible; I started where I had left off in Psalm 45. I really like the book of Psalm. As I was reading I came to Psalm 50:

1. The Mighty One, God the LORD,
Has spoken and called the earth
From the rising of the sun to its going down.

2. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God will shine forth.

3. Our God shall come, and shall not keep silent;
A fire shall devour before Him,
And it shall be very tempestuous all around Him.

4. He shall call to the heavens from above,
And to the earth, that He may judge His people:

5. “Gather My saints together to Me,
Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”

6. Let the heavens declare His righteousness,
For God Himself is Judge. Selah

7. “Hear, O My people, and I will speak,
O Israel, and I will testify against you;
I am God, your God!

8. I will not rebuke you for your sacrifices
Or your burnt offerings, Which are continually before Me.

9. I will not take a bull from your house,
Nor goats out of your folds.

10. For every beast of the forest is Mine,
And the cattle on a thousand hills.

11. I know all the birds of the mountains,
And the wild beasts of the field are Mine.

12. “If I were hungry, I would not tell you;
For the world is Mine, and all its fullness.

13. Will I eat the flesh of bulls,
Or drink the blood of goats?

14. Offer to God thanksgiving,
And pay your vows to the Most High.

15. Call upon Me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.”

And I was like “Wow…” This is pretty good… I especially liked the end of verse 7 “I am God, your God!” Then verse 15 “Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.” Then I read on...

16. But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to declare My statutes,
Or take My covenant in your mouth,

17. Seeing you hate instruction
And cast My words behind you?

18. When you saw a thief, you consented with him,
And have been a partaker with adulterers.

19. You give your mouth to evil,
And your tongue frames deceit.

20. You sit and speak against your brother;
You slander your own mother’s son.

21. These things you have done, and I kept silent;
You thought that I was altogether like you;
But I will rebuke you,
And set them in order before your eyes.

22. “Now consider this, you who forget God,
Lest I tear you in pieces,
And there be none to deliver:

And I started thinking (I know pretty shocking). I am just like this last half of the chapter. I have done all these things, one way or another. I am totally undeserving of God’s grace and mercy. Undeserving of Christ’s dying on the cross for my sins, just for me to continually commit them; deliberately. Then the last verse:

23. Whoever offers praise glorifies Me;
And to him who orders his conduct aright
I will show the salvation of God.”

Now I am thinking, how often have I praised God for anything? How often have I asked and begged for something, but not thanked Him for what He has given me? Also is my conduct right with God? How can I change what I have been doing, so that I might be shown “the salvation of God”?

Tonight I am going to sit and pray for God to show me the things in my life that I need to change and remedy. Pray and thank Him for everything He is doing, or has done for me. And while I’m at it, I’ll re-read Psalm 51. Thanks for reading. I hope I totally didn’t misinterpret this Psalm.

EDIT: I didn't realize Brendon posted this same exact verse on his blog which is way more coherent and life changing than mine, go read it...