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got me a little cut on my hand.

killer willard

been interested in seeing what kangaroo boxing was all about. willard gives us a taste.



and here's a kangaroo who doesnt like marty the monster.



do you dream about beating up a mascot, like the lady in the clip offers? cant say as i do. maybe thats just me.

ben stein - expelled

ok blue jays

2008 roster

what is failure?

"to stumble and fall is not failure. to stumble and fall again is not failure. failure is when you say, 'i got pushed!'"

-neil t. anderson, living free in Christ, p.256.

duck village

on sundays the ducks would waddle out their doors to the church down the street. they waddled into the sanctuary and squatted in their favorite pews. the duck choir would waddle in, and the duck pastor would waddle up to the pulpit and open the Bible. and he would read, "ducks! God has given you wings! with wings you can fly! with wings you can mount up and soar like eagles. no walls can confine you! no fence can hold you! you have wings. God has given you wings, and you can fly like birds." excitedly, all the ducks shouted, "AMEN!"--and then they all waddled home.

-soren kierkegaard

honesty

sara groves
honesty


here in the stillness
where thoughts are born
here in our frailty we're tattered and torn

here in confession
here in our mess
here in the place where we're mostly undressed - mostly

oh honesty, oh honestly, the truth be told for the saving of our soul

here in the corner
where we craft our pain
here in the open we're laying our blame

here in the hallway
here behind doors
here in the places we wage our private wars

oh honesty, oh honestly, the truth be told for the saving of our soul

only the truth and truthfulness can save us now
only the truth and truthfulness can save us
only the truth and truthfulness can save us now
only the truth and truthfulness can save us
can save us now

engaged!

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a pic of the ring from the charm jewelers website...

disgusting

this makes me want to vomit. it is a stinking heap of feces. actual feces.

oprahs new religion. check out this vid:



i think it is neil anderson that talks about how the most dangerous lies are those which contain portions of truth in them.

this is unbelievable. a few quotes i pulled from oprah off of the video clip are:

-"there couldn't possibly be just one way."
-"God is jealous of me?"

wow. the ignorance of truth here is astounding. based on her understanding of the fact that there are lots of people in the world, she concludes that there must be numerous ways to get to heaven (heaven, as she describes it, could be many different things for different people, but could actually be the same thing). check out john chapter 14 for the truth of the matter.

and regarding how she understands God to be jealous of her... that is an example of incredibly shallow Scripture interpretation (though it came from hearing a preacher, not from examining the Scriptures herself. or at least she does not say that she searched the Scriptures herself). what does it mean that God is jealous (exodus 20.5; deuteronomy 5.9)? it means that He is a jealous lover... sort of like a husband and wife ought to be for each other... it means He wants no other gods to receive praise that is due Him... in the example of a husband and wife, it means that each spouse wants the complete, whole, undivided love from their lover. only their lover. that is what jealous means here.

this interpretation (that God is jealous of people) falls painfully short of truth, as, if one would continue reading in exodus 20 or deuteronomy 5, one would discover that God's love is amazing. exodus 20.6 reads... God shows "steadfast love to thousands of those who love [Him] and keep [His] commandments" (see also deuteronomy 5.10).

why, exactly, would a husband or wife desire to show love to their spouse when they have been betrayed? should they not be jealous in the first place? should God not be jealous? when a husband or wife, or when God Himself demonstrates such love (after betrayal), it is extreme and utter grace and love.


i generally get angry when folks rip apart one another. it doesn't seem to help. perhaps that is what i am doing here... ripping oprah apart. and i need to consider that. what i am focused on here... is the heaping pile of horse feces that spews out of her mouth in this vid, and also from the fellow who is offering her advice. 'we are our own gods'... 'there is nothing after physical death'... 'how can there be just one way?'... it all reeks and makes me want to empty my stomach in violent and rude ways.


God help us all if we think we can save ourselves.

the Word

hello everyone,

sorry that is has been so long since i have posted. i do appreciate your reading my blog... dont mean to leave y'all hanging. thats right. y'all.


so, in my experience and through the wisdom of friends and family, i have come to know that simply being in the Scriptures of God changes things. does it change the situations around me? mmm... not sure i would say that. does it change my perception of the situations around me? again... not sure i would answer it that way. possibly, though. does it change how i respond to situations? i think that, yes, that would be a more accurate way to describe how i feel about reading God's Word. the simple act of coming before God, through Jesus, the Word (john 1.1), brings me into deeper relationship with Christ. ephesians 6 talks about the shield of faith a believer uses in life. that shield of faith is increased in several ways, one of those ways is by reading the Word and increasing knowledge of God's truth in our lives.

i just was at the mall speaking to a representative of my phone company, because i needed some clarification of my phone plan. its about a 5 minute walk back to the office. so on the way back, i opened the Scriptures. and earlier, on the way into the office, i was reading as well. and what i have been reading today has brought me in awe of God.

ive been reading in hebrews chapter 11, specifically the first 13 verses or so. i just want to share with you some of the thoughts that came to me as i was reading.


ok, so hebrews 11. first off, how did i wind up there? well, been reading a book by anderson, miller, and travis about breaking the bondage of legalism, and one Scripture reference i have taken from their book is romans 8.1-5. while waiting in a mall last night, i was reading that passage and asked myself, "what is faith?" hebrews 11 came to mind. so thats where i picked up this morning.

now, first off, its interesting in how faith is described (im using the english standard version of the Bible here): "the assurance of things hoped for." so, what do you and i hope for in our lives?

if we head down to verse 3, the Word speaks of how "the universe was created by the word of God." now, hold on a second. the word of God. where is that from? turn with me to john 1.1. there john writes about how the Word was from the beginning, how "the Word was with God, and the Word was God." ok, little background here... ive generally thought that the world was created by God the Father. but is that the whole story? in considering the fact that God the Father, Jesus Christ the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are one, that is a true fact. God did create the world. but according to these passages in hebrews and john, it was Jesus who created the world. "All things were made through Him [Christ]" john 1.3.

perhaps you are thinking, "lee, thats all well and good, but whats your point?" well, dont think i have a certain point other than to say, "Wow!" sit back and take it in! there is so much in our hands through Jesus the Word, that it blows my mind.

i came to the conclusion today that my thinking is shallow. my eyes do not see as God sees. but i can pray for God's perspective in my life.

and now, when i consider how God's Word blows my mind... what am i waiting for?! why am i not in the Word more often? why do i push it aside as a chore?! its a desire! its a love! its a relationship! and theres SO MUCH to God! we'll never figure it all out! so why do i... perhaps, why do we, sometime live so complacent and refuse to search the Word? its a bounty of life!

there are just so many questions we can ask, talk about, live out... with God, with others. hebrews 11.4: well, why was abels sacrifice more pleasing to God than cains? flip to the book of genesis! search! discover! verses 8-12 talk about folks that were promised something they did not obtain. but wait a second... did they receive their promise? i think they just might have. the promised land, for example... abraham didnt arrive in it. so was that promise an unfulfilled one? well... what about his eternal life with Jesus in heaven? the promised land.

but then what happens when i read hebrews 11.13? it says: "These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth"? am i wrong in saying they might have actually received what was promised? says here that they didn't receive what was promised.

again, im not claiming answers here... im not saying the Word is easy to understand... but i am saying its insanely awesome! talking donkeys... floating axeheads... fat men whose bellies swallow swords... hands appearing out of thin air and writing on walls!!! these stories are in the Bible!

thats my encouragement to us all, folks. be blessed.