How often do we forget Jesus. In a world that requires us to remember so much, pin numbers, account numbers, home computer passwords, office passwords, voicemail passwords, email passwords, parents birthdays, kids birthdays, friends birthdays, your own birthday. How easy is it for us to simply forget.
We all have done it, forget a birthday (I've made a decision to give my wife an entire week, so I never forget the day), forget an anniversary, forget your password, lock yourself out of your computer and have to call tech support. We all forget.
How easy it is to forget Jesus. Forget that He is not just our buddy, but our savior. Forget that is not just nice, but that all creation trembles at his voice, forget that he is not just our friend, but that He is our savior.
Take some time today to get to know Him again. Know what makes his heart beat, know what makes him happy, and know who he is.
Remember Jesus
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Monday, May 26, 2008
How does Obama get away with this stuff?
This is an article I read from Michelle Malkin:
All it takes is one gaffe to taint a Republican for life. The political establishment never let Dan Quayle live down his fateful misspelling of "potatoe." The New York Times distorted and misreported the first President Bush's questions about new scanner technology at a grocers' convention to brand him permanently as out of touch.
But what about Barack Obama? The guy's a perpetual gaffe machine. Let us count the ways, large and small, that his tongue has betrayed him throughout the campaign:
-- Last May, he claimed that tornadoes in Kansas killed a whopping 10,000 people: "In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died -- an entire town destroyed." The actual death toll: 12.
-- Earlier this month in Oregon, he redrew the map of the United States: "Over the last 15 months, we've traveled to every corner of the United States. I've now been in 57 states? I think one left to go."
-- Last week, in front of a roaring Sioux Falls, S.D., audience, Obama exulted: "Thank you, Sioux City. ... I said it wrong. I've been in Iowa for too long. I'm sorry."
-- Explaining last week why he was trailing Hillary Clinton in Kentucky, Obama again botched basic geography: "Sen. Clinton, I think, is much better known, coming from a nearby state of Arkansas. So it's not surprising that she would have an advantage in some of those states in the middle." On what map is Arkansas closer to Kentucky than Illinois?
-- Obama has as much trouble with numbers as he has with maps. Last March, on the anniversary of the Bloody Sunday march in Selma, Ala., he claimed his parents united as a direct result of the civil rights movement:
"There was something stirring across the country because of what happened in Selma, Ala., because some folks are willing to march across a bridge. So they got together and Barack Obama Jr. was born."
Obama was born in 1961. The Selma march took place in 1965. His spokesman, Bill Burton, later explained that Obama was "speaking metaphorically about the civil rights movement as a whole."
-- Earlier this month in Cape Girardeau, Mo., Obama showed off his knowledge of the war in Afghanistan by homing in on a lack of translators: "We only have a certain number of them, and if they are all in Iraq, then it's harder for us to use them in Afghanistan." The real reason it's "harder for us to use them" in Afghanistan: Iraqis speak Arabic or Kurdish. The Afghanis speak Pashto, Farsi or other non-Arabic languages.
-- Over the weekend in Oregon, Obama pleaded ignorance of the decades-old, multi-billion-dollar massive Hanford nuclear waste cleanup:
"Here's something that you will rarely hear from a politician, and that is that I'm not familiar with the Hanford, uuuuhh, site, so I don't know exactly what's going on there. (Applause.) Now, having said that, I promise you I'll learn about it by the time I leave here on the ride back to the airport."
I assume on that ride, a staffer reminded him that he's voted on at least one defense authorization bill that addressed the "costs, schedules, and technical issues" dealing with the nation's most contaminated nuclear waste site.
-- Last March, the Chicago Tribune reported this little-noticed nugget about a fake autobiographical detail in Obama's "Dreams from My Father":
"Then, there's the copy of Life magazine that Obama presents as his racial awakening at age 9. In it, he wrote, was an article and two accompanying photographs of an African-American man physically and mentally scarred by his efforts to lighten his skin. In fact, the Life article and the photographs don't exist, say the magazine's own historians."
-- And in perhaps the most seriously troubling set of gaffes of them all, Obama told a Portland crowd over the weekend that Iran doesn't "pose a serious threat to us" -- cluelessly arguing that "tiny countries" with small defense budgets can't do us harm -- and then promptly flip-flopped the next day, claiming, "I've made it clear for years that the threat from Iran is grave."
Barack Obama -- promoted by the Left and the media as an all-knowing, articulate, transcendent Messiah -- is a walking, talking gaffe machine. How many more passes does he get? How many more can we afford?
All it takes is one gaffe to taint a Republican for life. The political establishment never let Dan Quayle live down his fateful misspelling of "potatoe." The New York Times distorted and misreported the first President Bush's questions about new scanner technology at a grocers' convention to brand him permanently as out of touch.
