Brothers @ MindSay 
summer
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I'm friends with two brothers. One of them is a Christian, one is not. David and Kevin.
Despite David being a Christian and closer to my age, Kevin's the one I'm closer to, so I'm thinking that that friendship may be skewing my perspective. Or not.
David is rather bothered because Kevin's not a Christian. David is also bothered by who Kevin is engaged to, and them living together. The two of them (K and D) get along fine for a few months at a time, but D's usually trying to persuade his brother that he's doing the wrong thing, and needs to cut it out. This does not help their relationship flow smoothly. At all.
I know D. Not intimately well, but I know how much he cares about his brother. And I know that as long as he cares about his brother, he's not capable of sitting by and watching him continue what he considers to be a destructive practice.
I also know K. K knows that I'm a Christian, and he knows what I think about his situation (he's asked me). But it hasn't affected our friendship all that much. We still hang out. His fiance and I are on cheerful terms. We're comfortable together, we trust each other, we clown around. He's one of my closer friends.
I'm not sure why, but I'm aware that, if you want to get technical, D and I are citizens of a different kingdom. And I consider D's approach similar to a born-and-bred Brit (I just like the alliteration, fun to say) coming over here and trying to convince a U.S. citizen that they should be living under the laws of England. As a country, we declared our independence from Great Britain a couple of years ago. We had a war on the subject. We are no longer subject to British rule, we said we don't want to be.
K, by the laws of whatever kingdom he recognizes, is a good person. He's a hard worker. He's faithful to his girl. He's a trustworthy friend. He's living on his own and supporting himself. He takes care of his friends, he's dependable. He's seeking a better station in life. He keeps a positive outlook. And his brother coming by and saying that that's not enough, that because of one area of his life, he's not okay - does not help them be a happy family.
I speculate that this makes it somewhat confusing - the contrast between D and myself. (Admittedly, D also is of the opinion that K and I should be together, so for a little while I was slightly antsy around K's sweetheart. I know K's got nothing of the sort in mind, but jealous girlfriends are a dangerous wild card.) If he's a Christian, and I'm a Christian, why is he constantly trying to change K's mind on this, and I'm just content to hang out with K?
As far as I'm concerned, K isn't a Christian, he has no reason to try to live like one. He lives his definition of what it means to be a "good person".
Different situation - I've another friend, Ashley. She's been a Christian for years. We don't see each other as much these days, but when we do we talk and catch up. She never came out and said that me dating someone who wasn't a Christian was a problem - she'd simply ask some rather provocative questions. Not seeking the answers for herself, just to get me thinking, make sure I was looking at this objectively. But she never once said that there was anything wrong with it. When I talked with her a little while ago, and mentioned the breakup, she completely lit up. She was sad for me hurting, of course, but apparently, she'd been hoping all along that I'd end up with a guy who was a solid Christian, and she saw this as a step in the right direction.
We've got A, who doesn't tell me what she's thinking, but sees a problem and hopes that it'll go away. We've got my approach, who sees a problem and my friend knows that I see a problem, but I don't make a point of bringing it up. We've got D, who sees a problem and wants to fix it NOW!
Are any of us in the right?
My friends and I sometimes joke about asking God to “please let us see the tape” of certain events in the history of the world, of mankind and of the Bible, when we get to heaven. We don’t know if such a thing is possible, but it’s fun to talk about.
The celebration of the birth of Jesus is approaching. Here are some things I’d like to see regarding the family of Jesus:
The time that Mary, the mother of Jesus, realized that she must receive into her heart, spiritually, the One to whom she gave birth. When did she realize that she needed her own son as her Savior?
The apostle Paul tells us, specifically, that Jesus made Himself known to His brother, James, shortly after His resurrection. What was that encounter like?
When did Jude, one of the other brothers of Jesus, come to know Him? We know He did, because He wrote a book of the New Testament. What about Joseph and Simon, who were also His brothers? Or did they ever become followers of their brother? The Bible doesn’t tell us about them.
What about His sisters?
May we see the tape, Lord, when we’re with You in heaven?
What things would you like to see "the tape" of when you're in heaven?
