"When you see discord amongst the troops of your enemy, be of good courage; but if they are united, then be upon your guard. When you see contention amongst your enemies, go and sit at ease with your friends; but when you see them of one mind, string your bow, and place stones upon the ramparts." -Moslih Eddin Saadi ( Read more... )

It is true that we don’t have a choice about being born. God made those choices for us, for whatever purposes he chose. We only know what His Word tells us:

Psalm 139:16
your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

Acts 17:26
From one man he made every nation of men, ( Read more... )

Here's a copy of a response I posted to someone else's journal. I thought it may be of interest to anyone who happened to drop by this blog:

It is actually a common misconception that God is different, or at least demonstrating different qualities in the Old Testament compared to the New. His mercy is evident in both as is his severity (If you want ( Read more... )

We have returned from England! If you ever have the chance to go, then do it. We were in the northeast part of the country near York. It was beautiful. Driving on the other side of the road is pretty interesting, especially when the roads are narrow and winding. I hope to have pictures posted at some point, but that could be a while since I don't ( Read more... )

Someone pointed out this interesting article related to the Virginia Tech shooting: http://www.americanhandgunner.com/CIS0907.html

Thoughts, anyone?

Ok, here's the plan for moving: We are looking to start loading the truck about 1:30 this Sunday afternoon. If any of my local pals can help, I'd really appreciate it. If you need directions to my current address, please call me.

Peace

Please disgregard my previous post about moving. We found out the people are not actually moving out of our house as soon as we thought. We will keep you all posted when we nail down a new date.

To all my local pals, I would like to invite you to help move my family to Clarkston. We're looking at the 21st of July as the most likely day. For those of you who wish to demonstrate your brute strength and physical prowess through the lifting of furniture, we would offer our gratitude and refreshments. Please let me know ahead of time if you can ( Read more... )

When your eyeballs start to sweat, then you know it's summer in MI ( Read more... )

I have been thinking about blessings recently, given my current situation. Within the last 6mo I have been married, became an instant dad, have another child on the way, have gone through changes at work, and have been house hunting. In other words, I've had about all the blessings I can handle ( Read more... )