Wildman 4 God

My new blog.

2010-01-13T10:47:00.000-05:00

Just wanted to let you know that I have officially started the tech blog I told you about before, the is only a couple of post right now but as soon as I can get my netbook and spend more time on the net that number will grow quickly. To take a look at it go here.

Let me know what you think of it,
Joshua Powers

A little late...

2010-01-04T10:25:00.001-05:00

Sorry I didn't post last week like I said I would, I got some extra time in at work and couldn't get to a computer until today, but anywho like I said before I have undergone some spiritual growth over the holidays. Mainly I realized some truths and some things about myself. For starters I realized that I love being right, not in the sense of my way or the highway kinda right but actually knowing the truth about anything. This may not sound bad but when I looked back at my life and saw that every thing I ever did, including following God was about me being right. The reason I loved God was that He is right, He is the truth, and so I followed Him, but I have realized that God wants me to follow Him out of delight and love for Him, not just because it's the right thing to do. So now I am focused on trying to love God rather than try and be right on my own. Also I realized that I don't always have to be right and that "I don't know" is a perfectly acceptable answer for a human because when I stop and think about it I don't think humans where supposed to know everything, that's God's department. I will explain this in more detail next time, but for now I need to go to work.

Sincerely,
Joshua Powers

It's been awhile...

2009-12-29T13:03:00.002-05:00

Since school has finally ended for me (proof that God actually exist ;)) I have been very busy trying to settle in and get work, I am now working for walmart in the electronics department. Not the best job on the planet but it pays the bills until I can get a start in my career. Speaking of which I may have a possible opportunity to work at IBM, which is nice to have on your resume even if you're just a janitor. I will be, however, a Jr. Desk side support technician. Which is what I have trained for and it's not over the phone work. So things are going well, I will try to post more in the future but I make no promises as I don't have an internet connection at my apartment and the library's computers don't give me alot of time especially in north side, the is always alot of people inline for the computer. So one thing I need is a laptop or netbook, nothing expensive just something with wifi so I can get on the internet more often. Also I am trying to start a new blog about technology, this is still very much a work in pogress and I probably won't have the time I need until I get myself a netbook or laptop. I also releize I haven't posted a lot about spiritual subjects lately and will try to do one this week, perhaps I will share some things I have been learning from God, I have been going through a lot of spiritual growth lately. Well that's all I have time for. I ask that you all pray for me as I continue to grow in Christ and develop my career.

Sincerely,
Joshua Powers

I'm Finished!!!

2009-09-16T18:25:00.002-05:00

Well I am finally finished with Job Corps, in a month I will be making my way back to Pittsburgh and hopefully by the grace of God I will get a job so I can move on with the next chapter of my life. In other news I am considering starting another blog. Why you ask, well simple really, on this blog I let you guys know what's going on in my life and spiritual stuff, but God has also given me a natural talent and passion for technology. So I don't want to confuse my current audience with a lot of techno-babble I will keep this blog for life updates and spiritual stuff and will start another blog for technology for those who care. I am also starting it because I read a lot of tech blogs about people views on technology, But I believe God has something to say about technology as well, so it is my intent to talk about technology in the light of God's truths. So I will let you know when it's all set up, in the mean time please pray for me as I look for work, I sent out some resumes today and already got some responses, but the battle is just starting I need to trust that God will provide for me as he has always done.

TTYL,

Joshua Powers

It's been awhile.

2009-09-07T23:27:00.003-05:00

Sorry I haven't posted the pictures yet, I keep forgetting to ask for them. Anywho I am almost done with my schooling, I will (hopefully) take my final test this week and I ask that you'll pray for me to pass the test so I may move on with my life. I just can't wait to be living in my own apartment again, cooking my own food, and actually be on Facebook and talk to my friends with instant messaging. I also ask that you pray that I will be able to find work when I come back to Pittsburgh so I wouldn't be a burden to my friends.

Well thats all for now,

Joshua Powers

2009-08-20T22:46:00.001-05:00

We just crossed in to new jersey, i will give a full report in the next few days

2009-08-20T17:17:00.001-05:00

Tried lobster for the first time, it tasted like paper, I don't see what the big deal is.

2009-08-20T14:16:00.001-05:00

We're on our way home

Mid Mission Update.

2009-08-18T19:02:00.002-05:00

Well here we are halfway through our mission trip, We got a lot of work done, but still have a lot to do, I will be posting a bunch of pictures when I get back to a high speed connection so you can all see what we did.

Thanks for your prayers,
Joshua Powers

2009-08-16T22:31:00.001-05:00

We just crossed the state line into maine

2009-08-16T16:24:00.001-05:00

We're on our way, pray for a safe trip

2009-08-15T10:11:00.001-05:00

Well it's the day before my mission trip. I am just testing blogging from my cell phone, I will try to update about the trip.

Long time to see.

2009-08-14T09:30:00.002-05:00

I know it's been awhile, but I have been a busy dude.

Anywho here's the skinny on what's been happening. The biggest is God has answered my prayers to go on a mission trip, next week me and some of the men from the church are going to Blue Berry Mt. Bible Camp where we will help fix the place up and build the kids a tree house. Next up, and get ready for this shocker, I have given up on Linux to use windows fill time, quick someone perform CPR on Andy. The biggest reason is that while Linux may be more secure, stable, and "immune to viruses" it lacks vendor support, which is why almost 90% of the computer using world sticks with Windows despite the Vista fiasco. The short of it in my profession my job will require I run windows programs and use windows on a daily basis and in my personal life I need a very good Internet filter on my computer and only Windows and Macs have that kind of filter. The filtering options for Linux works only if the user is not a computer savvy person, so for me in Linux I could by pass the best filters Linux has to offer in my sleep. Anywho in the long run I am still debating weather or not to have internet in my apartment at all, if not I will just get a Windows Netbook and just use it at public wi-fi spots like the library or star-bucks. It has to be windows based still because I need to install the filter on it in the off chance I need to stay over night in a hotel while on business with my netbook. Also another reason I switched back to windows is because I have been testing the new windows 7 the will release to general public on oct. 22, 2009 and it rocks, while it doesn't really offer anything to the happy windows xp users other than slick bling, If you are unfortunate enough to have Windows Vista, then you will want to upgrade to Windows 7 as soon as possible, it's that good. Also I am almost done with my time at Job Corps, I have finished my last book and now I just have to spend the next few weeks preparing for the exam and once that's done, I will start making plans to come back to Pittsburgh, Pa where I plan on starting my life. Well thats all for now.

Joshua Powers

A.K.A. Wildman4God

Time for an update

2009-06-07T17:18:00.002-05:00

Like the title says, Sorry I haven't updated in awhile, I have been really busy with school. SO let me tell ya'll whats been going on in my life. At the end of April I got my A+ certification, which now means I can get paid for fixin' people's computers. I am almost done with Microsoft Windows XP Pro certification. I have made several friends at my local church and small groups, and I have found out that I am an instant hit with the kids, don't ask me why, they just instantly love me. Anywho, I have been growning closer to God and I think he may be calling me to start a men's ministry/small group at the Job Corps, so wish me luck with that and pray for me. Also I am being invited to go on a one week mission trip to, no not africa, Blue berry mountian camp grounds to help with some building projects including building a tree house for the kids. I am about to start training to help with the church's projection system and I am putting together ideas for revamping our church's website. So as you can see I have been keeping my self busy, which reminds me, I need to get back to studying. But before I go let me direct you to a cool website I found here. It's a site that lets you stream and song in the world for free. It's compleatly legal so don't worry about getting into trouble with the IRAA, FBI, CIA, etc...

ttyl,
Joshua Powers

Did God "Create" Evil?

2009-03-13T07:00:00.004-05:00

I have had several people come up to me and try to reason that if God created everything, then He must have created evil. This is just not so and let me explain why. If you consider light and dark, anyone who has taken 6th grade science knows that light is a substance, it has particles and moves in a wave, however we also learn that darkness is not a substance only the absence of a substance, namely light. I believe the same is true with good and evil. Evil is not a thing that can be created, it is only the absence of good, which was actually never created either, goodness has existed ever since God has and since He has always existed and was never created the so is the same for goodness. So while God does allow evil to "exist," he allows it in the same sense that we allow darkness to "exist" by not turning on a light. Also I believe that same is true for pleasure and suffering, i.e. suffering is merely the absence of pleasure, again suffering is not something that can be created.

God's writing instraments

2009-03-09T18:29:00.002-05:00

I have been told many times by unbelievers (and even some Christians) that they don't believe the bible because it was written by man, not God directly. While they do make an interesting point, as well all know man isn't perfect, they fail to look at they bible in context, primarily the context of the time and culture in which it was written. In ancient times people didn't all know how to read and write, in fact only a few people back then could read and write. These people would be the ancient equivalent of today's upper working class, like the doctors that, while they do work and they're not considered rich or royalty, their skill affords them wealth well beyond that of a normal person. Anywho, back in those times they had rulers and importaint people like we do today, and sometimes they needed to write stuff down, but most of the time either they didn't know how to write themselves or they needed many copies done in a short amount of time (remeber kids they didn't have copy machines back then and writing the same thing over 40 times was too much work for a king/celebrity). So what did these rulers do, well simple they paid high amounts of money to people who could write for them, kinda like a hospital, while filled with very smart doctors, will pay good money to people like me who can fix their computer systems and networks. So they get themselves a scribe (or fill a room with the little fellas if they need copies) and the ruler would recite what ever they wanted to write down. Now here's the kicker, if anybody would read whatever was written down in the future it would be said that the author a.k.a. the writer was the ruler (or who ever was reciting) not the scribes, even though the scribes were the ones with the quill (or chisel, depending on the time frame) in thier hand, because it was the word of the ruler. So like wise, yes the bible may have been written by humans, but remeber they were only the scribes, God was the one who was reciting, it is God's Word.

