7.20.2003
Currently listeining to Billy Crockett...Portrait of Love...this song was one of my fave songs back in the 80's that I rediscovered back in like '98. The song has a quiet, solo guitar accompaniment that shows Billy Crockett's mastery of the guitar. The chorus has always spoken to me...kind of a really loose paraphrase of 1 Cor 13.
Portrait of Love
--Billy Crockett
He wouldn't sit still long enough to have his protrait done
His heart was set to move his life at twice the speed of love
The artist who tried to freeze His style in canvas or in stone
Found that real life isn't still life even if the life's the Lord
A travelling artsit known as Paul painted truth with words
The truth that he saw was burning love that comforts and disturbs
Each year he grew until he knew the portrait could not wait
Without a sound the man sat down and he began to paint
Love is patient, love is kind
Never jealous, free of pride
Love will never be confined, and love will abide
Love is hopeful, love's not blind
Love is faithful everytime
Love is Someone, and if you'll open your eyes you'll find
Love is alive
Now love's gonna stand the test of time gonna stand when time is spent
Just look at the portrait painted it's the Son the Father sent
He is patient, He is kind
Never jealous, free of pride
He will never be confined and He will abide
Love is hopeful, love's not blind
Love is faithful everytime
Love is Someone and if you'll look in His eyes you'll find
Love is alive
Got dissed for the DMB show last week-end and I wasn't going by myself so I didn't make it. So I hung out in the apartment and played the Martin...I need to drop the action on it a little.....would of played the Parker but the battery for the on-board was dead and I didn't have another one, so I didn't play it at all.
Talked to the cat's owner Fri night too. His wife was all concerned that someone had broken into their apartment because when I was trying to get that spawn of satan our fro under the bed I had to move the bed and the dresser and didn't get them back exactly like they had been before. I thought that was funny...she must have forgotten that I was going to take care of the thing for her. I hope she doesn't forget the cobbler they promised for payment...buy me a little Blue Bell to go with it and I'll be set. :-)
Sunday school this morning finished up Galations. Next week we start James. Kinda interesting pairing if you ask me....Galations talking about grace and the fact that we do nothing to earn salvation, and then James talking about faith without works is dead. Course balance it all with Christ saying that if we love Him we'll keep His commandments. It should be good.
--Snarf out
Portrait of Love
--Billy Crockett
He wouldn't sit still long enough to have his protrait done
His heart was set to move his life at twice the speed of love
The artist who tried to freeze His style in canvas or in stone
Found that real life isn't still life even if the life's the Lord
A travelling artsit known as Paul painted truth with words
The truth that he saw was burning love that comforts and disturbs
Each year he grew until he knew the portrait could not wait
Without a sound the man sat down and he began to paint
Love is patient, love is kind
Never jealous, free of pride
Love will never be confined, and love will abide
Love is hopeful, love's not blind
Love is faithful everytime
Love is Someone, and if you'll open your eyes you'll find
Love is alive
Now love's gonna stand the test of time gonna stand when time is spent
Just look at the portrait painted it's the Son the Father sent
He is patient, He is kind
Never jealous, free of pride
He will never be confined and He will abide
Love is hopeful, love's not blind
Love is faithful everytime
Love is Someone and if you'll look in His eyes you'll find
Love is alive
Got dissed for the DMB show last week-end and I wasn't going by myself so I didn't make it. So I hung out in the apartment and played the Martin...I need to drop the action on it a little.....would of played the Parker but the battery for the on-board was dead and I didn't have another one, so I didn't play it at all.
Talked to the cat's owner Fri night too. His wife was all concerned that someone had broken into their apartment because when I was trying to get that spawn of satan our fro under the bed I had to move the bed and the dresser and didn't get them back exactly like they had been before. I thought that was funny...she must have forgotten that I was going to take care of the thing for her. I hope she doesn't forget the cobbler they promised for payment...buy me a little Blue Bell to go with it and I'll be set. :-)
Sunday school this morning finished up Galations. Next week we start James. Kinda interesting pairing if you ask me....Galations talking about grace and the fact that we do nothing to earn salvation, and then James talking about faith without works is dead. Course balance it all with Christ saying that if we love Him we'll keep His commandments. It should be good.
--Snarf out
7.16.2003
I have a poem to share that I got from Bucky Cat...the comic strip character not the spawn of satan I have been baby-sitting lately...
Ode to a Pigeon
Roses are red
Violets are blue
You lookin' at me?
You lookin' at me?!
Deep isn't it?? I crack myself up! ROFL
Thought this was funny....linked to it from some other site....from a quiz taht tells you what your outlook on life tells you about yourself...you know how there's a quiz for everything these days LOL
You are Romans.
