This blog post is for Meow33744 (Pete) Prayer request
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Posted:Oct 21, 2008 5:40 pm
Last Updated:Dec 2, 2009 9:23 pm 11757 Views
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He has been experiencing computer problems and I wanted everyone to know he is ok. His computer crashed. Hopefully, he will be up and running in the next week. Send prayers for a running computer system again, cause he likes to post at least 5 witnessing posts a day and he has not been able to in the last week. He can view from my computer, so send your encouragements please as he can view the comments. It is beginning to get him down. He refuses to use my computer so pray his is working soon. Love you guys and many thanks.
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The big sign
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Posted:Sep 4, 2008 8:52 pm
Last Updated:Sep 14, 2010 9:12 pm 13243 Views
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I must share a story that I heard at work. There is a co-worker that was dating a non-christian and she was telling me that he had recently accepted Christ into his life. She also shared that he was asking lots of questions and felt good about his change. He continued to ask for big signs that Christ was the answer and not the Muslim faith. She said she continued to pray daily for his big sign that he was looking for proving Jesus was the way.
She shared with me that he was cleaning out an estate just the other day and he came across a large piece of paneling and painted on the back of the sign was a beautiful picture of Jesus.
Now if that isn't a big sign....I don't know what is. Praise God.
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Why do Christians re-define scriptures to meet their desires....sex and commitment
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Posted:Aug 31, 2008 11:28 pm
Last Updated:Jan 20, 2010 12:14 pm 8604 Views
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This is a reply to [post 132946]
I have heard so many interpretations that it makes me sick at this stage. I have been guilty in the past of such actions and I am sure that many who read this have been guilty too.
However, I feel that there comes a time in your life that one must take responsibility by not trying to re-define what scriptures say to suit their lifestyle and re-defined beliefs.
My parents have been married all of their lives. They had a commitment for life to stay together. Unfortunately, in this fast paced society that we live in today it has become somewhat permissible or it is done in secret. Permissible because of convenience, budget constraints and many other reasons. Does it make it right? I feel that as a Christian to another Christian even the appearance of sin is not acceptable, yet I have failed in this department as well. Does it make it right? No. There comes a time that we must search our hearts and our own conscious as to the true meanings of the very scriptures that were passed down for our guidance.
I remain single after several unsuccessful marriages which ended with a cheating spouse. By the definition of the Church, I was free to move on, but I suffered for years with pain and sorrow over the broken marriages. Fearful to enter into another because I did not want to repeat the pattern. Much of my life was spent burying myself into my work, doing the best that I could trying to do everything for the God's glory. My mortgage business was a witnessing ground. Dating was not an option. I wonder how other couples who meet stay pure in this generation or do they? I recall a couple at my church that crossed the line and they were counseled to seperate for one year. This was the Church's stand. The couple did get married after 2 years with the Church's blessings.
For that matter what is unconditional commitment? For my parents generation unconditional commitment even includes never remarrying in this lifetime - "til death due us part". Now that is unconditional commitment. I have even known some Christians of my parents generation to remarry after the death of a spouse, while some remain single. I often wonder how far my parents went before they got married, but it is a subject that I am afraid, I may never know the answer to. Which is right?
Each has to search their own souls as I have done. Growing a garden takes work, preparing the soil, fertilizing the ground, watering the plant and pruning it to make it stronger. There are many parts and parcels in a relationship that one can liken to gardening. My desire is to prepare my garden to be a beautiful garden which is blessed by my God this time. Do you want God's blessings?
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Things that bring me joy
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Posted:Aug 20, 2008 7:55 pm
Last Updated:Sep 3, 2008 7:13 pm 7711 Views
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...giving good customer service at work
...being the best employee I can be
...providing for my even if it means working two jobs.
...helping friends from afar
...being a friend
...sacrificing things for people in need
...special moments with special friends
...being real (as in not having to hide stuff from my parents)
...my 's love for me and his hugs
...taking dead plants and bringing them back to life
...going to sleep after I know I have done all I can
...dancing
...people that make me laugh
...learning the art of not taking life so serious even though it is important to be responsible and do what you have to do.
