I have some good news for those who had mourned the death of Eugene. I want to let you know Eugene now lives again! Some may call me a mad sciencetist but there are no bolts in his neck ... moo-ha-ha).
Eugene now has a new home as well. He is my backup!
God Bless:
Bluesman
Friday, December 30, 2005
Friday, December 02, 2005
Candy Apple Red
This is one of my favorites that was at the 2005 Boerne Rod Run this year.
God Bless:
Thursday, December 01, 2005
Friday, October 28, 2005
Just My Luck
A friend (if you can call him that now) said I saw this and thought of you. Humor only goes so far, I was not speeding!
Just my luck
God Bless:
Just my luck
God Bless:
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Almost One
As I sit and ponder my youth (which has long past me by) there are times in my life were it not for the grace of God I would not be here today. Let me introduce to you an element in my past life that I had some control of, and at other points I had no control.
Let me begin with a story……
There was once a couple who loved each other, but intermingled with their love there was another love that they both shared even more. This other love that they both shared was for a drink. Their love for alcohol made all other issues secondary to this, their first love.
Into this perfect love that they both shared came and unexpected surprise. It was me....
With my arrival came unexpected problems, I cut into a budget that was so carefully setup. My parents were faced with a decision, do they rearrange their priorities to be parents or do they abandon themselves to their first love. A choice had to be made, and it was made. I lost; I came in a dismal third to their first love. Let me say this in their defense, they did love me, but not enough.
You see both my parents where alcoholics. Their dependence on it overcame their desire to be parents. Their lives centered on sharing a drink, then another, then another and so it went. There was not enough money for both me and the bottle.
As you see, alcohol played a big role in the shaping of my early life. My self esteem was affected by this. But it does not end there; it also affected my later years.
As a teenager I knew what alcohol had done to my real parents but I gave no heed to what it could do to me. Surely I would not make the same mistakes they did. I drank with good friends (and with no so good friends) thinking all the while it was just a single drink.
For more that four years this was my pattern till one day I stopped. There came a moment in my life when I took a look around me and asked; “What is it that makes me feel good about myself?” I had to admit there were times the alcohol made me feel good, but afterwards, not so much so. So to get past the bad feelings, I took another drink to make me feel better.
Now to bring this point even closer to home, I was a Christian. When people questioned my drinking I would argue the Bible does not prohibit the drinking of alcohol, so I was spiritually free to use it. But was I?
I looked about me and saw the crumbled and shattered walls of lives that surrounded me, which included my own, and as I thought about this, in my hand was a drink. I had become the person that my adoptive parents had warned me about. At that point in time I sat down my drink and have not picked one up since.
I had finally realized with the help of some medical personnel, family, and friends that I had a really good likelihood of becoming that which destroyed my parents.
So why write this diatribe? It is because I see many others that surround me both young and old drowning. Alcohol has been used in the past for both medicine, a drug, and as a poison. For some like me, we have seen the poison side of alcohol. It poisoned my family; it poisoned my youth, and almost poisoned my adulthood. For you see, I could have easily been my parents all over again…..but for the grace of God.
To end this discourse let me tell you another even shorter story. I got to ask my real mother about drinking and her love for alcohol. I asked her if she had to do it all over again, would she have taken that first drink, and her words came home. Her answer was, ‘No, for the simple reason that after that first drink there was born in me a desire for another, then another, then there was no end in site.’
She now understands the consequences of that first drink some 45 years later, and to her credit she has not had a drink in over 14 years. As she stated she can never recover those 45 plus years she lost. She can not recover the lost love of a son or a daughter that was poisoned by her sickness, which was alcoholism. I know for a fact that I walked a thin line for far too many years. Even today I have to be vigilant in where I go and who I hang with because there is within me that which I loathe, a weakness that with one drink waits to escape. Though you may not sub come to this sickness yourself, those who you encourage to join you in that simple drink may be ensnared by it like my real mother and father. Personal weakness has nothing to do with it. Like any other drug many who try once may have propensity to be ensnared by it after that one drink.
God Bless:
Let me begin with a story……
There was once a couple who loved each other, but intermingled with their love there was another love that they both shared even more. This other love that they both shared was for a drink. Their love for alcohol made all other issues secondary to this, their first love.
Into this perfect love that they both shared came and unexpected surprise. It was me....
With my arrival came unexpected problems, I cut into a budget that was so carefully setup. My parents were faced with a decision, do they rearrange their priorities to be parents or do they abandon themselves to their first love. A choice had to be made, and it was made. I lost; I came in a dismal third to their first love. Let me say this in their defense, they did love me, but not enough.
You see both my parents where alcoholics. Their dependence on it overcame their desire to be parents. Their lives centered on sharing a drink, then another, then another and so it went. There was not enough money for both me and the bottle.
As you see, alcohol played a big role in the shaping of my early life. My self esteem was affected by this. But it does not end there; it also affected my later years.
As a teenager I knew what alcohol had done to my real parents but I gave no heed to what it could do to me. Surely I would not make the same mistakes they did. I drank with good friends (and with no so good friends) thinking all the while it was just a single drink.
For more that four years this was my pattern till one day I stopped. There came a moment in my life when I took a look around me and asked; “What is it that makes me feel good about myself?” I had to admit there were times the alcohol made me feel good, but afterwards, not so much so. So to get past the bad feelings, I took another drink to make me feel better.
Now to bring this point even closer to home, I was a Christian. When people questioned my drinking I would argue the Bible does not prohibit the drinking of alcohol, so I was spiritually free to use it. But was I?
I looked about me and saw the crumbled and shattered walls of lives that surrounded me, which included my own, and as I thought about this, in my hand was a drink. I had become the person that my adoptive parents had warned me about. At that point in time I sat down my drink and have not picked one up since.
