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Name: Tyler
Country: United States
State: Missouri
Metro: Sedalia
Gender: Male
Interests: God, Church, Electronics, Websites, Networking...
I like working on my website(s) and I love teaching others how to do the same. I plan to go into the field of Networking with emphasis on WAN Technologies. If you called my house you'd catch most likely at my computer in boxers working on some random project lol.
Expertise: Networking and Websites.
Occupation: Other
Industry: Computers (Internet)
Message: message meEmail: email me
Website: visit my website
MSN: tdjxc@hotmail.com
ICQ:  244-368-360
Yahoo:  poolmanjim@yahoo.com
Member Since:
11/21/2004
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| Wells I'm a little late on this one but shhhh don't tell anyone. I completed my fast without breaking the rules any despite the difficulties incorporated and it helped a ton to have Jess backing me up. I got the green light on college and that is where I'm posting from.
Being away from home has its ups and downs, no more mommy to wake you up and you quickly learn all those cool little things life seemed to naturally provide, they cost a TON and when you are unable to get a job at the current time you will run into a very big problem. This problem begins with a b and ends in roke. Frankly, I love it here though. I don't have mom and dad nagging all the time and I can kind of make my own mess without having to do much about it until my roommate decides that the mess has grown too large for our small room at which point I find the closest closet and start my stuffing. I just realized that closet is one S shy of closet... interesting.
Lots of things have happened which could be considered good since my last time posting but my favorite and most awesomist is my realization that I am MADLY in love with the most awesome, coolist, and freaking sweetest girl on the face of this side of the galaxy. She has discovered at secret unknown to anyone on the face of this planet until I met her. She knows how to make me smile when I dont even want to. She knows how to bring out my secret, most deep felt emotions and that is what makes me love her so much. I hope and pray she is the one that God has chosen because i doubt he could have done much better than her.
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| Where to start. Well so far so good. I didn't get much prayer done because today was a busy day and I was just plum exhausted. I got home from work about 1:30ish and I crashed. I ended up sleeping til about 5:30 and then around 6:30 i went to the church for Video Ministry. So yea.
Trials today.... I didn't have much hardship today aside from my house being brimming full of meat and I can't eat it. One interesting thing was Tom, Vid. Ministry Director, brought me a Mt. Dew and I told him I couldn't have it which was hard. Other than that I'm doing pretty well.
I haven't gotten much from God today but then again I haven't given him much time either. Thats the difficult thing, we have 24 hours and most of it we waste doing our own thing instead of God's. I'm not saying I'm not in this bunch because I'm actually in the lead. All is well though. Thank you all for your prayers and God bless you!
Later.
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| Well, I have successfully made it through the main part of today and there have already been several challenges along the path. Its amazing how much Satan decided to target you when you are making a stand for God and doing what is right. I know this though, if Satan is unhappy then I'm doing something right.
As far as today is concerned I modified the fast at the last minute. Instead of fasting Meat and Mt. Dew for one whole week I'm fasting Meat and all liquids that contain Caffeene. I had been praying about what exactly God wanted me to give up and those were the primary two things I could do without for a week. I know why God chose them both too. Mt. Dew was because of the simple fact that sometimes I idolize my Dew when I shouldn't. As far as meat is concerned, that is actually the hardest one to fight, its because I really like eating meat, pure bred carnavore, and I confront it often so its a challenge. God doesn't want this to be a walk in the park for me he wants me to grow, learn, and develop myself by doing this.
Today's trials have been mainly with the meat issue. I have yet to go somewhere that has Mt. Dew but I have had opportunities to have my mom pick me up one. My family is designed for the meat eater and its actually becoming something I miss. We have Fried Chicken on the stove, Corn Dogs in the freezer, and a HUGE steak in the fridge sitting here taunting me all day long. I've been living off of toast and Ramon Noodles (college must be coming soon :P). My dad confronted me today and said "Hey Tyler if you are hungrey we have corn dogs in the freezer" and I told him "Sorry Dad, I can't eat those at the moment." He gave me one of those weird "What?" looks and I told him that I was fasting for 7 days.