A few days later...

2009-02-14T21:55:00.002-05:00

Well I have been in Edison, NJ for a few days now, and let me tell you that its biggest differance from anyplace else I have been is it is extreamly flat, the highest hill only comes to my knee. Also the Job Corps is deffinatly bigger, but like it is with bigger collages the staff seem to be more detached from the students and they don't really care about us on a personal level like they did at the Pittsburgh Job Corps. Not all the staff ofcourse, My A+ teacher is the coolest ever, he's strict and runs a tight ship, but he's still cool. I have some internet access in my dorm this time, althought I am compleatly cut of from facebook and there are no near by libraries or internet cafe's way out here, so anyone trying to contact me just stick to gmail. The students here are not much different than they were at the Pittsburgh Job Corps, though I have found more friends and people how like me here. I am still looking for a church and there aren't that many contemporary churches in the area, and only a few traditional churches, I might have to suckit up for awhile and goto a tradtional church and trust that God can somehow use my gifts and abilities there as well, who knows, mabey he brought me here to bring some change to the local body of Christ. Well Thats all for now, I have to be going to bed soon.

TTYL,
Joshua Powers

New Chapter in My Life!

2009-01-29T17:23:00.002-05:00

Well its time for moving on, I have had my interview with the Edison Job Corps Academy in New Jersey, and I am in the process of being approved, which won't be much of a problem, anywho I don't have a definite move date yet, But it will be sometime next week or the week after. Knowing Job Corps they'll wait until the last minute and tell me I am going in a few hours so I have to rush and pack everything, but hey that's life for ya. I am excited about going to New Jersey Because from what I hear it is more diverse in terms of religions and races as well as cultures. It will take some adjusting to but I am confident that God will lead me through it. I have checked on the Internet and I have found a non-denominational church within walking distance to the campus. They seem to be a more modern church, which hopefully means they will have opportunities for me to serve with my God given talents and gifts in technology, and if they don't I pray that they'll be open enough to let me start some ministries of my own. Some ideas I had was to start out small by offering computer repair/help services to the church members so they won't have to spend a ton of money on geek squad to find out they only had to reboot the computer. This would also provide a place for me to serve because, admittedly, you have to go to a Hugh church to find enough computers there to warrant even one person like me having a tech ministry, but in the USA almost everyone in the congregation has a computer, and most of the congregation have no clue what to do when their computer starts misbehaving. So assuming a ministry like this catches on in more churches it provides geeks like me something to do in the church, which I think is a barrier to other technically inclined people for coming and staying in the church. I was thinking the other day that God is very boring, then I though well how can that be he is absolute power how can that be boring. Then it dawned on me that I was board with God and His church because I wasn't doing anything in His church, I was just sitting down with my bible and commentary everyday reading. While reading the word of God is a good thing as a man with ADHD/ADD I need to be doing something to be interested, sitting down and reading about the thing I am interested in is only interesting the first time through (I am on my third trip through the whole Bible). The problem lies in that my talents (which is fixing/operating technology) is, at present time, almost useless in the church. As I said this is why I think geeks who become Christians remain infantile in their faith is because we come to church and we just sit and listen to others. A few problems with this:

1. Just sitting down and listening, while good at times, is not our style. We need to be engaged with the subject matter and be free to ask questions that matter to us that might not matter to the majority of Christians, like what does God think of p2p file sharing, should I play games like grand theft auto, etc.

2. We need to be doing something, we can sit through sermons if we can also do something for the kingdom of God using our talents, but right now we feel utterly useless.

3. Also I think that in the majority of churches, while this is slowly changing, I feel we are not as readily accepted in the church community because our interest are so different from others (the majority of people in tech church have no clue what Linux is) so we feel isolated because we have no we can talk to about the things that matter to us in relation to God. We try to talk to other believers about these questions but 9 times out of 10, even with pastors, their eyes glaze over 2 words into our conversation because most people just don't care about technology the way we do.

So part of this kind of ministry I want to start it to try to get more geeks in to the church and stay there. I have found a lot of geeks who believe in Jesus but these same geeks have never grown in their faith at all, a lot of them don't even try to go to church because in geeks circles church members have the stero type of being nothing but dumb jocks (I know this isn't the case but a lot of geeks have never gone into the church to see this). My heart really goes out to geeks everywhere, I believe there is a lot of potential being wasted here, I also believe that as christian it is our right to serve God with the talents and gifts He gave us, so I believe that it is the church's responsibility t0 provide a place for us to serve God. Its not that hard like I said almost everyone that goes to church owns a PC, laptop, Ipod, TV or something of that nature. So next time you have problems with some piece of technology and you remember your churches resident geek at least let him have a look at it before going to the professionals.

Another idea I had was to have the local church officially host LAN parties. I believe the church should do this for a few reasons:

1. break the stereo type that Christians can't have fun. I can't even count the number of times unbelievers have walked up to me and asked my why I don't like to have fun.

2. remember those christian geeks I was talking about who are remaining infantile in their faith, well this is a good way to get them back into the church so they can grow, this also provided more opportunities to serve, after all someone needs to set up the network and computers.

I have more ideas that would all integrate into one big generic technology ministry for the church, I have a vision from God (not a dream or actual prophetic vision, just an idea of where this is going) for this ministry, its the 21st century and I think its time for the church to act like it is and embrace technology for the furthering of God's kingdom, because if we continue to neglect this powerful tool the evil one will only continue to use it for his own despicable ends. I am hoping that this grows into a ministry of its own kinda like urban impact or CCO. Well that's all for now I ask that you all pray for me as I move on with my life in Christ. Also as soon as I have a quiet night I will try to post a new chapter of my book or fan fiction.

Whats up,

2008-11-20T12:49:00.002-05:00

Hey everyone,

It's been awhile so I thought I would do another update, sorry I don't have another poem, I have yet to be inspired by the Holy Spirit. I am almost done with the paperwork for my transfer to the Edison Job Corps Academy in the spring, I just have to undergo an over-the-phone interview with the instructor and then the deal's sealed. Offically I am going at the end of March, But I could end up going as early as mid January if a position opens up early. Right now I am done with my Cisco Networking classes, I didn't get a certification because I have found it isn't what I want to do. Instead I am now studing CompTIA A+ (computer repair), and so far I am lovin' it, I am much better suited for this kind of work, since I already do it on a daily bases for people. In other news a friend at the Church I go to let me install Ubuntu Linux on his computer, that he lets the church interns use. I am excited about this because: 1. I like Linux and working with computers and 2. this will be a good experiment to see how well "ordinary" people, who have never used linux before, adapt to it after using Windows most of thier lives. People always say to me that Linux is difficult to use even though I say its not, so this will show where linux is on the ease-of-use scale. I installed Linux on the computer yesterday and so far the response is good, ranging from "it looks a lot better than when I tried it (x number) of years ago." to "Hey this isn't so hard." That was only one day and I hope that they continue to use it for at least a week before switching back to Windows, so I can get a good report from them on how easy it was to get used to and what needs to be improved. I am still working on my book and fanfiction, I am planning on finishing another chapter of the fanfic tonight and I will post a link to it when it's up. I will be going to stay with friends in dubois for the Thanksgiving break that starts next wensday, It will be good to get away from school work for a few days and I will post about it when I return.

Well thats all for now,
WIldman4God

Life Update

2008-10-25T14:24:00.002-05:00

Time for another update on my life for all of you who care, I was working at US Steel doing help desk but that didn't pan out for me and neither did trying to find more work. I descided that was God's way of telling me I wasn't ready for the work force yet, so I am continuing my education by finishing up my CCNA Certification, which I am almost done (I just need to study for some test.) I am also going for my A+ certification and then in the spring I am transfering to another Job Corps in Edison, NJ for advanced training in MCSE (Microsoft XP/Server) and if I have time Network+ and Linux+. By the time I'm done I'll be know as Uber Geek, and my super power will be the ability to fix any computer by looking at it (I can already fix 'em just by touching them.) Anywho after all that I will finally be old enough to get financal aid on my own so I will be going to Geneva College to major in writing and minor in religious studies. In the mean time I am also working on building my self-confidence as well as working on my social skills, so pray for me for all these things as I need all the help I can get.

Well thats all for now, ttyl.

Wildman4God

Geeks for Christ

2008-10-25T14:20:00.002-05:00

I found an online community called Geeks for Christ, It is for christians to whom God has gifted in the area of technology and where we all share the coomon interest of using the internet and technolgy as a tool to further God's kingdom. If you are a geek and love God then it is the place to checkout.

http://www.geeksforchrist.com/

Psalms 4:1

2008-09-26T08:23:00.001-05:00

Hey guys,

I know its been awhile since I last posted, but I have been a busy dude, but in all my rushing around I still make time for God and as I was reading His word a couple of days ago, I read several times in the Psalms where a person (who is at the time singing praises to God) says to the effect the God declares him innocent or righteous. Now this hit me like a ton of bricks being we all know no one person is really innocent or righteous apart from Jesus. I am always struggling to be perfect in all that I do and as you can imagin I fail (ALOT!). I know that because of Jesus we are now right with God, as if we have never sinned, but the image that comes to mind when the Psalmest says God declares us innocent is not an image of God saying to us on the downlow that we are forgiven, its a powerful image of God bringing us before the entire assembly of the saints, angels and all of creation and in the midst of Saitan accusing us of all our crimes God lifts us up high on his shoulder for everyone to see and shouts out to everyone with ears, "This is my child and he is innocent and compleatly righteous, anyone who dares accuse him will have to deal with me". I don't know about you but that almost brought me to tears, because of my child hood, the idea of you have to be perfect to be loved was drilled in to my skull and it is a struggle to purge these lies from my mind and instead fill my heart with the truth of God.

