Posted in Faith on Nov 8th, 2007
There is another facet of my warped perception of myself. This one is how I see myself and how God sees me. Often I see my propensity to choose sin over purity, and that is how I would define who I am. When I stumble and give into temptation, it alters my perception of myself to [...]
As most of you know, I’m a little behind the times. Last night, we watched the first two episodes of season 1 of “The Office” after Michelle’s small group left and I came home. I was struck by how Michael Scott, the Scranton, PA regional manager of Dunder-Mifflin, has no idea how other people view him. He [...]
Cleansed and purified To serve the living God, Purged and sanctified, Stripped of my façade. Acknowledging my guilt, Holding nothing back, The Lamb whose blood was spilt Redeems me from hell’s pact. Now the curtain’s torn, And I can enter in; Once forsaken and forlorn And overcome with sin. Now a way’s been made For me [...]
Well, our Eagles got soundly beaten at home by a much better, more aggressive football team that also is our biggest rival, those Dallas Cowboys. Ouch. It was disappointing to see our boys get outplayed like that. Someone recently asked me why I didn’t “pick” another team to root for. I didn’t understand the question. [...]
Posted in Life on Nov 3rd, 2007
Last night, we had some good friends over for dinner. Kevin and Alysha are long-time friends of Michelle’s. They are expecting their first (a girl) the end of this month. So we had them over to give them some baby gifts, and also to celebrate their belated birthdays. We also had our good friend Rachel [...]
A few months ago, we were in a training session at work. I was having trouble reading the power point slides. So the guy that was running the training re-focused the projector. I still couldn’t read it. I made the comment that I needed to get glasses. He handed me his. I put them on, [...]
Well, at age 31, the days of 20/20 vision are officially over. Last night, we went to Sears to pick up my glasses. Michelle looked at me and said, “You actually look smarter.” Well, you be the judge. Before: After: On the way home, I said something (I don’t remember what) that was not very smart. [...]