I had finally realized with the help of some medical personnel, family, and friends that I had a really good likelihood of becoming that which destroyed my parents.
So why write this diatribe? It is because I see many others that surround me both young and old drowning. Alcohol has been used in the past for both medicine, a drug, and as a poison. For some like me, we have seen the poison side of alcohol. It poisoned my family; it poisoned my youth, and almost poisoned my adulthood. For you see, I could have easily been my parents all over again…..but for the grace of God.
To end this discourse let me tell you another even shorter story. I got to ask my real mother about drinking and her love for alcohol. I asked her if she had to do it all over again, would she have taken that first drink, and her words came home. Her answer was, ‘No, for the simple reason that after that first drink there was born in me a desire for another, then another, then there was no end in site.’
She now understands the consequences of that first drink some 45 years later, and to her credit she has not had a drink in over 14 years. As she stated she can never recover those 45 plus years she lost. She can not recover the lost love of a son or a daughter that was poisoned by her sickness, which was alcoholism. I know for a fact that I walked a thin line for far too many years. Even today I have to be vigilant in where I go and who I hang with because there is within me that which I loathe, a weakness that with one drink waits to escape. Though you may not sub come to this sickness yourself, those who you encourage to join you in that simple drink may be ensnared by it like my real mother and father. Personal weakness has nothing to do with it. Like any other drug many who try once may have propensity to be ensnared by it after that one drink.
God Bless:
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Freedom and God's Moral Law?
The Greek word for Law is 'nomos'
When one speaks about God's laws what is brought to mind? If one was to study the laws of the OT one could break them down into three categories.
1. Civil Laws - the law of government of Israel.
2. Ceremonial Laws - These surround the special offerings and sacrificial offerings and how they were to be presented. They also dealt with the clothing of the priest and random other issues.
3. Moral Laws - these laws are embodied in what we know as the Ten Commandments.
Let us focus just on God's Moral Law.
So I ask the this question: Are we free from God's Moral law?
Can you remember the The Commandments? Lets summarize Exodus 20:3-17
1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image
3. Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain;
4. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
5. Honour thy father and thy mother:
6. Thou shalt not kill.
7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
8.Thou shalt not steal.
9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Read through these laws and ask yourself, are we free to ignore any of them?
When one speaks about God's laws what is brought to mind? If one was to study the laws of the OT one could break them down into three categories.
1. Civil Laws - the law of government of Israel.
2. Ceremonial Laws - These surround the special offerings and sacrificial offerings and how they were to be presented. They also dealt with the clothing of the priest and random other issues.
3. Moral Laws - these laws are embodied in what we know as the Ten Commandments.
Let us focus just on God's Moral Law.
So I ask the this question: Are we free from God's Moral law?
Can you remember the The Commandments? Lets summarize Exodus 20:3-17
1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image
3. Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain;
4. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
5. Honour thy father and thy mother:
6. Thou shalt not kill.
7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
8.Thou shalt not steal.
9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Read through these laws and ask yourself, are we free to ignore any of them?
Saturday, October 15, 2005
Boerne Rod Run
This past weekend Boerne (located in south Texas) hosted their Annual Rod Run. There were more than 350 cars this year. Many of the same cars come each year but there are more new ones every year. I got shutter bug happy and took over 150 photos this year. The three posted today are just a glimpse of the ones I took. The hours people put into this hobby baffles me and the amount of money people spend restoring these cars you would not believe. But as they say: "the only difference between men and boys is the price of their toys". But that is not all together true, for many women have their own cars displayed this year. The red Ford belonged to a woman well into her 60's.
It was a great year and I will publish a few more over the next coming months.
A Candy Apple Red
It was a great year and I will publish a few more over the next coming months.
A Candy Apple Red
Saturday, October 08, 2005
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
A Quote and My Thoughts
Where there is sorrow, there is Holy ground. — Oscar Wilde
This quote caught me by surprise, not because of it's insightfulness, but because of who said it. But I digress.
Here are my thoughts on the quote, this quote gives to me remembrance of a certain passage found in the pages of the Bible. There once was a woman who grieved. She had lost a husband, a brother-in-law, and a father-in-law. All she had left was her mother-in-law, a sister-in-law, and the faith that had been taught to her by her mother-in-law. There was sorrow all around. Yet in her sorrow this widow loved and returned love.
There came a time when her mother-in-law wanted to go back home and told her daughters that she would be going home. After telling them they all packed up to go. While on the way the mother-in-law turned to her daughters and told them to go back to their own families, to their old gods, and maybe God would grant to them new husbands. Oh, the sorrow there in that place for all three women cried with the parting of a family that had love each other through their sorrows.
Now to be divided from the one who had taught her how to love God, to trust God, and to depend on Him was more than she could bear. In that place of sorrow she now stood on Holy ground. For you see, her response to her Mother-in-law was this:
"But Ruth said, "Do not urge me to leave you or turn back from following you; for where you go, I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God, my God. Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. Thus may the LORD do to me, and worse, if anything but death parts you and me."
Her sister-in-law went back home to her family, but not Ruth. For in the midst of her sorrow, Ruth had found Holy ground. She stood firm on that ground and would not leave the side of her dear mother-in-law. Through all of the sorrow that Ruth felt, God brought redemption. If you are interested in a story that starts off in great sorrow, but ends with God redeeming the lives of people who are suffering, and are in the midst of great sorrow, then read the story of Ruth. For you see, her sorrow became for her, Holy ground.
God Bless:
This quote caught me by surprise, not because of it's insightfulness, but because of who said it. But I digress.
