The Sunrise

5:35....darkness

6:30....light

I was able to witness this morning's amazing sunrise from the city of Lijiang, China. I feel as if sunrises are something of immense beauty and wonder that we most times take for granted. I mean, what would happen (retorical question) if one day the sun didn't rise? I bet the next day we would be appriciating the sunrise a little more!

As I was walking from the bus station I was time and time again draw to the horizon. I was captured.

I think there is something freeing in a sunrise. There is just something about darkness being split- about light rays blazing through the clouds- that makes you know that everything is going to be ok.

As I was walking I began to think about the spiritual realm. I began to think of how it must look in the spirit realm when the forces of heaven prevail and the Light of God begins to shine and fill the skys over a place.

Being here in China, I just wonder when the light is going to break forth here. I'm not talking a star or moon expirience; I'm talking about the blazing glory of the Son.

Lights of the World

200 Pound Weight Loss

So I was walking through the MTR (Hong Kong's Subway) yesterday....strike that!

So I was going up the escalator, out of the MTR, yesterday when I saw an advertisement. Let me describe it for you...

1. Really beautiful Asian girl...mid 20s
2. Handsome Asian boy (not as handsome as me though) - They are facing each other
3. The doll is in a pair of size 100 jeans...."Fat Jared"* could have fit in these things!
4. Guy is pulling the fabric out as to show how fat the Doll used to be.
5. Doll has a surprised "Oh my....he likes me!" type look on her face. (say the quote in a high pitched, girl voice)
6. In the bottom left corner of the poster (I noticed this when I passed another of these signs) it says something like, "200 Pound Weight Loss!"....it's the only English on the whole sign.

As I ascended the escalator, and the poster reached the corner of my eye, IT caught me! I did a double take and there it stood...The Guy!

7. THE GUY WAS LOOKING DOWN THE GIRLS PANTS!!! You know? The ones that he was pulling out to show how fat she used to be!? Yeah, he was looking down them! And I can almost guarantee she didn't have on another pair!

I was appalled! I was hit with subliminal Sex advertisement ("Sexertisement" if you will) and I didn't notice it at first! Besides that, this boy was looking down the pants of my future wife! She was pretty, OK! I wasn't having it! So I...

1. Went and tore the advertisement down!
2. Was seen by a police officer
3. Got beat up by a police officer
4. Was taken to jail by a police officer

...I'm just kidding! That story stopped at "I was appalled"

anyway....the morals of this story are....
1. Check the eyes of your man!
They better be looking into the window of your soul (eyes), at Jesus (sky), or at his future resting place (the ground).

2. Don't go on a diet!
If the girl would have still been fat there wouldn't have been any slack in those jeans for the perv to look down!

3. Don't trust Asian advertisement!
When was the last time you've seen a 300 pound Asian woman who needed to lose 200 pounds ?! They eat rice....not lard!

Sexertisement

* The subway guy....the guy who lost all that weight by only eating subway sandwiches that didn't have anything good on them! You know why he put a little of his weight back on? He added flavoring!

Summer Saturday Nights

My posting/group from facebook....here is the deal!

What's up Everybody!
I just wanted to fill everbody in on something that is going to be starting this summer. It is called Truth....not profound, but that is exactly what it is! Every Saturday night we are gonna get together and chill, BBQ, eat chicken/steak/whatever and talk about God (esp. the person of Jesus). It will start at about 6 and end whenever we want to go dancing at the club!...or whatever else we want to do (I like to get my dance on though!)

Jesus Christ: One of the most challenging, profound, abstract, demanding, freeing people we will ever have to encounter. It doesn't matter if you believe in him or not....you in some way will encounter him

In all honestly I truly believe that very few people know anything about Jesus. I also believe that the church has done our generation a great disservice and has in fact lied to us/covered up concerning Jesus. Here are some popular church teachings we will "uncover" and some other topics of discussion.

1. Jesus being an upper class white republican!
p.s. Jesus was not white!
2. Jesus told people to give up their money more than he told them he would give them some (the follow Jesus get rich teachings...prosperity in what?).
3. Jesus never promissed you respect (addressing how the church gets offended at stupid stuff)
4. Jesus drank wine (He really did!)
5. My body, My blood
6. Bread of Life
7. Give all you have to the poor
etc...

I really want everyone to come! It will be a discussion based thing...I am not preaching to anyone! We will look at what ideas you have and then look at who Jesus claimed to be, what he said, and what he did as found in the Bible.

Who is Invited?
God lovers, haters, believers, doubters, christians, atheists, muslims, buddhists, any seekers....whoever wants to come! This is going to become one tight community!


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1st Ever Brandon T. Kightlinger House Jam!!!!

The First Night of Truth will be JUNE 2nd @ 6PM

We will be grilling multi-flavored, BK marination station chicken.

What to bring?
1. YOU
2. If you have money, which you very well might not (we're in college here), A PACK OF CHICKEN BREAST
3. An Open Mind

What not to bring?
1. A bad attitude
2. Self Righteousness
3. Shy-ness (Unless you don't like to talk....you will end up talking though, I can almost guarantee it!)
4. Klepto-Tendencies (Don't be stealing my food! We are having chicken...not my ice-cream, cereal, etc.....We eat Chicken!)