El Primero

This is my very first blog entry.

Reason for creating a blog: I write all the time, but I never write anything well. So I thought if I think someone might read what I write I might put a little more thought into it.

Phenomena of the day: When we are hungry we can eat. Little attention is shown to the FACT that some people get hungry and...stay hungry. Some people cant swipe their appcard and get a sandwich or pull out a credit card and charge it. I wish I could honestly say that I have never said the words "I'm starving," but of course just hours after I had an apple and some trail mix today I was saying it like a sailor spits out swear words. embarrassing, but true.

question of the day: Why does the market on ASU's campus charge $4.95 for a box of Capt'n Crunch?
...I have many questions for good ole ASU.

Okay, one more thing before I go-
My dear brother has been on a constant quest to get me to read. To read anything. He is quite persuasive sometimes and always persevering. While Cole has constantly encouraged me by giving me books as gifts on holidays and birthdays, he recently convinced me to buy a collection of the writings of Pascal, a philosopher and mathematician. I have enjoyed reading Pascal, though much of it is above my head, one quote did stick out to me and I thought I would share:

"It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not by reason."

When I look at the world and the state of the human heart I can think of many reasons not to believe a God is in control of it all. I have so many questions and some I am afraid of the answers. But It is my heart that knows God; my mind and my intelligence is God's most absolute foolishness so how could my mind perceive God by reason? But my heart does. I know God when I see him change lives. I know God when I hear him in the calm. I know God only on a surface level and yet I feel like I've been given the key to life. And every day he shows us more.