tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71298005637637499452024-03-12T13:36:05.463-04:00My ThoughtsAKA Big Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03268933490107556551noreply@blogger.comBlogger201125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129800563763749945.post-53499135403379972582014-05-13T11:14:00.001-04:002014-05-13T11:14:21.696-04:00Time for God?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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prayer and a plan to keep them…A husband who says he never has special times
alone with his wife because the daily air is charged with intimacy will not
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Many of you remember the days of only three channels on
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Somewhere along the way, we became a world of convenience.
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gave in to renting the latest feature and watching it in bed; going to the bank
gave in to the ATM and online banking; the Sears catalog gave in to internet
shopping, and the evening supper gave in to the drive-thru. We just can’t seem
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One of the biggest problems with this is when we try to
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from God. When God doesn’t answer our prayers right away, we tend to do one of
two things. Either we begin to doubt His existence or involvement in our lives,
or we try to fix things ourselves. Either way we are on the road to failure. </div>
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I believe that many times God answers our prayers but we
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games, dance recitals, the lake, the woods, the gym, or the party down the
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<a href="http://www.joyfultoons.com/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="http://www.joyfultoons.com/" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNQmcv4SR91Xf2HcWMD8uXSgzOgJYsBXxCNg-N-rCBKGFP8HwwNp9P66Gt7CfL_aN6RFs7lpDoZSkOZ1slqw7gP756ATggB4rvUZ7Rw-rJxIm9dWsFlw5vNbBiDu4tDTDxu05StdUeNTw/s1600/too-busy-too-listen.jpg" height="238" width="320" /></a></div>
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Many people go all week without giving God a second thought
and think everything will be made right on Sunday. In many cases, Sunday
morning worship has become a Christian drive-thru where we believe we can get
just enough to get us through until the next week. However, we are getting no
real nutrition because we are not feeding from the bread of life. We are not
drinking from the living water that Jesus promised would make us never thirst
again. </div>
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We believe we just don’t have time to fill our hearts and
souls with the spiritual nourishment that He so longs to give us, so we run by
church for a quick fix. God loves every moment we spend with Him, but He wants
so much more than just an acknowledgement of His presence. He wants us to spend
structured time with Him each day and then carry Him with us in everything we
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Make the commitment today to spend more quality time with
God this week. Spend more time in prayerful conversation, study His Word to see
what wonderful truths He wants to show you and be mindful of His presence as
you go about your day. He will be delighted to be with you and you will reap
the blessings of knowing that the Creator of the universe wants to be with you!</div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">As God’s co-workers, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
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I helped you.” I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of
salvation.</i> (2 Corinthians 6:1-2)</div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Let each man
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let each try, by great thoughts and good deeds, To show the most of Heaven he
hath in him. </span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Philip James Bailey</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">What would you do if you
were walking down the street and someone stopped you to give you money? Would
you refuse it or take it? What if the money in question was a $100 bill? </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">A few weeks ago, a number
of people were the recipients of a man’s generosity. Richard Wright, of Prince
Edward Island, Canada, was handing out $100 bills and silver coins to people
who passed by in Halifax, Nova Scotia. As he handed the money out, he told the
people to simply “thank God” for their windfall. He added that they should pass
the money on to someone else if they could not use it themselves. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">People who received the
generous gift were grateful. They commented to local papers that it was good to
see that there are good people left in the world and that the money was a true
blessing. None of the people who got the money were upset or thought he should
be stopped. However, as one old adage says, “No good deed goes unpunished.”</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">When Mr. Wright returned
home, he was detained by the police for a “wellness check.” This resulted in
him being hospitalized in the psychiatric ward at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in
Charlottetown. Even though psychiatrists, in the nearby town of Dartmouth, had
said there were no mental health issues, he was still admitted for “suspicious
generosity.” <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1I-aKydynLxOExkxvRvyBpWVe-cbDccABbVQ8HM1lHyp7-CYzzPrN1VhM4R_sbpfvPUTeP1CRBLZEld7aZ9ZLoPvQS0HkdSZ5XwIQYz_7bApfl4ro_PtQiVuNKaiZCAN7k5TiuGd2qk8/s1600/Richard+Wright.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1I-aKydynLxOExkxvRvyBpWVe-cbDccABbVQ8HM1lHyp7-CYzzPrN1VhM4R_sbpfvPUTeP1CRBLZEld7aZ9ZLoPvQS0HkdSZ5XwIQYz_7bApfl4ro_PtQiVuNKaiZCAN7k5TiuGd2qk8/s1600/Richard+Wright.jpg" height="112" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Richard Wright in his hospital room</td></tr>
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being detained reached the news, many people were upset. Petitions were signed,
a Facebook page was posted and the telephones at the hospital were jammed with
people demanding Mr. Wright’s release. Finally, he was freed with no conditions
and is back with his family. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Many good deeds are done
every day with no problems. Doors are help open for others, meals are paid for
by strangers at fast food drive through windows and many other acts of kindness
happen regularly. However, when the good deed is a large one, it is looked on
with suspicion. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">As Christians, we are
called to do good deeds for others. In fact, we are told that it is especially
good to do things for those who cannot ever repay you. God intends for His
children to be the greatest example of generosity in the world, even if it
means being ridiculed by the world. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Think about all the
wonderful things Jesus did for people who did not know Him, who could not repay
Him and even for those who hated Him. In fact, Jesus laid down His life for those
who love Him and also for those who scorn Him. He was the ultimate “good deed
doer,” but because of His “suspicious generosity,” the people had Him
crucified. However, they didn’t know that His death and resurrection would be
the greatest “good deed” in the history of the world. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Jesus died and rose again
so that we would have life eternal and a better life on earth. The greatest
good deed you can do for anyone is to tell them about the love that brought God
down from heaven, to become one of us, that we might have new life. There may
be those who think we are crazy, but God will be honored in what you do for
others. </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Whoever sows
to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to
please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Let us not become
weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not
give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people,
especially to those who belong to the family of believers. </span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">(Galatians 6:8-10)</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Indolent and unworthy
the beggar may be—but that is not your concern: It is better to feed ten
impostors than to run the risk of turning away one honest petition. </i>Hugh
Nibley</div>
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Go to most any car dealership in the country, talk to the
seasoned salespeople, and you’ll find some very interesting stories. One story
that seems to be a common one, is the story of the person who comes into the
dealership in an old vehicle, dressed in worn or dirty clothes who wants to
look at a very expensive vehicle. Usually the story concerns a salesperson who
did not want to “waste time” talking to them, only to find out that the person
was very wealthy and could buy anything they choose. </div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The sad part about this story is that in most cases, it is
not an urban legend. Most of these stories are actually true. The reason they
are true, is that we as humans tend to pre-judge people, based on how they
look, dress, drive and sometimes how they speak. </div>
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<br /></div>
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Last week, Karine Gombeau was visiting New York City with
her family. The Parisian family had eaten all they could of what she called an “enormous”
pizza and were taking the leftover slices with them, when she spotted a
homeless man digging through a garbage can.</div>
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bag and was eating a burger that he had found in the trash. She approached him
and gave him the leftover pizza. She said, “I’m sorry, but the pizza is cold.”
The man replied, “Thank you so much. God bless you.” </div>
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As she walked away, people began to gather around her. She
was approached by a film crew that had been shooting from across the street.
Then, they showed her a still shot of her with actor Richard Gere. She had no
idea that she had walked onto a movie set where Gere was in character for a new
movie titled, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Time Out of Mind</i>. </div>
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Jesus comes to us in many forms. He may not show up at your
home wearing a white robe and long beard, but trust me, He shows up. God
provides us with opportunities to minister to others each day. It may be in a
kind word or a pat on the back. It may be in a good deed done or a wrong forgiven.
Each opportunity that a Christian has to do good, is an opportunity to not only
minister to others, but serve Christ in the process. </div>
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In Matthew 25, Jesus tells the parable of the king
separating the sheep from the goats. He tells the sheep on his right, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Come, you who are blessed by my Father;
take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the
world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you
gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed
clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison
and you came to visit me.”</i></div>
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<br /></div>
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They were confused and asked when they did such. He told
them <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“I tell you the truth, whatever you
did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.”</i></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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Never miss an opportunity to be Jesus to those who need Him.