In other news, I haven't had a lot of luck on the job searching front, so I think that's God's way of saying I am not ready for the work force. So I have decided to go back to Job Corps for advanced training, I was going to another Job Corps in April for the training but they are pushing me for leaving in the next couple of weeks, so pray for me that God's will will be done in my life and for God to prepare me for His work. Well thats all for now, untill next time.

TTYL,
Wildman4God

A Heart Condition

2008-07-24T20:01:00.003-05:00

Hey Ya'll,

God inspired me to write a new poem the other day and I am just now getting around to posting it, enjoy and feel free to comment.

I have a heart condition,

It's called the Agape Syndrome,

It's a rare disease that causes me to love,

Love without reason,

Love without sense,

Love without priority, prejudice, or judgment,

Love without remorse,

Love without regret,

Love without discrimination,

Based on age, race, religion or sex,

It causes me to love persistently,

Almost annoyingly,

So even though you just sued me,

I'll still stop to jump start your car,

Is this condition contagious you ask,

I sure hope so I got it from Christ Jesus.

Life Update

2008-05-14T09:31:00.002-05:00

Hey ya'll,

I know I haven't been updating as much as you or I would like, but I have been busy as a beaver. With what you might ask, well first I am in my 4th and final semester of cisco networking CCNA Certification, We (my class and I) went to the cisco reginol IT compitition and my team mate and I came in First for team jepordy and 2nd in router configuration. Another class mate came in first for single Jepordy, and took 3rd for cableing. So since we as a school kicked but at the compititon they are throwing us a pizza party (yum) this friday. I have been writing more of my book and a Kim Possible/Angel Wars crossover fanfic, you can check it out on my gallery, the link is on the right side of the page. I have also been getting conseling in developing my social skills so I can make friends and achieve my goal of being a husband and a Daddy someday. I have also obtained an internship at a company called interservers (check them out at www.interservers.com) and I love it here, I keep thinking I have died and gone to geek heaven. Well thats all for now, I'm not one for talking about my own self, so until next time.

Laterz,
wildman4god

Yet another reason why Jesus is cool.

2008-03-27T12:55:00.001-05:00

Another reason Jesus is cool is because when you cry out to Him lamenting over all your sins He has no clue what you're talking about.

Wildman

A Real Wise Guy

2008-03-27T12:48:00.001-05:00

“Wow, you're a smart person,” “How'd you get so smart,” “I wish I was as smart as you.” I hear phrases like these almost everyday, but what does it mean to be smart? How do you measure how smart a person is? We generally call someone smart when they know a lot of information, But smarts is more than just that. There are three proper terms used when determining if someone is smart or not, these terms are; knowledge, intelligence and wisdom. These terms are used like synonyms among lay people, but they actually have different meanings. Knowledge refers to how much information you have stored in your memory, Intelligence refers to your ability (how well and how fast) to understand the information you have, and finally Wisdom refers to your ability to utilize or apply the information that you understand. These three pillars of smarts are not separate from each other, they are closely related and dependent on each other, you need all three for any of them to work. Another way of looking at it would be to look at a tripod, you need all three legs for it to stand by itself. Knowledge as we defined it, is the information you posses. It is obviously important to have knowledge or else you wouldn't have anything to understand or apply. Intelligence is also another important leg of our smarts tripod, without intelligence you wouldn't be able to understand what you know and thus wouldn't be able to apply it. And finally we have wisdom, wisdom is an often misunderstood concept, when you say wisdom, to most people its another word for smarts or intelligence. But wisdom as we defined it is the ability to use or apply the information you understand, without it you have a lot of head knowledge but no way to use it and thus your smarts is worthless. Another way to look at this complex puzzle is to use an analogy of an automobile. In our analogy knowledge is the fuel, Intelligence is the engine and the drive train is representative of wisdom. Now most people understand the importance of these three parts of a vehicle. If you get rid of any one component the whole vehicle is now useless no matter how good the remaining parts are. In our analogy, where knowledge is the fuel, obviously with out fuel your car is going no where fast and your cars performance is also dependent on how much fuel you have and also what kind. The next part of the analogy is the engine, a more efficient or better designed engine can better utilize the fuel. Similarly in smarts the better you intelligence is the better you can understand your knowledge. And finally the car's drive train represents wisdom. The drive train is designed for the terrain it is expected to handle, there is no best drive train. Similarly with wisdom, there is no best kind of wisdom. For example I might have a lot of wisdom in being a parent, but thats not going to help me run a cold fusion generator. Now unlike the car you have the ability to obtain multiple drive trains, that is, to have multiple forms of wisdom, which I would encourage everybody to acquire as many kinds of wisdom you can get. Earlier we talked about how the three legs of smarts related to the legs of a tripod, well also in the same sense when you have a tripod that supports weight it is important to have all three legs be the same strength. Because if you have one leg made out of steel and the other two made out of copper the weight you put on it will not be distributed evenly causing more weight on the two copper legs than was intended ultimately causing the tripod to fall over. So it is with smarts if you have a lot of knowledge but are lacking in intelligence and wisdom then your knowledge is useless because you can't understand it your self let alone apply it. SO it is important to keep your tripod of smarts balanced. Obviously if your lacking in any department, it would make no sense to lower the level of the department you excel in. So the logical fix for this is to increase the levels of the smarts you are lacking in. Well how do you do this you might ask, well there are activities for each you can use to increase your smarts. Knowledge is pretty simple, just enter information into your brain, you do this by reading, listening and watching things, books, tv shows, etc. But the information you take in must be of value to what you need it for, obviously watching a south park marathon isn't going to help you get through college. With intelligence the best activity to do is puzzles, and the best puzzles is, to many peoples surprise, video game puzzles. Now I'm not talking about those puzzles in tomb raider or any other game like that, though they can count. I'm talking about puzzles like tetris or bejeweled. The best way to maximize the results is to play them on a time attack mode or use those games like meteos for the DS or luminus for the PSP. Puzzles like these are good for increasing intelligence because it forces you to think and to think faster than normal, but being its a game it'll have more of an impact on your brain development because your having fun while playing it and studies show that the human brain is more accepting of new changes when your having fun, weather its learning new information from a funny teacher or playing a puzzle in a game. Finally there is wisdom, sorry there really isn't any fun or effecent method of increasing you wisdom. It's been said that wisdom comes with experience, well I have found that wisdom can come with experience but not always. Take for example programing a computer, without the knowledge of proper commands or the intelligence to understand what these commands do your left trying code randomly on a trail and error process. After you try forty commands that seem to do nothing you have the wisdom of the forty wrong ways to execute a command but you still don't have the wisdom of the one right way. You see with anything there are many, many, many wrong ways of doing it but only so many right ways. So it is better to have the wisdom of the right ways than the wrong ways. The only way to ensure you experience things the right way to gain proper wisdom is to have knowledge and intelligence first. So in all you do make the pursuit of knowledge and intelligence a top priority in life with these in hand your experiences in life will produce proper wisdom.

Wildman

Another Parable of Joshua

2008-03-27T12:47:00.000-05:00

One day God was walking along a path when in the path stood a hungry, vicious, mighty loin.

“Move aside so I can continue along my way,” he commanded the lion.

The lion got up and walked to the side so the Lord could continue. Next God came upon a great sycamore tree growing in the path, which had stood there for hundreds of years.

“Move aside so I can continue along my way,” he commanded the tree.

The tree uprooted its self, crawled to the side of the path and replanted its self so the Lord could continue. Next God came upon a huge boulder lying in the path.

“Move aside so I can continue along my way,” he commanded the boulder.

The boulder rolled its self to the side of the path so the Lord could continue. Next God came upon his most precious creation, a man sitting in a recliner, watching the football game in the middle of the path.

“My dear, sweet child, the one whom I died for, would you please walk with me so I might spend time with you and teach you my ways of righteousness,” he requested.

“Not now, my team is winning,” replied the man.

The point of this parable is that God, being creator of everything, can command anything with no need to ask. As we see in the story several obstacles in God’s path to us moved out of his way at just a command, even though some of the obstacles were physically incapable of replying to the request. When God finally got to his destination along the path, which was us, the man ignored God, even though he died for us, loves us, and even ask, not command, that we spend time with him. Nothing else in all of creation has this privilege, and yet we don’t care, we put lesser things in front of God. So what do you value more than God, what is keeping you from spending time with your “Abba?”

Wildman

The Christian Vs. The Christ Follower

2008-03-27T12:41:00.002-05:00

There once where two men,

Both claimed to be children of God,

The first one lived a life of luxury,

Yet he never thought of giving to the poor,

The second had little more than the shirt on his back,

Yet he always was eager to help those in need,

The first seemed to have mastery over his own sin,

Keeping God's laws without breaking a sweat,

The second was in constant morning,

From the guilt of sin he just couldn't be rid of,

The first went to church every Sunday without fail,

Making sure he wouldn't be contaminated by any pagans,

The second went to bars instead,

Sharing the joy of the Lord's salvation,

The first held his head high as he prayed,

Thanking God that he wasn't a sinner,

The second hung his head low,

And weeped as he confessed his many sins,

The first had an entire library full of books,

Boasting to his friends of his divine wisdom,

The second had only an old bible,

Worn from all the lessons taught from it,

Then as God would have it,

Both men died at the same time,

And met each other outside the pearly gates,

Though it was the first time,

They both knew everything about each other,

The first man laughed at the second,

As he thought that Jesus would never accept him,

Then as Jesus came out to meet his disciple,

The first man knelt down to accept his reward,

But Jesus rushed past him,

And scooped up the second man in an embrace saying,

Well done my good and faithful servant,

The first man was shocked to see the Lord acting like this,

As they started to walk back towards the gates of heaven,

The first man started to protest,

Asking where was his reward,

Jesus stopped to look at him and said,

Depart from me I never knew you.

