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Monday, December 31, 2012
Sunday, December 30, 2012
A Three Post Study: My Only Guarantees I
*I believe one of the big reasons God introduced the Old Testament laws to His people was to show them, and us, that we would never be able to live up to them. As the law was perfect and we...well, we weren't!
So, in the human - small picture of things, the perfect law was a guide on how to live God's way...which is why many people memorize the 10 Commandments or have them on a plaque on their wall. But in the big picture of things the law's perfection was meant to highlight our imperfection and our huge need for a perfect Savior! Then, since this perfect Savior was able to save perfectly, this granted us the ability to be able to fulfill every single one of those laws by obeying just ONE...the New Commandment! Yes, I am still mindful of the 10 Commandments, but it is the one New Commandment that has become my focus, as it fulfills every one of those 10.
Please follow this link, as it not only shows this wonderful Galatians 5 verse that we will talk about, but many of the other verses (in the right-hand column) that tell us how important this New Commandment truly is and what it covers.
Wow, how perfect for us, huh!? And we are even empowered to do that ONE command by the Holy Spirit who has been given to each person who asks the perfect Savior to do for them what they could never, ever do for themselves!
So, why am I using the word perfect so often? Well, it's because we humans use it so often. "Well, no one's perfect"! Like, somehow, deep down, we think we ARE supposed to be perfect and so we are trying to talk ourselves and others into being OK with not being that way! I dunno...I just know we are not perfect...and it's OK not to be that way. God never made us to be robots that act perfectly...as God wants us to deeply understand!!
Trying to perfect our behaviors only keeps our eyes on ourselves and hinders our ability to love others. Think about how it was for God's people in the times before Christ. There were over 600 laws and commandments to follow exactly...so, no way was there time to do much else. There was very little time to serve and be available to those around you. Take some time in Leviticus and Deuteronomy. The law was perfect, and perfectly good! However, an imperfect people cannot obey a perfect law so as to satisfy it...as the human nature is too prone to satisfying self. And God says that if we fail one of them, then we fail them all.
James 2:10
"If someone obeys all of God's laws except one, that person is guilty of breaking all of them."
Come, sit among the roses,
Let's chit and chatter
About what life supposes
Come, sit among the flowers
Lets wonder about the times
As we while away the hours
Come, sit, relax in my garden
The thorns will be few here.
The welcome will not harden.
Come, sit 'n sip some tea.
In this ofttimes scary world
You'll find a safe place to be.
Come, sit, please be at ease
Patience and kindness reside here
Though, they're my only guarantees
If you read my poem, (As you can see I really enjoy writing poetry) you will have noticed the last stanza (the last 3 lines). I share this because I truly believe that this is essentially what God wants from us. He wants us to get to the place where we absolutely stop trying to be perfect. Where we can sit with one another and be OK with being imperfect...because God does not expect or ask that we have perfect behavior. What He asks or commands is that something else gets perfected. Our love. To the point where He commands it. So, we need to change our focus.
Change our focus?? Yes. From law to love...then, in so doing, you better believe that our behavior will follow, as it says in Galatians 5: 16-18...
"Let me explain further. Live your life as your spiritual nature directs you. Then you will never follow through on what your corrupt nature wants. What your corrupt nature wants is contrary to what your spiritual nature wants, and what your spiritual nature wants is contrary to what your corrupt nature wants. They are opposed to each other. As a result, you don't always do what you intend to do. If your spiritual nature (love) is your guide, you are not subject to Moses' laws."
If I am focusing on loving God and the people He created, then my urges to harm them become less and less.
If my heart is directed at what God values, then my behavior is much more appt to follow in kind.
If I am living my life learning to obey this one command, then I begin to sin less and less, and become helpful and have good behaviors more and more...which begins to satisfy the reason for the law.
Romans 13:10
"Love never does anything that is harmful to its neighbor.
Therefore, love is the fulfillment of the Law."
When you are endeavoring to follow a law...then you are keeping your focus on yourself. You are making sure you do this right and do that right so as to stay within the parameters of the law. Just like when you are driving your car and the police, who make sure the law is obeyed, are out watching: You watch your speed very closely. You keep your eyes on the road and your hands on the wheel. You cannot have your eyes or mind on the conversation going on with the people riding with you. No, your job is to drive within the law.
However now, God said in Galatians 5:13-14 that the freedom we now have from having to focus on obeying the law doesn't mean we can now put our focus on anything we want. No. God says to use our freedom for focusing on love....because in doing this, we ARE fulfilling the law. We are now driving carefully, but even more so, because of the love we have for the people (which includes ourselves) in our car, as well as the people in the cars around us.
"For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don't use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love. The entire law is summed up in a single command: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
*Please take time and get into the written word yourself. Seek God and follow His Son's life as your example. It's important that you also do your own study and never just rely on what others say, teach or preach.
2 Timothy 2:15
Study to show yourself approved to God, a workman
that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
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Saturday, December 29, 2012
A Parable of Change
Looking at this coming year as a time of metamorphosis...
Jesus often used parables because they challenge the devout seeker to dig deeper...as truth is precious and is not always apparent for just anyone to see.
I wrote the following parable...a narrative really...through the eyes of a caterpillar who feels the stirring inside of it's forthcoming growth and change...of the fears, the hopes, the dreams of change...and perhaps, if it had the words, what it would say about it.
I wrote this in hopes that it would help us, as a part of God's creation, to be reminded that it is also in our destiny to go through growth and change...if we allow it to happen. As God's desire for us is that we become His. He bought us with a high price...so yes, He does own us ~ yet, He only takes full possession of all the areas of our hearts when we decide to believe in His love and power enough to give them to Him.
To say yes to God's idea of truth, love, and grace...even if it sounds odd to you...as His ways are very different than ours!
To submit to rejecting the feelings of condemnation, because you are now fully saved! As these feelings just inhibit your willingness to submit to God's wanting to mold you into the likeness of His Son.
To submit to growing from milk to meat...from childhood to maturity. From the familiar carnal life we are used to living - to a Holy Spirit-led Christian life.
To say yes to the journey.
Rev. 3:19
I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent
and turn from your indifference.
1 Pet. 2:2
As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that
you may grow thereby.
1 Cor. 3:2
I gave you milk to drink. I didn't give you solid food
because you weren't ready for it. Even now you aren't ready for it.
Eph. 4:15
Instead, by speaking the truth in love, we will grow up completely and become one with the head, that is, one with Christ.
"A Becoming Life" - metaphorical poem in three parts, written in traditional style. Please look up the words that are unfamiliar to you.
I. Commencement of Innocence
I was born into this place, a realm brand new to me.
T'was pristine and strange, so wonderful - amazing to see.
I looked up, a deep blue chasm. Too beautiful to believe!
Thus a fervent desire to be there, pressed upon my heart to leave.
For the moment my eyes had opened, my mind was wholly torn.
In what way could I take flight, devoid of wings since I was born?
A longing to escape, had left me entirely perplexed.
Oh, inured had I become, and so positive I'd been hexed.
Yet, I saw others like myself, who were new such as I.
Then I wondered if they also, had the yearning to fly?
They all were completely engaged, with no lingering or waver,
As leaves bidding strong return, must give a sumptuous flavor.
Hence I ate and continued on, plumping up with fervor and zest.