For the first few years it was me, my sister and brother. Needless to say, my sister and I ganged up on my brother. Hey, it just comes natural. But I remember one day he got us back. I can't remember if it was me or my sister (although I think it was me). We were all supposed to be taking a nap. My brother snuck across the room and bit one of us on our closed eye. It's funny as heck now, but....Another time when we were older my sister and I were fighting. I mean we were in a knock down drag out fight. I remember one of us was leaned across a chair, then a counter top. Then we heard a voice say, stop that fighting. It was the insurance lady. It was summer and the door was open with the screen door locked. My parents weren't home at the time (I think I was 12). We stopped fighting. Told her our parents weren't in, and we may have gone back to fighting after she left. I can't remember. I'm sure by now you're thinking one of two things. These were typical antics of children, or these are some bad kids. We weren't, but we had our moments. These are two stories we all laugh about even now.
My two younger sisters are in the picture now. My brother used to pick on one of them all of the time. This particular day he made her cry. She almost fell down the basement steps. I was ticked.. I came after him and he ran. I took off my tennis shoe (sneaker) and threw it at him. The next few seconds appeared to happen in slow motion. The shoe bounced off of the floor and hit a window. Time froze in place. We would fight when my parents weren't home. We were mischief, but NEVER do I recall any of our antics breaking anything in the house. I almost had a stroke. I told my siblings to go to the school up the street and get as much puddy off of the windows as possible. I started calling around to window repair places. The only one that was open and had the pane was a good 15 miles away. We were too young to drive. So my brother had to get on his bicycle and go get it. When he got back we tried to put it in. One of us dropped it and it chipped on the end. He had to go get another piece. He got back with the new pane only minutes before he had to go to work at Dairy Queen. After all of that I think I told my parents what happened. After all, we fixed it--sort of.
Another time my brother was picking on the same sister while I was sweeping the floor. I chased him with the broom. He ran upstairs. He was too fast for me. By the time I got to the top of the stairs he was down the hall in the doorway of a bedroom. He stuck out his tongue, put his fingers in his ears and did the nah, nah, nah, thing. I lifted the broom to throw at him. He grabbed the door. I let the broom go. I watched as the broom sailed through a small opening. The next thing I hear is my brother yell Bulls eye! I ran into the room and saw him lying down on the bed with his hands over his forehead. I had hit the mark. I didn't even believe I had done it.
Ok so I'll start off my first blog entry today.
I'm in a good mood this morning because I had waffles for breakfast. Tasty I know. And I added my Full metal alchemist songs back onto my ipod. Oh that and Bleach. So its going pretty good for me today.
OMG I'm so excited because in December the second Bleach movie is coming out in Japan. Its called Bleach Movie 2: Diamond Dust Rebellion. Sure that means I won't be able to watch it for another like 10 months after that but just the thought gives me a rush. Its annoying that it takes like 10 months to get it onto DVD. Or atleast the first movie did. Bleach 1 came out in December 2006 and didn't come out on DVD until September 5, 2007. I kept checking the internet like every month to see if it was up yet. I finally found it on September 5th. It was awesome. I don't know Japanese so I have to wait for the english subtitles to come out. Thats why it takes so long.
Bleach is actually a really good anime. I'm only on episode 95 right now but I still love it. Its just I lose my concentration easily. I'm suprised I finished all of the InuYasha episodes. Theres 167 of those. But whatever.
I kinda don't know what to do with myself right now. I finished Aishiteruze Baby manga on saturday so now I'm kinda bored. I could watch the next two episodes of zero no tsukaima: futatsuki no kishi but I kinda don't feel like it right now. Hmmm....
I totally wish I had like $120 i could actually spend. Cuz I really want 30 so I can buy FMA: Conquerer of Shambala movie and the other 80 to buy Band of Brothers on DVD. Band of brothers is such a great series. I love it. I find myself strangely hooked on war movies. I like the gore. Although if it was real and in front of me I'd probably barf but its not so I love it. Now I'm not like some violence obssessed freak that likes to do violent things or watch people die. Its only on tv. I think its the fact that I wish I could be in the situation. That's when I wish I was a guy. Cuz I for some reason wish I could have been a soldier in WWII. Of course I'm not saying I'd want to die or kill people but I dunno I just think they look so cool and its awesome.
I also love band of brothers cuz the characters. And you can go through the whole experience with them. I love it.
I probably should be doing homework or eating lunch but I kinda don't feel like it. Uggh well its only the start of school and highschool gives tons of homework so I should be happy I dont actually have too much.
Well i'll write later....i'm hungry
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