Greetings,

This poem has more of a punch to it than my other poems, but like the prophets of old I give what ever message The Lord gives me regardless of wether it's popular or not. Please read and comment.

Thanks,

Wildman

Yet another life update.

2008-03-13T19:04:00.002-05:00

Hey everyone,

It's time for me to update ya'll on what's goin' on in my life. First of all I dropped out of college to go back to Job Corps because I found that at this point in time college isn't for me. I have written more poems and more chapters to my book. I am starting to make friends down here in the city and I am developing my social skills. I have also been taken off my medicine as it was causing liver damage, so instead I am learning to control my mood disorders and ADHD with help of God and a little therapy. I am almost done with my 3rd semester of Cisco Networking, after this i'll only have one more semester to go then I'll be able to start my life and move forward in God's will. Well thats all for now and no I don't have a girl friend yet so ya'll can stop worrying about me. ttyl

Wildman

Making God Smile

2008-03-13T19:02:00.001-05:00

Making God Smile

I once thought to myself,

How I would love to make God smile,

To have him brag about me like he did about Job,

To have him call me a man after his own heart like David,

I thought to do this I must be perfect,

And keep his laws without fail,

But I found that I couldn't even go one day,

But I kept trying,

Hoping one day I would master my sins,

But days turned to weeks,

And then into months and years,

And the only thing I managed to accomplish,

Was to increase my frustration,

Then one day as I talked with the Lord,

As I read about David, Job and Paul,

I found that they managed to make God smile,

But they didn't keep God's laws perfectly either,

And then in that still small voice,

My Father in heaven reveled to me,

The secret of making Him smile,

He said don't worry about keeping the law first,

The pharisees tried it and it still didn't work,

If you want to make me smile,

Then give to the homeless on the street,

Without asking what the is money for,

Help others in trouble without asking for pay,

Respect the authorities though you maybe the only one,

Look for good in everything rather than assuming the worst,

Give loans without caring if you'll ever be paid back,

Consider everyone greater than yourself,

And serve them with humility,

Love justice and dream to be the one who saves the day,

Defend those who can't defend themselves,

From those still in the womb,

To those who are now in the grave,

Be kind to everyone even though they don't deserve it,

Be eager to learn and help those across the sea,

Treat women with respect and keep your focus on their face,

Be gental and slow to fight,

When you want to curse someone,

Bless them instead,

Be addicted to nothing except me of course,

Hold lightly to this life,

And be ready to let go when I call,

Talk about me to others like a love sick school girl,

Until they use duct tape to keep you silent,

Forgive those who hurt you,

And then forget the wrong as I do,

Love others without reason,

For I do the same for you,

Spend time with me instead of watching T.V.

And then you'll see,

That when you make me smile,

Then you'll become sin free,

For I gave my son as a ransom for you,

So no longer do your sins stand in your way,

Because they no longer exist so come and join me.

Abortion

2008-03-03T13:40:00.002-05:00

I was going to write an artical denouncing abortion, but when I was doing some research on the subject I came across a few articles that pretty much did alot better job then I could. So from Probe ministries check out these articals:

Arguments against abortion

Abortion

Partial birth abortion

Do women have the right to choose?

Also check out other articals on a variaty of subjects on probe ministries' web site www.probe.org

Thanks and come again,

wildman

Another Reason Why Jesus is Cool.

2008-02-17T19:38:00.001-05:00

Jesus doesn't have opinions, only facts.

wildman

Every Church Needs A Myspace.

2008-01-30T08:23:00.000-05:00

Hello everybody,

Today I will be addressing a somewhat controversial issue in the church, should we be using the internet and technology in general as part of building God’s kingdom. The short answer is yes we should, and before you stand up and say the internet is an evil place we shouldn’t be on, let me say that it is like that because we as Christians don’t use it so that’s why evil is so rampant on it, that’s why it so dark, because we refuse to shine our light there. You see the internet is a tool just like a screw driver, it is neither good, nor evil in and of itself. It depends what it is used for. I know when we think of technology we think of computers and home entertainment systems, but the truth is that technology has existed for almost as long as man has been on the earth. Technology is defined as anything that makes life easier. So when Adam made the first tool to build his shelter or hunt or help plant a garden technology was born. When the printing press came out, that was a huge step forward in technology. With it we now had the ability to produce books, including the bible, at a faster rate with out the need for a room full of educated scribes you had to pay. This technology allowed Christians to put the bible in to the hands of the common man so he could now converse with God one on one. This technology was never questioned though today the printing press is used to print evil like pornography and blasphimas books. The internet is one of the gratest achievements of man kind, never before could we communicate with other humans all over the world in an instant. The apostles and other Christians in the early church, who could only spread the message by traviling days and weeks just to get to the next town and then had to shout from a street corner without so much as a megaphone, would have almost killed for this ability that we take for granted. But also we must look at the internet not only as a communications tool but as a place, for that’s what it has turned into, according to statistics, nearly 65% of people spend at least 8 hours a day on the net. The day is devided into three eight hour slices; eight hours for work, eight hours for sleep, and finally eight hours of free time. So according to statistics most people are spending all of their free time on the net and sometimes even losing sleep or sneeking on at work. So if so many people are spending so much time on the net then that is where we need to spread God’s message, we don’t tell them to come over where we are to hear God’s message because they wouldn’t come. It is more logical to go where they are with the Good News and then they will come upon it by them selves. I know that a lot of churches have their own websites now, which is fine for the churches members, but the people who don’t know God are not going to come across your church website on their own. So being on the net isn’t enough, we need to go to the parts of the net that people are spending time on. Current statistic show that myspace is the most visited site on the internet with 27,999,906,051 minutes logged in the one month of December 2006. To put this in more understandable terms that works out to the equivalent of 627,238 months or 52, 269.8 years worth of time inside of one month. So this seems to be the place to spred the message from a logical stand point. And because this shows that people are spending all of their free time on the net, this mean that they are not going to church or interacting much with people in the real world. So if we are to be witnesses we need to get active online so people can see us and God’s light where they are. And its not hard to do this, get a myspace account, and their you can have a blog and host videos of your sermons, and even get creative with special messages, plus it’s a great way to get any young people in your church involved serving God. So lets get out there on that new frontier and shine our light for all to see, I hope to see you online.

Tune in next time when I tackle (and kill) the subject of abortion.

wildman

Why Jesus is cool.

2008-01-28T14:27:00.000-05:00

Jesus is cool because he can slam a revolving door.

wildman

My Life Update....Again.

2008-01-25T08:18:00.000-05:00

Hello all you happy people,
Well a lot has happened since we last met; I have started college, I am transitioning off my medication, I am getting involved more with the local body of Christ, I have acquired a laptop, and I have posted ch. 6 of my book on my gallery so check it out and let me know what you think. Now that I have my own computer I can write some more so look forward to more of my writings and the next thing I post on this blog will be entitled "Every church needs a myspace" so keep an eye out and as always I'll accept any constructive criticism you might have so feel free to leave comments, thanks.

ttyl,
wildman

Running The Race!

2008-01-13T20:14:00.000-05:00

As I run the race for Christ,

Many obstacles seek to stop me,

Some are new sins,

Coming from ahead to entice me away,

But most are my old sins,

That rush up from behind to tackle me,

But whatever evil knocks me down,

I'll wrestle away from them,

And rise again to continue the race for Christ.

As I run the race for Christ,

Many obstacles seek to stop me,

Some are my old friends,

Who taunt me, saying I have no fun,

But most are new acquaintances,

Who call me a fool to believe in God,

But whenever evil tries to lure me away,

I'll just ignore them,

As I continue to run the race for Christ.

As I run the race for Christ,

Many obstacles seek to stop me,

Some are hard blows,

Dealt from the tragedies of life,

But most is the constant pressure,

From the day to day dealings,

But whenever evil tries to break me,

I'll just call on His Name to protect me,

As I continue to run the race for Christ.

Hello all,
This is just a short poem that popped into my head as I was spending time with God. Thanks for listening, and as always please read and comment.

wildman

My Life Update!

2008-01-07T13:28:00.000-05:00

Greetings Ya'll,
Its time for an update on my life, so ya'll know whats going on. Christmas with my friends was good. I am starting college and because of the extra work that will insue, I have quit my job at staples. Its not such a bad thing, The whole point of the job was to give me good work experiance to put on my resume, and this job has fullfilled its purpose; I have worked there longer than any other job, I started the job well, I have good work experiance with the company, and I left on a good point and for a good reason. Abd the lose of money is not that bad, because I spent most of my earnings on eating out since the job cut into my normal feeding times. The main problem I had with keeping the job is transportation, it takes so freking long to get any where around here with out a car. But anywho, everything is going well, I have posted 6 chapters (prologue - Ch. 5) on my deviantart gallery, so check it out and let me know what you think. Thats all for now.

wildman

Its My Duty to Serve God?

