Socks.

Socks are a gift.

Crossway FC-2 ⇆ Vitessa FC-2 (in other words we tied)

There was a battle in Langley tonight. We won. Not really because we tied, but in our heads we won. When I arrived to the field the situation was looked bleak-three of our best players randomly left for Kamloops for vacation without telling anyone, and about four other people couldn't show. Luckily josh showed up with just seconds before the opening whistle to give us one full line. No subs. It promised to be a long night.

The other team had lots of subs, and overall they were a fast team, but we played good disciplined defense (despite the fact that they scored a nice goal in the first half), and took advantage of any offensive opportunities. Thankfully another player came late giving us one sub, but it was still a long night. I think I played 70 minutes of the full 90, and I think lots of our players did play the full 90. At the beginning of the second half Vitessa scored a second goal after kicking the ball out of our fallen goaltender's hands. It shouldn't have counted, but we didn't make much fuss about it and went right back to work. less than five minutes later Josh scored his first of the season. Now it was 2-1 for Vitessa. Then about fifteen minutes after that goal we were awarded a free kick from just outside the 18-yard box. our kicker made no mistake and buried it in the back of the net. 2-2.

After all that we just controlled the ball for the last ten minutes or so, trying hard for a winning goal, but it wouldn't happen.

It was a fun night of soccer.

I rolled my bad ankle really bad in the first 20 minutes of the game, but I couldn't sub off because we had no subs, so I just kept playing and eventually the pain wore off. Tomorrow it's going to be really painful. And when I bend my legs they cramp up. If there are any Physio-Therapists reading this I'd appreciate a remedy.

Sweet.
out.ᕺᕰᕙᖀᖓᖳᖣᖘᗈᗓᗓᗠᘠᘫᘺᙴᙯ᙭ᙇᙨ

A Real Post.

Here's a better song then the last one. It's an old hymn I found. Can't figure out who wrote it.

Your love’s a refuge ever nigh,
Your watchfulness a mountain high,
Your Name a rock, which winds above,
And waves below can never move.

Your faithfulness forever sure,
Through endless ages will endure,
Your perfect work will ever prove,
The depths of Your unfailing love,

While all things change Thou changest not,
Forgetting never, though oft forgot,
Your love immutably the same,
Displays the glories of Your name,

I'm thinking of putting music to it since, for all I know, it has none.
Hmm....

I don't really have a lot to write. . . . .

At all. . . . .

but. . . . . .

I love that line in the third verse : While all things change thou changest not.

Isn't that crazy? He NEVER changes. Think of how many things we change. Clothes, jobs, oil, filters, minds, directions, and so on. Just think about how many things it's possible to change. It's crazy. According to some people overflowing with self-esteem it's even possible to change the world. But God doesn't. God could, but He doesn't. Ever. And He won't. Ever. His plan and His will are so perfect that with His will holding all things together, His plan never has any need to change. Before He created anything He planned the entire course of history in such a way as to bring Himself the most glory. He knew man would fall, He promised a Savior, He directed traffic in just the right way that when He sent His own Son to be our substitute, He fulfilled every prophecy that had been prophesied by prophets who spoke His words, and He crushed His son, that is Himself, to redeem fallen sinners deserving of wrath, that they might be made right with Him, and see Him face to face and forever find their joy in Him to the praise of His name.
➔.out.

wait!
three photographs.
One because I like the beach.
One because I like the clouds.
One because I like the greenness of the grass.

out.

August promises to be crazy.

This isn't a real post. It's just a temp.

Frog Prince-Keane (not a recommendation, just a weird song.)

An old fairytale told me
The simple heart will be prized again
A toad will be our king
And ugly ogres are heroes

Then you'll shake
Your fist at the sky
"Oh why did I rely
On fashions and small fry?"

