Yea, I know this is a little late but I just got around to writing this so deal with it fellas.
To Barrett Isbell, Derrike Black, Josh Boley, Nathanael Benitez, Raymond Chassevent, Bryan Rice, and David Bishop:
This year as I transferred to Anderson I was worried how I would fit in and things like that because I was the new kid on the block in a hall where it was almost all seniors who were very close to each other. I could not thank God more however for the hall that I was put on and the awesome, yet at times disturbing, people I was surrounded with this year.
So here is to all of you who are leaving me to go off to bigger and probably better things:
Barrett: Keep the movies rolling boss and I know I will see you on campus next year.
Derrike: Please never spank a child.
Boley: Make sure you wake up in time to cook the bagels in the morning, and Good luck to you and Meredith.
Nate: I just know too many things about you...enough said.
Raymond: O Raymond, how I miss falling asleep next to you every night. (sigh)
Bubba and David (Daddy and Momma): You two have to be done together. Words cannot describe but I will try a litte:
"One Pop", "We need size, I'm going in", The male enhancement team, Hellen Keller, and so many more that do not need to be said over the internet.
But Thanks to all of you for always being there always willing to listen and talk whenever I needed help in anything possible. Thanks for taking me under your wing when I was the lonely kid at his own little lunch table. You guys were great to me this whole year and I wish all of you guys the best of luck in life and I cannot wait to see you fellas down the road.
-H.M. Mathis
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Saturday, April 30, 2011
People of the Week: President and Mrs. Whitaker
Yes I know I was not happy with P-Whit last week but this week he has just made my day.
Every year at exam time Mrs. Whitaker bakes thousands of cookies in her kitchen and they hand deliver them to the students in their dorm rooms! I personally believe this is pretty awesome. This is one of the reasons I am a huge fan of the small campus feel of Anderson and cookies never hurt my feelings either. So here is to you President and Mrs. Whitaker! I appreciate the cookies in my time of stress and sadness.
-H.M. Mathis
Every year at exam time Mrs. Whitaker bakes thousands of cookies in her kitchen and they hand deliver them to the students in their dorm rooms! I personally believe this is pretty awesome. This is one of the reasons I am a huge fan of the small campus feel of Anderson and cookies never hurt my feelings either. So here is to you President and Mrs. Whitaker! I appreciate the cookies in my time of stress and sadness.
-H.M. Mathis
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Your life in 6 words...
Ernest Hemingway once wrote a story in 6 words. This was considered his best work even though it was clearly his shortest. He wrote:
"For sale:
baby shoes, never worn."
He said these words described his life in just 6 small words.
We studied this is our chapel service yesterday here at the great Anderson University. (Yes she is seriously great even though I am not happy with her at the moment--see previous post) I was then challenged to try to describe my Christian life in only 6 small words. This is what I came up with:
"Blood bought,
Willing Submission,
Continuous Service!"
My continuous goal to live this way every day. Each 2 word phrase is a portion of the Christian life and something that I am learning to try to realize daily.
"Blood bought":
Jesus Christ bought me with the blood that He shed on the cross. He gave a willing sacrifice so that my soul could be saved! I am saved because of what He did for me and nothing of what I can do. I deserve eternity from Him but because of His love and mercy willingly gave up His life for mine.
"Willing Submission"
I strive everyday to willingly submit to the will of God on my life. I must continue to give up my own desires and be willing to accept God's desire for my life. John 3: 30 says, "John 3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease." I must get out of the way daily so that Christ can show me HIS way. I must be willing to go wherever he leads, whatever the cost, whenever He tells me to!
"Continuous Service"
I cannot become complacent as a child of God. I must continue daily to find a way to impact others the way that Christ has impacted me. I cannot just say that I am a Christian and not serve those around me. James 2:18-20 says, "Yea, a man may say, You have faith, and I have works: show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. You believe that there is one God; you do well: the demons also believe, and tremble. But will you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?" I must put action to my beliefs and try to impact people around me as much as possible.