2008-01-06T14:51:00.000-05:00

In my travels I have found that many Christians tell me that serving God out of duty is sinful, that we should want to serve God and have the attitude that "we get to serve God." While I agree this is the most ideal way to serve God, its not the only way. In Ecclesiastes 12:13 it says "Here is my final conclusion: Fear God and obey his commands, for this is the DUTY of every person." You see while serving God out of a sense of duty may not be the most ideal way to serve God, it does have its place. If we only served God when we wanted to or when we had the attitude that we get to serve God, not much would get done in the kingdom of God. Be honest, at least once in your life there was a time when God called you to serve him in a way you didn't want to and you wished you wasn't a christian. Some times God calls us to serve him in ways that aren't attractive to us. Take for example loving our enemies, we don't "want" to love them, because if we wanted to they wouldn't be our enemy. And in Mark 12:41-44 when the poor widow gave all she had, I assure you she wasn't "cheerful" about giving away all the money she had. And when Jesus was praying to God before he was betrayed he wasn't "cheerful" about having to endure death on the cross. And even the apostles and the Christians that came after them weren't over joyed about being persecuted for their faith. They all did this, not because they wanted to but because God had "Commanded" them, they did it out of duty, another great example is when Johna ran from God because he didn't want to preach to the Ninivites, he eventually did out of duty and during the act he still didn't want to do it. Its like when you jump out of an air plane with no parachute, you are in a sense duty bound to follow the law of gravity. You at that time don't want to follow it, and you certainly don't have the attitude "I get to follow the law of gravity." You see their are many times when we don't want to serve God, this is part of our broken state as humans, but to get things done in God's kingdom during these times, we still do it because of our "duty" to God. So in the end serving God out of duty is not the most ideal way to serve God but it does have its place.

Wildman

Happy New Year!

2008-01-01T16:21:00.000-05:00

To those reading this blog, I wish you a Happy New Year and I wish you the best of luck in keeping your New Year Resolutions. 2007 is now past and behind us and now we look forward to the new, unexplored year of 2008. What will this year hold for us? Will it be a good year? or will it be a bad one? Who will be the nations new president? Will the war in Iraq finally be over? What ever 2008 holds for us, we can still be certain that the one thing we know will remain the same is the unchanging nature of our Lord, Jesus Christ. So if we want this year to be a good one then commit your selves to the Lord, and then no matter what happens we can be sure it has been for the glory of the Lord and for the good of his children everywhere. So as we head forward in time, I would incorage you, that you would make your New Year's Resolution to be to recommit yourselves to the Lord. Thank you and may the Lord bless his people everywhere.

Wildman

Another Update!

2007-12-30T10:50:00.000-05:00

hey ya'll,
You've probable noticed that the chapters to my stories are no longer on this site, well that's because they are too long for a blog. It makes reading my other post hard, so from now on stories will be posted on my deviant art gallery, you can find the link at the right side of this page under the "check these out..." section. Thanks for your patience and I apologize for any inconvenience.

wildman

Update!

2007-12-29T12:33:00.000-05:00

hey ya'll,
Just wanted to let you know that i am posting revised editions of my story "Two Brother, Light and Dark" on my deviant art site. check it out here or find the link on the right side of the page. This concludes the important announcement, back to your regularly scheduled programing.

wildman

A verse to condem pornography.

2007-12-27T21:58:00.000-05:00

hello all,
In my travels I have found people, even christians, who say the bible doesn't condem porn. Well i was reading the bible and in Ezekiel 23:14 it says "Then she carried her prostitution even further. She fell in love with pictures that were painted on a wall--pictures of Babylonian military officers, outfitted in striking red uniforms." You see this person "lusted" after a picture of a person and this is the same thing we do when we look at naked women on the internet, in a magazine, or on a video. So this verse, and I might find more as I read the bible, shows that porn is condemed, it says the this person carried her lust "further" implying that it is a form of prostitution, and may be even worse than normal prostitution. And also Jesus himself says that if you even look at a woman with lust in your eye then you're guilty of adultery. And remember the term "adultery" back in those days refered to any sex outside marrage, regardless if your married or not. And if the question is what is lust, then ask your self this, why are you staring at these pictures of naked women. The answer is your trying to satisfy your own desire for sexual intamacy the wrong way, and that is what lust is, its about your self and not about the other person. You don't even know that person who's picture your staring at. So in the end porn and the dirty act that goes along with it is wrong, no if, and's, or but's about it.

(wildman steps down from the podium)

2007-12-23T13:13:00.000-05:00

Here's another picture i like, enjoy.
wildman

Does God use flawed people?

2007-12-23T10:34:00.000-05:00

Yes, God not only uses flawed people alot throughout history, he loves to use flawed people. In second Corinthians 12:7-9, Paul repeatedly asked God to take away a "thorn" in his side. We don't know what this "thorn" was but Jesus says to Paul; "My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness." There are also many examples of people whom God used to do great thing all throughout the bible. To best illustrate these weak people God used to do great things check out this video. I have heard lots of people who think God can't use them because of their sin or they leave their ministry to go and "master" their sin. Well i have news for you, all people have sin, the bible says in Romans 3:23 "For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God's glorious standard." You see if God waited until we "mastered" our sin then nothing would ever get done. God wants us as we are and as we learn to love him and others right living will be the natural by product. So don't let your sin keep you from serving God, there's not a person on this planet who has "mastered sin," only Jesus ever done that. He did it for us so we could be free to serve him and not worry about our sin. The deceiver wants us to believe that God need perfect people to do his will so we won't do it. Paul himself, in Romans 7, talks about a persistent sin or sins in his life he couldn't defeat but God still used him. So don't let anyone lie to you, serve God with all that you are, and you'll find that you'll sin less when you're focused on serving God.

Now go and build the kingdom of Christ with out worry,
wildman

Does God love homosexuals?

2007-12-21T12:57:00.000-05:00

The answer to the above question is, yes, he loves the person but not the sin. i have meet a number of "Christians" who either find nothing wrong with homosexuality or are a homosexual themselves. They justify them selves by saying God loves them and died for them so it must be okay. While i realize that nobody can ever be perfect in this life Jesus' death and Resurrection is not a free pass to sin. When Jesus talks about "hypocrites," he's not talking about people who claim him as Savior but still sin, because if that were the case we would all be hypocrites, he is talking about our attitude. You see if we claim Jesus but ignore his laws then we are hypocrites. I know the bible isn't clear on some issues of the world but as far as homosexuality goes it is spelled out in black and white in the bible.

In Leviticus 18:22 it spells it out plain as day when it says "Do not practice homosexuality; it is a detestable sin."

And it also says it in Romans 1:26-27 "That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. And the men, instead of having normal sexual relationships with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men and, as a result, suffered within themselves the penalty they so richly deserved."

Matthew 19:4-6 " "Haven't you read the Scriptures?" Jesus replied. "They record that from the beginning 'God made them male and female.' And he said, 'This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.' Since they are no longer two but one, let no one separate them, for God has joined them together."

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 "Don't you know that those who do wrong will have no share in the Kingdom of God? Don't fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, who are idol worshipers, adulterers, male prostitutes, homosexuals, thieves, greedy people, drunkards, abusers, and swindlers – none of these will have a share in the Kingdom of God."

And in 1 Timothy 1:10 " These laws are for people who are sexually immoral, for homosexuals and slave traders, for liars and oath breakers, and for those who do anything else that contradicts the right teaching."

So you see, God does not condone homosexuality in any way, shape, or form. So if you claim to be "Christian" but think there's nothing wrong with homosexuality, think again. If you claim to love God then you must also love and agree with his laws. the difference between "true Christians" and "hypocrites" is not weather or not we sin but our attitude, the true follower will agree with God and try his best to strive toward perfection while first loving God and people. The hypocrite fools himself and ignores Gods laws, to be a true follower you must love God and when you love someone you do this by spending time with them, so to love God means we need to spend time with him. We do this through reading his word, and when you do that you will learn about God's laws and his will for you.

The difference between a true follower and a hypocrite is best described by the apostle Paul when he says in Romans 7:14-25 "The law is good, then. The trouble is not with the law but with me, because I am sold into slavery, with sin as my master. I don't understand myself at all, for I really want to do what is right, but I don't do it. Instead, I do the very thing I hate. I know perfectly well that what I am doing is wrong, and my bad conscience shows that I agree that the law is good. But I can't help myself, because it is sin inside me that makes me do these evil things. I know I am rotten through and through so far as my old sinful nature is concerned. No matter which way I turn, I can't make myself do right. I want to, but I can't. When I want to do good, I don't. And when I try not to do wrong, I do it anyway. But if I am doing what I don't want to do, I am not really the one doing it; the sin within me is doing it. It seems to be a fact of life that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong. I love God's law with all my heart. But there is another law at work within me that is at war with my mind. This law wins the fight and makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me. Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin? Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. So you see how it is: In my mind I really want to obey God's law, but because of my sinful nature I am a slave to sin."

So you see it's all in our attitude, the true follower wants to obey God and tries his darnedest to do it even though we fail a lot of the time, but the hypocrite does not care about what God says. So in the end God hates homosexuality, and if you think you are a homosexual your self then turn to God and pray to him, asking for help to over come this sin. This is going to be a battle that may last for months, years, or perhaps the rest of your life, but remember we are human and that means we always have a choice, so choose to do the right thing and run the race for God.

And all God's people says amen,
wildman

A problem with the new generation of christians.

