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Archive for June, 2010

Maybe my old vacuum was really bad but this Hoover is strong enough to
really suck up the dirt even on hard to reach places on stairways.
Amazon is great. It came right to my door in less than a week.
Rings Tropical

Service was very fast and a good price. Very stable on the dashboard and can be used in the home. I have a nuvi 265wt and would recommend this for your Garmin GPS.
Nerf Dart Tag Darts

Jeremiah 14:14
Then the LORD said to me, “The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I have not sent them or appointed them or spoken to them. They are prophesying to you false visions, divinations, idolatries [a] and the delusions of their own minds.”

Jeremiah 23:16-17
16 This is what the LORD Almighty says:
“Do not listen to what the prophets are prophesying to you;
they fill you with false hopes.
They speak visions from their own minds,
not from the mouth of the LORD.
17 They keep saying to those who despise me,
‘The LORD says: You will have peace.’
And to all who follow the stubbornness of their hearts
they say, ‘No harm will come to you.’

Lamentations 2:14

14 The visions of your prophets
were false and worthless;
they did not expose your sin
to ward off your captivity.
The oracles they gave you
were false and misleading.

In God’s pure goodness and love he does not want anyone to be left bound to their sin. This is why He paid the ultimate price to free us from sin. All we have to do is accept Christ, not just ignore our sin and pretend it doesn’t exisit. To say there is no sin and therefor no consequences is like saying “There is no such thing as fat in food, so eat up my friends! Enjoy! Rejoice!” Sure it sounds nice and is what we all want to hear, but is void of truth and will lead to complications and an early death. What we need is for our minds and bodies to no longer crave the all the fat, this takes an intrinsic change and a willingness to do so. What is traditionally know as sin is not really the problem, that is all forgiven. What is keeping people separted from God is the pride to not be willing to admit we NEED that forgiveness – that we can’t just have it any way we want, or wish our way out of turmoil and into peace – that we are NOT God, or even gods. We are not, and we cannot.

God is patient, he is waiting, calling, desiring your heart. I
Decorated Mouse Pad with

I loved this book. I loved the circus atmosphere and the story. It was exceptionally well-written, and I enjoyed every page.

We have a vet student joining a circus, with mistreated animals he’s frantically trying to save and protect. We have a lovable elephant. The narrator is an old man looking back, and he recounts his tale in the immediacy of present tense as he describes situations that happened decades earlier. Interesting, and very effective choice, to write in present tense throughout.

The ONLY thing that keeps me from giving the book five stars was the lack of character development for Marlena. Throughout the story I understood the protagonist loved her, but she seemed to be the woman tied to the railroad tracks throughout – Nell being constantly tormented by Snidely Whiplash – and I never really got a sense of her as a person. Maybe I missed it (not surprising – I read the book in daily spurts while I walked a treadmill), but I didn’t even know how old she was. I got a much clearer picture of minor characters, like Rosemary, Kinko and Camel, than I ever did of her.

I also never understood the whole “water for elephants” thing that the protagonist railed about in the beginning of the book. Perhaps it was something else I missed.

Nevertheless, I loved the book, I loved the ending, and I know I’ll go back to read it again.
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