Indescribable!

Check out this video of the wake up call broadcast into the International Space Station on Day 7 of NASA - STS-117.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5wEtMV5sSY

And here's another from Day11 sent to me by Rick Muse. Thanks Rick!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h61xEWJ-bWo&mode=related&search=

Do All things Diligently

Today, in London by the grace of God a plot to destroy, maim and kill was foiled. The first was by an observant ambulance crew who noticed a suspicious vehicle nearby their emergency call. The second, after some version of a meter maid or London street cop identified an illegally parked car and had it towed to an impound lot. Both incidents have been described as flukes and discovered by the benefit of luck. I submit that this was the result of diligence and attention to duty on the part of the servants involved.

"A slothful man does not roast his prey, But the precious possession of a man is diligence."
Proverbs 12:27

God's word commands us to work heartily and with diligence, as for the Lord rather than men.

"Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men; knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve." Colossians 3:23-24

Do you think the meter maid on a dark and rainy street in London was chomping at the bit and embracing the work day with the anxious thoughts of towing another car and writing another parking ticket? Probably not, but the job got done. As a result of some servant's faithful diligence, service, and attention to duty that normally goes unnoticed, many lives were probably spared.

God uses seemingly insignificant and small acts to produce the greatest results. As you consider your work days before you, seek to complete them heartily as to the Lord.

Wanted - Thief in the Night

This drawing was penned by my son Grayson. The subject is wanted for larceny (that's just plain stealing) of cat food in the night....each and every night.... from the Vestal's deck. If anyone sees him please consider deadly force. This coon's hitting me in the wallet.

P.S. We believe he actually has four legs

National Story on Jamestown Celebration

Here's an aritcle posted yesterday to the MSNBC/Newsweek site on the Jamestown Quadricentennial: A Celebration of our Providential History.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19413835/site/newsweek/page/0/

Why I Went to Jamestown

When we started thinking of where to go and what to do this summer for vacation, we considered several locations, but settled on attending the Vision Forum Celebration of the Jamestown Quadricentennial. There's always the mountains and the beach simply by virtue of the homes of our respective parents. But, we always try and take one other vacation to some place we've never been and preferably with some real history and that will have a lasting impact on our family. Wow...did we hit the jackpot! We've been to Jamestown before, but never like this.

The Jamestown Quadricentennial was a celebration not a commemoration. It was a celebration of the providential hand of God in the formation of the United States of America that started at Jamestown. These truths have been erased from the post-modern secular public schools and quite honestly, I had no idea of the real significance of this place and of the people who labored there. The settlers at Jamestown have been referred to as money hungry baffoons and are often regarded as invaders versus settlers. An analysis of the primary sources reveals a much different picture. The Virginia Company of London who obtained the charter from King James I sought and obtained their charter for several reasons, certainly personal wealth and business was a strong motivation. But , named first before all others the charter recognizes the desire of the Virginia Company, by the providence of Almighty God and for the glory of his Divine Majesty, to propagate the spreading of the Christian religion.

"Wee, greately commending and graciously accepting of theire desires to the furtherance of soe noble a worke which may, by the providence of Almightie God, hereafter tende to the glorie of His Divine Majestie in propagating of Christian religion to suche people as yet live in darkenesse and miserable ignorance of the true knoweledge and worshippe of God and may in tyme bring the infidels and salvages living in those parts to humane civilitie and to a setled and quiet govermente, doe by theise our lettres patents graciously accepte of and agree to theire humble and well intended desires;"
The First Virginia Charter April 10, 1606

In addition the men on that voyage received instructions on what to do when they got there. Written at the end of those instructions are the words, " Lastly and chiefly the way to prosper and achieve good success is to make yourselves all of one mind for the good of your country and your own, and to serve and fear God the Giver of all Goodness, for every plantation which our Heavenly Father hath not planted shall be rooted out." That very phrase is inscribed on a monument placed at the Historic Jamestown site on the 300th anniversary in 1907. You'll find no such references at the site this year.


