Trawick's Place of Writing

holiday poetry

2005-12-13T14:02:00.000-08:00

okay, here's an update, tank.

to you i give my holiday greetings
and i don't mind saying the word
christmas,
although holiday has a very special meaning.
the word holy means set apart
i don't know what iday means,
but maybe if you respell holy,
you get holi.
therefore a holiday
is a set apart day.
"set apart for what?" you say?
well, for whatever the holiday represents
and this next one,
though we get many presents,
represents something with more fragrance.
the birth of Christ Jesus our savior.
to many this name
has an offensive flavor,
though for me
it's an aroma to savor.
if one reads the Bible he'll clearly see
that the real meaning of this holiday
has nothing to do with a tree.
rather, it's about a baby who came in a manger
and live in the flesh
and die on the cross
for you and for me.
merry Christmas and happy holidays

-by yours truly

2005-11-29T14:26:00.000-08:00

i think it's time to update. hey, guys, christmas break is three weeks away! woohoo! pray for me, though, i've gotta work my tail off before then. three tests this week, wed, thurs, and friday. also papers due in french. ugh! i hate it. i'm probably going to UofA next fall. enjoy.
jt

what i scored on the quiz i took

2005-11-10T09:32:00.000-08:00

The Lord
You scored 23% Cardinal, 51% Monk, 41% Lady, and 64% Knight!

You are of the intellectual breed and yet you are also very interested in war. You are of the aristocracy and head the cavalry a safe distance from the carnage of the front lines. You believe in defeating your enemy with not only might, but also wit.

You scored high as both the Monk and the Knight. You can try again to get a more precise description of either the Monk or the Knight, or you can be happy that you're an individual.

pretty cool, huh?

New Blogger!

2005-10-25T09:20:00.000-07:00

There's a new blogger in town! Allow me to introduce you to the wonderful, astounding, thoughtful, serious but not so serious, incredible, edible (he's not an egg and maybe not really edible!), horse ridin', pyromaniac, the one and only..........ROSS RIGGAN!!!! (applause and wistles) www.reallyseeing.blogspot.com Check it out now, funk soul brothers and sisters!

So life is pretty busy and unclear as to the future right now. I don' t know what the future holds and neither do you so stop trying to guess and get on with living like you're supposed to. Okay, hope all of you have a good day. Pray for me. The battle is everyday and hard, must be prepared for, and God is faithful and His Spirit is working for us to conform us to the image of His Son Jesus Christ and is praying for us with groanings too deep for words! Thank God for His grace.

Albert Pujols!

2005-10-18T09:31:00.000-07:00

Albert Pujols is THE MAN!!!!! In the ninth inning last night, the Cards were down 4-2. If the lose, their season ends. Brad Lidge gets the first two outs, then with two strikes on him, David Eckstein singles to left. Brad Lidge then walks Jim Edmonds to bring up Albert Pujols. The second pitch is smashed above the train tracks above the left field side of the stadium. He CRUSHED the ball. I've never seen anyone hit a ball so hard. The Houston stadium was silent. They were just roaring because all Lidge had to do was get one more out and they go to the World Series. What a clutch hit for Albert Pujols! He's THE MAN!!!

GO CARDINALS!!!

2005-10-07T08:44:00.000-07:00

The Cards are whoopin' it up right now. Up two on San Diego. Daniel got me one of the last ever Game Day Magazines from the regular season at the current Busch Stadium as we know it. That was awesome! He didn't even make me pay for it. What a guy! Tomorrow's my birthday. I don't know what I'm going to do yet. Maybe I'll go crash at Jarreld's. Would anyone like to join me?

fall rocks

2005-09-27T14:16:00.000-07:00

Fall is my favorite time of year. Not just because my birthday is in the fall, either. I love the fall because the weather is wonderful and the country is beautiful in Arkansas. I love going to Mt. View in late September/beginning of October for the Arkansas Old Time Fiddle Contest. This year, it is Sept. 30-Oct. 1. That's this weekend! WOOOHOOO!!! There is nothing like going to north Arkansas in the foothills to hear some of the best fiddle players in the state compete for the State Championship. My dad always competes and I get the pleasure of accompanying him in the contest. I hope he makes it to the playoffs this year. I hope the judging is a lot better this year! Every year, the judging has gotten seemingly worse. It hasn't been great the last few years, but there were certain things that happened last year that I didn't like and if everyone knew, noone would like. Unfortunately, the title of being the Arkansas State Old Time Fiddle Champion is losing value. Those who may have won, may not have been the best fiddle player there. In fact, two great fiddle players didn't even make it to the play-offs who should have. John Baird one of the best fiddle players in the state that I've heard, placed behind two fiddle players who are not near his caliber of playing. One was more experienced, but doesn't play as technical stuff as John. The second, (who won the championship) doesn't have the experience nor the talent John does. It's unfortunate that the premier contest in the state has become so meaningless. Still, I love going, and this year will be great to listen and jam with a lot of great fiddle players. You should come!

