venture

Ok, so I'm trying to come up with some ideas for a small business venture. I'm thinking I should copyright my smile and sell pictures of it all over the world, or at least the United States. I'm uncertain as to whether or not I'd have enough time to invest in so large an expenditure, but I'm a willing pupil.

All you business men and women out there, I need some help! Do you have any ideas for me? I need an idea and I need it fast!

Rent is due in two days.

As always, drop me a comment and let me know. :D

PS. Jack and Jonathan - your profiles are private and I can't view them. Are you hiding something? *wink wink. If not, would you either make your profile public or add me as a friend? I love reading my friends' blogs! :D

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I did it. Again. I actually prayed that God would humble me. The first time I did it, I went skiing the next week and hit my head. It took me two years to fully recover. The second time, something else rather tragic happened, although I can not fully recall the scenario. I'm positive I prayed it a third time at another point, and again, something distinctly large and rather disastrous ensued, although again, I must confess my memory remains foggy.

Tuesday or Wednesday. I can't remember which. I prayed it again.

"God, please humble me."

Today on my way to church, it began to rain. Hard. Now to properly set up the situation, you must understand that since Friday, nothing has been working just right in my life. Nothing exceedingly large, just a mountain of small-scale "mishaps". All at once. And for the past two weeks, I also have not been getting much sleep or finding time to relax or have spontaneous fun, and last night was especially frustrating, inasmuch as I thought I was going to finally get decent sleep, but when I awoke I felt anything but refreshed (am I the only one who is unable to sleep more than 5 hours without waking up to use the restroom?).

Ok, now it will make a bit more logical sense to you when I say that I was in a sour mood this morning. So anyway, I'm driving in the rain and I'm only two blocks from my church. Now I have a rather interesting mind at times, and seeing as I did not want to walk into church feeling heavy, I decided to play a little game with myself to "lighten the mood." That's right, I decided to play, "let's see how well I drive without using my windshield wipers." TRUE STORY.

Can you say 'stupid'? Ok, for the record, I've played this game almost every time it's rained, but this morning, considering my sour mood, I continued to drive without my wipers even when I could not properly see whether I was in my lane, and I also sped up until I was traveling the speed limit exactly - 45 mph.

Wanna take a stab at what happened next?

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heathen

Last night I felt like a heathen:

The skating session was over and most of the people at the rink had cleared out. I was chatting gaily with one of my co-workers about different songs we should add to our mixes, and right as I mentioned that "Yeah!" by Usher would be a good Friday night song, a woman who had been eavesdropping stepped up to the counter and offered her opinion condescendingly:

"What ya'll really need to play is some Tobymac."

...and with that remark, before I had a chance to respond, she whipped around and walked her kids out of the skating rink.

yikes!

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I’m a man; that’s a responsibility.

I’m an American; that’s a privilege.

I’m a Christian; that’s a responsibility and a privilege.

As a man, I am responsible to reject passivity, accept responsibility, lead courageously, and expect the greater reward: God’s reward.

As an American, I am privileged with all the wonderful rights we Americans possess. Here are a few of my favorites: the right to vote, freedom of speech, expression, and religion, the right to protest, the right to remain innocent until proven guilty, and the right to a speedy trial.

As a Christian – a citizen of God’s household – I am responsible to act in a manner worthy of the calling I received, and privileged to exercise my God-given rights in Him among my fellow citizens. My favorite responsibilities are: “Love the Lord Your God with all your heart, soul, and mind, and love your neighbor as yourself”, and “Go therefore into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.” My favorite rights are: forgiveness, freedom from sin, an intimate relationship with God, guardian angel(s), renewed desires, knowledge and understanding of love, joy, peace, grace, and mercy, and finally, the ability to live for Someone not myself.

Have you ever thought of Christianity as your birth certificate – or better yet – your green card?

“So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.”

-Ephesians 219-22