10.30.2003

You know it is real easy when you are tired, or have a lot of things going on to get mad at your wife or upset for no reason. A friend here at work introduced me to a saying called HALT. Hungry Angery Lonely Tired. When you are these things, then you are attacked. I was tired today, which lead to stupid anger, not rage anger but just stupid little huff and puff anger over something trivial. I got a little mad at my wife, or not even mad, but just upset. Being a baby really, so I of course said I was sorry, but then on my way into work and still right now I have been thinking about it.

It is one of my things that I need to work on because I want to spend the moments that God has given me and Amy together to be happy ones. I know we are limited with our time together and on earth so I want those moments that I am blessed with to be one's that are good moments that we both want to cherish.

Now I have no thoughts of being perfect I know I am not. I know that from time to time we will fight and get upset at each other, I just pray to God for patience and for guideance so when such times happen we can get past them quickly like we did tonight and enjoy being around each other all the time! I mean I am so thankful for my wife, so is the best in the world and takes such good care of our daughter and me. I am truly blessed with her and my daughter, I mean I try everday day to put God first, and then my wife and daughter right after that. Those things are the only things I live for now, God and then my family.

So if anyone is reading this, and ou recently had a fight with someone you love over something stupid or not even a fight but was just acting stupid, just remember no one is perfect and always hug, kiss and tell them how much you love them!

Thank you God for the convictions you have given me and the time that you have given me to spend with my family!

May God bless us all!

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10.28.2003

Well I just registered. I have registered forgivable.net. It is the new project of mine to try and use my skills so that I can help spread the word of God and help others better understand God and themselves.

This was inspired by a co-worker of mine. I have been praying about out, and even ask God show me a good name for the website. The web site name came out of the topic of tonights session with God. That topic is I am forgivable. This was sprung from the topic of the unforgivable sin and my own fear of not knowing that that meant and if it applied to me.

Thank you God! Please guide me in this and I hope and pray that this tool can be used for the better of others, the spreading of your word!
May God bless us all!

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I am really trying to find the best way to start this, and in doing so I am just writting what comes to mind. Tonight was great. During shift change, Dell, Tim and I had a great little session with God. What started it all was Tim bringing up something that for the longest was afraid to bring up or even look into. That is what Jesus stated: The unforgivable sin.

The first time I cam across this about 2 years ago now or maybe even a little more I was scared. I feared that I had commited such a sin. In Matthew 12:30-32 it talks about the unforgivable sin. It goes:


"He who is not with me is against me,
and he who does not gather with me scatters.
And so I tell you, every sin and blasphemy
will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy
against the Spirit will not be forgiven. Anyone
who speaks a word against the Son of Man
will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks
against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven,
either in this age or in the age to come."



When Tim brought this up tonight cold chills went down my spine. Reason why is because this has been something I have avoided for quite some time. The first time I read this I was so afraid that I really started crying. Then I was able to study more and more and understand better that God did not send his one and only son into the world to condem it, but to save it.

Still I neer really studied this verse because I did not even want such a though to enter my head as to have done something that God would not forgive. Apparently the time had come for me to face the music, face this fear of mine which in turn most likely has kept me in some ways from not growing closer to God or to a better understanding of God's word.

Tim started this session out and we all found on the web and in our bibles the verse. We read it, and then looked up the meaning for blasphemy.

Now when we looked this up we found that the word and phrase to us "Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit" means to not have God in your life. To not accept God, or the ways of the gospel or God in your life. To turn away from the Holy Spirit over and over again until your time is up. This really fed me spirtually tonight becasue for the longest I had a problem of even reading that part of the scripture. Just the thought of doing something that would not be forgivable by God just put me into tears and made me sick.
Thanks to God, that burden has been put to rest tonight. And after reviewing this again I went back to dictionary.com and looked up blasphemy again. At the bottom of the page it even talks about what was given to Dell, Tim and I. It states what God sent to us, which furthers my joy in this to know that God sent that understanding to us. From the website dictionary.com:

