O-Dark-Thirty

So many Pastors today preach a "name it and claim it" philosophy, and they back it up with Bible verses like this one: "whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." The thing is, when you take pieces of the Bible you can use them to back up almost any belief you want to espouse. The Bible is a complete book, a picture of who God is, given to us to know more about God from a human perspective. You cannot take it in bits and pieces. For instance, the quote above was something Jesus said directly to Peter. Pastors will tell you it applies to us all, but that does not mean we can decide what to do and Heaven will okay it with a big stamp of approval. We don't bend God to our will - ever. That's not the purpose of prayer, that's not the reason to become or remain a Christian. God is not some Heavenly Grandfather peering down and winking at our indiscretions and looking for ways to bl

Darling asked me whether God delivered His promises from Jeremiah 29:11-14 to me. First of all, God always delivers on His promises. The question is do we recognize them when we get them. Sometimes the promises are conditional. We act, and God works. Let's look at what He promised us here. "For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “ plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future . Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you . You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you ,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back from captivity . I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile .” These passages are full of God's promises. Yes, this message is written to the exiled Israelites in Babylon, as shown by Jer 29:10: Th

Just a quick note to let you know we're still around. I haven't written anything in two weeks because I'm SICK. Man, getting old is for the birds. I remember getting a cold when I was younger and I shook it off in a couple days. Now it takes two weeks. Darling caught this bug from me, but with her it always moves to bronchitis, so she's really having a horrible time with coughing. I did go see a specialist about my migraines. I'll keep you posted on that, thanks for asking. And my monitor went bizarro on me, so I switched it with a spare from the other room. In Starbound, I figured out how to make an Erchius reactor - everyone should have one. The same technique can be used to create healing water, which isn't useful since they didn't give us the ability to make potions with it, but it does glow a nice blue, so you can use it to highlight constructions. Or use lava. Or both. Thanks for reading. Back to my bottle of medicine and off to bed!