2007-12-18T10:19:00.000-05:00

hello all,
I have some urgent and bad news, it would seem that the new generation of Christians are introducing some new ideas that are quite disturbing. I have already posted rebuttals to two of those new ideas, but I am finding more, such as: babies going to hell, we don't believe in prayer, the whole point of creation was for a Sabbath day, your wife must be perfect, and i am sure I'll run into more. Like I said I have posted answers to the first two but for the last two, I say, when it comes to finding a spouse it needs to be God ordained, which means if God calls you to marry a less than ideal person you do it. My favorite book of the old testament is the book of Hoshia, why, because in it God calls Hoshia to marry a prostitute that God knows and tells Hoshia that she will be unfaithful. Why would God have Hoshia do this? Because God wanted to show everyone that love is a choice not just a feeling, which means you love a person unconditionally even when you don't want to, and a little advice to couples who are considering divorce, don't, why? Because God HATES divorce with a passion. remember fights will occur in any marriage and fights aren't always bad things. They are the testing grounds for love, if you choose to love even when it hurts, your love will grow stronger. Remember if you say you love God than you need to hate the things he hates, including divorce. I am not saying its going to be easy, it probably won't, but anything worth doing never is easy. Also remember sometimes God may call you to love someone who isn't ideal so don't expect perfection out of your spouse, this is an unrealistic demand to put on anyone. The next topic that has been introduced in to the church by the new generation is that the whole point of creation was to make the Sabbath, this is not so. In Mark 2:27 Jesus says: "Then he said to them, "The Sabbath was made to benefit people, and not people to benefit the Sabbath." The whole point of creation was to create man so God could express his infinite love to us and he made the sabbath for us to rest and to have time to remember the Lord, God did not need a sabbath, the only reason he "rested" on the first sabbath was to create and example for us to follow since we are made in his image. And, on a side note, scientific studies show the benefit and need for a sabbath day of rest. In light of all this i can see why the older generation was so afriad to change at all, so to the youger christians i have to say we need to change the way we share the message not the message its self, next time you want to introduce a new idea bring it before some wise old men in the church who can make sure you have it right and always back up what you say with scripture. Well this is all I have to say for now, until next time.

In His Service,
wildman

Do we believe in prayer?

2007-12-17T07:37:00.000-05:00

'sup everybody,
I know you're all reading the title and saying well duh, and so do I, but I was reading an article on relevant magazine and a writer says we don't believe in prayer because we don't pray alot or all the time, and if we really did pray God would act on our behalf and change the world. well to this I say first of all prayer is simply talking to God to get to know him, its not a ritual or some magic shopping list, God in his infinite wisdom knows we can't possible pray non stop, and he doesn't expect us to. You see I have come to realize that God's main concern is us and our well being, for example God made the sabith day of rest not for him but for us both science and the bible verse in Mark 2:27 prove this. That's why he never wiped us out from existence completely and even died for us to make coming to him easy. God knows that if all we did was pray we would get no work done, we wouldn't eat or drink and we would eventually die, and also if all we did was pray we couldn't go out in to the world to build the kingdom of Christ. And just because we may not pray as much as we should, that doesn't mean we don't believe in it, for example we as Christians believe God's laws and ways are the best way to live yet we constantly break those rules. You see being a Christan isn't about theology, or keeping laws, or acting "good," because Jesus condemned the religious leaders of the time even though they prayed alot and kept the 10 commandments in action, Jesus condemned them for their attitude (see Matthew 23:13-33). When we believe in something like prayer or keeping commands, it means we believe we should do this, remember we are broken beings and God doesn't expect perfection out of us, because if he did, and if he really is all knowing, then that would mean it is possible for us to be perfect and God wouldn't have had to send Jesus to die for us. In the end we believe in prayer because we know we should pray, not to say we have prayed alot, or to get our own way, but we pray to get to know God, to grow in our relationship with him, this is why when we believe anything, its more about attitude than action because if we don't have the right attitude then our actions are worthless, but if we have the right attitude then actions will be then natural result.

And all God's people said amen,
wildman

Announcement!!!

2007-12-16T16:51:00.001-05:00

Attention, it has been brought to my attention that my stories are using the names of real people and i appoligize. please realize that these are only perliminary drafts of my stories but from now on new chapters will not include names i will change the names to non existant ones and i will edit current chapters to change names but it will take a while but i promis to get it done as soon as possible.

my applogise,
wildman

P.S. I have decided to change Josh's name to Paul and Scott's name to Saul

Do babies and mentally ill people go to heaven?

2007-12-16T15:47:00.000-05:00

hello all,
This is a subject that i have come across a lot recently, i have always believed that babies and mentally ill people will automatically go to heaven, and by mentally ill i mean those with such limited mental capacity that they will never develop mentally beyond a child's capacity to think. But since arriving in Pittsburgh i have found some Christians who believe God would condemn babies to hell because of the fact that we are born sinners, we are sinners not because we sin but because that's how we are, its our nature. I was appalled to find some of Jesus Christ's followers would think this, so i set out to find the truth, and i found that this topic is not really spelled out in the bible, like some other issues in this world. But I believe that Jesus death and Resurrection has paid for all sins of all people every where, except for this concept of "the unforgivable sin." This sin is not any single one sin you can commit, but rather it is a life time of denying the Holy Spirits calling you to trust in God, a better way to look at this is Jesus' death pain for the sin that "forced" us toward the cliff of spiritual death but we still have to stop running from God and toward the cliff and turn around and let God pick us up and take us safely away from that cliff. Now back to the topic in question, with children who are aborted, technically they haven't been born yet, so one might argue that they are not yet sinners since the bible says we are "born" sinners and aborted babies haven't been born, and for the rest of the children since they haven't the capacity to accept or deny Jesus how can they be judge for the unforgivable sin if they aren't capable of committing it. and remember that the unforgivable sin is a lifetime of denying the Holy Spirit's' calling in their lives, and babies are neither capable of denying anything nor recognized the Holy Spirits' calling, so they aren't guilty of this sin, and all other sins are paid for. also everyone, Christians and unbelievers alike are going to be judged on a one-by-one basis. so God in his infinity wisdom isn't going at a child and call him wicked, since we are guilty of being born a sinner as well, and like i said earlier the child isn't capable of committing the one unforgivable sin. but about this whole age of accountability this varies from person to person depending on their capacity to accept or deny the Holy Spirits' calling. for example i was capable of this as early as three yrs. old which is early for an average child and a mentally diminished person who is 100 isn't capable of accepting or denying Jesus let alone understand our sinfulness and the need for Christ. In the end I cannot see a loving God holding a baby responsible for sins they can't comprehend, just like the insanity plea in a court of law or why children aren't tried as an adult most of the time (same thing goes for mentally diminished people.) If anyone believes I am wrong then let me know but make sure you bring solid proof from the bible, leave a comment or email me at joshuapowers17@yahoo.com.

Thanks for listening to me,
wildman4god

A Parable of Josh

2007-12-12T08:53:00.000-05:00

Let me tell you a story,
There was two friends who were the best of friends, closer than brothers, one lived in the country, while the other lived in the big city. The country bumpkin lived in a small town that had a legend, that legend was about a section of forest on the edge town. It was forbidden to go into this forest because who ever went in was never seen from again, people have steered clear of the woods of no return, as it is now called, for over a hundred years. The city dweller thought himself to be very smart, he could win any argument with ease and he was never wrong. One day he decided to pay a visit to his country friend, so he packed up his bags and set out to see him. when he got to the town his friend lived in, he quickly learned about the woods of no return and all the legends and stories that surround it, but he thought that these peoples fear of the forest was absurd but they wouldn't listen to his arguments and reasoning. So he decided he would prove to them once and for all that there fear was absurd and illogical. So he set out to go into the woods but before he went in his friend found him and tried to stop him for he new what would happen, but the city dweller would not listen to a hillbilly, but still the country friend did everything in his power to stop him. finally the city dweller got so mad at his friend he punched him out and went to prove this small town "the truth." When the country friend came to, he saw the foot prints of his friend going in to the woods and he new no one would ever see him again.

The moral of this story is that when Christians go on and on and on about God and Jesus, its not because we want you to be "one of us" or because we hate you or anything lie that, we do it because we care and we know that you're headed towards "the woods of no return" and we don't want you to go there. Even if you don't believe in heaven or hell to us hell is extremely real and thats why we share the good news of Jesus, because we love you, if we hated you we wouldn't be trying to save you from doom, because remember even if you don't think a danger is there doesn't mean its not. We do this for the same reason you would stop a friend or some one you love from walking of a cliff or keeping them from walking back into a burning building, you would do anything to stop them no matter how much they protested and objected, so for the same reason we share the good news of Christ. So in any situation you need to look at it with love colored glasses. Look and see why a person has done something, did they do it because they hate you or is it because they love you. For example when a child draws a picture on the wall instead of getting mad that you have more work to do look at the picture and see the message the child is portraying, did they draw on the wall to be a pain? or did they do it simply because they can't find a piece of paper to show you how much the love you? So always ask your self was the act done with love or with hate, always look to see if there is love in any action, don't just assume hate because the act may be an annoyance or inconvenience.

Thanks for listening,
wildman

My Life Update

2007-12-05T08:17:00.000-05:00

Hey Guys and Gals,
Not much has happened in the last two weeks since my last life update post, but I will be going on vacation from December 13, 2007 through January 2,2008 so don't be surprised if you don't here from me for a while. I am currently finishing up semester 3 in Job Corps, I have all the chapter test done and all of my labs done, all I have left to do is study for the final and do my case study, which is like a final project, anywho, after I finish semester 3 I will start my college courses and I won't take semester four of computer networking until I take it in college. Everything is going good at my job at Staples, except that they keep putting me in office supplies when my expertise is in technology, but the good news is that after I come back from Christmas break they will have me coded for technology. Also at work I met a really nice, and beautiful girl, we are really good friends and thats all I will say about her for now (I don't need to be getting into trouble with her by writing about her without her permission.) The people here are starting to drive me nuts so I look forward to this three and a half week Christmas vacation. Well thats all for now.

Quick, whats that behind you,
(Wildman mysteriously disappears while you look away)

B-team@notsogood.com

2007-11-27T08:27:00.000-05:00

This message goes out to the b team, the bench warmers, the not-so-goods,

To those whose complexion seems to give them the power of invisibility,

He sees you,

To those who’ve moves into a new foster home every week,

He wants you,

To those who can hack the pentagon with a calculator but has no clue how a baby is made,

He befriends you,

To those who wonder what its like to talk on the phone,

He calls you,

To those who never get picked to play a game,

He chooses you,

To those who always answered the door for someone else,

He came for you,

To those whose only friend is pain,

He comforts you,

To those who wonder if they’ll make it through the night,

He died for you,

To those who have no hope,

He rose for you,

To those who wonder what love really is,

He loves you.