The resulting providence of God in Jamestown led to many "firsts" on what would later be American soil rarely noted by governmental authorities and modern day historians. Most obvious Jamestown was the first permanent English colony in America, the first church and the Bible, the first Christian conversion (Pocahontas), the first marriage which by the way was an "inter-racial marriage" (Pocahontas and John Rolfe), scripturally based common law, and representative self-government. The principles laid in Jamestown couple with those in Plymouth thirteen years later, would shape the beginnings of our nation.

It was Jamestown where there was first liberty and freedom proclaimed under God. That is where America began and it began on the foundation of God.....not on someone's claim to greatness, personal wealth, or greed....but under the desire to do all things to the glory of God and to carry on the great commission...to spread the Christian message.....a living example of Acts 2:38. Because of the obedience of those early colonists and many to follow, God has blessed our great nation.

That's why I went to Jamestown....to teach my children that they have an undeniable and unchangeable Christian heritage. That their nation was founded on and by the providential hand of God. So that when they hear "one nation under God" they know that it is true, that it is not made up, that it is their history, and that they learn from those generations before them. So, that they know that because of the foundation on God laid in Jamestown, the founding Fathers of the United States placed "a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence" (Declaration of Independence 1776). Are you getting it? The framers put the whole thing in the hands of God, which goes right back to Jamestown, which as an extension of the charter of those first colonists.... goes right back to the cross.

So, if you want to know why I went.....I went for my children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren, so that if the Lord wills it and he tarries we will all attend the 450th celebration of Jamestown in 2057! So, that they will know and not forget. So, that they will hear lies, know them for what they are and speak Truth in return. And mostly so they will rejoice in God and give Him the glory for what he has done.

Pursuit of Happiness

Former Senator John Edwards was interviewed recently by You Tube and in a lightning round asked if certain things were "rights" or "privileges". See the interview by clicking here. There were six questions.... Edwards answered that five of them were rights and only one was a privilege. Here are the six category/questions:

1) College education
2) Health Care
3) Livable wage
4) Owning a handgun
5) American citizenship for someone that was not born here but that has worked here for five years.
6) Access to the internet.

Notice that the interpretation of four of these questions can be very broad and subjective except for two of them, owning a handgun and the citizenship question. To which question was the answer a "privilege"? You guessed it....owning a handgun....the only Constitutionally guaranteed right out of the group and this former Senator and Presidential hopeful believes that this 2nd Amendment protected right is a privilege! I think Mr. Edwards should go back to Civics class. All of the other categories would certainly fall within that unalienable Right of the pursuit of Happiness, but it's their pursuit which is guaranteed and not their apprehension.

The Fulfillment of Scripture in America's Disobedience

Wow!! Listen to these two broadcasts on Focus on the Family's website from John MacArthur. This is one message in two parts delivered last month on the National Day of Prayer. This message details MacArthur's position that America is currently under the wrath and judgment of God revealed by his abandonment of our land. I agree completely.

Here is a painfully accurate statement from the second half of the sermon...

"There's no surer indicator of a corrupted, wicked and abandoned society under God's wrath than when that society does not tolerate anger against sin." - Rev. John MacArthur

Sound familiar? It was just last week that our own Congress attempted legislation that would begin to silence publicly spoken opposition to many "politically correct" social and moral issues labeling it as hate speech and with the stroke of a pen making your thoughts and words criminal in the land.

The evidence comes from the fulfillment of Romans 1:18-32. God has given America over to a reprobate or a depraved mind. As I listened to this message I struggled to find any public example to refute this condition. This is pointed and in your face preaching that the Church desparately needs to hear and embrace.

There is hope that God desperately seeks to deliver.....look at these words from Psalm 81. God requires obedience and hates sin. His reward for walking in His ways are great!

13"Oh that My people would listen to Me, That Israel would walk in My ways! 14"I would quickly subdue their enemies And turn My hand against their adversaries. 15"Those who hate the LORD would pretend obedience to Him, And their time of punishment would be forever. 16"But I would feed you with the finest of the wheat, And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you."

Psalm 81:13-16

http://www.oneplace.com/Ministries/Focus_on_the_Family/Archives.asp?bcd=2007-6-4

It's not long till Jamestown