Currently Listening Greatest Hits (w/ Bonus DVD) By Creed see related

A Poem

This is a poem someone gave me. I don't remember where it came from & don't know who wrote it, but I really like it:

A Link

I don't know the guy who wrote THIS, but it's a good observation.

Peace.

Currently Listening I See Things Upside Down By Derek Webb I Repent see related

Repent & Be Transformed!

“Repentance is not just merely an act; it is an attitude of mind. It is a passion for the truth, an urgent desire to know the worst as well as the best, a readiness to begin again in a new way, a constantly proceeding examination of one’s way of life, and with it all an ever remade decision to put right what is wrong.” – a quote i read today.

“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.” – a 1^st century Jewish philosopher and theologian

May you repent & experience God's transforming peace.

Currently Listening In the Heat of the Night/They Call Me Mr. Tibbs By Quincy Jones In the Heat of the Night see related

Sweating

Sweating. Not just walking uphill, but walking downhill too. And really, not just walking, but sitting or lying as well. Waking up about every 30 minutes during the night to roll over & let the side that was down get blasted by the fan & freeze on that side while the other side starts to bake. I think the mattress is saturated with sweat. Oh well, it’s kind of nice not having to worry about whether i stink or not … we all smell like ammonia. Peace.

The Death of a Child

Currently listening to: An Arab playing something that looks like a guitar, but you wouldn’t recognize his name or the name of his instrument … so forget it!

The day before yesterday, my son or daughter died.

Our child was not yet born, we did not know the sex (although we had names for either). We have many friends where we live and have been greatly comforted.

We are acutely aware that we live in a world where things are less than perfect and because of this sometimes life hurts.

We are comforted to know that our child is in the arms of the Great Comforter even now.

We say with the first century philosopher and theologian Paul:

All praise to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. He is the source of every mercy and the God who comforts us. He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When others are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us.

And the comfort is this:

If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ was not raised, then all our preaching is useless, and your trust in God is useless. And we apostles would all be lying about God, for we have said that God raised Christ from the grave, but that can’t be true if there is no resurrection of the dead. If there is no resurrection from the dead, then Christ has not been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, then your faith is useless, and you are still under condemnation for your sins. In that case, all who have died believing in Christ have perished! And if we have hope in Christ only for this life, we are the most miserable people in the world. But the fact is that Christ has been raised from the dead. He has become the first of a great harvest of those who will be raised to life again.

May the Comforter be will all of us as we encounter life at it’s most painful. Peace.