Well, that was like incentive for my dad to lecture me. He went on a wonderful note telling me that the fact I wasn't eating any meat was unhealthy. I told him that Jesus went 40 days without food, thats LOTS more unhealthy. I then told him that God has blessed this and he will make sure I come out intact and in good health. I have faith in God's power.
So things have gone well so far but this is only the first day. I'm just praying that God walks me along this new journey. I'm doing this to see if God would provide some clearity and help prepare me for the college stuff coming up. I have a friend doing it with me to provide support (Thanks Jess! *hugs*) and her and I talked today and its been rough for the both of us.
I've learned a little, God has answered a few of my prayers and started directing me some in what he has planned for me. He keeps bringing me back to one particular topic that I've been researching for sometime and I have also been praying about it. Nothing definative but I have made progress. I have a few theories behind the whole matter and I know God has just begun to work on me through this.
I ask that you, my friends, will continue to pray for me and keep me going on this one. Very few people know I'm doing this because its really between me and God and its just supposed to be me and him. I hope God will show you all the answers to your prayers and I know he will. God Bless you all and have fun.
Later
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| Life on the edge of me falling into a big hole of my own crap...
Lately things have been up but then they have been down. For example, I registered Thursday at college and found out they have an opening for guys in their IT department and they would be willing to hire me because of my existing experience from highschool courses. That was a major plus. I would get paid and I would actually be able to get hands on experience in the field I plan to go into, plus the whole wonderful Student First, Employee second deal.
Then the bad came... I was at the course working tonight, which might I add that it was the most boring night of my natural life, and well I called Jess and her and I started talking and well we discovered collectively that her parents are indirectly trying to ruin her and I's uber awesome friendship. I would go into detail but Mr. Mushh-Mush is sleeping and I don't want to wake him and annoy you with all of that garbage.
It bugs me, shes like by best freakin friend in the WHOLE world and her parents think that I'm some horny jerk guy that only has one purpose on this planet and that is to find my mate and start the mating ritual. NOT HAPPENING. I am in love with me wife (though I am not married, nor do I know who I will marry) and I've already kissed someone I don't want to really mess up and have to explain that one someday. Not to mention, the slightly important fact that I am God's currently and that would be adultry because basically I would be cheating on God. Lemme tell you guys, cheating on your girlfriend is one thing, you get yelled at and maybe hit. Cheating on God is a BAD idea. He as the right and ability to DAMN you to a very bad, not fun place.
Well I think I have ranted and babbled enough for one night so I will silence myself and spare you guys the rest of my crap.
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| My life has been completely and majorly chaotic lately. I can't go into many details because well, this is public.
I guess one could consider this my official confession that my walk with God hasn't been exactly yay lately. I've been faltering a lot and really I would be ashamed to know me if I was any of my friends at this point.
Things arn't going great aside from I got a freakin awesome Best Friend (luv ya like a sister Jess) and college starts here soon and let me just say IM MAJORLY STOAKED ABOUT THAT! I can't wait to be my own person without mommy and daddy dictating what my life exists of. I just hope that God's plan goes into full scale play here soon because I'm starting to get a little anxious.
I have had one issue that I have been dealing with mainly, I cant exactly go into it because well, frankly, I don't know who reads this and if the wrong person were to read it I would be officially screwed sideways, forwards, and upsidedown. Let me just say I'm really hoping that what God has told me wasn't one of those temporary distraction things to give me enough confidence to not hide in my little corner and wish the world to dust. I have faith despite my worries. I know God will take majorly good care of me and that he has provided the necessary distractions to keep my mind temporarily off my pitiful excuse for a life. Good friends mean the world. If anyone who actually reads this darn thing has a good friend who has just been there for them through everything and you feel like there was a glitch in the matix to cause them to be so darn awesome, just give them a hug from good ole PMJ because I have learned the true value and meaning of a best friend. Jess, you rock, I cant say any less. You are the coolist friend a dude could ask for and if God gives me the opportunity to repay you someday I guarentee you that I will personally see to it that you are repaid. You have not a clue how much crap you have kept me from doing that would have messed up a lot of things, you have no idea what you have done for me personally, and I thank you for every second of it. Now I must leave to torture and otherwise exile or kill Mr. Mushh-Mush. I hope you all have a wonderful next few <insert length of time here> and God bless you all.
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