Wondering which tasty leaf, would sprout wings the very best?
I ate and watched to see, when other's would obtain their wings.
Though none did I see appear, while all were feasting like kings.
Then, a deep stirring inside me, that was speaking to me so sweet.
A steady drawing, a pull and an urging, I agreed was meant to entreat.
Still open to question, (at last) I listened closely to my heart.
The desire within, so strong, to do whatever was my part.
As I followed, a gentle tug inside me, each step along the way,
I felt an embrace all 'round me that was sweeter then the buffet!
Scary and exciting altogether, as it wasn't from this world.
Oh, to let it happen, still - I fought to keep it hence unfurled.
What marvel did I perceive? Should have I resided nigh the ground?
This, still unproven. Thus far, 'twas better I remained earthbound!
II. Challenge of Reformation
Tho it appeared others were doing it. They kept eating - becoming so fat!
Indeed, I thought it prudent, to reside right there, and persist in doing that!
Conversely, I yearned to be amenable to the persistent urging inside.
That call to become something more, to it I never wanted to hide!
To maintain a true heart - disclosed. As it pointed to the sky.
Truth will not be ignored, thus, I would listen and keep it nigh.
Yes, I was born with a heart to fly, though devoid of wings.
Reflection took me to the sky, to see the splendor of things.
I, bound within that swathe, a design chosen for me.
My purpose to fulfill, though not plain for eyes to see.
A heart full - here a thousand things, invention, queries and fears.
A hope, a life extraordinary. Vigor, to enrich not only my peers.
Feelings a bit scary, as I, embraced by that command.
Then, tenderly swaddled - while losing sight of the land.
Sometimes, yes, the growing pains, were more then I could bear.
With the languor of my condition, oh, at times seemed quite unfair.
As my life continued changing, I truly could not have told,
What was occurring within me, was too mysterious to behold.
No denouement did I have, in where my fate was taking me,
Yet, boundless trust did I boast, in the hope of my destiny.
As the world and time passed, yearnings of freedom did ensue,
My heart, calmed by knowing, the freedom nature would imbue.
My dreams of alation, were further frequent and so haunting!
Moreover the intuit of release, was deepening and more daunting.
The labor pangs, oh my birthday, get ready, get set, now begin!
Yet, clashing were my forebodings, with my desire to remain within.
The cynosure of that dwelling, a solace nothing else could outdo.
Though untoward it was to stay, I wanted most to halt my debut.
Yet, the grace I began to feel, to help ease each fearful notion,
Commenced to calm the throngs of voices that could fill an ocean.
III. Fulfillment of a Dream
The palest glow, a glint, a spark, a glimmer of subtle light,
Came a preview of my future, a grand foretaste - my birthright.
As a thread of anticipation filled my heart - a wisp of serendipity,
The encouragement to move and stretch - grew with intensity.
So is this true, this ineffable state, was I 'bout to be free?
This had surely become, something more then a propinquity.
A blinding light, an amazing scent, bid - break from this shell!
To be nimble, lithely - to flee at last! Courage to say farewell.
Each breach so quintessential. A ripping and a veracious tear,
A renewed fervor, a freedom from restraint, and a plethora of air.
Oh, this inspired creation. The incipience of a brand new life.
Over soon was that struggle, where hesitance and doubt were rife.
The unfurling of my outgrowth, exercising the endowment to me.
Was new and novel and scary, and was a part of my own epiphany.
The wait, oh, I thought, would it never end? How long need I dawdle?
My cosset no longer needed or to imprison - nor to mollycoddle!
The breeze, it came, to dry my wings. A whiffle to command a flutter.
Utterly astonishing, wholly ineffable - sprouted plumes, soft as butter!
Bar the leap from that safe place, into something I've never known.
A thing that is otherworldly. Kindled fears of plummeting as stone.
So redolent those blossoms - wondrous! Release of fears brings reward!
Elation in flight, a labyrinthine in air, an exemplar - perhaps a vanguard?
The blooms, so enticing! Whispered, "Come, relish your Pyrrhic victory!"
The reason for my life and becoming, the telling of this passionate story.
With joy of emancipation, as I heeded the weaving of this - my life.
My imbued verve exemplifies surrender, nurturing joy and less strife.
The wonder 'round you. Nature, the first sacred canon - blessed harmony!
Grasping the impact. An offering of boundless lessons, to live abundantly.
By Jenny Elaine Sorge
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Friday, December 28, 2012
Let Your Light SO Shine!
|A child's rendering of a Lightening Bug
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Matthew 5:16
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
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1 Peter 2: 11-12 Beloved, I beg of you, as wayfarers and as foreigners, depart from all these desires of the body that make war against the soul, And let your way of life be beautiful before all children of men who speak wicked words of you, that they may see your works and praise God in the day of examination.
We have a life...Jesus...within us that can make a huge difference in people's lives. Whether people know it or not they are looking to us to show them that God is real. Telling them is one thing....but, when they SEE God in us...when they see the life He is bringing about IN US...then it will be much harder for them to argue the fact that God is real.
Then IF God becomes real to a person, then this fact moves them to open their heart to Him a little wider...and when this happens you better believe God's Holy Spirit wastes no time in capturing the moment in time when that happens. If you will do nothing else for the Kingdom of God this coming year...at least do this - pray that God puts it deep inside your heart to shine Christ to those around you. Through planned and unplanned appointments...however, if you are open to keeping your light lit, God will bless you with many unplanned appointments.
Your appointment could be just noticing someone with a big smile that answers the prayer of one who prayed secretly that morning that God would show them that He is real.
You just never know.
Or it could be a planned activity with a whole group of people that is filled with the joy of the Lord. The following is a wonderfully planned appointment...a church in Armenia planned this "Jesus Loves You" flash mob.
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Thursday, December 27, 2012
This Time Of Year....
This has been a particularly difficult Christmas, as I wasn't able to be with my parents who live over 700 miles away, as well as my daughter who lives even farther...so needless to say I am glad that Christmas is over.
Christmas, actually has not been the best time of year for me for a long time...but yet it does keep me mindful of the many people in this world that have a very difficult time at Christmas too. I'm sorry to put a damper on your holidays, but I would ask that you take a moment and pray for the people around you that may not have a smile on their face during this time of year.
Unfortunately, there are more people experiencing deep depression as well as committing suicide during this time of year than at any other time. As a person who has experienced depression I can say that it feels like you're drowning. Everyone gets the blues, but a tendency toward a deeper "blueness"...or depression can truly rob a person of so much.
During this time of year God has been bringing home to me what it means to trust Him with my whole heart...to climb up onto His lap and snuggle up and just be with my Father. Yet, there are many people who don't know that they can do this. They don't know that there is Someone much bigger then they are that loves them.
Please take some time and ask the Lord to use you in the lives of those around you this coming year...those whom you notice at the store or at work who need to be shown mercy and God's love. Who need to be introduced to the Great Physician...the One who came to save them in more ways than one.
Yes, I am almost positive that there will be people that you'll run into either in line at the grocery store, at the bank or at work who has cried and asked God to show them that He exists...that He is there. So every smile or caring gesture you impart may very well be the one thing that makes the difference in some one's life. But even if someone you meet or stand next to hasn't prayed that prayer ~ you better believe that God will use your show of love for His glory...and it will bring you even closer in your growth to becoming more like Christ!
