The Comet’s Flame

Leave the Irreparable Past in His hands, and step out into the Irresistible Future with Him.
–Oswald Chambers

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I am here at my grandparents’ house, and amazingly, they now have WiFi, so I can write on my blog!!
Last night, I attended a Thanksgiving Eve service at church. Several people got up and made small statements about the things that they are most thankful for. I really appreciated […]

Sometimes I feel a bit useless.  Sometimes it seems that regardless of what I do or say, regardless of how hard I try or how much I accomplish or learn or give, my life doesn’t really mean anything to anybody.  Maybe that’s not true, I don’t know.  I guess ultimately I can’t really know (a […]

My family and I watched an interesting episode of Star Trek Voyager last night.  It was called “False Prophets.”  In this episode, Kes receives a seemingly-fatal electric shock after unknowingly approaching a sacred shrine.  The monks of the shrine inform Voyager’s crew that Kes will die because she has angered the “spirits.”  Captain Janeway is […]

God, I come before You asking for Your forgiveness.
Yet again, I have allowed the transient things of the World
To impede my relationship with You.
Yet again, I have foolishly blundered through life on my own,
Even though I knew that I needed Your help.
Please take control of my life. I give it back to You.
Replace my […]

I dislike Bill O’Reilly. A lot. Check out this clip of him being a pompous jerk. Even though I would take O’Reilly’s side in this particular debate (O’Reilly defends belief in God, while his opponent Richard Dawkins defends atheism), I think that his attitude and choice of words make him look like […]

I recently attended (part of) a missions conference with my friends the Harpoles at their church. It was encouraging and challenging, and I really enjoyed it.
The youth choir sang several songs about missions, and they also did some dramatic monologues and narratives from the lives of famous missionaries. Everything was very nicely done, […]

As you may know, I help out with an Awana club at my church. Yesterday was the Awana Grand Prix event, in which the kids get to race small wooden cars of their own design.
It was really fun, and all of the kids did an excellent job of designing, building, and/or painting their cars […]

In less than 9 months, I’ll (hopefully) be finished with college. After that, what do I want to do with my life? I’m not really sure anymore. Originally, the goal was to finish up whatever schooling was necessary to land a high-paying job, and then start making a lot of money, buy […]

Yesterday, my friend Bethany H. and I were discussing ways I could use my future “high-powered engineer’s salary” to further the spread of the Gospel through funding of missions work.
Although I don’t have that large steady income yet, I’m still convicted because I already have way more than a lot of people have (I have […]