I’m not even sure how I stumbled across this song, and I’m sure I’ve heard it before. Regardless, what matters is that right here and now this song is helping me to have conversation with God like John Mark McMillan talked about over at his blog a few days ago(click his name, its a link). It gets me excited about God and not only what He’s already done, but what He’s got planned for my future and those around me. Without further ado here is a LINK to the song.

I know I’m white, so much so that if I were to take my shirt off in the dark I quite possibly might glow.
Honestly I don’t care what you think, I’ll roll through downtown Richmond with some good christian rap playing. This blog is primarily for me, to help me sort through my thoughts better and figure out this thing we call life, you just happen to be along for the ride. For now I’m off to get some sleep, Farewell.
May God hold you close, and keep you all the days of your life.

In the one who has found me,
-Zach

Tonight on Facebook my buddy Evan posted a status that cut straight to my heart. Not in a mean way, but in that it convicted me. He said: “This is a messed up world we’re living in”. That is the honest and raw truth about the state of this earth if i’ve ever heard it. As soon as I read that I thought: “I know and see everyday how messed up this world is, how badly it needs Jesus, But what am I doing about it?”

Jesus, make me like you.
teach me and show me how to be approachable.
teach me and show me how to respond in love when I am attacked with cutting words.
teach me and show me how to love like you.
help me to see people as you see them.
break me, cleanse me of myself and challenge me in my walk with You
take this hard heart and give me a heart for the lost.
may the cry of Your heart be my heart’s cry.
Father, take me to the foot of the cross, take me into the very place where your Glory dwells.

Its been an interesting ride with all of my vehicle troubles but through it all the Grace of God has shown through time and time again and even His mercy on occasion. Recently I was at my local junkyard and as I was heading home I got backed into at stoplight, the truck was still drivable but the damage was more than the truck was worth. Little did the enemy know that his ploy to yet again put me out of a vehicle was going to fail and God was going to bless us with two vehicles…both need some TLC but are in really good shape.

One of the vehicles my mom bought is a 98 Volvo S70, the top motor mount bushing is shot…so tomorrow morning I will be cutting that sucker out and replacing it with a poly bushing. Then if everything goes to plan I will be heading to my local junkyard(the same one as before) to pull a replacement engine out of a Toyota Paseo so that I can get my Tercel back on the road. Will be a long but interesting day, much will be learned and many pictures taken.

The conference was absolutely amazing, God moved in amazing ways. I wish I could describe it to you, but its one of those things that you had to be there to truly understand it. Dustin and I took close to 600 pictures during conference using his Canon Rebel XTI. He is much more skilled at taking pictures than I and thus most of the pictures that turned out good were taken by him. Here’s a few of my favorites for your viewing pleasure:







If you want to see the whole set you can head HERE

Tomorrow night @7PM is the first night of the Revolution 1229 Conference. It is going to be amazing, already God is doing some amazing things. Prayer this week has been amazing, and the computers have not been cooperating(you know you’re doing something right when the enemy is doing everything he can to stop you). I’ll try to do a quick post with some pictures tomorrow night when I finally get to wherever I’m spending the night…its going to be a busy weekend, but SO WORTH IT!

If you’re in the Richmond area and want to come,  here is the link to the website:

http://www.1229conference.org

I asked the question on twitter yesterday what peoples opinions of tattoos are. I got a couple responses, both being very valid.

One of the reasons to not get one, as given by my buddy Kyle was:

“@ZacharyThomas i am not against them, i just think they are dumb. when you’re 80 do you want a sagging blob of ink on you? i dont”

I agree that having a sagging blob of ink on my body when I’m 80 will be less than attractive, BUT if that sagging blob of ink reminds me of who I am in Christ, the man He has called and is calling me to be then I wouldn’t at all mind having a sagging blob of ink on me.

I want to get a tattoo. Not just any tattoo, but one that would mean something and remind me of who I am called to be.

This is what I’d want to get:

What you see is in both greek and english, I would get a tattoo in the greek. It is taken from the verse 2 Timothy 2:3

It is a personal choice whether or not to get a tattoo, If done for the proper reasons I believe a tattoo can bring glory to God, but also if done for the wrong reasons or in excess tattooes can be harmful. Just like alcohol, in of itself alcohol isn’t bad, but in excess or used improperly It can lead to sin.

That being said, I do want a tattoo and would greatly appreciate hearing your opinions on the subject.

Got bored with my old theme, so I went hunting for and found this new one. Hurray for custom headers The one I have is just a cropped version of a background I found on InterfaceLIFT by far some of the most gorgeous and amazing backgrounds I’ve been able to find on the net. Check ‘em out

So tonight, I was chatting on AIM with a friend. I was discussing how I’m doing some restructuring in my life, not believing the lies of Facebook. No longer will I try to be friends with everyone, instead I’ll focus on the relationships that truly matter. No more wasting hours upon hours on the internet, but instead I’m going to read more, learn to play guitar, work out, enjoy nature and life.

I don’t want to be a robot:

I want to be a world changer

I want to be a people lover

I want to be a difference maker

I want to take time to spend with those that society has forgotten about

I want to live my life not for myself but for others, obeying the will of the Father no matter what the cost.

I want to live life extravagantly, full out, wide-open. I want to take joy in the little things, no longer worrying about tomorrow for I have a heavenly Father who will care and watch out for me.

I’m tired of feeling like I’m wasting my life and not making a difference, I’m ready to impact my world for the cause of Christ

I’m a guy, but that is no excuse for how messy my room is. Its not like gross and smelling bad, its just got stuff all over the place. I want to make it clear that there is a difference between a gross and a messy room. Mine falls strongly into the second catagory, I need to clean it at some point, but here are the pictures to show how bad it is:

so learn from me and keep your room clean b/c now I have to go through the process of cleaning that mess up bit by bit and its not fun. When I get it clean I will put up pictures of what it should look like..

Wow, its only been two weeks since I last posted. Soooo much has changed in that short period of time, my entire world has in essence been flipped upside down…

Here’s the run-down of the biggest change that has happened:

My original plan for the fall was to attend the local junior college, go there for 2 years and then transfer into VCU to get a 4 year degree. Going back about 3 years, I’d been seriously considering going into the marines for about two years, and then last year around this time I felt like it wasn’t what I was supposed to do, so I laid that down. I didn’t really think about going into the military at all for at least a year, and then I got one of those recruitment letters from the Marines. I began to think about my plan for the fall, why I was so stressed out about it and whether that was what I was supposed to do. I’ve been praying about it and realized I have no peace about going to college in the fall despite that being the logical choice for what to do. I then realized that I have a peace about if I were to enlist in the Navy and then become a Corpsman attachted to a battalion of Marines on the ground.

Thats all for now, but I will be writing a post going more in depth into why I feel like this is what I’m supposed to do and the implications It would have on my life. If you read my blog but never stop by to comment, I’d appreciate if you would stop by and just give me a holler or even tell me what you think about my blog and what I could do better.