Quote of the Day - JUST DO IT!

Do it trembling if you must, but do it !

From Buff to Buffer

I don't usually care to add any personal post on our blog, but the Title I thought of for this post struck me funny. I've been working at a gym for about six weeks, but I'll be leaving that soon to start work in a full-time position at a small production company. I'll be leaving the "Buff" people behind to go work on "Buffing" pipes for production. "From buff to buffer." Anyway, I thought it was funny!

Quote of the day I & II - Humility and Trust

"...if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then {and only then} I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land."

~God Almighty in 2 Chronicles 7:14

5"Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his arm, whose heart turns away from the LORD. 6 He is like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see any good come. He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land.
7 "Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose trust IS the LORD. 8 He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit."
9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately corrupt; who can understand it? 10 "I the LORD search the mind and try the heart, to give to every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings."

~God, through the Prophet Jeremiah in Jeremiah 17:5-10

Clashing Wills - Part 4

Our growing will, generally, remains undetected; there may be a few lone prophetic voices in the wilderness, but by and large, our wills are allowed to grow and incumbate in ideal conditions: under the cloak and guise of religion and righteousness...the church, God, preaching Christ, communion, outreach, mission/vision statements, prayer/bible meeting/studies. It's all a very clever cover for this disease, this cancer, to seep in, and creep in to the hearts of men and purpose of the church. We see and talk about warning signs, but we do nothing about them; we're too darn apathetic and complacent. For every dent our will and pride make, the divide makes it that much harder to put a stop to it. It's like a self-feeding, self-fulfilling failure.

Clashing Wills - Part 3

Man has the iron will...strong, resolute, stubborn to the very end. God has the living will...inviting, intrusive, including to the very end. The will of man is very deceptive; it blinds us to itself so that we continue feeding it. Its tool? Pride. Our will's nature epitomizes what it exists to do: survive. It not only helps us survive but it seeks to survive as its own power and force. It wants to survive and thrive as well. Little by little, slowly but surely, the will of mankind creeps into our relationship with the Creator. We eventually end up depending on ourselves, while still claiming and proclaiming Christ. You see that pattern repeated throughout the Old Covenant. "There is nothing new under the sun." We are driven. May God use that drive for the greater good, to his glory, and man's reward, for all eternity.

Two Terrible Sisters

The mayor would urge
the people to leave,
before the big surge
would come in to
the city to purge.

Katrina & Rita are two very bad siblings who came to do one thing: terrorize. Hurricanes are our new terrorists. They are our enemies. We must beat them back. Fight the "War on...Hurricanes"?

Quote of the Day - CAUTION

Quote of the Day - a funny

"Every 10 seconds a woman is giving birth, she must be found and stopped."

Perfect Gifts...

Sometimes it seems like God likes to throw us curve balls in our lives. I don't mean to sound like something bad has happened to me because it hasn't. In fact, there was something good that happened to me. There was a "test" that I was supposed to pass today and it turns out that I was given a break and that I was "promoted" within the ranks for a while. The Word of God tells us that "every good and perfect gift is from above". I claim that today and I praise Him for the things He has done in my life. His timing is perfect in every single way and I love Him for giving me what I've got.
I can be very ungrateful a lot of the time and forget that God is in control and forget that His timing and plans are perfect... more perfect that I can even wrap my mind around. He has more plans for me that I can even imagine and I just want to be able to be blessed by Him in every way.
Anyway, I just wanted to publicly praise God and to let you all know that if you don't know Him personally today... you truly are missing out on the greatest relationship you have ever experienced. OH, nothing anywhere ever promises us a perfect and easy life if we follow God and let him be Lord of our lives, but He does tell us that He will be with us throughout every aspect of our lives... whether it be hard times or easy times. He loves us and He knows exactly what we need when we need it... not a second sooner.

Many Blessings.