"blasphemy
In the sense of speaking evil of God this word is found in Ps. 74:18; Isa. 52:5;
Rom. 2:24; Rev. 13:1, 6; 16:9, 11, 21. It denotes also any kind of calumny, or
evil-speaking, or abuse (1 Kings 21:10; Acts 13:45; 18:6, etc.). Our Lord was
accused of blasphemy when he claimed to be the Son of God (Matt. 26:65; comp.
Matt. 9:3; Mark 2:7). They who deny his Messiahship blaspheme Jesus (Luke
22:65; John 10:36). Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost (Matt. 12:31, 32; Mark
3:28, 29; Luke 12:10) is regarded by some as a continued and obstinate
rejection of the gospel, and hence is an unpardonable sin, simply because as
long as a sinner remains in unbelief he voluntarily excludes himself from
pardon.
Others regard the expression as designating the sin of attributing to
the power of Satan those miracles which Christ performed, or generally those
works which are the result of the Spirit's agency."


What a wonder God! I mean I am blessed beyond human measure and hope and pray that every day I can become better and better in living for God, and then my family!
Thank you God, thank you for all the things in my life!

May God bless us all!

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10.27.2003

Well I have had a wonderful weekend. I got to spend a lot of time with my family, and a lot of alone time with my wife Amy. It is good to have time alone, to have some down time. I know that a lot of weekends are crazy and hetic, but this past one was a true blessing. But with this also comes some bad news. I am not suppose to say anything about this, so I want mention details, other that there could be some bad news for one of Amy's family members. I have already prayed about this, and well I know it is a heavy burden to bear.

I have been thinking about this since I found out, and when I thought about what to read the first thing that popped into my head was Matthew 6:25-34


"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about
your ife, what you will eat or drink; or about
your body, what you will wear. Is not life more
important than food, and the body more important
than clothes? Look at the birds of the
air; they do not sow or reap or store away
in barns, and yet your heavvenly Father feeds
them. Are you notmuch more valuable than
they? Who of you by worrying can add a
single hour to his life?
And why do you worry about clothes?
See how the lilies of the field grow. They do
not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even
Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like
one of these. If that is how God clothes the
grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow
is thrown into fire, will he not
much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?'
or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we
wear?' For the pagans run after all these
things, and your heavenly Father knows that
you need them. But seek first his kingdom
and his righteousness, and all these things will
be given to you as well. Therefore do not
worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry
about itself. Each day has enough trouble of
its own."



This really speaks a lot to me. Telling me to trust in God, to trust in the Lord and no worries can touch me or burden me for God controls the destiny of all! So I take comfort in my Fear of God, in God's love, and knowing that God has control of all. So I pray for the situation at had and trust that whatever happens God is in control.

May God bless us all!

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10.23.2003

Tonight was a very interesting night. A few of us at work where able to make some time and sit down and have a little church session. God blesses us with such times every once in a while and everyone here took the time to join in. Tonights thoughts and focus was geared towards 'Once saved always saved.' The in-dept session went from one person to the next sharing their idea's, beliefs, and thoughts on the subject. Some very intersting and deep thought was put forth and what we all came to agree upon (for the most part) was that once your are 'truly' saved then you are saved forever.

Being saved though does not mean that you can't do evil. Being saved means you will be with Jesus when the end time comes. Also onced you are saved and then you commint Sin, conviction is placed upon your heart and saddness will follow you. A good point made by one of my fellow workers is that you cn tell if someone truly believes and is saved by when they sin they get sad. Someone that is living in sin and enjoying it is the one that most likely is not saved. Again I must speak here and say that being saved is something that is shared between the person and God only. And only God and that person know if they are truly saved.

I know many times in my life God has given me many, many chances. I am so blessed with many things, and God has truly showed his lvoe to me. I hope and pray that each day I can get better and better and use my time on this earth to serve God and my family. I know I am not perfect, and I know that at best unless things are directly sent from God then at best I am guessing correct things about life.

Currently I know one of the things I am facing is a new marriage, this is a wonderful thing, but I still have concerns because I want to make sure that I can provide for my family. I know all I need to do is trust in God, but still the human side of me worries from time to time. I have no conern about my wife or daughter though! They are loving and wonderful and love God and accept God like I do.

