Month: June 2011

Waterfalls

James HoganLeave a comment

And here again we have a quick before-work update! Sitting here on this sunny Thursday morning, preparing for another day of oil-equipment-remanufacture-awesomeness(really, remind me to write a post someday explaining my job in great detail. Or not) as I enjoy my coffee and revel in the beauty of a new morning!

And I just realized this is my 365th post on livejournal. Only took me some seven years to get here!! It is sort of odd, because all the friends I started out with on livejournal are mostly gone. What does that mean that I’m still writing away, hm?

Oh and I was bemoaning my short commute today…at this rate, I’ll never get to finish the final song on the newest Rhapsody of Fire album(“From Chaos to Eternity” – epic title, neh?). Of course, the final song is some nineteen minutes long. Oh well, maybe there will be enough traffic tomorrow morning so that I can hear the whole song in one drive.

And enough randomness for the morning?

Time to work!

Oh by the way, the book of Matthew is awesome. Been enjoying it incredibly so lately. You all should read it. Right now.

It is written

James HoganLeave a comment

Quick thought while I’m making dinner.

Just reading Matthew 21…what does Jesus do as soon as he is acclaimed the King? Does he bask in the adulation of the crowds? No, he goes straight to the temple and drives the money-changers and merchants from the house of God,

“It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’; but you are making it a robbers’ den.”

Tragic. Heartbreaking. The house of worship of the living God had been desecrated by the greed of men. And just makes me think of what Jesus would say of much of the ‘Christian’ world today. Are we so wrapped up in the world of Christianity that we forget we live in a world of fallen people? Are we more excited about momentary worldly gain than we are about being indwelt by the Holy Spirit? Are we satisfied more by the praise of our peers than by the praise of our God? Would we forget the words of Paul that Christ did not consider equality with God a thing to be grasped? If Christ could so do, then how could we not lay aside our pride and be servants of all?

How could we place the temporal above the eternal?

How could we place the temporal pleasures of this world above the eternal souls of men?

How could we place the temporal riches of this world above the eternal Christ?

Worship the King.

Loveliness, iced

James HoganLeave a comment

So guess where I am (again) on this Sunday afternoon? Yeah, back at Starbucks. Don’t say anything. And right now it’s a bit wet outside so I’m grateful to be dry and warm inside. Anyways, this past week has been crazy busy(nope, not gonna detail it all here, but just trust me on this: work’s been mental!) Anyways, I feel guilty for not keeping you all up to date, but you should be used to my sporadic updates anyway. As I’ve really said a lot of nothing so far, here goes a brief run-down of my last few days…

Actually, I take that back. First just briefly mentioning that I was back in Florida a few weeks ago(actually two weeks ago I was sitting in church in Tampa!!) for the amazing and most awesome celebration of Laura’s graduation! Gaither has seen four of Hogans come…and now we’re gone. It would take FAR too long to describe all we did that week…but let it be said that it was a time of joy and gladness. And that I may have been a bit sad to leave again, knowing I probably won’t be back with the fam until Christmas. Whoa.

Oh and I just realized Starbucks closes in a few minutes. Speed writing time!

But yeah, past few days have been sweet. Hanging with Steven and Anna on Thursday night(watching Bourne Ultimatum, which Steven had never seen!!). So watching some Jason Bourne domination plus delicious tacos is never a bad combination. Friday…well, quite intense work day. That is all that will be said about that. And Friday night, good times with Steven and Anna once again!! And Saturday…hm, can you guess who I hung out with? Well, yes. I guess I’m not very hard to figure out. I was at Starbucks and then Steven came and hung out with me for a while and then Anna came in to, so we spent a most lovely afternoon relaxing here and enjoying the goodness of the LORD!!! I have pretty amazing friends, gotta say. And it makes me quite sad to think that they’ll be away(to Germany and Hungary) in a matter of weeks…

And now, Starbucks is really almost closing. Gotta run. And I just may get wet. No!!! Oh well, I like the rain.

On this lovely Sunday afternoon…peace!

Tigers of the night

James HoganLeave a comment

Quick random update!

In Starbucks relaxing on this rainy(and slightly chilly!) Saturday afternoon enjoying my peppermint mocha and now chilling with Steven who just walked in! So no more time to write, but maybe someday soon I’ll write again about all this awesomeness that has been occurring lately…

Rock on, y’all.

Dust and ashes

James HoganLeave a comment

So it’s about 9:30pm here in Scotland(and yes, still light outside! The height of summer is rapidly approaching and darkness is rarely to be found. Love it!) and I’m currently being sort of weird. I decided that I was hungry so now making a random snack of grilled cheese and tomato soup. Sounds good, yeah? You know you want some.

And I’ll probably regret this tomorrow morning, bemoaning my lack of sleep as I start another work week. Nah. I’m hungry.

Also..God is awesome. I am much less so.

The end.