Eph. 4:15
Instead, we will lovingly speak the truth, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of His body, the church.
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Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Color In Your Christmas...
Color in your Christmas with love!! The devil has tried to take what God has created and twist everything. So, lets take everything back!
Lets take the time to share with our children about the greatness of God this holiday. The enemy thinks he always has one up on us, but he never does. He tries to twist the wonderful things God created for us, but we can shrug his stupid stuff off and show our kids God's beautiful gifts and His creativity...and how He made us to be creative too ~ because we were made in His image. Take a walk today and find pine cones and evergreen and talk about how God created everything in His creation to remind us of Him...like the evergreen, that is 'ever' or always green and when we make it into a wreath it is round with no end, to remind us that God's love never ends. Then when we put a star on the top of the tree it reminds us of the star of Bethlehem.
The candy cane was created by someone who loved Jesus and wanted people to remember He is our Good Shepherd (the shape of a crook) and the red part was to remind us about how Jesus bled and died for us, and the white part was a reminder of how that blood makes our sins as white as snow!
I'm sure you can think of many of the other things that God has put in His creation that shows His existance and His love for us! Take a walk after your presents and your meal today and see for yourself! Or take time this week to be creative....
Merry Christmas!!
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Who Is The Enemy? II
The following is my reply (with a few edits) to a post in another blog, that I decided to post here. The concern of the article was essentially that we were not winning our war against the gay agenda because Christians are becoming less interested in the fight.
What is sad to me is how much the enemy has lied to us. Over **1/3 of the American population are professing evangelical Christians, and there are only around ***4% of the population that are professing gays. Yet, even tho we...the 1/3...have a power and a love so great, that if #activated could overwhelm not only the gays, but also all the other groups that are just as sinful as they are or we are (even tho we have picked out this group as tho they are more sinful), like the pedophiles, the Satan worshipers, the wife abusers, the gossipers, greedy, the KKK and their affiliates, and all the rest who are spreading ##deliberate destruction...we have chosen to fight using 'weapons' with much less power.
If we spent our time learning what it means to become more like Christ, then seeking and focusing on God for that outcome, then the light we would become would be such a force, that it would cause people to come to Christ in amazing numbers. Our fight is not against people, it is against the devil. The gays are sinners just like we were and are...and if we choose to spend our time and energy using God's power and love, the kind Christ used towards sinners, instead of secular means, to change things....wow, would things happen! This is just one small example, but take a little time and read "In His Steps" at http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/readfile.php?fk_files=1456228 > It's about a church that decided to walk as Christ would, and in so doing made a huge difference in the lives around them. This is a free e-book of the original that was written many years ago. The issues were different in this story, but God isn't.
#We can choose to be just another dogmatic special interest group, or choose to walk as Christ (Christ-ian)...because they are very different from one another. We choose to walk in the steps of the Holy Spirit. These things don't just automatically happen. We choose to be as Christ...be a witness...be a sweet aroma, that draws people where ever we go. 2 Cor. 2:14 "But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place." Being like Christ means to be careful when speaking and handling the truth...it must be mixed with love in how and when it is spoken. Eph. 4:15 "Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church."
## Most gays are just people...sinners...like you and me who are trying to live their lives the best way they know how, with what they have. They are not out to impose on anyone. Most are not extremists and just want what every sinner wants...freedom. Yet, the other groups, who do intend to impose on others, have gotten almost no pressure put on them, especially as compared to the gay community. This all seems very cock-eyed to me! Yes...absurd.
** http://www.wheaton.edu/ISAE/Defining-Evangelicalism/How-Many-Are-There
*** http://gaylife.about.com/od/comingout/a/population.htm
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
He's Too Bright To Look At
Let The Son Shine On You!
Let The Son Shine On You! *
Let The Son Shine On You!
Let The Son Shine On You!
Exodus 33:19-22 *
The LORD replied (to Moses), "I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will call out my name, Yahweh, before you. For I will show mercy to anyone I choose, and I will show compassion to anyone I choose. But you may not look directly at my face, for no one may see me and live." The LORD continued, "Look, stand near me on this rock. As my glorious presence passes by, I will hide you in the crevice of the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by.
I've heard people who are wondering if there is a God say, "If God wants us to know He's here, why not show Himself!" Now we know why God has not done that.
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God's ways are so much higher than ours....and His presence much more spectacular than ours as well. I used to tell my kids, "He's too bright to look at."
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Everything about God is much greater. He is not of this world at all. In the areas of our daily lives....what we do...what we think...where we go...most of the things we do we don't question. Yet it is time for Christians to ask God to help us to deliberately be open to question...even those things that we've put high up on the shelf of acceptable things. The things that have been put up on a special shelf where the things go that 'just seem so right and don't need any scrutiny!'
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God is pure light. He has no darkness in Him at all...and His aim is to continue to perfect us so that we become more and more and more...and more like Him. I think that our carnal mind kinda thinks that there are some things that to God are negotiable. Which means we're thinking that our ways, the carnal ways we are used to, are not all bad. That we can go ahead and mix our opinions and feelings in with God's.
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We think we can go ahead and see scripture thru "church doctrine glasses". But, light and dark will not and cannot mix. Which means we don't expect God to submit to our will or ways....no, we submit to His. If we are growing, then some of the things we are thinking will surely be from God...but we still must be willing to allow everything to be exposed to the light, and stay in the light. We are to learn to see God, scripture, life and any other thing there is to see - thru the "glasses" of the Holy Spirit, Who is pure light.
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God wants us to become familiar and comfortable with allowing God to shine His light on every single thing in our lives. However, this is probably the hardest thing for us humans to do. Adam and Eve made this evident that the human nature's first reaction to being found out is to run away, then become defensive and then dive headlong into denial...so, we just try to avoid having any light shine on us in the first place.
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However, what's funny about this...as I have experienced this personally many times...is trying to only allow certain things to be exposed to the light...ha!..this is about impossible! Because when you walk into a room and turn on the light, everything is exposed! Oh, well, except those things that have intentionally been put in places where the light cannot easily get to. Like those things that are behind closed doors, or are hidden in drawers...even then we know that God can still see them. But, as in Adam and Eve's case, God wants us to deliberately take everything out of the drawers and the closets instead of running away.
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Ephesians 5:8
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in
the Lord. Walk as children of light--
Ephesians 5:14
For it is light that makes everything visible. This is why
it is said: "Wake up, O sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on
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Scary?? It should not be...because if we have been perfected in love, then we will not fear. We will know that there is no condemnation for those who are His. We will know that He shines the light for our good, and not to condemn us.
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1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love. But
perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one
who fears is not made perfect in love.
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Romans 8:1
So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to
Christ Jesus.
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Sunday, December 16, 2012
God's Ways -vs- Our Ways Pt 1
Isaiah 55:9
For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My
ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts higher than your thoughts.
If there would be one question to ask yourself...when reading scripture...when deciding how to handle specific situations...when thinking your thoughts...when opening your mouth...it would be, how different are God's ways than mine?
We were each created in God's image...however, the fall fell hard! It twisted, corroded and brought death to everything. It affected each person down to the cellular level. We have been profoundly affected by the fall. When God said to our predecessors that we would know (in the fullest sense of the word) the difference between good and evil, He was right!! From Hitler (at least closest to the worst evil) to babies being born with every abnormality imaginable (some of what evil has done)... evil is here.
