Brother (hospital)

Well for those of you who don't know my brother is in the hospital. We would appreciate your prayers as we aren't totally sure what will happen. His lung collapsed the other day and he went to the emergency room. He is currently in stable condition and they have put a tube in him to let air out, so it can reinflate. So far it has not inflated but it should and if it doesn't they have to perform surgery to do that. He's currently on a lot of medicine. It's just sad for me to think about this happening to him, because he's just one of those great people that you think nothing bad should ever happen to. If you've ever met him you will know what I mean by that I'm not just saying it because I am his brother. I feel confident that all will work out well, but please continue to pray.

Good bye to a Blog

Unfortunately Terry Linhart will soon be closing up shop on his current blog. As the world mourns there is a light at the end of the tunnel. He is opening a new blog focused more on his youth ministry. You can catch the new blog at http://ymerge.typepad.com/

A Swing and probably a miss at Theology

So something the other day got me thinking about the word holy and how I want to be holy. So I thought about it and I started to wonder if this was something I could gain or something that only God could give me? So a big verse on this for me is 1 Peter 1:13-16. The end thought of it "Be holy because I (meaning God) am holy." So it's something God commands (ooh scary word) us to do. Therefore (king James version?) it's something everyone should be striving for as christians. But can we make oursevles holy? When Moses comes to the burning bush he is told to take of his sandles because it is holy ground. I don't know about you but I don't think the ground can strive very hard to be holy, which leads me to believe that holiness is something God gives something or someone. Yet, the more I think of it I think it is holy only because God's presence as there and I'm not sure if it would remain holy after His presence left. So what is this holiness well in the verses mentioned above it talks about not conforming to the world but to be holy. So that leads me to think that holiness is something we can attain. Yet, when I think about the ground being holy I think that maybe we are holy because when we do those things we are closer to God. Well I'm not really sure on this, but I think it's a mix of the two. It is something that we can work at but, God still is the one putting it on us.

Wedding

My friends Andy Shaw and Amanda Fales got married this weekend. It was one of the funnest weddings I've been to besides my own. It's always great to be with a group of friends. We had a ton of fun just being us. One of my favorite moments is seeing Jonathon Bacon being the only person out on the dance floor dancing to sexy back. It puts a smile on my face every time I think about it. Bacon is probably the only one who has dance moves but the rest of us had fun trying to. My favorites are the ones from the Charlie Brown Christmas that we did along with our new Halo dances we made up. The wedding itself was beautiful and the two make a great couple. I feel privileged to have been in the wedding let alone attend it. It's another great memory to add to the books.

Are they really poor?

So I heard them talking on the radio the other day about poverty. This of course would be talk radio and I listen to it because I'm becoming old. They said something like 40% of those in poverty have cable tv. Some of you would say that's crazy not true. Let me tell you it is and I wouldn't doubt if the number was higher. Trust me I install these people every day. I actually heard someone say the other day I don't know how I'm going to get the money to buy food for my baby as she's holding an infant in her arms and I proceed to work on their cable. I feel sorry for the child and what it's being put through, but it seems to me the answer is simple. They have tv phone and internet. Get rid of the tv and internet at least and find the cheapest phone possible. There is something wrong in society when tv takes precidence over food. Apparently they would rather watch what they could eat then have it. I am all for helping out the poor in this country, but I don't think the answer is more money as government usually wants to throw at them. I think the answer is Education and Love. I've recently thought it would be really cool if the church would go hold a seminar in the poor parts of town that taught on how to spend your money wisely. Obviously there are parts where money is needed and I have no problem giving to those, but I think more importantly people need to see where they have fallen to and need someone to help them see that there is hope to get out of the mess they are in.

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Itunes

Have you ever gone to the free download of the week on Itunes. I think it's a great thing and sure there's a lot of the music I don't like but there's some I do and I download it. Have you ever looked at the comments on this section though. Every time there are tons of people saying that Itunes needs to put up better songs for download. Is it just me or is there something wrong about complaining that you don't like the free songs. It's free. They aren't forcing you to take it. Sure it's fine you don't like it but don't complain about not liking the choices because you aren't paying for it. To me it shows the attitude of our American society. We all too much believe that we deserve something. We think that we are entitled to things that are not ours. This may be a little thing about not liking their picks but I think the attitude behind it is a big thing.