Sometime I think I am the only blogger that actually blogs anymore.. I saw one that hasn't blogged in almost a month!! But maybe they actually got a life,, i'll get in line.. BTW for anyone who reads... Sunday night June 6th I think.. come sing praise & worship if your heart desires.. 630ish is cool !

JF

I went out tonight.. woohoo,, im not a hermit anymore! I went bowling and bowled 4 strikes and 3 spares.. but thats all.. i was bowling on someone elses game. I think it's uncool to push your religious beliefs on another person. A mutual discussion, yeh, but to get a person on a position of no retreat and then push your compromises on them.. that aint cool! Oh yeh, and btw, I cant bowl with real bowling shoes on.. i have to wear sneakers.. or actually tonight I wore my Sketchers.. the last time i bowled the guys watched me and kicked me off for not wearting hte right shoes.. they were uncool also! But hey thats the rules i guess.

Oh, and btw C ... Nothing like making me feel guilty!

sometime I wonder, why things happen how they happen. Or why things are as they are. But idk, the stuff I want to change won't and the stuff I want to stay, will change> That's called life, and I know that it is fair, no matter what anyone has ever said no matter who is was/is... life is fair!! Sometime we may think it is not.. But when we consider that God has EVERYTHING in control and knows what is best for our lives, how can it not be fair! God is trying to get us to repent, some of us are more stubborn than others so we need more 'prodding'. Yeh, I know, i'm insane and I make you sick, but think about it.. if i make you sick all you need to do is get rid of me and then you could get rid of the doctor too! ha . It's funny how people get their own ideas of God and salvation that are not fully supported by the Bible and then they stick to them and argue others out. Then they change their ideas and what they call truth to fit what they 'want' to do and what they 'want' to be God's will. Ok, the insanity stops here! :)

"I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing."

"You are my friends if you do what I command."

"Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?"

"I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do."

"When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."

"As simple as it is and they still stray and find something to suit their own selfish ways they call truth, they want truth that tickles their ears"

I got my first letter back from Joe (the prisoner) in Florida. Man, prison life must get pretty depressing after awhile. That is after 12 years in Joe's case!

-26- !!

There was a little discussion today between a few ppl and myself about a "prison ministry" and out of that one of them suggested, "We could go into the prison (Holmesburg) and give them a concert type of praise & worship time! What a great idea I thought and then I thought, Oh the work that is cut out! But I still think it is a great idea. Alot of people think of prisoners as "they got what they deserved" or "they belong there". But thats all wrong, in reality they got what we all deserve, and we actuall deserve more!! We are all sinners and criminals and deserve death except for the fact that we know the saving grace of Jesus' blood!! And most of them desperately need that!! Just think of spreading the saving message of Jesus Christ to prisoners who need some kind of hope! What better hope than Jesus, right?

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"

Hey Shauna's alive!! haha

Preface: I totally agree with your preface. Like I told my cousin who told me I was vain for blogging, "It's my choice to click, and my choice to read everyday".

You're too funny Shauna, the reason I even thought of posting politics that night was because I read Jon Carlson's blog!

I guess I will be held to that comment for the rest of my life now.. Oh wait, i'm beginning to know what its like to be a politician!!

To answer a few questions.

Yes, I'm above most taxes, but not all-

No, I do not have a DNR-

Yes, I drive, I obey most but not all of the laws-

Yes, I buy electricity-

My trash? I pay my sister to take it out! :)

back atcha-
Do you believe that voting for president (at least this term) is choosing the lesser of two evils?

Do you believe that by voting you are supporting the actions of the candidate?

Does that mean when you don't comment, you do agree? Wow, we have so much in common! haha

ok, ok, just three for you!

btw, you really ranted there!!

For the record: Anyone who knows me somewhat, knows that I do discuss politics alot and they know that I discuss them alot at work. So for anyone who is informed they would have caught on that it was a comment of humor!

Chow4Now!!

btw, I am one of healthy disagreement.. that one just got me more in shape.. but I almost blew my knee out on the stairmaster paragraph.

JF

My hope is in the Lord Who gave Himself for me,
And paid the price for all my sin at Calvary.
No merit of my own His anger to suppress,
My only hope is found in Jesus' righteousness.
And now for me He stands before the Father's throne,
He shows His wounded hands, and names me as His own.
His grace has planned it all, It's mine but to believe,
And recognize His work of love and Christ receive!

Recognize that? How many of you skipped to the bottom?!

Anyone who calls themselves a Christian should believe that old hymn is true!

