A Man of God
My family and I go to Fellowship Baptist Church in Meadowview. We have a very young pastor who is in his mid 30s. The pastor who started the church, Wayne Parsons died about 5 years ago, and it was very hard to choose a man that was as wonderful as Wayne. It took about a year or so to find a new pastor, but when Chad Johnson came to preach, we knew he was the right one.
Chad is such an amazing person, and he is multi-talented. At church, he sings, preaches, and help anyone who needs him. He makes going to church interesting instead of a hassle. Chad always has a smile on his face and is always making jokes, even during his sermons. I think that is why he is so likeable. When I left my husband back in April, Chad came to support me as soon as I called him. He didn’t judge me or put me down, he told me that everything was going to be alright, just to pray.
Chad really does practice what he preaches. As a young pastor, I believe that it would be very hard to keep up with all the things he has been called to do. It would be easy to give up and stray away, but he just keeps on pushing, doing everything he can to tell people about God.
On Wednesday nights, Chad does power point presentations in the adult class. This helps the class to understand things better. He works so hard to teach people and tries to make learning about the Bible fun and exciting.
Chad has a wife, Erin, who works here at my school in the admissions department. She is also a lovely person. He has two children and from what I can see, he is a good father also. When I had to have a minor surgery back in May, Chad and his wife kept my two girls for a few hours. When Mallory came back, she talked about how funny Chad was and that he had played hide and seek with her.
Something that I really appreciate about Chad is that he is down to earth. A lot of pastors or preachers these days think that they are holier than thou. They prance around in their $500 suits and judge other people. Chad is not like that at all. He does wear a suit and tie every Sunday, but that’s just because he feels like you should wear your best in the house of God even if all you have is jeans and a t-shirt. He has never judged anyone that I know of. Chad will be there for anybody, no matter what, day or night. He is not a nosy person, but I think he want to be involved in the church member’s lives.
I really do respect my pastor, and I wish that there were more people in this world like him.
Add comment November 13, 2008 megan0094
A long night!
I was fast asleep one night when all of the sudden I heard a loud noise like something had hit the wall beside my bedroom. I abruptly got out of bed, but it was so dark in my room that I tripped over the wooden chair that I had forgotten to push up against my desk. Then, I hit my closet door which made a couple of clothes hangers clang together sounding like a cymbal. Finally, I reached my bedroom door and opened it. I walked into my daughter’s bedroom, and there laid my 3 year old on the floor. She falls out of her bed sometimes. I started walking over to her, but I stepped on a toy which started playing “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” and lighting up the entire room. I just knew that this had awakened my baby, but she was still sound asleep in her pink and white striped pajamas, sucking fiercely on her favorite white passy. I finally grabbed my older daiughter to put her back in bed when I felt something warm and wet on my hands. She had peed through her pull-up and it was all over her and her sheets. So, now I had to take off her stinky,wet purple, polka dot pajamas and change her Dora sheets. The whole time I was changing her, she moaned and groaned but never woke up. I ended up putting her in my bed which is extremely tall., so I had to put big, fluffy pillows all around her to keep her from rolling off. It was a long night, so when I heard a loud BUZZ, BUZZ, BUZZ at 8:00 a.m., I was anything but ready to get out of bed.
Add comment November 11, 2008 megan0094
VOTE VOTE VOTE
I know that voting is all our country has been hearing about lately, but it really is so important. Do you know how many people in the world do not get to choose their leaders? We are such a privaleged nation. Though it is hard to choose who you think is the right candidate, voting is the right way to make your voice heard. So many people say that their vote doesn’t count, but their vote really does make a difference. The last presidential election was very close, and each and every voter made a difference in who became president. Voting also gives you the right to “talk” about politics. If you don’t vote, then you don’t have the right to complain about our leaders and the way they are conducting their jobs. If you didn’t care enough to go vote either against someone or for someone, then you must not care about the way our country is ran.
This is my first year voting and I am 23 years old. I am not proud that I didn’t vote for 5 years, but I am just now really starting to realize how much my vote matters. I was one of those people that just didn’t care, I had better things to do. Now, I watch the news and stock market and I see what changes I think we need. Everyone should do that. You should be involved in your country’s politics, even if it is something you dislike. My opinion of most politicians is that they are deceiving and misleading sometimes, but someone has to be chosen. All voters should look at each candidate and pick the one they think has the most similar ideas as they do. So, get out and vote today! It won’t take long, and I assure that you will feel better about yourself if you do.
Add comment November 4, 2008 megan0094
What about Divorce?
