The excitement built up like one block upon another. Then, when I saw my little baby cousin for the first time, the small tower of excitement burst up into a sky scraper. I couldn’t stop smiling as I wiggled her ear lobe. Everyone laughed. I laughed. It’s contagious.
My cousin ENTERED the world! Continue reading ‘Lily is out!’
9 Does he who implanted the ear not hear?
Does he who formed the eye not see?
10 Does he who disciplines nations not punish?
Does he who teaches man lack knowledge?
11 The LORD knows the thoughts of man;
he knows that they are futile.
12 Blessed is the man you discipline, O LORD,
the man you teach from your law;
13 you grant him relief from days of trouble,
till a pit is dug for the wicked.
I just realized today that on the dashboard for JN there was a little peice text that read:
“A total of 99 posts”
And I thought:
“Well, shoot! Lets get into the triple digits!”
And: if you comment right now I could approve it and we we’ll also have reached 100 comments! What a coincidence 
So here we are! And in case you were worrying if this post was pointless, read on! Continue reading ‘The 100th post!’
Finally! Nathansband.com is complete! After hours and hours of hard work and brain storming the design, the fonts, the tag line, the content: It is here! It already blows my mind the intricacies of Gods handiwork in his creation, whats furthermore incredible is, his creation can imagine, think, calculate, design, sing, and be completely creative and create!
Our creator made humans who could create. I like my designs, just as artists are proud of their paintings. But lets try to see the bigger picture. The bigger God. The Psalm 139 God.
Hey all, this is Nathan. I’ve completely lost the game in posts and best style of writing to my brother, Justin. I hope you’ve enjoyed reading his deep and insightful posts. He has inspired me with all his well written master peices and I am proud that he is gaining interest in cartooning and writing.
Without further ado… I have been completely amazed at the amazing Lyrics Keith Green has put into all of his songs! Here is a piece called Jesus commands us to go! Continue reading ‘Happy To Sing’
I was learning how to play football in a sandy playground not so far from our campsite. Dusk and dark fought each other when a kid a foot shorter than me asked if he could join. I answered with an affirmative. His fierce blue eyes hung under spiteful eyebrows trapped in a eternal tilt. He spoke in one strong, demanding tone which would be difficult to imitate. ‘I’m good at weaving through attacks and destroying your enemy.’ He went on.
We never got to finish our game. If a nicer side of him existed, it never revealed itself. It crossed my mind that he might just be mentally ill. He jumped on people who were down, rammed his own team mates because ‘they weren’t paying attention’, threw sand in peoples eyes to get passed them, hurt someones cheek, threw a pop can at a little girl’s head, and all in all, ruined our game. What does it feel like to live life in hate and revenge?
From this experience I learned how hard it is to turn the other cheek and love my enemy… Even when he’s on the same team.
Have you ever wondered where the saying “Well, what does that have to do with the price of rice in China?” comes from? I won’t be addressing the issue in this article, but I figured it would be a fantastically ironic thesis statement. Dig in…buckle up for a 2.5 year recap from Nathan. DOn’t worry, it’ll be quick, trust me… Continue reading ‘2.5 year update from Nathan’
Somebody asked me what I would most miss about Israel, and I easily summed it up in three things: Falafel, busking on Ben Yehuda, and, most of all, the family I talked about in this post. I know missing Falafel sounds silly, but it’s the Israel snack and I love it. Someday I might start a Falafel stand in America and get everyone addicted to the delicious sandwich.
Leaving Israel was sadder then I thought it would be. It took two days of chaotic packing and an all night plane ride to get to Germany. I made my whole family miss a bus because I went to the bathroom, so we where forced to wait for the next one. The bus we got on plopped us down at the train station- from where we missed three trains. The reason for missing the first one is sadly funny. Mom got the tickets while we waited for her. Unfortunately when the train came she was on one side of the platform and we the other. Right when the train pulled away we saw each other. Ah! It didn’t seem funny at the moment at all. The second one was so late that if we would have taken it we would have missed the next connection, and the third we just plain missed.
Finally we arrived at our distant cousins house, which everyone called the ‘yellow house’. We ate pasta, had a reunion with my grandma (she looked great; she was thinner and had short hair) and talked to our hosts till 10:00. It was still light when we left for our hotel! It was very fancy. The hotel actually is a remodeled farm. Everyone loves it… But I personally think that I’d rather have the experiences of coach surfing. However, it is a nice break from traveling rough.