nifty story lol

There was once a man who didn't believe in God, and he didn't hesitate to let
others know how he felt about religion and religious holidays.
His wife, however, did believe, and she raised their children to also have
faith in God and Jesus, despite his disparaging comments.
One snowy Eve, his wife was taking their children to service in the farm
community in which they lived.
They were to talk about Jesus' birth. She asked him to come, but he refused.
"That story is nonsense!" he said. "Why would God lower Himself to come to
Earth as a man? That's ridiculous!"
So she and the children left, and he stayed home.
A while later, the winds grew stronger and the snow turned into a blizzard.
As the man looked out the window, all he saw was a blinding snowstorm. He sat
down to relax before the fire for the evening. Then he heard a loud thump.
Something had hit the window. He looked out, but couldn't see more Than a few
feet.
When the snow let up a little, he ventured outside to see what could have
been beating on his window.
In the field near his house he saw a flock of Wild geese. Apparently they had
been flying south for the winter when they got caught in the snowstorm and
couldn't go on. They were lost and stranded on his farm, with no food or
shelter. They just flapped their wings and flew around the field in low
circles, blindly and aimlessly. A couple of them had flown into his window,
it seemed.

The man felt sorry for the geese and wanted to help them. The barn would be a
great place for them To stay, he thought. It's warm and safe; surely they
could spend the night and wait out the storm.

So he walked over to the barn and opened the doors wide, then watched and
waited, hoping they would notice the open barn and go inside.

But the geese just fluttered around aimlessly and didn't seem to notice the
barn or realize what it could mean for them.
The man tried to get their attention, but that just seemed to scare them, and
they moved further away.
He went into the house and came with some bread, broke it up, and made a
bread crumb trail leading to the barn. They still didn't catch on.
Now he was getting frustrated. He got behind them and tried to shoo them
toward the barn, but they only got more scared and scattered in every
direction except toward the barn.
Nothing he did could get them to go into the barn where they would be warm
and safe.
"Why don't they follow me?!" he exclaimed.
"Can't they see this is the only
Place where they can survive the storm?"
He thought for a moment and realized that they just wouldn't follow a human.
"If only I were a goose, then I could save them," he said out loud.
Then he had an idea. He went into barn, got one of his own geese, and carried
it in his arms as he circled around behind the flock of wild geese.
He then released it. His goose flew through the flock and straight into the
barn -- and one-by-one, the other geese followed it to safety.
He stood silently for a moment as the words he had spoken a few minutes
earlier replayed in his mind: "If only I were a goose, then I could save
them!" Then he thought about what he had said to his wife earlier.
"Why would God want to be like us? That's ridiculous!"
Suddenly it all made sense. That is what God had done. We were like the
geese--blind, lost, perishing.
God had His Son become like us so
He could show us the way and save us.
As the winds and blinding snow died down, his soul became quiet and pondered
this wonderful thought.
Suddenly he understood why Christ had come.
Years of doubt and disbelief vanished with the passing storm. He fell to his
knees in the snow, and prayed his first prayer:
"Thank You, God, for coming in human form to get me out of the storm!"

Merry Christmas!! :-)

sooo

I got my facebook back... was hoping it was gonna last a little longer but oh well haha:-)

day 4

4 days without facebook... starting to feel withdrawals, but still going strong

day 2

so it's day two without facebook. not missing it.

deactivation

So i deleted my facebook account. wasting too much time on it. not that anybody cares.

How U doing?!

Remarks from CBS Sunday Morning (everyone should read!)

The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday Morning
Commentary.

My confession:

I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees, Christmas trees.. I don't feel threatened. I don't feel discriminated against. That's what they are: Christmas trees.

It doesn't bother me a bit when people say, 'Merry Christmas' to me. I don't think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it It shows that we are all brothers and sisters celebrating this happy time of year. It doesn't bother me at all that there is a manger scene on display at a key intersection near my beach house in Malibu If people want a crïeche, it's just as fine with me as is the Menorah a few hundred yards away.

I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don't think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period. I have no idea where the concept came from that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can't find it in the Constitution and I don't like it being shoved down my throat.

Or maybe I can put it another way: where did the idea come from that we should worship celebrities and we aren't allowed to worship God as we understand Him? I guess that's a sign that I'm getting old, too. But there are a lot of us who are wondering where these celebrities came from and where the America we knew went to.

In light of the many jokes we send to one another for a laugh, this is a little different: This is not intended to be a joke; it's not funny, it's intended to get you thinking.

Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her 'How could God let something like this happen?' (regarding Katrina) Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said, 'I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?'

In light of recent events... terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body found a few years ago) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school. The Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.

Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.

Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they
don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.

Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with 'WE REAP WHAT WE SOW.'

Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says. Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing. Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace.

Are you laughing yet?

Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they will think of you for sending it.

Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us..

Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it... no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process, don't sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in.

My Best Regards, Honestly and respectfully,
Ben Stein

saturday morn

hehe
I can't wait for tomorrow mornin... the alarm clock will go off... I will wake up, laugh in it's FACE!!! and go back to bed.