I would like to discuss the topic of divorce. I have to do a report in my phsychology class and I had thought about doing it on the effects of divorce on children. Once I did some research, I decided that it wasn’t a good topic for me. Almost everything that I read made me mad. It made me feel like an awful mother because I recently decided to leave my husband and get a divorce. The first thing that I read was “Myth #1″ which stated that children are happy if their parents are happy. That is not a myth to me. I know from personal experience that my oldest daughter, who is three years old, seems much happier now that I am happy. She could tell when I was sad and anxious around my husband. The article I read pretty much said that no matter what is going on in your household, it is better to stay together than separate. I just don’t think that is true. I have a lot of friends who have divorced parents, and they feel like they it was better for their parents to divorce because they hated listening to the arguements and fights between their parents. Maybe I am just trying to make myself feel better, but I really do think that it is better for my daughters for my husband and I not to live together. A lot of people look down on me because I am only 23 years old, I have two children, and I am getting divorced. I just try not to worry what they think about me. I have decided to think about myself for once. I am so much happier and have so much more confidence now that I am away from my husband. Doesn’t that mean something? It’s not like I wouldn’t have liked for things to work out between us. I don’t think anybody plans on getting divorced, and I don’t know why it happens so often in today’s society. All I know that it was a hard decision for me to make, but it was also the right one.
Add comment October 27, 2008 megan0094
A place to let it out!
This is my new blog and this may be where you can find me let it all out. I find that writing about anything going on in my life that makes me happy, angry, depressed, or feel anything at all helps me. I like to write about my thoughts and feelings, and to get feedback on what other people think or how they feel is great too! I like to write about anything, even little, tiny things that happen that make a big difference in mine and other people’s lives. Well, I hope that this works out well and people can come here to let it out!
Add comment October 9, 2008 megan0094
Changing Values?
I believe that our country’s changing values has led to the increasing numbers of teenage pregnancy. Sex is not respected anymore. I know that it is still a personal choice whether or not to have sex, but think about today’s numbers of teen prenancies compared to twenty or thirty years ago. I speak from personal experience about teen pregnancy. Even though I was married, I got pregnant at the age of 19. Believe me that it’s hard to have a baby that young. Doctor’s say that having babies at a young age can cause problems with the baby and/or the mother. Television leads teenagers to believe that it is ok to have sex with anyone. They make it look so glamorous, and they don’t relate the consequences that can occur when having sexual relationships. There are so many things that can happen when people have sex with multiple partners. There are so many shows that portray high schoolers “in love” and having sex with their girlfirends or boyfriends.But most of them don’t show the risks involved. There are so many STDs that can be contracted and girls are getting pregnant at earlier and earlier ages. Think about all the sitcoms about sex, such as “Sex and the City.” That show is focused around sex, and the women make it sound like it is so wonderful to sleep with any man they meet. You just never know what could happen. Another thing that is shown on tv, magazines, and just about anywhere are condom ads. These ads pretty much tell you to go out and have sex just be sure and wear a condom, but that doesn’t always work. Condoms are not a reliable source to keep from getting pregnant, and even birth control pills don’t work sometimes. Music is also something that has a lot of sexual content. Almost any song that is popular today has something to do with sex. Like I said before, music and tv make it seem like it’s ok to have sex. Sex is a wonderful thing, but it was not made for people to go out and sleep with strangers almost every night of the week, and then end up with a disease or a baby. It is meant for couples tha truly love each other and only each other. The best thing to do is not have sex until you are married. If you do have sex before marriage, it is best to make sure that you know that person very well and to just be with that one person.
Add comment November 30, 2008 megan0094
Censorship– Good or Bad?
I have different views of censorship. I believe that people should be able to write whatever they desire. As far as children go, I think that it is the parents responsibility to keep children from reading or watching things their children shouldn’t see. There are so many ways of keeping your children from looking at bad books or magazines. All I have to do is put something I don’t want my kids to see up somewhere where they can’t reach it or locked up in a box or something. As far as censorship on television, parents can “lock” certain channels and also just pay attention to the ratings of certain shows to make sure the shows are appropriate for their age. Some adults believe that people shouldn’t write about certain things, but I think that we should be able to write and read about whatever we want to. If you don’t agree with something someone has written, then don’t read it. From just the title of books or television shows, you can just about tell if it is something you want to read or watch. I guess my main point is that it is our responsibility to “censor” what we read and watch, and if you don’t like it then don’t that is your opinion.
I asked three people of different ages questions about censorship. I enojoyed listening to their answers and comparing them to the way I feel about censoship. I asked Judy Netherland, an older lady who was reading a book in one of the school’s lounges, how she felt about censorship on television and whether it helps or hurts viewers. She said, “Everyone should be able to be exposed to whatever they wish. They can make their own decisions about whether or not they want to watch something.” I completely agreed with her. My second question was to a middle-aged woman that was working in my school’s office. I asked her whether it is more of the parent’s responsibility or the censor’s to edit what children watch. She said, “I believe that it is both of their responsibilities because children cannot always be with their parents, so there should be some censorship on television, books, and magazines.” The third question was to a young man, who looked to be in his early 20s, that was working in my school’s library. I asked him if he thought that censorshiped helped or didn’t help music artist and if he thought their sells would go down if all of their music was censored. He said,”I believe that artist have the right to say whatever they want in their music and their sells would go down if their music was censored because the artist’s fans would not get to hear all of the song.”
Add comment October 21, 2008 megan0094
