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Too Tire…. – Day 224

I need to find a quote because I’m too tired to write anything….

Zzzzzz…

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Blessings – Day 223

Counting my blessings takes much longer than counting my trials. Yet, I like to dwell on my trials more. Ironic.. 

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Sunday Verse – Day 222

This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. ~ Psalm 118:24

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Saturday Quote – Day 221


The right manner of growth is to grow less in one’s own eyes.Thomas Watson


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I Need More Sleep – Day 220

Ugh, I’ve been low on sleep for the last two weeks. I know it’s not thankful Thursday, but I’m thankful for sleep right now. I’m amazed how much of a difference 6 hours of sleep compares to 9 hours. I can function at 6 hours, but I can’t perform. It’s really quite odd. I think that’s why the saying “early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise” holds true. Not late to bed, early to rise..

Fourteeners are tomorrow/today, YAY! dv

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Thankful Thursday and Chocolate – Day 219

Today I’m thankful for chocolate. Mostly because it’s amazingly tasty. (Also the vast health benefits. ;-P) And I’m thankful for my ten thousand tastebuds so I can taste the chocolate. Plus I’m thankful for a sense of smell which further enhances the taste of it. And I’m thankful for eyes to see the brown chocolaty goodness. I’m quite thankful for hands to transport the chocolate to my mouth. I’m thankful for fingers that help grip the chocolate. I’m thankful for ears that allows me to hear the magical sound of the crinkling of the wrapper off of the chocolate bar.

God’s given us an amazing number of senses. Each of them is exceedingly creative and allows us to experience life in quite a fabulous fashion. We serve an awesome God.
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No Silver Platter – Day 218

Life doesn’t hand itself to you on a gold platter. Or a silver platter. I think it likes to throw tomatoes at you though..

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Computers – Day 217

FOCUS!

NOOO!!!! But I have a Facebook notification. 🙁

FOCUS!

Okay… Oh wait. I need music.

Okay I’m focusing.

Wait, Gmail.

Focus.

But I have a great Twitter message I just thought of.

It’s interesting, I’m slowly finding that it takes character to own a computer. I’ve treated it as a toy for too long. It’s an incredibly powerful tool. I honestly don’t know another tool that one person can use and affect the world on a large platform base with so little effort. But in order to be that person who uses it to affect others, create programs, write thoughtful articles, and even grow in your walk with Christ, you have to use it in a purposeful way. Just like in Spiderman where Spiderman is told that with great power comes great responsibility in the same way when you have a powerful tool it should be used responsibility. It should be used purposefully. Sit down and do what needs to be done. Maybe you even need to relax. But it needs to be done with purpose. Becoming a vegetable and going from one screen to another is not purposeful.

This is something that’s been on my mind quite often lately. Thankfully I’m getting better at it, very sloooooowwwwllllllyyyyyyy. So said the man climbing up a thousand flights of stairs while on the fifth flight..

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Personal Experience – What a Fallacy – Day 216

Our culture today decides everything on personal experience. The argument is that if you have experienced something then you are allowed to be the expert on it. To some extent that’s true. When you experience something you do understand the ins and outs. But when you base your argumentation on personal experience you have a tendency to fall into anecdotal evidence. I.e. Smoking doesn’t affect your lifespan because I met someone who smoked all his life and is now 114 years old.

In the end, you have to find rigorous evidence. You need statistics. For instance, let’s say I wanted to write on divorce and how to recover from it. I could probably write a similar article to someone who has experienced divorce by looking at statistics, a great many personal stories, and have a rigorous look at everything to find a common thread.

The saddest part about anecdotal stories are the ones who say things like, “God abandoned me when I had cancer. But now that I don’t believe in God, I’m fine. Therefore God doesn’t exist.” Some people do the exact same thing with the Scriptures. They use an anecdotal approach to hermeneutics in the way that they see Scripture.

Living in a very materialistic and selfish culture seems to be a large factor in deciding everything upon ones own personal experiences. Personal experience shouldn’t be our ultimate source. It’s well and good and how we tend to learn most things. But it should be put into its place. Our ultimate authority should be the Word of God.

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Sunday Verse – Day 215

But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. ~ 2 Peter 3:8