To end this rant, I know I have a lot to learn and I have a long way to go! I just truly want to really work with God daily and truly do God's good will!

May God bless us all!

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10.22.2003

Tonight I want to go back to the gospels. When I redeaciated myself to God I started back by reading and really studying the gospels. I know one of my goals is to try and learn more and more the teachings of God the Son (Jesus Christ) and to apply those teachings each day of my life.

The parable I want to focus on tonight is about 'Treasures in Heaven'. I am refering of coruse to Matthew 6:19-24. It states:


"Do not store up for yourselves treasures
on earth, where moth and rust destory, and
where thieves break in and steal. But store
up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where
moth and rust do not destroy, and where
thieves do not break in and steal. For
where your treasure is, there your heart will
be also.
The eye is the lamp of the body. If your
eyes are good, your whole body will be full of
light. But if your eyes are bad, your whole
body will be full of darkness. If then the light
within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
No one can server two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will
be devoted to the one and despise the other
You cannot serve both God and money."


Now this passage of verse's is very powerful to me. You see for the longest I prayed and sought after how I could store treasures for myself in heaven instead of here on earth. I studied this, and prayed for God to show me how this could be done. What has come to me on this, is that what we are focused on is what we will be geared towards. What gives this away is Jesus talks about our eyes are the lamp to the body. So if our eye's are fixed on the good things, on God, then so our body will be filled with the light of good and of God. But if our eye's are fixed on matieral things, money, and things of this world then our body will be filled with the darkness that goes hand in hand with such things.

Now this point when I first understood it a little scared me. Because, I thought that I could not 'have' such things, but I believe the point to be we should not worry over such things, or desire over such things, because if we put God first then all things that we need will be given to us.

Another point on this goes bacl to my pray for God to guide me in how to store up treasures in heaven. So I have come to this conslusion. Fear God, learn to listen to God, focus on doing God's goodwill, God will then find pleasure in us and then the treasures of our good deeds will be rewarded with treasures stored for us in heaven. It comes to I can not store treasures in heaven for myself, but God has to store them there for me. So based on my focus, my deeds, are how God stores treasures in heaven for me.

Well that is about it for tonight! May God bless us all! And I want to thank you God for this wonderful day here on earth and all the blessings that you have given me!

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10.21.2003

Over the past few weeks, either my wife or I or both of us have had the following passage read to us in some form or fashion. It was part of our wedding vows, and I think it is God working through people to remind me and her that no matter what we face, always recall the following:


"Love is patient, love is kind. it does not
envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is
not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily
angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love
does not delight in evil but rejoices with the
truth. It always protects, always trusts, always
hopes, always perseveres."


It comes from 1 corinthians 13:4-7. Paul was a very deep man, he really understood love. I think too, that kind of understanding is really not ever possed or owned by humans, but rather sent down and borrowed for a little while! :-)
At any rate, it is wonderful. I have had this read to me, my wife and I were blessed by a nice lady with this, and a friend has emailed it to me. Also this passage was at the core of a long "church" session with a fellow co-worker last night.

God is truly wonderful, and I am truly blessed to have the things that he has given me! Thank you God!
May God bless us all!

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10.20.2003

He Lives Is biblerama.com's lotw for the week of 10/19/03. This is a great blog, written by a nuclear physicist. His blog states this: "Reformed viewpoint of a nuclear physicist."

Great website, please check it out. In depth studies!

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10.19.2003

Wow! Past two weeks have been crazy for me. Getting married, moving in, moving out, monving this, moving that!!!! I mean wow! And the past two weeks just flew by!!!

Unreal! But I tell you God knows how to bring you back around and slow things down. God knows how to bring things "back around".
There where moments all through the past two weeks. Loving wonderful moments that came from my wife, my daughter and my family. One that brought me back home, brought things back to where they need to be happened tonight. I was leaving work, having to work thrids this week, and my daughter kept hugging me, kissing me etc. Kept making excuses to keep me there, kiss on me, tell me she loves me.
Me and my wife, we do this little hand single that means "I love you". It is just something we do in order to tell each other that when we are in seprate cars, walking away for the day to go to work, etc.