Here are my thoughts on the quote, this quote gives to me remembrance of a certain passage found in the pages of the Bible. There once was a woman who grieved. She had lost a husband, a brother-in-law, and a father-in-law. All she had left was her mother-in-law, a sister-in-law, and the faith that had been taught to her by her mother-in-law. There was sorrow all around. Yet in her sorrow this widow loved and returned love.
There came a time when her mother-in-law wanted to go back home and told her daughters that she would be going home. After telling them they all packed up to go. While on the way the mother-in-law turned to her daughters and told them to go back to their own families, to their old gods, and maybe God would grant to them new husbands. Oh, the sorrow there in that place for all three women cried with the parting of a family that had love each other through their sorrows.
Now to be divided from the one who had taught her how to love God, to trust God, and to depend on Him was more than she could bear. In that place of sorrow she now stood on Holy ground. For you see, her response to her Mother-in-law was this:
"But Ruth said, "Do not urge me to leave you or turn back from following you; for where you go, I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God, my God. Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. Thus may the LORD do to me, and worse, if anything but death parts you and me."
Her sister-in-law went back home to her family, but not Ruth. For in the midst of her sorrow, Ruth had found Holy ground. She stood firm on that ground and would not leave the side of her dear mother-in-law. Through all of the sorrow that Ruth felt, God brought redemption. If you are interested in a story that starts off in great sorrow, but ends with God redeeming the lives of people who are suffering, and are in the midst of great sorrow, then read the story of Ruth. For you see, her sorrow became for her, Holy ground.
God Bless:
Monday, September 19, 2005
My Help is from the Lord
I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; from whence shall my help come? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
He will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade on your right hand.
The sun will not smite you by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. The LORD will guard your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forever.
Psalm 121:1-8
Praise the LORD. How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him! The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel. He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name. Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit. The LORD sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground.
Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music to our God on the harp. He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills. He provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call. His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor his delight in the legs of a man; the LORD delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.
Psalm 147:1-11
He will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade on your right hand.
The sun will not smite you by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. The LORD will guard your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forever.
Psalm 121:1-8
Praise the LORD. How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him! The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel. He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name. Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit. The LORD sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground.
Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music to our God on the harp. He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills. He provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call. His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor his delight in the legs of a man; the LORD delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.
Psalm 147:1-11
Saturday, September 10, 2005
Waking Up for Church
One Sunday morning, a mother went in to wake her son and tell him it was time to get ready for church, to which he replied, "I'm not going."
"Why not?" she asked.
I'll give you two good reasons," he said. "One, they don't like me, and two, I don't like them."
His mother replied, "I'll give YOU two good reasons why you SHOULD go to church. One, you're 54 years old, and two, you're their pastor!"
GodBless:
"Why not?" she asked.
I'll give you two good reasons," he said. "One, they don't like me, and two, I don't like them."
His mother replied, "I'll give YOU two good reasons why you SHOULD go to church. One, you're 54 years old, and two, you're their pastor!"
GodBless:
A Mayonnaise Jar
A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front on him.
When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full.
They agreed it was.
So then the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full.
They agreed it was.
The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar and of course the sand filled up everything else up. He asked once more if the jar was full.
The students responded with a unanimous "yes".
The professor then produced two coffee cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand.
The students laughed.
"Now", said the professor, as the laughter subsided. "I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things - your family, your children, your health, your friends, and your favorite passions - things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, and your car. The sand is everything else - the small stuff. If you put the sand in the jar first, he continued, "There is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your spouse to dinner. Spend time with your parents for you won't always have them in your life. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal. Take care of the golf balls first, the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.
One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represents? The professor smiled. "I am glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there is always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend."
"This story reminds me of my favorite Philosophy Professor, Dr. Harvey Solganick. There are many times he comes to my mind, for you see, he is now my daughters professor as well."
God Bless you Dr. Solganick!
When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full.
They agreed it was.
So then the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full.
They agreed it was.
The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar and of course the sand filled up everything else up. He asked once more if the jar was full.
The students responded with a unanimous "yes".
The professor then produced two coffee cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand.
The students laughed.
"Now", said the professor, as the laughter subsided. "I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things - your family, your children, your health, your friends, and your favorite passions - things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, and your car. The sand is everything else - the small stuff. If you put the sand in the jar first, he continued, "There is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your spouse to dinner. Spend time with your parents for you won't always have them in your life. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal. Take care of the golf balls first, the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.
One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represents? The professor smiled. "I am glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there is always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend."
"This story reminds me of my favorite Philosophy Professor, Dr. Harvey Solganick. There are many times he comes to my mind, for you see, he is now my daughters professor as well."
God Bless you Dr. Solganick!
Friday, September 09, 2005
Interesting Photos
After reviewing some rather interesting photos I saw this and thought I would share it.
Interesting
Just Plain Cute
OK, I know....just smile!
God Bless:
Just Plain Cute
OK, I know....just smile!
God Bless:
Thursday, September 08, 2005
Red's Insight on Marriage - Keeping it going
1. Two times a week, we go to a nice restaurant, have a little beverage, good food and companionship. She goes on Tuesdays, I go on Fridays.
2. We also sleep in separate beds. Hers is in California and mine is in Texas.
3. I take my wife everywhere.....but she keeps finding her way back.
4. I asked my wife where she wanted to go for our anniversary. "Somewhere I haven't been in a long time!" she said. So I suggested the kitchen.
5. We always hold hands. If I let go, she shops.
6. She has an electric blender, electric toaster and electric bread maker. She said "There are too many gadgets and no place to sit down!" So I bought her an electric chair.
7. My wife told me the car wasn't running well because there was water in the carburetor. I asked where the car was; she told me "In the lake."
