Open a Door That No Man Can Shut...

So, Friendo here (i.e., Sierra, my 24lb human daughter), recently discovered the doggy door.  For a while she has known about the doggy door and has been throwing her toys out the plastic flap only to land outside – out of reach and in Bobo’s (our 8lb dog’s) way of getting back into the house.

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A Few French Fries Short of a Happy Meal.

Have you ever known someone who is good at “bending the truth”?  You know, little things that seem really small and insignificant until they start to pile up and become big? 

I realize that we all exaggerate to some degree.   Yes, I do believe that exaggeration is just another form of lying and Yes, I do it quite a bit myself… about 1,000 times a day (exaggeration of course).  

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Pedal Pusher.

It has been a while now that my 3-year-old, my 36 pounder, first-born, Friendo - Sierra Starr – has been trying to ride her bike.  Actually, it has been a very long time.  Her grandparents bought her this cool bike last year with training wheels, sparkles, pink, – the whole nine yards.  However, it is the kind of bike that when you pedal backwards it is the break and she kept trying, for whatever reason, to pedal backwards.

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The Journey.

  The road was long, bumpy and full of potholes. It was hot outside and I wanted to go home. I was tired of the journey. I was weary of the same scenery. Nothing seemed to change. It was all desert. Here and there would be a small stream, but it was never enough. It was only enough to keep me moving, to keep me pressing on.

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Amazingly Critical...

 

 

November 6, 2008

 

With all that is going on in our nation right now, it is hard to go a day, or an hour for that matter without seeing, hearing, or thinking about our recent elections.  To be honest, I am tired of hearing about our elections.  I know that is sad to say.  I am American to the core, but it seems like we’ve been hearing about November 4th for the last decade!  Agh!

 

So, now that November 4th has come and gone I get the feeling that some people are a little let down by the whole commotion.  Some are excited at our new president, some are very disappointed.  Some are thrilled that “measures” passed and some are annoyed that they didn’t.  Not everyone is ever happy at the same time.  haha

 

The big word for this year has been “Change.”  We definetly have a big change ahead of us.  Obama is our newly elected president and I am sure he has a lot of changes that he is preparing for our nation.  I am also sure that he is preparing for change himself.  New home.  New staff.  New way of life.

 

Whether we agree with him or disagree with him, he will be our president.  He deserves our support as our president.  We should still pray for him and his family no matter what our “political” views may be.  However, the last few days I have read, heard, and seen many people who do just the opposite.  They are so mad at the fact that Obama will be president that they forget that he deserves our prayers just like anyone else.  There is such distain for a man that none of us really “know”.  We’ve read about him.  We’ve listened to TV and talk radio about him.  We’ve even heard from the man himself.  Either way, change is happening.

 

Next time you hear someone talk against Obama as president, next time you read an article that is critical towards him, or next time you get ready to say something that is against him, just remember that very over  used statement from the 1990′s “WWJD”  What Would Jesus Do?

 

It is amazingly critical that we uphold our nation in prayer and concern.  This is still the greatest nation in the world.  This is still the free-est nation in the world.  This is still God’s country and luckly God is still God.