I'm home!

So I figured I'd try out Xanga... seems like no one like blogger anymore lol. So I just got back from a deployment to New Orleans. It went fairly well, very busy, lots of security work and riding along with the local law enforcement and backing them up... responded to plenty of crap, like attempted suicide and fights and other fun stuff where people are being stupid. Haha it felt like i was living an episode of Cops:D So I got back home on sunday... and i just got a motorcycle, hehe it's a Kawasaki Vulcan 750cc. yeah it's a lot of fun:) well gotta get back to work, later
p.s. my xanga site is http://www.xanga.com/etan86

getting deployed

So yes it is true... I'm getting deployed tomorrow morning actually. i have to be on base at 0730 and will be heading down to southern MS area to help with the hurricane thing. don't know how long i'll be there, could anywhere from 14-45 days, or extended further than that. don't know about internet... but i'll be checking as often as possible. One bit of good news... I got my Motorcycle liscence yesterday!!!! so when i get back i'll be getting a bike... depending on weather lol.
well God bless everyone!! talk to yall soon:)
i hope haha

No college

Well I can't finish off my Bachelors degree right now... kind of a bummer. But I guess it's alright, i'll just be focusing all my energy on getting me insurance certifications for the time being... apparently if i have the right certifications I can go anywhere, so sounds like a plan. yay

this is awesome!!!

Check out this video: Driving in a Sandstorm

sooo

yeah... i almost died the other day, it's def. an interesting feeling. It kinda gave me a wake up call. I realize that i'm not untouchable, that one thing could bring me down in a heart beat. maybe this was God way of telling me I am wasting my time here... and if I choose to live for him, I should live for him and not make excuses like so many Christians in today's world do. haha like the army slogan... be all that you can be (no i'm not in the army guard, im in the air guard but the same line of thinking applies) In the Air Force, we have three main values in which to live by "integrity first, service before self, and excellence in all we do". Well i haven't been living up to that by a long shot, especially to God. I realized that I wasn't ready to be called home, i realized that i haven't been giving God my all. i guess what i'm trying to say is that the past couple of days sucked, and to be honest, scared the livin crud out of me, but God managed to smack some sense into me.

hey

so time it seems has come again to say hi. HI

So! been a while!

So! it's been a while since i updated. A lot has definetley happened (and i know i speled that wrong but i don't really care) lol. I have a girlfriend now, God has blessed me so much. She's the best:) she comes home from school in about two weeks, i can't wait! one of my best buddies is getting married!!!! ethan!!! haha. man I'm prayin in can get drill off for that weekend though. I should be able to. So yeah life is good:)

What a weekend:)

I honestly don't know any words to describe this weekend. I guess all I can say is wow. I just met a girl recently, her name is Julia... She's so great! I went down to Nyack over the weekend to visit her. She's so great! haha. And then when I got back I found out that one of my best buds is getting married! Ethan! What a great weekend! :-)

grr

So not only was my tire jacked up, my entire wheel is screwed up... friggin potholes, time to sue the city for a new tire. ppssshhhh.

hhmmm

My front right tire blew out this morning... it's gonna be a couple days for the right type of tire to come in. no car. hmmm

Wow... all I can say is... Wow... in a good way:)

V Day

I think Valentines Day is overhyped.... in my own opinion.

hhmmm

So I'm down in MS visiting the family. Having a blast. Just gt back from the Monster Jam.
I'm haing second thoughts about my career. Thinking of forensic Psychology like way back in the day. I just recently fgured out my passion which is forensic psych, then eventually work in an aftercare home for sexually trafficked kids. hmmmm. i don't really know though. i wonder, why do i even have a blog, kinda pointless. hmmmm. anyways, later yall:)

yay!

I don't really know what I'm saying yay about, but it seems like a fun word to say. My cousin is coming up from MS on thursday! that's a big yay. ummmm, yea i really don't know what else to say for myself right now.

how many five year olds could you take in a fight

28

hahahaha, apparently I can take 28:) this is funny!

http://www.howmanyfiveyearoldscouldyoutakeinafight.com/

a call

So I arrive at the office this morning, and I begin checking my messages. As it turns out the only new message I got was from a guy in Seattle, WA. He says He is staring at my tickets to Gulfport. Now I ask my self, "how do my tickets, when they have my address on them, end up being delivered to some guy in seattle WA." Who the heck knows. I'm just glad I'm not leaving tomorrow. I guess when He calls me back I'll just have him send me the tickets from there. He seemed like a cool enough guy, so it should work out. fun fun.

been a while

It's been a while since I updated my blog. Man it's been busy the past couple days. I found out OC spray is nothing to joke about. anyways, my cousin is coming up at the end of this month. I'm really excite, Then I'll be following her back down to MS after. Jackson might come with, if he actually calls me back that is, been almost impossible to get a hold of him. anyways, not much else is going on, just workin and workin somemore. I am seeing some dumb and disturbing things or patterns or whatever. But what ev, I don't really care right now, just kinda going with the flow. hhmmm. catch yall later!