Last 10 days...

Got sick
Slept a lot
Went to the doctor
The doctor thought I might have pneumonia
Got chest x-rays
Got drugs for pneumonia
Back to bed
Missing lots of classes
Still in bed
Back to the land of the living
Back to classes
Back to work
Catching up like mad
Found out I don't have pneumonia
Working all night in booth
I think I'm depressed
Deep theological treatise coming soon....as soon as I get caught up on school.
And for all you who work night shifts...you have my deepest sympathy...I am awake with you and I feel your pain. Hang in there...sunrise is coming and then you can sleep.

True Religion???

Sometimes people do things that really burn me up. Now I'm a pretty laid back guy but sometimes even I get mad. Like really REALLY mad. Terry Shivo was one of those times. Recently an incident happened in Iraq that once again caused me to flip out. Maybe you read the report or saw it one the news. There were two car bombings recently. They were among the deadliest in Baghdad in the last year. The last report I heard was that the death toll was up to 99. And guess who drove the trucks? Two ladies. But they were not just two ladies. They were two ladies with Downs Syndrome. And the bombs were set off by remote control. What a hideous heinous act!! To use people who are mentally and physically handicapped to kill nearly 100 people! How can anyone do that? Maybe you don't know this but I have a little 8 year old sister with Downs Syndrome and the thought of someone using her to kill and terrorize is more than enough to fill me with rage. This has to be the work of the Devil. And those indescribable low lifes need to be brought to justice. Evil must be combated. But evil must not be combated in just the physical realm. Evil must be combated in the spiritual realm. How do you do this? By loving your enemies enough to take the message of Christ to them. Christ died for these people too. Now that is hard to believe. But one must realize that not only did their sin nail Jesus to the cross but my sin and your sin did too. That is humbling. Like Really humbling. The penalty of all sin is death whether that sin is just a little lie or sending innocent girls who where completely unable to resist such an atrocious act as to kill 99 people.

There are two lessons to be learned from this...there may be more but I haven't thought that far yet:
1-As sickening as that act of terrorism was, and as much as those who perpetrated it are guilty and deserving of death, all sin is deserving of death including ours. We are no better than those people are/were. It was my sin that sent my Savior to the cross.
2-And just as my Savior was willing to give His life for my sin, we should be just as willing to give our lives to take that message to others no matter who they are, where they live, or what they have done/are doing.
3-(I know I can't count) The devil is not just some grade school bully that needs some counseling(is that a root or a fruit issue?) that we don't really have to take seriously but he is a terribly wicked being that will stop at nothing--absolutely nothing--to attempt to advance his cause. And that extremely explicit truth should spur us into action. Whether we realize it or not, and we probably don't due to our complacent view of life, we fight a battle daily with the very forces of evil that controlled Saddam Husein, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler and the like. Oh...I forgot...this is America and we are enlightened now. There are no demons that control people. How silly of me.

You get the point I hope. Now get out there, be humble, love your enemy, and fight!!