Which book of the Bible are you?
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--Snarf out
Ode to a Pigeon
Roses are red
Violets are blue
You lookin' at me?
You lookin' at me?!
Deep isn't it?? I crack myself up! ROFL
Thought this was funny....linked to it from some other site....from a quiz taht tells you what your outlook on life tells you about yourself...you know how there's a quiz for everything these days LOL
You are Romans.
Which book of the Bible are you?
brought to you by Quizilla
--Snarf out
I met Macavity today...at least I think that's who it was. Course I don't know his real name. It was actually kinda funny, but could have turned out pretty bad. I am watching a buddy's cat while he is out of town. I was sitting on the couch watching tv bobbing this feather thing above its head, and he was batting at it. He ran to the side of the couch, crouched, and then came at a dead run towards the feather thing. He jumped off the edge of the couch, went diving after the feather thing, hit the floor and started a mad turn to try and hit it again. The cat must be the most unco-ordinated I have ever seen. While he was trying to turn, he bounced of - and up and over - the corner of the DVD player that was on the floor, knocked the speaker that was on top of it off the back, tried to recover from that and came tearing back across the 3 or so feet between me and the DVD player and ran smack into the leg of the coffee table. He woozily wandered over to the dining room, and then into the bedroom where he settled under the middle of the queen size bed, and then started meowing like it was in pain...and shaking. I finally decided that all the excitement had caused the cat to cough up a hair-ball so I reached under the bed, pulled it out, and went to deposit him into the empty bath tub since I didn't want to have to clean up the floor. The spawn of satan spotted the bath tub and started scratching and clawing so I threw him at the tub. He hit the side, went rolling into it, and in I think one leap had jumped out of the tub around the corner and back under the very center of that bed. He was still meowing and shaking. I pulled him back out, and set him on the floor where he promptly started this sideways walk that didn't look right back under the bed. I decided to let him stay there until I had to go about 20 minutes later. I then, once again, pulled him out from under the bed and carried him to the kitchen where I set him on the floor. he seemed fine after that. I intended to check on it again on the way to work to be sure it wasn't dead after that episode, but didn't have time. I'll either feed it or bury it in the morning on the way home. I hate cats!!
--Snarf out
--Snarf out
7.15.2003
Listening to Christmas music today...just sounded good :-D
Went to a friend's gun range over the weekend and took my mom with me. I had a blast. My shoulder is sore though from the 12 gauge...big ugly bruise and all...something about firing off that many rounds in quick succession the butt of the gun kept getting off my shoulder. Then when I shot it again it would slam back into me....you get the idea. :-)
Saw Pirates of the Carribean this weekend. Great movie!! I think I may go see it again this week. that's Captain...Jack Sparrow.
and remember....merry Christmas baby!! may christmas bring you happiness...
--Snarf out
Went to a friend's gun range over the weekend and took my mom with me. I had a blast. My shoulder is sore though from the 12 gauge...big ugly bruise and all...something about firing off that many rounds in quick succession the butt of the gun kept getting off my shoulder. Then when I shot it again it would slam back into me....you get the idea. :-)
Saw Pirates of the Carribean this weekend. Great movie!! I think I may go see it again this week. that's Captain...Jack Sparrow.
and remember....merry Christmas baby!! may christmas bring you happiness...
--Snarf out
7.07.2003
What is about couples...and especially new couples...that makes them think they need to remind all of us single folks that we are total losers because we don't have that certain someone? And then because we don't, they think they need to try and mix and match and play the proverbial matchmaker? Do they ever stop and realize that we are quite content in our singleness and really don't appreciate their efforts to change our present situations? And yes, you read that correctly...I don't appreciate their comments about how much happier I would be if I had that certain someone. Stop and think about it. I am quite happy with the place that God has me right now...be that single or otherwise. In fact, I don't even think much about the fact that I am single until someone says something like, "You're not married? Oh I'm sorry I just figured you were" or "so dude, how come you don't have a girlfriend?" It is only at that point that it occurs to me that I could be anything different than what I am. And the ones that make me even madder, are the ones that know I am single and without a girlfriend and then have to constantly ask me when I am going to change that. I'll change it when I'm dang well good and ready! I think I am going to take a new approach to the whole thing...since it is usually the newer couples that feel it is their prerogative to stick their nose into my love life, when I am asked about the whole girlfriend thing, I am going to start asking when they are going to have kids....that's none of my business - maybe they'll get the hint. But I doubt it...[/soap box]
--Snarf out
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7.03.2003
my room-mates b-day today...I told him I was not throwing him a party, but would take him to dinner or to a movie or something. He wanted to go see Bruce Almighty, so a couple of buddies and I went with him. I was sorta impressed with it. I had heard that the movie was not sac-religious...for the most part....and had seen an interview where the director stated he was a Christian and wanted to use the cinematic medium as a springboard to show God to the world. The overall premise was pretty good...how they got there was not always. Leaving the movie this is what I saw in it...God is someone that loves all and cares for all. He allowed Bruce to take His place for a few weeks in a very small portion of a city in order to show him that we as His creation are in no way equipped to handle running the world. As expected, Bruce failed miserably, and used his new found powers only for his own benefit, and seemed bothered when it came time to help others. An interesting allusion in the film was his girlfriend Grace. I think she played a part that was not unlike what God's grace is to us.
