I recorded a couple of things I did on my computer a while ago and
posted them to a site called Bandcamp. They're some rewrites I did of
popular songs to make them about Jesus!
http://orin.bandcamp.com/
You can listen if you want!
I've
been recording some more stuff that I'll post there later just in case
any one cares! I'm calling it an album just because I don't know what
else to call it!
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Saturday, February 23, 2013
No Car
Here's a little snippit of my thought life this week.
Life without a car makes me feel like a freshman again. I have to ask people for rides, take the train to get back home and generally be dependent on other people. Although it's frustrating at times, I've also learned that it's not that bad. The Loma community is full of people who really love each other and are willing to help each other when they have need. The beauty of the body of Christ is that we have a call to love each other and to give to each other when we need each other. Lately I've been in need of transportation, and because of the community I have at Point Loma, though it sometimes is difficult, I've always been able to get around.
So, if you're an incoming freshman, know that coming here and not being able to have a car is totally going to be okay. The older friends that you'll make here have all been through the same thing and will understand when you need to get somewhere and there's always someone who can help!
Also, if I do have any incoming freshman that read this thing, I'd love to hear from you before you get to campus next semester! Leave a comment, tweet at me, Facebook me, or something! I'd love to get to know you!
Until next time!
Life without a car makes me feel like a freshman again. I have to ask people for rides, take the train to get back home and generally be dependent on other people. Although it's frustrating at times, I've also learned that it's not that bad. The Loma community is full of people who really love each other and are willing to help each other when they have need. The beauty of the body of Christ is that we have a call to love each other and to give to each other when we need each other. Lately I've been in need of transportation, and because of the community I have at Point Loma, though it sometimes is difficult, I've always been able to get around.
So, if you're an incoming freshman, know that coming here and not being able to have a car is totally going to be okay. The older friends that you'll make here have all been through the same thing and will understand when you need to get somewhere and there's always someone who can help!
Also, if I do have any incoming freshman that read this thing, I'd love to hear from you before you get to campus next semester! Leave a comment, tweet at me, Facebook me, or something! I'd love to get to know you!
Until next time!
That is all.
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Life
It's been really hard for me to form thoughts into words this semester, hence the lack of posts thus far in 2013. And even though I am now finally putting a few of my thoughts to words, I still am unable to really show just how I've been feeling and doing since being back after Christmas Break. But here's what I can offer with the scattered thoughts I have.
There have been some pretty crazy things going on in my life since being back this semester, some good, some hard. I really do enjoy my class schedule even though I've got some pretty tough classes (General Ed classes are no joke people!). I'm taking a World History class, a New Testament class (when you take it, take it with Bob Smith! He's the greatest. I've had him for both Old and New Testament), a volleyball class (ton of fun!), and then a couple music classes that require a good amount of work.
But amidst adjusting to the new semester's schedule, some pretty big stuff happened that has kinda rattled me. A couple Tuesdays ago (Jan 15), I got in a pretty big car accident as I was on my way from school to Oceanside. Long story short, I was on the 5 freeway going with the flow of traffic, and then traffic started to go from normal speed to dead stop traffic pretty suddenly. Some cars had already turned off to the side of the road to avoid running into the cars in front of them but by the time I registered what was going on, it was too late for me. I hit the car in front of me really hard and they hit the car in front of them. Without going into more details than are necessary, the main result of the accident is that my car got crushed on impact and the windshield shattered, but I wasn't really hurt at all. My hand had a tiny cut on it and I bit the inside of my lip I guess when my face hit the air bag.
It's been crazy trying to recall the events leading up to and following the accident. I don't think I blacked out or anything, but nothing is super vivid in my mind other than that God protected me. Right before impact, I remember having the thought that "this could be it." Seconds later, I was looking around, seeing people I didn't know driving up to see if I was okay, and being so surprised that I was. Given how bad the accident was, they were shocked that I was even alive, much less unscathed by the crash. I was shocked too. Because that really could have been it.
But God has more to do in me and through me here in this place. So I'm still here.I've become so much more grateful for this gift of life than I ever have before. Knowing that my life really could have ended in that moment and that it was only by the grace of God that I was able to walk away from the accident has made more appreciative of God's grace and His merciful protection. More than that, being was able to walk away from the accident without any injuries has left me in awe of God's miraculous works. I mean, the only thing that hurts at all now is that a few of my fingers hurt. My car is totaled, but my body is not.
It's still tough to wrap my mind around everything that happened. I've been distracted in school, sometimes unable to be present in conversations, and sometimes I honestly just get sad because I lost my car and don't really have a way of getting another. I'm grateful that I'm okay physically, but I'm still going through a mental as well as spiritual recovery process. I'm grateful for the beauty of the community at Point Loma that is here for me as we go through LIFE together. And what a blessed life we have.
I wish I was able to write more but my thoughts are still seriously so disordered that all I can really think of and all I can really cling to is that I'm alive. I'm alive. I'm alive. I'm alive.
Thank Jesus, I'm alive.
There have been some pretty crazy things going on in my life since being back this semester, some good, some hard. I really do enjoy my class schedule even though I've got some pretty tough classes (General Ed classes are no joke people!). I'm taking a World History class, a New Testament class (when you take it, take it with Bob Smith! He's the greatest. I've had him for both Old and New Testament), a volleyball class (ton of fun!), and then a couple music classes that require a good amount of work.
But amidst adjusting to the new semester's schedule, some pretty big stuff happened that has kinda rattled me. A couple Tuesdays ago (Jan 15), I got in a pretty big car accident as I was on my way from school to Oceanside. Long story short, I was on the 5 freeway going with the flow of traffic, and then traffic started to go from normal speed to dead stop traffic pretty suddenly. Some cars had already turned off to the side of the road to avoid running into the cars in front of them but by the time I registered what was going on, it was too late for me. I hit the car in front of me really hard and they hit the car in front of them. Without going into more details than are necessary, the main result of the accident is that my car got crushed on impact and the windshield shattered, but I wasn't really hurt at all. My hand had a tiny cut on it and I bit the inside of my lip I guess when my face hit the air bag.
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| The aftermath. I wasn't able to get super great pictures because of how cold it was and how shaken up I was. |
It's been crazy trying to recall the events leading up to and following the accident. I don't think I blacked out or anything, but nothing is super vivid in my mind other than that God protected me. Right before impact, I remember having the thought that "this could be it." Seconds later, I was looking around, seeing people I didn't know driving up to see if I was okay, and being so surprised that I was. Given how bad the accident was, they were shocked that I was even alive, much less unscathed by the crash. I was shocked too. Because that really could have been it.
But God has more to do in me and through me here in this place. So I'm still here.I've become so much more grateful for this gift of life than I ever have before. Knowing that my life really could have ended in that moment and that it was only by the grace of God that I was able to walk away from the accident has made more appreciative of God's grace and His merciful protection. More than that, being was able to walk away from the accident without any injuries has left me in awe of God's miraculous works. I mean, the only thing that hurts at all now is that a few of my fingers hurt. My car is totaled, but my body is not.
It's still tough to wrap my mind around everything that happened. I've been distracted in school, sometimes unable to be present in conversations, and sometimes I honestly just get sad because I lost my car and don't really have a way of getting another. I'm grateful that I'm okay physically, but I'm still going through a mental as well as spiritual recovery process. I'm grateful for the beauty of the community at Point Loma that is here for me as we go through LIFE together. And what a blessed life we have.
I wish I was able to write more but my thoughts are still seriously so disordered that all I can really think of and all I can really cling to is that I'm alive. I'm alive. I'm alive. I'm alive.
Thank Jesus, I'm alive.
That is all.
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