God Makes Big Stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n23_IsU4Uic

Wow.

Ouch.

My neck is crooked. In a futile, dazed attempt to pop it, early in the morning, I grabbed it with my right arm, and yanked. I learned the meaning of the expression, 'I don't know my own strength'. And I thought that only applied to wife-beaters!

Well, now my neck rests in an uncomfortable tilt that when straightened results in the most excruciating pain I have ever known. However, I popped some Magnablocs on my neck, and presto! I'm cured. Almost. My neck is still tilted slightly, almost like my avatar you see on the right, but at least it doesn't hurt! The swelling is going away.

In other news, I have set up my Quixtar portal now, which is an ingenious little invention. Quixtar is seriously one of the the most trustworthy and reliable businesses around, and yet it is easier to find hate material and slander about Quixtar than any other company. I'm not sure why that is...

It's a part of the Better Business Bureau, and many other companies of the same time, it has excellent product recommendations, it has one of the most inventive and just ways of dividing payment and money to those that deserve it that I have ever seen, and Quixtar is also a huge supporter of charities around the world, giving more money than any other organization of it's size. It's incredible really.

But the reason I like it is for the XS. MAN! I love that drink...

Well, I have a portal set up through Quixtar now, so I can sell the products easily to other people. They're free to set up, which is also brilliant. They only take a moment to choose a style, theme, and product base, it's easily navigable, etc. Of course, I want to change the picture on the main page. Word has it, there is one of a guy doing a flip on a snowboard; That's the one I want!

But, in the meantime, you can see it as it is.

http://jmoore1.qhealthzone.com

There ya go!

And, in other news, the Narration has been corrected for A Lifetime of Childlike Faith, and we'll be sending it to Mr. Hodges soon. I'll be writing a post plugging Mr. Hodges Excellent work somewhat soon. ;-)

God Bless!

~ John.

In the spirit of the fifth commandment....

Dad loved to listen to music by the Kingston Trio when he was a younger man. I listen to some of these same songs now, and I enjoy them, just knowing that my Father loved them.

I listened to one for the first time today; Where have all the flowers gone?

Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the flowers gone?
Girls have picked them every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the young girls gone?
Taken husbands every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the young men gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the young men gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the young men gone?
Gone for soldiers every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Gone to graveyards every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the graveyards gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Covered with flowers every one
When will we ever learn?
When will we ever learn?

Sometimes I have to ask myself, when will I ever learn? I keep making the same mistakes over and over again, and while others can see them, I tend to think they were simply fate.

Well, take that poem however you choose, I think there it presents an interesting question though. When will we ever learn?

~ In Christ, John.

A bit controversial.

It's not enough to be Christian anymore.

No, really. Being a Christian (in name only) allows you to go almost entirely unnoticed by others. You can subtly mention it in a conversation, and you're done. Presto.

Take it up a notch.

You're now a homeschooling Christian. You've decided to separate from mainstream America, and train your kids in such a way that when they grow up, they feel free to be as controversial as they please.

Which is why it again goes up a notch.

I'm reformed. (semper reformanda... Yes, always reforming, but my theology is reformed... see my point?) Which makes me look weird to the rest of Christendom in the way I see God's law, and it's applicability for my life. (I also hold to Calvinism)

Let's go a step further though. I'm not just reformed, but I'm a Presbyterian (which apparently means something), and a 5-point Calvinist. None of this 4-point nonsense. Of course, I'm not a hyper Calvinist. They have doctrinal flaws both logically and scripturally. It's still the 'pray like it depends on God and work like it depends on you' line of thought for me.

Go a step further though: I hold to Covenant theology, but I do NOT accept paedobaptism as a legitimate act or sacrament, nor do I accept paedocommunion. These views CAN be proven exegetically, though historically it does crash with the reformers like Calvin and Knox. They were, however, fresh out of the Roman church, and thus weren't able to view things from a purely unbiased state. I've never been in a church before. All I've had is the word of God.

It works.

So, I'm a Homeschooling Reformed Credo-baptistic Presbyterian Alaskan, in Texas.

Talk about not fitting in with anything! ;-)

God Bless folks, I'll be back.

~ John.