what is love?

[what is love?]

*baby don't hurt me....don't hurt me...no more!!*
baaahahaha, sorry i couldn't resist.

hope this blog finds you in good spirits,
and happy times, wherever you are in life,
whatever the weather,
and whatever time it is.

this letter is a letter written in a mood of concern,
deep and meaningful caring-ness for all of you guys,
and for those strangers whom i do now know,
but still care for.

my friends this letter is being written to inform,
it is also written to open your eyes to,
the mystery that is, Love.

i am tired of logging onto my favorite networking sites such as,
MySpace, Facebook, and Stickam to name a few,
to see status informers such as:
"i love you so much baby...i cannot live without you"
"i love my baby"
"i love you so much..." etcetra.

this is very strange for me to see,
teen girls, and boys talking about love,
as though they really know what it is,
how it feels,
and why they feel it.

i am writing this blog to maybe open some eyes,
maybe show a few people what real love is,
maybe show people the true meaning of a relationship.

that being said,
the goal of this blog is NOT to make you break up with your other.
it is simply written to open eyes to true love,
and to the love that is available to all who listen,
and act on it.

today's society defines love as:
"either the literal or figurative dependence on something or someone"
or
"to care for a person, or individual with you whole heart"

now, look at those definitions.
then answer this:
how can a 13-23 year old truly care for someone/something with their full heart,
or depend on someone/something?!

we barely know what WE want in life,
and to give ourselves to another person,
and them to us, and to call it "Love" on top of that,
THAT IS A HUGE STEP!

My friends, I am hurt,
and I am very concerned at what the modern America Relationship has become,
couples getting together, and doing things that most adults would be appalled at,
teens getting in relationships, and three weeks later saying they LOVE each other,
that they "can't live without [insert name here]" then 3 weeks after claiming this undying love,
breaking up.

There is also "love" of many other things,
love of clothing, love of music, love of pets, love of money, love of drugs.
some of these things CAN cause a dependency, and addictions,
either way, according to our definition of love so far,
it is a Love.
These people DEPEND on those things for their LIFE, and PEACE.
but they quickly find, that even that cannot give them their love,
and sometimes it is too late,
they are addicted to them.
this is what hurts.

Teens and young adults alike are searching the world,
desperately looking for this "love" that they claim to have,
this desire to have someone depend on them,
and the them to depend on the other.

a desire to fill this gap inside of their heart,
something to hold, and to make sure would "never leave" and would "complete them".
my friends, these people (maybe even you) are searching for something that,
truthfully,
will never fill this gap inside of them.

NOTHING on this world will give them Love back,
i am sorry if this doesn't ring true to you,
but here is my proof.

In the scripture,
God creates the universe in the bible,
he begins to say "Let US create man in OUR image..."
what does this make you think of?!
possibly the trinity?!
EXACTLY,
our God is a tri-une God,
one God, Three Parts.

The God we serve is the MASTER of relationships.
Anyways, GOD creates man in HIS image,
and watches him...
...walkin around the garden, all cool like,
naming them animals left and right...
but God sees something is not right,
if Man is created in God's image,
he must have RELATIONSHIP.

So, God puts Adam (that is Man's first name) to sleep,
and shanks him, steals a rib,
and give it to Eve (the first Woman's name).
Suddenly, Man gets very happy,
and God commands that man and woman will become ONE FLESH,
thru him, and him alone.

Get it?!
God is creating relationships,
Cause that is What God is,
a Relationship.

God made man, and woman,
man and woman got together,
then man and woman screwed up...

man and woman are kicked out of the Garden,
and God curses them with many many curses.

FROM THIS MOMENT ON WE ARE ALL DEAD...
..God curses us all with death at this moment,
we are all doomed to die,
PERIOD.

So, from that moment on,
Man will have this emptiness in his heart,
follow?!

God has left man,
because man now has Sin,
and God does not deal with Sin...
we will have an emptiness,
and only try to fill it with more SIN.

That is what people in America are doing today,
we want to feel this "Love" we want to have this emptiness filled,
and the only way to do that, is thru God,
and the only way to experience TRUE LOVE, is thru God.

Now, on to relationships,
God created men and women to have relationships,
this is FACT.

Our God wants us to be with each other,
He wants us to get married,
he wants us to feel love! and be loved!

but the only way to do this us THRU HIM.
The man and woman must FULLY SUBMIT themselves to Christ,
thru that, God can come in and fill that Void,
you follow?

