Stories like this make me angry! When someone DIES because Wrangler jeans are on sale for $8...yes, I get angry. What gets me is the part about how people, after learning that a man had been trampled to death, KEPT SHOPPING!!!
But this story is just another example of how destructive an obsession over the material things of this world can be.
11.29.2008
11.26.2008
11.25.2008
Future of Forestry
Of course...Future of Forestry WOULD make a Christmas EP...and yes it WOULD be amazing! These guys are rad and I'm getting the word out. Don't be a Grinch...Click on this link and buy this Christmas EP!!!
11.24.2008
SOLID 08 @ Hume Lake
Meet "Bud"...the crustiest Suzuki Samurai in the Sierra's. But I must say he was faithful because nothing stopped him on our crazy 4x4 adventure! I learned to never judge a Suzuki named Bud by it's bald tires.
Team Building...on a pole.
HSM group with Shawn McBride, our conference speaker.
330 Plan. I have to confess...At certain points during their worship set, I imagined a person walking into the room thinking we were worshiping a big robot.
11.20.2008
11.17.2008
11.05.2008
A New Day
I read this blog this morning and thought I'd pass it on. What is YOUR mindset as We the People transition into this new era?
"Today is a new day. It’s a new era. Regardless of who you voted for or why, it’s time to switch gears. It’s time to pray for Obama as he transitions to become the President of the United States.
And furthermore, you need to know this is not a surprise to God. Before the billions of dollars were spent on this campaign, God already knew the outcome. He wasn’t sitting around the television last night ringing his hands like you were.
He doesn’t need a Republican or a Democrat, an electoral vote, or a state. He’s not red or blue. He’s God.
He’s God and I’m not. You’re Not. Obama is not. McCain is not.
So if your candidate lost. I’m sorry. If you’re worried your issues aren’t going to be being addressed. I’m sorry. But God is still God and He’s still sitting on His throne.
Let’s move on."
"Today is a new day. It’s a new era. Regardless of who you voted for or why, it’s time to switch gears. It’s time to pray for Obama as he transitions to become the President of the United States.
And furthermore, you need to know this is not a surprise to God. Before the billions of dollars were spent on this campaign, God already knew the outcome. He wasn’t sitting around the television last night ringing his hands like you were.
He doesn’t need a Republican or a Democrat, an electoral vote, or a state. He’s not red or blue. He’s God.
He’s God and I’m not. You’re Not. Obama is not. McCain is not.
So if your candidate lost. I’m sorry. If you’re worried your issues aren’t going to be being addressed. I’m sorry. But God is still God and He’s still sitting on His throne.
Let’s move on."
11.04.2008
Election Day Thoughts
It's so human for us to place ourselves in the hands of our circumstances. If things are good in life, then God is good and we can be happy. If times are tough, well, God must not know what he's doing, because if he did, he'd change this situation so I'd feel happy!!!
I know that may sound ridiculous to you, but that's the mindset I find myself, and the world around me, defaulting to so often. We place an All-Access pass into the hands of the "Drama de Jur", allowing our emotional, physical, and spiritual strings to be controlled and determined by each new day and each new circumstance. In these crazy times, with all thats going on around us, I'm not sure living "spiritually bi-polar" and attached to "situational strings" is the answer.
This kind of "thinking" is deceptive and has seriously screwed me up in the past. Here's what we need to remember:
First things first: Our "happiness" takes the backseat to God's Glory. True happiness and lasting joy will always be a bi-product of Gods Glory in our lives...not the cause!
"God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him." -John Piper...I think...
I know it sounds good when politicians promise world peace, lower taxes, equality, love, and warm fuzzies for ALL, but we need to remember, the TRUE and ETERNAL joy we all seek won't be found in ANY President or Proposition.
Give your life's All Access pass to God. Place your hope in Christ alone. Don't expect Presidents, policies, or propositions to do what only God can!
I know that may sound ridiculous to you, but that's the mindset I find myself, and the world around me, defaulting to so often. We place an All-Access pass into the hands of the "Drama de Jur", allowing our emotional, physical, and spiritual strings to be controlled and determined by each new day and each new circumstance. In these crazy times, with all thats going on around us, I'm not sure living "spiritually bi-polar" and attached to "situational strings" is the answer.
This kind of "thinking" is deceptive and has seriously screwed me up in the past. Here's what we need to remember:
First things first: Our "happiness" takes the backseat to God's Glory. True happiness and lasting joy will always be a bi-product of Gods Glory in our lives...not the cause!
"God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him." -John Piper...I think...
I know it sounds good when politicians promise world peace, lower taxes, equality, love, and warm fuzzies for ALL, but we need to remember, the TRUE and ETERNAL joy we all seek won't be found in ANY President or Proposition.
Give your life's All Access pass to God. Place your hope in Christ alone. Don't expect Presidents, policies, or propositions to do what only God can!
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