8. She got a mud pack and looked great for two days. Then the mud fell off.
9. She ran after the garbage truck, yelling "Am I too late for the garbage?" The driver said "No, jump in!"
10. Remember: Marriage is the number one cause of divorce.
11. I married Miss Right. I just didn't know her first name was Always.
12. I haven't spoken to my wife in 18 months. I don't like to interrupt her.
13. The last fight was my fault though. My wife asked "What's on the TV?"
I said "Dust!"
Red Skelton's Comments on marriage.
God Bless:
2. We also sleep in separate beds. Hers is in California and mine is in Texas.
3. I take my wife everywhere.....but she keeps finding her way back.
4. I asked my wife where she wanted to go for our anniversary. "Somewhere I haven't been in a long time!" she said. So I suggested the kitchen.
5. We always hold hands. If I let go, she shops.
6. She has an electric blender, electric toaster and electric bread maker. She said "There are too many gadgets and no place to sit down!" So I bought her an electric chair.
7. My wife told me the car wasn't running well because there was water in the carburetor. I asked where the car was; she told me "In the lake."
8. She got a mud pack and looked great for two days. Then the mud fell off.
9. She ran after the garbage truck, yelling "Am I too late for the garbage?" The driver said "No, jump in!"
10. Remember: Marriage is the number one cause of divorce.
11. I married Miss Right. I just didn't know her first name was Always.
12. I haven't spoken to my wife in 18 months. I don't like to interrupt her.
13. The last fight was my fault though. My wife asked "What's on the TV?"
I said "Dust!"
Red Skelton's Comments on marriage.
God Bless:
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
A Special Quote
The following quote really sickened me not because of its ludicrousness, but because of its accuracy.
"The world has lost the power to blush over its vice; the Church has lost her power to weep over it." — Leonard Ravenhill
Ponder this thought......
God Bless:
"The world has lost the power to blush over its vice; the Church has lost her power to weep over it." — Leonard Ravenhill
Ponder this thought......
God Bless:
Monday, August 29, 2005
A Birthday That I Celebrate
Charles F. Kettering was born on this day August 29. Every day I thank this man but on this day, his birthday, I celebrate. Many of you if you only knew this man, would also mark your calendars and thank him.
For a day does not go by that I do not think of him kindly. So the next time you jump into you cars and before you turn that key to start your engine, thank Mr. Kettering. For you see he was the inventor of the electric starter.
No longer do we have to use that stupid hand crank, praise God!
God Bless:
For a day does not go by that I do not think of him kindly. So the next time you jump into you cars and before you turn that key to start your engine, thank Mr. Kettering. For you see he was the inventor of the electric starter.
No longer do we have to use that stupid hand crank, praise God!
God Bless:
Sunday, August 28, 2005
I Have A Dream
On this day August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King gave his "I Have A Dream" Speech.
Here is a small part:
"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today!"
Click here for the Full "I Have A Dream" It is worth reading.
GodBless:
Here is a small part:
"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today!"
Click here for the Full "I Have A Dream" It is worth reading.
GodBless:
Saturday, August 27, 2005
Review: Krystal Myers
I love to listen to new artists, but lately, many of them seem to have the same sound. Of all the new Christian artists that are coming many are very good but their sound and the rhythms are very similar (which of course is not a bad thing...) but Krystal Myers does not fit into that mold. Her style and sounds dares to be different.Her Christian alternative style varies, some pieces begin soft and mellow then flow into an alternative rock style while others are straight alternative rock. If you like the alternative/mellow rock style of music then I would recommend you try this freshman CD from Kystal Myers, entitled Krystal Myers.
Here is the lyrics to track 1 of her new CD:
Dear God
It's me again down here
Don't wanna sound insincere
I'm lost
Sometimes you're so unclear
What can I do?
I'm feeling so far from you
Frustrated
Irritated
Disconnected from it all
The weight of the world
Has pushed me to the wall
(Chorus)
I surrender - To you I'm giving in
Come take me - Save me -
I want to start again - I'll open my broken heart
'Cause I've reached the end - And you are the way to begin
Ohh ohh...ohhh....
I've seen a million empty smiles
Living in denial
I don't wanna live like that
where nothing's real
I hate how it is to feel
Frustrated
irritated
Disconnected from it all
I'm breaking
I'm aching for something beautiful
(Chorus)
All the riches in this world
Couldn't fill this great big hole (I surrender)
It takes something so much more (I surrender)
Only you can take me
You can make me whole
Its not the end this is the beginning
Its not the end...its not the end...
(Chorus)
(I surrender....I surrender....)
Its not the end this is the beginning
Love it:
Born on this Day: Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu
Better known as: Mother Teresa (of Calcutta)
Christian missionary in India, born in Skopje, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. She went to India in 1928, and taught at a convent school in Calcutta, taking her final vows in 1937. She became principal of the school, but in 1948 left the convent to work alone in the slums. After medical training in Paris, she opened some classrooms for destitute children in Calcutta. She was gradually joined by other nuns, and her House for the Dying was opened in 1952. Her sisterhood, the Missionaries of Charity, started in 1950, and in 1957 she started work with lepers and in many disaster areas of the world. She was awarded the Pope John XXIII Peace Prize (1971), the inaugural Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion (1973), and the Nobel Peace Prize (1979). In 2003 she was beatified by Pope John Paul II in a ceremony in St Peter's Square timed to coincide with the celebrations for his silver jubilee.
A woman of peace and a servant to all.
