I finally got the DSLR kit i’ve been wanting for a while.

So excited to start using it!

I got:
- Nikon D90 (body)
- Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D AF Nikkor Lens
- Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED IF AF-S DX VR
- Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G AF-S DX VR
- Battery Grip and extra battery
- Nikon ML-L3 Wireless Remote
- Kata KT DR-466 DPS Digital Rucksack
- Aperture 3

I have had so much fun already as I’ve been testing it out.
I can’t wait to see the images this baby will help me create!

I mainly got it for pics of our son so I can show him off! ;0)

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A friend of mine named Josh Stockment said something interesting on twitter tonight. He said:

“Sometimes happy endings are not happy at all, but they are still endings. This does not mean that they are the wrong endings, or that a better ending slipped by. Perhaps in a broken world, imperfect endings are at times the only way to close a story. They are the only endings that fit. They are the best endings.”

This got me thinking.

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I really appreciated this letter written in 2002.

Source can be found at this Link

Recently a number of leaders in the Protestant community of the United States have urged the endorsement of far-reaching and unilateral political commitments to the people and land of Israel in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, citing Holy Scripture as the basis for those commitments. To strengthen their endorsement, several of these leaders have also insisted that they speak on behalf of the seventy million people who constitute the American evangelical community.

It is good and necessary for evangelical leaders to speak out on the great moral issues of our day in obedience to Christ’s call for his disciples to be salt and light in the world. It is quite another thing, however, when leaders call for commitments that are based upon a serious misreading of Holy Scripture. In such instances, it is good and necessary for other evangelical leaders to speak out as well. We do so here in the hope that we may contribute to the cause of the Lord Christ, apart from whom there can never be true and lasting peace in the world.

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Well, here is the first episode of my Geof Morris inspired music podcast. This week I’m featuring The Beatles so if they aren’t your cup of tea then you might want to avoid this weeks episode. Hope you enjoy it and feel free to leave comments or suggestions.

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For my friend Rae

Well I know it’s been a while since I updated this thing. But I have a new theme and a new outlook.

I often get burdened with posting something profound and cool. But because I am neither, I ended upneverposting. Now, however, I have decided to just get in the habit of posting SOMETHING. A song lyric, a YouTube video, even a scripture passage or theology quote. I need to be better at this discipline so quantity will have to be the focus and then, prayerfully, quality will soon follow.

Bear with me!

I would, but cannot, sing,
I would, but cannot, pray;
For Satan meets me when I try,
And frights my soul away.

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(Thomas Watson, “The Christian Soldier” 1669)

If the mountains were gold; if every sand in the sea
were a diamond; if the whole globe were a shining
gem—it would all still be infinitely beneath the glory
of heaven!

1. In heaven, there shall be freedom from sin. Here
on earth, sin keeps house with us; it is as natural for us
to sin—as to breathe. The soul that is most purified, and
cleansed by grace, is not without some dregs of corruption.
But a sinful thought shall not creep into heaven! There is 
beauty—which is not stained with lust; and honor—which
is not swelled with pride. “Nothing impure will ever enter
it!” Revelation 21:27

2. In heaven, there shall be freedom from the assaults
of the red dragon. It is sad to have Satan daily soliciting
us by his temptations—and laboring to trick us into sin. But
the old serpent is forever cast out of the heavenly Paradise!

3. In heaven, there shall be freedom from all afflictions.
Our lives now are intertwined with troubles. “My life is consumed
by anguish, and my years by groaning; my strength fails because
of my affliction, and my bones grow weak.” Psalm 31:10. There
are many things to occasion trouble—sometimes poverty afflicts;
sometimes sickness tortures; sometimes the unkindness of friends
breaks the heart. Our lives, like the seas, are full of tempests.
But in the kingdom of Heaven, there is nothing to give grief.
There, all is serene and calm; there is nothing within to trouble
us—or without to molest us.

4. The delights of the heavenly kingdom are unmixed. The
comforts here below, are checkered. Honor may be stained
with disgrace; joy interwoven with sorrow. Our suns are mixed
with clouds. But the delicacies of heaven are pure as well as
pleasant. There is honey—which has not one drop of gall. The
crystal spring of joy, has no settlings of sorrow at the bottom.
The rose in that paradise—is without prickles; the sun in that
horizon—is without eclipse.

This glorious kingdom, will make amends for all our labor and pains!