It's Mine

I want more.
I already have a lot of stuff, but not enough.
It is really ridiculous how many t-shirts I have.
I collect books that I have not read, and I really like electronic toys like computers and iPods.
I also collect guitars, drums, and other instruments.
Why?
I am not really sure... I just like stuff.
Maybe it feels comforting to have stuff that is mine, even if it is junk Sorta like I am building my own personal empire.
What is interesting is that even with my surplus of stuff I still desire for more stuff.
At the same time, I see that there are so many people without even the basic needs of life.
I feel bad for them, but I am at the same time insulated from their situation by financial prosperity.
If I was poor, I wonder if I would be more concerned?
I know I could do more...
but I struggle with valuing stuff more than people.

Some God's are better than others

This comic is funny and scary to me.
Are we really just to search for a random god who we cannot know; who we cannot be certain about?

Or...

Is there A GOD out there who is bigger than all of us, and who is reaching out to us.

I think that God wants to be known... and so he reveals himself to us so we can find him and know him...

WHAT do you think?

What effect do your WORDS have?

Words are a dangerous thing.
They have so much more power than we think about.
Words start wars and end them.
Words can express songs of joy, or the painful sonnets of a broken heart.
Words can contain a cry for help or can express rotting hatred buried in our soul.
When you really think about it words are so much more dangerous than cars, or voting, or even than guns...
it is amazing that we do not require a license for speaking.
Words can heal and hurt,
They can bring life, or take it
They can plant seeds & bring hope
They can kill dreams
They can define us
They can limit us
They can escape us.
Words reflect our soul
Words express the invisible inside of us
Words are more than the sum of their letters

Words hold the power of life and death.
They are how we express our most secret desire and hope,
They are the weapon we use to hurt those who we are angry with.
Words are a matter of life and death.

What are your Words doing?

More on Ainzley

I loved this picture of my niece Ainzley. You can check out more about her at my sister in law vicky's blog which is listed to the right. Ainzley is really beautiful, and is growing so fast! Makes me want to structure life so that I get to know my nieces, Gracie & Ainzley, and not just know about them.

Tomorrow... (More on Proverbs)

Tomorrow.
Tomorrow I’ll start... I’ll stop.
Tomorrow I will begin...
Tomorrow I will quit.
I will love more tomorrow.
I will be healthy tomorrow.
Tomorrow I will take God seriously.
Tomorrow I will go to college.
Tomorrow I will start life.
Tomorrow.
Elusive as the wind, so much rests on this destination that we will never reach in life.
It will never be tomorrow;
always will we live today, only reaching in our dreams to tomorrow.
Tomorrow is the subject of so many proverbs.
For those on the run from the path of wisdom, tomorrow exists as an excuse to avoid responsibility.
For those running toward wisdom, Tomorrow is the dawn of all hope for.
The ultimate day where faith is fulfilled and things are perfectly as they are promised.
What am I waiting until tomorrow for?

Invisible Children...

This is a new website which I have discovered. My Friend Caleb alerted me to this cause, and the more I read about it and watch the videos the more it makes me sad. I hate how blind that I am to all of the suffering in the world. I go to sleep everynight without even a concern about waking up safe in the morning. That is not the world that these thousands of children live with. Take a minute and check out the website:

http://www.invisiblechildren.com/

"Every night in Northern Uganda, as many as 40,000 children, afraid of being
kidnapped, tortured, and forced to slaughter their own family members, flee
from their homes in rural villages. Holding tightly to blankets and straw
mats, endless rows of children walk several hours to urban centers like Gulu,
where they sleep in relative safety. In the morning, they retrace their steps
in hopes of returning in time to attend school and do their chores, before the
sad procession is repeated."

Any Questions?

Proverbs... Lady Wisdom & the Fool

I am starting a new series with my Middle School students on the book of Proverbs. We are doing it in march because there are the same number of days as their are chapters in the book. Maybe you should check it out as well. My friend Kelly drew a bunch of pictures for me to use with the series. They are artistic renditions of good or bad attributes found in Proverbs. Proverbs portrays Wisdom as a woman who is of the highest nobility and honor. In her dignified regality she calls out to all who would listen and embrace her. Their are of course mockers who will not follow her ways. The "leader" of these mockers is pictured as a suductress. She seeks to lead the "fools" away from the path of wisdom and into the path of folly. It is a real interesting read, full of age old wisdom which has servived thousands of years and still reads like it was written for today.