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I read an article today. A woman decided to keep her carbon footprint of the planet by not having children. She had herself surgically fixed and declared having children selfish. Another woman following the same path said she too feels children are damaging to the planet and has chosen to live as "green" a life as possible. However, she has nieces and nephews she is around and she considers herself to love and care for them and to be a very caring person.  

It was God that said: Be fruitful and multiple.  Fill the earth.  

Seems these two "green" women don't know that.

Shelly was born on Halloween at 5:08 pm. She weighed 5.13oz. What a blessing watching Shelly come into this world. Childbirth is totally amazing. I was in awe at the miracle of what God had created.

I experienced a death in my family this week. Someone very close to me.

While the pain I am experience is very deep, I am rejoicing in the fact that

soon, I will see him again. He was a very strong Christian. I believe the moment

he died, he woke up in heaven surrounded by angels worshipping Jesus.

Bob was a pastor who taught people the message of loving one another

no matter the color of your skin, he taught people about the truth of God's word and he

taught people about the hope of eternal life in Jesus Christ.

Bob had been sick for 20 years. Medical doctors said he should have died 15 years ago.

He had three triple by pass surgeries, 20 heart caths, many strokes, was diabetic, and had

trouble seeing. However, his faith always got him through. He was a walking miracle.

He decided to donate his body to medical science.

As I sat and listened to his memorial service, I thought about the legacy he left and pondered

the legacy I would be leaving if I died today. I asked myself if I was happy with my thoughts...

I decided to change somethings. Do you ever wonder about your legacy? Do you ever wonder

about whether you will go to heaven when you die? If you don't know Jesus Christ,

I pray you will get in touch with me or someone that does know Him to find out more about Him

and how you can have a real relationship with Him.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His ONLY Son,

that who ever believes in Him should not perish, but have

EVERLASTING life.

While at work the other day a converstation started about a couple having a baby that were not married. I was in the middle of the conversation with several people from India. They do not profess to be Christains. Or shall I say they do not believe that Jesus is the Son of God and that He is the Way, the Truth and the Life and that No Man comes to the Father except through the Son.

Having said all of that, I was asked by several of them why a couple should be married in order to have a child. I failed horribly. Instead of saying, it is God's design that man and woman be married and then come the children I totally blew it. Instead of saying, In the beginning God created man and woman, male and female He created them and He created them to multiply and fill the earth, I said they should marry for the sake of the child. I have no idea why I said the wrong thing. Well, I do know. I have since asked for forgiveness for this and have humbled myself before God. It has proved to me just how much I "live" in this world.

Can you relate?

I'm finding myself at a loss for words
And the funny thing is it's okay
The last thing I need is to be heard
But to hear what You would say

Word of God speak
Would You pour down like rain
Washing my eyes to see
Your majesty
To be still and know
That You're in this place
Please let me stay and rest
In Your holiness
Word of God speak

I'm finding myself in the midst of You
Beyond the music, beyond the noise
All that I need is to be with You
And in the quiet hear Your voice

I'm finding myself at a loss for words
And the funny thing is it's okay

Lyrics by Mercy Me

I am teaching two Bible Studies at my church...one takes zero preparation time..it is all done in class and the other one takes 25+ hours a week.

I work full time testing software, I am a college student (at age 51) and I manage a household. I have a son with Ulcerative Colitis that needs my attention and I feel it is now time to leave. I have enyoyed my stay! I will miss those of you I have become friends with.

May God Bless you and IF you don't know Jesus as your Lord and Savior, I pray you will someday meet Him, before you meet Him face to face.

YOUR LIFE is Jesus to someone, Though tattered and torn it may be. Though often times weak and unstable, You're all of God someone will see.

YOUR TONGUE is Jesus to someone. That idle, insensitive word Reflects to at least one searching heart An idle, insensitive Lord.

YOUR GOALS are Jesus to someone. What you put first, they believe, Are the goals of God for the Christian. Your life is all they receive.

YOUR FAITHFULNESS... that's Jesus to someone. Their judgment of how God is true, Rests unquestionably in the faithfulness They see day by day in you.

YOUR LOVE is Jesus to someone-- That someone who is seeking to know That Jesus will follow and guide and Befriend wherever in life they might go.

SO BEWARE lest others blaspheme God by what you say or do, For the only Jesus that someone knows Is the Jesus they see in you.

