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I suppose everyone will be posting a post...

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:48:00 -0500

Not just the regulars. I certainly don't want to lose my blog. I've just been busy.

Here's a pic of us at Zoo Lights

Tue, 6 Dec 2005 01:15:00 -0600

Me and the Mrs. at Zoo Lights, Phoenix Zoo.

Dang, she's a keeper! I'm so in love.

The REAL Thanksgiving origination.

Mon, 5 Dec 2005 00:09:00 -0600

General Thanksgiving
By the PRESIDENT of the United States Of America
A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favour; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me "to recommend to the people of the United States a DAY OF PUBLICK THANSGIVING and PRAYER, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness:"

NOW THEREFORE, I do recommend and assign THURSDAY, the TWENTY-SIXTH DAY of NOVEMBER next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country previous to their becoming a nation; for the signal and manifold mercies and the favorable interpositions of His providence in the course and conclusion of the late war; for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty which we have since enjoyed;-- for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enable to establish Constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national one now lately instituted;-- for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge;-- and, in general, for all the great and various favours which He has been pleased to confer upon us.

And also, that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions;-- to enable us all, whether in publick or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually; to render our National Government a blessing to all the people by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed; to protect and guide all sovereigns and nations (especially such as have shewn kindness unto us); and to bless them with good governments, peace, and concord; to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and us; and, generally to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as he alone knows to be best.

GIVEN under my hand, at the city of New-York, the third day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine.

(signed) G. Washington

View the original document here.

Oy vay, the busy-ness!!!

Thu, 1 Dec 2005 23:45:00 -0600

I promise, I'll post soon. I know many have stopped by - probably multiple times - only to see that the site has not been updated! With the holiday season and all, things have been a bit hectic around here (even though the Mrs. has been able to post - okay, okay, I know there's not real good excuse!).

Anyway, Godly Patience; part 3 is coming soon.

Stay tuned!

Thank you to HippieChyck!

Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:38:00 -0600

Thanks to HippieChyck, I now have my preferred Bible version on the sidebar for the daily verse! I was perusing her site and noticed that she had the NASB daily verse posted and investigated! Now I have it, too! All thanks to her!!!

Check out HippieChyck's site here.

Blessings,
Hubby.

Who can tell me what "dh" stands for?

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 23:16:00 -0600

The first person to tell me what "dh" stands for will win... uh... something... good... yeah! Something worthwhile, like a new car or washer/dryer set. So, the contest is ON!!!!

ROCK 'N' ROLL, LADIES!!!!

The silliest thing ever

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 22:35:00 -0600

Well, maybe not the silliest, but not the typical thing you'd expect to hear from your average guy:

I LOVE MY WIFE!!!
she is SO cute, too! ahhhh, l'amour! i'm in love, no?

Godly patience; part 2.

Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:21:00 -0600

In part one, I briefly introduced how patient God had set out to be with Moses regarding his newly revealed assignment from God. Moses seemingly takes a humble approach by admitting he is not worthy of such an honorable task as stated in Exodus 3:11, however, when contrasted with the scripture we�ll look at in part three, we�ll begin to see what the true root of Moses� problem is: his faithlessness. We will first begin by looking at the psychology of the ordeal that led to Moses� predisposition. We find that in chapter 2 verse 12b Moses is a murderer,

�he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.�

and a coward in verse 15a of the same chapter,

�But Moses fled��

He does what he believes to be justice � killing another human being � then runs from the same justice he dealt out once it befalls on him. He runs not only as a murdering coward, yet also as an afflicted slave. Let�s look at Hebrews 11:24-26 says about Moses being a son of the Pharaoh�s daughter:

�By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh�s daughter, choosing rather to endure ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin,�

Think about the wonderful things he must have been built up with on a daily basis being a slave in a foreign land! Granted, Moses chose a noble walk by enduring hardships for his brothers� sakes, but he still lacked integrity by running. So, he takes off, runs to Midian and finds this girl and marries her. Now, he�s got all this baggage we uncovered from the earlier passages and now he was interracially married. He becomes a shepherd to his father-in-laws flock (nothing like working for the family business!) when God appears to him. It would seem to me that Moses doesn�t have the greatest self image. He surely isn�t seeing himself as a child of God. Sure, he knows right from wrong and even his cowardly shell is cracking away as he stands up to many shepherds at a well to defend the maidens,

