So does anyone know what a Neti Pot is?  man...it's the most akward thing, and yesterday, i had the privelidge to try it first hand.  It's pretty much a tea pot that you fill with saline solution, stick the spout into one of your nasal passages of your choice, and Poooour.  The stream goes up your sinus and out the other nasal hole.  It's supposively proven to wash out pollen, dust, and extraneous mucus.  haha...check this video out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzK9Gn4E_Eg

Anywayz...when i poured the salt water into my nose, what came out was...unthinkable.  It was basically a stream of liquified mucus as if a colony of snails decided to race across the salt mines of Louisiana.  I really think that Neti Pot jacked my sinus.  My nose is more sensitive and colder than it's ever been.  I woke up today feeling like there was dust up my big nose (because muscus protects the sinus from stuff like that).  Right now, my nose is kinda cold...too bad the Neti Pot didn't come with a nose sweater (maybe there's a market for that...i know, that was lame).  But yea...i wouldn't really recommend the Neti Pot.  I'll do it a couple more times since it was a present from my beloved mother.  Ok....class time.  Peace!

Jarod You 

After a long, hard day of work, my mind tends to think about how much money was made and what I could possibly spend it on.  So I made a small list in my mind as I was driving back home. 

1.  A Leather Jacket $125

2.  A Boss Chromatic Guitar Tuner $80

3.  An X-Box 360 with Halo 3 $400

4.  A double bass pedal $130

I was happy just to think about these extra accessories that would fit nicely with my life, when God tuned in and made my very desires a lesson.  He said, There are OTHER people with wish lists, as well.  This, of course, is true.  Here, perhaps, is a wishlist from a homeless man/woman not far from you.

1.  A plate of food $3 (which will satisfy him for a day or so)

2.  New/warmer clothing $30 (One set possibly lasting two weeks at most) 

3.  A Bible $5 (Many homeless people believe in God, and out of those who believe, many are Christian)

4.  A warm place to stay varies

A Child in Uganda might have a list like this...

1.  Not to die

2.  Not to get raped

3.  Not to get sick from the unpruified water

4.  Not to be snatched by the Lord's Resistance Army

5.  To be able to go to school

Man, there is so much need out there.  Not just the physical, but everything else that we couldn't even think of.  Keep on giving what you can, brothers and sisters.  Invest in people, because God's wants ALL to know and experience truth.  Let us live out Phillipians 2:4 which says "Each of you should not look only to your own interests, but also the interests of others".  And the Word of God speaks!

O...K...maybe that last xanga post was a wee bit long, so I'm gonna post something a bit shorter, but just as meaningful (Thanks Kel and Tiff for reading my last post...haha...givin' a *shout *out to yall).  Anyways...read this quote from Henry Blackaby from his ancient book "Experiencing God"...

"If you ask the wrong question, you are going to get the wrong answer" (p 28)

"What is God's will for my life?" is not the best question to ask.  I think the right question is simply, "What is God's will?"  Once I know God's will, then I can adjust my life to Him and His purposes.  In other words, what is it that God is purposing where I am?  Once I know what God is doing, then I know what i need to do."  (29)

For all Christians who just graduated college and especially my homies who graduated from UC Riverside know the stresses of figuring out what occupatoin to pursue after college.  All graduates seem to go through 'the list'.  'The list' is a table of different possible jobs that you could imagine yourself working as.  This list contains multiple pages and tends to be drenched in sweat.  haha.  Anywayz...we ask God, "what do you want me to do? Where do you want me to work?"  But Blackaby says to ask, "what is YOUR will?"  That's a much better question to ask, and, plus, we already know that when we have faith God he will "take care" of us.  It's a promise in His Word  (Matthew 6:28-32).  So ask God what you can do for the kingdom of Heaven today...don't live your life centered around your pathetic, puny, temporary self.  (haha, was that last sentence too harsh?  maybe a little bit.)