...knowing that Jesus is my Savior and all of these struggles won't be there someday.
What brings you joy?
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Things that bother me
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Posted:Aug 20, 2008 7:55 pm
Last Updated:Aug 13, 2009 10:42 am 6972 Views
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...being smothered
...someone always wanting to be on the top of my viewed my blog screen.
...a dirty car
...dishes in the sink
...not knowing where my really is?
...not knowing where my glasses are...
...not having a shower that works properly
...not having a stove that works at all
...people at tire kingdom trying to sell me services, I have had done by them in the last 6 months that they should have record of.
...not having the guts to just say enough is enough.
...my little toe hurting from that 280 pound gorilla that stepped on it after running over it with the building materials cart.
So what bothers you?
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Someday --- Let
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Posted:Aug 20, 2008 10:05 am
Last Updated:Apr 7, 2009 8:42 pm 8086 Views
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I used to play a game with a friend of mine. It was like word association, but instead of taking turns saying the first word that came to mind, we would take turns telling one another our wishes.
We ended each turn with the word someday. We used it like people with two-way radios use the word over to indicate whose turn it was to speak. A typical conversation resulting from our game went something like this:
I want to travel the world someday.
I want to backpack across the United States someday.
I want to go to Hawaii someday.
I want to landscape a yard someday.
I want to learn to sail someday.
and it continued in that manner, always in the form of
I want to (do something) someday.
So who wants to start...
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Refusing a $2. bill. Want a good laugh?
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Posted:Aug 16, 2008 7:42 pm
Last Updated:Aug 20, 2008 9:01 pm 7907 Views
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The following is a true story. (But not me....) Want a good laugh? Read on - - -.
On my way home from the second job I've taken for the extra holiday cash I need, I stopped at Taco Bell for a quick bite to eat. In my billfold is a $50 bill and a $2 bill. That is all of the cash I have on my person. I figure that with a $2 bill, I can get something to eat and not have to worry about people getting mad at me.
Me: "Hi, I'd like one seven layer burrito please, to go."
Server: "Is that it?"
Me: "Yep."
Server: "That'll be $1.04, eat here?"
Me: "No, it's "TO-GO"
At this point I open my billfold and hand him the $2 bill. He looks at it kind of funny and . . .
Server: "Uh, hang on a sec, I'll be right back."
He goes to talk to his manager, who is still within earshot. The following conversation occurs between the two of them:
Server: "Hey, you ever see a $2 bill?"
Manager: "No. A what?"
Server: "A $2 bill. This guy just gave it to me."
Manager: "Ask for something else, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A $2 BILL."
Server: "Yeah, thought so."
He comes back to me and says:
Server: "We don't take these. Do you have anything else?"
Me: "Just this fifty. You don't take $2 bills? Why?"
Server: "I don't know."
Me: "See here where it says legal tender?"
Server: "Yeah."
Me: "So, shouldn't you take it?"
Server: "Well, hang on a sec."
He goes back to his manager who is watching me like I'm going to shoplift.
Server: "He says I have to take it."
Manager: "Doesn't he have anything else?"
Server: "Yeah, a fifty. I'll get it and you can open the safe and get change."
Manager: "I'M NOT OPENING THE SAFE WITH HIM IN HERE." [My emphasis]
Server: "What should I do?"
Manager: "Tell him to come back later when he has REAL money."
Server: "I can't tell him that, you tell him."
Manager: "Just tell him."
Server: "No way, this is weird, I'm going in back."
The manager approaches me and says:
Manager: "Sorry, we don't take big bills this time of night." [It was 8pm and this particular Taco Bell is in a well lighted indoor mall with 100 other stores.]
Me: "Well, here's a two."
Manager: "We don't take those either."
Me: "Why the hell not?"
Manager: "I think you know why."
Me: "No really, tell me, why?"