All promises broken
Feed your people or lose your throne
And forfeit your whole kingdom
I'd sooner lose it than still live in it alone

You were our golden child
But the gentle and the mild
Inherit the earth, while

Your prince's crown
Cracks and falls down
Your castle hollow and cold
You've wandered so far
From the person you are
Let go brother, let go
Cos now we all know

Soon, someone will put a spell on you
Perfume, treasure, sorcery, every trick they know
You will lie in a deep sleep
That's when

Your prince's crown
Cracks and falls down
Your castle hollow and cold
You've wandered so far
From the person you are
Let go brother, let go
Cos now we all know

AAAH!
Makes me think of a disney movie somehow........

::::celebration is over..
::::lots to ponder. out..

triumph².

in other words: the second post on triumph.
Josh did the last one on his blog in case you didn't see it.

I felt very triumphant last night and here's why:

Do you know how annoying it is to have a sliver stuck in you. Well I realized last night that I didn't have a sliver stuck in me.
My toe was hurting. I wondered why. I looked. I couldn't see anything. Then I figured it out: the bottom corner of my toe nail had burrowed itself down into the end of my toe. gross. i didn't like it at all. It bothered me all afternoon. I knew it was pretty deep. I very much disliked the idea of going to the doc to get it removed because it's a hassle, and I heard they don't freeze it anyway. So if the thing needed to be removed and the doctor wasn't going to do it the next best person in the world for the job would be me-for no particular reason other than that was the only other one willing. So I got some tweezers, a steak knife, and some nail clippers, soaked my foot to make it a bit soggy, and went to work. It was painful, gross, and disgusting all at the same time, but I had decided beforehand that there was no other option so I took my time and went on with the tediously boring work of cutting apart my toe. Finally, after about an hour, the rebellious piece of nail was removed. I arose, stuck a band aid on the toe and walked away triumphantly, steak knife in hand.

It was a VERY triumphant moment.

I don't think words do it justice.

out.

You are a bunch of impatient, distrustful hosers. hahahah.
well,. here it is.


Vs. 1 You found me,
Dead in all my sin,
Dead to all Your ways,
An object of Your wrath,
But You came down,
Paid my ransom cost,
Died to save the lost,
And give us peace with God,


Ch. Thank You for the cross,
For the blood,
For the pain You suffered,
You were crushed,
For my sin,
All that I might enter in,
To knowing You my king,
And now I live to sing,
Thank you for the cross.

Vs.2 So humbly,
You laid aside Your throne,
Lived a perfect life,
To be a sacrifice,
In amazement,
I wonder at Your love,
That bore the wrath of God,
For those who broke Your law.

I'm going to run. And play soccer.

i wrote a song last night.

Defeat.

I return home with shame.
This randomly planned saturday adventure had a mission, and we failed.

Basically this is what happened.

There's a rabbit epidemic in Richmond (about 30 minutes away). Not regular wild rabbits, but fat black rabbits that escaped from somebody's house and started a very, very large family, that now are semi-wild. I say semi-wild because even though they live wild, they aren't afraid of people and just sit on front lawns eating grass. Not to mention because they're fat they aren't very fast, so we went to Richmond today to catch a few and bring them back to our side of the river and start an epidemic over here.

we failed. we only found two. one black one and one white and tan one. then an old guy told us to leave them alone.

so we went to the airport and parked by the runway and filmed the planes landing. that was also a bit of a disappointment.

so we came home. now I'm not sure what I'm going to do. I'll think of something.

Soccer.
Messed my ribs.
Re-rolled my (bad) ankle.
Played (by God's grace) a very sportsmanlike game.
Lost.
But it was fun.
I got to play midfield.
Ran my guts out.
Almost scored twice (or maybe three times).

Twas fun.
Not going to be able to move tomorrow.

funny how the dark can't withstand light. Darkness can't blot out light, but light can cut through darkness without any trouble at all. remind you of anything? When Christ shined His light in our hearts, even though they were dark and dead in sin, the darkness couldn't withstand Him. crazy.

I like that picture because it kind of reminds me of that.