Who is this man who cares so much about you?

Well he is no ordinary man,

No he is Jesus Christ, God’s son, God lord almighty.

In Matthew 9:13 he says,

As Jesus was going down the road, he saw Matthew sitting at his tax-collection booth. "Come, be my disciple," Jesus said to him. So Matthew got up and followed him. That night Matthew invited Jesus and his disciples to be his dinner guests, along with his fellow tax collectors and many other notorious sinners. The Pharisees were indignant. "Why does your teacher eat with such scum?" they asked his disciples. When he heard this, Jesus replied, "Healthy people don't need a doctor sick people do." Then he added, "Now go and learn the meaning of this Scripture: “I want you to be merciful; I don't want your sacrifices.” For I have come to call sinners, not those who think they are already good enough."

And again in Matthew 5:3-11 he says,

"God blesses those who realize their need for him, for the Kingdom of Heaven is given to them. 4 God blesses those who mourn, for they will be comforted. God blesses those who are gentle and lowly, for the whole earth will belong to them. God blesses those who are hungry and thirsty for justice, for they will receive it in full. God blesses those who are merciful, for they will be shown mercy. God blesses those whose hearts are pure, for they will see God. God blesses those who work for peace, for they will be called the children of God. God blesses those who are persecuted because they live for God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs. "God blesses you when you are mocked and persecuted and lied about because you are my followers.

You see,

He didn’t come for the worlds record breakers,

He came for those who nobody notices,

He didn’t come for those whose looks can stop rush hour traffic,

He came for those whose face can break a mirror,

He didn’t come for those who can buy a 747 on a whim,

He came for those who struggle to get a single loaf of bread,

He didn’t come for those who can run faster than a cheetah,

He came for those who wonder what walking is like,

He didn’t come for those who can beach press a bus,

He came for those who struggle to lift a sack of potatoes,

He didn’t come for those who can crush concrete with the fist,

He came for those who couldn’t squish a marshmallow even if they tried,

He didn’t come for the Kim Possibles of the world,

He came for the Ron Stoppables.

He didn’t come for those who rule the world from lofty palaces,

He came for those who are imprisoned behind iron bars,

So,

For those whom the world considers useless,

This message is from the one, who thinks you’re useful,

For those whom the world considers nothing,

This message is from the one, who says you’re his everything,

For those the world constantly beats down,

This message is from the one, who picks you up,

For those whom the world considers worthless,

This message is from the one, who considers you priceless,

For those the world enslaves,

This message is from the one, who sets you free.

So, b-team, b-team,

Whatcha gonna do, Whatcha gonna do,

When He comes for you.

'sup everybody,

here is another inperational writing of mine, hot off the press. please let me know what you think so i can improve my writing skills. ttyl.

wildman

Romantic

2007-11-27T08:03:00.000-05:00

Here are a couple of pictures i like, enjoy.

My Life Update.

2007-11-13T09:21:00.000-05:00

Hello all,
I know I have been gone awhile, save for yesterdays post, so I thought that I would give you an update on whats happened to me since our last encounter in January. Since then I have started Job Corps, I am 2/3 the way through my 3rd semester of Cisco Computer Networking. I have been here since May 8, 2007 and I have surpassed almost everyone here twice over and they have been here for over a year. Anywho, the staff here love me because I can follow the rules and I am an outstanding student, and in January of 2008 I will be starting CCAC through their college program. I will be taking up help desk which I will be the guy in a company that fixes the technology that the other employees screw up. As far as being in the big city its not bad but the people here will try you patience especially the younger ones, never in my life have I seen such a blatant disregard for the rules and lack of respect for authority. anywho, I am learning to tolerate such people and I hope God can use me to reach these people in this dark land. Thats all for now I will keep y'all updated on a weekly bases so you don't have to worry about me. ttyl.

I'M BACK......again.

2007-01-15T09:34:00.000-05:00

hey everybody,
yeah, i know i came back and disappeared on ya'll again, but thats me, anywho alot has happened since my last blog, i won't go into all the details on this post, but i will spill everything on a later date, as for now you can see i have updated my profile picture. Also i have a girl freind now, her name is Anna, i can't really spell her last name, i'll tell ya'll when i can. but for now here is her picture.

thats the best picture i could find of her.
well thats all for now so untill next time,
wildman4god out.

IIIII'MMMMMM BAAAAACCKKK!!!!

2006-06-27T15:00:00.000-05:00

hey everyone yes i know i kinda fell off the face of the planet for a while there but i'm back now i haven't been very active online because i finnally got a job i work at the goodwill processing plant in fallscreek and i am on my fourth week i decided to wait and see if i could keep the job longer than two week before telling ya'll. anywho last saterday i went down to take the tour of CCAC South campus and it was cool if you would look at the school you would think modern day castle. and while i was there i talk with the tour guide and she thinks after i get done there to go on to CMU's robotics program. so i am thinking about it. i haven't heard from tiffany in a while to i think its safe to assume that we went our seperate ways. well thats all for now so untill next time.

wildman

Yo!, word!, 'sup dawgs, and all that jazz.

2006-05-27T20:05:00.000-05:00

hey everyone,
its been awhile since i last posted and i appologize, its just that here in dubois there is nothin goin on. anywho alot has happened that i want to tell ya'll about first i got accepted in to CCAC South campus in west mifflin, pa. i am going for robotics and on june 17 i am going down for a campus tour. also i finnally got some progress in the job department. i had two job interviews and i am schedualed for one next wensday. i also made a freind online and together we are kinda starting an online ministery, where we reach out to people on the net who are lookin for answers, because alot of people go on the net when life gives them lemons because its one place where they can be someone else and no one can really judge them. also i just found this new online community here. its wicked cool its like neopets with human avitars instead of pets. anywho i have just been hangin' out gettin' ready to start the next big chapter in my life, livin' for God the best i can. Well thats all for now folks.
laterz,
this is wildman signin' off.

"I PASSED!!!" (Wildman shouts from the mountian top)

2006-05-13T10:25:00.000-05:00

hey everyone,
your probably asing yourselves passed what? well i tell you, i finnally passed my drivers test and got my drivers licence. this all happened yesterday. it was a good pick me up after the sad news that came earlyer that day. (refer to previous post) any who i just wanted to tell the world that i finnally passed my test.
laterz,
wildman

wildman jumps for joy and does backflips all the way home

"Personal Quote"

2006-05-09T16:51:00.000-05:00

As zero is to infinity, so infinity is to God.

Wildman declares before the people.

Hello all you happy people.

2006-05-04T09:23:00.000-05:00

Greeeeeettttttiiiiinnnngs....ya'll, (wildman yells)
hey every body how ya doin', i'm doing just great. just recently i meet a girl online and we really like each other, i respect her privacy so i won't blog to many details untill i get her permission. anywho, yesterday i got a real scare, on the website where i meet this girl i'm seein' i was checked out by a 50 yr. old woman, (AHHHHHHH! wildman screams), i think she mistook 20 for 70 or something like that. (wildman shudders from the thought). anywho, i also was checking out school that offer robotics closer to where tiffany (thats the girl i'm seein') lives. i found one down in allegany county just south of pittsburgh. its called CCAC south campus. and it offers a course in robotics and automated systems tech, so i can become a robotics technican. its a comunity college so its a lot cheaper than alfred state college and its a lot easier to get into, not that i have a problem getting into alfred state i have excellent grades. it also has nursing which tiffany wants to go back to school for, so maybe we can go back to school together. anywho back to tiff. she and i are schedualed to meet face to face for the first time in less than two weeks, i'm calm now but when we meet i will be a nervious wreck. well thats all for now folks.

laterz,
wildman

Old Proverb....

2006-04-29T08:59:00.000-05:00

Proverbs 27:17

As iron sharpens iron, a friend sharpens a friend.

Wildman says in an oreintal voice.

Life is Good, Eternal Life is Better.

2006-04-28T16:42:00.000-05:00

'Sup Dawgs,
this is wildman here with a special report of whats goin on in my life. first of all, have ya'll checked out neopets, they're huge, now they have an internet portal like yahoo, a toolbar for IE 6.0 and Firefox, they even have a dial up service, along with 2 count 'em 2 video games, one for the PS2 and one for the PSP. they already have a breakfast cereal, a card game, a magazine, and a whole line of toys on top of being the biggest online community this side of reality. i just signed up for an account, oh yeah, i forgot to mention once the portal is up you can have your own e-mail, like on yahoo or hotmail. ok now that, thats off my chest i have to tell you about a girl i meet online, i won't mention her name with out her permission, but i can tell you that she's christian like me and very cute, i just met her so i don't know a whole lot about her yet but i am eager to get to know her, we are just freinds for now, but it could become something more, well only God knows. i am doing great today i bought a new christian t-shirt today which i am wearing right now, it's very cool, i'll have to post a picture some time. tonight at 7:00 pm is Abba's coffie house, it opens only on fridays and wensdays its open for guy's night, there we can shoot pool and talk about all kinds of things, i just wish they could get some music man, what they have there, the kids call heavy metal and rock, back in my day we called that noise. these kids don't know what good music is, *sigh* alwell life goes on. well thats all for today, next time i check in i'll have another Old Proverb for ya. untill next time.
laterz,
wildman

wildman gets in a sial boat and sails off into the sunset.

also checkout my new site here says wildman.

