Mental Musings

I am part of a home small group Bible study and our study this week is taken from the book of Habakkuk ( click here to hear it pronounced). I thought I would post some lessons that I learned from this study, which is chapter 17 in the book Right Thinking In A World Gone Wrong: A Biblical Response to Today's Most Controversial Issues by John MacArthur. Habakkuk 1:1-4 – Habakkuk basically asks God, “Why aren’t you doing anything about Judah’s sinfulness?” Habakkuk 1:5-11 – God’s answer was basically, “I am doing something. I am sending the Babylonians (modern region of Iraq) to conquer and enslave Judah.” Habakkuk was shocked by God’s response and asked a second question. Habakkuk 1:12-17 – Habakkuk’s second question was “How can you allow these unclean, uncircumcised, ungodly people conquer and enslave Your chosen people, the Kingdom of priests?” At first he was upset that God was not doing anything about the sin, and then he was upset that God was being overly drastic in Hi...

After shoveling 2 feet of snow twice in the last two months, I have learned some important things that I thought I would share with others. Normally you should breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth while exercising, however doing this out in the cold will only cause your nose to freeze. It is one of the few jobs where you get to start at the top and work your way down. When you don’t want to shovel anymore, it is a great time to meet some of your neighbors who probably are looking for an excuse to rest as well. If you don’t do the job completely, you will be slipping on ice later. No matter how cold you may get, you will still sweat. Hot Chocolate is as important to have on hand as water, milk and bread. "Plan ahead" counts here as well or you may be shoveling the same snow twice. Even the fluffiest snow can break glass. It is far easier to walk 1.5 miles in knee-deep snow than it is to shovel 2 feet of snow from a 20-foot driveway. Your own kids cannot poss...

2012 will be a big year. Not because the Mayan calendar ends, but because it will mark my 30th Anniversary in ministry. Today is my fourth anniversary at my current church. I realized that half of my ministry years have been spent at this church and the two previous. A few years ago I led a Bible Study which emphasized that we should take the time to mark down the mileposts in our Christian Life. Some people call them mile markers because they mark the mile or distance from the beginning of a road. Most roads in the US mark the miles from South to North and West to East so that you can tell how many miles left if you are driving South or West and you can tell how far you have driven if you are driving North or East. Why is it important that we take the time to mark our own mileposts in life? We often can easily think about the problems and difficulties that we have experienced. These difficult times can help us realize just how much God has done for us during the storms of life. But du...

This shows that the health care reform bill is not only something the Republicans want to see defeated. I hope that the Democrats in Congress and the Obama Administration watch this video. Obama Voters on Voting for Brown - FOXNews.com Posted using ShareThis

I am not a lawyer, nor do I play one on television. However, Michael Connelly is a retired lawyer from Louisiana and has written an excellent Blog article on this exact subject. Rather than link to his Blog, which is certainly only his opinion, I thought I would link to the Snopes article which verifies that he indeed was the author of the article as well as some additional comments by other respected leaders who have spoken about this same subject. There are even some quotes included from an article in the Wall Street Journal. Unfortunately, this is an issue that will require the courts to decide. The increasing number of radical and extreme liberal judges is exactly why every election on every level counts. If you won't take the time to read the Health Care Reform bill, I hope that you will at least take the time to read this article linked below. Michael Connelly on the Constitutionality of Health Care Reform Posted using ShareThis

Eyes seem bleary I am weary Head is stuffy Face is puffy Throat is sore Meds from store Brain is tired Kids are wired Tea is piping Yes, I'm griping If I could pick I'd not be sick

So...our trip to Florida this year was not the best with high temperatures in the low 40s all week, Zachary with shingles and Ashton with sinus and ear infections. On top of that, our hotel room at a luxury hotel was more like a Motel 6 or Super 8 except that we had ceramic coffee cups and glass water cups (I guess that is what they consider luxurious). Wendy spent her days between the cramped hotel room with sick and hurting kids or driving them somewhere to eat meals (because luxury hotels do not have free breakfast buffets but their food prices are certainly outrageous). She did take them to Downtown Disney by herself for a few hours and to the Florida Mall once. She definitely wins the "Patience of Job" award for keeping them happy and relatively comfortable all week. As to the conference... The facility was by far the largest we have had: nice open area for viewing vendors and a separate area for meals which Shure paid for (probably with all the money we gave them last y...