You may be the only connection they will ever have to the Savior. Share His
love with someone today!</div>
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<br /></div>
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Let brotherly love continue. Do not forget to entertain strangers, for
by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels.</i> (Hebrews 13:1-2)</div>
</blockquote>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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AKA Big Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03268933490107556551noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129800563763749945.post-59506480788352555882013-08-05T12:52:00.000-04:002013-08-05T12:52:15.619-04:00To Err is Human<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">I suppose
that’s one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the right moment. </span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Charlie Chaplin</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">We all make mistakes. When
we make small mistakes it’s easy to get past them. If we spill our drink on the
dinner table, it may be aggravating, but we simply get something to clean it up
with and move on. The big mistakes we make usually are obvious to others and
may require a lot more than a paper towel to clean up. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">A couple, in Fort Worth,
Texas, bought a house from the husband’s aunt, earlier this year. The land the
house sat on had been in their family for decades and the house was near the
shore of Lake Worth. Once they moved into their new retreat, the couple put
their old house in Fort Worth on the market. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Since the property had not
sold yet, they stopped by this past Saturday to mow the grass. When they got
there, the grass did need mowing, but there was no house! All that was left of
their house was a slab for the foundation. Needless to say, the couple was
shocked. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">When they investigated,
they found out that the building next door had been condemned by city of Fort
Worth. The city had hired a demolition company to tear down the useless
building, which is still standing. The demolition company billed the city
$6,000 and tore down the wrong structure. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Obviously, this was not a
small mistake. It has affected the demolition company, the city of Fort Worth
and a couple, who simply wanted to sell their house. It may take some time to
sort out who to <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What's left of the house!</td></tr>
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blame and who has to pay for the damages. The demolition
company might have gotten the wrong address from the city or they may have made
the mistake themselves. One thing we do know is that all involved will be
pointing the finger at the others and accusing them of being wrong. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Most of the time, when
Jesus dealt with people who were in the wrong, He gave them information and let
them draw their own conclusions. This was His way of making them think for
themselves or shielding them from the embarrassment of being called out in
public for their errant thinking. There was only one recorded instance of Jesus
plainly telling someone they were wrong. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Matthew and Mark both
record the account of the Saducees questioning Jesus. The Saducees were a
Jewish sect that did not believe in life after death. They tried to trick Jesus
by asking a question about whose wife a woman would be in Heaven, since she had
been married many times on earth. The question was nonsense for them, because
they didn’t even believe in the resurrection and Jesus called them on it. Jesus
replied, “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Are you not therefore mistaken,
because you do not know the Scriptures nor the power of God?</i>” He then went
on to answer the question. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">However, it is what Jesus
said next that was so profound. Mark 12: 26-27 reads, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">But concerning the dead, that they rise, have you not read in the book
of Moses, in the <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">burning</span> bush <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">passage,</span> how God spoke to him,
saying, ‘I <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">am</span> the God of Abraham,
the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?<sup> </sup>He is not the God of
the dead, but the God of the living. You are therefore greatly mistaken</i>.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Did you catch that? God
told Moses that He is the God of three men who had died many years before. So
if God is not a God of the dead, then they must be alive. Then Jesus lowers the
boom that He doesn’t do with anyone else in scripture. He basically says,
“You’re wrong!”</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">As we all know, we all
make mistakes. The key is to not make the same ones over and over. When you
know it’s wrong, don’t continue to do it. I’m sure that the demolition crew in
Texas will double check the address before they ever tear down another
building. Shouldn’t we learn from our mistakes even more, if the Creator of the
Universe tells us, in no uncertain terms, that we’re wrong? </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The Saducees didn’t listen
to Jesus and continued in their errant beliefs. They heard the Word straight
from the mouth of Jesus, but still could not admit that they were wrong. They
learned nothing. Within 40 years of this encounter with Jesus, the entire sect
became extinct. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">God has given us His Word
in the Bible. In it, He gives us the way to live a wonderful life. Yes, we will
still make mistakes, but if we follow Him, He will forgive us and put us back
on the right path. Don’t make the greatest mistake a person can ever make, by
not asking Christ to come into your life. Give everything to the Him, mistakes
and all. </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">All Scripture
is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof,
for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be
complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. (</span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">2 Timothy 3:16-17<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">)</i></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">You gain strength,
courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look
fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, “I lived through this
horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.</span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">” </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">(Eleanor Roosevelt)</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">What are you
afraid of? Some of the most common fears are the fear of heights, closed in
places, certain animals and death. However, the most common phobia, and the one
that tops the list each year, is the fear of speaking in public. Year after
year, in surveys, the fear of public speaking ranks higher than the fear of
death! </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">What do you
do when you’re afraid? Most of us try to avoid any circumstance where we come
into contact with our fears, but what do you do when you are faced with
something unexpectedly that scares you? Do you freeze up? Maybe your first
response is to run. For some people, an unexpected scare puts them into fight
mode. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">When we are
faced with something that rattles us, our brain usually takes a second to
evaluate the danger. Many times we are able to function rationally, see that
the fear does not put us in imminent danger and walk away. However, what if the
thing that we face is much bigger and stronger than we are? </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A lady in
Salina, Kansas had an experience last week that most of us would prefer not to have
in our lifetime. She was with her family, enjoying the circus that was in town
that day. She needed to use the bathroom, so she left her seat and went down
the hall. As she was walking toward the bathroom, a lady and her daughter passed
her and informed her that a tiger had gotten loose. </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglMCoVdw1Rjy-EH7CVE_zXUjaANDPR-mOZx-bmizg1zQGI2pRVD9cHuDJYMwsYHpq9zGohrlJYikgb-h9dnN-xIRKLdV_AFqDJy0GO-NWD9Q0tq95PYsBpJTgDxImLrvgWdWFu_g0EJAc/s1600/tiger_close-up_Wallpaper_jlxn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglMCoVdw1Rjy-EH7CVE_zXUjaANDPR-mOZx-bmizg1zQGI2pRVD9cHuDJYMwsYHpq9zGohrlJYikgb-h9dnN-xIRKLdV_AFqDJy0GO-NWD9Q0tq95PYsBpJTgDxImLrvgWdWFu_g0EJAc/s200/tiger_close-up_Wallpaper_jlxn.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She didn’t
think much about it until she opened the door to the restroom, which
automatically closed behind her. When she looked up, she found herself face to
face with a huge tiger. She said, "It was the closest I have ever been to
a tiger not in a cage. You don't expect to go in a bathroom door, have it shut
behind you and see a tiger walking toward you."</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She said
that her experience as a social worker helped her keep calm. She stated, "I'm
always on alert, and it was easy to walk out; that's how I am trained. Looking
back, it was a scary ordeal. At the time, I was thinking I just needed to get
out."</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">What would
you have done? Would there be anything in your past experience that would have
helped you stay calm and alive in that circumstance? The woman slowly backed
away, calmly opened the door and walked out. Could you have done the same? </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Bible
has a lot to say about fear. Sometimes, we fear the unknown. Other times we
fear the situations right in front of us. Whatever the things are that cause
you to fear, God knows and sees everything. If we put our trust in Him, knowing
that He loves us more than anything in the world, then we can face those things
that shake us out of our comfortable existence. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Paul reminds
us in 2 Timothy 1:7, that fear is not of God. It is something that the enemy
has used since the beginning to bind us and keep us from experiencing the
fullness of life, that God intended for us to have. Think about how many times
the scripture reminds us not to be afraid. God knew, as the Bible was being
written, that this would be one of the toughest things for us to overcome, so
He made sure that we would have many promises in His Word to help us resist
fear. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Most of us
will never walk into a bathroom and find a tiger. However, there are many
things that we face each day that make us fall short of the blessings God has
for us, because of fear. The woman used her experience to escape the encounter
with the tiger. We can use our foundation in God’s Word to ward off the enemy
and “fear not!” </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This is my command—be
strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God
is with you wherever you go.</span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> (Joshua 1:9)</span></div>
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AKA Big Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03268933490107556551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129800563763749945.post-14288747480510523092013-04-16T10:05:00.002-04:002013-04-16T10:06:01.566-04:00The Wicked Flee<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Looking back is a bad habit</i>. <span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">(Rooster
Cogburn. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">True Grit</i>. 1969)</span></div>
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I have never seen the 2010 version of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">True Grit</i>. I much prefer the John Wayne version. Not that I have
anything against Jeff Bridges, I just happen to like the way John Wayne
portrayed Rooster Cogburn in the 1969 version of the movie. </div>
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However, I have seen the first few seconds of the newer
version and I noticed that it opens up with a bit of scripture. Before you see
any action from the film, the words, “<i>The wicked flee when no man pursueth,</i>”
appear in white against a black screen. The quote is followed by the scripture
reference, Proverbs 28:1. </div>
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The trouble with this is that it doesn’t finish the quote.
The second part of the scripture is, “<i>But the </i><span class="textprov-28-1"><i>righteous
are bold as a lion</i>.” What exactly does this all mean? It means that those who
are in the Truth have nothing to fear. However, those who are wicked and bear
the guilt of sin, are always looking back to see if someone is on to them. That
is not the life Christ intended for us to have. </span></div>
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<span class="textprov-28-1">Last week, a young man, named
Jeremiah, had apparently hitched a ride with a trucker. When the driver pulled
the semi into the weigh station and got out, Jeremiah stole the truck and drove
away in a big hurry. Jeremiah was driving very recklessly with his trailer load
of strawberries. However, it was not the strawberries he was interested in. He
was running for his life!</span></div>
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<span class="textprov-28-1">Jeremiah eventually crashed the
large truck into a Toyota Tacoma, which then struck an SUV and a Mercedes.
After that, the young man finally lost control of the semi after crashing into
two other vehicles. The truck came to rest on its side and blocked a whole lane
of the interstate. Panicked, but still uninjured, Jeremiah jumped into a nearby
van and demanded a ride, but the van owner pulled him out of the van. With the
help of other bystanders, the van owner held him until the police arrived. </span></div>
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<span class="textprov-28-1">Why was Jeremiah in such a rush?
He wasn’t trying to steal the truck or the strawberries. He was fleeing! When
the police questioned him, he told them that he stole the truck because zombies
were chasing him and he needed to get out of town. Police were in the process
of determining if Jeremiah was under the influence of drugs. </span></div>
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<span class="textprov-28-1">I think it’s pretty clear that
zombies were not chasing the man. To most of us, that sounds crazy to think
that zombies were after him, but, for whatever reason, they seemed real to
Jeremiah. However, the reality is that there was no one chasing him. He only
thought there was. </span></div>
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<span class="textprov-28-1">Many times our guilty conscious
makes us do strange things. We get edgy. We seem nervous. We don’t want people
asking too much about our business. Sometimes, we may even try to run away from
our problems. </span></div>
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<span class="textprov-28-1">God never designed us to carry a
load of guilt. The fact is, that God already knows what you have done, even if
you have been successful in hiding it. King David committed a number of sinful
acts during the whole issue with Bathsheba. Lust, covetousness, adultery, lying
and murder were all involved. </span></div>
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<span class="textprov-28-1">On the outside, David seemed to
continue living as if nothing had happened. However, on the inside, he knew
that what he had done was wrong. David may have thought that God had not seen
his sin, had forgotten or was ignoring it. However, God sent Nathan, the
prophet, to David to inform him that God did see and know. Not only did God
know about the sin, but Nathan informed David that God was going to hold David
accountable for it. </span></div>
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<span class="textprov-28-1">God sees and knows all. The good
news is that He loves you anyway! Stop running from Him and run to Him. He is
there waiting to lift the burden of your guilt and give you a life of blessing.