GodBless:
Christian missionary in India, born in Skopje, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. She went to India in 1928, and taught at a convent school in Calcutta, taking her final vows in 1937. She became principal of the school, but in 1948 left the convent to work alone in the slums. After medical training in Paris, she opened some classrooms for destitute children in Calcutta. She was gradually joined by other nuns, and her House for the Dying was opened in 1952. Her sisterhood, the Missionaries of Charity, started in 1950, and in 1957 she started work with lepers and in many disaster areas of the world. She was awarded the Pope John XXIII Peace Prize (1971), the inaugural Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion (1973), and the Nobel Peace Prize (1979). In 2003 she was beatified by Pope John Paul II in a ceremony in St Peter's Square timed to coincide with the celebrations for his silver jubilee.
A woman of peace and a servant to all.
GodBless:
Friday, August 26, 2005
All Alone!
Well my daughter is now off to college for the year and my wife has gone to help her get moved into her college apartment. So that leaves me alone with my steaks and spiral cut ham. **sigh** All I have around me now is comfort food, and I do plan to take some comfort in them. I am off to see if the steaks are thawed....... Will talk later.... ***sigh***
God Bless:
BluesMan
God Bless:
BluesMan
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
One More Day
Another day is passing but this no ordinary day. For you see my daughter ”reves plaisants” is getting ready to go back to college. reves plaisants and her mom are going through the checklist and making sure all is in order.
I will be left, “all by myself” (**sniff** - **sniff**) for the next five days starting Thursday morning. All I will have to keep me company are my 6 steaks; spiral cut ham, and my keyboard. So I guess I will be posting more in the next few days as my mind gets itself wrapped around the idea she will be gone for another year. I will try to put all those bits and bytes (0100111010) back into a somewhat reasonable order and in doing so I will have to try to put my thoughts into words (hence the next few postings).
I will bear my soul – well not my soul but my thoughts on this.
GodBless
Bluesman
I will be left, “all by myself” (**sniff** - **sniff**) for the next five days starting Thursday morning. All I will have to keep me company are my 6 steaks; spiral cut ham, and my keyboard. So I guess I will be posting more in the next few days as my mind gets itself wrapped around the idea she will be gone for another year. I will try to put all those bits and bytes (0100111010) back into a somewhat reasonable order and in doing so I will have to try to put my thoughts into words (hence the next few postings).
I will bear my soul – well not my soul but my thoughts on this.
GodBless
Bluesman
Saturday, August 20, 2005
Nothing But the Blood
What can wash away my sin?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
What can make me whole again?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Oh, precious is the flow,
That makes me white as snow;
No other fount I know,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
For my pardon this I see,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
For my cleansing this my plea,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Oh, precious is the flow,
That makes me white as snow;
No other fount I know,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Nothing can for sin atone,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Naught of good that I have done,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Oh, precious is the flow,
That makes me white as snow;
No other fount I know,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
This is all my hope and peace,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
This is all my righteousness,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Oh, precious is the flow,
That makes me white as snow;
No other fount I know,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
©Public Domain — Words and Music by Robert Lowry
The words of this hymn reminds me, it nothing I do but it is what he has done through His own blood. — Amen and Amen
BluesMan
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
What can make me whole again?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Oh, precious is the flow,
That makes me white as snow;
No other fount I know,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
For my pardon this I see,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
For my cleansing this my plea,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Oh, precious is the flow,
That makes me white as snow;
No other fount I know,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Nothing can for sin atone,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Naught of good that I have done,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Oh, precious is the flow,
That makes me white as snow;
No other fount I know,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
This is all my hope and peace,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
This is all my righteousness,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Oh, precious is the flow,
That makes me white as snow;
No other fount I know,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
©Public Domain — Words and Music by Robert Lowry
The words of this hymn reminds me, it nothing I do but it is what he has done through His own blood. — Amen and Amen
BluesMan
Monday, August 15, 2005
Don't make the wife MAD!
A police officer pulls over a speeding car. The officer says, I clocked you at 80 miles per hour, sir."
The driver says, "Gee, officer I had it on cruise control at 60, perhaps your radar gun needs calibrating."
Not looking up from her knitting the wife says: "Now don't be silly dear, you know that this car doesn't have cruise control."
As the officer writes out the speeding ticket, the driver looks over at his wife and growls, "Can't you please keep your mouth shut for once?"
The wife smiles demurely and says, "You should be thankful your radar detector went off when it did."
As the officer makes out the second ticket for the illegal radar detector unit, the man glowers at his wife and says through clenched teeth, "Darn it, woman, keep your mouth shut!"
The officer frowns and says, "And I notice that you're not wearing your seat belt, sir. That's an automatic $75 fine." The driver says, "Yeah, well, you see officer, I had it on, but took it off when you pulled me over so that I could get my license out of my back pocket."
The wife says, "Now, dear, you know very well that you didn't have your seat belt on. You never wear your seat belt when you're driving."
And as the police officer is writing out the third ticket the driver turns to his wife and barks, "Would you PLEASE shut up?"
The officer looks over at the woman and asks, "Does your husband always talk to you this way, Ma'am?"
She replied, "Only when he's been drinking officer."
The driver says, "Gee, officer I had it on cruise control at 60, perhaps your radar gun needs calibrating."
Not looking up from her knitting the wife says: "Now don't be silly dear, you know that this car doesn't have cruise control."
As the officer writes out the speeding ticket, the driver looks over at his wife and growls, "Can't you please keep your mouth shut for once?"
The wife smiles demurely and says, "You should be thankful your radar detector went off when it did."
As the officer makes out the second ticket for the illegal radar detector unit, the man glowers at his wife and says through clenched teeth, "Darn it, woman, keep your mouth shut!"
The officer frowns and says, "And I notice that you're not wearing your seat belt, sir. That's an automatic $75 fine." The driver says, "Yeah, well, you see officer, I had it on, but took it off when you pulled me over so that I could get my license out of my back pocket."
The wife says, "Now, dear, you know very well that you didn't have your seat belt on. You never wear your seat belt when you're driving."
