Favorite Song of the Moment

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Your Guardian Angel

Spurgeon and Fireflight

"I am with you alway."

-- Matthew 28:20

It is well there is One who is ever the same, and who is ever with us.

It is well there is one stable rock amidst the billows of the sea of life. O my soul, set not thine affections upon rusting, moth-eaten, decaying treasures, but set thine heart upon him who abides for ever faithful to thee. Build not thine house upon the moving quicksands of a deceitful world, but found thy hopes upon this rock, which, amid descending rain and roaring floods, shall stand immovably secure. My soul, I charge thee, lay up thy treasure in the only secure cabinet; store thy jewels where thou canst never lose them. Put thine all in Christ; set all thine affections on his person, all thy hope in his merit, all thy trust in his efficacious blood, all thy joy in his presence, and so thou mayest laugh at loss, and defy destruction.

Remember that all the flowers in the world's garden fade by turns, and the day cometh when nothing will be left but the black, cold earth.

Death's black extinguisher must soon put out thy candle. Oh! how sweet to have sunlight when the candle is gone! The dark flood must soon roll between thee and all thou hast; then wed thine heart to him who will never leave thee; trust thyself with him who will go with thee through the black and surging current of death's stream, and who will land thee safely on the celestial shore, and make thee sit with him in heavenly places for ever. Go, sorrowing son of affliction, tell thy secrets to the Friend who sticketh closer than a brother. Trust all thy concerns with him who never can be taken from thee, who will never leave thee, and who will never let thee leave him, even "Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever." "Lo, I am with you alway," is enough for my soul to live upon, let who will forsake me.

Fireflight

"Forever"

Sometimes I feel so cold
Like I'm waiting around all by myself
Loneliness gets so old
I'm in the lost and found sitting on the shelf
Been stuck for way too long
But I hear Your voice
You're who I'm counting on

Oh, tell me You're here
That You will watch over me forever
Oh, take hold of my heart
Show me You'll love me forever

I know that You can tell
When I start to let my hope fade away
I need to catch myself
Open my ears to hear You calling my name
Been fighting way too long
But I hear Your voice
You had me all along

When I'm starting to drown
You jump in to save me
When my world's upside down
Your hands, they shake me and wake me

Plants vs. Zombies

I love Pop Cap. They made Peggle. They are awesome.

Here is a link to download a demo of their newest game "Plants vs. Zombies"

http://popcap.com/games/pvz/?icid=Interstitial_pvz

Incredible

My Church did a rendition of this last week at the end of the worship service. Now I usually find such things cheesy and awful, but this was so great. In some cases I think it was done better at New Life than at this place.

The song is Everything by Lifehouse

Recession Follow Up

My brother recently sent me this link to a tent city outside of Sacramento. These are homeless people, people who need help. And what do you do? What can you do?

I think this is where people feeling the pinch (the one that makes them not give money to others since they are strapped for cash but can still find 1.2 million dollars for camcorders) really hurts. I know people will be looking for the government to save these people when a good charity or two that had 1.2 million dollars in donations coming in could do so much more to help these people, and help them more effectively too.

Have we become so used to looking to the government for help that we can't even help each other? Are we so tired of our money being extorted by the government to be used as they see fit that we don't want to spend another dime on anyone else?

Why doesn't the church do more to help? Aren't hard times the best time to show love to people who need it? Of course it is harder in hard times to find that extra bit to give, and how do we balance helping those outside the church with helping those in the church?

Many times I feel like I have more questions than answers. I think what it comes down to is that we need to focus on smaller parts of the big picture so you don't feel overwhelmed. If we each faithfully do our small part to help then the bigger needs will get taken care of.

Hmmm....sounds familiar.

Spurgeon

"Sin ... exceeding sinful."

-- Romans 7:13

Beware of light thoughts of sin. At the time of conversion, the conscience is so tender, that we are afraid of the slightest sin. Young converts have a holy timidity, a godly fear lest they should offend against God. But alas! very soon the fine bloom upon these first ripe fruits is removed by the rough handling of the surrounding world: the sensitive plant of young piety turns into a willow in after life, too pliant, too easily yielding. It is sadly true, that even a Christian may grow by degrees so callous, that the sin which once startled him does not alarm him in the least. By degrees men get familiar with sin.

The ear in which the cannon has been booming will not notice slight sounds. At first a little sin startles us; but soon we say, "Is it not a little one?" Then there comes another, larger, and then another, until by degrees we begin to regard sin as but a little ill; and then follows an unholy presumption: "We have not fallen into open sin. True, we tripped a little, but we stood upright in the main. We may have uttered one unholy word, but as for the most of our conversation, it has been consistent." So we palliate sin; we throw a cloak over it; we call it by dainty names. Christian, beware how thou thinkest lightly of sin. Take heed lest thou fall by little and little. Sin, a little thing? Is it not a poison? Who knows its deadliness? Sin, a little thing? Do not the little foxes spoil the grapes? Doth not the tiny coral insect build a rock which wrecks a navy? Do not little strokes fell lofty oaks? Will not continual droppings wear away stones? Sin, a little thing? It girded the Redeemer's head with thorns, and pierced his heart! It made him suffer anguish, bitterness, and woe. Could you weigh the least sin in the scales of eternity, you would fly from it as from a serpent, and abhor the least appearance of evil. Look upon all sin as that which crucified the Saviour, and you will see it to be "exceeding sinful."

How America Does Recessions

So I've been hearing about how bad it is. That the economy is as bad as it has ever been since the Great Depression. Now I know there are people out there hurting since they are out of work. I have been there and I feel their pain.

However I think many people feel the pinch just because they have been told there is a pinch. Some people feel strapped when it comes to many things, but not so strapped that they can't buy a piece of garbage digital camcorder from QVC.

Carrie likes to watch QVC, it gives her the joy of shopping without going places and hurting her back or spending money. I was reading a book while she was watching and QVC was selling digital camcorders that you couldn't even use to take still pictures. They honestly looked like junk and they sold for $120.00 each.

Over the course of 15 minutes QVC sold 10,000 of these, they completely sold out. Simple math here:

10,000 junk camcorders times $120.00 each (disregarding shipping and taxes) = 1.2 million dollars spent on garbage in 15 minutes.

Feel the "pinch."

Funny Pictures

I was looking for some new wallpaper for my cell phone and stumbled on these. Hmm..that baby looks familiar....