-Such A Great Sabboth Was Today!-

Hanging with the fam on Friday nite, AU pulling away with a victory against Ole Miss, Nihon Express Twice today (yes! lunch and dinner, and no, i will never get tired of the best little resturant in the world), the glorious time change, and having a relaxing Sun (as my post's title describes). Side note.. watching Kill Bill Vol. 2, never seen it, very disturbing, AH! Wow, today was amazingly beautiful as has the entire last week! I love this time of year. So neat that we have such a creative creator that gave us something so amazing as Earth to live on.

So, my computerlessness saga still continues and i am still mooching off of christian's fancy smancy new Powerbook he just accquired. Thanks ole buddy for your patience and generosity... that christian calhoun quite possibly the coolest guy ever and a fantabulous roommate... hey Christian, has anyone ever said we look alike? I've been getting that alot lately! (HAAHA)

I promised more thoughts on Rita Springer so here they are...
After dining with the o-so-wise Christopher Lock at Nihon tonite and discussing Ms. Springer, the Lord let me gain just a bit more of His knowledge concerning worship. He asked me how i thought Encounter was on Thursday and i said, "well, different, in an amazing way." "She just seemed so mature in how she led our community, and i have never herd our community praise our Savior with such volume/energy." So the question arose in my head, so why does worship sometimes "feel" better or worse at times? Different with someone "famous" leading like rita springer, chris tomlin, D. crowder, shane or whoever? For me, being a musican and having played in a worship band for some time, its hard not to think and allow worship to feel easier or better when the worship band is talented and every note is correct, every beat is in time, every note sung on pitch. Being brutely honest here, i have to admit! Then right there at Nihon, the Lord reminded me that He cares very little about musical talent and abilities. Incredible lead worshippers such as springer, tomlin, hall, or shane all view their talents/abilities as gifts or blessings the Lord has allowed them to be stewards of and they hold them very lightly to themselves. That is why they are great leaders of His praise. Its a matter of the heart worship is... the Lord is teaching me more and more thru Giglio's little blue book "The Air I breath" about the one thing we are required and priviledged to take part in as believers is Worshiping the Living God. He is a jealous God and He desires our worship, He doesn't need our songs to still be God but he delights SOO much in our worship! Hard to understand that He wants Zach's worship, when at times i don't give Him the time of day and i decided to worship my small gods and idols in my life. Whether it be Rita Springer, Wade Whitehurst, Chris Spearman, Bretty D, or Tomlin, the Lord desires our COMPLETE, ABANDONED, LOUD, JOYOUS praise! Talent matters very little when our hearts focus on who He is to us and nothing else.
Don't know where i was going with all this, kind seems like i'm rambling but take it or leave it... just typed it so im gonna post it sure enough.

"Headed to watch a movie called the back of my eyelids," funny i never get tired of this one! Gotta rest up for my afternoon of driving to Athens tomorrow... yup, im going to Crowder!!!

-Blessings-

-FriDay Nite In-
Yeah, i know i'm a dork, its like 11pm on a friday and im blogging... its been nice just relaxing after a busy week, but the nite is still young...many social possibilities in AU on a Friday nite when an SEC game is on the following Saturday. My sis and B-May came down tonite and they are crashing at mi casa, very fun!.... slumber party maybe... or is that just a girl thing? So last nite Rita Springer led worship at Encounter and it was UNREAL.... she's such an amazing mature worship leader it was such a blessing to be a part of a great nite of worship... more thoughts later.
For some reason, AU decided to schedule the Ole Miss game at dang 11.30 am... what sense does that make? What college student is up that early? Who wants to be up that early? Ha, well with that said...im going to bed so i can cheer my AU tigers onto victory! WAR EAGLE
-Blessings-

-Steve Fee-

Strip away the evidence of me Untill Your glory is all there is to see
Lead me Lord onto the altar again
Hide me in the shadow of Your wing Guide me to the place of offering
Lead me Lord onto the altar again

Lead me to the Alar of sacrifice Where I place my heart, my will, my life
Everything before You I lay down All of my trophies and my crowns
Lead me Lord onto the Altar again

Purify my heart, consume my will Burn in me a passion deeper still
Lead me Lord onto the altar again All of me surrendered to Your ways
All for You and only for Your fame Lead me Lord onto the altar again
-Words by Steve Fee-

Yesterday was stressful for many reasons, i guess between studying for my Econ Test, life and my possible major change decision, it was just rough! So after studying all afternoon at Toomer's Coffee... (O, and by the way, i experienced my first blended Vanilla Chai... amazing it was! Thank you Mel and Krisan for intriuging my taste buds to try it, wish you could have been there to experience it!) i get home to take a study break and decide to play a little guitar and just have some Jesus time, quiet my heart and mind just for a bit. "Altar" by Steve is one of my favorites and as i was playing along with it blaring over my stereo the Lord just broke me, the words are amazing! This "coming to the altar" he talks about, is a daily activity... "strip away the evidence of me, dying to myself, coming to the end of Zach and allowing Zach to be an offering for His GLORY to shine thru! So, in the midst of my stress and frustration i heard, "Zach let it go and allow me to take that frustration and stress, lay it on the altar, and find rest and joy in ME!" Consume my will Burn and in me a passion deeper still, so broken i positioned myself to do the only thing i was created for the only thing WE are created for ... WORSHIP. In the midst of my storm, He ALWAYS calms the huge waves of life.

