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Karl started Karate just before his sixth birthday. In a little over five years he's progressed through 10th Kyu (Blue Belt), 9th Kyu (Orange Belt), 8th Kyu (Red Belt), 7th Kyu (Yellow Belt), 6th Kyu (Green Belt), 5th Kyu (Purple Belt), 4th Kyu (Purple & White Belt), 3rd Kyu (Brown Belt) and has has just successfully achieved 2nd Kyu (Brown & White Belt). These photographs are from the Shotokan grading on September 4, 2016.
Karl started Karate just before his sixth birthday. In a little over five years he's progressed through 10th Kyu (Blue Belt), 9th Kyu (Orange Belt), 8th Kyu (Red Belt), 7th Kyu (Yellow Belt), 6th Kyu (Green Belt), 5th Kyu (Purple Belt), 4th Kyu (Purple & White Belt), 3rd Kyu (Brown Belt) and has has just successfully achieved 2nd Kyu (Brown & White Belt). These photographs are from the Shotokan grading on September 4, 2016.
“Waiting for a sign to smash the silence with the brick of self control.”
She: Green Day, Dookie
As with most of the Green Day songs, this is a “get up and dance, smash and thrash” song. So many of their songs are like this, and performed live – they are electric: even more so than on the albums. This album came out in an awesome time of my life, and I have so many memories with the songs on this album.
This song was a favorite of a friend of mine that I spent the summer of 95 with. She and a bunch of us would hang out all day and night, go to school in the morning… and start it all over again at 11:00am. Basically it was a 16 hour party/fun time, 4 hours of sleep, and 4 hours of school every day. We went all over the city doing whatever came to us- we cooked dinners, watched movies, swam in the river at 2:00 in the morning, and watched the fire flies light up the Texas Hill Country. Every day was a new adventure, and every day I felt more alive. It was one of the best summers of my life, and I felt so alive… but inside- emotionally, I was dying.
This song was a pick me up- not so much for the words or even the music but because every time this song came on my friend would grab a spatula and run around the apartment singing into it- and it always made me laugh because I was always duped into the karaoke spatula performance. We had so much fun laughing and joking- it’s a shame that all had to come to an end.
I miss my friend. I miss spatula karaoke. Rest in peace my beautiful friend… you are forever dancing on the stage of memory!
*** Artist Notes ***
8 x 10 Glass, Painted from the back, clear contact paper kept the glass intact even when shattered by the brick!
Lyrics:
She
She screams in silence.
A sullen riot penetrating through her mind.
Waiting for a sign to smash the silence with the brick of self control.
Are you locked up in a world that's been planned out for you?
Are you feeling like a social tool without a use?
Scream at me until my ears bleed.
I'm taking heed in just for you.
She
She's figured out all her doubts were someone else's point of view.
Waking up this time to smash the silence with the brick of self control.
Are you locked up in a world that's been planned out for you?
Are you feeling like a social tool without a use?
Scream at me until my ears bleed.
I'm taking heed in just for you.
Are you locked up in a world that's been planned out for you?
Are you feeling like a social tool without a use?
Scream at me until my ears bleed.
I'm taking heed in just for you.
A Special Kind of Love
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, selfcontrol. (Galatians 5:22-23)
There is an odd truth concerning love and marriage. Understanding it is an important key in making marriage and other relationships work. The truth is this: we don’t have the ability to really love without the power of the Holy Spirit working through us. Our capacity to love is based on God giving us that ability, supernaturally, as we surrender to Him.
So how are people able to “love” when they don’t know God? They can’t. At least they are not able to love with God’s type of love. God’s love is a special love the Bible calls agape. It is a love that flows out of the will and does not change. It is the most stable and predictable kind of love and the only type that can provide a lasting foundation in marriage.
Often, when people say they love someone, they are just talking about sexual desire (the Greek word eros, from which we get the word erotic) or a passionate feeling (thumos, from which we get our thermos). These kinds of feelings come and go. When they go for very long, many people give the old line, “I don’t love you anymore,” and they are out the door.
Agape love, however, is a committed and sacrificial love that is modeled after Jesus. When Jesus tells us He loves us, He isn’t talking about a feeling that comes and goes. He is telling us He is committed to us forever and will not change. Whether His feelings for us are positive or negative, it doesn’t change His commitment to us.
Consider what you mean when you tell each other, “I love you.” Are you saying that you are experiencing a fleeting feeling, or are you saying you are committed to each other forever and will demonstrate love regardless of bad feelings or negative circumstances? It isn’t wrong to express a feeling, as long as when that feeling isn’t there anymore, you can still say, “I love you,” and do the right thing regardless of the situation.
The most stable and dependable people in relationships are those who are submitted to the influence of the Holy Spirit. They are empowered by a supernatural love that will do the right thing through thick and thin. God’s agape love is the highest form of love and it will transform any person, relationship, or marriage under its influence.
Talk It Out | Think of a time that you made a choice to do the right thing, even though it was difficult (telling the truth, standing up for another person, etc.). Talk about those experiences and what you learned from them.
Walk It Out | Be intentional about building agape love. Schedule a weekend to kindle the love and romance in your marriage by attending a live or simulcast marriage event in your area.
Galatians 5:22-23
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Karl started Karate just before his sixth birthday. In a little over five years he's progressed through 10th Kyu (Blue Belt), 9th Kyu (Orange Belt), 8th Kyu (Red Belt), 7th Kyu (Yellow Belt), 6th Kyu (Green Belt), 5th Kyu (Purple Belt), 4th Kyu (Purple & White Belt), 3rd Kyu (Brown Belt) and has has just successfully achieved 2nd Kyu (Brown & White Belt). These photographs are from the Shotokan grading on September 4, 2016.
Karl started Karate just before his sixth birthday. In a little over five years he's progressed through 10th Kyu (Blue Belt), 9th Kyu (Orange Belt), 8th Kyu (Red Belt), 7th Kyu (Yellow Belt), 6th Kyu (Green Belt), 5th Kyu (Purple Belt), 4th Kyu (Purple & White Belt), 3rd Kyu (Brown Belt) and has has just successfully achieved 2nd Kyu (Brown & White Belt). These photographs are from the Shotokan grading on September 4, 2016.
Without telling you all about it, I will say Saturday’s Modern Day Drama is really something great to see. It is really encouraging to bring families together, and at the end, there are very few dry eyes in the house.
Karl started Karate just before his sixth birthday. In a little over five years he's progressed through 10th Kyu (Blue Belt), 9th Kyu (Orange Belt), 8th Kyu (Red Belt), 7th Kyu (Yellow Belt), 6th Kyu (Green Belt), 5th Kyu (Purple Belt), 4th Kyu (Purple & White Belt), 3rd Kyu (Brown Belt) and has has just successfully achieved 2nd Kyu (Brown & White Belt). These photographs are from the Shotokan grading on September 4, 2016.
Karl started Karate just before his sixth birthday. In a year and a half he's progressed through 10th Kyu (Blue Belt), 9th Kyu (Orange Belt), 8th Kyu (Red Belt), 7th Kyu (Yellow Belt) and has has just successfully achieved 6th Kyu (Green Belt). These photographs are from the Shotokan grading on December 2, 2012.