My Summer Movies 2-See List (2012)
Hopefully with my new Macbook I’ll start consistently posting on here again, no promises though. Anyways, here’s my list of movies that I want to see/have seen for Summer 2012. Each one contains a trailer and an explanation from me.
1. The Dark Knight Rises
No surprise here. The Dark Knight was one of the greatest movies of all time. Combine that with the increased interest in Batman from the recent video game success and the exciting looking trailers that have already been released, this one is sure to be a doozy. I’ll be camping out for this one if I have to.
2. Brave
Until Pixar screws something up, I don’t have to give an explanation as to why I want to see this one. I’ll be honest, it looks like it may not live up to the family name, but hey, that’s what I said about Ratatouille too when it was in production. Fingers crossed.
3. The Amazing Spider-man
Say what you will about it being too early for Marvel to reboot this series, but I mean come on: It’s Marvel. Spider-man is one of the most beloved superheroes this world has ever embraced, and I’m excited to see this story taken in a different and new direction. It’s fine to reboot, just don’t screw it up.
4. Prometheus
This one makes my list because of it’s potential, however, I’m doubtful that it will reach it. The trailers make the story look thin and cheesy, but sometimes the best movies are the ones you wouldn’t expect to be good. I’ll give it a 70% chance of being awful, but a 20% chance of it being very good (With a 10% barrier for it being “meh”).
Side Note: I have already seen the “Sure-to-be Bust” Men In Black III. Well let me just say, I had ground low expectations. But if you enjoyed the first two, this movie may exceed your expectations. It’s by no means a smash hit, but it wasn’t horrid.
Be Jealous
I have a girl who makes me wish I was a better person.
I have a girl who makes me wish I could be like her.
I have a girl who seems so strong, I am often baffled.
Be jealous.
I have a girl who has made me a better person after only three months.
I have a girlfriend who I can look up to in a lot of areas.
I have a girlfriend who makes me stronger.
Be Jealous.
The most important thing? She knows what’s most important.
It’s not her own happiness.
It’s sure as heck not me.
Nope.
It’s her God.
I have seen so much growth in her.
She loves God, and it pours out to everyone else.
Sure, she occasionally loses track. But we all do.
Be jealous.
Why?
Because I’ve found exactly what I’m looking for,
and I don’t plan on EVER letting her go.
ScatterBrained
Lot’s of thoughts. Few of them organized. Study Hall. Here we go:
1. Banquet 2012 was absolutely fantastic. Everything from the dinner itself to the five (that’s after, after, after, after, after) parties afterward. It was great seeing everyone get all dressed up and go out to party. I was lucky enough to attend with the lovely Abigail Hall, and I think she enjoyed the evening just as much as I did! Some (but definitely not all) of the highlights from the evening include getting constantly elbowed while dancing, Mario Party at Josh’s, and all the other parties in between
2. I made it through Chapel last week. Hands down the most nervous I’ve ever been for anything, but people said that the things I said made sense. Praise God for using me to speak his truth. No credit to me, all to him.
3. I’m not really sure where I stand regarding graduation. There are moments where I want everything to slow down, and moments where all I want is for things to speed up. Countdown
4. I think I’m starting to understand country music. Weird to hear coming from me, but it’s true. Some of that stuff isn’t as trashy as I thought it was. As long as I don’t turn into a fanatic, I think I can live with it.
5. Tired of watching some people change and throw their lives away already. Seeing people slowly turn into jerks, druggies, and alcoholics is seriously getting on my nerves. It’s bound to happen, we live in a broken world, but it’s still beyond heartbreaking. I can’t stand seeing people who used to be nice turning into all out jerks.
6. Thank God we’re not stuck here forever.
Hope of a Child
Today, I witnessed one of the saddest things I have ever seen.
I sat in with the Pathway Children’s Ministry pastor and Josh and we ran sound and lights for the 2nd-4th grade program. The lesson was about the Hope we have in Jesus Christ because of his Easter resurrection (And my goodness, I wish the adults had to sit through it. Even as simple as it was stated, it was a super solid message that you would have to be stupid to ignore).
Afterward, the teacher told the students that if they had a hurt in their life currently that they needed prayer for, they could stay after to pray with her. I wasn’t there last night, but I was told there were some pretty heavy things on the kids the night before. Some of the stories included a boy whose brother died, and another about a parental divorce. It was quite a reminder that kids have serious hurt too, it’s not just teens and adults.