'Sup Everybody

2006-04-26T08:17:00.000-05:00

hey ya'll,
wildman here with a weekly report of whats goin' on in my life. first of all i have made a decision to go back to school, and in seeking God's will for my life i am currently deciding between alfred state's electromechanical engineering and their robotics and computerized controle technology course. with electromechanical engineering i can pursue a phd in robotics but i don't yet have the education requirements to be accepted into that course and it is a very long path which i do not like school. my second option is the roboitcs and computerized control technology course, which is a 2 year course designed for emediate employment into the work force as a robotics technician (repiring, setting up, and programming industrial robots). and a plus to this is there is no liberal arts studies, and i already have the grades to be accepted into the program, i am still seeking councel with my elder christian freinds to see what their god directed wisdom says, but i think i will go into the robotics and computerized control tech course so i can go ahead and get my life going, i can always go back and persue an advanced degree later in life. also i have been checking the robot news and i have found that evolution robotics and wowwee robotics are teaming up to make more advanced robots. their is a whole slew of other robot news but we both have lives to live and i won't bore you with details you probably care nothing about. well thats all for now.

laterz,
wildman

Just Checkin' in.

2006-04-21T09:07:00.000-05:00

Hey Ya'll,
This is Wildman here with an update of whats happinin' in my life. First of all my book is coming alone great, allthough it will probably be a while before I finish it as it is not top priority for me, I am just slowly chippin' away at it when I get some free time. My top priority is going back to college, I have decided that its time for me to move on in life, there's nothing down in dubois for me anymore, so I am working on going to college. I will be attending alfred state college, and I will probably go undecided at first to explore which major would be best for me as I want to become a robotics engineer. There is no actual major called robotics engineering, because robotics encompases a vast array of feilds, I know I have to go into some for of engineering, I just don't know which one I would like to go into yet. Well I'll just keep prayin to god to help me find his will as I try to get closer to him.

Laterz,
Wildman

Book in Progress

2006-04-17T10:43:00.000-05:00

Greeeeeettttings....ya'll,

hello and how ya'll doin'. i am posting to tell you that i am finding out that i have a talent i never knew i had. it turns out i have a natural talent for writing, and whats more i enjoy it. i am now in the prosses of writing hopefully my first book, a friend of mine is coaching me so i can develope my talent, so thanks to my freind, can't remember your name right now....you know how you are. anywho, the really funny thing is that i am writing and reading so much lately that i am starting to narrate my own thoughts from the 3rd person perspective, strange isn't it. i am not giving out any details on the book untill it's finished. but if anyone out there knows how the publishing prosess works please let me know.

laterz,
wildman.

2006-04-13T14:23:00.000-05:00

Yo, 'sup everybody

Hey just wanted to let ya'll know that I have setup my blog to accept comments from ya'll. So just go ahead and let me know what you think of my post, constructive criticism is welcome.

A Tale of God and Men

2006-04-12T09:22:00.000-05:00

A Tale of God and Men

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth,

And upon the earth he created all living things,

And among the living creatures he created man.

Now man was a special creation, for a special purpose,

And that purpose was to love and have a relationship with our God.

Now for this to happen, God had to take a risk.

A risk that meant the possibility of imperfection,

The risk was to give man a freewill,

Because to truly love God,

Man must have the ability to choose.

For true love can not be forced,

Or else it’s just an act with no meaning.

At first all of creation was good and man loved god and fellowshipped with him daily.

But then one day sin entered the world, and man fell away from God.

But this was not the end for man,

No, For God so loved man, he devised a plan,

A plan that would save man from the trap of the grave brought about by sin,

And let man spend eternity with God.

But this plan had a price, and that price was the life of God’s only begotten son.

This payment would provided man with the free gift of salvation.

So the question remains,

What must we do to inherit eternal life?

Just one thing,

To confess our sins to our great creator,

And ask Jesus, the one who died for us,

To enter our hearts and lead us down the straight and narrow.

By Joshua Powers

hey ya'll,
i'm feelin' a lot better today after having a good talk with a friend last night who reminded me that i'm not a failure for trying to get work and make a liveing even though no one was giving me a chance. thanks a lot joe.

thanks all floks,
wildman

Today's Thot

2006-04-11T12:29:00.000-05:00

A loser is a window washer on the 42nd floor of a sky scraper, who steps back to admire his work.

Today's Thot came from mikie's funnies

Hey ya'll
i didn't feel much like blogging today after failing my drivers test for the third time, but i felt like i had to blog something, i'll tell ya'll about this day on a later date when i feel more up to it.

Laterz,
wildman

The Christian Moto

2006-04-10T08:08:00.000-05:00

"Never be normal, thats the Ron Stoppable Moto"

Quote By Ron Stoppable.

Hey everybody,
This quote is from one of my favorite cartoons "Kim Possible." This quote is one of the first things Ron Stoppable says in the entire series, and i got to thinkin' this should also be the christian moto, as when we become christians we are set apart from the world, as in not normal from the worlds point of view. I see many "Christians" do everything "normal" people do all the time, because the still want to fit in. But the truth of the matter is that as christians we are no longer part of this world but just passing through and in doing so we are supposed to act differently so we can stick out and have people see the difference as we live for Christ. So i hope ya'll will agree with me when I say, "Never Be Normal, Thats the Christian Moto!"

Talk at ya later,
Wildman

P.S. Here's a photo of me at High school graduation for your viewing pleasure.

My First Haiku....Or Lyric...Or What Ever It Is.

2006-04-08T08:08:00.000-05:00

Wazzup everybody,
Here is my first original writing, i thought it was a poem, but every one else said it was more of a haiku, but for now i really don't know what it is let me get back to youse all. but anywho here it is enjoy and please comment.

A Friend in Life

Life is like a journey,

A journey through a scorching desert.

Long and cruel, full of pain and sorrow.

It is not a journey one can make alone.

We need a friend, a friend who is with us through it all.

A friend who will pick us up whenever the world beats us down.

A friend who will laugh with us,

A friend who cries with us.

A friend who is willing to pay the price.

To clear us of our transgressions,

So we can spend eternity with him,

When our journey ends.

Does such a friend exist?

Yes, I know him well,

And I’ll introduce you to him,

If you’ll let me.

His name is Jesus Christ,

The Lord God Almighty.

By Joshua Powers

A.K.A. Wildman

A Strange Thing Last Night.......

2006-04-07T08:21:00.000-05:00

'Sup Dogs,
This is Wildman here with an interesting story. Last night was i nice clear night, which for this time of year is uncommon around hear, so late at night i decided to take advantage of it and walk out to a pavilion on a bike path, that is far away from the noise of the city, to talk with God. while i was walking I came across two Malard ducks, a male and female, when i came up to them they didn't take off or even budge i stood there and talked to them and they just stayed there softly quacking to each other oblivious to me, that was strange enough as it is but over an hour later, when i was done talking with God, i came back and they where still standing in the same exact place i had left them in. To me this was very odd, but it reminded me of a young human couple standing by a lake just after sunset just standing there taking in the beauty of God's creation, enjoying each others company. I don't know why this stuck out to me, but i felt i just had to blog about this. Well, thats all for now folks.

Laterz,
Wildman

Old Proverb.....

2006-04-06T08:19:00.000-05:00

Proverbs 26:11

As a dog returnes to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.

Wildman says in an oriental voice.

Proverbs 26:11

Shootin pool with the guys...er...um guy

2006-04-05T21:02:00.000-05:00

My buddy tim at abba's coffie house on guys night

2006-04-05T09:46:00.000-05:00

Hello all you happy people,
Here is a poem that best describes what i think of women.
It is intitled,

When God Made Women....

When God created woman.

He didn’t take a piece from his head

For the woman to lead.

Nor from his feet to be trodden upon

No, he took the rib from his side

So the woman would be equal,

Under his arm to be protected,

Near his heart to be loved.

(I found this poem in a fanfiction by a fan fiction author named captainkodak1 and the story with the poem can be found at http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2606925/1/)

Greeting's Ya'll

2006-04-01T12:31:00.000-05:00

Hey There,
This is my new blog, I will use it to post any thoughts or pieces of wisdom I have. I will also post about any topics i have a strong opinion about, so stay tuned in to see what i have to say.

Laterz,
Joshua Powers

A.K.A. Wildman

Wildman 4 God

My new blog.

A little late...

It's been awhile...

I'm Finished!!!

It's been awhile.

Mid Mission Update.

Long time to see.

Time for an update

Did God "Create" Evil?

God's writing instraments

A few days later...

New Chapter in My Life!

Whats up,

Life Update

Geeks for Christ

Psalms 4:1

A Heart Condition

Life Update

Yet another reason why Jesus is cool.

A Real Wise Guy

Another Parable of Joshua

The Christian Vs. The Christ Follower

Yet another life update.

Making God Smile

Abortion

Another Reason Why Jesus is Cool.

Every Church Needs A Myspace.

Why Jesus is cool.

My Life Update....Again.

Running The Race!

My Life Update!

Its My Duty to Serve God?

Happy New Year!

Another Update!

Update!

A verse to condem pornography.

Does God use flawed people?

Does God love homosexuals?

A problem with the new generation of christians.

Do we believe in prayer?

Announcement!!!

Do babies and mentally ill people go to heaven?

A Parable of Josh

My Life Update

B-team@notsogood.com

Romantic

My Life Update.

I'M BACK......again.

IIIII'MMMMMM BAAAAACCKKK!!!!

Yo!, word!, 'sup dawgs, and all that jazz.

"I PASSED!!!" (Wildman shouts from the mountian top)

"Personal Quote"

Hello all you happy people.

Old Proverb....

Life is Good, Eternal Life is Better.

'Sup Everybody

Just Checkin' in.

Book in Progress

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A Tale of God and Men

Today's Thot

The Christian Moto

My First Haiku....Or Lyric...Or What Ever It Is.

A Strange Thing Last Night.......

Old Proverb.....

Shootin pool with the guys...er...um guy

Greeting's Ya'll