And as the police officer is writing out the third ticket the driver turns to his wife and barks, "Would you PLEASE shut up?"
The officer looks over at the woman and asks, "Does your husband always talk to you this way, Ma'am?"
She replied, "Only when he's been drinking officer."
Why's
Why do toasters always have a setting that turns the toast into a charcoal briquette, which no decent human being would eat?
How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered?
Since bread is square, then why is sandwich meat round?
Why do you have to "put your two cents in".. . but it's only a "penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to?
Once you're in heaven, do you get stuck wearing the clothes you were buried in for eternity?
Why is it that people say they "slept like a baby" when babies wake up like every two hours?
Why are you IN a movie, but you're ON TV?
Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?
Why do we choose from just two people for President and fifty for Miss America?
Why do doctors leave the room while you change? They're going to see you naked anyway.
Why is "bra" singular and "panties" plural?
If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a stupid song about him?
If the professor on Gilligan's Island can make a radio out of a coconut, why can't he fix a hole in a boat?
What do you call male ballerinas?
If Wyle E. Coyote had enough money to buy all that ACME stuff, why didn't he just buy dinner?
If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, what is baby oil made from?
Why do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?
Why did you just try singing the two songs above?
Just a few questions we ask and really never have the answers for.........
Just smile:
BluesMan
How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered?
Since bread is square, then why is sandwich meat round?
Why do you have to "put your two cents in".. . but it's only a "penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to?
Once you're in heaven, do you get stuck wearing the clothes you were buried in for eternity?
Why is it that people say they "slept like a baby" when babies wake up like every two hours?
Why are you IN a movie, but you're ON TV?
Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?
Why do we choose from just two people for President and fifty for Miss America?
Why do doctors leave the room while you change? They're going to see you naked anyway.
Why is "bra" singular and "panties" plural?
If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a stupid song about him?
If the professor on Gilligan's Island can make a radio out of a coconut, why can't he fix a hole in a boat?
What do you call male ballerinas?
If Wyle E. Coyote had enough money to buy all that ACME stuff, why didn't he just buy dinner?
If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, what is baby oil made from?
Why do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?
Why did you just try singing the two songs above?
Just a few questions we ask and really never have the answers for.........
Just smile:
BluesMan
Sunday, August 14, 2005
Sing It BB
Nobody loves me but my mother,
and she could be jivin' too
Nobody loves me but my mother,
and she could be jivin' too
Now you see why I act funny baby,
when you do the things you do
and she could be jivin' too
Nobody loves me but my mother,
and she could be jivin' too
Now you see why I act funny baby,
when you do the things you do
Monday, August 01, 2005
Bad Choices
There are times in our lives that we are faced with choices. Many times we do not really know what lies beyond them but we make them anyway, not thinking how the outcomes will affect us.
One of my best friends (let's call him "D") had a son (lets' call him "B"). "B" was a good son who loved his dad, but there was something physically wrong with "B" which caused him physical pain most of his teen years. It was that pain and the emotional pain that was secondary to the physical, which started "B" using drugs.
Many state that the reason for using drugs is one of three reasons.
1) Peer pressure 2) For the high 3) To mask the emotional or physical pain.
"B" used drugs because 3 first and then 1. It masked the pain and it also made him feel a part of a group. "D" loved his son and tried for seven years to help "B" to overcome his drug addiction and he provided money and resources to help "B" break the cycle of this life style, but "B" constantly made bad choices. At the age of 20 "B" made one last "Bad" choice and it took his life.
"B" was a Christian but his life was riffed with bad decisions and the last one was his last. The lesson "D" would like all of us to know is that the choices we make affect not only you, but it affects all those around you. Pray for "D" and his family as they grieve the loss of "B" but also remember that the choices we make, they have lasting consequences.
One of my best friends (let's call him "D") had a son (lets' call him "B"). "B" was a good son who loved his dad, but there was something physically wrong with "B" which caused him physical pain most of his teen years. It was that pain and the emotional pain that was secondary to the physical, which started "B" using drugs.
Many state that the reason for using drugs is one of three reasons.
1) Peer pressure 2) For the high 3) To mask the emotional or physical pain.
"B" used drugs because 3 first and then 1. It masked the pain and it also made him feel a part of a group. "D" loved his son and tried for seven years to help "B" to overcome his drug addiction and he provided money and resources to help "B" break the cycle of this life style, but "B" constantly made bad choices. At the age of 20 "B" made one last "Bad" choice and it took his life.
"B" was a Christian but his life was riffed with bad decisions and the last one was his last. The lesson "D" would like all of us to know is that the choices we make affect not only you, but it affects all those around you. Pray for "D" and his family as they grieve the loss of "B" but also remember that the choices we make, they have lasting consequences.
Sunday, July 10, 2005
Follow the Leader?
Surely you have heard from your mother this famous quote; "If your best friend jumped on a cliff would you do it because he did?" You must understand that if one does something really, really stupid that does not mean you have to accomplish the same act of stupidity, and then prove yourself just as dumb or dumber than your friend. Take a lesson from what occurred just this week......
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - First one sheep jumped to its death. Then stunned Turkish shepherds, who had left the herd to graze while they had breakfast, watched as nearly 1,500 others followed, each leaping off the same cliff, Turkish media reported.
In the end, 450 dead animals lay on top of one another in a billowy white pile, the Aksam newspaper said. Those who jumped later were saved as the pile got higher and the fall more cushioned, Aksam reported. "There's nothing we can do. They're all wasted," Nevzat Bayhan, a member of one of 26 families whose sheep were grazing together in the herd, was quoted as saying by Aksam.