Anyways, the teacher went through and prayed with each individual, and I didn’t hear too many of the stories from where I was sitting. At the end however, she came up to a fourth grade girl. She instantly burst into tears, like bawling. Being in high school and having feminine friends, I’ve seen the different levels of crying, and believe me when I say this was all out severe. I had to listen to her story.
As it turns out, her parents were also going through a divorce. But wait, it gets worse. Her parent have told her that it is all her fault, and that she is a worthless child. They still take care of her, but it is clear by their words that they don’t love her. She went on to explain how it seems as though no one really does love her. Now usually when people say that, I assume they are being over-dramatic, but after hearing her story I can clearly see how she would think that from her perspective.
I was absolutely silent in shock of how sad this girl was. She had no hope, life was terrible and it was collapsing in on her. Thank God for the blessed teachers that he has put in the Pathway kids ministry. Some adults probably would’ve just said “I’m sure they love you, life will get better” and then prayed about how sucky life is. But that’s not what this woman did, she grabbed this girl by the shoulders, looked her right in the eye and said: “God loves you, and NOTHING you could ever do will change that. You are HIS. Things may seem bad with your parents, but your eternal Father will always love you with a love you can’t even imagine. You have a hope in him, no matter how dark things get here.” She continued on talking about how great a hope we have for the future, and how God would use the things in her life for good.
Sure, this little fourth grader was still crying, but she had a different look in her eye, one that echoed everything her teacher had just said. They prayed together, hugged, and left the room. I was taken aback by how incredible the hurt was in the child’s life, and how difficult that must be for someone that young to deal with. But at the same time, it magnified God. I was so blessed to see this girl encouraged by the hope that we have through Christ!
Keep this girl in your prayers as she continues forth in her young life, may she continue to remain strong in her walk with the Lord, and may she be comforted that he is always there.
He works, always and forever,
MO
Flashback
“No man is rich enough to buy back his past.” – Oscar Wilde
Man, I wish I knew where that bunny was….I would remake this picture in a heartbeat
The Countdown
Wow time flies doesn’t it? I still remember my first day of Kindergarten, and my first day at Blackhawk, much less the beginning of High School. Trying super hard not to get super tired, burnt out, and indifferent to my final days here. There are still lives to be touched, friends to make, and people to enjoy being around in our remaining days. We need to make these last days count.
However, I do feel the need to make the following countdown available: GRADUATION COUNTDOWN
Sure, I’m sad it’s all coming to an end, but at the same time a new chapter is starting in each of our lives. For me specifically, I get to take the light of Jesus Christ to Ball State University. I am extremely excited for the opportunities that it will present me with. I pray that all of us would make an impact for Christ as we move on to whatever comes next for us. I pray that we would not get caught up in this world, and in our educations, but in Jesus. And I pray that in everything we do, it will be glorifying to the one who creates us, sustains us, protects us, and saves us.
All the glory to God now, and forevermore.
MO
Kings and Queens
Random, but it’s been awhile and I love this song! Chalk it up onto my “Senior Year Playlist”!
To: Michael of August 2009
This is gonna weird some of you out.
Over winter retreat Phill told us about letters he wrote to his future self, or his “Phill of the Future” letters. In those letters, he put his current thoughts on paper so he could someday look back on them. I thought it was cool but didn’t dwell on it. Well since then I’ve been in multiple conversations with multiple people about how different I am from the kid I was just a matter of years ago. Well that got me to thinking, and I really felt like I needed to write one…but to my past self. You may find that dumb, but I realized there are so many things I wish I could’ve told myself, and I wanted to get them all written down. So I did. And writing this has made me so thankful that God has done what he has done, and not allowed me to continue being the same schnardo (Synonym: Loser). But anyway, I originally wrote it on paper, but I wanted to post it on here. So here it goes.
To: Michael of August 2009
You’re in such a sweet spot in your life right now aren’t you? I mean you’re so cool. Here’s the main areas you would say make your life great: You have three solid friends who have your back, and are always going to be there with you, that’s perfect. Why would you really need to be loving to other people? I mean they really aren’t that important right? Running over them with your words and actions isn’t hurting anything. You can flirt with any girl you want to, because you’re just getting too good at it. But you’re starting to set your sights on one girl in particular. You like your music, because you can keep the messages of the songs separate from the way you think. Yeah, you really are on top of the world. Living the good life if I’ve ever seen it.
Well bud, I hate to break it to you, but in under three full years you’re going to look back and be ashamed of the life you’re living now. I promise you. You see you don’t get it. Did nothing in the past year change you? That whole God thing, I mean it really didn’t change the way you live did it? That semi-weird Phill guy put so much into teaching you about God and his word, and that didn’t change you either? Oh it did? Let’s look at that shall we?