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Our actions will show that we belong to the truth, so we will be
confident when we stand before God. Even if we feel guilty, God is greater than
our feelings, and He knows everything. Dear friends, if we don’t feel guilty,
we can come to God with bold confidence. </i>(1 John 3:19-21)</div>
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AKA Big Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03268933490107556551noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129800563763749945.post-73506416325934365842013-03-29T18:14:00.000-04:002013-03-29T18:16:23.404-04:00Schadenfreude<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875);">Do not when your enemy falls; when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice, or the Lord will see and disapprove and turn his wrath away from them. (Proverbs 24:17-18)</i></blockquote>In the last lap of the NASCAR Auto Club 400, this past Sunday, Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin were battling for first place. The two cars were very close to each other and it seemed as though it would be a photo finish. However, they eventually made contact, which caused them both to crash and Kyle Busch blew by them to take the checkered flag.<br />
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Whether you were happy with the outcome of a race, football game or other sports event depends on what team or athlete you like. However, there is a more sinister part to events like this. There are also those teams or athletes you don't like. When you don't like them, you want to see them perform badly, lose or crash.<br />
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We are the same way in our everyday lives. We secretly like to see others fail. We inwardly shout for joy when someone we dislike, disapprove of or envy messes up. There is actually a term for this, it's called, schadenfreude.<br />
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Schadenfreude, is defined as, "Enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others." When we see others fail, we feel good about ourselves. As humans, we like to play the comparison game. We want a house or car that impresses others. We want a prestigious job or like to drop names of famous or powerful people we know. We even compare our children in their growth, schoolwork or athletic abilities.<br />
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However, when someone else seems to be doing better than us, we secretly wish failure on them or gloat when they do. This is not the way God intended us to be toward each other. Jealousy, envy, covetousness, and pride are all sins that are addressed in the scripture.<br />
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We're told in the Bible that Jesus had amassed quite a following by the time He entered Jerusalem on the Sunday before Passover. The people waved palm branches and shouted praises. This made the Jewish religious leaders nervous because they were afraid of what the Romans would do if there was a revolt. However, there was also a lot of envy. The people flocked to Jesus, but they came to the priests out of duty. They wanted to see Jesus fail.<br />
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The Jewish leadership saw Jesus as a threat to their way of life, so, in their minds, there was no way they could co-exist. Therefore, they decided to kill Him. They set the plot in motion and even convinced the Roman governor to go along with them. Then, after three years of ministry, Jesus was crucified.<br />
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However, what they didn't plan on was the greatest comeback in all of history! On the third day, Jesus emerged from the grave, alive and victorious over death and sin. Those who plotted for His demise, were now the ones to be laughed at.<br />
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We are called to love each other. We are not only to love those who love us, but to also love our enemies. Jesus said to pray for those who hate you. That also means to pray for those who you dislike. That's not easy, but it's what we are called to do. Jesus said that if we only love those who love us, how are we any different from the rest of the world?<br />
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As we celebrate this Easter, take the time to pray for those around you, even those who you dislike. Give the same mercy to them that Christ showed you. It was love that held Jesus to the cross. It was love that raised Him from the dead. Love is the mark that shows the world that we are His children. Go and love!<br />
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"If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also." (1 John 4:20-21)<br />
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</div>AKA Big Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03268933490107556551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129800563763749945.post-38310226490223272142013-03-12T10:05:00.001-04:002013-03-12T10:07:52.635-04:00What Do You See?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Nearness to God brings likeness to God. The more you see God the more
of God will be seen in you.</i> Charles Spurgeon</div>
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As an old story goes, there were two taxidermists who
stopped at the window of a home to observe an owl that was displayed there.
They immediately began to criticize the way the owl had been mounted. They also
didn’t like the way it’s eyes didn’t look natural and how its head was not in
proportion to its body. They continued to observe how its feathers were not
neatly arranged and how its feet could be improved. At that point in the
discussion, the owl turned its head and blinked at them </div>
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While the two taxidermists may have been accurate about
their initial observations, they overlooked one huge detail. The owl was not
“stuffed.” He was very much alive!</div>
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In the mid-1800’s, at the University
of Edinburgh in Scotland, there
was a professor of medicine named Dr. Joseph Bell. Dr. Bell’s students were
always amazed at his talent for observation. Simply by noticing small details,
he was usually able to determine what his patients did for a living or what
illness they might have. Most times, it only took a glance in their direction
for him to discern the information. </div>
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Once he concluded that a patient had walked across a golf
course on the way to the doctor by looking at his shoes. Another time, he knew
that a patient had served in the army and even knew which regiment he had
served in, just by observing him for a moment. </div>
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One of Dr. Bell’s students was extremely impressed with this
uncanny ability to notice small details that usually went unnoticed by most
people. In fact, he was so impressed that he began to keep a notebook handy, in
which he wrote down examples of what he called Dr. Bell’s “eerie trick of
spotting details.” </div>
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Later this young student became a doctor himself. When
business was slow in his office, he spent his spare time writing fictional
stories. Dr. Arthur Conan Doyle created a character and gave him Dr. Bell’s
powers of perception. Dr. Bell, who impressed many with his ability to determine
a great deal about people from simple observation, became the inspiration for
Sherlock Holmes. </div>
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If someone based a fictional character, solely on their
observations of you, what would that character’s traits be? Would the character
be one of integrity or compromising values? Perhaps the character’s daily life
would be too busy to spend time with his or her family. Would the character be
confusing, in that their actions would not match with their words? </div>
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As a Christian, Christ should be the thing people see in us.
Even if they are not a believer, others should at least be able to notice a
Christ-likeness in us. Through spending time with our Creator in prayer and
study of His Word, we will not simply know more about Him, but begin to think
and act as He does. As we go about our daily lives we should always strive to
be more like Jesus every day. </div>
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<span class="textgal-2-20"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I have been crucified
with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live
in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself
for me. </i>(Galatians 2:20)</span></div>
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AKA Big Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03268933490107556551noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129800563763749945.post-12250436884533580202012-12-18T15:35:00.001-05:002012-12-18T15:35:45.884-05:00Christmas"We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice." Pope Paul VI<br />
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Many different things are meaningful to people at Christmas. Christmas lights, decorations, parties, giving and receiving of gifts, gathering of families, going to church, Christmas feasts, Santa and singing Christmas carols are just a few things that many hold dear. For some, if you leave out their favorite element of Christmas, the holiday just doesn’t seem right.<br />
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However, sometimes, things happen around the holidays that make us stop to consider the true reason we celebrate the season. Reconnecting with an old friend, family members returing home after a long absence, relationships mended, the first Christmas for a new baby, all make us pause for a moment and take in the magic in the air.<br />
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For some, tragedy strikes during Christmastime. For some, the stark reminder that evil is still in the world is the unfortunate reality that shakes us and forces us to realize that salvation from sin and evil is the reason Jesus was born. Bad news never waits until Christmas is over to rear its head. It comes to us during the holidays, just as easily as it comes to us any other time of year. However, it seems much more invasive and troublesome when it comes during a season that is supposed to be about joy, love, hope and peace.<br />
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On Friday, December 14th, many families, a school, a community, and an entire nation watched in horror as events unfolded in Newton CT. Many questions still remain unanswered. The main one is WHY?<br />
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I’m a pastor. I’m supposed to have all the answers. I’m supposed to be able to comfort and reassure people in times of tragedy. I’m supposed to be able to explain why things like this happen if God loves us so much.<br />
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I cannot. All I can do, is tell you what I do know about God.<br />
1. God is still God.<br />
o He didn’t stop being God when the Israelites were taken into slavery in Egypt.<br />
o He didn’t stop being God when Jerusalem and the Temple were destroyed.<br />
o He didn’t stop being God when Herod slaughtered male children of Bethlehem under two-years-old.<br />
o He didn’t stop being God when Jesus was dead for 3 days.<br />
2. God makes good out of bad<br />
o There are always stories that come out of great tragedy, of heroism and goodwill.<br />
o If we look and listen, there is always more good than bad in any situation. Unfortunately, the bad seems to overshadow it, until someone brings it to light.<br />
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As for the tragedy in Connecticut, many will try to make it about taking God out of schools, gun control, politics or even reasons why it happened. However, what is truly about , is the evil that is in our world: The evil that Jesus came to battle. As long as we live in an imperfect, sinful, world, there will always be evil deeds, evil thoughts and evil people. However, If you look closely, there are many more good thoughts, good deeds, and good people than there are bad.<br />
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Think about the account of Jesus’ birth. There was a lot of bad there. An unwed pregnancy, Birth in a stable, Herod killing the children to try to defeat the Messiah were all heart wrenching events surrounding the birth of Christ. Looking back from our vantage point in time, we see it differently. We see the pregnant Mary as a touching symbol of obedience to God. We cherish our nativity scenes that depict Christ born in the stable. As for Herod, he would be lost in history without the brief mention in the Bible, a mention that many don’t even pay attention to.<br />
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That’s where we need to be during Christmas and all through the year. Look for the good. God is there in the tragedy and joy alike if we seek Him first.<br />
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May God show you the light and the good in everything around you. Merry Christmas from my family to yours Pastor Stacy<br />
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And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people (Luke 2:10)<br />
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May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. (Romans 15:13)<br />
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AKA Big Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03268933490107556551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129800563763749945.post-37154599384119265752012-10-09T10:27:00.001-04:002012-10-09T10:27:14.904-04:00Coincidence? <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #cfe2f3;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Coincidence is the word we use when we can't see the levers and
pulleys.” <span class="bodybold">Emma Bull</span></i></span></div>
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Two months ago, in Spokane,
Washington, Haans Glassi was on a
camping trip and decided to go wakeboarding. He was ready for the boat to pull
him along the water, but as the boat sped away, he noticed that his hand was in
a loop in the towline. He tried to free it, but didn’t get it out in time.<br />
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When he finally got his hand free, he said he didn’t feel much pain and was
sure he was fine. However, when he looked at his hand he realized that
something was very wrong. He was quoted as saying, “I pulled my hand out of the
water and it had pretty much lopped off all four fingers, [there] was a lot of
flesh and bone, not a lot of blood.”<br />
He was taken to a hospital and has been in physical therapy twice a week
since then. He still has half of his index and middle fingers and can grip most
things. However, that is not the end of the story.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkcLL5120nCWl-0bz1iF6cFTRGqa4YPgeYBJYtggKb0qpm8vMjkCLOO2dIcI8YndVfloUoC0fdZ_gtmEefpeLziNXgTGbwt__TYocUjj9wP-3YO4a_gntcUGI5TCq0Ni5L-f_l0EmETAk/s1600/ht_haans_galassi_ll_120926_wblog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkcLL5120nCWl-0bz1iF6cFTRGqa4YPgeYBJYtggKb0qpm8vMjkCLOO2dIcI8YndVfloUoC0fdZ_gtmEefpeLziNXgTGbwt__TYocUjj9wP-3YO4a_gntcUGI5TCq0Ni5L-f_l0EmETAk/s200/ht_haans_galassi_ll_120926_wblog.jpg" width="200" /></a>Last week, Mr. Glassi received a telephone call from the sheriff that he
didn’t expect. The sheriff said that a fisherman was cleaning a trout he caught
and found a finger inside. Investigators took a fingerprint and matched it to
Mr. Glassi. The trout was caught eight miles from the site of the accident.<br />
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The sheriff asked if Mr. Glassi wanted his finger back, to which he replied,
“uhhhh…no…I’m good.” However, the sheriff’s office is keeping the finger for a
few weeks in case he changes his mind! <br />
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Think about all of the crazy things that led up to the “reuniting” of the
man and his finger. The man lost four fingers in a lake. A fish ate the finger
that was severed. It just happened that another man was fishing on the same
lake and happened to catch, out of all the fish in the lake, the one with the
finger inside. Then the man decided to eat the fish instead of throwing it
back. As he was cleaning it, he happened to notice a finger. Instead of
throwing it away, he calls the police. It just happened that the finger still
had a fingerprint and they also “happened” to have the young man’s prints on
file.<br />
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When it was time to pay the temple tax, the tax collectors came to Jesus’
disciples and asked, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?” They replied
that he did and Peter went unto the house to talk to Jesus about it. Jesus told
him to go fishing in the lake. Jesus said, “Throw in a line. Open the mouth of
the first fish you catch, and you will find a large silver coin. Take it and
pay the tax for both of us.” (Matthew 17:24-27)<br />
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Jesus did many astounding miracles. Some of them were so incredible that it
boggled the mind. Over 10,000 people were fed with just a couple of fish and a
few loaves. Jesus walked on the water. Lazarus was raised from the dead. All of
these and many more defied the laws of nature.<br />
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However, there were also times that the miracle was not in the defiance of
nature, but in the timing of the event. Just like the events leading up to Mr.