The estimated loss to families in the town of Gevas, located in Van province in eastern Turkey, tops $100,000, a significant amount of money in a country where average GDP per head is around $2,700. "Every family had an average of 20 sheep," Aksam quoted another villager, Abdullah Hazar as saying. "But now only a few families have sheep left. It's going to be hard for us."
This brings this in to perspective - if your friend dares to "jumped off the cliff", be smarter than those sheep! Playing follow the leader can be hazardous to your health!
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - First one sheep jumped to its death. Then stunned Turkish shepherds, who had left the herd to graze while they had breakfast, watched as nearly 1,500 others followed, each leaping off the same cliff, Turkish media reported.
In the end, 450 dead animals lay on top of one another in a billowy white pile, the Aksam newspaper said. Those who jumped later were saved as the pile got higher and the fall more cushioned, Aksam reported. "There's nothing we can do. They're all wasted," Nevzat Bayhan, a member of one of 26 families whose sheep were grazing together in the herd, was quoted as saying by Aksam.
The estimated loss to families in the town of Gevas, located in Van province in eastern Turkey, tops $100,000, a significant amount of money in a country where average GDP per head is around $2,700. "Every family had an average of 20 sheep," Aksam quoted another villager, Abdullah Hazar as saying. "But now only a few families have sheep left. It's going to be hard for us."
This brings this in to perspective - if your friend dares to "jumped off the cliff", be smarter than those sheep! Playing follow the leader can be hazardous to your health!
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Latin Phrases
A new interest has started in me and it is Latin phrases. So here are a few that I have found interesting:
Cogito ergo sum doleo — I think, therefore I am depressed
Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscripti catapultas habebunt — When catapults are outlawed, only outlaws will have catapults
Sic hoc adfixum in obice legere potes, et liberaliter educatus et nimis
propinquus ades — If you can read this bumper sticker, you are both very well educated, and much too close
Vah! Denuone Latine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur. — Oh! Was I speaking Latin again? Silly me. Sometimes it just sort of slips out.
Cogito ergo sum doleo — I think, therefore I am depressed
Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscripti catapultas habebunt — When catapults are outlawed, only outlaws will have catapults
Sic hoc adfixum in obice legere potes, et liberaliter educatus et nimis
propinquus ades — If you can read this bumper sticker, you are both very well educated, and much too close
Vah! Denuone Latine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur. — Oh! Was I speaking Latin again? Silly me. Sometimes it just sort of slips out.
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
Disorder in the American Courts
These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts, and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters who had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place.
Question : What is your date of birth?
Answer : July 15th.
Question : What year?
Answer : Every year.
Question : Were you present when your picture was taken?
Question : The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he?
Question : How was your first marriage terminated?
Answer : By death.
Question : And by whose death was it terminated?
Question : Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
Answer : No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
Question : What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
Answer : Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
Question : What was the first thing your husband said to you when he woke up that morning?
Answer : He said, "Where am I Cathy?"
Question : And why did that upset you?
Answer : My name is Susan.
Question : This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?
Answer : Yes.
Question : And in what ways does it affect your memory?
Answer : I forget.
Question : You forget? Can you give us an example of something that you've forgotten?
Question : All your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
Answer : Oral.
Question : She had three children, right?
Answer : Yes.
Question : How many were boys?
Answer : None.
Question : Were there any girls?
Question : Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?
Answer : Did you actually pass the bar exam?
Question : Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people?
Answer : All my autopsies are performed on dead people.
Question : Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
Answer : The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.
Question : And Mr. Dennington was dead at the time?
Answer : No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy.
Question : Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
Answer : No.
Question : Did you check for blood pressure?
Answer : No.
Question : Did you check for breathing?
Answer : No.
Question : So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
Answer : No.
Question : How can you be so sure, Doctor?
Answer : Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
Question : But could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
Answer : Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere.
These are just a few and if by chance you are a lawyer, think before you ask your next question - Grin : )
Question : What is your date of birth?
Answer : July 15th.
Question : What year?
Answer : Every year.
Question : Were you present when your picture was taken?
Question : The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he?
Question : How was your first marriage terminated?
Answer : By death.
Question : And by whose death was it terminated?
Question : Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
Answer : No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
Question : What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
Answer : Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
Question : What was the first thing your husband said to you when he woke up that morning?
Answer : He said, "Where am I Cathy?"
Question : And why did that upset you?
Answer : My name is Susan.
Question : This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?
Answer : Yes.
Question : And in what ways does it affect your memory?
Answer : I forget.
Question : You forget? Can you give us an example of something that you've forgotten?
Question : All your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
Answer : Oral.
Question : She had three children, right?
Answer : Yes.
Question : How many were boys?
Answer : None.
Question : Were there any girls?
Question : Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?
Answer : Did you actually pass the bar exam?
Question : Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people?
Answer : All my autopsies are performed on dead people.
Question : Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
Answer : The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.
Question : And Mr. Dennington was dead at the time?
Answer : No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy.
Question : Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
Answer : No.
Question : Did you check for blood pressure?
Answer : No.
Question : Did you check for breathing?
Answer : No.
Question : So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
Answer : No.
Question : How can you be so sure, Doctor?
Answer : Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
Question : But could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
Answer : Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere.
These are just a few and if by chance you are a lawyer, think before you ask your next question - Grin : )
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
True Friends – Why are they rare?
Thoughts fly through my mind and I wonder sometimes why it is that true friends are hard to find. Have you every wondered that?
Well as I thought about this question there was some things that came to mind. One of those was; “what is a true friend?” and “what would a true friend look like?”
A true friend would have your best interest at heart and would be a person who could hold you accountable for your actions. What! Accountability? That hurts! I am accountable to NO one! Isn’t that true?