Quote of the Day - Truth...REAL Truth

"If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."
John 8:31-32

~Jesus Christ, Son of God

Clashing Wills - Part 2

The will of God and the will of man want the same thing. But the will of God is rooted in a heart of love, humility, and selflessness; the heart of man is filled with himself. We both want to rule, but both with two very different motives. God wants to rule out of love, in view of his deep love for us; man wants to rule over others for his own glory and gain. They clash. That's why it is so hard for man to enter heaven, for it is himself that stands in the way. We must be humbled and filled with faith. Moreover, it is the deceptive nature of our proud will that blinds us from the truth. There again, it is ourselves who stand in the way of our own freedom. May we be brought low that God may lift us up.

Clashing Wills - Part 1

The will is a powerful force. "Use the Force, Luke." The Star Wars' use of that unknown "force" isn't too far off, if you consider that the real power came from their will. God gave us a will (our soul), to strive, survive, and thrive. If we didn't have that drive to press on, overcome, and conquer then we wouldn't have survived. But it's that same will that stands in opposition to God, and his will. When mankind looks around himself, and considers what he accomplished with his own hands (technology in medicine, communication, transportation, etc), the pride in his heart wells up into arrogance, deception, and blindness. For you see, the will is not only a very powerful - necessary - force, but also a very deceptive one.

Personal Conclusion

With what I see, and the convictions I have based on those observations, I feel as though I'm either an insanely self-absorbed lunatic or I'm right on the money.

Quote of the day - Funny thoughts

When people say, "I’m so tired it's not even funny" or "my head hurts so much it's not even funny", why would it even be funny in the first place?

Do stairs go up or down?

Why is there a top line on lined paper if we never use it?

Do coffins have lifetime guarantees?

Why do the numbers on phones go down while the numbers on calculators go up?

MISSING TEENAGER - Update: Who Killed Jennifer Teague?

Ed Teague is greeted by a supporter yesterday as he leaves his daughter Jennifer's Barrhaven home after police confirmed her body was found in a wooded area off Moodie Dr. (Geoff Robins SUN)

OTTAWA POLICE are now searching for a killer after a body found along a west-end NCC trail Sunday was identified as that of missing Barrhaven teen Jennifer Teague.

Read Full Article

HOW YOU CAN HELP

The hunt for a missing teen has now turned into a hunt for a killer. If you have information that might help the case, please call police. The number to call for major crime is 236-1222, ext. 5477. Or you can e-mail tips to infojennifer@ottawa.police.ca

ADDENDUM to "Spiritualized Church Ministry" post

*I am including this conversation with Bry upon his encouragement to do so*


That thought was inspired by a postcard i got from a bible college telling about their new, beautiful chapel..."to the glory of God" they said...I say HOGWASH...I say, "why is the building so darn outlandish then? why isn't it humble?" sheesh, have you seen the pics of it? It's completely unnecessary...
anyway, i'm sick of the church attaching spiritual significance to all of our physical tools...all it is, is an excuse to make ourselves feel good by showing off what we accomplished in our strenght and will...
"oh, let's dedicate it to the lord" "oh, let's celebrate this and that" I say it creates unhealthy attachments to things, to this world...we see it all the time in the church: the old-timers get so offended by changes to the church buildings and decor...I mean, for goodness sakes, grow up...this stuff burns people...it rots...it falls apart

Quote of the Day - Evil and Bitter

"Consider then and realize how evil and bitter it is for you when you forsake the LORD your God and have no awe of me" declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty.

~God, through the Prophet Jeremiah (Jeremiah 2:19)

Spiritualized Church Ministry

We, in the church, sell our successes, accomplishments, dedications, celebrations, and any other form of churchy self-promotion, by attaching God's name to it. We think that by spiritualizing whatever we're doing, we're justified in doing it, like we truly are giving glory to God just because we say we are. Well, we don't, and can't, give glory to God just because we say we are giving glory to God; our heart reveals the truth. And as Bry shared in a recent post, Matthew 6:21 declares that your heart is where your treasure is. Our heart, then, is with our projects and programs, for that is where our treasure truly is today in the church. Yes, it's a sad and dangerous place for us to be, in these last days. We think that by attaching spiritual relevance to what we're doing we can justify what we're doing. That's how we sell what we want to do in our own strength and will.