Glassi being reunited with his finger, there was a miraculous string of events
that led up to the coin being in the fish’s mouth.<br />
<br />
Perhaps someone accidentally dropped a coin in the lake. (I have one friend
who likes to believe that the person who dropped the coin had obtained it
through deception or cheating!) It “happened” that a fish swallowed the coin.
Then, the fish “happened” to be near the shore on the same day that the temple
tax collector showed up. Peter, then, “happened” to drop the hook in the water
at the same time the fish was near and the fish “happened” to take the bait.<br />
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The great thing about this account is that none of this was an accident or
strange coincidence. It happened just as Jesus said it would, at the time Jesus
promised. Remember, there are no coincidences with God. The things that happen
to us do not just “happen.” They happen because God allowed it or caused it. <br />
My prayer is that you will be able to praise God in the middle of whatever
circumstances you are in, whether they seem very good or seem to be the end of
the world. Trust God. Put your faith in the One who created you and knows what
is best for you. Give your whole life, your whole agenda, your everything to
Him and He will always lead you to righteousness.<br />
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<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span class="textprov-3-5"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Trust in the </i></span><span class="small-caps"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span></i></span><span class="textprov-3-5"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.</i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> <span class="textprov-3-6">In all thy ways
acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths. (Proverbs 3:5-6)</span></i></span></div>
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AKA Big Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03268933490107556551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129800563763749945.post-1964124802125341742012-10-08T14:54:00.002-04:002012-10-08T14:54:35.146-04:00Under Construction<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: cyan;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“The whole difference between construction
and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after
it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.” </i>Charles Dickens</span></div>
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Some men in a pickup truck drove into a lumberyard. One of
the men walked in the office and said, "We need some four-by-twos." <br />
The clerk asked, "You mean two-by-fours, don't you?" <br />
The man said, "I'll go check," and went back to the truck. <br />
He returned and said, "Yeah, I meant two-by-four." <br />
"All right. How long do you need them?" <br />
The customer paused for a minute and said, "I'd better go check." <br />
After a while, the customer returned to the office and said, "A long time.
We're gonna build a house."</div>
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Isn’t it wonderful to know that God is building our “house?”
I not only talking about the “house” He is preparing for us in Heaven, that
Jesus mentions in John 14. I’m also talking about the ongoing construction that
is our Christian life. </div>
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There’s a song that we often hear children sing, called,
“He’s Still Working On Me.” The lyrics are something that we all need to
understand about the work God is doing in all of us. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">There really ought to be a
sign upon the heart. Don't judge her yet, there's an unfinished part. But I'll
be perfect just according to His plan, fashioned by the Master's loving hands
He's still working on me, to make me what I ought to be. It took Him just a
week to make the moon and stars, the sun and the earth and Jupiter and Mars.
How loving and patient He must be. He's still working on me.”</span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></div>
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I recently visited the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, NC. Billy's wife, Ruth, is buried there, in the prayer garden. Her marker is a simple stone, with a Chinese symbol
on the top that means “Righteousness.” On the bottom the inscription reads,
“End of construction-Thank you for your patience.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Ruth Graham understood what many of us need to learn. Our
salvation is a one time event. It is not, in any way, earned by our efforts.
However, God does not stop there. The work continues through our entire lives
in this world. We are all under construction. </div>
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We will never be perfect while we live on Earth, but God
certainly works in our lives to mold us and make us into His image daily. What
we need to understand, is that God loves us, even though we are not perfect. We
are His creation and He will continue working on us, to make us more like Him,
until the day we are called home to be with Him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Remember, when you fail or feel as though you are not good
enough for God, the person that you are now is not the finished product. You
are still under construction. Allow God to lay the foundation in His Word and
then build you up with His materials. Only then will you be able to say at the
end of your life, “End of construction-Thank you for your patience.”</div>
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<span style="color: #93c47d;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">And now I entrust you to God and the Word of his Grace — His message</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #93c47d;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">that is able to build you up and give you an inheritance with all those
He</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #93c47d;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">has set apart for H<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>imself. (Acts
20:32)</i></span></div>
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In 1914, Kaiser Wilhelm II was in power in Germany. He was
hugely in favor of a strong military and had built up the nation’s arms over
several years. Wilhelm, however, turned out to be Germany’s last Kaiser. </div>
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In June of 1914, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary
was assassinated by a Serbian terrorist group. Kaiser Wilhelm encouraged Austria-Hungary to take revenge on Serbia for the
assassination. The situation began to spin out of control and with multiple
nations taking sides, World War I followed. </div>
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Some actually point to Kaiser Wilhelm’s urging Austria-Hungary
for revenge as one of the main catalysts for the onset of World War I. However,
the Kaiser almost didn’t get the chance to influence anything. He was fortunate
enough to dodge a bullet many years before. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kaiser Wilhelm II</td></tr>
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Not long after the Kaiser was crowned, he attended a show in
which there was trick shooting exhibition. A young lady named Phobe was
planning to perform a few trick shots with her gun. The Kaiser emerged from the
crowd and challenged her to shoot the ashes off his cigarette while he was
smoking it. The young lady agreed, but was a bit nervous because of the
Kaiser’s lofty position. </div>
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She paced off the distance and turned to aim. She said later
that as she began to aim, she began to regret the whiskey she had consumed the
night before. Since she was famous herself, pride took over and she decided to
shoot. </div>
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The Kaiser lit his cigarette, placed it in his mouth and
waited. Phoebe raised her gun and took aim. She only hesitated a second and
then fired. The sound of the rifle rang out and to the delight and roar of the
crowd, the ashes of the cigarette flew off. She had done it! Of course, she had
done it! She was Phoebe Ann Moses! Perhaps you know her better by her stage
name, Annie Oakley! The show was Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show and Kaiser
Wilhelm II dodged a bullet that day. </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnjmpN22pnV4OBff5nSjENs6SRvMnvo2o2Tm4BBDdnIH1khT2tB-1_iexFqd-EQWlj971R3dxSd_V8TapGVi1awB9x6oz7LRiDQWzju2fbqO95FmIyE3S_skkRqU76TrbuQaKQp50udyA/s1600/Miss-Annie-Oakley-peerless-wing-shot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnjmpN22pnV4OBff5nSjENs6SRvMnvo2o2Tm4BBDdnIH1khT2tB-1_iexFqd-EQWlj971R3dxSd_V8TapGVi1awB9x6oz7LRiDQWzju2fbqO95FmIyE3S_skkRqU76TrbuQaKQp50udyA/s1600/Miss-Annie-Oakley-peerless-wing-shot.jpg" /></a>After World War I broke out, Annie never forgot that day.