We were created to live in a perfect world...and scientists even say the heart that beats in our chest was constructed so well that it was meant to beat indefinitely. But of course, with all that is against that happening, our bodies give out long before indefinitely rolls around.
Yes, the oceans and the universe still have untold possibilities for exploration...yet, scientists also say that the human brain has such an amazing capacity that we may never reach the end of what we can learn about it.
Yes....we were created in God's image, yet the fall corrupted what God created. Our nature, that was created in His image became corrupt...which of course affected how we think. This is why it is so important to question how much we want God's will more than we want our own. Because if we truly, down deep, really want what suits our own will, then that is what we will find. If we only want what feels familiar and easier, then that is what we'll find...as the old nature is what we are used to.
Galatians 5:13-26
13You were indeed called to be free, brothers and sisters. Don't turn this freedom into an excuse for your corrupt nature to express itself. Rather, serve each other through love. 14All of the law is summarized in a single statement, "Love your neighbor as you love yourself."
15But if you criticize and attack each other, be careful that you don't destroy each other.
16Let me explain further. Live your life as your spiritual nature directs you. Then you will never follow through on what your corrupt nature wants.
17What your corrupt nature wants is contrary to what your spiritual nature wants, and what your spiritual nature wants is contrary to what your corrupt nature wants. They are opposed to each other. As a result, you don't always do what you intend to do. 18If your spiritual nature is your guide, you are not subject to the law.
19Now, the effects of the corrupt nature are obvious: illicit sex, perversion, promiscuity, 20idolatry, drug use, hatred, rivalry, jealousy, angry outbursts, selfish ambition, conflict, factions, 21envy, drunkenness, wild partying, and similar things. I've told you in the past and I'm telling you again that people who do these kinds of things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
22But the spiritual nature produces love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness, and self-control. There are no laws against things like that. 24Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified their corrupt nature along with its passions and desires.
25If we live by our spiritual nature, then our lives need to conform to our spiritual nature. 26We can't allow ourselves to act arrogantly and to provoke or envy each other.
Then, it is important as well to question our own interpretations of what God is saying in scripture...along with learning to trust God's Holy Spirit more than we trust our own inklings. Then in time, it will be hard to tell where our inklings end and the Holy Spirit's leading begins...because we want what God wants more, and have practiced distinguishing between good and evil. ~ Between what God wants and what our old nature wants.
Hebrews 5:14
Such persons are mere babes. But solid food is for
adults--that is, for those who through constant practice have their spiritual
faculties carefully trained to distinguish good from evil.
John 7:17
If anyone chooses to do God's will,
he will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my
So, what is God's #1 will for all His children? God's ways are so much different than the ways of the corrupt nature, to the point where they are quite evidently the opposite. Then, what is the opposite...or what are we to do instead?
Look again at Galatians 5:13-14
13You were indeed called to be free, brothers and sisters. Don't turn this freedom into an excuse for your corrupt nature to express itself. Rather, serve each other through love. 14All of the law is summarized in a single statement, "Love your neighbor as you love yourself."
Yes, love. Self-interest is at the root of the old nature, not other-interest. This is not saying we can't love at all, but our first and most comfortable inkling is self-first...and depending how we were raised and how much evil has already had an influence, our inkling might be self-only.
However, God didn't say to stop this sin or that sin...or to do this practice or that ritual...or to be godly or righteous...no, He said, "Rather, serve each other through love."
Loving others with God's love is not comfortable or logical for our carnal nature...but it is God's most important ethic.
Mark 12:31
The second is this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."
John 14:15
"If you love me, you will keep my commandments."
1 Cor. 16:14
"Let all that you do be done in love".
But, how about our sin? Don't we need to address that? Loving is fine, but how about SIN! My sin and their sin! I know this is also a concern, but God has a way to deal with sin that is unfamiliar to our carnal nature as well...that also involves love, so we'll talk about that next time...altho as you study and read through all the love verses (the ones above and in the URL below), you'll see much of the answers there...
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Saturday, December 15, 2012
Who Is The Enemy?
Are people our real enemies? No.
John 3 :16
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes...
1Thessalonians 5:9
For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 3:8-9
8Dear friends, don't ignore this fact: One day with the Lord is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day. 9The Lord isn't slow to do what he promised, as some people think. Rather, he is patient for your sake. He doesn't want to destroy anyone but wants all people to have an opportunity to come to repentance.
However, how are we to handle those with whom we have put in that 'camp'...with whom we call enemy? Whether they have actually come into our home and hurt us or they have done something that is quite contrary to our beliefs. Whatever they have done, God does not want us to stoop to a fleshly level. He wants us to maintain our walk in the Spirit as we trust Him to take care of the things our carnal nature would want us to fret about. "The just will live by faith".
Galatians 5:19-24
Now the works of the flesh are evident:...enmity, strife...fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions...and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. ...
Proverbs 17:14
The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so quit before the quarrel breaks out.
Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.
Matthew 5: 39-48
You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth. 39But I tell you, Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. 41If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. 42Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
43"You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' 44But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? 48Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Who is our real enemy? As you see in the following verses, our real enemy is in the spiritual realm, not the physical. So trying to fight the devil's works with tangible weapons just gets us involved in the works of the flesh (Gal.5:19)...so, we become a partner in the 'dance' the true enemy is trying to start.
He is all about destruction and the best thing he can do is to start a fire under our carnal nature, lie to us and get us involved in operating in the flesh and devouring one another...and keep us far from our primary task, which is to produce good fruit...to carry-out the new commandment, so as to draw people to Christ.
As we can also see, the fight is comprised of both offensive and defensive battle...and it is God, as we spend one on one time with Him, who will teach us to do this spiritual warfare. Our enemy loves to see our carnal nature show itself, and hates peace, faith, truth and of course the name of Jesus Christ.
Psalm 144:1
Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle;
Ephesians 6: 10-20
10A final word: Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11Put on all of God's armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. 12For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.
13Therefore, put on every piece of God's armor so you will be able to resist the enemy in the time of evil. Then after the battle you will still be standing firm. 14Stand your ground, putting on the belt of truth and the body armor of God's righteousness. 15For shoes, put on the peace that comes from the Good News so that you will be fully prepared. 16In addition to all of these, hold up the shield of faith to stop the fiery arrows of the devil.
17Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God 18Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere. 19And pray for me, too. Ask God to give me the right words so I can boldly explain God's mysterious plan that the Good News is for Jews and Gentiles alike. 20I am in chains now, still preaching this message as God's ambassador. So pray that I will keep on speaking boldly for him, as I should
John 4: 24
God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.
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Young Men's Christian Association of the City of New York
New York (N.Y.) - Responding to a previous letter; expressing interest in having W. E. B. Du Bois speak for them as part of his lecture series.
1940 Jan. 10
Diggs, Ellen Irene, 1906-
Atlanta (Ga.) - Concerning W. E. B. Du Bois's lecture series in the Southwest, and inquiring if the university would be interested in participating.
1937 Nov. 15
Young Men's Christian Association (Indianapolis, Ind.) . Senate Avenue Branch
Indianapolis (Ind.) - Informing Diggs that the Association would like to have W. E. B. Du Bois speak on "The Renaissance of Asia" in February of 1938.
