The Sound of Rain

As I sit in my chair; my precious son is fast asleep, my dog Rufus is curled up beside me in his blanket and Corky, the other dog, is with Brice. My wife is hard at work in the home office and I just sitting back collecting thoughts. Even though it is the middle of the week it has been a tough week and very draining emotionally and spiritually. With so many uncertainties spinning around I search for something stable and secure to grab onto. I am blessed with a beautiful family and have seen many times the providence of God within our own life. But as I sit here I must admit that I feel small (not in a "Biggest Loser" way), I feel humbled and somewhat struck down. I have never really been one of those who "search for significance" but this past week I have just felt downtrodden.

Part of this I tend to "blame" on the Praise Band's new consecration. I have sacrificed things in my diet, personal life and physical life that have bogged me down. I have wrestled with a spiritual heaviness and it wasn't until tonight that I was able to shake free. As I sit in my chair I am able to "rest in the quietness" and as the rain comes down in sporadic increments I am reminded of a couple of things. The one thing is that I am a person of worth to the King of Kings. As the rain falls I am also reminded that every raindrop falls in the exact location God wanted it to fall in. There are no rebellious raindrops. I am reminded that when things seem to get so busy that God will bring us to a "quiet place" so He can talk to us and whisper to us that He loves us and is control.

I am thankful that I had this time with the Lord and do not regret putting off those things that needed to be done or so I thought needed to be done. Our God is a wonderful, patient Father who will really pull out all the stops to spend time with His Child.

Look around you...I think it is raining outside, enjoy!

"What did you say?"

OK I will be the first to admit I am not a science buff; but there are a few things I do know. Science will always try to put God made things into man made words. Today is no different

as I read about a "machine" that is going to re-create the BIG BANG.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/09/10/lhc.collider/index.html?iref=mpstoryview Are you freakin' kidding me? A machine is going to be God-like in the fact that it will "speak" the world into existence? This contraption cost nearly $10 BILLION and the potential side effects are an enormous black hole that is capable of sucking up the whole world. OK call me crazy but that is definitely strike 2. With gas prices muddling around the $4.00 per gallon mark a group of God hating scientist spend $10 BILLION to re-create the Big Bang and if they are correct the whole earth could be sucked into a black hole. Who approved this? This is absurd...Reports say they are searching for another "dimension" also referred to as the "God particle". This "God particle" is supposed the very thing that makes things happen and holds it all together. I have an idea that will save about $10 BILLION. I do concur that there is definitely a "God particle" that has created ALL of this and without question holds this together. For free I will tell you how this "God particle" spoke all of this into existence. The bang can be described as God himself saying "Let there be....." and BANG it happened. This "God particle" also saw a need to pay the price for sin (the entire tab) by offering the one thing he loved the most. The "God particle" gave His only son to live a life of compassion on earth to befriend everyone and then to die a cruel and horrible death being labeled a fraud to later defeating death and everything that goes with it to one day offer me, you and a group of idea crazed scientists the opportunity of a lifetime. This opportunity cannot be purchased (even at $10 BILLION) and will "instantly" change one from a life condemned to death to a life bound for glory. I like to refer to it as the GREAT EXCHANGE. You exchange your sin, baggage, fears and failures and "exchange" them for a life of forgiveness, freedom, love and victory. FREE absolutely free.

Another thought is how selfish? Why not use this money to work for cures, energy alternatives, social issues, poverty relief, etc.

Can I get an AMEN?