She wrote, “If I shot the Kaiser, I might have saved the lives of several
million soldiers.” In fact, Annie’s husband, Frank, wrote to the Kaiser and
told him that his wife wanted the opportunity to take a second shot at him. The
Kaiser never replied. </div>
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This was a regret in Annie’s life. However, the fact of the
matter is, we cannot know the future. If we knew what was going to happen years
from now we might avoid pain, but we might miss other blessings that God has in
our path. </div>
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We are not supposed to look back with regret on the things
we have done wrong or mourn over missed opportunities. We are called to do the
best we can as Christians today and look to the future with Christ as our
guide. We don’t know what the future holds, but we follow the One who does! </div>
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Regret, grief, remorse, and pain of the past will always rob
you of your joy in Christ. We must ask forgiveness for past sins and give them
to God, who washes them away, never to be remembered again. God wants to wipe
the slate clean and give you a new start. Give Him your past, present and
future!</div>
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<div align="center" class="line" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="textheb-10-16"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">This is the covenant I will make with them</i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> <span class="textheb-10-16">after that time,
says the Lord.</span> <span class="textheb-10-16">I will put my laws in their
hearts,</span> <span class="textheb-10-16">and I will write them on their minds. </span><span class="textheb-10-17">Their sins and lawless acts</span> <span class="textheb-10-17">I will remember no more. (Hebrews 10:16-17)</span></i></div>
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</div>AKA Big Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03268933490107556551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129800563763749945.post-18223517532444814942012-06-20T08:46:00.000-04:002012-06-20T08:46:11.638-04:00Saving Bunny<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">None of us can ever save himself; we are the
instruments of one another’s salvation, and only by the hope that we give to
others do we lift ourselves out of the darkness into light.</i> Dean Koontz</div>
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The other day I was driving on the interstate and saw
something that broke my heart. In the middle of the busy highway, there was a
small stuffed animal. My mind went where yours probably just did. Some child
has lost that stuffed animal and will be heartbroken when they realize it. I
wished that I had seen it happen, so I could track them down and return the
animal to the proper owner, but there was nothing I could do. </div>
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I imagined what it would have been like when my children
were younger. They would have cried their hearts out for days. I probably would
have too. </div>
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Imagine you have just gotten off a train. You get your
precious little girl in her stroller, and as you do, her favorite stuffed bunny
falls out and onto the track. Your first instinct is to get it, but you are
warned that another train is coming. You are left with nothing to do but stand
by and watch as your daughter’s favorite stuffed bunny is smashed by the
oncoming train. What do you do? How do you handle it? How will you explain to
the child why you didn’t jump down there and risk your life for her bunny? </div>
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We, like the bunny, are a treasured creation to God. He made
us, formed us, and loves us dearly. However, somehow, we always manage to find
some way to wiggle away from Him, like that small stuffed bunny. When we do, we
find that we have no life, no voice, no movement without Him. We are simply
helpless on the tracks as the train that will destroy us moves closer and
closer. </div>
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We need to be rescued. We cannot rescue ourselves, because
without our Creator, we have no strength. We lie there in the snare that the
enemy has laid for us, and it seems that there is no hope. Psalm 22:1-2 echoes
those emotions that we feel when we are up against a battle we cannot win. “My
God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so
far from my cries of anguish? My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,
by night, but I find no rest.” </div>
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The good news is that God, who knows all and sees all, cares
for us. You see, the illustration I used above really happened. In Boston a mother got off
the train with her little girl. Her bunny fell onto the tracks and the mother
had no idea what to do. However, one of the MBTA workers saw the bunny and
called the oncoming train, which slowed down so the stuffed bunny could be
rescued. The mother was quoted as saying to the Transit Authority, “you really
didn't have to do what you did today, but you have made a little 3-year-old
incredibly happy."</div>
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God cares for you. You are His. He will stop everything to
get to you. He did not eve consider His own Son, too high a price to pay for
your rescue. He loves you dearly. Take rest in knowing that the One who gives
you life, the One who loves you more than you can imagine, the One who gave His
life for yours, will be your rescue!</div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; I will
protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call on me, and I will answer
him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long
life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.” (Psalm 91:14-16)</i></div>
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</div>AKA Big Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03268933490107556551noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129800563763749945.post-6929902183903257792012-04-06T09:54:00.003-04:002012-04-06T09:54:51.067-04:00Reflection<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I am currently reading a biography of Walt Disney, titled, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Walt-Disney-Triumph-American-Imagination/dp/067943822X"><i>Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination</i>, by Neal Gabler</a>. This biography was published in 2006 and is considered to be the definitive portrait of the man whose name is now synonymous with childhood fantasy, imagination, and creativity. In my opinion, Walter Elias Disney was a genius. His vision for not only animation and movies, but also for his amusement parks was incredible. It was incredible on many levels. First of all it was incredible because nobody had done anything like it before, and secondly, because he made it happen.<br />
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That vision was also shared by his wife, Lillian, who in 1987 donated $50 million dollars to a new project to incorporate the arts into the Disney Empire. The money was to fund a new concert hall in Los Angeles, California. This concert hall met with many challenges during its construction, and it was even delayed from 1994 to 1996 due to cost overruns, mismanagement and disagreements over the project's design. Finally, groundbreaking was held in 1999 and the construction was completed in 2003.<br />
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After the construction, additional expenses were incurred to correct a flaw resulting from the design's use of polished concave stainless steel surfaces. Residents of the neighboring condominiums suffered significant glare caused by sunlight that was reflected and concentrated like a curved mirror. The concentrated light made some rooms of nearby condominiums unbearably hot, caused the air-conditioning costs of these residents to sky-rocket, and created hot spots on adjacent sidewalks of as much as 140 degrees Fahrenheit. Employees of the ticket office reported observing melted plastic traffic cones and spontaneous combustion in trash bins.<br />
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After complaints from neighboring buildings and residents the county government stepped in and asked Disney to come up with a solution. Their response was a computer analysis of the building's structure; after the offending surfaces were identified, they were sanded to reduce glare in 2005. As of yet, there have been no further complaints.<br />
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Jesus said, <i>You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.</i> (Matthew 5:14-16 NKJV) So we are to shine our light into the world for all to see, right? So where does that light come from? We have no ability to shine any kind of light into the world, because we cannot generate any light at all. We are only able to reflect the light from The Source of light Jesus Christ.<br />
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There are two things we need to see. First, when we reflect God’s light to others it is even more concentrated than when it is just shining alone. Don’t get me wrong here; I am not saying that we are more powerful than God, or that He cannot shine without
us. I am saying that when someone just hears about God on television or even in church they might understand God’s love. However, if you show them God’s love and they are able to see how it works out in your own life, then that power is concentrated is even more powerful. God’s love is great, but letting God show His love to others through your life is even greater.<br />
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Secondly, we can only reflect light if we are exposed to light. <i>If we walk in the darkness, then we are unable to neither see nor direct others. We are literally the blind leading the blind. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another,
and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin</i>. (1 John 1:6-8)<br />
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My prayer for all of you is that you will be a reflection of God’s love. As you polish and perfect you walk with Him, your reflection will be brighter and more powerful. How wonderful would it be if we all reflected God’s light so much that we were
able to just melt the walls and barriers in our lives like the Disney Concert Hall melted those traffic cones? May God bless you and make your reflection of His light to shine brightly.<br />
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<i>Arise; shine; for your light has come! and the glory of the LORD is risen upon you. For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and deep darkness the people; but the LORD will arise over you, and His glory will be
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</div>AKA Big Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03268933490107556551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129800563763749945.post-37440968612499361362012-01-10T11:14:00.000-05:002012-01-10T11:14:55.019-05:00Phobia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Are you afraid of responsibility? If you are, then you have
hypengyophobia...How about cats? If you're afraid of cats, you have
ailurophasia...Are you afraid of staircases? If you are, then you have
climacaphobia. Maybe you have thalassophobia. This is fear of the ocean, or
gephyrobia, which is the fear of crossing bridges. Or maybe you have
pantophobia. Do you think you have pantophobia?</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Charlie Brown:</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> What's pantophobia?</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lucy:</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
The fear of everything.</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Charlie Brown:</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> THAT'S IT!</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">(</span></i><span style="font-size: 9pt;">From<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> A Charlie Brown Christmas</i>. Charles M
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">All of us are afraid of something.
Fear is a natural response that was wired into us to warn us of danger so we
could avoid it. However, as Lucy describes for us above, there are a lot of
irrational fears. For most of us, fearing staircases is not a problem. On the
other hand, I think there are a lot of people who suffer from hypengyophobia! </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">I read about one this week that
struck me as very odd. Pogonophobia is the fear of beards. I'm sure there must be someone out there who
is afraid of beards, or there would not be a name for this phobia. However, I
have never met anyone who suffers from this particular ailment. I wonder if
those folks are more afraid of full beards than they are, say, a goatee,
mustache, or a simple "soul
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">I imagine life would be difficult
with such a phobia. There are many people out there with facial hair. A person
with this fear would certainly not be able to go to Walmart! I guess they would
be terrified of Santa or ZZTop! </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Anyway, to most of us, this, and many
other fears, are irrational. However, to those who suffer from them, the fear
is real and debilitating. Many times, the fear keeps them from enjoying a great
deal of pleasures in life. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">God, our creator, never meant for us
to live under the weight of fear. While fear in the face of danger makes our
adrenaline surge and gives us the instinct to run or fight, fears like the ones
listed above are not a part of God's plan for us. Many times in scripture
people are told to not fear, but to move ahead with what God has called them to
do. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Bible teaches us to have no fear
when it comes to the things of this world. David wrote, "<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Though I walk through the valley of the
shadow of death, I will fear no evil,for thou art with me.</i>" (Psalm
23:4) We also find David's encouraging words in Psalm 27:1, "<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Lord is my light and my salvation. Whom
shall I fear?</i>" The apostle John reassures us that God's love takes
away fear, "<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">There is no fear in
love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment.
The one who fears is not made perfect in love.</i>" (1 John 4:18)</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Whatever fears you may have, rational
or not, talk to God about them. He doesn't want you to live a life of fear and
dread. Jesus came that we might have a life filled with joy and hope. Give your
fears to Him and rest in the one who is our refuge and strength!</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of
love and of a sound mind. </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></i></div>
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</div>AKA Big Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03268933490107556551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129800563763749945.post-32869946599043058502012-01-05T09:59:00.003-05:002012-01-05T10:01:36.037-05:00Dirty Windows<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I see
my reflection in the window. This window clean inside, dirty on the out.</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 9pt;"> (Rock, Hetfield, Ulrich. 2003)</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Last week I had my truck washed. Notice that I said I
"had" it washed. That means I paid someone to wash it for me. I
didn't do the work myself. Why? Because it was too dirty for me to even try. I would've
had to wash it more than once to get it clean, and I don't have the patience to
do it. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">The reason I finally had it washed was not because it looked dirty
on the outside. Oddly enough, the white of my truck doesn't show dirt too much.
