All Aboard!!!

The last train is leaving and it is a one way ticket. So you better have your stuff packed and in order because it won't be long before the last train leaves this rundown station for good. Our time is short and grows shorter day by day. I'm ready to go are you? With what is happening in our world I'd say we are about to see our final hour here in our life time. The conductor is about to give one last call for you to step up at last. So do with your life what you've never done before. Step up and be bold in you walk with the Lord. Each minute counts because we never know when that last minute will take place in our life hear on Earth. We are all going home very soon! I find great peace in that. However I know some may not make it there with me. I find great sorrow in that, and I know that nothing I say or do will change the minds of those that think I'm a crazy simpleton.

All that is left for me to do in those situations is pray. I know they've heard the Lord speaking to them yet they choose to ignore it. I pray that they choose to hear the Lords voice before too much longer. I guess you could say I am being selfish because I can't bear to imagine being separated from friends and loved ones for an eternity. I hope to spend that eternity being together growing and bonding forever without end. So with the knowledge that our life is short we must make the best of it. I will continue in my faith to reach out to those who do not accept Christ as their savior. One day he will come on the clouds and all will see him even if they never believed in him. So it is not a matter of when you believe in Christ it is how you will come to believe in him.

However those who wait till the day of Judgement to finally make up their minds will have waited too long. I hope we all give the bible a really good look before we throw it out as fairytales used to control people. Really look at it before you choose to ignor what is written in it.

Rev 1:5-8

Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, 6 and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

It states all shall wail because of him. Some of those will be tears of Joy and others will be tears of surrow because they had denied Christ and the realization will instantly hit them and regret will set in. I do not post this to ignite anger I post this so this does not happen to you. It is a hard thing to swallow and your instinct is to get angry. Do not let anger blind you from the truth. Look at it and look into it before you deny it. I know I am talking to some that may not give this any further reading. However I hope your reaction is different. Give the bible a chance and I promise that your life will be changed completely. To have hope that you've never had. A strength that you never experienced that gets you though hell and back. Sure you life will be full of trials still, and maybe even more! However you will have the strength to get through them. Mostly you will never be alone.

You will always have the Lord with you in the dark places of this world. There is nothing like the love of the Lord and the blessings that come from that love. I hope that you all may find this and get to experience what I am talking about. There is nothing better in this world then that. Don't let lack of hope keep you from letting the Lord into your heart. There is hope beyond measure in the presence of our Lord. All you have to do is ask Jesus Christ into your heart as your savior. Believe that he died on the cross for our sins and that he was ressurected. Give your heart to him and ask that all your sins be forgiven. I pray that some of you will do this.

In doing this you will be making the best decision you will have made ever! If you don't have a bible there are many places you can get one for free. If you don't have a Church or now where to find one. You can check out these sites.

www.harvest.org

www.freshlifechurch.org

www.brandnewradio.com

These are a few of my favorite Podcasts to listen to.

A blog in boredom.

Sometimes you just have to quit trying to prove your point of view with those who don't agree with you. I have realized wasting time debating with someone who won't change their mind is a waste of time. There is no winning an argument when a fact is not a fact, or when truth is not truth. There is no right or wrong only what is. You can talk in circles with someone like that. When all direction leads to nowhere then what direction do you go? How do you live life going on in circles with no solid direction other then eventually your grave? You die and then nothing? All of what we know came from nothing to go back to nothing. How can something come from nothing if there is nothing there to begin with? Are you following me here? A spark just so happened to come from nothing and started a mass forest fire! How would that stand up in a court of law? How can so called logic be so illogical?

Let us look at it this way. Our universe came from absolutely nothing. There wasn't even a void of empty space. It just happened to become on its own even though it didn't exist. So what didn't exist now exists because we are here now and that must be what happened. There is no God so it must have just happened out of nothing. Do you see where I am going with this? You need more faith to believe this all came from nothing then to say it came from God. The only reason people say everything began out of nothing is because they don't want to believe there is a God. So in turn we have a great debate over world views.

I've tried explaining how illogical this evolution logic is to those who are evolutionists. However it always turns out with them telling me how close minded I am and that I have a very simple mind. They switch subjects often to keep from answering questions that I may ask them. In turn it becomes one huge circle of dialogue that ends up in someone getting mad. So I have decided not to go into conversation like this with those I know can't handle a conversation like this without loosing their temper. I must say it is awesome to think about it all.

Good bye my precioussss....

While sledding Christmas morning on the best sledding hill EVER! I lost my wedding ring. I had my glove off so I could record the ride down the hill. While holding the camcorder with my right hand I was steering with my bare left hand. I assume that is when my precious (wedding ring) was ripped from my hand! My hands were numb so I had no idea what had happened. Even though I got really cool video of the action and me running over little Jake and burring him in a snow bank. I don't think it was worth the cost.

By the end of the night my hands were dry and cracked from the cold. I went to remove my ring so I could put lotion on my hands and I realized my ring was gone. My heart sank when I figured out that my ring was buried on a road soon to be plowed. I will have to wait until Spring to search for it with metal detectors. I hope I find it because I hate to loose something that means so much to me. I know it is just a material thing and I shouldn't be so attached to it. I just lost something that I look at that brings back a lifetime of memories. I plan on buying a cheaper wedding ring until I find the old one. Until then I will have to feel awkward not wearing my wedding band.

As soon as we get our new computer I will upload the priceless video of our sledding fun!