La Cour et la Campagne sur Le Septieme Siecle en France

2005-09-20T14:23:00.000-07:00

Dans le septième siècle en France, il y avait la Cour qui contenir tout les gens qui avaient le pouvoir du gouvernement et du monde. C’était dans la Cour ou beaucoup décisions politiques faisaient. Aussi, en France au septième siècle, il y avait la campagne ou il y avait toujours la vie simple. La campagne contenait la plupart des peuples mais c’était dans la Cour ou la complicité de vie se passer. La différence entre la Cour et la campagne suivre.

La Cour était la place ou la galanterie et l’éclat d’un siècle être magnifiés. Tous les princes et les seigneurs d’un siècle (et le Roi et la Reine) rencontraient pour avoir « tous les jours des parties de chasse et de paume, des ballets, des courses de bagues, ou de semblables divertissements » (La Princesse de Clèves p. 69). C’était une place ou amour était poursuivre avec passion et les liaisons prospérer. C’était beaucoup comme un mélodrame. Il s’agit de qui était la plus populaire, de qui avait la plupart de la pouvoir, de qui était la plus aimable. Au derrière de la galanterie et l’éclat, il y avait plus de jalousie. La Cour était effrénée avec détresse et chagrin. Les plus âgés de la Cour le savaient. En fait, avant la mort de Madame de Chartres, la mère de la Princesse de Clèves, elle-lui conseillait de quitter la Cour et tout ce qu’il s’agit. Elle voulait que sa fille aller à la campagne ou tout était plus simple que la Cour.

Quelques raisons que la campagne était plus simple que la Cour est qu’il n’y avait aucune personne de la royauté qui pouvait influencer quelqu’un. Les plaisirs de la Cour n’étaient pas les plaisirs de la campagne. Il n’y avait pas un nécessite d’être quelqu’un qui on n’était pas. On n’avait pas besoin de garder ses secrets plus soin. C’était moins possible que quelqu’un exposerait les secrets. On pouvait monter un cheval ou travailler avec les mains. C’était plus paisible dans la campagne. Les affaires des peuples dans la campagne n’entraînaient pas toujours l’amour ou les maîtresses d’une autre. C’était plus possible d’être marier et n’avait pas une maîtresse. C’était plus possible d’élever leurs enfants sans aide ici. La raison que Madame de Chartres a dit à Madame de Clèves de quitter la Cour était parce que Madame de Chartres voulait que Madame de Clèves vive une vie plus simple sans les complicités de la Cour de France.

Les différences entre la campagne est clair : Dans la Cour, tout les Ducs, les Duchesses, les Roi, les Reines, et autres jouaient leur plaisir. Ils vivaient leurs vies pour eux-mêmes. C’était la galanterie et l’éclat qui régnait la. Dans la campagne, la vie simple sans secrets régnait. La mascarade qui se passait dans la Cour pouvait être évité dans la campagne. Évidement, la place le plus bien d’être dans le septième siècle était la campagne ou on pouvait sauvegarder l’innocence de vie.

If there is anything wrong with this, please correct it. I had to write this for a class, and didn't have anything else to post.

The Magic Number

2005-09-16T14:48:00.000-07:00

ONE!!! 1, one. Do you understand the significance of this number? Do you know what this means? Do you even know what I'm talking about? One, 1, is the number of games the St. Louis Cardinals must win in order to win the National League Central Division. One!!

The Cardinals will be the first team in baseball this season to win their division if they win today. They're playing the unconteding Chicago Cubs. A long time rival of the Cardinals, the Cubs are no longer in contention for the division. They're a long shot even to make the playoffs this year, though still in the hunt for the Wild Card. Enough about the Cubbies, how 'bout those Cardinals! This will be the second season in a row that they've won the division. Wouldn't it be a fitting end for Busch Stadium if the Cardinals can win the World Series this year? For those of you who don't know, this is the last season for the Cardinals' current Busch Stadium. Three weeks after the Cardinals' last game and it will be imploded. The new Busch Stadium will be built right on top of the old. If the Cardinals win the World Series this year, it would be even more historic for this already very historic baseball town.

If anyone would like to donate some money to my "World Series Funds for Jonathan and Sean", please feel free to do so. Sean, my best friend, and I would love to go see the Cardinals win the World Series this year. We had tickets to Game Five of last years World Series and were planning on going, but as we all know, they were swept by the stinkin' Red Socks. (pun intended) Please give liberally if you can find it in your heart.