I challenge you to come up with your own 6 word story and post it as a comment. See if you can describe your intentions and goals of your daily life in just 6 words.
-H.M. Mathis
"For sale:
baby shoes, never worn."
He said these words described his life in just 6 small words.
We studied this is our chapel service yesterday here at the great Anderson University. (Yes she is seriously great even though I am not happy with her at the moment--see previous post) I was then challenged to try to describe my Christian life in only 6 small words. This is what I came up with:
"Blood bought,
Willing Submission,
Continuous Service!"
My continuous goal to live this way every day. Each 2 word phrase is a portion of the Christian life and something that I am learning to try to realize daily.
"Blood bought":
Jesus Christ bought me with the blood that He shed on the cross. He gave a willing sacrifice so that my soul could be saved! I am saved because of what He did for me and nothing of what I can do. I deserve eternity from Him but because of His love and mercy willingly gave up His life for mine.
"Willing Submission"
I strive everyday to willingly submit to the will of God on my life. I must continue to give up my own desires and be willing to accept God's desire for my life. John 3: 30 says, "John 3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease." I must get out of the way daily so that Christ can show me HIS way. I must be willing to go wherever he leads, whatever the cost, whenever He tells me to!
"Continuous Service"
I cannot become complacent as a child of God. I must continue daily to find a way to impact others the way that Christ has impacted me. I cannot just say that I am a Christian and not serve those around me. James 2:18-20 says, "Yea, a man may say, You have faith, and I have works: show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. You believe that there is one God; you do well: the demons also believe, and tremble. But will you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?" I must put action to my beliefs and try to impact people around me as much as possible.
I challenge you to come up with your own 6 word story and post it as a comment. See if you can describe your intentions and goals of your daily life in just 6 words.
-H.M. Mathis
Aight Thanks...
At this current moment I should be driving down good ol' highway 28 on my way home to Aiken, SC. HOWEVER, I am not due to the fact that Anderson University has given us class tomorrow on Good Friday. For those of you who do not know this is the day that Christians remember as Christ being sacrificed for the sins of the world. Anyways, Anderson felt the need to give us class on this day due to the fact that we had 3 days of snow that cancelled class at the beginning of the semester. So yes, I am upset that our Christian University has scheduled class on this Christian holiday.
Any nay-Sayers who have not stopped reading to this point will surely be mad over this post or then comment and say how selfish it is of me to 'complain' about this fact. I know your argument though. You are saying that all I am, and the other 2,500 students that share my opinion, doing is wanting another day out of class and we are lazy. You even call us selfish because we just want this day that is meant to remember the sacrifice that was meant to save you and I as just a day off. This is not the case however. Good Friday is used to remember what Jesus Christ has done for us and how no matter what we do without Him there is no way we could enter into heaven as Christians. This is a day to celebrate, yes celebrate, and give thanks that God would have such love, mercy and grace to save a bunch of unworthy sinners such as myself. So yes I do see this day as a day to celebrate and spend with my family as well as other Christians to commemorate what Jesus Christ did because He desired to spend eternity with you and me.
So yes I am highly upset that my Christian University will be having class tomorrow while my friends from secular universities will be spending time at home on this Christian holiday. I just feel that this is a bad job of setting an example by one university to another. So I am quite sorry Anderson University right now we are not friends.
Aight Thanks.
-H.M. Mathis
Any nay-Sayers who have not stopped reading to this point will surely be mad over this post or then comment and say how selfish it is of me to 'complain' about this fact. I know your argument though. You are saying that all I am, and the other 2,500 students that share my opinion, doing is wanting another day out of class and we are lazy. You even call us selfish because we just want this day that is meant to remember the sacrifice that was meant to save you and I as just a day off. This is not the case however. Good Friday is used to remember what Jesus Christ has done for us and how no matter what we do without Him there is no way we could enter into heaven as Christians. This is a day to celebrate, yes celebrate, and give thanks that God would have such love, mercy and grace to save a bunch of unworthy sinners such as myself. So yes I do see this day as a day to celebrate and spend with my family as well as other Christians to commemorate what Jesus Christ did because He desired to spend eternity with you and me.
