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<------ I just noticed that I have two blue bars under my name. And 100 posts. Ooooooo Ahhhhhhh.

I'm showing a bit of neck and wrist today...

Ya know...now that you mention it... I listen to Christian radio in the car, and there is a song sung by a male group...and it is kind of like Amazing Grace, but not totally the hymnal version. And I can't think of the group's name... Now you have me going crazy!

I actually started reading this post because the title sounded like something Master Yoda would say..."Turn from sin you must." But I did enjoy reading the post. What is sad is that churches stay around for so long. And maybe back in the day the church was going all out for Christ. But then somewhere along the way, the church hired a corrupt pastor or a corrupt member from the community comes into the church and begins having an influence on the congregation. And before you know it, a whole church is living in sin and will deny it till the end. That is one problem we are having with my brother-in-law and sister-in-law who were married over the summer. My husband's brother grew up in a home that was adament about what was right and what was wrong according to scripture. Their parents lived their lives accordingly and it was passed to the family. My husband's brother met a girl who was raised in a different church, in a different way...she was taught that if she asked for forgiveness at the age of 5...she was still saved, even though she grew up and had premarital sex, and drank until she was drunk on the weekends, and used inappropriate language, and lied...it was the once saved, always saved mentality. This was the way she grew up though, this was the way she was taught, and she was not introduced to another way. Now my husband's brother could have introduced her to a different style of Christianity...but instead he turned away from what he knew was right and began following her around like a lost puppy. I find it sad because some children grow up in homes and churches like these, and they actually believe it is ok to sin on a daily basis because years and years ago they asked Jesus into their heart and he wrote their name down in the book of life, and once your name is in there it can never be removed. I, on the other hand, believe that there is such as thing as back sliding. I believe that you can be as saved in your heart as all get out...but some where down the road you decide to turn your back on God. You choose to remove your name from the book of life...and you choose to follow the path to Hell. And then it is eventually your choice to come back to God and begin to build a relationship again. But how do you go about presenting this to "Christians" who honestly believe they are still on the straight and narrow heading to Heaven?

We come in peace...

Ok...I'll be the one to laugh at this one. That's heeeelarious. I had never in my life gone deep enough into my thoughts on conception and original sin to even have that cross my mind! Ahhhh ha ha ha ha.

I wonder why...when it is suddenly discovered that animals actually have brains and are capable of thought...that scientists jump to the conclusion that they either learned the behavior from humans or that we have evolved. Can't it just be as simple as God created the brain and all creatures, human and otherwise, sometimes use them.

Maybe I'll give up girl scout cookies this year...

I just lost both of my grandparents over the Christmas holiday. I lived with them for 3 1/2 years as a teenager. I had gone through a really rough time and my parents made the decision to send me to them. They worked wonders and I credit the relationship I have made with God to my grandmother for never backing down and my strengths to my grandfather for always being proud. (Oh look...I'm a poet and don't know it). My grandma died of parkinson's disease and less than a week later my papa was gone as well, he chose to take his own life when he realized grandma was really gone. He had alzheimers so I pray that God had mercy and papa went to the appropriate place (whichever choice he had settled on before losing his thoughts...God/Heaven or Sin/Hell). I am more at peace about my grandma's passing because I know where she is and I know that I will get to see her again. I also feel like I had lots of special time with her that I will never forget, so the memories help to ease the pain of the loss. On the other hand, I'm broken over the loss of my papa, because I don't know where he is. If he is in Heaven then I praise God...but I also think about the alternative and how horrible it must be, and to know he might be there for all eternity tears me up. But I continue to pray that God's will was carried out. And I keep going...

Ok so back to the topic at hand... I don't know if this was national news or if it was local news...after reading the topic of the post I remembered seeing it on the news. Illegal immigrants were having a protest march because they felt they needed to be given equal rights. I think wherever these people were marching...there should have been armed guards picking them up and transporting them back to the border. When did we begin using the terms "illegal immigrants and illegal aliens." When did the good ol' US of A decide that enough was enough and make a law against people just coming over and occupying a state? My heart goes out to people who are born in a place that does not have as much freedom as we do...but there are ways to go about coming to America legally.

