Stolen Laptop
And how God can use it…
I was reminded today of an amazing run of events centred around a stolen laptop. I was reflecting on how amazing our situation is in regard to freight coming in and going out of our property for the small business we run. The unlikeness of it all is astounding.
It started with my need for a cheap laptop around 2001/3. I advertised in a paper ‘wanted’ for weeks and finally someone had something that sounded pretty good. I got my money and drove off in the trusty Torana to meet him.
It looked good I handed over the cash, but then I pulled out another $50 and waved it towards the guy.
“God told me to give you this”
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Poisoning Rats, Stealing Cars
And how it relates to you…
Do you know how many cars are stolen in California, USA each year? Well in 2016, over 86 thousand were stolen which equates to about 10 per hour!
How many are made known to the public in real time? Virtually none. But in 1981, the police went to great lengths to inform the public that they needed to find the thief of a certain car - even going as far as getting radio coverage.
It wasn’t the value of the car, and the thief hadn’t murdered anyone? Why the special attention?
Dear Homosexual Friend
Dear Homosexual Friend: It’s futile.
Why marriage re-definition won’t work.…
Nobody likes to be rejected, bullied or excluded. We all want be loved, accepted and included. It’s part of being human - we desire these things and feel good when they happen.
Growing up we should learn it in our family and we experience the effects (good and bad) in groups in kindy, the playground and school. We are normally told it is the right thing to do: include people in games and activities, share with people - accept and love them.
Read on to find out why it won’t work...
Homosexual Faith in Marriage
Homosexual Faith in Marriage
The real reason homosexuals want marriage re-defined…and how we can relate.
The current debate has settled down to the ‘re-definition of marriage’, a definition that includes any two men and two women. If you talk to people who want this change they will be very careful to try to point out that ‘love is love’, ‘it doesn’t affect anyone’ and ‘it is about equal rights’.
But this doesn’t make sense - a huge number of people will be affected (even if you ignore the links to sex education, transgenderism, freedom of speech and religious rights), what is labelled love isn’t always love and homosexual rights have been instituted for years. Homosexuals have all the rights of a married couple in Australia.
The only thing missing is a piece of paper that says ‘Certificate of Marriage’.
A question comes to mind - what good is this piece of paper to them? Marriage is an institution that has always been opposed to homosexual inclusivity - so why would they want to be part of it?
Do they believe deeply in marriage and hold it as sacred?
I recall an article doing the rounds a while ago where a lesbian woman had married a homosexual man to try to bring light to the ‘inequality of marriage’. But to me this stunt simply shows the disdain they have for this institution. They had no ‘love’ for each other, no commitment for life to the other, and had no plans to ‘exclude all others’ from their relationship or beds.
Is it a sign of a triumph? This could be true for a number of people in this camp, but I think it goes far deeper. As a small skirmish as part of a larger war, this battle is only of contextual importance - in a few years this will just be a small stepping stone to the complete desecration of the public notion of marriage.
But personally for the individual - the homosexual barracking for this change - what does it mean to them? Not all of them are the militant, arrogant, violent people we see swearing, spitting and threatening. But they are people deeply wounded and hurting - struggling through a painful life and at times seen as the enemy when all they want or need is a friend or unconditional love.
Click to read more about how we can relate.
Smoking the Seeds
Smoking the Seeds:
When you REALLY don’t want to be a dad…
“Today, my wife and 6 amazing kids are wanting to bless me. Today it’s Fathers Day AND (more importantly) my 17th Christian birthday. 17 years ago today my old, empty ‘exciting’ life ended on a trip I went on to kill myself. But God had others ideas…”
A common belief in many of the circles I encountered was that smoking the seeds of the marijuana plant would make you sterile. I, for one, never wanted children so never removed them from any male heads I happened across - in fact quite the opposite.
I remember mulling up (chopping) seeds and leaf and smoking it just for fun on top of my usual sessions. I had embraced marijuana quickly and completely - now selling it to a number of people on my nightly rounds.
At each stop I would smoke more - with ready made joints along the way. Upon arriving ‘home’ (wherever I would be staying that night) it would often be copious amounts on top of what had already been consumed that night.
Although a lot of it is a blur - there were many, many crazy and illegal happenings with no regard for the next day, let alone years down the track. One thing was for sure: I never wanted kids - and anything that helped prevent this was welcome...
Christianity - think about it
Christianity - think about it!
More than a Journey…
Christianity is a journey, but a journey where the start and end destination are unimportant compared to the position you are in along the way. It is a journey where you walk with the Creator, while He changes you - gives you new desires and the power to follow those desires.
Each step of 'progress' is simply about you putting into action and practice what He has enabled and provided the grace for as He walks with you. He is not just holding your hand, but holding your very being safe and secure.
As you walk each day with Him, making good choices, following His leading, dealing with issues and sin, you become more and more aware (not just in knowledge but in experience), that you are actually in Him and He, the Creator with unlimited power, is in you.
“The Creator, with unlimited power, is One with you!”
This incredible journey can only start when you are sin free - not by doing good things or avoiding bad ones (futile religion) - only a total and complete cleansing will do.
The One Way to be totally washed clean is by trusting in a brutal historic act -
Selling Solar Power...getting the Son!
#funandfaith
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Happiness is not an act of the will.
For me, I became a slave to chasing it. So elusive, I spent every effort and cent to get or maintain it. My brain and body suffered until I finally came to the same conclusion as a famous king - that life was meaningless.
Thankfully I was missing information... Read More...
So THIS just happened IN CHURCH!
Daddy
So THIS just happened IN CHURCH…
So here I am singing in a church I rarely attend, singing out of tune and at times singing the wrong words.
Some words I don’t remember, others I disagree with and my pet hate - singing about God (He, Him) when we can sing to Him (You). ‘Our God He reigns forever’ - I sing as ‘my God, You reign forever’ etc.
I am aware to a certain degree of my surroundings, my wife, my children, people in rows behind us - but.........
How to find the Silver Lining
How to find the silver (not just the lining)…
When you find it - you KNOW!
This may explain a lot of what you are going through right now - and hopefully encourage you...