1936 Oct. 17
Diggs, Ellen Irene, 1906-
Atlanta (Ga.) - Diggs thanks Du Bois for the addresses in his earlier Memo (mums312-b159-i006); forwards him correspondence pertaining to confirmed lectures. Signed "Nell."
1940 Feb. 12
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1937 Jan. 15
Diggs, Ellen Irene, 1906-
Atlanta (Ga.) - Addressed to Robert L. Vann; providing W. E. B. Du Bois's temporary addresses c/o Mildred Bryant Jones and Alexander Turner in Chicago and Detroit, respectively.
1936 Nov. 4
Du Bois, Nina
New York (N.Y.) - To W. E. B. Du Bois's secretary. Concerns question about telephone bill and mentions check received.
1936 Dec. 17
Lincoln University (Jefferson City, Mo.)
Jefferson City (Mo.) - Signed Charles W. Florence, President; regretting that it will be impossible for the University to accommodate W. E. B. Du Bois's proposed address in January.
1936 Nov. 30
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.) - To W. E. B. Du Bois's secretary. Concerns arranging for Du Bois to lecture and tentative date offered.
1936 Oct. 9
Diggs, Ellen Irene, 1906-
Atlanta (Ga.) - Concerning the absence of W. E. B. Du Bois in Europe, Asia and Russia and Field's recent invitation to join the Sponsoring Committee of the American Commemoration of the Centenary of the Death of the great Russian poet A. S. Pushkin.

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There are various things I want to get done today. We need to go out to a couple stores, and later today I am determined to sew!! I really like trying to come up with new pillow ideas, but I always feel like I don't have enough time to sew everything. When I put together jewelry pieces it makes much less of a mess. To sew I have to clear off the whole table and get out the sewing machine, iron fabric, stuff pillows, etc. It makes a much larger mess.
I guess this is when a room dedicated to making things would come in handy. I don't have a "studio" or entire room to use. I use about 1/2 of the back family room where our computer desk also is, and I use a round table we are supposed to eat dinner on(which we never do hehe). We switched some things around in the house and now I actually have a little more storage back here. But for it to be a real organized "make things" area, much more would need to be done. So I make do with what I can!
I am impressed and slightly jealous when people have pictures of where they make their items and it looks all cute and organized and specific. That will be me one day! Not my own room, but at least a more organized back area.
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Sometimes, life can offer up some pretty tricky situations. No one likes getting into trouble or getting caught in an awkward situation, so sometimes the only option is to bend the rules a little bit.
Whether this means breaking a window or hiding under a bed, sometimes these creative decisions can save your neck.
Check out these 13 people who broke the rules to get out of a sticky situation.
1. This isn't exactly what Tinder was intended for, but this girl certainly had an insanely clever idea. I wonder how much money she managed to rake in.
2. Is this clever or what? Everyone knows you're not supposed to bring food into the movie theaters, but these girls found an incredibly clever way to sneak in some of their favorite fruit.
3. This sneaky dog started barking at the front door and when his owner went to see who it was, he stole a slice of pizza!
4. Looks like she's home alone right? Not quite. Check out who's hiding under the bed. Not sure if she's hiding him from her parents, or a partner. I wonder if they got caught. Or even worse: what if the girl doesn't know he's there and that's actually a burglar?
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Well, I'm alive...so far. We've survived the stomach virus and the flu in the past couple of weeks....It's SO good to feel good again!!!! Yesterday morning started off pretty cool, but it ended up being a gorgeous afternoon. We got a half inch of rain Sunday night, but we still need more. The grass situation is pretty much non-existent. We've been feeding hay & cubes, alternating daily between the two.
I went to get a ton of cubes yesterday, and this is what I came home to.....It's so nice to be wanted! :)
Everyone was SO happy to see me! ;)
This was my workout for the day! :) I miss my husband SO much on these days! When he's here, I throw bags down from the truck and he stacks. He stacks perfectly in the barn....It always looks so nice.


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Lili Marlene was perhaps the most popular song of World War II with both German and British forces. Based on a German poem the song was record in both English and German versions. The poem was set to music in 1938 and was a hit with troops in the Afrika Korps. Mobile desert combat required a large number of radio units and the British started to enjoy the song so much that it was quickly translated in to English. The song was used throughout the war as not only a popular song, but a propaganda tool.
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Do kids still dress to the nines for a field trip to the circus? Probably not, but this wasn't just any regular trip.
The long and winding road to the Marine Hospital.
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The year was approximately 1945 when Leona Coleman Flu went out fishing on her uncle Warren Riche Coleman's catboat, also coincidentally named Leona.
With the Nazis occupying his beloved France, there was only one place for the most famous writer in the world to go.
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Long after dark on August 3, 1963, a vast menagerie rolled into Woods Hole, bound for Waban Park.
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When you have the urge to waste your life before it begins. When your own future means nothing anymore cause you've lost faith in yourself. When you feel like slitting your wrists and watching your own blood run out. Would it be a sin to hate your life so much it hurts you to live? Would it be a sin to relieve yourself of the continuous pain you endure each day? Would you still have to suffer in eternal damnation after hurting so much in this life? Wouldn't God be a bit merciful to grant you that closure, that relief you need in your afterlife?
Tolani lost her mom to an unknown disease. She fought to save her life despite their state of destitution. Truth was that her mother was destined to die right from the first morning she complained of the terrible headaches. Friends and family turned their backs on them and even then, no matter the amount she would have come up with, she could only afford the local clinic whose efforts to stamp out the disease were hampered by a poverty of medical supplies and the negligence of the doctors. Now she was tossed around among relatives who used her but never wanted to keep her. She was presently with Uncle Arinze who carried his too-drunk self to her bed instead of his wife's. And his wife detested her for it, making her work for the penance of her husband's sin. Tolani now carried her uncle's child in her womb. She could no longer dream of a life, for a future. The abomination in her womb took all that away.
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1. He knows how to make me smile even when I am completely stressed out. For example, we walked around Target the other night, and I was in a bad mood. The next thing I know, he has found some toy that made loud noises. The next 3 minutes were spent trying to get him to turn the stupid thing off and laughing. Don't worry, it was late and almost no one was in Target.
2. He makes funny faces with me almost every day. It has become a habit of ours. It is the perfect way to lighten any mood, and it will almost always create a good laugh.
3. He works hard all day, and then comes home and works hard around the house. I know he would much rather relax, but he knows that having a clean home means a lot to me.
4. He cooks. I'm a decent cook, but I just would rather order take out because I can't stand having to do dishes. So he usually cooks and does dishes.
5. He has this amazing ability to enjoy life. Most people look at him and say he is immature, but he isn't. C can find the fun in just about anything, and that is a true gift. He has taught me to enjoy life and not rush things. I hope that C never loses that ability, and I hope that our children get that quality.
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In recent times, I've come to somewhat of a conclusion about a horror movie hero of mine. Of course, Tom Savini is everyone's hero, but for a lot of people, Savini is a prick. Sorry to be so blunt. I could have used some of the other words people who have visited him at conventions have used.
