Big Beard Blog

So this week I embarked on a bit of an adventure...with my face.

I am in a photography class and we have been given many different projects this semester. We have had to do an abstract project, a post card project, and others. This one that I am working on at the moment is a project where we tell a story or represent a sequence of events, and for the loooooongest time I couldn't figure out what I was going to do this project on!

So this past Sunday my friend T.J. came over and shaved his facial hair and cut the hair on his head fairly short. Next my brother Cody cut his hair...and I thought.

I thought "I could make a journey out of my face!"

And so I did.

This entire week I have had a different style of beard or mustache every day. To start things off I just shaved off my chin hair


next I had chops and handle bars...sadly no picture. But I did take the chops off the next day



next...the mustache



and today brings us to what I look like now



This has been a really fun week with a lot of awkward stares and double takes. My professor's have actually been anticipating the next day they see me to be surprised at what I was going to look like.

All in all I have figured it out the Ben Morehead isn't the beard on his face, but the heart in his chest. Although I will say I already miss my beard haha.

Calloused Hands, Calloused Feet, Completely Open Heart

Don't be afraid to speak

So I've been thinking a lot lately.
What am I showing to people with my actions, with my words?

Last night in Bible study we talked about Paul in his letter to the Philippians, and how he has so much joy in the situation he's in. His situation was being in jail for spreading the Gospel...Not being afraid to speak. All of Paul's emotions, thoughts, words and actions were completely for the Glory of Christ perfectly exemplified in these words, "For to me,To Live Is Christ and To Die Is Gain."

That verse raises a lot of questions
What does To Live Is Christ mean? Die Is Gain?
What does my life look like?
How could my life or death glorify Christ?
If threatened with torture or death, would I Proclaim His Name and His Glory?
Would people say that my life was for Christ or for me?

Paul

Paul knew the answer to each of these questions, and more. The life that Paul lived WAS CHRIST and he didn't have fame, he didn't have success. Paul was killed for what he knew was TRUE...Not being afraid to speak.

At Bible study we were given cards to write what we could do to change, to make the statement "To Live is Christ and To Die Is Gain" to be true in our lives. Yes I wrote things down like "don't be selfish." On the other side I wrote the quote

DON'T BE AFRAID TO SPEAK

When asked what I meant by that, I merely said...don't be afraid.

My brother had someone ask him "If a meteor was coming, and you had 3 days to live what would you do?"

I immediately thought of people I would talk to about Jesus. I didn't think of things I would buy or do, but people

This also got me thinking why wait for the world to end...why am I afraid to speak?

Write songs, write poetry, write blogs, get tattoos, talk to your friends and family...however you choose to speak, SPEAK LOUD. Speak about what you believe is true and realize the urgency of THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST.

Calloused Hands, Calloused Feet, Completely Open Heart

Blessings all around

The Sun! (Son)

I'm at a very odd point in my day right now. Call it a battle between life and death. I say this because of the beautiful day that is happening at this very second outside...and yet I am inside a classroom in a Death investigation class.

On my way to this class, I couldn't help but realize the LIFE that the Sun(Son)gives us and makes happen. As I walked I noticed the quads of Radford University were full of life. People throwing frisbee, playing football, lacrosse, and even laying out catching a few rays to tan the skin making for a visual playground for any type of audience. Under these human bodies was a very vibrant, green grass that also served as a habitat to the smallest of animals and organisms. LIFE was happening right before my eyes and I almost had to stop walking to take it all in...because it hit me like a ton of bricks.

My thoughts

"It is nothing short of sin not to be outside right now"

This thought allowed me to think further. Which leads me to the term Sun (Son). I was blown away by the symbolism right before me. The days when the Sun (Son) isn't out, the campus is a dull place, dorm rooms and apartments are filled as the search for an artificial life occurs and continues through out the day. Sitting in this class, the cloud of death can suck the life right out of my mood, and usually leaves me feeling a little sad when I leave. The point is LIFE is hard to find with out the Sun (Son). BUT when the Sun (Son) is out, is present, LIFE is hard to miss! I look forward to walking out of this building and being an audience of the show that GOD is putting on for me to see!

My next thought

"Holy crap, even with out daylight the Sun (Son) is present!"

Be it cloudy, thunderstorm, rain, snowy, day or night the Sun (Son)is still around to give life. It may be hidden or on the other side of the planet...but it's still there giving life. Such is Christ! whether I can see him, hear him, or feel him, he's there giving me life!

Think of how awesome thunder storms are!

Think of the LIFE that rain gives!

Think of the drought that is released by a heavy snow!

Think of how much you want to go outside right now to just play and forget about what you have to do!

The SON gives us life in all facets of LIFE...without him, we might as well not have anything

Calloused Hands, Calloused Feet, Completely Open Heart