Today, I accomplished one of the goals I had before I graduate college. It may have taken three years, four sports, and probably seven different teams, but it finally happened. You may be wondering what this IT is.
Well, I finally won an Intramural Championship. The sport was outdoor soccer. The team: E-stars. It was sweet, because I played with the same team last year for indoor soccer and we had a heart-breaking loss in shootouts. But this year, we scored two goals in the last five minutes of our first playoff game to win 4-3. Then the second playoff game went into shootouts where we won 3-0. Finally, the Championship game we cruised to a 2-0 win. It was pretty solid. Hopefully I get the long awaited T-shirt soon.
Sunday, October 30, 2005
Saturday, October 15, 2005
Huge Letdown
Well, as many of at this point know, the Gophers just had one of the worst football collapses. Up by 10 with two minutes to go, Minnesota had the game in the bag. However, huge disappointments on special teams negated that and they ended up losing by four.
Alright, right now the emotions I am feeling is just a huge disappointment and heartache. I cannot believe what I just saw. If you have no idea what I am talking about right now, go to espn.com and I am sure you can get a run down on what occurred.
However, I am sure many of Gopher fans exactly understand. But here is the parallel point for me. As a Christian, why do I not feel this deep of emotion for my Savior? Why do I not feel this deep sense of loss for people who are literally “losing” the game of life all around me? If you have no idea what I am talking about as far as “losing” the game of life, get a hold of me and I will let you know.
For those of you who go the U and understand what “losing” the game of life means, remember the emotion you are currently feeling after that unbelievable football loss. Do you feel that way about the eternal loss people all around us are destined too?
Alright, right now the emotions I am feeling is just a huge disappointment and heartache. I cannot believe what I just saw. If you have no idea what I am talking about right now, go to espn.com and I am sure you can get a run down on what occurred.
However, I am sure many of Gopher fans exactly understand. But here is the parallel point for me. As a Christian, why do I not feel this deep of emotion for my Savior? Why do I not feel this deep sense of loss for people who are literally “losing” the game of life all around me? If you have no idea what I am talking about as far as “losing” the game of life, get a hold of me and I will let you know.
For those of you who go the U and understand what “losing” the game of life means, remember the emotion you are currently feeling after that unbelievable football loss. Do you feel that way about the eternal loss people all around us are destined too?
Friday, October 14, 2005
Changes
“ For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. Wo we fix our eyes on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”
- Paul in 2 Corinthians 4:17-18
Well, by starting with a statement like that, it may seem to you that I have it all together. On the contrary friends. I actually put that verse first to express how little faith I have in the One I believe saved me from eternal death.
Often, it is easy for me to say a verse, or vocally agree when hearing something, but so many times, I never apply them in real life. Why is that? Why is it that we can always say we believe in something, but cannot follow through in our actions?
For me it is the limited view I have of God. I put the God of the universe who created me and think, “He cannot possibly do this.” It is easy for me to say that I am only human and these things are normal and common. However, I do not want to live life with excuses. I know the truth that is revealed.
(Insert Transition Here) One thing that has kept me up tonight is the realization that I do not appreciate things enough when they are right in front of me. Even going back to freshman year of college, I remember being sad at the start of second semester that our hallway would be splitting apart in a few months. Then there is this summer and the amazing experience that I am missing so much. When will I start enjoying the amazing people I am currently surrounded with? I am so unbelievable blessed and yet do not even realize it!
How is your life? Worried? Stressed? Angry? Joyful? Excited? Appreciating of the things around you? Take a 20 seconds, really 20 seconds, to just sit and think.
- Paul in 2 Corinthians 4:17-18
Well, by starting with a statement like that, it may seem to you that I have it all together. On the contrary friends. I actually put that verse first to express how little faith I have in the One I believe saved me from eternal death.
Often, it is easy for me to say a verse, or vocally agree when hearing something, but so many times, I never apply them in real life. Why is that? Why is it that we can always say we believe in something, but cannot follow through in our actions?
For me it is the limited view I have of God. I put the God of the universe who created me and think, “He cannot possibly do this.” It is easy for me to say that I am only human and these things are normal and common. However, I do not want to live life with excuses. I know the truth that is revealed.
(Insert Transition Here) One thing that has kept me up tonight is the realization that I do not appreciate things enough when they are right in front of me. Even going back to freshman year of college, I remember being sad at the start of second semester that our hallway would be splitting apart in a few months. Then there is this summer and the amazing experience that I am missing so much. When will I start enjoying the amazing people I am currently surrounded with? I am so unbelievable blessed and yet do not even realize it!
How is your life? Worried? Stressed? Angry? Joyful? Excited? Appreciating of the things around you? Take a 20 seconds, really 20 seconds, to just sit and think.
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Update Folks
Well, I definitely have not held up my promise to continue to post…so here comes a short one.
I got a “reminder” from a friend (Ziesemer) that it had been much too long since I have posted. So here goes nothing.
In the past few years of college, I have never really felt too overwhelmed with academics. Boy, this week and the last have been much different. With three midterms and a test in three days this week, I was a bit hesitant coming into the exams. I still have one to go and the first two definitely did not go so well. Ohh well, there is some eternal perspective there. In 5000 years, who is going to care how I did on an Operations Management test? With that being said, I know I have to keep up in my studies and honor God with even that.
This past weekend was Fall Retreat with Campus Crusade for Christ. Alright, that was a ton of fun, but did not help the fact that I had not studied enough. The talent show was sweet. My personal favorite was a group of girls all “decked-out” in gangsta rap jersey’s dancing to a Cross Movement song. Solid.
I still love being a CA. The guys are great and I am getting to know them better. However, they get to be a bit distracting. For example, today, I got back from classes and needed to study, but then they asked me to play football and there went the last few hours.
Alright, that is it for now. I am honestly going to try and update later this week when all my midterms are over. One more Finance Midterm left tomorrow. Wish me luck!
I got a “reminder” from a friend (Ziesemer) that it had been much too long since I have posted. So here goes nothing.
In the past few years of college, I have never really felt too overwhelmed with academics. Boy, this week and the last have been much different. With three midterms and a test in three days this week, I was a bit hesitant coming into the exams. I still have one to go and the first two definitely did not go so well. Ohh well, there is some eternal perspective there. In 5000 years, who is going to care how I did on an Operations Management test? With that being said, I know I have to keep up in my studies and honor God with even that.
This past weekend was Fall Retreat with Campus Crusade for Christ. Alright, that was a ton of fun, but did not help the fact that I had not studied enough. The talent show was sweet. My personal favorite was a group of girls all “decked-out” in gangsta rap jersey’s dancing to a Cross Movement song. Solid.
I still love being a CA. The guys are great and I am getting to know them better. However, they get to be a bit distracting. For example, today, I got back from classes and needed to study, but then they asked me to play football and there went the last few hours.
Alright, that is it for now. I am honestly going to try and update later this week when all my midterms are over. One more Finance Midterm left tomorrow. Wish me luck!
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