Time Marches on

Holy crap! March is over with already! Where did it go? Tomorrow is April 1st! No foolin! Well, maybe some in the morning. But seriously, I can't believe how fast the time has passed. 2005 is 1/4 over. Its funny how you can think to yourself that you have all the time in the world to do all things you want to do and then suddenly realize that a lot of time has passed you by. I'm finding that with papers and assignments right now but there are much larger things that pass us by. Many will let their very fate hang in the balance while time, and perhaps even life, passes them by. The fact is, we don't have all the time in the world. We need to realize, and I need to realize that my world could end tomorrow. It could end today! And time will continue to march on without me. But if it does, I know where I stand or, more importantly, in whom I stand. Jesus Christ. So I'll be ok. What about you? Don't let life pass you by without taking a stand and making the most important decision of your life. Don't put it off, cause the world could end tommorow, No Foolin.

A Few New Features

Hello all you readers of the Sidewalk. This post is only to point out a few new features on this blog. (because I have nothing to write about!) So if you will look at the side bar you will notice two new things. One being that I have finally put some links on here. These are (like the header says) a few blogs I check out every now and again. Also, there is a little "hit counter" there to keep me humble. So that is fun eh? It really goes to show you what kind of pointless nothing you can spend your time on when you should be doing work! So I'm off to do some... right now... here I go... although I really didn't specify if I was going to work or continue in some pointless activity... like you are participating in right now... haha... pointless.

A Good Visit... and some other things

Well I was just home visiting for a week (Thursday to Thrusday) and it sure was nice to be there again. I had the oppertunity to visit with some old friends and family. I watched a few movies as well but mostly just took the time to relax. I also got to see my dog who has grown to be almost 80 pounds!

Theres just something about being home. I don't quite know just what it is, but it was really nice. Also while I was home I was able to share my "big news" with everyone. It was more of a shock to some than others. And I got the question "are you and your brother doing a double wedding?" several times. The answer is no. We are getting married months apart as well as in different provinces. Anyways it was nice to be home but now I'm back on the Island working away trying to get everything done. Hope you are having a nice Easter weekend and don't forget in the middle of all your easter egg painting, eating snd such to remember the real reason Easter is celebreated. Remember the death of a savior so we could have life!

Wow that was a bit of a stream or consciousness. Oh! and check it out! I finally got some links on my blog! pretty nice eh??... sigh. again, 2 minutes you'll never have back.
ta ta.

The BIG NEWS!

Ok so because of how people talk and how fast word gets around, especially when you live in the maritimes, this is likely not news to most of you faithful readers. But for those of you who haven't heard and might care it is my pleasure to inform you that I have asked my long-time girlfriend Jacquelyn to marry me. And she agreed! So that is very exciting. Everyone always said to me "boy you better get married or you'll starve to death!" So now maybe I won't! Not that, that is why I asked her to marry me but it sure is a bonus! So I, Ben Foreman, am engaged as of the date of March 9th, 2005. And also as of March 9th, 2005... I'm broke! But she is worth it.

Give Me A Break!

No, not a kit-kat... actually a kit-kat chunk would be nice right now... I'll take two! anyways... lets have a few more of these: "..." So today will mark the start of March break for me and the rest of us who attend MCC. Fun times other than the fact that we all still have an amazing amount of work to get done that it will hardly be a break. And once we get back there will be two weeks and then finals! Who comes up with this stuff. But nobody asked me so this is the way we get it. Oh well. It will be nice to visit home and see everyone. And... share some big news that I will post at a later date... maybe tomorrow. Anyway I have a Mid-term in about 20 minutes so I should study or something. Good-bye all! The recent events taking place on my blog showed me more people actually read this stupid thing than I thought! LONG LIVE THE SIDEWALK! ok i'm done ... ... ...!

Anonymous Comment

Well if you ask people you can learn a lot about yourself. I, for one, have learned that apparently I am a phony as well as a “bad friend.” Now I was unaware of these things but I have learned them from a comment or 2 on the post below. There was something there also that I was already aware of, that being my incriminating sense of humor. And now let’s get right down to this.

First of all, I do enjoy that people can leave comments on this blog, I think this is a nice little blog feature. And I do like that you can choose to post comments in anonymity. However when you post a personal attack it sucks that you can be a coward and not reveal where this jeer is coming from. All I have to sift through is a few jabs at my character without any inclination of who it is from or what provolked it.

Something else that is troubling is that you also took a shot at my brother. This blog is MY personal thoughts and is all from ME. So if you want to take cowardly, faceless shots at me the I guess you can do that, but if you want to take shots at my brother… Do it on his blog! @ http://theamazingspiderdan.blogspot.com/

Now for my actual character flaws. It is hard for me to convince you that I am not a fake, other than it would be a complete waste of time to live that way, when I don’t even know what makes you say that. The only thing I can think of is when I pretend I can speak french and in that instance I suppose I’m a “francaphony!” (like that one?) I assure you that I am not and if you would like to talk to me about it, it sounds like you could figure out how to get a hold of me. Now as for not being a good friend, I can only assume that you have felt in some way I have not been a good friend to you personally. And if I have done something you to to make you feel that way I am truly sorry. On the other hand if we are “friends” than attempting a character assassination is not a great act of friendship either. A “good friend” goes to their friend when they have a problem with them, and does not simply post anonymous attacks on the internet. Often the way it goes is that people hate their own struggle so they try to see their own flaws in other people. Could this be the case? Feel free to let me know… with a name attatched.

PS. You’re means “you are.” So unless I am my own brother and my own jokes I believe what you meant was “your.”

Feeling the Pressure

So now we’re rolling right deep into March and man I am feeling some mega stress and pressure! I literally have 20 freaking papers to write before school ends, I have to try my best to figure out what I am doing for employment for the summer and long term, I’m leading a youth group series on sex starting this week, we only have one more week of hockey on Friday nights, and I’m sick!! Oh man talk about pressure, how about the pressure that is making my head feel like it’s gonna explode! But as much as I could sit here and freak out (and I’m almost done) like I am, really I know that God is good, he is in control, and I am ok. He says he will never leave us or forsake us (Hebrews 13:5) and we can do all things because of the strength he lends. (Philippians 4:13) So even though things seem to be piling up and I’m not always sure where my path is leading, God does, so it’s ok. Because ultimately my plans are centered on him so I am sure for success! (Proverbs 16:3)

Encouragement

I’ve been doing a little griping on this here blog of mine and now I think it’s time for a little different tune. Yes “people talk” and it can put a downer on your day. But what if instead of slandering one another and tearing one another down, we encouraged one another and built one another up! What if when we felt like laying into someone, we just paid them a compliment? Ephesians 4:29 says we should only say things that build up others according to their needs and benefit those who listen. So I hope you can benefit from this post and instead of complaining, (something I’m guilty of too; just read some of these posts!) looking at what is good and verbalize it. A word of encouragement can mean the world to someone, it has to me.