Author Unknown

Here are a few of my picks to leave alone:

Micheal Jackson

Tom Cruise

Cindy Sheehan

South Park

Brokeback Mountain

Want ads are getting new meaning in the Internet Age, with men posting advertisements for female roommates who can live virtually free, as long they're willing to have sex with them.

One recent posting in the Florida area on the popular Craigslist.com states: "Upscale executive seeks beautiful female 18-24 to live in his luxury condo in Coral Gables for $1/month in exchange for some light duties. Help take care of dog, cook occasionally. Sex 2x/week. Serious inquires only. Please email a picture for consideration."

Lack of affordable housing in areas like South Florida prompts advertising online for rent paid with sexual favors. Another reads: "FREE RENT FOR A PARTY GIRL!!!!!!! If you like to party and don't want to pay rent, well then send a pic and some info about yourself. If I like what I see then I'll email my phone #."

Postings like these bartering housing for sexual favors are said to be worrisome not only because they target young women desperate for affordable housing, but they may also be against the law.

''They would be of concern to us,'' Sgt. Kelly Sullivan of the Miami-Dade Police Department told the Miami Herald. "It is a form of prostitution because they are enticing young girls who may be strapped for cash.''

In the paper's survey of online ads seeking sex for rent, no men who posted such ads were willing to comment, and there were no ads written by women seeking men.

Such a distinction demonstrates exploitation, according to Sophie Brion, director of the Miami chapter of Women's Movement Now. ''Advertisements soliciting women for sex in exchange for housing are offensive and disturbing. They are an indicator of how much work still needs to be done to eradicate institutional inequities and harmful attitudes toward women that persist,'' Brion said.

One Way For Bird Flu to Enter the country is on international flights.

Don't get on an airplane that looks like this.

The land of Israel has been one of the most fought over pieces of property in history, but recently the battles there have become rather heated. Jews want Jerusalem, but so do the Muslims because both view this city as Holy. However, if one reads the Bible, they can plainly see that the land of Israel was a gift from God to his chosen people through which His son, the Messiah, or Jesus Christ would later appear.

A really great book that deals with current events in Israel and with Iran's ambitions to "wipe Israel from the map of the world" is Jerusalem Countdown by John Hagee. This great book talks about Iran's weapons development and the possible involvement of Russia aiding the Iranians in their nuclear future. It paints a scary picture of the world to come when Iran has nuclear weapons and attacks Israel. I highly recommend the book.

As I have previously stated, Israel belongs to the Jews and to no one else. We as faithful Christians must stand behind Israel in their struggles with fanatical Islamic terrorists who have vowed to destroy anything not like themselves. The Bible plainly states that Israel is God's people and that God will smite a nation who attacks his people. Genesis 12:3 says " I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and in all the families of the earth shall be blessed".

God promised Abraham that his descendants would be too many to count. Right now supporting Israel should be a top priority in the war on terror. No one knows domestic terrorism better than the people of Israel. Every day there is a suicide bomber that disrupts some innocent life and then the follow-up retaliation thereafter. It seems to me that they are going in circles. The Islamic fascists have vowed to never give in until death, but so have the Israeli troops. So who is winning? I still say Israel has the upper hand because they have a God who created the world that sent His son into the world to die on a cross for the sins of the world who will one day come again and reclaim Jerusalem. The Bible says that when He comes we will see Him for who he is and we will see ourselves for who we are - sinners. Then every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess that he is Lord - but for some it will be too late.

Israel is not a really large nation as far as the real estate portion of it goes. There may or may not be oil and riches in that land ( we don't know right now, but money is not the main reason for fighting. As a matter of fact many of those extremists who are the worst threat to our own country is filthy rich, so this is not about poverty as the left will have to you to believe. This truly is a Holy War that we are engaged in.

The liberals think that if we leave Iraq, the war will be over, but they do not understand the magnitude of this war. It does not start nor end in Iraq. We may NEVER see an end to this war. As long as Islamic Extremism is allowed to be preached and allowed to influence young minds to the point of turning them into brainwashed killing machines, there will never be peace. The left does not understand that we did not start this fight. THEY declared war on US! We just responded. Israel has had this war for as long as it has existed an probably is not going away or going to get better until Jesus does come again.

Parents across the nation are taking action against both school districts and libraries that feature books, some of them required reading, that include sexual issues and obscenity many believe are inappropriate for school children.