EmployEEs

Do It! Do what? Employ EEs! Yes, that's right, employees! If you're an employer, then you have an obligation to employ any EEs who come to you looking for work. So just Have At It...employ EEs. Just Do It! (sorry Nike) Employeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!!!

A Funny....

We should be like little Johnny:

After church, Johnny tells his parents he has to go and talk to the minister right away. They agree and the pastor greets the family."Pastor," Johnny says, "I heard you say today that our bodies came from the dust & when we die our bodies go back to dust.”"Yes, I’m glad you were listening. Why do you ask?"Johnny says, "Well you better come over to our house right away and look under my bed ’cause there’s someone either commin’ or goin’!

Quote of the Day - Where is your Heart?

"For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."

(Matthew 6:21)

~Jesus Christ our Saviour

Quote of the Day - Answering Machine

"Hi, we aren't in at the moment, if you are trying to sell us something please start speaking now and hang up at the beep, everyone else start speaking at the beep and hang up when you've finished."

Computer troubles...

Hey folks.... Yeah... my computer totally crashed on me yesterday. the hard drive is FRIED! Nothing left of it. And stupid me, I had nothing AT ALL backed up so I lost everything. I had 150 pages written in my story that I have been working on and I lost that because I never would have imagined that I would have lost my hard drive. Now, (this will show how much I know about computers these days) I just realized or discovered today that newer computers don't even have an A: drive anymore. You have to use those USB flash drives now if you want to save any info at all... So I can't even get the info that I have on those disks.... I mean, I have like 100 million of them, that's all. Now I can't even use them.... they are obsolete!
Anyway... I am back up and running for now with a great little computer... I'm enjoying it... I have to customize it still, but that's ok.

Anyway... on to the quote of the day.

MISSING TEENAGER

Eighteen-year-old Jennifer Teague is white with a thin, fit build.
She's about 5-foot-4, 106 lbs. and has blue eyes, shoulder-length, straight dyed dark brown hair.
She was last seen carrying a backpack with her Wendy's uniform inside.
She was wearing light-coloured blue jeans, a white tank top, red shoes and a black zip-up velveteen-type sweater.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call major crime at:
613-236-1222, ext. 5477, or e-mail infojennifer@ottawa.police.ca

Mr. Annonymous......

Hello there..... I just want to thank you for participating in posting comments to our site. We like to see what other people think and believe. We take no offence to your evolutionary thinking or any other type of thinking that you may have. It's just to bad that you are scared to leave your name.
Anyway... we hope to "hear" from you again.

Many Blessings to you.

Quote of the Day II - Who are you when you're alone?

Integrity is being moral beyond doubt. Anything grey is black.

Quote of the Day - Do you Love?

A bell is not a bell
until someone rings it,
a song is not a song
until someone sings it.

Love wasn't put in the heart to stay,
for love isn't love
'til you give it away.

- Chanh Kha -

Quotations...

My full intention is to put a "Quote of the Day" on here every day... since it is a quote of the "DAY".. but life has gotten busy with a new job and balancing family and internet..:) So... I will certainly do my best to get one here every day.
I enjoy searching good ones out and I certainly hope that you guys enjoy reading them and that you get something out of them.

Anyway... TTYL

The Church, Organi...which will it be?(part 3)