A Generation Passionate for God's Renown

2005-09-16T14:24:00.000-07:00

Many of you know that Peter Witkowski and I went to Passion '05, a conference designed for a generation that is (and will be) passionate for God's renown. The conference was an incredible wake up call to me for the glory of God. I've never been involved in such passionate and God-centered worship. I can't speak for everyone, but I can speak for myself. This conference TOTALLY changed my life. God revealed to me what the feast of worship really is. I do realize that worship is not merely singing praise to God, it is an act of service. According to Romans 12:1, our spiritual worship is to present our bodies to God as a living sacrifice. Jesus says that we are to worship God in spirit and in truth. In truth means according to God's Word. In spirit means (to me) with feeling. All throughout the Psalms and also in Phillippians, we are commanded to rejoice in the Lord. Passion '05 was in my opinion a wonderful balance of (for the most part) hard core preaching (John Piper, Loui Giglio) and heart-felt worship (Matt Redman, Charlie Hall, Chris Tomlin, David Crowder Band, Shane and Shane, and others) which spurred from the preaching. This is what the Christian life is about, serving God, worshipping God. It's not about going to this conference, but it's about enjoying worshipping God. There just happens to be another conference coming up called Passion '06. If you are interested in going or at least seeing for yourself what it's really about, check out the Generation 268 link.

Life

2005-09-14T15:56:00.000-07:00

Allright, C.J. Mahaney is an incredibly humble man. Sunday morning's message was incredibly humbling and revealing to me. It revealed my own sin ( as inteded! :) ) and created in me a desire to kill it. I want to be like the Phillippians 2 man who has the attitude of Christ who, though He was God, did not consider equality with God a thing to be grasped. Wow! C.J. Mahaney was the personification of this in my mind, though I know he is a sinner merely because he is human. He was adamantly thankful and humbled that anyone would even ask him to give his testimony or preach. He is an incredibly thankful person as we all should be. He also, at least for me, did a wonderful job of reminding me that temptation to sin will always be there. For me, in my fight against sin, this is important to remember, that temptation is not sin, giving in to it is. I will always be tempted it's what I do when that temptation attacks that's important. I can give in or fight. Since my mind is by nature wicked and apart from the grace of God and the power of the Holy Spirit can do absolutly NOTHING good, I must fight. It's my duty to fight. Romans 8 says that if I'm not killing sin, I will die! Why? Because I'm evil deep down. It's only by God's grace that I can fight. Since I'm justified in Christ, I can fight. Since Romans 8 also says there is no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, I can fight. Praise God that I can fight for a greater joy, a greater pleasure than my sin. May I never forget the fact's of the gospel, that I'm a wretch at the deepest level, a former enemy of God who by God's amazing mercy, looks on me through His only Son Jesus Christ and declares me justified for His name's sake! That's the gospel C.J. Mahaney preached to me, that's the gospel that Paul preached and that's the gospel of the Bible that I must convince myself of every day.

Check out his ministrie's homepage at the Sovereign Grace Ministries link on my homepage.

Character

2005-09-13T14:02:00.000-07:00

President Bush recently accepted responsibility for the shortcomings of the national government in a news article. The site has been posted below.

http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20050912150209990004&ncid=NWS00010000000001

No Hosers

2005-09-08T14:32:00.000-07:00

There will be no hosers allowed at this blog spot.

I am currently going to school at UCA in Conway, AR and I am taking 16 hours this semester. It's a lot of fun. I feel kinda cool being an upperclass senior. I even like the ring of that. "Upperclass Senior". I like it. It's sweet. I'm studying to be a physics/chemistry teacher in high school. It's fun, except for the chemistry part. I never liked chemistry, but it's okay. I also am studying French. I'm in over my head in it right now, though. I'm taking two French literature classes at the same time!!! It's killing me. In one class, we read french romantic novels from the 17th century and the other, we are reading stuff on the problems colonialism has caused in Africa by Aime Cesaire. (If anyone knows how to type the accent marks let me know.) It's kinda neat, though. I can't wait until out of school. I work at Marketplace Grill. Come see me sometime, I work Friday nights, ask for Jonathan. (applies only to those who tip will like Jacob Peterson! :) )

New Name Please

2005-09-08T14:24:00.000-07:00

What do you guys think the name of this blog spot should be? I couldn't think of anything cool at the moment I wrote it, so I know it's really corny. Help me out here.

My Sweet Blog Spot

2005-09-08T14:17:00.000-07:00

Hey, this is my new sweet blog spot. Put up a lot of cool posts. It's all about who knows you, not who you know!!
jt