But what about Barack Obama? The guy's a perpetual gaffe machine. Let us count the ways, large and small, that his tongue has betrayed him throughout the campaign:
-- Last May, he claimed that tornadoes in Kansas killed a whopping 10,000 people: "In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died -- an entire town destroyed." The actual death toll: 12.
-- Earlier this month in Oregon, he redrew the map of the United States: "Over the last 15 months, we've traveled to every corner of the United States. I've now been in 57 states? I think one left to go."
-- Last week, in front of a roaring Sioux Falls, S.D., audience, Obama exulted: "Thank you, Sioux City. ... I said it wrong. I've been in Iowa for too long. I'm sorry."
-- Explaining last week why he was trailing Hillary Clinton in Kentucky, Obama again botched basic geography: "Sen. Clinton, I think, is much better known, coming from a nearby state of Arkansas. So it's not surprising that she would have an advantage in some of those states in the middle." On what map is Arkansas closer to Kentucky than Illinois?
-- Obama has as much trouble with numbers as he has with maps. Last March, on the anniversary of the Bloody Sunday march in Selma, Ala., he claimed his parents united as a direct result of the civil rights movement:
"There was something stirring across the country because of what happened in Selma, Ala., because some folks are willing to march across a bridge. So they got together and Barack Obama Jr. was born."
Obama was born in 1961. The Selma march took place in 1965. His spokesman, Bill Burton, later explained that Obama was "speaking metaphorically about the civil rights movement as a whole."
-- Earlier this month in Cape Girardeau, Mo., Obama showed off his knowledge of the war in Afghanistan by homing in on a lack of translators: "We only have a certain number of them, and if they are all in Iraq, then it's harder for us to use them in Afghanistan." The real reason it's "harder for us to use them" in Afghanistan: Iraqis speak Arabic or Kurdish. The Afghanis speak Pashto, Farsi or other non-Arabic languages.
-- Over the weekend in Oregon, Obama pleaded ignorance of the decades-old, multi-billion-dollar massive Hanford nuclear waste cleanup:
"Here's something that you will rarely hear from a politician, and that is that I'm not familiar with the Hanford, uuuuhh, site, so I don't know exactly what's going on there. (Applause.) Now, having said that, I promise you I'll learn about it by the time I leave here on the ride back to the airport."
I assume on that ride, a staffer reminded him that he's voted on at least one defense authorization bill that addressed the "costs, schedules, and technical issues" dealing with the nation's most contaminated nuclear waste site.
-- Last March, the Chicago Tribune reported this little-noticed nugget about a fake autobiographical detail in Obama's "Dreams from My Father":
"Then, there's the copy of Life magazine that Obama presents as his racial awakening at age 9. In it, he wrote, was an article and two accompanying photographs of an African-American man physically and mentally scarred by his efforts to lighten his skin. In fact, the Life article and the photographs don't exist, say the magazine's own historians."
-- And in perhaps the most seriously troubling set of gaffes of them all, Obama told a Portland crowd over the weekend that Iran doesn't "pose a serious threat to us" -- cluelessly arguing that "tiny countries" with small defense budgets can't do us harm -- and then promptly flip-flopped the next day, claiming, "I've made it clear for years that the threat from Iran is grave."
Barack Obama -- promoted by the Left and the media as an all-knowing, articulate, transcendent Messiah -- is a walking, talking gaffe machine. How many more passes does he get? How many more can we afford?
Monday, March 17, 2008
Political Thought
My Huckabee for President was a fun ride, but it has officially ended.
The recent news regarding Barack and his "spiritual adviser" (his words) has really aggravated me. I email Barack after Huckabee was done, and asked some questions from an undecided voter, I never received a response, only his "vote for change" junk. My problem is simple with his pastor. You can say what you want, believe what you want, that is the great things about America. But you must be held to the same standard as everyone else. If my church put on our webstie that we were "unashamedly white" what would be the response (especially if I was running for office.) If our pastor stood in the pulpit and bashed Barack, how fast would the IRS strip our "tax free" exemption? As quick as Barack uses the word "change." Also, Huckabee was crucified for saying the following, "we need to take our nation back for Christ." Yet Obama gets a pass when his pastor says "God D!*n America." I don't know if Obama is a rasist, I do know that his pastor is. I know this by his words. How is a "three strike" policy a bad thing? Do we keep letting people do bad things because they are a certain color? Bad is bad, regardless of race. If a white gets three strikes he is out, if an Asian does, same thing and so on.
Jeremiah Wrigth blames the problems in the black community on "three strike policy" and more "jails being built." I blame all problems on peoples lack of responsibility for their actions. You can be an atheist, but you will be held responsible by God, you can be murder but you will be held responsible by the law (or should), we live in a county with no responsibility. We only want to do what makes us happy. Life is not always happy, and it is not always fair. Grow up and get over it. Life is hard, tough, and hurts, but God is good!