We are driven by success. Our will is to succeed. In whatever we're doing we want to be successful. That's fine. That's natural. That's how we're born. But the problem arises when we attempt to operate independently in the church from within our will. Our will needs to be surrendered, that it may come under the authority of God's will. However, God does not want to simply strip us of our humanity; no, he wants to capitalize on it, and channel it into spiritual fruit, not meaningless, temporal man-made success. Fruit focuses on what the Spirit is doing while success focuses on what man is accomplishing in his own strength and will. So when we are talking about success in the church, we are focusing on what we can accomplish in our own strength and will. And since it goes against our grain to hear that we need to surrender our will to God's will, we try to carry out God's mission in our own will. The challenge to submit and surrender has been too much for us, so that now, we try to operate in and please both wills. We have translated the fruit into the success, so that we can have the best of both worlds. We are trying to carry out God's mission in our own strength. We are trying to produce fruit while talking about success. We are trying to operate in the church with one foot in the Spirit and one foot in our will. If this all sounds like nonsense or semantics then why is it that the church talks more about success than fruit? Why is it, then, that the church buildings are growing more than the people within them? Why is it, then, that we are more concerned about selling our programs and products than being people of prayer and purpose? Since we are born with a will to be lords over our own lives, we are driven to succeed in and of ourselves, so that we can be proud of what we have accomplished in and of ourselves. The observation in the culture of our society's church community: the church talks more about success than fruit...why is that?

The Church, Organic or Organized? (part 2)

God has a mission for the church, but it was never meant to be adopted independently from him. We have, by our own self-will, taken over God's rightful place in the church. We have transformed God's mission for the church into our own personal ambition. We have turned the mission of the church into our own business venture. We have become dependent upon ourselves. We expect through advertisements, attractions and activities that we'll build up the church. We have turned God's gospel, his message of salvation, into our product. We are engaged in marketing our product so it will make a great profit. We have our product to sell and our profit to gain. Or at least that's the way we see it! And so, while the mission is still the same, we have claimed the gospel for ourselves, to be our product. We present and promote the message as if we're selling it, like we're seeking to make a profit. The profit, is the people who are saved. That's why we are so proud when people get saved; we think it's because of what we did. From within our proud hearts, we have assumed responsibility for the growth of the church. We see it now as our project, pursuit and purpose in life.

The Church, Organization or Organism? (part 1)

We run the church like a business today. We've taken over the leadership of this company, called the Church. We've handed over the administration of the church to men. We've squeezed the Spirit out of his role in the church. It's a grave and dangerous transformation. We have taken the church - the true Church, God's Church - from Organism to Organization. The church in our day is no longer a living, breathing body of Christ. It is now a company run by men who want to control, manipulate and direct the ministry and work of the Holy Spirit. Why has this happened? Because our natural instinct is to control everything around us, including what is not ours to control, namely, the church. At the center of man's heart is himself, and when Self is on the throne, we want to be in charge - of anything and everything.

Duct Tape Stains

Duct tape is a great thing, but if you ever need to remove it, its residue leaves an awfully sticky mess.

Quote of the Day - My Rock!

"My Soul waits silently for God alone, for my expectation is from Him. He only is my Rock and my Salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be moved. In God is my salvation and my glory; The Rock of my strength, and my refuge is in God. Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us."

~Psalm 62:5-8

Shadows

Shadows are the two-dimensional expression of our three-dimensional world. Our three-dimensionally-stimulating environment conceals the blank silhouettes of our existence. May our shadows be long, dark and consuming all the days of our lives.

Hardships...

Everyone goes through hard times in life. It's just part of life. We take our cares to God because we know He cares for us, but sometimes we think He doesn't hear us. Sometimes we think he's not listening to our cry for help. We get frustrated and angry at God because we begin to believe lies about Him. He's told us that He would never leave us nor forsake us. That is a Promise. The Word tells us that He can not lie. So... because of that truth, we can totally trust that God will NOT leave us and will NOT forsake us.

I'm saying this stuff to myself too. Some things have happened in the recent past that have made me wonder whether God has heard my prayers over the span of time. I've gotten frustrated with Him because I've thought that He hasn't listened. But I go back to the fact that God never changes. He never wavers or forgets or sleeps exactly like the Bible tells us. He is CONSTANT... Never changing. We are the ones who change and waver when something happens or goes wrong in our lives or when something happens that totally broad-sided us. His love and Grace never changes... he will always be by our side and never leave us.

I know this isn't "deep" or anything... But the truth is the truth... I have to remind myself of simple truth like this once in a while. Stuff I've known for years that seems to slip through the cracks.