I could have gotten away with not washing it for a while longer. The reason I
gave in and had it washed was the windows. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most of the time, I could see fine through the windshield.
However, when I was driving toward the sun, the glare, through the dirt, was
blinding. I couldn’t see much at all. The same was true when driving at night.
The oncoming headlights or streetlights reflected off the dirty window and made
it tough to see. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I realized the danger in not being able to navigate properly and
paid a guy to wash the truck inside and out. Now I can see clearly, and it is
much nicer to ride in it. I even let my wife ride with me the other day,
without having to clear a spot for her to sit in the passenger seat! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">As I was driving the other morning, the sun was shining brightly
and I could see quite well. I was praying and thanking God for a beautiful
sunrise, when I realized I would not have been able to see it like that a week
before. I thought about how our Christian walk is similar. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most of the time, we don't notice that our view of God is becoming
clouded. It is a gradual thing that happens over time. We skip church a few
times. We forget to read our Bibles. We may even go for weeks without talking
to God. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">When we do this, nothing drastic happens. There are no bolts of
lightning to shake us and remind us to do those things. Therefore, we simply
move on and forget to do them again. Sometimes, it is only when we realize we
are far away from Him, and possibly in danger, that we call on Christ. By then,
our "windows" are filthy and we cannot clean them ourselves. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">The good news is that unlike me having to pay someone to clean my
truck, the price has already been paid. Jesus paid the fee for us with His
life. He gave His life so that we could be clean. He knew that we would always
fail in cleaning our own lives up, so He did it for us. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">If your life is a mess and you can't see what's in front of you,
turn it over to Jesus. He is an expert at cleaning things and making them like
new. Just as I am enjoying driving my clean truck, and am a lot less embarrassed
to allow people to see the inside, you will feel brand new. Let Him clean you
inside and out!</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">For
now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but
then I shall know just as I also am known. (1 Corinthians 13:12)</span></i></div>
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<i style="color: #93c47d;">Merry Christmas! Out upon
merry Christmas! What's Christmas time to you but a time for paying bills
without money; a time for finding yourself a year older, but not an hour
richer; a time for balancing your books and having every item in 'em through a
round dozen of months presented dead against you? If I could work my
will," said Scrooge indignantly, "every idiot who goes about with
'Merry Christmas' on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and
buried with a stake of holly through his heart. He should!</i><span style="color: #93c47d;"> </span><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: 10pt;">(Ebenezer Scrooge from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Christmas Carol</i> by Charles Dickens)</span></div>
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Most of us do not
understand Scrooge’s lack of merriment during Christmas. For us, Christmas is a
warm, cheerful time in which we gather with family and friends, give and
receive gifts, eat too much and sing festive songs. However, it wasn’t always
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The early
celebrations of Christmas were rather somber. There were no festivities. There
was only church, and that consisted of a typical mass. In fact, the name of the
holiday is simply “Christ’s mass.” There were no Christmas carols to sing. The
only songs that spoke of the birth of Jesus were drab. They were only written
in Latin, which was not the common language. Therefore, only the priests could
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All of that changed
forever, in the early 1200’s. Francis of Assisi, was concerned that the common
people were missing out on the joy of celebrating the birth of Christ, because
they only observed it by going to formal worship services. He wanted the people
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Around 1223, Francis
recruited a few people and gathered some animals together for a new project. He
dressed them in Biblical costumes and staged the first nativity scene in a
nearby cave. He then invited the townspeople to come to the cave to view the
depiction of the Savior’s birth. </div>
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About that same
time, Francis also wrote a song for the common people to sing at Christmas.
Instead of the formal melodies they heard at church, he set it to the tune of a
popular song of the day. He called the song a “carol,” which is taken from the
French word for “dancing in a circle.” The word was borrowed from the pagan
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St. Francis wanted people to be joyful and
festive when they celebrate the Lord’s birth. We have Him to thank for making
our Christmas a “merry” time. However, let’s not make the mistake of moving too
far in the other direction. It would be as much of a mistake to get so caught
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Jesus came into this
world as a baby. He left as our Savior. He was born, died and rose from the
dead, that we might have life. That is why we celebrate. That is why we
remember the night of His birth through our nativity scenes. That is why we
sing, “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">O Come All Ye Faithful</i>,” and
other carols. </div>
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remember, so when the decorations come down; when the Christmas songs are no
longer playing on the radio; when all of the gifts have been opened; we will
still have the joy of Christ in our hearts all year long. </div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“I will honour Christmas in my heart, and
try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the
Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out
the lessons that they teach”…“It's Christmas Day!" said Scrooge to
himself. "I haven't missed it.”</i> (Ebenezer Scrooge)</div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For
there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And
this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths,
lying in a manger.” And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the
heavenly host praising God and saying “Glory to God in the highest, and on
earth peace, goodwill toward men!”</i></div>
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</div>AKA Big Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03268933490107556551noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129800563763749945.post-48183176468949876772011-11-30T15:08:00.001-05:002011-11-30T15:22:24.270-05:00Nothing is Little to God!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">We hear the Christmas angels, the great glad tidings tell, </i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">O come to us, abide with us, Our Lord Emmanuel!</i></div>
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Phil was a young minister who was serving a church in Philadelphia. He was well
liked by his church for his wonderful sermons and kind, moral spirit. He was an
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After serving the church in Philadelphia
for several years, he took a lengthy vacation to Europe and the Holy Land. While he was in Palestine
during the week of Christmas, he wrote the following, “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">After an early dinner, we took our horses and rode to Bethlehem. It was only about two hours when
we came to the town, situated on an eastern ridge of a range of hills,
surrounded by its terraced gardens. It is a good-looking town, better built than
any other we have seen in Palestine.
Before dark, we rode out of town to the field, where they say the shepherds saw
the star. Somewhere in those fields we rode through, the shepherds must have
been. As we passed, the shepherds were still 'keeping watch over their flocks.’</i>”</div>
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Can you imagine the thrill of being in that field during
Christmas? It thrilled Phil. The images of being in that field at nighttime,
during Christmas, made a huge impression on him. He never forgot the images and
emotions of that night as he looked from the darkness of the field to the
lights of the city of Bethlehem.
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Several years later, Phil wrote a poem that he intended to
be sung for the children in his Sunday School during Christmas. One Friday, he
gave the poem to Lewis Redner, his minister of music, and asked him to set it
to music by the following Sunday. Lewis tried all day Friday and Saturday, but
nothing felt right. Lewis was stuck, and they were to practice the song the
next day. He went to bed, still unsure of the tune. Lewis wrote of that night,
“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I was roused from sleep late in the
night hearing an angel-strain whispering in my ear, and seizing a piece of
music paper I jotted down the treble of the tune as we now have it, and on
Sunday morning before going to church I filled in the harmony</i>.”</div>
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thought the song would ever be played after that Sunday. They were very wrong.
That was 143 Christmases ago, and the two men’s composition, “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">O Little Town of Bethlehem</i>,” is still
sung today. Phil, who is better known as Phillips Brooks, went on to become one
of the most famous preachers in the nation in his day. In fact, there is a statue
of him outside Trinity Church in the Back Bay area of Boston.</div>
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So many times, we think that our contribution to the world
is small. We think that very few, if any, will ever be affected by our efforts
to share Christ. However, we must remember that something small in our hands,
becomes incredibly powerful in God’s. </div>
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Jesus didn’t appear on earth riding in a royal caravan with
an entourage. He came in a very small, seemingly helpless package. He also
didn’t send messengers to announce His arrival in the great city of Jerusalem, which was the
hub of politics and religion in those years. His arrival was only noted to a
few humble shepherds in a field, who were simply doing their jobs. Even the
city of His birth was small compared to where one would expect a king to be
born. </div>
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If God can use a baby, a small town, a stable, and some
shepherds to accomplish His plan of salvation, then He can use whatever you
have. If you give Him your all, He will use it to do wonderful and powerful
things for His Kingdom, even if you never know it’s happening. </div>
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Our job is to simply be available and obey, not to guess
what God can or cannot use. Phillips Brooks and Lewis Redner had no idea how God would use
their song to bring future generations back to Bethlehem where the Savior was born one holy
night, many years ago. We, also, never know how God can use us, until we let
Him. </div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">O little town of Bethlehem, How
still we see thee lie.<br />
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep, The silent stars go by.<br />
Yet in thy dark streets shineth, The everlasting Light.<br />
The hopes and fears of all the years, Are met in thee tonight</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">But you, <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Bethlehem</span>
Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah,
out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose
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</div>AKA Big Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03268933490107556551noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129800563763749945.post-69075971258654604312011-11-22T09:15:00.001-05:002011-11-22T09:16:17.707-05:00Thanksgiving<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We are headed full-steam into the holiday season, whether we
are ready for it or not! Usually, I am bothered by the encroachment of
Christmas upon the observance of Thanksgiving, but this year, I’m a little
calmer about it. I am not only open to hearing Christmas music, seeing the
Christmas decorations in the stores, and Christmas commercials on television, I
am embracing it!</div>
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However, before I start singing Silent Night, too soon,
let’s be sure to enjoy Thanksgiving and what it means. If you asked a group of
people what the day means to them, they might give you responses like, “It’s
about thanking God for all we have.” Or “It’s about family and friends.” Or,
“It’s all about the food!” </div>
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While most of us are aware of the fact that the day is set
aside to give thanks for all that God has blessed us with, for many, the food
is the highlight! I remember the first Thanksgiving that my wife and I shared
in our first house. We had lived in an apartment for a couple of years, before
purchasing a home that would accommodate a Thanksgiving celebration. </div>
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Thanksgiving. We knew it would be a little crammed, but we were sure we could
pull it off. As she prepared the meal, I remember her calling her mother
several times to ask how to make this or that. My wife cooked the food, but
with a little instruction from her mother. </div>
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I recently read a funny story that reminded me of that
Thanksgiving. In the tale, a couple who was celebrating their first
Thanksgiving together had planned on having ham. The young wife sent her
husband to the store to pick one up. Upon his return, she asked why he didn’t
have the butcher cut the ends off the ham. He asked why he should have. She
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cooking ham, so he cut the ends off for her. It happened that the wife’s mother