So I've had some issues lately. And I keep thinking that things will get better...but it looks like it is going to do downhill for a little while longer. And a problem I have is that I continually internalize things until it just gets to be too much. I feel as if life keeps dumping a load of poop at my feet and I'm not shoveling fast enough and instead I end up rolling around in the filth until I feel like I'd rather just lay in it for awhile instead of clean it up. Recently I lost my grandparents, who even though I only lived with them for 4 years, they still felt like parents to me, they felt like home. My grandma had parkinson's disease and lost the battle...and my papa, who had alzhemiers just couldn't deal with the loss and decided to join my grandma by taking his own life. I struggle with that decision on a daily basis. I know my grandma is in Heaven and I rejoice that she is now experiecing comfort and peace. On the other hand I feel like cursing God because he allowed my papa to make the decision he did. I try to pray through it, but it seems like everytime I do, I end up getting angry...so I've found myself trying to avoid the issue in my daily conversation with God. But he knows my heart and he knows my feelings and I wonder if he even listens to my other prayers because of the anger that I am harboring within. And now, to add to all that I am already feeling...my youngest brother, who is 19, was just kicked out of school (college). He was attending a christian university and he was warned and fined once and then when he continued to behave in a certain manner he was asked not to continue his school career with them. Alcoholism runs in our family, and my brother succumbed. He began drinking when he was a young teenager, and I just thought it was teenage experimenting. But obviously I was wrong. On Saturday my brother flew out to Florida to begin treatment in a Christian rehab facility. He will be there for a little over a month...if it works that quickly. And its not the actual alcohol that concerns me, I know that help can be provided for that...what is really trying me, are the underlying reasons. The counselor that he went to before my parents shipped him off the rehab says he has anger and emotional issues and that he is covering up these issues by drinking himself into not knowing and remembering anymore. He isn't a social drinker. He wasn't going out iwth his buddies and getting a little buzzed on beer. He was drinking Vodka and other hard stuff alone, until he was throwing up, and passing out. The counselor has suggested that there could be a history of sexual abuse. I don't know how she came up with this...but it floored me! And now I'm harboring feelings of betrayal. Why didn't God intervene before all this happened? Why didn't God provide us with a clear understanding that my brother was going through something very serious? I know that God will never leave or forsake us...but that's the road my feelings are heading down. So how do you pray when you're frustrated with God? I've lost the words...

Yeah...I got spanked ALL the time when I was a kid. It turned me into the man I am today.

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On that same odd stories page there was a story about a Komodo dragon who impregnated itself...how odd.

Teachers, aides, bus drivers...anybody who works in a public school system are so bogged down with mandates and standards and obligations that often times they forget they are working with BABIES! I left a school last year because I was so frustrated with the lack of empathy for the kids who are stuck in certain situations. If school districts would just get rid of people who makes obviously ridiculous mistakes, the state of our children's learning would be so much better. Instead, as in the district I was in before, they get suspended WITH PAY, they come back to work, and when they mess up again...they are given a higher paying job behind a desk in the district office. I can't believe how many babies there are in the school system who actually ride the bus. And they stick all those kids pre-k through 5th grade on the same bus....with one bus driver. You can't imagine how many kids I had come to my classroom the first day of kindergarten (the first day of their school career) by riding the bus. And then not knowing where their classroom is, and crying because they are lost, and they miss mom....ugh. We need to bring corporal punishment back into the schools...and use it on irresponsible parents and employees. Ha. This obviously touches a raw nerve with me.

Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab http://www.spartechsoftware.com/reeko/ Steve Spangler Science http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiments/ There is also a Science Search Engine/Directory online where you can look up all things science...www.sciseek.com You can also go to a science museum, which provides alot of hands-on exploration.

www.exploratorium.com That's a website that is purely devoted to science activities, especially hands one activities that a 5th grader would enjoy. I have been known to use the hands-on activities every now and then to enhance the learning in my classroom. Hmmm...I'll have to think about some other sites that might have interesting activites...

Haha I'm so glad that the grammar of my post is what caught your attention most And yes, I am currently in my second year at Bible College. You don't *have* to go to a Biblical college/seminary or whatever you may call it, to become a pastor - but I'm sure it does and can help in equipping and enabling you to be more effective in teaching and preaching. I do feel like I have a leading towards teaching from the Word, but I also know I have a call to Africa.. so who knows how when and where I will be doing things for the Lord until that time arrives! I just look forward to the future and see where God leads! My dad is a pastor. He went to seminary and got his doctorate in whatever pastors get their doctorate in. He started out as a youth pastor and worked his way up. Back then youth pastors made nothing money wise as opposed to all the money they make now (ha ha). So he worked two jobs. Youth pastor by day and he moonlighted on the docks unloading shipments at night. Now he is a pastor in Texas at a really large church. It's more contemporary...not really a mega-church but it runs about 800-1000 (depending on the holiday). Being a pastor or missonary of any kind is definately something you are CALLED to do. I'm glad God had called another to His service. With the way the world is going we need as many as we can get!

I'm no archeologist or whatever you are called when you dig up mummies and study them. But it looks like it was just positioned that way to fit into something, like nebula said. The woman definately looks like she is in a state of permanent shock, horror, and disbelief...but I think that might be an accident. The baby on the other hand looks kind of cute...and very small. The woman mummy is definately interesting...I can't wait to hear what they big science people have to say about it.

So...as I'm listening to this little sermon...I'm thinking two things: #1 Is "preached" a word? This is actually bothering me. I can't think of a word that would replace it grammatically, but it doesn't sound right. I praught a sermon? I wonder if my 1st grade dictionary will give the tense of the word preach...and #2 I enjoy listening to people with an accent. I live in SC...so all I here around here is that good ol' country slang. Are you going to school to become a pastor? Do you have to go to school to become a pastor where you live? Do you want to be a pastor or more of a lay person who teaches in small groups and Sunday school? It's going to take me awhile to listen to it. I have to keep pausing it to talk to parents because we're having our conferences tonight. Anways, keep up the good work!

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