Quote of the Day - Are you dead?

While we may not be called to martyr our lives, we must martyr our way of life. We must put our selfish ways to death and march to a different beat. Then the world will see Jesus.

~Michael Tait

The Pirate and Bird Droppings

A pirate had a wooden leg, a hook on one arm, and a patch over one eye. Someone asked him how these things happened. He said that a whale bit off his leg, a crocodile had chewed off his hand, and a bird dropping hit him in the eye. The other guy replied that he understood about the wooden leg having had his original bite off by a whale, and the hook was there to replace the hand the crocodile had chewed off, but a patch over the eye because of a bird dropping ... that he didn’t understand. The pirate said that when the bird dropping hit him in the eye, that was the first day he had had his hook.

Quote of the day - "What have you become?"

The deepest human defeat suffered by human beings is constituted by the difference between what one was capable of becoming and what one has in fact become.

~Ashley Montagu

Wirk.....

No, I didn't spell it wrong. I just felt like spelling it like that today.

But yeah, tomorrow is my last official day of my first week of work at the Contact Centre that I wurk at now. It's quite the ride, that's for sure. There is so much information to take in. I have a massive head ache when I get home every night.... But I can see this job being pretty cool once I finally get on the production floor and start actually helping people. You'll probably notice that I'm not saying where it is that I'm actually wirking, because according to their policies, I'm not supposed to tell people over the internet. But yea, whatever.

So far, things are going well.... It's a brand new start up centre, so it's running pretty ruff, but there is a lot of room to move up in the ranks when that is the case... and who knows. Who really knows what the future holds.

Anyway.. that's all for this one.

Many Blessings

Quote of the Day - Faith or Failure?

Silly Joke

of Homos & Homo Sapiens

Evolution & Homosexuality cannot co-exist as complimentary beliefs in their mutual society. They contradict each other. Evolution says that organisms have the power within themselves to better themselves. However, a big part of bettering oneself is found in being able to carry on your existence - procreation. Forgive the obvious observation here, but, homosexuality is not equipped for creating life. It just does not allow for such an opportunity. And yet, if our culture and society - the human race - is entertaining this alternative lifestyle, then we are not evolving. For if we allow the option of homosexuality, then we must be prepared for everyone to adopt this new lifestyle. And if this happens, then we have signed our own death warrant. The greatest need in evolution is survival and homosexuality does not meet such a need. Therefore, if evolution is wrong, while homosexuality is right, we face the reality that we are created - and then come under God's holiness, shedding light on the immorality of homosexuality. If homosexuality is wrong, then we still come under the presence of God because obviously, if evolution is right, it would not lead us into homosexuality. Either way you look at it, they must cancel each other out. Otherwise, for our society to prove itself wise, we must at least reject one of them. And this ain't happenin' with this depraved, sinful, perverse human race!

Self-Help Christianity (part 3)

Self-help preachers are in abundance today. The ones I notice are on tv, because that's the only place I can see them. But I'm sure there are many out there. Take Joel Osteen in Houston, Texas, whose church just bought an old stadium. He preaches a self-help Christianity, proclaiming peace and happiness to anyone who will claim it for themselves. Or take Joyce Meyers, who preaches prosperity to those who will apply the spiritual and biblical principles found in Christianity. I call them motivational speakers, nothing more. They have watered down the nature of reality and stripped Christianity of knowing Christ intimately and being known by him in the same way. They have ignored the ugliness of the human sinful nature, and our need to be broken and humiliated. We need to be changed from the inside out. They are trying to change things from the outside. There are plenty of worldy motivational speakers who sound similar to these so-called preachers, just without the mention of Christ's name a few times. The problem with self-help preaching and teaching is ourselves! We are powerless to help ourselves. That's why Christ is our Savior; he came to save us!

