many things

again, i am determined to run every day, for the rest of the summer. i ran today, and i finished faster than i have in the other two times i ran the same distance - that is progress. my goal, at the end of the summer, is to be able to run five miles every day. right now i am only at two miles, but hopefully within a month i can up that to four miles a day with a relatively easy transition. 

i got a 'have you lost weight?' compliment today. that made me feel really good. also, when i eat now, im not so worried about gaining much more weight, with my running and all. i feel good. i just need running shoes. oh well, soon enough ill get them.

side note: i had the best chocolate chip cookies today; they were homemade. dang, i seriously ate about fifteen. yeah, my little sister calls me chubchub. whatever. im running two freaking miles a day.

it turns out, my neighbor was a wedding photographer, back in the day when you shot with film, and you HAD to be good to do weddings. turns out KODAK wanted to buy several of his shots, they were that good. i have yet to see them, but he promised he'll pull them out soon enough. he also was a photographer while he fought in the vietnam war. that's pretty awesome. i can't wait to see those shots.

anyways, last.

i was talking upstairs, and for those who have been to my house, it can get pretty dark up here with no lights on. anyways, i got up the stairs, and was walking down the hall when i noticed that the hall closet door was ajar. habitually i close it, so, like every other time, i reached out to close it, and BAM, my dad jumped out, yelling at the top of his lungs.

dang. i probably yelled so loud, and my dad said i jumped up and made karate expressions with my hands and what not. man - i was so scared. two minutes later, i was still shaking. pah.

wait, that last wasn't last.

i read an interesting fact today which made me wonder how anyone could NOT believe in Christ after reading this fact(s).

look at these deaths:

peter - crucified

james, son of alphaeus - crucified

john - naturally

andrew- crucified

matthew - the sword

philip- crucified

simon- crucified

thaddaeus - killed by arrows

james, brother of jesus - stoned 

thomas - spear thrust

bartholomew - crucified 

james, son of zebedee - the sword

Jesus' disciples.

one, who would die for a lie? you say yeah, many people die for a lie, but they they firmly believe, because they've been taught their entire lives that what they believe is true. who would die for a lie that they KNEW was a lie? you would have to be crazy.

also, just to fulfill EIGHT prophecies that Jesus fulfilled, would be likened unto this:

lets stick 100, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000 silver dollars, and cover the great state of texas (that many silver dollars would actually cover the entire state of texas two feet deep).  now, randomly, pick up any one and paint it black. now, blindfold a man, and place him in anywhere he wants, have him walk around, and pick up one silver dollar. what are the chances that it is the black one? that is the chance of any one person fulling just eight out of fifty two prophecies concerning Jesus Christ. 

the ignorant disbelieve for lack of knowledge.

but what about those who do know?