In Overland Park, Kan., parents have organized to protest the inclusion of obscene books on children's assigned reading lists in the Blue Valley School District. The parents took action after a few of them researched the books kids were being asked to read.

"[My son] is a 14-year-old freshman boy, and [the book] had references to oral sex and homosexuality. … I thought it was a mistake!" Janet Harmon, one of the Blue Valley parents, told activist group Concerned Women for America.

The Kansas parents eventually started a website, Classkc.org, designed to inform parents about the contents of their children's reading material and about how to get involved to make changes. The site includes pages with explicit examples of narrative bestiality and oral sex, citing the school board-approved books from which the excerpts come.

Says Classkc.org: "The state should not have open season on when, where and how to indoctrinate and form children's sexual attitudes, but rather … the parents should have the primary role in values education and overall worldview, particularly in the area of sexual values, for their own children."

The site lists books on the high-school reading list along with their level of reading score as determined by the Lexile grade-level system. Books assigned to 11th and 12th grade Blue Valley students, such as "Song of Solomon" (not the biblical book) and "Beloved," are given fifth and sixth grade levels of difficulty by the Lexile system. "The books, therefore, are not only vulgar but provide little intellectual challenge for high-school students," Concerned Women for America points out.

"Beloved," by Toni Morrison, was assigned to 12th-graders but has a sixth-grade reading level. "'Beloved' contains oral sex, incest, rape, pedophilia, graphic sex, extreme violence, sexual abuse, physical/emotional abuse, infanticide, and an extensive amount of profanity," states the classkc.org website. "The first two chapters contain five references to sex with cows in addition to other types of sex."

Is this ok with YOU? I know if my child were in school I would be doing something about this. This is insane.!

Christians aren't the only ones who preach. Hollywood does it too, and with great effect. This was no where more clearly seen than in two men who won Oscars at the Academy Awards March 5. George Clooney and Ang Lee both made a point of saying that movies can and should advocate for causes that the rest of the country may not support.

In the acceptance speech after winning the Oscar for best actor, Clooney celebrated the disconnect between his own liberal views and the views of mainstream America."We are a little bit out of touch in Hollywood every once in a while," he said. "I think it's probably a good thing. We're the ones who talk about AIDS when it was just being whispered, and we talked about civil rights when it wasn't really popular. And we, you know, we bring up subjects. This Academy, this group of people gave Hattie McDaniel an Oscar in 1939 when blacks were still sitting in the backs of theaters. I'm proud to be a part of this Academy. Proud to be part of this community, and proud to be out of touch. And I thank you so much for this."

We can all agree with AIDS awareness and the promotion of civil rights. But Clooney implies that current left-wing causes (like the normalization of homosexuality) are morally equivalent to the advent of civil rights for African Americans. Such a position is in fact "out of touch" with the vast majority of Americans (and contrary to Scripture), but I don't think it's anything to be proud of. Clooney is proud to be "out of touch" with mainstream America because he believes Hollywood's values are superior to those of the "fly-over" states.

In Ang Lee's long list of "thank yous," he expressed gratitude to the homosexual characters in Brokeback Mountain."First of all, I want to thank two people who don't even exist," he said. "... Their names are Ennis and Jack. And they taught all of us who made Brokeback Mountain so much about not just all the gay men and women whose love is denied by society, but just as important, the greatness of love itself."

In so many words, Ang Lee is very clear that he intends for this story to teach viewers. He aims to teach all of us about the "cruelty" of society's stigmatizing homosexuality. As far as Ang Lee is concerned, mainstream America still clings to outdated sexual mores and ideas about gender, and he means to change that with movies like Brokeback Mountain.

Both Clooney and Lee indicate their intention to advocate in their movies a secularized vision of the world. Make no mistake; they don't mean merely to reflect culture in their movies, but to shape it.

As Christians, it's important for us to take note of comments such as these. The Gospel of Christianity is one that tells a story that goes from Eden, to the fall, to redemption, to new creation -- a story that is summed up and realized through the work of Jesus Christ crucified and raised.

Hollywood is telling another story, one that simply will not be compatible with that of the Gospel. To the extent that Hollywood or anyone else tries to impose its stories in place of God's story (the one true story), we have a sacred obligation to speak up with the Gospel.

We don't need to wait for a Gospel revival in Hollywood to meet this obligation. By God's grace, let us all resolve to herald the true story whether Hollywood is on board or not.