Self-Help Christianity (part 2)

Self-help books. You've all see them; you've all heard of them; perhaps some of you have even read one or two. Well, when we tell people how to overcome or deal with something in their lives through a certain way of living, we're feeding them self-help crap. When we share the "good news" with someone about any change that can be wrought in their lives, to the exclusion of God's direct work in their lives through the Holy Spirit, we de-spiritualize the message. When we preach or proclaim a message of living a better life through the sole application of spiritual or biblical principles, without any mention of the actual work being performed by the Spirit, we empty the truth of its power. Christianity is not an applied religious belief (that's what Scientology is). Christianity is rooted in, always has been and always will be - at least within the true church that God recognizes - personal interaction and relationship with our Creator. We cannot use God's truth on our own terms and still expect it to carry the same power that is only available through the personal Spirit of Christ.

Self-Help Christianity (part 1)

Tools of the trade. Every company has 'em. That's how they earn their money. Well, the church is no different. We have our "tools" too. Oh, surely, we wouldn't refer to them as such, for then we'd be accountable for what we've done to the them. But consider this: how do we promote God's truth in his Word? We call them principles; how do we present the gospel? We call them Steps to Salvation. We have taken the power out of the gospel and the life out of God's word by processing the truth into humanized, organized programs and formulas. We use all that God has given us, to our glory and gain. Oh, sure, we say "it's all to the glory of God," but in the end, it's all a cover for the pride in our hearts that drives us to produce success and see progress. We've taken from what God has given us and turned it into something we can control, handle, manage and manipulate. We've turned God's work into our tools. That leaves us and our efforts empty, devoid of power and value. Our man-made church is worthless. We must know God and be known by him, not know about him and his power.

Quote of the Day - Consider This:

Matthew 7:21 - "Not every one who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven."

~Jesus Christ

Quote of the Day: Limitations

"In these days, a man who says a thing cannot be done is quite apt to be interrupted by some idiot doing it."

~Elbert Hubbard

Blogger's Itch

Hey, all you fellow bloggers out there! Do you remember the first time you created a blog for yourself? Weren't you just so consumed with an insatiable thirst to add post after post after post, just because you could, just because it was there, just because it was all yours to do so??? Wow, what a feeling...just gotta keep scratching...it'll go away...eventually...right? Won't it?? It will, right?...won't it? Oh no...

LOL

No, it's not funny!! It's Land O' Lakes! Bwahahaha!!!

Soiled Pots

I don't have anything to say about this; I just thought it sounded funny...ya know, like a title for something, perhaps a song, album, or group title...oh, heck, how about just a title for this post...yeah, that'll work,...it's already done!

Quote of the Day

"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us."

~Helen Keller

Can you guess the Punch Line?

We'll occasionally be posting little stupid jokes that we want you to guess the punch line to. Leave your guess in the comment box and we'll see who the winner is. The winner doesn't really win anything except the fact that they won this silly little contest.

Here is my first silly Joke:

"What do you call a girl with no arms and no legs and likes to talk a lot?"

...........go ahead and leave your guesses in the comments section of this post.......... This should be interesting... hehehe.

Disclaimer: BRYNEY Productions (the owners of this site) have absolutely no connection with "RetartedPirate.com". Neither to we condone the name, or their actions. Bry... simply thought that this joke was funny when he did a search for images on Google.com.

What's wrong with this picture?!

Look at these statistics very closely. Our church culture's drive is to build up the church, we're doing a very good job at that... a very good job indeed according to that statistic... Now, you may be saying, no we're not, we're losing... but consider what the church is to us...consider what we see the church as: "The building..." this statistic fits very well with where our hearts are at these days and where our priorities are. So, the issue is that, yes, we are building up the church - just not God's church; we're building up man's church very well: the images, signs and appearances of what the church is are looking very good. But the Church... the world... is dying. What will you do about this if you care?

Free Will Flaw

Free will has taken over the North American religious community's worldview. The idea of free will is all well and good but we have translated it into something it's not. Our idea of free will is feeling free to keep our will, while still trying to enjoy the Father's will. Free will, however, means that we are responsible to respond to God's calling upon our lives.

Note: this is a follow-up to the previous post entitled, "Our Christian RESPONSibility."

