When I decided to do these blogs on people that have impacted my life in tremendous ways, the obvious choice of people instrumental in helping me become who I am today would no doubt be my father. Of the people I selected to write about, I chose no order or he of course would be the first person I would write about, but everyone I write about means something very special to me.
My dad is one of the greatest men of God that I have ever known. He is a man that just believed in me and in what I wanted to do, and what I felt God wanted me to do. He has showed me support from the smallest thing like a pat on the back and a "you can do it" all the way to huge financial investments he has made in my future.
I always knew that my dad cared about me, and that he Loved me, but in summer of 2004 he did something that I will remember forever, even though he probably already has forgotten... something that helped me know completely, that he was behind my dream, not even because he liked what I was doing as much as for how much he Loved me and wanted me to be happy. Hyperbole recorded an album in California with a producer out there, and we were having some trouble getting the tracks from the guy that had done it... in fact for months we couldn't even get ahold of him. One day he said, come and work for a week on the guitar parts, and I will send you home with the tracks... basically, we had to go back to California. I called all of my band mates, tried to rally the troops, but no one was able to go... it was nothing on them, I understand, but at the time I was really upset about it because this was my dream and there was nothing more important then getting those tracks and finishing that album so we could move forward with the dream. I literally was prepared to goto California by myself and get them but my parents said that there was no way that was happening. I begged them, I literally at one point even cried because I felt like this project was killing my dream and I had to get it done, and it had been killed to the point that even my own band mates were not willing to make the trip because they had better things to do... this was mostly in my head, but it messed me up... Finally my dad said, "I will go with you." He was literally prepared to get in a car for 3 days each way, drive all the way to California just so I could get some music tracks and bring them home. That meant the world to me.... I don't really know why other then the fact that my dad had a bad back and bad knees so I knew he really truly did not want to be in the car that long, take that much time off of work, etc. but he actually was willing to do it, and completely for me. For some reason, that was probably the most important feeling my dad ever gave me... the knowledge that he would give up a lot of time and comfort, to make me feel that much closer to my dream. He ended up not having to go, Andrew our drummer ended up going with me and at the last second we rallied a couple friends up and it was an amazing trip... but it would be sure been cool if it ended up being just me and dad too.
Its not just that, its everything. My dad answers every question I have, he offers me sound advice whenever I need it, he answers my calls at all hours of the night. He Loves me, believes in me, and wants to see my dreams come true. I hope that I someday am able to repay him for all that he has invested in me, show him as love much as he has showered my with my whole life, and take him to every baseball stadium in California :)
Its hard living so far away from my parents, but I know that they Love me, and I know that they would do anything for me... What an influence.
j-cub
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Friday, November 14, 2008
Love Love Love Love Love
Sorry there hasn't been any posts in a bit... stuffs been crazy this week... we got a new president, I got a year older, and the one that I am most excited about... Landon came to work with us at Dream Center... we are seriously building a dream team out here, now all we need is Corban Robbe (ya never know Corban!) LA is GREAT!
But seriously, we are on a mission. Change the world, by starting with the church and how it treats the world... how we Love people, how we live our lives by following Christ's example of Love, by putting our protests on hold (forever) and start making progress by spreading Love instead of judgement across the globe. We are piecing together an extremely talented team of people that just wants to do good, and I am stoked out of my mind for it! Whether you live in LA with us or you live in Lansing or Hemet or Europe or Asia, people need to rise up and learn how to Love people exactly where they are at because that is the only way we are going to show this generation Christ.
Thats all for now. I will post more soon, I just wanted to say I Love you all, all two of you that maybe check this thing :)
But seriously, we are on a mission. Change the world, by starting with the church and how it treats the world... how we Love people, how we live our lives by following Christ's example of Love, by putting our protests on hold (forever) and start making progress by spreading Love instead of judgement across the globe. We are piecing together an extremely talented team of people that just wants to do good, and I am stoked out of my mind for it! Whether you live in LA with us or you live in Lansing or Hemet or Europe or Asia, people need to rise up and learn how to Love people exactly where they are at because that is the only way we are going to show this generation Christ.
Thats all for now. I will post more soon, I just wanted to say I Love you all, all two of you that maybe check this thing :)
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
the white house
Christians everywhere seem to be pretty disturbed right now. I get on my facebook... there are the status's... twitter the same thing, how could this happen oh no what is America gonna do?
Can I just say in the midst of your disappointment that God is still on the throne, remind you that we now must respect the authority that has been placed before us, pray for him, speak well of him, and remind everyone that it is not politics or political leaders who are going to change the world. I Love what Pastor Matthew said last week in church, not knowing who was going to win the election, he said whoever it may be, can we PLEASE treat this one better then we did the last one? It may be a little harder because we stand for a lot of things that the white house may not be uplifting during this term, but it doesn't mean we stop doing what we do, or we stop trusting God because he has a perfect plan.
I don't believe that the government should be a charity, but I believe that people should be charitable. Lets come together, as Christians, and change the world because no President is going to do it for us. Lets Love people unconditionally from now until the end of time, lets help people wherever there is a hurt, no matter what it is or who it is or where they are at. If the church would just be the church, and do all that it is called to be, then people would not need to look to the government for the help they need. Do we really want a smaller government? Then as a church, lets make them less needed, lets take care of the needs ourselves, and eliminate the need for a big daddy to come in and fix all people's problems... if every church took in and help restore/get on their feet 1 to 2 homeless people in America, that would solve the homeless problem. If we never get abortion banned, then we just need to find these needs, Love these girls where they are at, show them Christ, teach them of life and they won't want to have the abortion. We don't need any more laws, we need Love. We need the church to be the church no matter who is in the white house.
We have a lot of work to do... starting with our reputation that may have been a little tainted by this election. Everyone has a right to vote, a right to be on whatever side they want. But the election is over, and the same people are hurting, the same people are still lost. The same people need the message of true hope, and its never gonna come from the white house.
jcub.
Can I just say in the midst of your disappointment that God is still on the throne, remind you that we now must respect the authority that has been placed before us, pray for him, speak well of him, and remind everyone that it is not politics or political leaders who are going to change the world. I Love what Pastor Matthew said last week in church, not knowing who was going to win the election, he said whoever it may be, can we PLEASE treat this one better then we did the last one? It may be a little harder because we stand for a lot of things that the white house may not be uplifting during this term, but it doesn't mean we stop doing what we do, or we stop trusting God because he has a perfect plan.
I don't believe that the government should be a charity, but I believe that people should be charitable. Lets come together, as Christians, and change the world because no President is going to do it for us. Lets Love people unconditionally from now until the end of time, lets help people wherever there is a hurt, no matter what it is or who it is or where they are at. If the church would just be the church, and do all that it is called to be, then people would not need to look to the government for the help they need. Do we really want a smaller government? Then as a church, lets make them less needed, lets take care of the needs ourselves, and eliminate the need for a big daddy to come in and fix all people's problems... if every church took in and help restore/get on their feet 1 to 2 homeless people in America, that would solve the homeless problem. If we never get abortion banned, then we just need to find these needs, Love these girls where they are at, show them Christ, teach them of life and they won't want to have the abortion. We don't need any more laws, we need Love. We need the church to be the church no matter who is in the white house.
We have a lot of work to do... starting with our reputation that may have been a little tainted by this election. Everyone has a right to vote, a right to be on whatever side they want. But the election is over, and the same people are hurting, the same people are still lost. The same people need the message of true hope, and its never gonna come from the white house.
jcub.
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