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I'm out of the the black and into the red. My accountant warns me of penalties I should dread. Enough with the rhymes, enough said. But I just can't get this thing off my head. A reminder. The account was settled long ago. A chapter 7 of sorts I declared. But as for here and now, where will I go, or will I remain? A thin line divides the 'haves' and the 'have nots.' To have what? What thing can I truly possess and call my own? Only that which is in my soul. And I relinquish ownership of that too. The narrow gate doesn't allow one to pass with much baggage. Have I left it all behind?

That's 9 "I's", 4 "my's", and 1 "me."

That shouldn't be.

Focus

There is a popular product heavily advertised during late night television called Focus Factor. I've seen the product on the shelves of Wal-Mart.

Early in my marriage, I knew that I would have to change my focus on occasion to avoid conflict. While walking a mall in California with my wife, I would intentionally keep my eyes fixed about 6-8 feet in front of my path, looking at the floor. The very moment I lifted my gaze, a gorgeous female passed by. I quickly looked back at the floor, but it was too late. I was busted. I knew better than to look up, especially in that particular mall.

It is easy to walk without focus, without intention, to take the direction that seem most fitting to the eyes. Pick up this magazine, watch that show. So many decisions are made based on emotion, which is fed by the intellect, which is fed by who knows what. So then, where should you fix your eyes? There is only one person that I can fix my eyes on and not loose focus.

The Master Plan

Sola Fide, Sola Gratia, Sola Christi......

so that...

Soli Deo Gloria!

John 10:27 "My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me."

Heart, Soul, Mind

He wants a child's heart, but a grown-up's head.

- C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

Matthew 22:37 Jesus said to him, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

Deuteronomy 6:5 You must love the Lord your God with your whole mind, your whole being, and all your strength.

My desire is to immerse my mind in his word. Yet, my children seem to know when I awake early and they demand my attention (three out of four are ill). My wife finds me in a quiet place and decides that it is a good time to talk. Last night, at last, everyone asleep, I thought I could finally devote some time to study - no. Yahoo Instant Messenger pops up, I have a call.

I guess right now is not the time to read about love, but to display it.

Little sleep, wiping noses,

Washing dishes, drying clothes.

Love with my heart, Love with my soul,

Mind into action, Eyes on the Ball.

(Sorry, but I guess you just had to be there to catch those last four words. I'd better sleep now before I type something that merits the use of the 'delete' button - or have I done so already?)

Thanksgiving

The test of praise, the reflection in the water, only when I'm home, will my eyes be satisfied. I look forward to Thanksgiving, and a family gathering. Who's house will it be at this year? But I look beyond the next few weeks, to another sort of family reunion. The time is not for me to know. But, I know who's house it will be at, and the host is very well known. Won't you join me?

Expressive Aphasia

Overloaded
Frontal Lobe
Obfuscated
Refocus

Diligently
Quiet time
Recovery
Found inside

Heavy Burdens
Meditate
Eyelids Lower
Peace resides.

So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. - NIV

Four years of genocidal massacres have killed more than 200,000 people in the Darfur region of Sudan, killing or driving off what remains of the region's non-Arab population.

The Rwandan Genocide started on April 6, 1994 as the Hutu-led Interahamwe began to slaughter the Tutsi population, however, no foreign aid came from the United Nations or its more powerful Western member states until after over 900,000 Rwandans had been murdered.

The Cambodian genocide of 1975-1979, in which approximately 1.7 million people lost their lives (21% of the country's population), was one of the worst human tragedies of the last century.

Nazi Germany, East Timor, Guatemala, Yugoslavia

360 degrees

Many good stories are written in such a way that the plot takes a complete 360 degree turn back to the beginning. Sometimes, reading the ending, adds a new light on all that is written before the final chapter. Mesopotamia, Europe, America, the Far East and back to...

As Americans, are we just enjoying our moment in the sun?

The denouement, Jerusalem.

Truth or Fiction

There must have been at least 10 different versions of the grim reaper show up to our door last night. One with flashing red eyes, another with fake blood which appeared to run down the fake skull face. These fictional characters remind me of some of the B horror movies with the grim reaper, zombies, the undead. I am currently reading some non-fiction that involves dragons, a prostitute, plagues, earthquakes, hail, and a lake of fire with burning sulfer.

You can see a shadow of the truth on the 6 o'clock news and the front page of MSN.com. I have come to realize that truth is often much scarier than fiction.