Thinking of moving

When I started this blog Blogger had yet to be acquired by Google. Now that Google has fully integrated all things to one account I can no longer access this blog via my google account. It makes posting on the fly and with efficiency very difficult. Furthermore, the mobile app I was using to update here has become a byzantine mess of terrible updates and bugs.

Also I got married and have been focusing on finishing my final semester at TAMUCC.

So....

I'm gonna shut this one down. I may open another non-Google public blog. I'm not anti Google, I just find their overall user agreement not exactly to my liking. In that, for any reason, whatsoever, they can shut me down lock stock and two smoking barrels. Yeah.... No.

What do you, my constant readers suggest? I hear good things about Wordpress.

Thoughts?

- Nicholaus Q

oh yeah

Here is a little update I SHOULD probably mention.

I got hitched.

To a TOTAL HOTTIE.

Her name is Brie.

She has a Twitter, @brieannevinson and the Facebook.  I love my wife.  I have never been so happy in all of my days.  The Lord is good and faithful to me.  More than I deserve.

-Nic

I should be typing a paper

...but I am not.

In case any of you are wondering what is happening with me, here is a quick rundown:

1. Took LSATs Saturday.  I do not think that it went well.

2. Brie and I are trying to find employment, so your prayers are greatly appreciated.

3. Depending on how I did on the LSATs, we may stay in Corpus Christi for an extra year.  This is for a litany of reasons.  Mostly, its financial.

4. The Tolkien class I so looked forward too this semester has turned into a gigantic regret.  It is terrible.  One should not have to devote the primary amount of one's time to a useless elective class.  Bugger all.  Note to all my TAMUCC friends: DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS.  IT IS WORTHLESS.

5.  The class is making me hate Peter Jackson's adaptations of Lord of the Rings.  They really destroyed several key characters, among them Frodo... you know, the CENTRAL PROTAGONIST.

I'm off to finish some papers.

Sometimes, I dispair

Sometimes I dispair. Sometimes, in my darkest moments, I fear that I am only a camera. My eyes are meant to record the moment. My ears are made to pick up the dialogue. I experience moments as an outside member. The only function I serve laying witness to others' happinesses. Sometimes I dispair.



- N

Two in the head

You know who is a terrible sinner? Me. I am a wretched and evil man who truly deserves to burn in Hell for all eternity. Why God loves me as much as he does is mystifying. I don't deserve love. I don't deserve mercy. I don't deserve grace. And yet I have been given these freely.

Why then, do I decide to not pursue a deeper relationship with God? Why am I striving to find contentment outside of the Father and find it in other people? Am I high?

I'll never be content if I rely on others for that feeling. Only God can bring this overarching peace, joy and fulfillment. So, why am I a right proper jackass? My pride is getting in the way and I need to assassinate the Self.


- N

September Came and Went

I did not blog once during September.

Oops.  I even have a Blogger APP for my iPhone, which means that theoretically I can post a blog anywhere there is Wi-Fi or 3G coverage.

Some quick catch up:

Small group is going good.  My small group guys include: Jackson, Leo, Nick Stever & Cortez.  Its a fun mix of older super solid Christians and young children of God.  There isn't enough time to ever cover all that my heart would have them know.  You know what, that's okay.
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I need prayer.

I suck.
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With life comes some amount of drama.  I find it best to live by basic Biblical principles and espouse the most important commandment: Love God with all your Heart, all your Mind and all your Soul.  Then Love your neighbor as yourself.  In this is the fulfillment of all the Law and the Prophets.
Generally, things don't go too shabby if I stick to this simple teaching.  However, life is messy.  People hurt each other throughout life and forgiveness is needed.  We have to be full of Grace as God is full of Grace.  We must be merciful as God is merciful.  We must be just as God is just.  We must BE love as God is love.  And none of this is possible through our own finite human capacity.  Only through the supernatural power of God can these things be possible.  Pray for God's supernatural Love.  Pray for God's supernatural Grace.  Pray for God's supernatural Mercy.  These things will lead to God's supernatural Peace.

-N

Christianity as Religion

These are just my two cents but:

Christianity IS a Religion.

*ahem*

Thank you

-N