So yes I am highly upset that my Christian University will be having class tomorrow while my friends from secular universities will be spending time at home on this Christian holiday. I just feel that this is a bad job of setting an example by one university to another. So I am quite sorry Anderson University right now we are not friends.
Aight Thanks.
-H.M. Mathis
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Person of the Week: G-Baby
So, I feel like taking a break from studying and the only blog topic that I have not done in awhile is a person of the week. So today this person will be, yes I know I am suprised as well, G-Baby! Good Ol' Grayson Alan Mathis.
O G-Baby where to begin o sweet and loving brother! I congratulate you on your win this past week in the BFL on Santee, way to do work. I know we all give you a hard time bout your ability out there on the water but just as Aguilar did, I always knew you could when even Teresa and Mark doubted you. So congratulations. Thank you for being a good big brother even though at times we wanted to kill each other or mom wanted to kill us both. So here are your 15 minutes my friend and I am sure that I may lose some followers for selecting such a bad topic but I will stand up to them, cause I stand for a lot of things! I Love you Buddy! DT4L!
"Somebody just back of you while you are fishing is as bad as someone looking over your shoulder while you write a letter to your lady." ~Ernest Hemingway
"Bragging may not bring happiness, but no man having caught a large fish goes home through an alley."
-H.M. Mathis
O G-Baby where to begin o sweet and loving brother! I congratulate you on your win this past week in the BFL on Santee, way to do work. I know we all give you a hard time bout your ability out there on the water but just as Aguilar did, I always knew you could when even Teresa and Mark doubted you. So congratulations. Thank you for being a good big brother even though at times we wanted to kill each other or mom wanted to kill us both. So here are your 15 minutes my friend and I am sure that I may lose some followers for selecting such a bad topic but I will stand up to them, cause I stand for a lot of things! I Love you Buddy! DT4L!
"Somebody just back of you while you are fishing is as bad as someone looking over your shoulder while you write a letter to your lady." ~Ernest Hemingway
"Bragging may not bring happiness, but no man having caught a large fish goes home through an alley."
-H.M. Mathis
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Gratitude List: 41-50
41. Beautiful weather
42. Good Preaching
43. Movie nights
44. Gift Cards
45. Seeing old friends
46. Weekends
47. Phone calls with Granny
48. Braves wins
49. Good Music
50. Studying on the Front Lawn
I also want to wish my Granny, Margaret Mathis, a happy birthday today! We love you!
-H.M. Mathis
42. Good Preaching
43. Movie nights
44. Gift Cards
45. Seeing old friends
46. Weekends
47. Phone calls with Granny
48. Braves wins
49. Good Music
50. Studying on the Front Lawn
I also want to wish my Granny, Margaret Mathis, a happy birthday today! We love you!
-H.M. Mathis
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Studying the late Adrian Rogers for my biographical paper. Just some of his greatest quotes.
"We ought to be living as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back this afternoon."
"Has it ever occurred to you that nothing occurs to God?"
"It’s what you sow that multiplies, not what you keep in the barn."
"If you have a Bible that’s falling apart, you’ll have a life that’s not."
"I wouldn’t trust the best fifteen minutes I ever lived to get me into heaven."
"God grades on the Cross, not on the curve."
"We ought to be living as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back this afternoon."
"Has it ever occurred to you that nothing occurs to God?"
"It’s what you sow that multiplies, not what you keep in the barn."
"If you have a Bible that’s falling apart, you’ll have a life that’s not."
"I wouldn’t trust the best fifteen minutes I ever lived to get me into heaven."
"God grades on the Cross, not on the curve."
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