As my teenage daughter would say; “NOT!” Ultimately I am accountable and I will give an account one day. But for today, a true friend is one who knows your weaknesses and holds you accountable about what you are doing in regards to those weaknesses.
That is why true friends are hard to find. We personally do not want to be accountable to someone who has our best interest at heart because we want those around us to think that we have it all together and that we have no weaknesses.
People, people, people, we don’t have a monopoly on making all the right decisions. We all make poor decisions and the outcomes they produce many times reveal our shortcomings and our weaknesses. A true friend would be one who knows us and about the time we are going to make decisions would call us into account and correct us so that those outcomes, which are mostly bad, do not come about but they help re-think and with re-thinking, decisions are modified and the outcomes more enjoyable.
That is why I think they are few; it is because we do want to reveal our weaknesses or faults to others. A true friend loves the person even if we are frogs in disguise and will hold us accountable and ask the hard questions we do not want to hear.
Oh to have a friend that will only praise! But then I ask; what value is that to me? I need someone who is free to point out my warts as well as my beauty. I need someone to not only to praise the “beauty” but also to hold the “beast” accountable.
Remember what you think, influences your decisions and those decisions determine the outcomes. A friend will call into question your thinking…before they become bad decisions.
Well as I thought about this question there was some things that came to mind. One of those was; “what is a true friend?” and “what would a true friend look like?”
A true friend would have your best interest at heart and would be a person who could hold you accountable for your actions. What! Accountability? That hurts! I am accountable to NO one! Isn’t that true?
As my teenage daughter would say; “NOT!” Ultimately I am accountable and I will give an account one day. But for today, a true friend is one who knows your weaknesses and holds you accountable about what you are doing in regards to those weaknesses.
That is why true friends are hard to find. We personally do not want to be accountable to someone who has our best interest at heart because we want those around us to think that we have it all together and that we have no weaknesses.
People, people, people, we don’t have a monopoly on making all the right decisions. We all make poor decisions and the outcomes they produce many times reveal our shortcomings and our weaknesses. A true friend would be one who knows us and about the time we are going to make decisions would call us into account and correct us so that those outcomes, which are mostly bad, do not come about but they help re-think and with re-thinking, decisions are modified and the outcomes more enjoyable.
That is why I think they are few; it is because we do want to reveal our weaknesses or faults to others. A true friend loves the person even if we are frogs in disguise and will hold us accountable and ask the hard questions we do not want to hear.
Oh to have a friend that will only praise! But then I ask; what value is that to me? I need someone who is free to point out my warts as well as my beauty. I need someone to not only to praise the “beauty” but also to hold the “beast” accountable.
Remember what you think, influences your decisions and those decisions determine the outcomes. A friend will call into question your thinking…before they become bad decisions.
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
The Thrill Is Gone -- NOT, 28 years Strong!
The Thrill Is Gone by BB King
The thrill is gone
The thrill is gone away
The thrill is gone baby
The thrill is gone away
You know you done me wrong baby
And you'll be sorry someday
The thrill is gone
It's gone away from me
The thrill is gone baby
The thrill is gone away from me
Although I'll still live on
But so lonely I'll be
The thrill is gone
The thrill is gone away
The thrill is gone baby
The thrill is gone away
You know you done me wrong baby
And you'll be sorry someday
The thrill is gone
It's gone away from me
The thrill is gone baby
The thrill is gone away from me
Although I'll still live on
But so lonely I'll be
The thrill is gone
It's gone away for good
Oh, the thrill is gone baby
Baby its gone away for good
Someday I know I'll be over it all baby
Just like I know a man should
You know I'm free, free now baby
I'm free from your spell
I'm free, free now
I'm free from your spell
And now that it's over
All I can do is wish you well
Tuesday, April 05, 2005
Runescape
A Game that can consume Your time!
I have found a game in which (if you ask my wife) has consumed much of my time. It is a fairly interesting game but please take it from me, it will get more interesting the more you play it. And the more you play it the more time it consumes.
I will have "WILL" power and limit my time each day, so I must end this blog....Time to PLAY!
I have found a game in which (if you ask my wife) has consumed much of my time. It is a fairly interesting game but please take it from me, it will get more interesting the more you play it. And the more you play it the more time it consumes.
I will have "WILL" power and limit my time each day, so I must end this blog....Time to PLAY!
Sunday, January 23, 2005
A Month Has Gone By
Well let me first state many things have happened since the last time I posted. What has transpired over the last 35 days I cannot contain in one Blog. So let me try to hit the highlights (or in some cases the lowlights).
Highlights:
Many good things have happened. Yet in the midst of all this some things have really taken my breath away.
Lowlights.
The Good Lord never said life would always be easy, or without sadness. Grief would be ours like all of humanity. We would suffer losses. But what he did say was that he would never leave us or forsake us. Trust in that Thomas! Though the last few days have been a little dark for me and others here in Boerne God has not lost control.
God Bless,
Bluesman
Highlights:
- My daughter who I love has now turned 18 and is a sophomore in College.
- She is doing well and is enjoying every minute of it (well not the ponding).
- I have made it through another Christmas.
- I woke up this morning (as I have done for the past 35 days)!
- My life has been full many of the days, and not so full others.
- My wife still loves me (though I do not know why).
- I still have a job.
Many good things have happened. Yet in the midst of all this some things have really taken my breath away.
Lowlights.
- In the past 35 days some of my friends have died.
- A young 17 year old friend of my daughters was killed in a car accident.
- Another friend of hers was diagnosed with cancer.
The Good Lord never said life would always be easy, or without sadness. Grief would be ours like all of humanity. We would suffer losses. But what he did say was that he would never leave us or forsake us. Trust in that Thomas! Though the last few days have been a little dark for me and others here in Boerne God has not lost control.
God Bless,
Bluesman
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