Iowa

Excited to see the beginning of the 2012 Presidential election tonight. I don't think Iowa is about who is going to win as much as who is going to have to go home. Personally, I am hoping that Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry are going to have to go home after tonight.

Driving in the Snow

Drove home in the snow after a great time with the Day family in Ashe County. My wife was on the phone telling people we were safe and she was saying what a good driver I was in the snow. I know it's just a compliment on my driving, but there's something about getting a compliment from your wife that does a husband good. I'd rather have my wife's compliment than 100 from others.

New Year

I hope this year to post something almost every day.

1st day of 2012 was another day with the usual routine. Same successes, same failures...here's to more unusual days to come.

¹ Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; ² but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. -Psalm 1:1-2

The blessed man is not influenced by the wicked, but instead finds his delight in God's law.

Marriage

We can't expect our society to affirm biblical marriage if we don't as the Church. Until we crusade with vigor against divorce in the Church we should expect to be ignored outside the Church when we crusade against gay marriage. I hate to say it, but on this issue we are correctly labeled as hypocrites. We point fingers at homosexual sin while giving a wink and a nod to heterosexual sins.

Time

I have a few posts I'd like to write, but no time to do so.  C'est la vie.

Isn't that funny.  I'm trying to learn Spanish and Greek and the only saying I know is in French, of which I have no knowledge!

Osama Bin Laden

My wife woke me up last night to tell me that Osama Bin Laden had been killed and his body taken after a nearly 10 year manhunt.  The 1st words out of my mouth were "Sweet".  After reflecting on that for a moment my mind went from being thankful that he had received justice to being remorseful that he would be receiving justice for the rest of eternity. 

I know that one day I will praise God for all those He justly condemns to Hell, but in my flesh I feel sorrow for them.  Ultimately it brings me to one thought. 

Thank you Father for your great mercy.

Question abour Sovereignty

I so often hear people say that God is sovereign and that He never fails to accomplish anything He purposes to do. A few minutes later I hear them say that God tries to save everyone but people reject Him. So can someone who believes everything in the 1st two sentences explain to me how God tries to save everyone but fails to do so and yet is still sovereign?