Carnality and Culture.................??

So, I started going to the gym again. I love it... makes me feel healthy or something. It was my second day and I was feeling good about my choice to join this gym. It's a fairly well known gym out here in Ottawa... and I was finishing my workout and heading back to my locker in the locker room... Hmmm... for some reason, I couldn't locate my locker. I thought I may have been in the wrong row or something, but I saw the #35 and I went to open it, and yep, it surely was mine. BUT, no lock was on it! I had locked my locker and it looked as if someone had entred my locker without my permission.... hmmm go figure. SO, I continued to search my locker to see if anything had been taken and everything I had placed in there was completely out of place... my shirt was up when it was supposed to be down... my wallet was out of my pocket when it was supposed to be in... and MY MONEY! My money was GONE... all $150 or so of it. I know, I know, I'm dumb for keeping that kind of money in my wallet, but come on... my locker was LOCKED! With a lock with a key... Anyway, I don't know... I was seriously (and still am) cheezed over the incident. Honestly, let me not ever walk in on someone trying to take my stuff like that again... or I shall pop a vein! And it wont be mine!

OH.......

And another thing about this gym that kind of perturbs me... The showers. It's a HUGE club shower. Maybe I'm being weird about this, but for some reason I don't feel comfortable being naked beside some stranger in a shower. I mean, am I being a little weird about this? Should this not bother me? Should I feel good about letting everything hang out in public? Uh, and these old men all walking around naked in the locker room.. I just thought that more people had more.... umm... what's the word I'm looking for..... class? no, that's not it.... dignity? no.... ummm..... well, anyway... whatever. It's just weird to me... and I think that I'd rather go home sweaty and take a shower there.... They don't call it "PRIVATE PARTS" for nothing!

So, now, I've got this year membership there, (Which is great overall) but so far my gym experience hasn't been that great.

The Army of the Lord

A friend was in front of me coming out of church one day, and the preacher was standing at the door as he always is to shake hands. He grabbed my friend by the hand and pulled him aside:
The Pastor said to him, "You need to join the Army of the Lord!"
My friend replied, "I'm already in the Army of the Lord, Pastor."
Pastor questioned, "How come I don't see you except at Christmas and Easter?"
He whispered back, "I'm in the secret service."

OK YOU CAN LAUGH NOW...

Quote of the Day

13 Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.
14 For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.

Ecclesiastes 12: 13-14

Running Machine............silly.

Click HERE to see this funny little video... Funny stuff.

Quote of the Day - Be gentle... Trust God... and think Purely...

4Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. 9Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

Philippians 4:4-9

Opinions.... beliefs.... what we hold on to... what's it all for?

So many thing in this life that we hold dear to our hearts. Could be friends... which is cool... could be thoughts and opinions... which the world and people have a lot of. But what's it all about? Unless our thoughts and beliefs resound with God's heart, what's it worth? Again, this is coming from me... just a guy out there who has a opinion and belief based and founded in Christ. If you don't live for or love Jesus Christ, this particual opinion means nothing to you.

You have your own set of beliefs that you hold on to very dearly. I don't care whether or not you believe in anything... if you don't... if you call youself an atheist, which means, in essence... -- belief in nothing... then that belief is a belief that there is no God... and most of you atheists out there try way to hard to disprove God.... Why? Why waste your time if there is indeed no God? Just live your life THINKING that there is nothing after your body dies... that nothing really has purpose or reason.... that life is just something that was chance and just appeared there and isn't really special because no one really cares about it anyway.... Go ahead.... have fun with that.

I don't mean to come across as arrogant and holier than thou and that my beliefs and opinions count more than yours... if indeed you are an "atheist". There's really no way to get around the fact that what I believe is different from some other people... or what I think... or hold dear to my heart. No way to get away from that. No matter what it is I say... or how I say it.... it still is MY opinion... and MINE ONLY. You will still walk away from your computer after reading this with your own thoughts and beliefs...... guaranteed.

Just think of it this way - what if there is a God? And what if Jesus is the Son of God and willingly died and rose again for you so that you can be in Paradise and have eternal life there? What if what the Bible says is true.... then you die... what then? God won't be able to say to you, "Well done good and faithful servant." He'll have no choice but to say, "Depart from me, I never knew you." And hell is decribed as a place full of weeping and knashing of teeth... it is also an eternal place... the second death......... but anyway...... what if it's all true? Are you prepared to face the ramifications of the choice YOU made to hold onto your thoughts and beliefs that meant so much to you? Isn't the idea of God worth exploring in this case? Think about it.

A Dream.....

When we held each other close

for those brief moments last night,

I could have sworn I was in heaven.

I closed my eyes and thought of how;

how wonderful it would be

To never again have to let go.

To walk, to run, to have you by my side...

to look at you, to laugh with you,To even cry with you......

is it but a dream?

In those passing moments

everything felt so right...

To hold you close; to know you're there,

to hold you oh so tight.

I sat in my car, and turned the key

and watched you leave my sight.

My heart sunk low, 'cause deep within
I feel like I know,

That we belong......together.

© by Bry...

Quote of the Day - Crucify Him!!!

"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."

~Galatians 2:20