Also they could lay their life on the altar of sacrifice and die with Christ and then be raised to a life that is new and different from the old sin life! New and different from the world.. If they can't tell the difference from us and the world.. somethings wrong, right? I think it's time that we, as Christians, practiced "Radical Amputation" of the things that we KNOW are no in God's will! Put it this way, would Jesus do it with us? Would Jesus buy it too? Would Jesus listen to that music, would He watch that film? If we said no to any of those questions but then make an excuse that for some reason it's still ok for us to do.. We obviously aren't following Jesus Christ, to follow in His footsteps is to do as he would do if He were here! Would he pop pills or pray for healing, would he sue or pray for, would he borrow or pray for provisions, would he listen to music with unchristian themes or bad language or would he smash it as he did the money changers tables in the temple?? The answers are pretty obvious.. Now, are we Christians or do we like the benefits of calling ourselves, going through the motions but still living as the world??? It's truth time!

"I need no other argument, I need no other plea, It is enough that Jesus died, And the He died for me"

He died for me, I'll live for Him !!

Whew, ok, its been three days since I last blogged.. seems like a long time.. but then again.. I think I blog more than any of the other blogs I read. I'll give myself an award! But then again, maybe that means I have nothing to do.

Felt like crap all weekend and so far this week! Yippee, right? Right now I feel like im six feet outside of my own body! kinda like euphoric or something. But I won't go into details about how im not feeling well cause I really dont thinka anyone wants to hear it! But to say the least it was kinda cool beside that fact that I felt like i was going to die! I lost my smell, I lost my taste, and I feel like i've been using a straw and a razor blade for a week!

Working on updating my website learning new stuff like what CSS files are and what they do. That is definitely interesting stuff!

NO....NO.. to discuss politics means you are mentally disturbed and have too much free time!

Ahhhh,, sleep time! Maybe I feel better tomorrow!

When we become aquainted with a person, after a while I think that we subconsciously make assumptions and have expectations of that person. We sometime make them feel obligated or we feel they are obligated to act in a certain way or do a certain thing. And when they do not, we are offended. Although this person has their own personality and life, for some reason we feel that they have an obligation to meet on our end. Not to mention that with the amount of aquaintances that each person may have, it would seem pretty absurd to have one person be obligated to each of them. That is why each person is born with the irrevokable power of choice!

I need zzz's!

An influencial person has the responsibility of eternal souls in his care. If you are an influence on anyone, even one person. Be on your guard to lead them to Christ! There salvation could hinge on how your influence them. God does work in wierd ways sometime.(so it seems to us anyway)

Sigh, I've been thinking that its not good for me to get really pissed off because I get angry and soon rage sets in. And then I get my cousins involved and then they get their friends and then I get the 'African Americans' from the hood that "got my back" and we roll on the sorry ******'s that got us pissed in the first place. BUT, it didnt go that far so its all cool. :)

Ok, now that we are done with the drama.

What does the word 'vain' mean anyway.

If I speak my mind about something, does that mean I have an opinion? I believe that everyone has an opinion.

One of the coolest things around is the fact that we will always have our power of choice. And the fact that if we use our power of choice, we cannot blame the consequences of our choices on anyone else. Even if we are pressured or forced to decide a certain way,, if we make the choice, we are responsible. Got it?

Paintball has got to be one of the biggest adrenaline rushes ever! Besides being a white kid getting chased out of the ghetto of course.. but thats not fun either !!

If we say we too busy to do something.. does that mean that we realy try to fit it in and are just too busy.. or does it mean that it does not mean that much to us and we just dont want to offend anyone so we just say "Ive been really busy"..?
I think the latter !!

I changed my email address.

I no longer use dctineffect@safeplace.net
I now use JFM@safeplace.net ONLY!

Not that you have a use for it or nothin. But, you are informed!

I wonder who actually has the time to read this "El Material inútil" everyday? Maybe i'd be surprised.

Finished building the engine for the Monte Carlo tonight. Yes, I picked the hottest day yet to do it. But at least its done.

I think I'm going to have to work late Wed. and Thurs. night! It's crap we gotta get done because my boss wants to earn more money. Surprise!

Happy Birthday Mindy H. ! Not sure when your birthday is.. but I found out they had a party for you and I, your favorite cousin, was not even invited !! Horrors !! But maybe they didnt know I was "Favorite Cousin". Oh well!

Wow, look at the new posting format!

I will write to my new friend tonight, interesting anyway.

13 (i think)

Not much else new, I pressed for time :) But at least I write.

I'm trying to decide who would recieve the prize if there was a "longest without blogging award".

Ha, some ppl have gone over a week !!