was visiting for Thanksgiving. The young man couldn’t help himself, so he asked
his mother-in-law why she cut the ends off of her ham. She replied that she
didn’t know, but that her mother always did it. </div>
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The young man was on a mission at this point. He called his
wife’s grandmother, and asked her why she cut the ends off her ham. She said, “Oh,
I always cut the ends off my ham, because my roaster was too small back then to
cook a ham in one piece.”</div>
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We like to follow traditions. Traditions make us comfortable
and secure. However, there are many “traditions” that we follow and have no
idea why. I was visiting a church some time back that had an old tin can
underneath the altar. When I asked what that was for, no one knew, but quickly
told me not to move it, because it had “always been there.”</div>
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Christ never called us to follow “religion” blindly. He
urges us to know why we believe what we believe. When we are asked why we
believe in Christ, we cannot reply, “Because I always have,” or “That’s what I
was taught.” Jesus wants to be so much more to us than just a “belief” or a bit
of knowledge. He desires a relationship with us. </div>
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His life down to provide a way to make us worthy of that relationship. Then, He
chooses to bless us with all of the goodness that we have in our lives. Because
He lives, we live. </div>
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This Thanksgiving, observe the “traditions’ and enjoy the
time with friends and family. Do not, however, forget to give thanks to the One
who loves you. Give Him more than just a short prayer over your feast. Give Him
your life and friendship. Get to know Him and stop going through the motions of
following blindly. </div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Make
a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. Serve the LORD with gladness: come
before his presence with singing. Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he
that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of
his pasture. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with
praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the LORD is good; his
mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations. (Psalm 100)</i></div>
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</div>AKA Big Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03268933490107556551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129800563763749945.post-48780771027520009622011-10-18T10:45:00.001-04:002011-10-18T10:45:49.100-04:00The Maze<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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week, I heard <a href="http://www.wafj.com/staff/john-bryant">John</a> and <a href="http://www.wafj.com/staff/cleve-walker">Cleve</a> on <a href="http://www.wafj.com/">WAFJ</a>, talking about local fun things to do. One
of the items they mentioned was <a href="http://www.kackleberryfarm.com/">Kackleberry Farm</a> in Louisville, GA. This time
of year, they have a pumpkin patch, hayrides, and lots of other attractions,
including a corn maze. When they mentioned the corn maze, I immediately thought
of my family's summer vacation about three years ago. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://mazemaniasc.com/">This is the maze in Garden City, SC</a></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
were staying at Pawley's Island, which is just south of Murrell's Inlet near
Myrtle Beach. One afternoon, we were driving north to have some fun at Broadway
at the Beach. As we traveled through
Garden City, my wife spotted a maze made out of wood fencing, which looked to
be about eight feet high. </span></div>
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seen it there for years, but it never occurred to me that it would be fun. She
and the kids, however, thought it would be great. I gave in, and we planned to
stop there on our way back. </span></div>
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navigate that maze with no problem. My wife took our oldest, who was seven at
the time, and I set out with our youngest, who was three. </span></div>
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first, it was fun. I managed to get to the back of the maze, where there was a
marker to let you know you had reached the halfway point. However, by that
time, my daughter was whiny and tired. I also think she was concerned that we
might not get out. Frankly, that thought began to work its way into my mind as
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Apparently,
I am not the only one who doesn't do well with those things. A few days ago, in
Danvers, Massachusetts, a man with his wife and two children decided to tackle
a corn maze. The maze boasts pathways that are seven miles long, and averages
an hour to navigate. For this family, the fun turned into a nightmare. They
were hopelessly lost, and were dealing with their youngest child who is three
weeks old. Things got worse when they realized the sun was setting and the
folks at the farm had closed up and gone home without checking to see if anyone
was still in the maze. </span></div>
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they had a cell phone. They called 911. In about 10 minutes the police showed
up along with a dog to help sniff them out. They were rescued, only to find out
they were only about 25 feet from the exit. </span></div>
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examples are perfect illustrations of how we get pulled into sin. Most of the
time, sin looks like fun at first. We either think it will be pleasurable and
think we are smart enough to handle it. We enter in, like innocent lambs,
simply looking for excitement or entertainment. At first, it may actually be
amusing. However, we wander in deeper and deeper until one day we realize we
have no idea how to get out. </span></div>
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seems the harder we try, the worse it gets. We look around for clues or try new
strategies, but we find ourselves back down the same paths again and again.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">For
those who do not know Christ, the quest for freedom from sin is hopeless. They
will always fall into despair. For the believer, we know we can call on God to
rescue us. The problem is that we are embarrassed to acknowledge that we can't
find our way out. So, we wander until we swallow our pride and ask Him for
help.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Yes,
I got out of the maze at the beach, but not until some kind people on the
observation deck began shouting directions to me. I needed help, and felt
humiliated. However, the feeling of humiliation faded quickly as it gave in to
the relief of freedom. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sin
gets us mixed up. Satan wants us to be confused and embarrassed to ask for
help. Put aside those feelings of pride and come to the Father, who will pull
you out of the maze of sinfulness, wrap you in His arms and speak peace into
your life. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">By
the way, that was my last venture into a maze. Forever!</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I will bring the
blind by a way they did not know; I will lead them in paths they have not
known. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight.
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</div>AKA Big Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03268933490107556551noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129800563763749945.post-11443064424922091982011-10-04T14:49:00.001-04:002011-10-04T14:51:52.722-04:00The Mess We Make<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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years of being in denial, I have come to terms with an ugly truth about myself.
I have a problem that I have had for most of my adult life, that I cannot seem
to shake. It affects my job, my leisure time, my family, and some of my
friendships. I feel a bit hopeless in this issue, because as of yet, I have
found no remedy or way out. What's this terrible problem that I battle? Here's
my confession. I am...a messy person. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">There,
I've admitted it! Isn't that the first step to recovery? Perhaps. If my wife
wasn't around to "inspire" me to pick things up and put them where
they belong, I could go for a long time without picking up. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I'm
not as bad as I once was. These days, I can't stand to see dirty dishes in the
sink and clothes lying around bothers me. However, I still have this problem.</span></div>
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truck is the place where I have the worst problem. When I wash it, clean out
the interior, and vacuum it out, I vow to never let it get in that shape again.
It stays that way for about a week. In a very short amount of time, I'm right
back in the bad habits again. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Do
you ever feel like your life is like that? You work hard to get things
organized into neat compartments. You know when all of the bills are coming
due, you're ahead at work or school, you have written everything down on your
calendar, and you're pretty proud. Life seems nice and orderly. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">However,
life doesn't play fair. Maybe you forgot to pay a bill, or some expense arises
that you didn't plan on. You have a few interruptions at work or school and suddenly
you're behind. Your schedule has some overlap that you didn't notice before,
and you have to be three places at the same time. What do you do? </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Some
people roll their sleeves up and start trying to work at organizing better.
Some people panic and become a flurry of activity. Some people shut down and
feel hopeless, and as a result, give up and do nothing. </span></div>
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have found an interesting correlation that has eerily proven true over and over
again for me. I would venture to say that it is true for you also. Here it is.
The more chaotic and messy my life seems to be, the further I am from my walk
with God. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">When
things seem to be crashing down on you and you feel hopeless, take some time to
consider your spiritual health. Instead of working yourself into a frenzy
trying to keep up, spend some time with your Maker. Ask Him to help you
prioritize, and make Him the top priority. Our Creator is not a God of chaos.
He is very orderly. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I am
teaching a 4-week class on Genesis, at the Edgefield Baptist Association. On
Monday, we discussed the creation. If you study the accoutrements, you will
find that God created everything in the order needed. He created day and night
and began the spin of the Earth. Then He created the atmosphere to hold in the
oxygen and material that living things would need to survive. After that, He
created plant life. Plants need the sun to live, so He created it next. Since
the plants were in place to give the animals something to eat, He created them
last. This is a wonderful example of how orderly God is!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">In 1
Corinthians 14, Paul is writing to the church at Corinth. They were very confused and chaotic
in their worship. Some said that one way of doing things was right, and others
held on to the opposite belief. As a result, not much was getting done for the
Kingdom, because their whole church was "messy." Paul tells them in
verse 33, "<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">For God is not the author
of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints." </i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
only times in the Bible where God allows confusion is to either confuse the
enemy so that His people could be victorious, or to teach His children a
lesson. By allowing confusion and chaos, He is hopeful that they will turn to
Him and give their confused lives completely over to Him.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Maybe
that is the case with you today. Perhaps your life is a bit out of control and
you're not sure how to begin calming it down. Start by going to the One who
made you, and asking Him to take over. After all, you're not doing such a good
job, are you? Slow down a bit. Trying to work harder at it, only brings further
disappointment. Ignore the chaos for a while and sit down beside your Father,
bring Him your brokenness, and ask forgiveness for forsaking Him. He'll help
you put the pieces back together and bless you with a "sound mind."</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Be still, and know that I am God; I will be
exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! The LORD of hosts is
with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge.
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AKA Big Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03268933490107556551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129800563763749945.post-80816581924696993122011-09-16T12:05:00.000-04:002011-09-16T12:05:38.252-04:00Mistakes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mistakes
are made by most everything on earth. Humans are especially susceptible to
mistakes, since we probably reason better than most animals. Mistakes are going
to happen and we all should be ready to admit when we have made one. </span></div>
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make mistakes all the time. Sometimes I forget things, do them incorrectly, or
hurt others feelings. If you were in the worship service Sunday, you know I
made a huge mistake. As I was preparing everyone for the time of response at
the end of the message, I intended to call Matt, our interim Minister of Music,
to the platform to lead us in the hymn of response. However, instead of calling
"Matt," I called him by the name of our former Associate Pastor. Not
only did I make a mistake, but I made it publicly and did it with something
that was so obvious! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
don't embarrass easily. There's not much that rattles me. I have made mistakes
from the pulpit before and was able to salvage them. This time, it took me a
minute to get myself together and I was thoroughly embarrassed. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">The unfortunate
thing about our mistakes is that we usually leave behind an impression. The
impression might be good or it might be bad, but we always make an impression.