When the man and women souly rely on GOD,
they can finally feel love,
because the LOVE they feel is not their own,
it is God's Love being shined down on them,
Thru this Relationship...
...Every christian married couple will tell you this,
that the love they feel after they are married is greater than the "love" they had before.

Don't you get it?
Marriage is actually a marriage of 3 individuals,
Man, Woman, and GOD are put together,
in ONE flesh, to serve ONE God,
to bring praise, and honor, and love to,
our savior.

the scriptures tells us that God is love,
repeatedly throughout the entire bible.

My friends, I hate to tell you this,
but in relationships,
in these teen relationships,
you do NOT feel love,
i am sorry, but it is impossible to feel love without putting GOD first,
BOTH OF YOU,
not just one person.

The scriptures CONSTANTLY talk about being "unevenly yoked".
this means that the people involved in the relationship are not on the same level with God,
sometimes not even believers,
and i hate to brake it to you,
but just because the person goes to church every day,
does NOT mean he/she is a believer.
PERIOD.

my friends,
I am sorry for huring your feelings,
but I honestly feel this message needs to be put out,
I want to be honest with my friends,
and that is all this blog is,
ITS HONESTY.

I Love you all,
meaning I CARE for all of you guys,
I Love being your friend,
And I do all this Loving thru Jesus Christ,
and God the father, without Whom, we are all lost.

be well friend,
and please reply,
or ask questions.
<3

[insert creative title here]

so, i am at a typical blogger's hang-out,
Starbucks!!!

looking around there are many happy people,
people talking about their lives,
young people, in their hip clothing,
jamming out to some (what have to be) sweet beats!

older people just gathering together
after a long day of church-ing activities,
winding down before going home, and cooking dinner,
i assume.

there is a little girl in here,
who i swear is going to be the next big singer,
she is making up this song,
that sounds like a mix between...hmmm...
...well, probably a david crowder song,
and twinkle twinkle, adorable-
-nonetheless.

a married couple that has been together for just about,
20 years or so is standing at the door,
debating weather to go inside or out,
looking at me while i type.

i am wearing my cut off pants,
turned shorts.
and my Myriad v-neck shirt,
with (what many people assume to be) miss-matched VANS.
and to top it all off, my Adidas military hat.
i am stylin',
what can i say?!

i am sipping on my cold beverage,
passion tea blend, with watermelon,
and i think strawberry?!
it is the perfect blend of tart, and sweet.
delicious, and incredible.

incredible,
that is a word you don't hear much anymore,
and i am not sure why...
...i think i am going to start saying it more,
incredible.

anyways,
what makes me in the mood to blog?!
the answer,
well, i am not quite sure.

just had this feeling that i should,
it has been about a month since my last post,
and i wanted to give you all an update on my life.

oh, and i am avoiding doing a boat load of homework,
hahaha, typical.

life, for the moment, is going well,
no real complaints from this end,
just taking it all in stride,
and keeping things in line, as well as possible at least.

i went to church this morning,
and heard a sermon i had heard twice more this past week,
feeling like the Lord is really talking to me about doing something extreem,
to sell everything i have that isn't something i absolutely need to live.

this, unfortunately means...
...even my laptop must go.
my iPod, my extra clothes that i never wear,
my car,
and maybe my cellphone (that one is debateable).

so, what do i do after selling/giving away these things?!
thats the question,
i am thinking about maybe getting all the money,
and donating it,
or seeing how much i have,
and taking a personal mission trip/prayer walk over a break.

everything is in the air right now,
but we will see how things turn out,
and i will let you know as soon as i figure it out.

i am staying busy with the band,
we are a secular band called Not By A Longshot,
but we might get a name change.

we are trying to record,
and put some new songs on our MySpace,
so, be looking out for that.

i am also looking out for a band who needs a drummer,
who is more of a Christian Worship band,
and i am praying daily for this chance,
and great vision i have had placed in my heart for 2 years now.

anyways, i am running out of things to say,
so please, leave some love,
and let me know if you have a BlogSpot too!
I would love to have new friends!

blessings to you my friend,
hope things are going well.
<3

what is eternity?

