Bothered

I am bothered by several things right now, that I have been thinking about recently. BOTHERED! (Check out robertisbothered.com to understand this joke.)

I dont like when guys bring their girlfriends to the weight room. Maybe I would think differently if I had a girlfriend, but I highly doubt it. I dont like having many people there working out with me, unless we are switching off on who is spotting, and it just strikes me as odd to have a girl spot for me. And no guys that bring their gfs have spotters. It's just distracting. The weightroom is not a social spot. Yeah say hi to people you know, work out your muscles, and get out of there. It's not good for building muscle to sit around for ten minutes talking between sets. Heck, I dont even like to text while I'm working out. But heck, if the sole reason for you working out is to impress the ladies with your muscles, sure bring them along. BOTHERED

I am bothered by altar calls. I will start this subject by saying that I had hoped I would learn some good stuff from spiritual renewal, and it seems like a lot of people really got some stuff out of it. If you did, great for you, dont be offended by my next statements, they are not to bring down your faith or whatever, they are just thoughts. I didnt learn anything. The concert was kind of cool, but because of college class I heard Ryan speak once, and didnt really think it was great. The message was virtually the same as the past few years, it was just talking about what compels you instead of what idols you have in your life. Difference of phrasing. So altar calls, he gave an altar call at the end, first for people wanting to accept Christ for the first time, then if you wanted to have Jesus be the only thing compelling your life, stand up. I did not stand up. I believe several things: 1. Altar calls dont work unless you follow it up, tell someone about it and make a true lifestyle change, 2. It has to be a CHANGE. Do I want Christ to compel my life? Well, duh, but thats what I signed up for when I became a Christian. So, I understand recommitting yourself to that cause, but if that isnt something you are struggling with, why stand up. That is one of my least favorite types of altar calls too, because it's almost like, "if you dont stand up, you are going to hell."If your life was changed by the speaker, awesome, that is truly wonderful. Dont take it personally, I just have some stuff to get off my chest.

I am actually tired of almost all the Biblical teaching that I hear on a day to day basis. Actually no, I like Pastor Daves sermons, and my senior challenges at intersect, but what I hear at school is getting very old. It seems like all the teaching I receive right now is what Paul calls spiritual milk. It is the basics of Christianity, and I am ready to move on from that. I realize that it is very hard to do considering the different levels of biblical knowledge and understanding among Liberty students, but I want something to chew on. I want to grow in my relationship with Christ, and it is hard to do that when we are just going over "dont be bad because Christ was never bad, and therefore it isnt okay to do bad stuff in the Church body." Yeah, I got that one down by now. And some of you are probably reading like "Aaron dont you know the Bible is God breathed, living, and profitable for teaching, instructing, and growing in faith? How can you say such things when it is always possible to get new stuff out of old passages." I know, but in order to get something new out of it, you have to look at passages from a different angle, not from the same old angle of, "why is it wrong to sin in the Church body?" and "why should we put no idols before us?" So I would like something new, because I really do enjoy growing closer to Christ.

Sorry this blog has basically been rants about what I dont like, but sometimes you just have to clear some stuff up.

I am managing to try and record some more, since it is something that I can accomplish while everything else in my life is basically just a build up for something.I have last semester clean up classes to get ready for college, healing my knee, doing drills, and working out for the sake of being better at bball when my knee is better. Constantly searching for answers to what God is going to do with my life through my experiences now. It all seems like it has the potential to pay off, Lord willing, but I am in sort of a lull of actually accomplishing much, so recording music helps.

So that is my blog for tonight. Did you like it, Im guessing no but as you can see I was thoroughly BOTHERED!!!! Ipads, World Cup, and Harry Potter BOTHER me! hahaha