Posts Tagged ‘Truth’

Famous Dave’s Field Trip… and more

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I know the what more important is the “and more” so I’ll start there.  About 8:45 this morning I was told I needed to call my father at home.  In my mind I immediately knew what I was going to be told.  My Grandmother was just recently diagnosed with Lung Cancer and had been under some chemo which helped.  About a month ago her doctors told that there wasn’t much more they could do, and gave her about a year.  My parent had seen them on Saturday; they enjoyed the time.   So I called my father and my dad told me that she had passed away last night in her sleep.  They think the cause of death was a heart attack, however since she was a sleep the hospice nurse said she probably didn’t feel a thing.   I went and found Renae and relay the news, and then talked with Pastor Davidson who was very comforting.

This afternoon, I had planned to take my yearbook class to Famous Dave’s in celebration of finishing the yearbook.  None of my five students had ever been so we were in for a treat.  The food was GREAT! the student’s loved it.  I had the 2 meat combo with the beef brisket and a hot sausage link, with the sides of potato wedges and mashed potatoes, along with the cornbread and corn that always come with it.  Here is some pics.  Not going to do a restaurant review here, sorry.

-hold nothing back

-praise God because He’s active

media

media is a variation on the word medium which in the context which i am using is a means of taking information from one place to another.  hence things like news media the go find the news and report it to you and me.  the news media goes to great lengths to make sure that they convey facts and not hearsay although it does sometimes happens that rumors and even lies come out.  media should strive to convey truth.  all truth no matter where we find it is God’s truth.  He is the absolute truth.

unlinked

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for so long i have seen people use media to entertain. media is such a powerful tool. it can be used to affect so many people both positively and negatively. one of my central goals is to always use media to influence others for good. media that is unlinked from a positive influence will help no one. it is my purpose that unlinkedmedia will be a positive influence towards truth.

TRASH

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Nobody likes it! It Stinks! I’m sitting by a trash can right now, in it are leftovers from three weeks ago that I threw away, some empty bags that food once held, an egg carton, some papers, junk mail, etc. The mere fact that there is a place to put trash means that we do not just want it lying around that house. You do not put trash in the microwave, or in the bath tub, our on top of the dvd player in the living room. Trash is put into the trash can. Once the trash can in full, or starts to smell; you take it out to the big trash can outside, and typically once a week the trash truck comes and empties you big trash can and takes it to the dump.
I remember as a kid I never liked taking out the trash. Every thursday night after dinner I would take all the trash from the house and put them in the big trash bins and move them to the street. It was not hard I just did not like doing it.
We have a set system to handle the trash in our house. But we choose to fill our lives with trash! So what do I mean filling our lives with trash. Well we fill our lives with things that do not matter, with things that are useless. The have no spiritual value, monetary value sure, well maybe. We captivate ourselves in sin- jealousy, hatred, lust, profanity, addictions, anything, you name it. IT IS TRASH! but we live in it, and get this we like it. We like living in figurative mounds of leftover dinner. It stinks, its rotten, and we don’t care.
My advice is get it out. I am sure you are asking how do we do that? We its not like we have a system of putting our trash into a bin and take it to the street and there is goes. But is it that easy? I John says “If we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” Confession is kind of like taking out the trash. It is asking God to forgive us of our sins. Once we begin to realize what that trash in doing in our lives and how it is affecting others we have to make a decision to either take out the trash or live in it.
When we confess our sins God does forgive us. But sin does not magically go away. We will have time when sin enters our life, when we commit sin willingly. This puts the trash back into our lives. We have to remember to take the time in our days to confess our sins to take out the trash, to lay aside the weights that hold us back.
My prayer is that every Christian does not live in their trash. That we all can conquer the sin that is keeping us from having a relationship with God that is vibrant and growing.