Online Alias: Runaheadofme
Real Name: Joel
DOB: 12/28/1972
Zodiac: Capricorn
Heroes: My sister, Holly
Gender: Male
Status: In a relationship
Music: All over the place.

More About Me: I grew up on a wooded patch of delta at the mouth of the Eel River in Northern California. We were a mile from the ocean and surrounded by water. My family was packed into an old ranch house on Cock Robin Island (yes feel free to giggle at the name... okay stop giggling now) which is accessible only by a one-lane bridge. We were a family of seven, with three daughters and two sons. I am the oldest child in my family.

Message: message me
Member Since: 2/15/2005

Philippians 3:13-14 (The Message)

12-14 I'm not saying that I have this all together, that I have it made. But I am well on my way, reaching out for Christ, who has so wondrously reached out for me. Friends, don't get me wrong: By no means do I count myself an expert in all of this, but I've got my eye on the goal, where God is beckoning us onward—to Jesus. I'm off and running, and I'm not turning back.

Ecclesiastes 9:11 (English Standard Version)

11 Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all.

1 Corinthians 9:24-27 (The Message)

24-25 You've all been to the stadium and seen the athletes race. Everyone runs; one wins. Run to win. All good athletes train hard. They do it for a gold medal that tarnishes and fades. You're after one that's gold eternally.

26-27 I don't know about you, but I'm running hard for the finish line. I'm giving it everything I've got. No sloppy living for me! I'm staying alert and in top condition. I'm not going to get caught napping, telling everyone else all about it and then missing out myself.

Ephesians 4:20-24 (The Message)

20-24 But that's no life for you. You learned Christ! My assumption is that you have paid careful attention to him, been well instructed in the truth precisely as we have it in Jesus. Since, then, we do not have the excuse of ignorance, everything—and I do mean everything—connected with that old way of life has to go. It's rotten through and through. Get rid of it! And then take on an entirely new way of life—a God-fashioned life, a life renewed from the inside and working itself into your conduct as God accurately reproduces his character in you.

Hebrews 12:1 (The Message)

1-3 Do you see what this means—all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on? It means we'd better get on with it. Strip down, start running—and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins. Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we're in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever. And now he's there, in the place of honor, right alongside God. When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!

2 Timothy 4:7 (English Standard Version)

7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

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