Go McCain 2008. The old sucker might just pull of the victory after all :)
The recent news regarding Barack and his "spiritual adviser" (his words) has really aggravated me. I email Barack after Huckabee was done, and asked some questions from an undecided voter, I never received a response, only his "vote for change" junk. My problem is simple with his pastor. You can say what you want, believe what you want, that is the great things about America. But you must be held to the same standard as everyone else. If my church put on our webstie that we were "unashamedly white" what would be the response (especially if I was running for office.) If our pastor stood in the pulpit and bashed Barack, how fast would the IRS strip our "tax free" exemption? As quick as Barack uses the word "change." Also, Huckabee was crucified for saying the following, "we need to take our nation back for Christ." Yet Obama gets a pass when his pastor says "God D!*n America." I don't know if Obama is a rasist, I do know that his pastor is. I know this by his words. How is a "three strike" policy a bad thing? Do we keep letting people do bad things because they are a certain color? Bad is bad, regardless of race. If a white gets three strikes he is out, if an Asian does, same thing and so on.
Jeremiah Wrigth blames the problems in the black community on "three strike policy" and more "jails being built." I blame all problems on peoples lack of responsibility for their actions. You can be an atheist, but you will be held responsible by God, you can be murder but you will be held responsible by the law (or should), we live in a county with no responsibility. We only want to do what makes us happy. Life is not always happy, and it is not always fair. Grow up and get over it. Life is hard, tough, and hurts, but God is good!
Go McCain 2008. The old sucker might just pull of the victory after all :)
25%
Sorry to all 2 people that read this blog. It has been a while since my last blog. Here is a quick recap of my life the past couple of months.
God's has been good, life has been rough! For the last 10 years I have given everything I have to 50 young people, sometimes more, sometimes less. The last year it was been a struggle to keep the faith that the "tears will not overcome the wheat." I have had one young person that grew up wanting to be like me, now totally shutting me out. Other young people that I stood by as they struggled with friends, relationships and person situations, now tune my voice completely out, choosing to listen to others who do nothing but deceive and eventually destroy. I have given my time, energy, and my heart to these young people, and all I show is about 25% return on my investment. Now before you feel sorry for me, I have gotten over the sad stage and now into the rejoicing stage. The 75% that have tuned me our, blocked me, and simply ignored my advice have simply made a choice. One that I can't make for them, but would love to. They are living in a world that is "twisted." To them they are making sense, to everyone else they are completely lost. Don't cry :) I'm not. I have studied the ministry of Jesus even more as of late, and I found that out of the 12 he HAND picked, he lost 1. Even He could not win them all. In his parable of the seeds, he only kept 25% of the seed. This blew my mind, because that is the exact percent that I have kept as a youth pastor. In the parable, Jesus rejoiced over the 25%. That is become my new passion. To rejoice over the 25%. Those that are passionate about their relationship with God, passionate about their worship, passionate about their church, and passionate about their pastor. I believe in pastoral authority, holiness, worship, my church, my city, and my God. The TEARS will not overcome the WHEAT!
God's has been good, life has been rough! For the last 10 years I have given everything I have to 50 young people, sometimes more, sometimes less. The last year it was been a struggle to keep the faith that the "tears will not overcome the wheat." I have had one young person that grew up wanting to be like me, now totally shutting me out. Other young people that I stood by as they struggled with friends, relationships and person situations, now tune my voice completely out, choosing to listen to others who do nothing but deceive and eventually destroy. I have given my time, energy, and my heart to these young people, and all I show is about 25% return on my investment. Now before you feel sorry for me, I have gotten over the sad stage and now into the rejoicing stage. The 75% that have tuned me our, blocked me, and simply ignored my advice have simply made a choice. One that I can't make for them, but would love to. They are living in a world that is "twisted." To them they are making sense, to everyone else they are completely lost. Don't cry :) I'm not. I have studied the ministry of Jesus even more as of late, and I found that out of the 12 he HAND picked, he lost 1. Even He could not win them all. In his parable of the seeds, he only kept 25% of the seed. This blew my mind, because that is the exact percent that I have kept as a youth pastor. In the parable, Jesus rejoiced over the 25%. That is become my new passion. To rejoice over the 25%. Those that are passionate about their relationship with God, passionate about their worship, passionate about their church, and passionate about their pastor. I believe in pastoral authority, holiness, worship, my church, my city, and my God. The TEARS will not overcome the WHEAT!
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee is a pro-family fiscal conservative who is strong on defense.
Mike Huckabee: A Pro-life, Pro-Surge, Pro-fair tax, Pro-gun, etc, etc, etc.
Mike Huckabee has remained consistently conservative throughout his entire political career.