I understand Tom's been in the business for a long time - answering the same fifteen questions over and over and over and over, but I've got a few words for you Tom: "Suck it up, sucka!" The convention goers pay your ticket. They put food on your table and allow you to be a washed up f/x guy from the 80's. While the aforementioned insult isn't a polite way to describe Tom, let's try to stick to the truth as much as possible.
It's 1985 - Savini is at the pinnacle of his career. He's finished work on some of the most mind numbing prosthetic special f/x ever constructed - which are seen is George Romero's 'Day of the Dead. He just stepped out of the box with Romero's Dawn of the Dead and into the filthy 80's with Sean Cunningham's Friday the 13th. There's a slew of other slasher films on the horizon - Maniac, The Prowler, The Burning - all this leading up to his reprisal as f/x man in Joseph Zito's supposed last installment in the Friday the 13th series -The Final Chapter.
Savini is on a roller coaster ride - Money, women and more gigs than he could shake his d/stick at. Rounding the corner from his last Friday the 13th job, he lands make up f/x guy on Day of the Dead (as I mentioned earlier) - rounding the corner and heading almost straight into Tobe Hooper's complete opposite sequel, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2.
Tom's burning the midnight oils. He's gaining gig after gig and keeping the partnership and friendship alive with George Romero. Even going into Romero's lackluster sleeper Monkey Shines, all is good in the world of Tom Savini. He's on top of the world. The computer generation has yet to burst into full bloom, but the slasher and gore craze WAS dying down, and so was Tom Savini's credits.
Over the past fifteen/twenty years, I'd be really hard pressed to find a worthy credit with Savini's name attached. Does Bloodsucking Pharaoh's in Pittsburgh really constitute a notable hand in the cookie jar? I'd hardly think so. Killing Zoe and From Dusk 'Til Dawn. - We'll let these two be his reprisal of sorts - living the life he lead in his 80's cloud of greatness, but only for a short time.
'Sex Machine', while hardly a big role, is nevertheless a character in one of the bigger and most popular movies of the nineties - From Dusk Til Dawn. Whether it gives room for greatness is another story, although, you have some fans who thinks 'Sex Machine' is pure and simply ''the shit''. They may be right. I'm not a big fan of Tarantino, so a biased judgment would probably hinder my thoughts on 'Sex Machine' and his fabled cult status just a bit.
For the most part, if Tom Savini wants to fornicate and have illegitimate children, thats fine by me. People have sex and one of the consequences of sex is children. Those pesky kids! Every time I visit Tom's page, there's a new addition to the family. Before you know it, Tom's going to have all the pint-sized Universal monsters running around in his home, with all the damsels of distress coming to pick them up on Sunday at six.
My main objective for this post isn't to dwell on Savini's faults. Lord knows I have mine. I sometimes do things that would make Tom cringe. If I were to tell him what's on my mind, he'd surely never bring himself to sit in front of a table with pictures of himself on it again. He'd call it quits for good. My main objective is to blurt about Tom's lack of interest when it comes to fans.
Tom is human. I understand this. He gets shit pains like everyone else. (I'm not going to mention child support payments) He gets sad, angry and even horny when he sees a barely 18 yr old girl swoon in his presence. Human, indeed.
All this aside, it's time for Tom to just call it quits if he can't tolerate the public. I know enough to know that if I don't like my job, it's not my customers fault.
If he's burned out on questions like 'How did you stick the arrow through Kevin Bacon's neck in 'Friday the 13th''? - or- ''How did you rip Rhodes in half in 'Day of the Dead?', it's just time to stop. Stop lowering yourself by appearing in movies such as Zombiegeddon. Can any good become of a film where one of the characters involved is a satire of Jesus Christ? People can say Savini's career is as good as it ever was. . . Let me correct you! "Wake up sucka!" - Anyone who appears in Zombiegeddon isn't living his/her dreams, I'll tell you that right now.
All this muck and mire still won't sway my opinion on Tom in regards to his cinematic work. Some of his work is and will always remain 'unbeatable'- although, there's many better works out there than Tom's 'mediocre' works - if that makes sense.
Bottom line: If you don't like kids running around in awe of you, give it up. If you can't take one last teenager in Manson make-up calling you God, give it up and find a different career. You're 60 now. It's time to take it easy and sip on Iced Tea and take your Xanax with the rest of the crew at Shady Pines.
Like I said, I love Tom, but he needs to become more tolerant of the public. I'm not saying he's an asshole at every convention, but in situations like this, when you agree to take the job, it's not your time anymore, it's the fans. Don't tread on the fans.
Does Tom deserve this kind of rhetoric? Rhetoric can be defined as what occurred throughout this post or - Rhetoric can be defined (in Tom's case) in one of his quotes: ''Are you going to buy the damn picture or not?"
It sound as if I particularly believe all the rumors. To tell you the truth, all the rumors spread by women are probably false. Well, not all of them. He probably did hit and run, but it sure wasn't rape. I'm sure there were no special promises either - only promises these women conceived in their own demented minds. So, with a hint of siding with Tom, I'll do it. I'll step across the fence and say that there will certainly never be another one. Another Tom Savini, that is. I never said anything about another illegitimate child.
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Yesterday I headed over to M College to check out their cycling center and meet with Dean P, who is the coach and man in charge of their many time national championship cycling program.
The cycling center is awesome - a couple of rooms filled will drool-worthy equipment, training tools, and way skinnier than I'll ever be 18-20somthing aged cyclists. Despite that, it wasn't an intimidating scene. Sure, I'll be the older fatter guy, but bike folks generally seem to be fun (much like beer folks) and I'm there with the same goals as everyone else: get faster.
I met with Dean and we talked about what I was looking for out of this experience, and as of today he's sending me daily workout programs with a goal of starting racing in May. He mentioned as many as 20 races this year, which seems like a lot, but I do trust him (as he said - "we've developed guys here that went pro after graduating") and I think it's going to be an awesome experience.
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45 minute trainer ride at recovery pace (easy)
Add 3 x 6 (5) sub LT efforts (zone 3 -- a perceived effort of 5-6 on a a scale of 1 being super easy and 10 being maximum)
3x6(5) means three six-minute zone 3 intervals with 5 minutes off between.
As of lunch:
1,493 calorie diet. You may eat about 803 additional calories today.
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This weekend we worked at the BIG winterfest, pouring beer, carrying around ice, etc - and then afterwords drank some really nice aged beer at a very nice home. Then Ted bought us dinner. I guess. All I know is that I didn't pay for it.
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Leisure brand The Alchemist is set to open its 10th bar after securing space in Chester city centre.
The company, which expanded into Newcastle earlier this year, will launch the food and cocktail venue this summer in the former Gin Rickey's and Luke's Eating House.
A £1.1m refurbishment programme will get underway in April.
Simon Potts, MD of The Alchemist, which forms part of leisure company Living Ventures, said: "We're incredibly proud to be opening our tenth site, just six years after the brand's inception.
"When we launched in Spinningfields back in 2010, we looked to push the boundaries of the Manchester drinking and casual dining experience through theatrical cocktails, engaging service and interesting spaces."
He added: "We're now establishing ourselves as one of the most talked about bar and restaurant brands in the UK, and we are delighted to open in Chester and intend to bring something different to its food and drink scene."
Speaking further, Simon hailed Chester as a city "rich in heritage with a bustling nightlife" and said the opening "demonstrates the dedication and commitment of The Alchemist team".
