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6 days ago
I was listening to this song I love where it talks about how there’s no luck in a four leaf clover or strength in a unicorn…these things are illusions. I think of the things I’ve relied on in the past which have failed but in the end I find myself not lamenting on the failures or what could have been rather I find repeatedly a grateful heart to the one person who’s never left me nor forsaken me nor ever failed in any way no matter how difficult things have been. I speak of Christ of course. I can’t even think of the blessings in this life without knowing He’s been the source for it all. No, there’s no strength in the natural things in this life but there’s a friend that sticks closer than a brother…that friend is surely Christ. Why say all of this? Well, my day started out with something that I don’t like to do much: go to the Sheriff’s office to get my concealed weapon permit renewed. I absolutely hate going down there…it never fails, I end up nervous and feeling ...
13 days ago
Exciting title huh? I betcha thought wow, this is going to be one of those deep blogs that leave me with insight to the meaning of life right? Well, no, I’m actually referring to the weather we’ve got right now. Lovely and I walked and when we started it was just a light mist but before we got very far it turned into a very persistent heavy and wet snow. Veteran’s Day was yesterday of course and I can’t go on without saying something about that. I’ve mentioned on some of my comments on people’s blogs about how sobering it’s been to me to know actual combat vets that are younger than I am. I’ve seen these young men grow up…one I actually went to school with. Now I see these young men who have seen actual combat and I just wonder how this could be. The sacrifice of these young people astounds me and it’s so close to home…literally. I have a subscription to the DoD’s website and therefore get updates of the pictures from the various military operations going on throughout the ...
20 days ago
You know I had enough pictures to squeeze out one more entry on Europe but I feel the need to move on from it. I give God all the glory for doing the wonderful things He has done on that trip and since but it’s time to move on. The struggle with the flu has been a demoralizing thing on many levels but I refuse to believe the twisted perspective sickness brings. It’s like blinders on a horse that narrows everything and increases selfishness. If you really want to get past the limits of infirmity and personal problems you’ve got to look to God and other people out there and force your perspective to broaden again. There’s no healing in selfishness or help in self pity. I’ve been reading in the word of God about the ten lepers that Jesus healed in Luke chapter seventeen. The ten lepers went along their way to show themselves to the priests that they’d been healed and one of them noticed that he’d been healed and came back to Jesus to thank him for the healing…one out of ten ...
27 days ago
This has been some week. Some kind of flu swept over my family like an unholy flood. I’ve never had something hit so quick. I was struck with fever and chills and fatigue that would come and go without any apparent rhyme or reason and then the our youngest came down with it….Lovely too all at the same time. I have no idea if this is the swine flu or not and frankly I don’t care…I just want it GONE! I got up today to see a note that our friend from Ireland won’t be getting his visa which on the surface is another slap in the face if taken out of the context of faith however I just don’t chose to see it without faith. One thing I really believe: though it may not appear today to be working out God remains in control and He has our best in mind…and He always wins! Many times people take hold of faith and they are very controlling with it feeling that if they say the right sequence of scriptures they can back God into a corner with their “understanding” and get what they want but ...34 days ago
Is it just me or is this week traveling faster than I can keep up with it? I know that the days are getting shorter but this seems ridiculous. I don’t usually rant…perhaps I figure that if I mix that with my morning coffee it would blow up more than I want it too LOL! But here it goes anyway: I’ve strived to remain above and beyond politics and such on my blog because God knows the Internet is filled with enough of that crap as it is. I guess if I wanted to include a late rant it would be that I wish that the closet activists if they’re going to go active on political things on their blog wouldn’t throw a fit if people don’t comment…if it’s your right to go active politically then surely it’s another’s right to not get involved for their own reasons and not be called stupid or have it suggested that they’re ignorant. Freedom of expression and speech isn’t dead yet and therefore I feel everyone has their right to do as they please in this regard…there, I pray that wasn’t too ...