Long my imprisoned spirit lay,
Fast bound in sin and nature’s night;
Thine eye diffused a quickening ray—
I woke, the dungeon flamed with light;
My chains fell off, my heart was free,
I rose, went forth, and followed Thee.

charles wesley.

two random pictures. Nothing to do with the post.
both were taken by josh.
the tulip one is lavishly edited.
oh well.
it looks good.

So nothing much has been going on of any real interest.
I won't be going to the worship conference, because I'm going to drive to San Diego with josh and pops right after it, and I couldn't get that much time off work.
That should be cool.

I had a soccer game last night and it was absolutely brutal. 4-0. for the other guys. and since I was on defense it really felt bad.
It wasn't that I played particularly bad, but all the bad bounces seemed to come straight to me. It was a game to forget.

Hmmm...... I want to spend some time working on my invention tomorrow. I also am thinking of starting to write a screenplay for a new movie. And I'm playing electric on sunday while josh leads.

that is all I have to say for now.////}]}}

Good post to come either tonight or tomorrow.

went to a lake today and now I'm home.
it's a national holiday.
i like national holidays.
i'm going to make myself a smoothie.
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something was going to go there, but I left it blank just to bug somebody else (sorry), who would have badly wanted me to add a lot of other junk to do with blending and smoothies, and a particular co-owned blender, but I decided not to. This way is far more fun. and I have to type less. and I might go out and look for some magnets. I really need some.


hahahaha.

atop an active volcano.

well, for once an incredibly random title actually has something to do with the rest of the post, because, in fact, I was on top (well I guess sort of on the side) of an active volcano today. Pretty psychedelic dude. If it decided to blow while we were up there I would be writing this post.....and I'd probably be looking like an over-fried chip.


A little background first.....
My buddy joshua wants to drive to mount baker in washington and go for a hike. Josh and I decide to come. We leave. we, very nervously, cross the border. we begin the drive.

One of the first comments of the trip was that even though it only takes a few minutes to cross the border, once you're in the USA things are totally different..... like ghetto gas stations..... and flags on EVERY house....(it's Canada day today and I've only seen a couple of flags)....... and those were most of the observations i think...


Well we quickly reached the wilderness, and because it was nearing noon we decided that we'd get food at the next place that sold it, and that place happened to be "Starvin' Sam's Mini Mart". I don't think I've ever seen so many rednecks congregated in one small location before. We were all awkward until we left Sam's.

Once we got to the furthest point that had a road that wasn't covered in snow we got out and spent a few hours exploring, rolling already bad ankles, getting sun burnt, almost falling of cliffs, almost falling through snow drifts into the streams that ran beneath......yeah. they were good times.

Walking on the snow drifts was cool. You would be walking and think that there was ground right beneath you then you'd see a little hole, cautiously approach, then jump back when you realized that there was a stream flowing beneath you that had created a cavity under the snow creating a nice little cave that you could pretty easily fall through into .\/

and then I tried to climb this cliff by a water fall, and everything was fine until I got to the top, but then I realized that at the top was a ledge sloping toward the waterfall that was wet and had no hand or footholds, and three feet past that was a snow wall that was too big to get on top of without standing up which would have been plain stupid on the sloping/slippery ledge.......but I can be really stupid sometimes, and the idea of getting to the top the quickest way was a lot stronger than the thought of going the longer/smarter way. So I cautiously got my knees up on the ledge and crawled up....then I pretty much had cardiac arrest when I started to slip back toward the edge. I flipped over so that I was sitting down, and then the slipping stopped. I sat there for a few minutes breathing really hard and tried to think of what to do. even though I was sitting with my back up against the snow wall, I knew the idea of getting onto it was plain suicide, so I slipped my legs back over the side, climbed half way back down, then found an easier way up. When I reached the top I felt pretty good. Then I saw a few guys with snow shoes and backpacks and ropes linking them all together, and I wondered I was just a little dumb.