Well my daughter did it tonight as I drove off while my wife held her smiling at the window. God truly is great and has blessed me with those two. I pray and hope every day that I can improve on who I am, put God first and live for my family second!

Thank you God! Thank you Jesus! Thank you Holy Spirit! In your name I give thanks and praise for all things that have been given to me. And if I am given another day on this earth I pray that I can use it to serve you, put you First, and live for my family!

God is truly wonderful!

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10.17.2003

Well today is friday. Tomorrow and 4 o'clock Amy and I will have been married for one full week. It is so wonderful waking up and going to sleep beside my best friend. I am truly blessed beyond my desires and wants with her. God is truly wonderful and I thank him everyday for my wonderful wife, and daughter!

It is easy for us to forget sometimes our loved ones. I know right now there is a lot of change going on in my family. Me and Amy are moving in and getting her stuffed moved in, and then Mom and Dad, and lil bro are moving on and out. I am very thanful for all the many years I have been able to spend living with my parents, and for all the things that have given me and my brother.

I know they love Emily and Amy and I know that both my family and hers will be close. We are both real close to each of our parents and I am sure that will make for some fast thinking come holidays and 'who's house to we go to first this year' type deals. But all in all it is wonderful, this change that is happening in our lifes. I know that there are only 2 real constants in life, God's love and change. (of course God's love is a general term for everything, for Christ the Savior, to life, to blessings etc.)

So I embrace this change with open arms and hope & pray that every day I can become closer to the person God wants me to be. And ever day I can use my abilites to better serve and understand God.

Well that is it for now, may God bless us all!

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10.15.2003

This week as been a very hetic week. Now that the wedding is over, we are in a transition mode, and busy busy getting Amy and Emily moved in to the house. I have to admit that I have not studied this week like I have wanted too, but I still try to stay in constant pray with God.

I don't know how it is for most of you, but I am always talking to God, either in my head, with quick little thank you's, or while riding in my car. I swear when I am alone in my car, I am sure some people think I am crazy, because they will sometimes see me crying and talking and caring on.

I mean I just get into some good session's with God while in my car. My goal or course every time when I pray is to thank God, talk to God about things that are on my heart, and to learn so I can become the person God wants me to be. I know there was a time in my life that I could care less what anyone wanted me to be. It was only what I wanted and what I could do for myself.

I am so thankful that we have such a wonderful God, that would let me do the things I did, learn from them, grow from them, and now have the things I have and be the ever growing, and chaning person that I am today.

thank you God! Thank you for all the wonderful blessings in my life!
May God bless us all!

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Nanocrystalline Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Kit from Sol Ideas Technology Development

The above link is a great little piece of work. It is a link to the solar cell kit that SOL IDEAS sales. A friend at work and I were talking about solar energy and have started a partnership with the goal of generating the power for our own homes, plus possibly get a grant to help people out.

This is something I want to pray about, but it goes in line with the creatation science. We can see God everywhere we look. Even in new idea's and things we as humans want to do.

I hope and pray that if this grows and goes on it will be a learning expeirence and a chance to grow spirtually in new and wodnerful ways. I also hope that if we can continue with this, only if it is God's will, then I hope we can devote this work towards helping the poor and less fortunate. Maybe even call it "Powering the Poweless".

At any rate, please check out the site. It re-creates photosynthesis and generates energy which in turn is passed through the glass and dye to form electric current.

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10.14.2003

Blogs4God.com is biblerama.com's lotw (link of the week). This site is an indexing site totally for Blogs that are of Christian origin and content. This is a great site to find other bloggers that have the same drive to push the word and love of God! Check them out.

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Well I am back from the honeymoon! It was so wonderful, God has blessed me and Amy in so many ways it would take me the rest of my natural life to explain them all. Just to mention a few:

We arrived at Gatilinburg, TN. around 5:30 am, and had no place to stay. We went from Hotel to Hotel, all booked up and no one would give us a room anyway until 12:00 PM.
Said a little pray and the next one I went too, not only gave us a room for the the night, but let us check in then to get some sleep!
God is truly wonderful.

