Politics are so corrupt I don't want to even think about them! If you were to talk to Bush, he would have a lot of negative to say about Kerry and alot of good to say about himself. If you were to talk to Kerry he would say mostly the opposite that Bush said and vice versa. Not saying that either of them is correct about the other or not. But if both candidates say that each is not telling the truth............my point.

Bought 3 Koi and 3 Shubunkins for my pond. along with the 8 or so cattails and a bunch of Water Hyacinth. also the water fall looks pretty good except it would have looked 'cooler' on the other end. But I'll wait till next year when I build my other pond and water fall.

There is a pretty thought provoking quote/question. "If you gave your life to the Lord, why do you hold so much back?"

If we call ourselves "Saved" then that means that we have dedicated our lives to Christ. If we have to make a decision, we may ask God to show us what to decide, which is the right thing to do. But when it comes time to make the decision, we just make our own decision and say "I prayed so this must be God's will". But praying and actually having faith are two different things. Real faith in God for ALL things (as God commands) is the biggest lack in most Christians lives.

Something interesting is that we have a hawk at work. It started living on a three story brick chimney. The chimney is not in use anymore and I think it may have a nest in there. It was pretty cool though we watched it dive down and attack a pigeon. Well that was cool except that it was some guys homing pigeon. Oh well. it didnt kill it but injured it! I think ill take a pic of it and maybe post here. I could shoot it.. but thats illegal!

New seat belt law in Philadelphia, they have check points set up throughout the city to check for seat belts or not. But, I still will not wear mine because I believe that if I put it on, I would be depending on that seat belt to protect me/save my life instead of God, as we are commanded to do.

Pastor Clark was a great comfort last night he said something that was good.
"If they hate you, remember they hated Me first"
"If they think you are nuts for your faith, remember they thought I was nuts for my faith first"

Speaking of Jesus Christ of course!

That could be applied to so many situations that the true Christian is faced with. When you do something in faith or stand up for what is right in Christ and you are persecuted or just looked at like you are nuts... The worst part about it is that some of the very people that persecute or put down your faith,,,, also call themselves Christians....... I guess that is why the Bible tells us that few will get to Heaven. The Bible says that in the days of the Lord (End of the world) it will be like the time of Noah. If you recall, in the time of Noah, think how many perished and only Noah and his family were saved.. of all the people on earth only a few, Noah's family, were saved! So it will be in the end of the world.. only a few will be saved.. how many is that 25? 250? 2500? 250,000 ?? No one knows because the Bible says that it will be as it was in the time of Noah, only how many were saved back then,,, 7 ? not many!!!!

"Find real faith in God! Find real dedication to Jesus Christ! Give up your control and hand it over to Jesus Christ! There is no other way to be saved than to surrender EVERYTHING that we have to Jesus Christ"

Just being labled a Christian and going to church and doing Christian things will not save us!!

It is real faith, real commitment, and real dedication!!!

The Bible says that Faith without actions is DEAD!!!

We are told by fellow Christians that actions and works are of the devil and they are wrong. BUT what is the proof of our faith? What we say? Absolutely not !! Words are cheap, words are worthless !! Our actions and how we live our life is the fruits or proof of the faith that we have in Jesus Christ !!

If we were to say "I have faith that if i step off this roof I will not fall to the ground" that is all good.. we could repeat that all day long and put up billboards and tell everyone.. BUT if we never stepped off.. there is no real faith.. it is just spoken, weak, no backbone faith.. because "Faith without works or actions is DEAD".

Is your faith Dead or alive?

My good friend's son was baptized tonight. An emotional night indeed!

A person can actually be provoked from sleep by saying one litte word. The secret is finding the one word that provokes them. Because the fact of the matter is, that no matter what state they are in, they can't help themselves from keeping tabs on what is being said around them.

Majority of the news media is controlled by the liberal left wing secular democrats

pastors are awesome people!

If you were to ask any 3rd or 4th grade kid what their dream is, most of them would tell you something like, a doctor, a firefighter, a police officer, an astronaut, a pilot, etc. The list goes on and on. But when a kid gets to 10th or 11th grade and drops out of high school gets into drugs, drinking and sex, then it's a different story. Somewhere between 4th and 10th grade kids are losing their dreams and plummeting. In people 15-24, suicide is the third leading cause of death! In 2000 there were almost twice as many suicides as homicides. Suicide is the last straw to any of the other things that these 'almost graduates' turn to. They turn to drinking, drugs, sex, they carry guns, they commit crimes, etc. But these are all done when they still have a hope. In one high school 28 kids committed suicide in one year. Two of them went under the bleachers and hung themselves together!

The remedy to all of this??

"Parents",, thats the answer. Too many parents get married and have kids and somehow think that life will not change for them. Somewhere down the line they forget about the kids that they brought into the world and figure they will take care of themselves. The blame is thrown in every direction and no one will own up to it.. But the responsibility to raise kids in a Godly way falls on the parents. Divorce is a leading cause of why kids turn. becuase once a divorce takes place, the kids usually only see one parent and then that parent is usually too caught up in fighting for something with the ex and everything else that they feel is important to 'them' disregarding their children!

So, parents, step up and take back the responsibility that accepted when you chose to have kids! your kids deserve it. Don't let them be another statistic!

"A kid who had a dream in 3rd grade and has lost that dream to something negative by 10th grade can almost always be linked to the parents being un-involved and not dedicated to that kid's life"