I may post more on this movie as I think about it, but right now it is late and I am very tired...have not been to bed in the last 31 hours so I think I am due. :-)
--Snarf out
I may post more on this movie as I think about it, but right now it is late and I am very tired...have not been to bed in the last 31 hours so I think I am due. :-)
--Snarf out
had someone ask me an interesting question today....is it ok for a Christian to cuss?
My initial thought was "of course not". Then I stopped to think about it...where in Scripture is it prohibited? There are several verses that mention bridling the tongue and avoiding silly speech and unwholesome talk...but do those verses really talk about cuss words? But what constitutes a cuss word and who decides what is cussing and what is not? After much thought on the subject today, I have come to the conclusion that words are amoral...they are neither good nor evil...there isn't a word one that is inherently evil. Rather words mean what we make them to mean. For instance, a buddy that I knew when I was a kid used to say "peugeot" as his expletive because he was not allowed to say anything that would be questionable. So was the name of his car a cuss word? It was for him. As Christians, we have always found by-words that allow us to cuss without using "those words". So back to the original question...as a Christian am I allowed to cuss. I find nothing in Scripture that says I can't. However, I do find that it is prudent not to...the whole deference thing. Will I become a cusser? No more than I already am...after all, Christians have always come up with by-words.
Finished my web site today - ok so it wil never really be finished - but it is finished enough I need to get a domain and put it up. :-)
Currently listening to Speak to the Sky - Petra
--Snarf out
My initial thought was "of course not". Then I stopped to think about it...where in Scripture is it prohibited? There are several verses that mention bridling the tongue and avoiding silly speech and unwholesome talk...but do those verses really talk about cuss words? But what constitutes a cuss word and who decides what is cussing and what is not? After much thought on the subject today, I have come to the conclusion that words are amoral...they are neither good nor evil...there isn't a word one that is inherently evil. Rather words mean what we make them to mean. For instance, a buddy that I knew when I was a kid used to say "peugeot" as his expletive because he was not allowed to say anything that would be questionable. So was the name of his car a cuss word? It was for him. As Christians, we have always found by-words that allow us to cuss without using "those words". So back to the original question...as a Christian am I allowed to cuss. I find nothing in Scripture that says I can't. However, I do find that it is prudent not to...the whole deference thing. Will I become a cusser? No more than I already am...after all, Christians have always come up with by-words.
Finished my web site today - ok so it wil never really be finished - but it is finished enough I need to get a domain and put it up. :-)
Currently listening to Speak to the Sky - Petra
--Snarf out
7.02.2003
Have seen this by Rudyard Kipling several times lately....thought it was great
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too:
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;
If you can dream -- and not make dreams your master;
If you can think -- and not make thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same:
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings,
And never breathe a word about your loss:
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings -- nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much:
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And -- which is more -- you'll be a Man, my son!
--Snarf out
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too:
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;
If you can dream -- and not make dreams your master;
If you can think -- and not make thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same:
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings,
And never breathe a word about your loss:
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings -- nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much:
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And -- which is more -- you'll be a Man, my son!
--Snarf out
7.01.2003
so I finally decided upon a website design that I think I like. That means I will be working to get it up and giong and buy the domain and publish the site. I even have this cool Fort Worth Banner that I made for it. :-D If I ever do get the site up and going, I will move my blog to it...but we'll see if that really happens.
The room-mate got CSI - the DVDs from his folks. Really cool show - I've seen several episodes from the DVDs and am thoroughly enjoying it!
Currently listening to Sarah Brightman - Dive.
--Snarf out
The room-mate got CSI - the DVDs from his folks. Really cool show - I've seen several episodes from the DVDs and am thoroughly enjoying it!
Currently listening to Sarah Brightman - Dive.
--Snarf out