The impression that I may have left is that I wasn't paying attention or was
being careless. Maybe you simply regarded it for what it was, an innocent
error. Regardless of your position, I left behind an impression. </span></div>
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read an article, some time ago, about an owl that accidentally flew into a
window in Leicestershire, England. During the night, Nancy and Ray Pearce were
sleeping soundly. When they awoke, there was a perfect imprint of an owl on
their patio door. It seems that the owl had flown into the glass door during
the night. When he slammed into the glass, there was an explosion of “powder
down” which is produced by an owl's feathers. This produced a perfect picture
of the owl in mid-flight right down to the beak, eyes, and ears. "It's incredible," said Mr. Pearce.
"The imprint really captured what the owl looks like.” </span></div>
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probably shook his head after he crashed into the door and took a long look
around to see who was watching. After making sure that none of his owl friends
saw the fiasco, he flew off confident that nobody would be making fun of him
down at the owl lodge later. Little did he know that he left behind a perfect
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sometimes
the mistakes that we make in our walk with God are public for everyone to see.
Those are easy to atone for. We know that everyone knows of our error, we ask
forgiveness and move on. But what about the mistakes we make when there's no
one around? What do we do then? Do we simply look around to see if anyone saw
us and then fly off confident in our self-centered thought that we hurt nobody
but ourselves?</span></div>
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mistakes leave an impression on others whether we know it or not. Even if we do
seem to be able to get away from our wrongdoing in private, God still sees and
knows. Cain literally thought he got away with murder when he wiped out a
fourth of the population one afternoon. However, God knew that Cain had killed
his brother. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“His eyes are on the ways of
men; He sees their every step. There is no dark place, no deep shadow, where
evildoers can hide.” (Job 34:21-22)</i></span></div>
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good news to all of this is that what God sees and knows, he also forgives.
This is not just a lip service kind of forgiveness like our human variety. It
is an all encompassing, thorough, completely liberating, forgiveness. Psalm 103:12 reads <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our
transgressions from us”. </i></span></div>
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you think you have made mistakes that nobody else knew about. Maybe you have
carried that guilt around like a wet blanket because you feel that you cannot
tell anyone about your secret mistake. You can be free from that guilt, because
God has seen your every step and still loves you. He will forgive, if you will
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AKA Big Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03268933490107556551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129800563763749945.post-37041278409232159982011-09-03T11:55:00.000-04:002011-09-03T11:59:03.156-04:00Walk This Way<div style="text-align: left;">As a pastor, I am in the hospitals and nursing homes a great deal. I have visited church members and family of church members in Edgefield, Columbia, Augusta, Charleston, Greenwood, Aiken, and Greenville. In most of these, I don't even need directions to the rooms anymore. Some of these institutions are very esay to navigate, while others are like a maze. </div><div>
<br /></div><div>University Hospital in Augusta is one of the easiest to find places in. The sections are color coded and clearly marked. Even the rooms on each floor are arranged so that the higher numbered ones are to the right of the nurses station and the lower ones are to the left. </div><div>
<br /></div><div>I remember visiting one family whose three-year-old was having survery at MUSC in Charleston. I left very early to get there before the child's appointed surgery time. I arrived at the hospital in time. I went to the information desk and gave the attendant the name of the patient. She told me where he was, and gave what seemed like clear directions to the waiting area. </div><div>
<br /></div><div>I thought I had followed the directions to the letter, but wound up at a dead end. I turned around, wound around another corridor, and found a nurses station. I asked for more directions. They told me I was in a completely different area, and told me how to get to the correct place. I walked a long way, but found a place that looked right. Of course, it was the wrong place. By this time, I was feeling rather silly and frustrated. A nurse at an information desk told me that I was close, and told me how to get to the correct area. Again, I could not find it. </div><div>
<br /></div><div>Finally, I asked once more and a kind nurse sensed my frustration. She got up from her desk and said, "Come with me. I'll take you there." I was relieved until SHE got lost too! However, by this time, we both had a good laugh and found the family together. </div><div>
<br /></div><div>In John 14, Jesus is telling His disciples that His time in this world is coming to a close. He tries to comfort them by telling about this wonderful place where He is going. Not only is He going there, but He said, "My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going.”</div><div>
<br /></div><div>That sounded wonderful to all of them, except Thomas. Thomas gets a bad reputation sometimes, and is even called "doubting Thomas." However, I like Thomas. He usually asks the questions I, and many of you, would ask. Thomas pipes up and says, "Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?” </div><div>
<br /></div><div>How many of us could find our wy to Heaven yourselves? No one can. In fact, Adam and Eve were in Paradise and still lost their way! When we try to find Paradise alone, we are no better off than I was at MUSC in Charleston. We get directions from the world like, "look out for number one," "think positively," and "you can do anything if you set your mind to it and work hard enough." We set out with that kind of thinking and believe we're on the right path, only to find a dead end or end up where we started. </div><div>
<br /></div><div>Jesus' reply back to Thomas is wonderful. Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." That statement is the heart of the Gospel. We couldn't find our way to God, so He sent Jesus to SHOW us the way! Like the nurse that helped me, God got up from His throne and became one of us to show us the way to Him.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>Remember that you cannot navigate this world on your own. You will mess things up and get yourself turned around and lost. Asking Christ to lead you and following Him exclusively is the only way to God and Heaven. Give your life wholly to Him, and follow where He leads!</div><div>
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'd rather see a sermon, than hear one any day;</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'd rather one should walk with me, than merely tell the way.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The eye's a better pupil and more willing than the ear,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Fine counsel is confusing, but example's always clear;</div><div style="text-align: center;">And the best of all preachers are the men who live their creeds,</div><div style="text-align: center;">For to see good put in action is what everybody needs.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I soon can learn to do it if you'll let me see it done;</div><div style="text-align: center;">I can watch your hands in action, but your tongue too fast may run.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And the lecture you deliver may be very wise and true,</div><div style="text-align: center;">But I'd rather get my lessons by observing what you do;</div><div style="text-align: center;">For I might misunderstand you and the high advice you give,</div><div style="text-align: center;">But there's no misunderstanding how you act and how you live.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Edgar A Guest</div><div>
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<br /></div>AKA Big Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03268933490107556551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129800563763749945.post-35033421960395033392011-08-23T11:42:00.002-04:002011-08-23T11:43:59.710-04:00Road Trip<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-GB"></span></i></p><blockquote><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" lang="EN-GB">I've been locked up in this crazy world. How far is Heaven? I'll just keep on praying, Lord and just keep on living. How far is Heaven? Lord can you tell me?</span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" lang="EN-GB">(Henry, Jojo, and Ringo Garza. 2004)</span></i></blockquote><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-GB"></span></i><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-GB">With kids back in school and most summer vacations over, we are mostly left with souvenirs, pictures, stories and memories from the last few months. It seems that my family has been away more than we've been home this summer. I have been to Camp McCall, the beach, the mountains, the lake, and visiting family and friends. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-GB">Living in Edgefield for six years, I have realized that our town isn't really close to anything! Most of the places we have been, take anywhere from two to four hours. That's a lot of driving time. When you factor in my travels to Augusta, Aiken, Columbia, and Greenville for visits and meetings, I sometimes feel like I live in a vehicle. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-GB">Most people do things during a longer drive to pass the time. Some listen to music or talk radio, many listen to CDs, (I still have some great cassettes I listen to!) audio books, and still others like to chat on their cell phones. Kids who are riding will read, color, draw, play video games, or watch DVDs. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-GB">The age-old question from kids, and sometimes parents, is "Are we there yet?" Fortunately, there are ways to tell how much longer the trip will take. If you are on the interstate, there are mile markers. On more familiar rural roads, there are landmarks that help you estimate time and distance to the destination. If you have a GPS, it can be programmed to actually tell you what time you will arrive at your destination. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-GB">If you are traveling a long distance and do not have anything to guide you, it's easy to get discouraged and frustrated. It will seem that you will never get where you are going and you might even get lost or think you are. The reason is that when we are driving, we are only focused on the destination. The journey is simply a way to get there. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-GB">One of the problems we have in our Christian journey is that we apply the same logic to it. For the Christian, we know the destination is Heaven. That is our true home and final destination. However, we have no idea when we will get there, nor do we have any landmarks, mile markers, or GPS units to tell us our arrival time. Since we have no idea how far away from Heaven we really are, we get frustrated and weary from the journey. When this happens, we begin to do things to pass the time. We seek distractions and diversions from the grind of our travels, with entertainment and fun. Sometimes the distractions are not necessarily bad. There are certainly ways to have fun that are Godly. However, sometimes the distractions are not. These are poison and can cause us to not only get lost on our journey, but also make us lose the focus of our destination.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-GB">What should we deduce from this? Yes, God wants us to focus on our final destination, but He also intends for us to make the most of the journey. Our Christian walk, in this world, should be filled with working for Him. We should spend our time here growing closer to Jesus Christ, learning how to live a more Godly life, and showing others, who are lost, the way to Heaven.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-GB">While we cannot know how much longer our journey on Earth will take, we can have some guidance while we travel. God has given us His Word as a road-map, the Holy Spirit as a guide, and fellow Christians as encouragers. Therefore, make the most of your travels on this earth, and enjoy the trip!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-GB"></span></i></p><blockquote><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness; it will be for those who walk on that Way. The unclean will not journey on it; wicked fools will not go about on it. No lion will be there, nor any ravenous beast; they will not be found there. But only the redeemed will walk there, and those the LORD has rescued will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.<span style=""> </span>(Isaiah 35:8-10)</i></blockquote><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> AKA Big Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03268933490107556551noreply@blogger.com0