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It's never to late to be different. It's never to late to change. We can all do something everyday. Sometimes we got to step outside of our comfort zone. It's difficult, but in the long run it pays off.

Faith

I was just on Facebook reading up on stuff and then I came across something very interesting. One of my friends posted it and so I read it. It it is very powerful. Please take the time to read it. We should all be like the student and stand up for our Faith in God.

Professor : You are a Christian, aren’t you, son ?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor: So, you believe in GOD ?
Student : Absolutely, sir.
Professor : Is GOD good ?
Student : Sure.
Professor: Is GOD all powerful ?
Student : Yes.
Professor: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to GOD to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But GOD didn’t. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?
(Student was silent.)
Professor: You can’t answer, can you ? Let’s start again, young fella. Is GOD good?
Student : Yes.
Professor: Is satan good ?
Student : No.
Professor: Where does satan come from ?
Student : From … GOD …
Professor: That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student : Yes.
Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn’t it ? And GOD did make everything. Correct?
Student :Yes
Professor: So who created evil ?
(Student did not answer.)
Professor: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don’t they?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor: So, who created them ?
(Student had no answer.)
Professor: Science says you have 5 Senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son, have you ever seen GOD?
Student : No, sir.
Professor: Tell us if you have ever heard your GOD?
Student : No ,sir.
Professor: Have you ever felt your GOD, tasted your GOD, smell your GOD? Have you ever had any sensory perception of GOD for that matter?
Student : No, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t.
Professor: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student : Yes.
Professor : According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says your GOD doesn’t exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student : Nothing. I only have my faith.
Professor: Yes, faith. And that is the problem Science has.
Student : Professor, is there such a thing as heat?
Professor: Yes.
Student : And is there such a thing as cold? Professor: Yes.
Student : No, sir. There isn’t.
(The lecture theatre became very quiet with this turn of events.)
Student : Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don’t have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can’t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.
(There was pin-drop silence in the lecture theater.)
Student : What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Professor: Yes. What is night if there isn’t darkness?
Student : You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light. But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and its called darkness, isn’t it? In reality, darkness isn’t. If it is, were you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?
Professor: So what is the point you are making, young man ?
Student : Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.
Professor: Flawed ? Can you explain how?
Student : Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good GOD and a bad GOD. You are viewing the concept of GOD as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can’t even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing.
Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
Professor: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.
Student : Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?
(The Professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was going.)
Student : Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor. Are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher?
(The class was in uproar.)
Student : Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor’s brain?
(The class broke out into laughter. )
Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor’s brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?
(The room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable.)
Professor: I guess you’ll have to take them on faith, son.
Student : That is it sir … Exactly ! The link between man & GOD is FAITH. That is all that keeps things alive and moving."
Forward this to increase knowledge … or FAITH. By the way, the student was Einstein.

Don't let someone tell you our God isn't real. He is our creator and our Lord. We need to have Faith in him.

What Motivates You?

We all have something that Motivates us. Everyday we do certain things. But why do we do them? What is the purpose? Is there necessarily a reason?

We all have a lot of motivations and all have a lot of motivators. We need to really take a look at what motivates us and see it if is helping or hurting us.

Recently, I ran in a Marathon and to say the least I was not prepared. Me and my brothers struggled through the race but we all finished. We were determined to finish what we started. Our motivation to do this Marathon was to do something that we've never done before and to accomplish something that many people have never done.

One of the people that really motivates me is Ryan Hall. Ryan Hall is the Fastest American born Marathon Runner. He is very motivating.
Here is an Article that I read recently about him. It is very inspiring.

..."I'm not afraid to fail, so I'm not afraid to take risks," says Hall, who was 10th in the 2008 Olympic marathon...

Read More at http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/story/2012-01-11/ryan-hall-olympic-marathon-trials/52504276/1

San Diego Resolution 5k and 15k Race 2012

Today's race was very fun. It was very well put together. The chip timing was great. Thank you Gemini Timing.  It was definitely one of the better races that I have ran in. I ran this race with three of my four brothers. Our running name is "I Am... Team Bridgeforth." I tried to get first out of the four of us but my younger brother Quentin (pictured on the right below) finished 6 seconds ahead of me. Check out our race times at http://www.geminitiming.com/posts/resolution-run/. What a great race this was. See you out there on the course.

Check out my two older brothers blog's:
Alex Bridgeforth @alexbridgeforth: Addicted to Running (http://runningaddiction.tumblr.com/)
Keith Bridgeforth @newnation: Love running (http://loverunnin.blogspot.com/)

From Left to Right: Isaac, Keith, Joseph, Quentin

Praying to our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