Of course being with Amy on the honey moon and having her as my wife is one of the best blessings I have ever recieved. (which all my blessings are equally great, but you understand!)

Just small things like that kept happening, like we really wanted to go to the Dixie Stampede. This place is like $40 bucks a plate and reservations only. She called, all booked... but wait, said the operator, someone just cancelled, front row seats!
So we had a week full of little blessings that God gave us.

Well anyway now we are married, unto our first week of it. Getting her moved in and also helping my Mom and Dad move to their new home. Going to be crazy around the house. I will try to keep posting though this weel and get back to my studies.
Another blessing that I must tell you about is day care. We need a day care like to start our little 3 yr old tomorrow. We have prayed about it, and my wife Amy called a church today. They have a spot and she is going to check it out right now! So God just keeps on showing the love in blessings. Now let me say I am not braginng God knows that I do not deserve the wonderful things that he has blessed me with. I just wanted to point out the blessings I have noticed God give me. This is not to speak of all the wonderful moments he gave me and Amy this past weekend, and all the blessings we do not know about. I love you God, I love you Jesus, I love you Holy Spirit!

Thank you God!

Well that is it for now! May God bless us all!

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10.08.2003

Well tomorrow is the big day. Amy and I will be getting married. I am so excited, and so is everyone. There is also a bitter-sweet side to this. Our families, that are so happy for us, still will be a little sad. The two worlds that Amy and I existed in are now becoming one, making the worlds that our families existed in around us change.

I know they all love us and are so happy, you can look into their eyes and see that. But I also understand that tears will fall because babies, to children, to teens, to now. We have been seperates, still in the worlds that our families built for us. Now we are building our own world together. So it is hard for mom's and dad's to see their babies grow up. Hard, but proud, loving, but sad.

In the end all will be happy and smile, and one day we will both give our families a new addition, one were everyone will come closer together than they have ever been and marvel and God's work. Of course I refer to a child!
My friends, from huntsville, will not be able to come down for this but they did tell us that we will now always been known as:


"brandon and amy"


How wonderful and true that is. They also sent along something very nice, along with the note. It read as follows:


"Love is patient, love is kind, and is not jealous; love does not brag and is
not arrogant,
does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not
provoked, does
not take into account a wrong suffered,
does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
bears all things,
believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."



So pray for our new family and I must say God has blessed me with more than I will ever know. Thank you God, Jesus, Holy Spirit for all these wonderful times and moments that are, was, and will be!
May God bless us all!

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10.06.2003

Well this is the big week for me. I am getting married to the most wonderful woman in the world. Her name is Amy Weikel, and she is always kind to me, wonderful to me, loves me in everyway. I am so glad she can put up with my ways and myself. I know I can be hard headed sometimes but I would rather punch myself in the face than hurt her in anyway.

She is my summer rain, my angel! I love you Amy with everything that I am.

This week I plan on taking a little break from my regular bible studies and focus on love, wife's and the love that is created when two become one. I know one of my favorite verses in the bible comes from Song of Songs 8:6-7


"Place me like a seal over your heart,
like a seal on your arm;
for love is as strong as death,
it's jealousy unyielding as the grave.
It burns like blazing fire,
like a mighty flame.
Many waters cannot quench love;
rivers cannot wash it away."



well that is it for now, expect more this week on love, wonderful wife's and living together. May God bless us all!

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10.04.2003

Yesterday, I had enough time to read through proverbs 5 - 7. I know that sounds bad had enough time, I should always MAKE myself MAKE time for studying, so what I meant was I had extra extra time to read and study.

Chapter 5 in proverbs starts off with warning against folly. This chapter totally focuses on what folly an ignoring wisdom will do for you. If we give into our folly's and our own foolish driver emotions and lust then those things we be what holds us down and eventually or demise. When reading through proverbs, the entire first part of the book is focused on getting you to understand that wisdom is something you should seek as if it where a hidden treasure. That wisdom is worth more than any gold or silver.
It also warns us, over and over again so that we get the point. Do not follow the ways of folly and plundering. Stick to the good road and good things will be ahead of you. Go down the bad road and bad things will be in your path.

