“The role of government should be to protect individual liberties, not choke the very lifebreath out of us taxing us to death with government programs that don’t work.”
…..Dan at aslowerpace dot net
Archive for November, 2013
My Dad sent me this email and it is worthy of sharing, especially at the end of this Veterans Day.
In time of war, and not before
God and the soldier we adore
In time of peace and all things righted
God is forgotten and the soldier slighted
Rudyard Kipling
…..Dan at aslowerpace dot net
While our freedoms continue to be assailed and eroded by our current administration, we still enjoy some of the remnants of the rights our forefathers established in our Constitution. And the folks who protect those rights and freedom abroad — the American soldier — are to be thanked and respected.
To all the veterans out there — THANK YOU for your service and sacrifice.
Remember, only two people have ever died for your freedom — the American soldier for your physical freedom, and Jesus Christ for your spiritual freedom.
…..Dan at aslowerpace dot net
This guy has an interesting perspective on the walking dead. With all the craze of zombies nowadays, this walking dead analogy should be quite popular. Unfortunately, many reject the truth.
…..Dan at aslowerpace dot net
When a power hungry politician enters office on the cloud of popular reform and “change”, begins to sway political thought, influence media, erode freedoms, tie up liberties, suppress any opposition, expand bureaucracy, and generally corral populations towards “one-size-fits-all” solutions, then the world is in trouble whether we are speaking about today or the past.
75 years ago that same thing happened in Germany and gained huge momentum on this date in the form of “Kristallnacht” or “Night of Broken Glass”. You see, Hitler had risen to power and assumed grip upon German political infrastructure. One of his tactics for the many hurts of Germany (economy in depression, humiliation from WWI defeat) was to seek out scapegoats. While there were many — gypsies, handicapped, non-Aryans — his favorite and most successful were the Jewish people. And on this night in Germany and Austria 75 years ago, he was able to kick start an engine of evil that decimated Jews for years to come. I’ll end my history lesson here and instead point you to a much better penned blog post over at this blog — http://politicsandfinance.blogspot.com/2013/11/kristallnacht-tutorial-for-jews-and.html
The lesson is:
- History repeats itself
- We MUST remain vigilant
…..Dan at aslowerpace dot net
Because it was Friday morning I was on my normal Friday routine — up early to serve breakfast at Wayside Christian Mission and then over to pray at the local abortion center. For the last two years I have been slowly building a relationship with an escort at the center. He and I have a common interest in deer hunting so this time of year is ripe with stories and conversation. I have blogged previously of using that commonality to build a bridge of relationship in which to show the love of Christ. It is a slow and uncertain path but I have enjoyed my conversations with someone I have nothing politically or spiritually in common with.
Yesterday morning I had the opportunity to catch up with this man. I had been out bow hunting the evening before (with no luck) and was updating him with the year’s progress. Modern gun season also opens tomorrow so we had much to talk about.
He was telling me a story he had heard of a tobacco farmer who had sold hunting rights for a few hundred acres to a group of hunters. He said this group brought in some ARs (evil black assault rifles for those of you not in the know) and just shot the place up. It seems this group not only tore the place up, but also irresponsibly left multiple deer carcases in the area. While that is bothersome and definitely not a responsible hunting habit, the following comments were what struck me. Now note that these comments are standing in front of an abortion clinic which puts a very different perspective on things.
He said “They were just murdering the deer. Just because something is legal doesn’t mean it is right”.
The irony was amazing and I was almost speechless. I shared it with a fellow brother in Christ and he replied “Wow, you can’t make this stuff up”.
For anyone who this story doesn’t just jump right out at to, let me detail it.
An abortion center’s sole existence — the way it funds itself — is to perform abortions which terminate the fetus, end the pregnancy, kill and murder the baby (use whichever PC or non-PC wording you would like). They do not make money providing contraception, offering alternatives to abortion, or otherwise providing “choice”. They only make money by killing little babies. And currently our legislation, legal system, and culture allow this to happen. In essence, it is legal. Now all you have to do is go back to my acquaintance’s statement of “They were just murdering the deer. Just because something is legal doesn’t mean it is right” and swap out “deer” with “baby” to see just how ironic the statements are and how blind some folks are to the horror and tragedy that occur behind those doors.
Frequently in my prayers in front of that center I pray for a result similar to what occurred in Acts 9 where Saul’s blind eyes were given sight and scales fell from his eyes and he could see again. His course was immediately changed — he was baptized, renamed, and became one of the biggest evangelists the world has seen. I pray that for any of us who may have blind spots. And I pray that for those in the orange vests.
…..Dan at aslowerpace dot net
Today is Billy Graham’s 95th birthday. He is an obedient man of God who has positively impacted our country in a profound way. In fact, even at 95 years old he continues to do so. Go check out his latest effort — My Hope With Billy Graham. It syncs with his birthday today.
http://myhopewithbillygraham.org./
…..Dan at aslowerpace dot net
Albert Einstein wrote a riddle that he said only 2% of the world could solve. It is not hard; you just need to pay attention and be patient.
There are 5 houses in 5 different colors. In each house lives a person with a different nationality. The 5 owners drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar, and keep a certain pet. No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar, or drink the same beverage.
The question is: Who owns the fish?
Hints:
- The Brit lives in the red house.
- The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
- The Dane drinks tea.
- The green house is on the left of the white house.
- The green homeowner drinks coffee.
- The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
- The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
- The man living in the center house drinks milk.
- The Norwegian lives in the first house.
- The man who smokes Blend lives next to the one who keeps cats.
- The man who keeps the horse lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
- The owner who smokes Bluemaster drinks beer.
- The German smokes Prince.
- The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
- The man who smokes Blend has a neighbor who drinks water.
Ready, Go!
The kids and I did this after dinner. It took awhile but we logically worked through it. Very clever.
…..Dan at aslowerpace dot net
With the time change, I now get to see the sun rise at home before work…..but, unfortunately, will miss the sunset because it will be dark when I leave work.
…..Dan at aslowerpace dot net
I arrived home from work last night to my son putting the finishing touches on his Halloween pumpkin. I think it looks awesome!
…..Dan at aslowerpace dot net