Mike Huckabee: There are no “Youtube” moments for Mike Huckabee. He got into politics because he was pro-life and pro-growth. These are the core values he’s had since he was a teenager.
Mike Huckabee is a former Governor and knows what it’s like to manage a government.
Mike Huckabee: Served the people of Arkansas for 10 and 1/2 years.
Mike Huckabee has the ability to articulate his conservative vision.
Mike Huckabee: I have never seen anyone captivate an audience like the former Baptist Minister.
Mike Huckabee can expand the Republican base without sacrificing core principles.
Mike Huckabee: Holds all of the core conservative positions. Huckabee was able to garner over 40% of the African American vote in Arkansas twice. He received applause when he spoke at the NEA and most recently at the Machinist’s union in Florida.
Monday, September 3, 2007
Happy Labor Day
Happy Labor Day everyone!! Did you know the first labor day took place on September 5, 1882. Which is a good thing. The sad thing is labor day symbolizes the last day of summer, I love summer. What I've always wondered though is where the rule "no white after labor day" came from. The reasons I found are: 1.) White reflects sunlight so therefor it keeps you cooler, and why would one want to be colder in winter?!?! (duh)...thats my favorite dumb reason. 2.)In the late 19th century alot of people where entering the middle classes. Well, they didnt know anything about the standards of high society, so they were given specific rules to follow in order to fit in. Thats just plain mean!! 3.) Apparently to southerners its just rude and total bad manners to wear white before easter. I dont think it bothers me, but hey thats just me. I dont really care for any of these reasons, so I say WEAR WHATEVER YOU WANT PEOPLE! Have a great labor day and don't work to hard :)
-Leisha
Sunday, September 2, 2007
My Fear
This has been on my mind for about 2 months now, so I thought I would share it to the world (all 3 of the people that read my blog :) )
In 2008 the United States of America will vote in a new president. For the past 100 years, the President has come from either the Republican or Democratic Party, so it seems safe to assume that the same will hold form in 2008. The leading candidates for President of the USA are Hillary Clinton (D) and Rudy Giuliani (R). I know there are other people including Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson, and Barack Marx (Obama).
This is what is bothering me; the most likely two candidates will be both pro choice and pro homosexual. This is unbelievable to me, that in the USA a country founded on the word of God we will chose between two people that have no regard for His word or His principles. This is not a blog to debate beliefs, just to say that I fear for my country. What will happen in 2012? How much more will we walk away from the principles of God? Hillary also wants socialized medicine and basically a socialist government. This was a country founded on capitalism and the Word of God, both are being abandoned in 2008. It is really sad to see this wonderful country destroy itself. My Grandpa lost his dad at 3 and mom at 11, yet he worked his tail off to make something of himself, including picking cotton, sharecropping, and welding. He got his GED in his 40's and became a productive citizen of society. My Grandmother father died at 13 and was raised by her mom as she worked multiple jobs to provide for her family. The government did not give her anything and she did not expect them to. She worked HARD! In today's society b/c of all the social programs, when tragedy hits and people have their backs against a wall, what do they do? They turn to the government, not to hard work.
My fear is simple, I'm afraid that this great country I love, is continuing to ignore God and His principles and that is a dangerous road to travel. Lets make a difference in 2008 and vote in accordance to Gods word and turn the tied.
Mike Huckabee 2008
In 2008 the United States of America will vote in a new president. For the past 100 years, the President has come from either the Republican or Democratic Party, so it seems safe to assume that the same will hold form in 2008. The leading candidates for President of the USA are Hillary Clinton (D) and Rudy Giuliani (R). I know there are other people including Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson, and Barack Marx (Obama).
This is what is bothering me; the most likely two candidates will be both pro choice and pro homosexual. This is unbelievable to me, that in the USA a country founded on the word of God we will chose between two people that have no regard for His word or His principles. This is not a blog to debate beliefs, just to say that I fear for my country. What will happen in 2012? How much more will we walk away from the principles of God? Hillary also wants socialized medicine and basically a socialist government. This was a country founded on capitalism and the Word of God, both are being abandoned in 2008. It is really sad to see this wonderful country destroy itself. My Grandpa lost his dad at 3 and mom at 11, yet he worked his tail off to make something of himself, including picking cotton, sharecropping, and welding. He got his GED in his 40's and became a productive citizen of society. My Grandmother father died at 13 and was raised by her mom as she worked multiple jobs to provide for her family. The government did not give her anything and she did not expect them to. She worked HARD! In today's society b/c of all the social programs, when tragedy hits and people have their backs against a wall, what do they do? They turn to the government, not to hard work.
My fear is simple, I'm afraid that this great country I love, is continuing to ignore God and His principles and that is a dangerous road to travel. Lets make a difference in 2008 and vote in accordance to Gods word and turn the tied.
Mike Huckabee 2008
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