so, i am new to this blogging world,
but i am pretty sure, the way most blogs start is something like this,
first list what your surroundings are,
then describe your emotions right then,
and then slowly pull the readers in,
until the reader slowly finds him, or herself "next to you" in the room,
so here we go :)

i am sitting at my desk,
well not so much my desk, but my night stand,
my buddy, taylor's computer is right next to me,
on my desk.

i am sitting here, being accompanied by my empty box of Cheez-Its,
and 3/4 empty water bottle.
currently listening to "I'm trying to make You sing" by David Crowder Band,
my room is a comfortable temperature,
about 71 or 72 degrees in here,
not too hot, not too cold, a temperature i am fond of.

being in this temperature reminds me of my favorite season,
those first last few weeks of fall, and first few days of winter,
when its about 50 degrees in the morning,
and warms up to a brisk 70-75 degree afternoon,
mmmmmmmm...i love it.

ANYWAYSS! i am sure you didn't want to know that,
and i am sure you are wondering what on earth that has to do with my topic,
and honestly, it doesn't have anything to do with the topic,
i am just setting up "my room" in your mind.

sitting here in my room,
i started to check my MySpace,
and i noticed one of my friend's statuses;
''what we do on earth echoes throughout eternity''.

wow, eternity?
really?
how could something i do right now,
in this moment;
have ANY effect on eternity,
me, John Wylie, in my room, alone,
with only my Cheez-Its box and water,
my "doings" right now will have an effect on eternity!?!

first, to get a grasp on what is going on,
lets define eternity! sound like fun?
sweet! lets do it.

dictionary.com suggests that eternity is;

"1.	infinite time; duration without beginning or end.

2.	eternal existence, esp. as contrasted with mortal life: the eternity of God.

3.	Theology. the timeless state into which the soul passes at a person's death.

4.	an endless or seemingly endless period of time: We had to wait an eternity for the check to arrive."

it also has one more deffanition,
this one kind of makes my brain start ticking,
you ready for this?!.........
........are you sure!?
ok here we go;
"5.eternities, the truths or realities of life and thought that are regarded as timeless or eternal."

okay, so allow me to give you one of my favorite deffanitions of eternity,
it is simply......God.
yes, that is all.
God is the only thing that can possibly, can ever, and has ever live(d) eternally!
does that make sense?

we as Christians all agree that God is forever present,
and forever here.
it matters not what denomination we are,
what we do in church on sundays,
what "traditions" we have.

one thing that we as Christians can all agree on is that God is eternal.
He is the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End.
as Revelations says; and we consider this true.

going back to "eternities".
in our lives we consider certain truths to last thru eternity, correct?
the sky is blue, and will always remain blue,
right?
the ocean is salty, has always been salty, and will never change from salty,
follow?

we all consider some things in life to be eternally true,
but here is the catch.
the sky does not always remain blue,
what about sunsets?
is the sky not many different colors?
we tend to throw God out of the equation,
the biggest part of everything, and we throw it out,
we don't trust that God has TOTAL control over everything,
we just give him "credit" for these things,
then go about our lives.

anyways,
how do things we do now effect this eternity?
how does me posting this online effect eternity,
well i don't have the answer,
and that is the catch!

one person may read this Blog, and say it is the biggest waste of time ever,
and another may read it and get a life changing moment,
and THAT will have an impact on eternity.

want a more scientific answer?
well i got one!

when i post this blog,
it will be sent to the server at BlogSpot,
more than likely sent wirelessly at some point in time,
what does that have to do with anything?
radio waves my friend,
this blog will be sent to the tower, but what then?
does it just get sucked into the antenna?
NO!
it will continue its quest,
thru the thing we call sky;
even thru outerspace,
this blog, will make it some day past Pluto,
to worlds unknown,
they may never read it, but it WILL go out in the world.

The conversations we have on our phones,
the e-mails we send to one another,
they are floating out there,
somewhere,
in outerspace!
thats NUTS!!!

anyways, i hope this Blog was not too confusing,
and not TOO long for you :)

leave me some comments to reply to,
i will be more than happy to clear things up!

love you, friend!
John Wylie

my first blog!

hey guys, so if your reading this, then i suppose you know me,
and if not, i guess your wanting to know me?!

anyways, this is my new blog,
i am going to be trying to blog more often,
because i remember how much i miss it,
and i hope i can get a lot of feedback from you guys,
if indeed you ARE there, reading this,
if not, then i suppose it will be more of a Journal for me :)

either way,
i hope your day is going well,
and i hope to be hearing from you soon!
<3