Santa does exist!

Today we received a brand new Xbox 360 in the mail. It was given to us by someone who wishes to remain anonymous so lets call him Santa. I was very close to getting teary eyed when he said that Stacey and I have helped so many others out that we deserve to be helped as well. So we are going to be playing Xbox for a while tonight and enjoying our online friends we have made over the years. It has been a long time since we have gamed with any of them and it will be a blast! I recently found out a few of the people in the Skate Ministry game as well. So that will be really cool to game with them online. I found out that one of the Skate Ministry leaders was a guy I used to battle all the time in game toury's. It is crazy to think we both had similar gaming backgrounds and wound up at the same skate ministry. So it will be cool to go head to head with Randy on live again now knowing him in person. How strange it was when we realized we battled each other multiple times for hours on end and we lived in the same city and never knew it! Well I have to run there is gaming to do!

A Mourners Memory

The hardest part of loosing someone close to you is hard to put your finger on. There are so many things in loosing someone you care about. I have found the hardest part of loosing those close to me are things we take for granted when they are here with us. As time passes I'd love to say it gets better in time. However it doesn't, it is with you every day. Some days worse then others. Today seems to be one of those days for me. The hardest part for me is not the that I will never see them again, because I have faith that I will one day be reunited with them through my love for God and what his son has done for all of us! It is the memory of them fading in my mind. Specifics like what they sounded like. What it was like to be there with them I mean really be there in their presence. The hardest part is waiting to be with them again. This is what I wrote during one of those days like today.

A mourners memory

With every death there comes sorrow
With every sorrow there comes a tear
With every tear there flows a river flowing from our soul.
Numbness, grief, and then anger.
Washing up over the shores of life.
Eroding that which is, into that which was.
A memory, a smile that is no longer.
A hug, a kiss, a laugh that warmed you heart.
Fading into the shadows of memory.

By, Todd Harvey

Video War

This is my prize jewel when it comes to the video war with my wife.

Car Troubles.

We own a junker for a car, but beggars can't be choosers. It has mood swings on when it wants to run. Today the wife and I had eye appointments. While driving to the eye doctor this morning every time I stopped the car died. Luckily the previous owner jerry rigged a ignition switch on the door otherwise I would have been stranded. For some reason as it died at every stop the switch got it running until the next stop. It took time and strategic planning to get home. I had to locate non stop roads to reach home again. I even used parking lots and alley ways to do this. I guess thats where all the video gaming comes in play. I can think outside of the box when it comes to getting home(Legally of course!) off road! To make matters worse the roads were icy and that makes it hard to do all of the above and keep the car moving so it doesn't die.

I am wondering how Stacey is going to make it to work now. I can walk but she has to travel. I wish it was closer to tax season so we could just buy a new car that runs! Oh well we will manage one way or the other. It might be tight for a while but we have faith God will provide. I always get stressed at first and then think back on all we have been through in the past. We have always made it through and have never gone without. In the meantime I am looking for a way to get 2 new used vehicles so I can take a bat to the one we own now. It would be such a great feeling to smash it a few times! Demolition derby would be fun too! Paint a 3 on the door and we are good to go!

Merry Christmas.......almost.

I work in a retail store and I realized that Christmas music (Silent Night) was playing over the sattelite music system in the store. Christmas is the one time of year that you will ever hear the name of Jesus Christ in a public place so openly. I realized that any other time of year there would be no way that a song about Jesus the son of God being born would ever be allowed to be played off the speakers of any public place other then a Church!

While I sat there and listened I pondered this. The next song was Beautiful Stranger by Madonna. How crazy is that! Your sitting there listening to Silent Night a song about Christ the Savior is born, then the next song of listening pleasure is Madonna singing about a beautiful stranger? How confused this world truly is. Why do people who don't believe in Christ all over the world celebrate the day that represents his birth? Yet deny him all other days of the year? I asked a non believing friend this and he couldn't come up with an answer.

Just for contrast here are the lyrics to the songs if you don't know what they are.

Silent Night written by, Joeseph Mohr

Silent night, holy night
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon Virgin Mother and Child
Holy Infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace

Silent night, holy night!
Shepherds quake at the sight
Glories stream from heaven afar
Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia!
Christ, the Saviour is born
Christ, the Saviour is born

Silent night, holy night
Son of God, love's pure light
Radiant beams from Thy holy face
With the dawn of redeeming grace
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth "


Beautiful Stranger by, Maddonna

Haven't we met
You're some kind of beautiful stranger
You could be good for me
I've had the taste for danger

If I'm smart then I'll run away
But I'm not so I guess I'll stay
Heaven forbid
I'll take my chance on a beautiful stranger

I looked into your eyes
And my world came tumbling down
You're the devil in disguise
That's why I'm singing this song

To know you is to love you
You're everywhere I go
And everybody knows
To love you is to be part of you
I've paid for you with tears
And swallowed all my pride

Da-da-da-dum da-dum da-dum da da da-da dum
Beautiful stranger
Da-da-da-dum da-dum da-dum da da da-da dum
Beautiful stranger

If I'm smart then I'll run away
But I'm not so I guess I'll stay
Haven't you heard
I fell in love with a beautiful stranger

I looked into your face
My heart was dancing all over the place
I'd like to change my point of view
If I could just forget about you

I looked into your eyes
And my world came tumbling down
You're the devil in disguise
That's why I'm singing this song to you
That's why i'm singing this song to you . . .