So on a lighter note, my laptop's AC power cable problems continue and today, sadly, my AC cable sparked and after a mini fire in Foy, saw its last bit of current run through its little wires... Ha, kinda funny yet i am now computerless until my new cable comes in from HP. Hopefully withdrawls will be minimal but it is very hard to sit in the Foy student computer lab and make this post... just not the same! At least i remembered my pass word and username this time. Well off to class!

-Blessings-

-MacTown Thoughts-

Well back in MacTown and loving being home. Mom and i had such a fun nite, sushi and great hang out time. The Lord is so good! i love how the Lord creates some kind of anticipation in my heart each home coming. This weekend, i am looking so forward to some much needed fellowship with my boys and getting to hear and share what the Lord is doing in each of our lives! Wow, very funny… so our house in Macon doesn’t have a wireless router and it drives me up the wall! And i think my dad has the first laptop ever made…yup the original, so this obviously wasn’t acceptable! That’s pretty sad i know, im so spoiled in AU, u can get a signal just about anywhere u are, ha! So i took my “must have internet connection freak self” to my favorite little coffee shop on the ZBL and now I’m sipping on quite possibly the best drink ever… (Jericho Slide) & let me tell u, espresso was made famous because of this drink! Amazing, yeah I’ll be wired for a few! So the posts continues...
Strangely i feel like i’m in high school all over again, surrounded by loud teens that just got out of there prospective high school’s football games shortly to be followed by a late nite Waffle House run… wow those were the days and i feel really old, did i just refer to that group as teens? Wow, and i was just one like what? 3yrs ago? Ha, good times High School was!
Some how every time i come home my animals have gained MORE weight... mom and i had a talk needless to say, funny the dogs never gained any weight when i was the primary feeder!

Yeah, so i had a ride along on the way home and lets just say i've know her long enough to know where she lives. (Mind u she has moved a few times) So i was on the way to drop her off & my directionally challenged self ran right slap past her house she got mad and i tried to play it off all cool then bursts of laughter followed! O Catherine, good times! Promise never to forget your place of residence again... i learned my lesson!

May i never be ceased to be amazed by my preciuos Lord, thats my prayer... as mom and i were talkin & just catching up, questions and amazement just filled my mind and heart with the depth of who He is to me and how He is intenionally specific to each of our hearts! The way mom and dad see & respond to the Lord is totally different then how i may see and view Him. So neat!
Well just got the call, going to hang with the boys!

-blessings-

ok this was too good not to post.. i consider Panda Chinese restaurant fortune cookies the voice of truth and reason (well not really) My fortune cookie statments are ALWAYS amazing, from there, gaaa! I so badly want to meet that little china man who sits at his typewriter all day just so zach can get his daily dose of direction (HA!)

get excited....

"Your future is as boundless as the lofty heaven"

See? There ya go, God's got me and he always proves Himself faithful even in those little ways such as a Panda Chinese Restaurant Fortune Cookie! Who says the Lord doesn't have a sense of Humor?

Going to sleep happy and full...
-Blessings-

Well my afternoon turned out better than my morning so that's a good thing. Bad thing is i think i might be posting a bit too often throughout the day and in the future! O well, whats new? Zach's easily entertained and easily addicted to things like this blog site. So, a very productive afternoon.. saw some special that made me smile. Sweet krisan let me barrow her laptop cause mine is what u call broke! Yup right on the spot it just died! Somethings wrong with the power jack or source or something.. so i call up HP and i get a tech on the phone who can hardly speak the english language, this fact amuses me to the fullest extent.. How the heck are u supposed to get help with a tech prob. if u can't understand the tech's helpful steps! Ha, needless to say a 5 minute convo about my problem turned into bout 30 minutes! All because Zach couldn't understand mr. indian tech man. I really had to have him repeat whatever he said at least twice before i could decifer. ironically he couldn't help me and gave me a number to a HP service center that didn't exist apparently...cause my call never went through to ne one. Wow great customer service.

Never knew how much i depended on my laptop... wanted to get on and post this a while ago but i couldn't remember my password, yeah it was saved on my broke computer! AAHH, so an hour later, here i am on Christian's desktop! Panda for a late night snack made me happy and here i am typing away for however wants to read.

i am proud of my self... as of late, i've become quite the night owl (wink,wink)! Haven't gone to bed before 3 since DFri. (well maybe once) ah, the "business" of school!

-ps-
Mr. Rus Beasley, i owe my genius user nickname to u ole bud!

Wow... something new to be addicted to, this could be dangerous. Have no clue what i am doing but am interested to see what this blog stuff is all about. Never been one to just sit down and convey my feelings on a computer but here we go... Kinda funny, was checking my "updated friends" portion on my facebook account and was inspired to create this thing ...thanks to Ms. Erin Tumlin and her recently updated profile... Ha!
Today was pretty much crappy, had an O-Chem test that went not as well as i had hoped but o well. Thats the last of my tests for the week and im going home this weekend to see the parental units and get some much need rest so i am excited.
The start of this semester in a nutshell then im going to grab some lunch... In the midst of me trying to play God and make this decision of changing my major from prevet to something else, He has pursued me more then ever! Just finished Giglio's book and was freakin floored! MY life, MY desires, MY wants, MY needs, MY lack of confidence are so insignifcant in HIS story... he cares about them yes but until i realize how small i am and how HUGE and marvelous HE is, i got nothing! Its soo hard yet so neccesary to wake up daily and proclaim my weakness and smallness to Him yet thats all i can do at this point, He is bringing me to the end of myself and I love it.. not easy but so encouraging.
K, stomach is talkin so i better answer.

Be blessed