You don’t get it Michael. You can’t just run over people who you see as inferior. Christ loved you so much, even though you are trash in retrospect to him (Heck, you aren’t even that). That love should flow out of you into others! It’s not, and to be plain about it you’re giving the God you claim to worship a bad name. The people who you are hurting now are still going to be scarred years down the road. I know, because I’m still clearing a few of them up even today.
You don’t get it Michael. You have to stop making feminine attention your priority in life! Sure, it feels great, but you are in the early stages of a problem that is going to cause you incredible amounts of trouble for YEARS down the road. You’re staking your identity, who you are, in the wrong thing, and you won’t figure that out until it’s almost too late. You KNOW it needs to be in Christ. Don’t play stupid with me Overbeck. I’m just going to give you a heads up, it’s going to hurt you greatly in the next two years. Christ has to be your focus, because other things in life fail, but he never does.
You don’t get it Michael. Media is killing you. You’re filling your head with all these things that are shaping the way you think, act, and respond to people. Don’t think I don’t know how two faced you are, I’m you remember? There is so much good media out there, and filling your mind with that is only going to help you down the road. Just wait until you meet Webster, he’s going to be such an encouragement to you in this area.
Oh and P.S. these aren’t the only areas where you suck, trust me, I’m just highlighting the ones that are most important to you.
Michael, I’m not even gonna lie, although you think you’ve got it all together, you STILL don’t understand. That gospel hasn’t fully taken root in you and changed you yet (Though progress is still being made). You may think you’re living the good life, but you’e at (what you will look back on) as one of the darkest times of your life. Don’t let the temporary distractions, be that your social life, your music, a girl, or money fool you into thinking you have it good.
Although things are bleak now, I can promise you it get’s better. You’re never going to be perfect or complete, but the sick thing is that IT’S OK! You’ll eventually realize that Jesus Christ is the ONLY answer, and that everything else is a minuscule detail. Oh, and if you’re truly putting Christ first, he’ll bless you in ways you can’t even imagine. Just wait until 2012, you’ll know your REAL friends, you’ll have music and media that builds you up and glorifies Christ, and your “Girl situation” will more than take care of itself WITHOUT you worrying about it. (And trust me, it’s going to surprise you). Christ has to come first in everything, because he is everything. His sons death on the cross paid for your past sins, your current sins, and your future sins. How can that NOT change you?
Romans 8:28 – Things may be bleak now, but God is using these things to better you.
Figure it out kid, sooner rather than later.
Michael of March 2012
That was kinda weird, but I don’t care. It was even beneficial to me now, writing it and seeing where I’ve come from just magnified the amazingness of God. If he can use a turd-bag like me and change this much about me in three years, I can’t wait to see what he has in store for my future.
Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
So many things are changing, and some are changing very very fast. VERY.
Right now I am facing two very different but massive decisions. These decisions are not light, small deal things. No. These are huge decisions that could affect my future, and in one case someone else’s as well. Throughout the process of coming to decisions (Which I still have not arrived at by the way) I have taken a lot of precautions and baby steps.
These precautions have been very carefully calculated and planned. Wise council is being sought, friends have been placed in accountability, a whole heck of a lot of prayer has been prayed, and a lot of scripture has been consulted. With all of these things in place, you would think that I am very calm and at peace with the situations. Well, thats not necessarily true. While I have been given great amounts of peace through all of this, it is still a struggle to not worry about what could/might/should happen. I know that God is in control, so why do I have such a hard time keeping my trust in him? I’m having flashbacks to my trust issues in November. If anything I am greatly encouraged to see how he brought be out of those things and bettered me through them.
It’s a process, but how can I with a good brain in my head NOT trust God? Paul had absurd amounts of trust in God, through his persecution and suffering. David put all of his trust in God when things looked the most bleak. Is that to say I am suffering and things are looking bleak? On the contrary, I believe things have never looked brighter for me. I am so blessed, and that statement is only becoming more and more clear as the days role on.
These decisions will take wisdom to make, but I know from James 1 that all I have to do is ask with a fully faithful heart. I cannot even begin to imagine the wisdom God can give.
Ya know that feeling when you aren’t sure you got your point across, but you are too tired to keep typing? Yeah, that’s me right now.
Me Being an Idiot, and Wasting Your Time
“Because he’s the hero Fort Wayne deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we’ll hunt him because he can take it. Because he’s not our hero. He’s a silent guardian, a watchful protector. A Blue knight.”
