Girls Please Read This

Hey there guys.  I haven't posted a blog update in awhile because of the massive amount of stuff that I am doing at P.A.  God is defiantly moving up here and He is moving in Mississauga, Canada.  This post was inspired the book Every Young Man's Battle which I just finished reading today.  I wanted to post this because this is what I expect out of a Christian girl.  I also don't want to offend anyone.  This post is not meant to bring shame or to make my past girlfriends look bad.  The reason that I dated them was because they did the things on this list.  So as you read this I hope that you will not look at those past girlfriends and think bad about them.  If you can't read this without judging them or me then please don't read it at all.  Now that those rules are in place, I want you to read this, think about this, and comment on it if you wish.

What I want to see in a Christian Girl

1. Loves God more than me- A Christian Girl should love God more than their boyfriend, family, friends, etc.  -Matthew 22:37
2. Loves the body, gifts, skills, calling that God gave her- A Christian Girl should accept the body, gifts, skills, and calling that God gave her.  She is "remarkably and wonderfully" made by the Creator of the Universe.  She should not only accept these things but put them to use to farther the Kingdom of God. -Psalm 139:13-18, Ephesians 4:1-6
3. Dress Modestly- I am not going to sit here and tell you that I don't like to look at women.  Its kind of a guy thing and its the way God made me, but that should not be an excuse because God provides a way out of that.  I hate it when guys blame the girls for not dressing modestly because it should be us men that are strong enough in our faith to bounce our eyes and to not lust after it.  With that being said, Christian girls could help us men out by dressing modestly.  Girls this means not yoga pants, no tight shorts, no short dress, and not low cut shirts.  Instead of showing of your body parts, try showing of how much you love God by dressing modest and telling others to do the same. - 1 Timothy 2:9-10
4. Reads her bible- A Christian Girl should stay in the Word of God.  This is how she will learn about her Creator.  When she stays in the Word of God, she will grow to trust, love, and want God.  -Hebrews 4:12
5. Understands that even Christian guys mess up- Women, we are not perfect.  We try our hardest to be but we are still sinners and we will mess up.  But I can tell you that even though we mess up that we still love you and will still want you to trust us. -Romans 3:23
6. Understand that a Christian guy will sometimes have to ignore you to follow God- Us men don't like ignoring the woman that we love.  It is one of the hardest things to do, but we have to follow God first.  Sometimes that means that we can't answer our phones because we are at church or at a bible study.  Sometimes this means that we have to go to other countries on mission trips to spread the word of God.  But just because we can't come out to eat with you or come over and watch a movie, we still love you and we still want to be with you.  We promise that when God gives us a break from our very busy schedules that we will spend every minute with you.  We make the most of every minute that we have with you because we love you. - Matthew 16:24

This are just a few rules that I came up with.  There may be more to come for the females but there for sure will be blog posted soon about men and how crappy of a job we have done at being men.  Thank you for reading them and I hope that you will be able to apply them to your life.

God Bless

Cody Walker

Driving Experiences

So we finally made it to a hotel last night but I was to tired to blog about my experiences of driving 650 miles though three states.  Here are some of the things I have learned about:

1. When people get on the Interstate, they completely forget how to drive.
2. Gas is pretty expensive up north.  It went from 3:35 in Arkansas to 3:72 in Kentucky.  
3. I hate driving.  This point is pretty much self explanatory. 
4. Every highway in America has some sort of road construction on it.  

I hope that you have enjoyed these experiences of mine and there will be plenty of more experiences that I will blog about in the coming days.  Thanks for your prayers and for your support.
 

My Rules

So today I have come up with a list of rules.  They are a lot like Gibbs List of rules off of NCIS.  This rules are not listed in any order, some are funny and some are serious.  Some come from Gibbs himself, some are made up from personal experience, and some come from God.  I hope that you enjoy each rule and there are sure to be many more to come.

1. Always Pray
2. Never be without a knife
3. Never take anything for granted
4. When the job is done, walk away
5. Never second guess yourself in a relationship or life
6. Never underestimate your opponent
7. Sometime you have to say no
8. You have to clean up the mess you've made
9. Forgiveness can rebuild burnt bridges
10. Always be polite
11. Never take God out of it
12. When God is taken out of it, it doesn't matter anymore
13. Your way isn't always the best or easiest
14. Learn as much as you can about as much as you can
15. Never look down on yourself
16. Always show someone love
17. Don't worry about life, God already took care of it
18. Never give up
19. You can't do everything by yourself 
20. Sometimes there are things that you can't fix
21. Always give second chances
22. Sometimes........Your wrong

Speaking at Fuel

So I am pumped about speaking at Fuel tonight.  I have a feeling that God is going to do good things tonight.  It so great to finally be able to speak to my old youth group.  I love having time to sit down with God and talk to Him about what I need to say and what I need to do tonight.  Going to be a great night.

Had a great time today talking with my pastor about my future and where God is leading me.  Shawn asked the question "Where do you see God taking you five years from now?"  That question really made me think about how I am living my life now and where I see God taking me.  I would love to be in youth ministry someday because I have such a heart for teens.  Now I'm not saying that that is where God is leading me but I do feel like it might be where He wants me at this very moment.  I use to worry about not making the right decision or making a decision that was against God's will, but today I think I realized that I am making this to difficult.  All I need to worry about is worshiping God and honoring Him.  So that is what I am going to do.  I am going to just let Him take care of things because He is God and I am not.  He has my right hand and won't let go of it.  Y'all should read Psalms 73 and meditate on those verses because they have really helped me.   

The need for Friends

Just had a great time "Hanging out" with my friends on Google +.  This time with them made me think of how great our friendships have been.  I thought that I would blog about friends and the need for them.  All though the Bible we find that people had great friends.  David had Jonathan, Paul had Timothy, and Jesus had twelve disciples( His friends.)  I am glad that I have the friends that I do.  They are great Christian role models and know how to make me smile even when I am down.  I thank God for blessing me with them.  Proverbs 17:17 says "A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a difficult time."  This is how I view my friendship with these guys.  They are my brothers and I would do anything for them.  Those guys know who I am talking about so I am not going to name names but I just wanted to tell them that I love you guys and I am here if you ever need anything.  May God bless you in all that you do.

So I just created me a blog.  Never thought that I would ever blog in my life, but I figure that I can open my life up and see what God is doing in me.  It is only fitting to start off my first blog by telling you a little bit about what I expect from this.  I want to grow closer to God and I want other people to grow closer to God during this blogging experience.  I am going to be open and honest about things in my life as I attempt to grow closer to God.  I hope that all the people reading this will start this journey with me.  I am going to blog about things in my life, bible verses that stuck out to me, what God is doing in my life, and how I feel about all of this.  With that being said, Lets do this......