Going on through chapter 6 and 7 it clearly warns us about not giving into the adultress and her wicked ways. Stay clear and keep love in your heart for the way of the wayward wife is to death, and all who lay with her will suffer. This is pretty clear to me, don't give in to a lustful wayward women and stay true to your own wife. Do this and she will always please you and make you happy. Stray away and what you seek will become your demise.

Until next time! May God bless us all!

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10.03.2003

Max Lucado is the author of one of my favorite books: He Chose the Nails.

This is a great book that takes you through the different aspects of the cross, what happened there, what all God did for us. I recall a very vivid part of the book when Max suggest you close your eyes. Watch as the nails are driven through our saviors hands. Feel the rusty nail, run your hand over hit and feel how cold it is. Look into the eyes of the Lord Jesus Christ and they drive the nails through his flesh and bone.

It really brought a lot forward for me. I know to often we do not give the crucifixion much thought. We quickly say that Jesus died for our sins, never really thinking what all he went through for us.

This book, along with many others from Max is worth checking out.

until next time! May God bless us all!

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I started early this week reading through proverbs. Last night I was able to read through proverbs 3 and 4. The first few chapters of proverbs or totally about wisdom, the benefits of wisdom, and warnings against rejecting wisdom. It is very intersting at how wisdom is refered as a woman. I know I mentioned this is a post on the 2nd of October, but I still find that interesting.

In chapter 3 the benefits of wisdom are further explained; Proverbs 3:3-4


"Let love and faithfulness never leave you;
bind them around your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart.
Then you will win favor and a good name
in the sight of God and man."


This is pretty understandable, always carry with you love and faithfulness. It even says write these on the tablet in your heart. If you recall when Jesus speaks about what makes a man filthy,


"it is not what goes in a man,
but rather what comes out of his mouth is what makes him filthy"


If you always keep love and faithfulness inside you then peace and God's favor will rest upon your shoulders instead of the ways of the wicked.
Another great statment, or really command that is given to us here in Proverbs 3:5-6


"...lean not on your own
understanding"


We should not trust our own understanding of things, but rather get our hearts and mind's right so we can recieve understanding about life and things for God. I think the key part of being able to listen to God is getting yourself in tune with God's ways, and the way's of the light. Be about love, and be faithful, then God can talk with you for you will be listening for him.
Also a key point here is I think in order for us to understand the language God talks in to us, we have to be about love, otherwise we will be deaf and blind because of the distactions and dangers wickedness brings with it.
I know personally I am trying to apply more and more what I have learned in my studies so far. Getting in tune with what type of life God wants us to live is something not to take light heartly. I can speak for past experince that when you don't make the effort to become better and to embrace wisdom, folly will be the demise of everything that you are. Thank God I have a great family and some great friends that helped me through the aftermath of my folly's. Once you fill the need and understand that you need God in your life, then a thurst will begin to build for God's truth and spirit a thrust that grows with more it is feed!

Well until next time! May God bless us all!

Proverbs 4:18-19

"The path of the righteous is like the first
gleam of dawn,
shining ever brighter till the full light of
day.
But the way of the wicked is like deep
darkness;
they do not know what makes them
stumble."

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I know it is very late, but on my way home tonight I had a personal revelation. I was thinking to myself about my recent studies in Proverbs and Ecclesiates.
My focus for the past few weeks has been on the transition I am going through in my christian life. I have noticed that I have learned a good bit about God, myself, and how I should live. (Though I have a million times more to learn) But what I have notice is that my spirtual growth has been mostly one of knowledge gathering and not applied spirtuality.

What I mean by 'applied' is taken the little knowledge I have gained and applying it to my life. See that is the big difference, and a great challange.

Anyway so on my way home I was thinking about how I want to be more satisfied with what life has given me instead of being dis-satisfied with what life has not given me. Kinda like that pop song says 'it's not having what you want, it's wanting what you have!' When I was thinking and pondering of that, a vision of a candle came to me.