Manager: "Please leave before I call mall security."
Me: "Excuse me?"
Manager: "Please leave before I call mall security."
Me: "What the hell for?"
Manager: "Please, sir."
Me: "Uh, go ahead, call them."
Manager: "Would you please just leave?"
Me: "No."
Manager: "Fine, have it your way then."
Me: "No, that's Burger King, isn't it?"
At this point he BACKS away from me and calls mall security on the phone around the corner. I have two people STARING at me from the dining area, and I begin laughing out loud, just for effect. A few minutes later this 45 year old-ish guy comes in and says [at the other end of counter, in a whisper]:
Security: "Yeah, Mike, what's up?"
Manager: "This guy is trying to give me some [pause] funny money."
Security: "Really? What?"
Manager: "Get this, a two dollar bill."
Security: "Why would a guy fake a $2 bill?" [Incredulous]
Manager: "I don't know? He's kinda weird. Says the only other thing he has is a fifty."
Security: "So, the fifty's fake?"
Manager: "NO, the $2 is."
Security: "Why would he fake a $2 bill?"
Manager: "I don't know. Can you talk to him, and get him out of here?"
Security: "Yeah..."
Security guard walks over to me and says:
Security: "Mike here tells me you have some fake bills you're trying to use."
Me: "Uh, no."
Security: "Lemme see 'em."
Me: "Why?"
Security: "Do you want me to get the cops in here?"
At this point I was ready to say, "SURE, PLEASE," but I wanted to eat, so I said:
Me: "I'm just trying to buy a burrito and pay for it with this $2 bill."
I put the bill up near his face, and he flinches like I was taking a swing at him. He takes the bill, turns it over a few times in his hands, and says
Security: "Mike, what's wrong with this bill?"
Manager: "It's fake."
Security: "It doesn't look fake to me."
Manager: "But it's a $2 bill."
Security: "Yeah?"
Manager: "Well, there's no such thing, is there?"
The security guard and I both looked at him like he was an idiot, and it dawned on the guy that he had no clue. My burrito was free and he threw in a small drink and those cinnamon things, too. Makes me want to get a whole stack of $2 bills just to see what happens when I try to buy stuff. If I got the right group of people, I could probably end up in jail. At least you get free food.
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My needs our angels protection now, please pray
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Posted:Aug 15, 2008 10:48 pm
Last Updated:Dec 18, 2010 1:33 pm 9832 Views
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We know the power of prayer. The last 24 hours have been a whirl wind for me.
Let me explain....My left yesterday with his friends...ended his evening with people he did not know. Handcuffs on his hands, by police and a call to his father. Need I say more. I have been devastated by this for the last 24 hours. My and I talked tonight and it seems it was a product of being at the wrong place at the wrong time. He is almost 18. He was set free with many impressionable thoughts...need I say more.
I recall as a of his age a time period where I was in a vehicle that took me to a place called the pits. MMM the bird sanctuary. I said, the train held me up. Dad said, there hasn't been a train go through in these parts in years and I went to bed. My dad was a loving father. Never happened again. It was a place that dune buggies would and could legally race. It was a fun place. Bad stuff sometimes happened there too. Such as the beaches in Clearwater. I only went there once when I was 17. I recall it not being a good place to be. My now agrees that being on the beach late at night is not a good place to be. I never went there again, I hope he doesn't either. Please keep my in prayer that his lesson last night will leave a lasting impression of right and wrong.
After hearing his testimony of the evening, I truly believe he was truly at the wrong place at the wrong time. Changes of events, friends going different directions and being in a crowd of peers he did not know. This was a first occurrence and one of those first experiences into the dark side that doesn't need repeating. He was remorseful and full of hugs and respect when I saw him tonight after I got off of a 11 1/2 hour shift. I do think he will think next time. He does have a phone. I advised him next time to leave the scene and then call. do have to learn. Perhaps this was his wake up call? I think the hand cuffs scared him.
Many prayers of protection. He knows it would crush me if there were a repeat.
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