Our Christian RESPONSibility

We have one responsibility in our interaction and relationship with God; and it is hidden in the word RESPONSibility...RESPONSE. We are called to respond to God, not the other way around. To those free-willers out there, this may offend you. (Even though I feel that the religious worldview of North America is based on this idea of free-will.) But think about this question: Who is in control of your life and destiny? Who is in control of your relationship with God? Is Christ Lord of your life, or are you on the throne? Who calls the shots? Is it not us, who in turn ask, hope and pray that God will bless our designs, programs and agendas? Who is sovereign? Who serves who? Man's church has given mankind an undeserved role of calling the shots and in turn seeking and even expecting God's blessing. We have turned the tables on our rightful roles and positions. We have given God the role of service. We see him as benefiting us now. We see him as existing for our PLEASURE. God does not desire our pleasure and blessing anymore than he desires for us to truly know him; for in knowing him, and being known by him, we find our fulfillment in life, our very reason for living, and purpose for our existence. What is the attitude of our heart? That's where the problem lies. Do we see God as our genie-in-a-bottle or as the Sovereign Lord that he is? If you can honestly answer that question, you will see that our role is that of RESPONSE. Let's stop trying to be the Holy Spirit. Let's stop trying to play God. Let's stop trying to take the role of Creator.

"You're fired you lazy Bum!"

This is how I felt when I left GCC... even though it's not how it happened at all. HEHE. It was more of a gentle nudge...:) Well, they did give me a gift... WHICH I didn't like at all! Of all things, they give me a hockey Jersey. Just goes to show how much time they took getting to know me during the year that I was there.

Traffic Jam...

...what kind of jam is that? It certainly doesn't sound like the blueberry and strawberry jams I know? I guess it doesn't really matter...either way it would be a sticky mess.

Quote of the Day

We want to begin something new and provide our readers with a "quote of the day" concerning different spiritual truths and the like. We truly hope you gain insight and truth for your life through them. Here is the first:

In his book Enjoying Intimacy with God, J. Oswald Sanders makes a piercing observation: "We are at this moment as close to God as we really choose to be. True, there are times when we would like to know a deeper intimacy, but when it comes to the point, we are not prepared to pay the price involved."

Petra's Farewell Tour!!!

PETRA
Farewell Tour

Wednesday, October 12th at 7:30pm
Dominion Chalmers United Church
355 Cooper St., Ottawa
Dominion-Chalmers United Church
Tickets: $20.00 in advance
$25.00 at the door
Special group pricing also available.
Available at DC Presentations, TicketWindow.ca, and Salem Storehouse.

This is your last chance to see PETRA live in concert! After 33 years of music and ministry, Christian rock pioneer PETRA will come to a close. December 2005 will mark the end to a ministry that has boldly and consistently proclaimed the gospel in the United States and abroad.
Read more at their website.

Next Counter Fit Performances and Locations

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Sept. 23/05
Venue: Patty's Pub
1186 Bank Street, Ottawa, ON K1S 3X9

Sept. 30/05
Venue: The Royal Oak
2067 Meadowbrook Rd, Gloucester, ON K1B 4W7

Work... Fun Stuff.

I finally started working today. Well, at least I had the orientation session with the placement agency. I'll be working in a call centre for a cell phone company. It should be fun, I've never done anything like that before so it should be interesting. I'll tell ya, It's been quite the journey just to get this job. You'd think that after looking for a job since April, I would have found something by now. But, I'm very grateful to have this one now.

Many Blessings

The Official First "Post"

Well, here I am writing the first blog on our site.
The lowdown on this is that it will be a place where ...Ney and I can come and post thoughts, articles, spiritual insights and just about anything else that is on our hearts and minds in that particular moment.
It will be an outlet for our thoughts, frustrations and joys of life.
We hope you enjoy this place and we want you to feel free to comment and share with us as well. If there is something you would like to contribute and to see posted on our site, please let us know and we will see what we can do for you.
Many Blessings....†