He continued: "2017 is set to be our most exciting year yet, as consumer demand increases for richer, immersive and shareable bar and restaurant experiences."
The Alchemist's 10th bar will open in July.


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Sunday, April 20, 2008
work in progress
heys alls, heres something i've been kinda work'n on with a friend. Here's my rough pass at a page. I'm not sure if this is the finished finished.. but it's a nice start. Judging by the pace of ... doing a comic I"m hoping it'll be done by the summer end or sooner!
10 comments:
- Eric Orchard said...
Holy moley! Great stuff! So glad I found your blog!
- 12:02 pm
- myke_bakich said...
Cool! Looking forward to more! How are things at Pipeline? Are you working with Vic and Diego on Grossology? I've heard good things from them.
I've been working at HoC for about two weeks now. Its been awesome so far and everyones been very welcoming.
Keep on posting inspiring work! I look forward to seeing more comic
All the Best,
- 7:29 am
- marcobucci said...
It's looking real nice Kelly. And your dragon illustration below is very cute.
- 5:25 pm
- sTeVeLeC said...
Looks really good Kelly. I like the slightly rough look, but use your judgement as to whether you want to go with a more 'cleaned-up' style.
- 10:52 pm
- Yuriy Sivers said...
Nice Blog! Awesome artwork!
- 12:47 pm
- Alina Chau said...
- 8:55 pm
- Kyle Marshall said...
sounds cool, cant wait to see what the Erwin creates here.
- 3:56 pm
- mayhem said...
Make it happen erwin!
- 2:25 am
- Mike Carp said...
Hey, thanks for visiting my blog. I actually encountered a House Centipede just last night in my bathroom. He was buried at sea (toilet). Anyway, I think your illustrations are amazing! Well done.
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We just realized it's just ONE MORE WEEK until our Miss Happ fashion show!! Where has the time gone?!! So looking forward to seeing everybody there!
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The words from Sam Esmail don't really come as a shock to fans of the show, if you look at all the major shows in pop culture that have gone past 5 season in the past decade have mostly been sitcoms with strict formulas (The Big Bang Theory) or adaptations from book (Game of thrones).
The reality of the matter is that a show like Mr. Robot cannot go past a certain number of seasons and still be as good as it is now. The thriller genre is one such that a single overlaying narrative cannot keep the viewers interested for more than a certain period; Sam Esmail feels that period is five years for Mr. Robot.
Other shows such as "American horror stories" have kept kicking by changing the overlaying narrative every season and giving the viewer's new characters and new arcs to keep them interested. A simple explanation, of a creator not willing to extend a shows run beyond what their vision for said show is, is that I would implore you to imagine a world where "breaking bad" had 10 seasons, we were all sad to see the show end but do you really think it would've worked if they had just kept extending it.
The point I'm trying to make here is that no matter how good a show is it has a life span, unless that show is "The Simpsons" which I am convinced will keep airing long after we're all gone. It is a good sign that Sam Esmail doesn't want to prolong the show to keep the money rolling, let's just hope that the USA network doesn't force a couple of extra season on him which is something that has been done a lot in the past and has also ruined some great shows, "How I Met Your Mother" comes to mind.
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This is not easy. My heart is broken. All my friends mean well. They say, "Well you know you can make it through the hard part. You know you can get pregnant."
NO the hard part is carrying the baby! The hard part is losing the baby! *sigh* I have a few friends who have been through this sadness, and they know the grieving process. And for them I am grateful.
I will carry this with me for the rest of my life in my heart. We will try again in a few months. For now, I will cherish my little family and take time for myself.
We remember all babies who have died as a result of miscarriage. We remember all mothers and fathers whose hearts are aching and arms empty, who never had a chance to love or hold their babies. We ask God's healing to fill the void and emptiness that has been left.
My Lord, the baby is dead !
Why, my Lord – dare I ask why ? It will not hear the whisper of the wind or see the beauty of its parents' face – it will not see the beauty of Your creation or the flame of a sunrise. Why, my Lord ?
"Why, My child – do you ask 'why' ? Well, I will tell you why
You see, the child lives. Instead of the wind he hears the sound of angels singing before My throne. Instead of the beauty that passes he sees everlasting Beauty – he sees My face. He was created and lived a short time so that the image of his parents imprinted on his face may stand before Me as their personal intercessor. He knows secrets of heaven unknown to men on earth. He laughs with a special joy that only the innocent possess. My ways are not the ways of man. I create for My Kingdom and each creature fills a place in that Kingdom that could not be filled by another. He was created for My joy and his parents' merits. He has never seen pain or sin. He has never felt hunger or pain. I breathed a soul into a seed, made it grow and called it forth."
I am humbled before you, my Lord, for questioning Your wisdom, goodness, and love. I speak as a fool – forgive me. I acknowledge Your sovereign rights over life and death. I thank You for the life that began for so short a time to enjoy so long an Eternity.
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Author Nicholas Sparks has brought stories like "The Notebook" and "Dear John" to romance enthusiasts for years, and his newest love story is coming the theaters this Friday, April 10.
"The Longest Ride" is Sparks' seventeenth novel and the tenth film adaptation of his books. The story follows two couples who have little in common, but whose lives converge in unexpected ways. Sparks said that "The Longest Ride" is a story that spans generations. The film stars Britt Robertson, Oona Chaplin, Scott Eastwood Jack Huston and more.
"I try to work with people in Hollywood who get the stories," Sparks said. "It's part of the reason why all of the films have been successful. We keep the story intact, we keep the characters intact, there are details that change, but they're very close to the novel in the end."


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Hello everybody! I've got something other than a movie review today, it's a book! I've been reading this book for a while now (nearly 4 months to be exact) and I've only just managed to finish it, mainly because I'm lazy and would rather watch a film than read a book at the moment… This is my first time reviewing a book in a long time so please bare with me!
All The Bright Places is from author Jennifer Niven and is described on the front of the book as:
The story of a girl who learns to live from a boy who wants to die
Now, if that doesn't peak your interest then I don't think this book is for you. This book could be considered as a trigger for those who suffer with mental health problems, loss of a family member and/or suicidal thoughts but it is a good book nonetheless.
Violet Markey is suffering badly after the loss of her sister, Eleanor. Theodore Finch is suffering badly with his own thoughts and mental health. After the two of them get paired up for a school assignment, Finch and Violet find that maybe there is still a pocket of sunshine in the dark world that they seem to live in.
I had high expectations for this book. For some reason, I'm attracted to novels which tackle the subject of mental health and I can't seem to get enough of them. I really liked the sound of this book and was interested in how the story would work out but I have to say, I wasn't that impressed.
Now, don't get me wrong, I absolutely would recommend this book and for the majority of the story, I really enjoyed it. It really took you on a rollercoaster of emotions and with a mix of chapters from both Violet and Finch's view, it was kept interesting when it easily could've become just another mental health book. The fact that they used each other to find the happiness in the world was beautiful and watching their relationship and confidence blossom was something lovely and special. However, the further the book went on, the less I enjoyed it. I feel like they didn't need to end up together like every other boy/girl duo seems to do and I also really didn't like the ending!