�Then the shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and helped them and watered their flock.�

I could just see Charleston Heston standing there in his robe after chasing off the other shepherds and say with a half grin and wrinkled brow, �It�s all in a day�s work, m� ladies.� But Moses was a far cry from Charleston Heston, but then again, that�s Hollywood for you in 1956.

God, in all His glory, power, might, omniscience, wisdom and goodness, decides to pursue this ordinary man to do His extraordinary task. In part 3, we'll look at God's methodology for getting Moses to do this task; how He went about enlisting such a man to pluck God's people from Pharaoh and his oppressive lands and what Moses� reaction was to this assignment.

Godly patience; part 1.

Wed, 16 Nov 2005 23:14:00 -0600

In the following scriptures I will be surveying, God displays many of His awesome attributes. A few are His holiness, His love, His mercy, goodness, steadfastness, His truth, graciousness, justice, wisdom, eternity and even His wrath. But this particular survey will be delving in His attribute and ability to be patient. We'll look at this question again at the end, but I'd also like this question to be on the forefront of your mind as you read through the survey: Can you imagine what kind of god that God would be like if He was lacking in patience? What would our lives be like? How would that affect the decisions and choices we make? Should it affect the decisions or choices we make, or simply just the gratitude in we have for His patience?

In Exodus 3:10, Moses is tasked with confronting Pharaoh

"Therefore, come now, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may bring My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt."

Yet, in what seemingly sounds like a humble cry to the LORD exclaiming his comprehension of how unworthy he is of such an honorable task, it is just the opposite. He complains. He whines. He makes excuses. At first, verse 11 shows us that he acknowledges how lowly he sees himself:

But Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?"

God, being full of patience, assures Moses. But it's not just that He assures him, it's how He assures him that I found so interesting. He doesn't fly off the handle (like we see SO many other times in scripture, right?), He lovingly encourages him with His presence in verse 12.

And He said, "Certainly I will be with you, and this shall be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall worship God at this mountain."

The words God uses are so profound, are they not? "Certainly I will be with you..." As a father, my daughters look to me for reassurance in many things. And where I fail so much of the time is by giving them positive, certain encouragement. I usually find myself saying things like, "Just trust me." or "Just do as I say, okay?" Instead, if I could just be a little more patient with them, show a little more grace and love, perhaps then they may learn a different way to trust in me. Then soon enough I won't have to reassure them. But you see, I try to get them to do something more than they're able at that juncture in their life. They haven't developed the faith yet as I expect them to have.

I want this study God has given me to share with you to be meaningful. I'm breaking it up into smaller bits because I've found longer posts to be daunting for most. This is part one of however many He wants me to have. I hope you gain from them for His sake. Please comment often with encouragment, correction or what have you. God bless.

What are the chances?

Mon, 14 Nov 2005 12:20:00 -0600

Our home is brand new. We bought it in December of �04 and closed in July as it was finished being built. As with all new-builds, there are home warranty items that must be taken care of as time goes and we most definitely take advantage of the 1-year warranty that we have through the builder.

Today we had scheduled an electrician to come look at a few electrical outlets that seem to not be working properly. As the gentleman was looking into the first two of the four or so nodes, he came into some trouble.

�I�m not getting any juice out of ANY of your outlets � I need to go check your box outside.�

As he came back in, he exclaimed,

�Well, that�s a relief. I though we had bigger problems with your house, but it turns out the whole block doesn�t have electricity.�

And he was actually relieved! I thought this to be too coincidental. But it wasn�t his fault. Sure was a great way to start a week; Monday, no electricity, mad clients not accessing email or web applications, no VoIP, no local network�

In January, I start at church as Pastor Intern of Group Life Ministries. I�m going to outsource my client�s resources then.