Reason for what?

Okay this may seem like an odd post...

When I go to enter my Time Alone With God (TAWG) I will take off my shoes. You may ask, "Why would you do such a thing Carter?" Well, when Moses was entering into the presence of the LORD with the Burning Bush, he took off his sandals. So shouldn't I do the same thing when I go to enter the presence of the LORD to have time alone with Him?

Now I am a huge Moses fan! I mean if he had a facebook page I would totally be friends with him! haha all joking aside, I really do admire the life of Moses. The dude was glowing after he came back from being in the presence of God... I mean that is stinking awesome!!! And who else has heard a burning bush talk to them while the bush doesn't get consumed? I don't know of anyone. What I am trying to get at here is that I look at a man like Moses and I see some things that he did and why shouldn't I model myself after areas of his life? I know he wasn't perfect, but who was besides Christ? yeah... no one...

Yes I do model myself after Christ, or at least try to, but there is something about people like Moses, Paul, Peter, Jeremiah, Abraham, Ruth, Timothy... if you just look at their lives and what they did and went through, you can see it was no mistake they were in the Bible for a reason. I am a Christ Follower and I model my life after Christ's life... I also, at the same time, look at other men and women, who follow God, and see how they lived and take away things to implement in my own life.

So yeah I suppose you may think it is weird that I take my shoes off before I go into TAWG... But I don't think it is weird. I will follow Christ until the end of time and I will do it in the best way that I know how! :) Thanks for letting me rant! haha God Bless!!!

-Carter Bob

Life as an Intern .:SOAR CHRONICLES:.

Okay, so here is the deal-e-o people! SOAR started up last week and I can describe it in many words, but I can only do it justice by saying that God has been awesome and SOAR has been crazy intense! I love my fellow SOAR members! They are just absolutely awesome! :) God has blessed our group already and has given us great friendships already!! We all know we are here right now for a purpose and it is no accident that we are in SOAR at the same time!! :) ...I have grown a lot in the past week and learned a lot about myself in Christ along that journey as well!! Ya see, I have been trying to figure out, my entire life, what I am called to do, exactly, and I know that I am exactly where I am supposed to be! God has been breaking down the barriers and has just exploded the box that I have put myself in, but more so the box that I, unconsciously put Him in... God ripped apart the walls of that box and just destroyed the box around me as well!! This has led to me having a more clear vision as to what is going on around me in my life and just helped me to be able to see and hear His will for me, better. God has just rocked my foundation and brought me back to a new place where I can only see Him and His love over flowing!

I am now living by a very simple, yet complicated, "math" statement...

HE > i

This all plays a part in my view of God and how is love is insurmountable!

Here is a list of things that I have noticed since I have started SOAR:

• I love God more than I ever have!!!
• I am a Beautiful Mess! :)
• I have forgiven myself
• I have a greater appreciation for the Word
• I see that my gifts and abilities are being used, COMPLETELY, for HIS good!
• My heart is aligning with His, it isn't there but it is growing closer!!
• I actually like to read!!! haha

I know that this summer has barely started, but I do know this for sure... God is moving in my life, He will continue to move, and He just continues to bless me! There will be much more blogging to come this summer! This is just the beginning!! Until next time friends! :) ByeBye and God Bless!!!

-Carter Bob

Summer of Interesting Things...

So this summer should be interesting... in a week from now I will be moved into the apartment with my other fellow SOAR guys... but also on the same day, my Dad moves to New Zealand. It will be a bittersweet day and I'm feeling that it will be leaning more bitter than sweet...

All of that aside, I am incredibly excited for this summer and my SOAR internship with Nappanee Missionary Church! The group of guys and gals I will be working with are a solid crew of people! Weird thing is that I am the only Bethel-ite apart of it... well actually that excites me! I do know two of the guys, because they are from my old school IWU and I had a class with one of them... I'm super stoked to get to meet new people and do ministry with all of these talented people!!!! It may still only be May... but boy-howdy it feels like summer is in full gear!!!! :-D Well, I know I have said this before, but I am lookin forward to getting to blog more and take time to reflect on my time with SOAR and this summer!!! I will be posting more stuff later, but until then... byebye and God bless!!!

From Buzzcut to Beautiful Locks!

Tomorrow marks the 8th month since God called me to grow my hair out for Locks of Love. I went from having a shaved head to long flowing locks!! It has been a process and an interesting journey so far and it has been a great conversation starter, especially when people tell me I need to get my hair cut! :) It's also funny to hear people call me Samson because of my hair and the fact I'm a cheerleader! :P haha it's funny to me :) More recently I have been thinking that Locks of Love is not really Love anymore.
Locks of Love now makes people pay for the wigs instead of giving them to the people in need... How does that really demonstrate Love? I have recently decided to donate my hair to Pantene Beautiful Lengths. They give the wigs, for FREE, to the American Cancer Society. Here is a section from the Pantene website,

"As Pantene Beautiful Lengths wigs are created, they are distributed for free through select American Cancer Society wig banks across the country. Women facing cancer can find out about the availability of a Pantene Beautiful Lengths wig by calling the American Cancer Society at 1-877-227-1596. The Society can also help callers with a number of resources providing educational and emotional support."

This is something that I know that God is calling me to do because of some of the people in my life that lost their hair to Cancer and Chemotherapy treatment. I have a few Mentors, Heroines and Amazing kids in my life that have all had this happen and I love them all, this is what I am called to do out of love! My hair is normally short, if I have any at all, and God has blessed me with Beautiful Red hair and I feel like this is just something small that I can do to help someone out there experience Christ's Love and receive confidence with my hair! :)

If you feel like this is something that you would like to or feel is something God is calling you to do, I challenge you to pray about it and you can even talk to me about it! :) Be a blessing to someone and show them the Love of Christ by growing your hair! :) God Bless you and remember that Every Hair has a purpose in life! :)

-Carter Bob

Ok Really Carter?

So I just read my last post and the only thing I can think to say right now is... FAIL! haha I have not posted since that day and trust me, I could have but I just got lazy on the blogging end of things. I will blog later today about whats going on and I will go through a little bit of what God is and has been teaching me :) It will be nice to put it into words and just talk about things! :) But until then, I will be finishing up my cup of coffee and heading off to Chapel to give up some Glory to God! :) God Bless you all! (Especially if you read this ;) haha just kiddin)

-Carter Bob