Sometimes I impress me...

Remember last week I said there's nothing new under the sun? Well here's more proof.

This is a BLOG I wrote 2 years ago (Yep that's right folks I've been at this for 2+ years).

It is still FULLY applicable today:

First, I was listening to KBRT again (K-Bright). I need to thank Sally for this, she borrowed my truck a week or so ago and when I got it back this is the station that was on. All of you that know me know I LOVE music.. But this station grabbed me one day. As I started the engine they were talking about stuff that I found interesting. Here I am a week & a half later and I'm still listening to it. I even tried to get my radio in the house to receive it, but that didn't work.Anyway, back to today's listening adventure. I was listening to Dr.McGee (Is he dead?) and he did this cool analogy. So, I'll readers digest it for ya (Condense it)...

When he was a young farm Boy in Oklahoma, one of his chores was milking the cow before school. He'd go out to the barn, with an old lantern, to go feed the mean, nasty cow. He said that when he took 2 steps into the barn with the lantern, he could hear all of the rats running & scurrying away from the light. He also said by the time he got to "Bessie" ( I don't remember what he said the cow's name was) the birds that were roosting in the rafters started singing & chirping.Now the light didn't make the rats rats nor did the light make the birds birds. The light just revealed who they were & some ran from the light while others sang & praised the light (You can see the analogy coming eh?).

So like mankind, some people are rats who run and hide from the light while others are birds who sing & praise the light. Which are you?

Then he mentioned those Miners in PA that were buried a while back. He stated how after days of digging & drilling that they finally broke through & found the miners still alive. So the rescuers started digging a bigger hole & passing stuff in & one of the trapped men asked why don't they turn some lights on. Well... The rescuers did have lights on (who can dig & crawl w/o some light?). So they, and the other trapped miners, realized the man was blinded by the original explosion. He didn't know this until the light was revealed.

That is how sin in our lives works. It blinds us from God and the work of the Holy Spirit & tends to make us want to run and hide when we should come into His presence, soaking in His glory & praising Him.

So many of you yutes (Adults too) think that you are doing OK if you do what YOU want & just don't let anyone else see you. You also think it's OK to be so attracted to worldly things that you will pass on God, His body (the Church) and Biblical fellowship (because, you reason, it's just this one time, or because it's a prior commitment).

Bottom line is, it's between you & God. But don't be blinded, be honest with yourself. If this is what you're doing than say so; but it's not up to me to change your heart. Just admit to yourselves that you are choosing the world over God, Church & Fellowship. When you become honest enough with yourself, then maybe you will be open to hearing God.

Now let me clarify, because I've been hit for this before. Yes sometimes EVERYBODY has other commitments that can or do interfere with their time with the body or Church. But whenever there's a choice between God & Church or a worldy pursuit, Church usually (if not always) loses. You should be worried. Deeply worried. Because I know this is where some of you are & I am deeply worried for you.


"Stick to your guns if you believe in somethin no matter why cause it's better to be hated for who you are then be loved for who your not"
- Van Zandt

End of The Spear

Mary's Blog made me cry....

Here is a change of subject (While still talking about the love of Christ).

End of the Spear is a beautifully crafted movie about one of the great missionary stories of the 20th century, but it is not a preachy kind of movie. The story is simply told and allowed to stand on its own. The story is one of those that would not be believable on the big screen if it were not true in all of its essential points. The beautiful jungle scenery (the movie was shot in Panama) is well worth the price of the ticket. But the story will make you think about how self-giving love is more powerful than violence. The story also shows that extraordinary risks taken for peace can pay dividends beyond imagination. This will be a movie that people will be talking about, and watching again and again, far into the future. You'll be sorry if you don't take the opportunity to see it on the big screen. You'll also wonder why an independent film company can make such a wonderful movie when Hollywood is making bad movies based on old TV shows.

BTW, I copied this from someone else's writings I liked it perfectly!

"Stick to your guns if you believe in somethin no matter why cause it's better to be hated for who you are then be loved for who your not"
- Van Zandt

Nerd, Geek or Dork

Modern, Cool Nerd 56 % Nerd, 52% Geek, 13% Dork

For The Record: A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia. A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one. A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions. You scored better than half in Nerd and Geek, earning you the title of: Modern, Cool Nerd. Nerds didn't use to be cool, but in the 90's that all changed. It used to be that, if you were a computer expert, you had to wear plaid or a pocket protector or suspenders or something that announced to the world that you couldn't quite fit in. Not anymore. Now, the intelligent and geeky have eked out for themselves a modicum of respect at the very least, and "geek is chic." The Modern, Cool Nerd is intelligent, knowledgable and always the person to call in a crisis (needing computer advice/an arcane bit of trivia knowledge). They are the one you want as your lifeline in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (or the one up there, winning the million bucks)! Congratulations!

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

The Son Will Return...

I told y'all Luke is my favorite book:


13 Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living. 14 And when he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs. 16 And he was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, and no one gave him anything.

18 I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants."' 20 And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him. 21 And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.' 22 But the father said to his servants, 'Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet. 23 And bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate. 24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.' And they began to celebrate.

Thee Son will someday come back for all of us and I know in my heart my son will also come back to me.

"Stick to your guns if you believe in somethin no matter why cause it's better to be hated for who you are then be loved for who your not"
- Van Zandt

Incase they make a PIV Bible..

Which Pirates of the Caribbean character are you?



"Stick to your guns if you believe in somethin no matter why cause it's better to be hated for who you are then be loved for who your not"
- Van Zandt

Drowning Man..

So what do you do when you see a man drowning??

What do you do when you see a man you know drowning??

What about if it's a man you love??

What do you do when you see a man you love drowning and he refuses to grab a life ring you've tossed him or put on that life jacket sitting in front of him?

That is how I feel today.. My son is hurting and I don't know why? I have ideas and would love to talk to him about it BUT he refuses to admit anything to be true. I bet he'd deny he has brown eyes if you asked him. On top of his denying he's hurting he's in turn lashing out (Mentally) at everything else. He is quiet & withdrawn & refuses human interaction with the exception of those chosen few who are leading him right into the water.

He knows truth, hears truth & chooses to ignore it. It is amazing to me how fast someone who knows what God is about can harden their heart & turn their back. He openly admits he wants to have fun with his friends in the world and wants NOTHING to do with God. My real burning question is... What are you doing with your "friends" that you can't do as a believer who loves God. If he's indeed doing something so extreme it needs to be addressed and stopped, but alas I do not have such authority. There's the hitch..

I want to help and correct & rebuke BUT the man Jameson would listen to isn't as concerned as I am.

So here I am...

On my knees
Heavy in my heart
Focused on the grace of God.

Please pray for me...
Pray for Mary...
Pray for Jameson...
Pray for wisdom...

Galatians 4:8-11 I think was written for moments like this...

8 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods. 9 But now that you know God or rather are known by God how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again 10 Youou are observing special days and months and seasons and years! 11 I fear for you, that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you.

Actually all of Chapter 4 is pretty awesome (Does that surprise me? I mean it is God Breathed).

Ciao'


"Stick to your guns if you believe in somethin no matter why cause it's better to be hated for who you are then be loved for who your not"
- Van Zandt