Thursday, July 2, 2009

What is the logical sense for LOVE?

The Lord woke me up early this morning to reflect on something that really needed to be discussed among some church friends and maybe some other friends.

I recently commented on a video posted on youtube and I had a barrage of anti-christian attacks. Things like "Your faith is false" "Jesus is fictitious" etc and the like. I seemed to deflect it at first but it kept eating at me. The Lord reminded me this morning that HE is real. I AM He says.

Then I was reminded of this scripture "What the evil one uses for evil, God uses for good" something like that. What happened in my heart will really blow you away.

I can hardly type this as I share it. As I prayed, God took me up into heaven (in spirit) and I knew I was with my mom for a brief moment. (biblical or not, it happened) It was a way for me to know that everything was ok and mom was waiting on me. Love overwhelmed me and Jesus let me know that there is no logical sense for love itself.

So if love exists, there is not a way for evolutionists, and atheists to make thier case against Christ. If Christ exists, then love exists, if Christ is love, and love is Christ, we have to conclude that love exists. Because we were made in God's image, we are made to love. It is because of Christ that love exists. Again, no logical explanation for it. How does love factor into evolution? If Christ had no love, His passion would have fizzled out after the first spit and punch to the face.

So is Christ who He says He is, or not? Christ is ALIVE and HE is. Everyone wants to dis-prove Christ. Everyone wants you to think that He didn't exists or He was not who He said He was. The proof: It's the link that links us to Him.

LOVE.

and to celebrate Love today, I have selected for your enjoyment one of the greatest love songs of all time:

Monday, June 29, 2009

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

5-3 Hoj Band

We really rocked it this past sunday, just wanted to share with some friends. Check it out. Some more practical/useful blogs coming soon!

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Easter Sunday Worship Service

The House of Joy band came ready to rock it OUT at the Valdosta High School performing arts center on Easter Sunday! What a gathering! We came ready because we had 2 drummers ready to roll! Check it out in this video! *mind you that someone bumped the camera half way through LOL* Note to who ever did that, next time please just fix it back! The camera is unmanned! LOL

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Hoj Band Rocking out at Bemiss UMC

We totally had a rockin' time for a GREAT cause at the Bemiss UMC! Several worship bands from around the city and a couple groups came together to unit for Relay for Life! The people and the worship was awesome! It did make me think of my mom because she died of cancer. It felt good to sort of 'pay back' or 'give' back some of things that came so easily for my family in our time of need.

The video is out of focus because 'I-don't-know-I-fixed-before-we-started-but-my-camera-went-WHACK'! But you can hear us play. I totally tanked on the start of the third song, I was a little nervous and plus I had a brain fart! TOTALLY forgot how the song started! As the drummer I am the 'cornerstone' of the band, so when the cornerstone is out of kilter, the band is too! I was glad the third song was over! I have only been playing a few years but it has been explained to me that everyone has those moments where you just go 'BLAH!' and that night was totally a 'BLAH' moment for me! I wasn't really embarassed but it did make me want to focus more on excellence and less on my flash which as a drummer I have a tendency to do. I also have a tendency to let my tempo 'roam' a bit. I am taking things to the next level and I have heard there are speed bumps and I am not going to be perfect the whole way!

Russ is on keys+vox, Keith on Rhythm, Jimmy on bass, Cortni J , Connie, Ros and Madison are vox, and I was slamming the skins. Slammed them good or bad? You be the judge.


Hoj Band 3-28 from Brian Peters on Vimeo.


Thursday, March 26, 2009

Thoughts


I wasn't sure how to start this blog so I just begin it now. My grandmother passed away a few weeks ago and things have not been very easy. She was a sweet woman and was in real estate for over 20 years in the local Valdosta area. I believe that she would in the top 10 women in the nation! She was fantastic! She was also firm. She was raised in the depression era in rural Alabama. Yeah she knew how to save! I remember once when she invited my wife and I for dinner earlier in our marriage, she had cooked up some corn. There was probably 10 pieces of the corn left in the serving bowl and I was surprised to hear her yell when I started to dump the corn into the trash can "Don't throw it away! That is wasteful!" 

Let's just say I have learned a lesson about waste!

I could write a book on stories about my grandma. She was a dear sweet woman and I will miss her.

I said all this to say that, while this is very personal, I am calling out to my friends and church family to pray for my wife and me as not only do we deal with this huge loss but some 'issues' dealing with this loss. I can not say anything about it but please be in prayer for our family. 

Mary Katherine Corrales 1927-2009

Monday, March 23, 2009




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Fishing 3-23

I tend to enjoy fishing and it makes it ever more enjoyable when fishing with family and friends. A friend of the family Tony Porter has a pontoon boat and took myself, Ashlea, Zach (my brother) and a friend of his. We had a great time except the fish weren't biting as great as we had hoped. We caught 5 fish and dad caught 1 at the dock. While I can not file this under 'drums' or 'praise' specifically, I praise God for making a great day!


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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

'Fireproof'

It is sorta late on this post but I have not had a great deal of time to blog lately, well blog anything! Here is the HOJ worship team rockin' out at 'The Fireproof' marriage conference on 2-27. Russ Hutto is on keys, guitars, vox, Corni J on vox, Keith Hand on rhythm guitar, Jimmy Linville on bass, and yours truly on drums. We played 'Your Love is Beautiful' by Hillsong, 'Friend of God' by Israel, 'Blessed be your Name', 'You are Beautiful" by Third Day (correct me if I am wrong on the title), 'How great is our God' I believe by Chris Tomlin or Todd Agnew, not sure.  

Check it out right here: