Posted by: admindan
on Jul 23, 2010
Its been a little over 2-weeks since my last post about the 4th of July and I am back with some good news.
Feel the suspense, you can cut it with a karate chop or maybe a ninja Hei Yawh! Ok? Maybe not.
Either way you choose your martial arts suspense cutter technique is your call, but with all silliness aside . . .
Lately, I have been heavy pressed with the state of America and all the problems that seem to hang in the air like a thick fog. There is something lingering around that just doesn't feel right.
It's like when you are driving your car and for some odd reason the car just doesn't seem to be driving like it use to. There seems to be a slight pull to the left, or the engine hum sounds slightly different, or there is this little wobble in the ride, but you can't pin point exactly what seems different? Well, for me the car is very much like the United States of America. We are actively driving. Stopping at gas stations, doing commerce. Sometimes speeding. Sometimes parking. Sometimes fixing a flat tire. But in it all there is that slight wobble, that odd sound, that slight pull to the left that makes you pause for a second and say "hmm, I should get that checked."
Well, lets not put that check-up off any longer. Lets go schedule that appointment with the One Mechanic with all the answers today. Lets take a moment out of each and every busy day, humble our selves before our God and ask for His will to be done in our lives and not our own. Lets ask Him to forgive us from those little selfish desires that distract us from knowing our Father in Heaven and pour out His Love to our fellow Americans in need of His saving Grace.
This Sunday on July 25th after the 10:30 service lets gather in the sandy volleyball area on the north side of the main church building and pray for our Country. If you feel led to join us or you feel like you will be the only one standing in the sand that's ok. I can understand. Think on this. You won't be alone. There will be at least three of us there. You, me and Our Lord!
See you on the mission field!
Posted by: admindan
on Jul 01, 2010
For all of us who live in the USA, we all know what is just around the corner. That's right, some rockets' red glare and bombs bursting in air time.
Well, more importantly it is a great time for us to remember what happened over 200 years ago that changed the world forever. The birth of this Great Country. For some of us this brings back memories of ol', commitments made to those we love, backpacking trips to the middle of nowhere, neighborhood BBQ's, fireworks gone awry, city extravaganzas and I am sure a whole lot more.
It is a time that brings us together as a Nation, as a State, as a Community, as a Neighborhood. It's a time known to us as the 4th of July and it is so close you can already smell the BBQ lighter fluid and see those carnival tents sprout up all over the city selling fireworks.
So in the spirit of celebration lets make it extra special and do something a little different. Something some of us haven't done since our high school days. Lets all brush up on some good ol' fashion patriotism and turn a few minutes over to reading our Bill of Rights and Constitution and reflect on our current state. Maybe we'll all learn something new. Maybe it will ignite an explosion of activism. Maybe it will make you smile. Or maybe it won't do anything at all.
Either way it is important for the continued success of our Country for every citizen to have an understanding of the laws that govern us as Americans and be vigilant to how our government of today stays true to these laws.
Whats that old saying. Oh, yes. "All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing."
Have a happy and safe 4th of July.
See you on the mission field!