The ending of the book seemed to just finish. That sounds silly but there was a few chapters of a kind of winding down and then BAM, it was done. Not much explaining, not much of an ending. Maybe that was the whole point, to be a metaphor almost of how things went down in the book but I really didn't enjoy it. It lowered the rating of the book for me.
So, after a very brief review, I'm going to have to give this book a 3* rating out of 5. I enjoyed it to a point and then it kind of unravelled and all my interest was lost, I couldn't even be bothered to finish it even though I had 3 chapters left (I did, obviously, but it was a struggle).
I'm really sorry that this was a short review, it's late and I'm awful at reviewing books – especially when I've not enjoyed them.
Have you read this book? What did you think of it? Let me know down in the comments!
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It must be an indication of the years taking their toll, but not that long ago I had the mad desire to discuss in greater or lesser detail the many wonders of the FrightFest programme. This year after a marathon of viewing, I find the films forming an amorphous mass in my memory with none of them really vying for pride of place. I therefore think it best to make only the briefest comments on most of them, if only to get some sort of closure on the weekend. As usual, transport considerations stopped our seeing any of the late-night offerings (most of which we shall catch up on through their DVD releases -- the only one I really regret missing was "Dream Home", a Hong Kong gorer in the tradition of "Rikki O"), but we still managed to take in over twenty flicks, which frankly is exhausting. This year we chose a much higher proportion of films from the small 'Discovery' strand, an excellent innovation from last year's Fest, since these on average seemed rather more potentially interesting than yet another low-budget British effort. Yes, I know that the festival organisers believe it is their duty to support the local scene, but one can get rather sated by Danny Dyer gangster flicks or zombie movies made for twenty-nine cents (or the sterling equivalent). Anyhow, here's the summary of your favourite film fanatic:
Hatchet II (2010): As a supposed 'fest-fave', director Adam Green blessed us with the world premiere of his follow-up to his 2006 slasher. Definitely a bright red gorefest with horror icons Tony Todd and Kane Hodder amongst the leads, but not sufficiently different from so many other slasher movies. My feeling: please axe any further sequels.
Primal (2010): Another world premiere for this Australian film which at least had an unusual slant as some of six friends on a field trip find themselves infected by the site's waterhole and undergo some savage Neanderthal regression. The first to mutate was the best-looker of the gals with a horribly strident Aussie voice, so it was actually something of an auditory relief for her to morph into an grunting feral. Like many of these films, we were left with only one survivor, who capped the brutal proceedings with a memorable final one-word ending. See it yourself to find out.
Eggshells (1969): As a tribute to the festival's special guest Tobe Hooper (whose showing of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and Q and A we skipped), the organisers unearthed his little-seen feature debut. Although I was fascinated by this rare opportunity, I'm sorry to report that it was a pretentious and precious student folly, very typical of its era, with little indication of the auteur's potential horror leanings to come.
The Clinic (2009): More Australian visceral horror with pregnant ladies being abducted and having their unborns cut out as part of a profitable babies-for-sale racket, apparently of long standing, since each victim's uniform bore a roman numeral and we were now apparently at over 600 mutilated females. Yeah, yeah!
Finale (2009): This is an overly convoluted American shocker tracing a family at the receiving end of a dark cult's secrecy -- stylish and creepy without being particularly involving.
Wound (2010): A return to genre film-making for New Zealand director David Blyth, whose horror credentials go back to 1984's "Death Warmed Up", not that he has done much of note in the meantime. This one is about a woman abused as a child by her father and the more-than-willing submissive partner of a dominant male, taking the ultimate physical revenge on Daddy and finding herself being haunted by the now grown-up supposedly stillborn daughter that he fathered. None of it made much sense -- so what else is new?
F (2010): F for 'failure' on a school paper evolves into an F for 'F-ing awesome' Brit thriller, finding the staff and pupils of a high-tech school at the after-hours mercy of a group of invading faceless hoodies. The hoodies from hell you may conclude as they reap mindless gory mutilation on those they confront. It just goes to prove that horror can be alive and well, even in the British low-budget sector.
Christopher Roth (2010): Set in Italy but mainly English-speaking, this debut film from cinematographer Maxime Alexandre (here billed as Max Sender) has a world-famous crime writer and his wife having their Umbrian holiday ruined by the local serial killer who mutilates his victims with wild boar horns. Roth wants to broaden his literary output but finds himself immersed once more in the reality of horror amongst the supposedly friendly natives. Interestingly done as his new friends deal with the 'beast in the basement' as it were.
Fanboys (2008): I have absolutely no idea what this jolly confection was doing masquerading itself at FrightFest; still it was something of a welcome break from blood and guts. Four "Star Wars" fanatics, one of whom is terminally ill, can't wait for the new movie to open back in 1998 and decide to travel from Iowa, or wherever, to the Skywalker Ranch to steal a preview copy. Of course they cross a tasty selection of weirdos and trekkies en route in pursuit of their dream.
13 Hours (2010): Yet another UK world premiere, as our heroine returns to the run-down family estate from her high-powered life in L.A. to find her friends and family under attack from a bloodthirsty creature. As most fall prey to this unseen nightmare, dark family secrets are finally revealed to bring the action to its foregone conclusion. This was a reasonably well-done effort with a more than capable cast, but I suspect it will end up like so many films in a horror limbo of limited distribution.
I Spit on Your Grave (2010): It is fashionable nowadays to remake all of the old horror classics, but as one of the original video nasties, the 1979 exploitation shocker on which this film is based is probably amongst the least well-known, even if its title has become engraved in horror history. The hard-to-find uncut original is indeed a shocker, but frankly its retributive violence is not as strong overall as this remake's. If anything the start of this remake is a little too leisurely as our feisty heroine finds herself at the mercy of a bunch of local redneck rapists. She eventually re-emerges from the forest where she was left for dead to take her revenge on the frankly despicable group of chauvinist pigs. The whoops from the audience (most of whom let it be said were male) as she dispatches each of her assailants were encouraging for any potentially militant feminists in the crowd. For once perhaps a remake actually worked, although I still wonder whether it was really necessary.
Good gracious, I'm just over half way through my supposedly brief reactions. So it's time for a break back into the real world with the promise to continue tomorrow, all things being equal.


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Polands Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has expressed serious misgivings about contracts offered by five of the countrys leading cable operators.
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The main concerns relate to the difficulties involved in cancelling contracts and the unreliable information given to subscribers about changes to offers.
The UOKiK speaks of the arbitrary changes the operators sometimes make to programme packages and problems subscribers then have in changing the packages they receive.


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Yesterday I went to the movies with some girlfriends and I was totally uncomfortable. I could feel my feet swelling up! My legs were even getting swollen! I probably shouldn't have ordered popcorn (and add my own helping of butter)! Pretty sure that pushed me over the edge! haha.
Here's the latest on the c-section:
I talked to the scheduler yesterday and here are the details for my c-section. September 2, 10am. I have to get to the hospital at 8am to check in and go through my pre-op. If Jake decides to move the night before we will still cancel the surgery. :) If not, that will be his birthday!! Grant will be living with 2 virgos! My 30th birthday is September 13th... looking like a bottle of Vueve is in my future. ;)
20 DAYS UNTIL JAKE ARRIVES! I can't believe it!
Here is a quick preview of Jake's room. We still have finishing touches to add... but, here is the concept up his varsity/sports room.