Take a candle, it lights up a room, right? Really the candle does not, the candle only hold the wick, so does the wick then light up the room? No the wick is the burning source for the fire.
So we humans are kinda of like candles. We can turn to God and ask to be lit with his light and love, to be a child of light and help spread God greatness in a dark world. Or we can stay in darkness never having our wicks lit and never experince the wonderfulness that comes from help carrying God's light to the world.

Well until next time! May God bless us all!

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10.02.2003

Creation Moments Online - Home of "Creation Moments" daily two-minute radio broadcast Is a great resource for learning about creation science. I listen to creation moments when I get the chance on the radio and heard about this website through the radio broadcast.

This website has been given the honor (as if this is an honor! LOL) of being biblerama.com's first ever 'link of the week'.

If you would go through creationmoments.com website you will find a ton of resources about God's handy work all through every aspect of life. This is a great place to learn about true science, the one which starts off with "In the beginning God created..." (Genesis 1:1).

This past week has been devoted to the human eye, and how wonderfully created it is. Creation moments goes into great detail about the retina and even compares computer scientist work of trying to duplicate the eye artifically to how the eye actually works and is designed. God truly is wonderful and this is a great resource for any Christian to explore.

So check them out! Till next time!
May God bless us all!

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Last night I was reading in proverbs chapters 1 - 3. I started reading and though I was laughing at someone's joke half way through my reading I did manage to get the message that the first chapaters of proverbs was trying to give. (at least what it meant to me!)

Proverbs was talking about how we should pay attetntion to what we do, and how we should value wisdom over mindless folly. It even goes and describes wisdom as a women shouting in the streets. Wisdom herself then states how she will luagh at us in our demise because we never paid attetion to her. And for the most part going through the first part of proverbs is pretty staright forward to me. We should value wisdom, and watch out for those people that do not, because their means will be their ends. Meaning the foul hearted actions they take and the plundering they do will in the end be their demise.
I think it also has a deeper meaning about how we should have sense enough to listen to God and wait for his instruction instead of always turning a blind eye and a deaf ear to God.

On another note, I wanted to mention that I am getting married to the most wonderful women in the world. Her name is Amy Weikel. We are getting married not this Saturday but next on October the 11th. It will most likely be the best day of my life, until she gives me a child. But until then I am double blessed because she already has given her daughter that I will raise as my own. Her name is Emily and she is the most wonderful little girl in the world.
Out of all the wrong things I have done in my life I must have done some things right in order to recieve the wonderful gifts of Amy and Emily into my life. I love you Amy! I love you Emily!

Well until tomorrow! May God bless us all!

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10.01.2003

Last night was a good night for me. I mean every day I am given is a blessing from God, but last night something very special happened. Dell (my partner in crime at work!) and I were talking with one of the ladies that is over the cleaning crew here at work. She comes in when we are on seconds and talks to us about God, the bible, living a Christian life, so we all started to talk.
What was different though was she had one of the cleaning crew members with her. This lady was sort of quite and said a little bit while we had our little church session but not much at all. We went on and on about Paul, how God's blessing are renewed everyday (see Lamentations 3:22-23). Anyway we really got into one of our sessions. So about 45 minutes past when we all realized we were still at work and so we all went about our duty's.
Well after we had been back to work for a little bit Dell realized it was lunch time, so we both headed up stairs to go to lunch. We both got our meals, sat down and started talking. About half way through lunch the new lady that was in there with us while we had our little church session came over to us and told us the following:


"I wanted to come by and thank you guys for letting me talk with you tonight."
She then went on to tell us
"I about gave up but tonight's discussion inspired me"


I mean I was stunned, and really did not know what to say, but your welcome and come by anytime. Man that made my night, I was pumped, because that is what I look for. That is 'the reward', to hear someone say that because we were doing what we are suppose to do it helped her out.
Let me say now God is truly great and I hope and pray that God can continue to use me in such ways. I realize that I did nothing, God used Dell and I (and the cleaning crew manager) to help that nice quite lady out.
The good book talks about not turning away strangers because you may be turning away angels!

At any rate, I will long recall that special night and hope to see many more moments as those. May God bless us all!

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