Friday, September 07, 2007

I've been tagged?


I am such an inept blogger, and am so unfamiliar with all this, but the little I am able to do is quite a blessing to me.
Anyhow, to get the being tagged thing.
A fellow blogger, Craver, who has a wonderful blog by the way(craver-vii.blogspot.com), has tagged me, and I guess "I'm it". I am to answer some questions about blogging, and so reveal a bit more about myself, I suppose.
So here goes:


Q1. Are you happy/ satisfied with your blog, with its content and look?
Yes & no.


Q2. Does your family know about your blog?
Yes, I think so for the most part.


Q3. Do you feel embarrassed to let your friends know about your blog or you just consider it as a private thing?
No, Id love for people to read it.


Q4. Did blogs cause positive changes in your thoughts?
Absolutely.


Q5. Do you only open the blogs of those who comment on your blog or you love to go and discover more by yourself?
I do both.


Q6. What does visitors counter mean to you? Do you care about putting it in your blog?
Nothing. And no.

Q7. Did you try to imagine your fellow bloggers and give them real pictures?
I guess sometimes I do that.

Q8. Do you think there is a real benefit for blogging?
Yes. Praying for one another. Discussing the truth. And getting to know other believers, who I will be spending eternity with. And hopefully shining a little light, and sharing the love of Christ.
And also sharing about things in my life, especially about my grandsons.


Q9. Do you think that bloggers’ society is isolated from real world or interacts with events?
Not really.


Q10. Does criticism annoy you or do you feel it’s a normal thing?
I'm easily annoyed, and yet I understand it's bound to happen.

Q11. Do you fear some political blogs and avoid them?
No.


Q12. Did you get shocked by the arrest of some bloggers?
Never heard about that.


Q13. Did you think about what will happen to your blog after you die?
Never thought about that. I guess I could leave it in my will to somebody.


Q14. What do you like to hear? What’s the song you might like to put a link to, in your blog?


"The Power of the Cross"
Words and Music by Keith Getty & Stuart Townend
Copyright © 2005 Thankyou Music

Oh, to see the dawn
Of the darkest day:
Christ on the road to Calvary.
Tried by sinful men,
Torn and beaten, then
Nailed to a cross of wood.

CHORUS:
This, the pow'r of the cross:
Christ became sin for us;
Took the blame, bore the wrath—
We stand forgiven at the cross.

Oh, to see the pain
Written on Your face,
Bearing the awesome weight of sin.
Ev'ry bitter thought,
Ev'ry evil deed
Crowning Your bloodstained brow.

Now the daylight flees;
Now the ground beneath
Quakes as its Maker bows His head.
Curtain torn in two,
Dead are raised to life;
"Finished!" the vict'ry cry.

Oh, to see my name
Written in the wounds,
For through Your suffering I am free.
Death is crushed to death;
Life is mine to live,
Won through Your selfless love.

FINAL CHORUS:
This, the pow'r of the cross:
Son of God—slain for us.
What a love! What a cost!
We stand forgiven at the cross.

Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Sin & Holiness


"The plain truth is that a right knowledge of sin lies at the root of all saving Christianity. Without it such doctirnes as justification, conversion, sanctification, are 'words and names' which convey no meaning to the mind.The first thing, therefore, that God does when He makes anyone a new creature in Christ, is to send light into the heart and show him that he is a guilty sinner. ... I believe that one of the chief wants of the church in the nineteenth century has been, and is, clearer, fuller teaching about sin." - John Charles Ryle

This quote is from "Holiness", a classic book written by JC Ryle. It's a must read for the Body of Christ in our day.

Every person ever born in this world will have to answer for their sins. I thank the Lord for taking my sins upon His perfect body, so that He has already answered for them, and I won't have to.
What a gracious Lord and Savior we have.

Saturday, September 01, 2007

A Customary Tradition. (Is this being redundant?)




Here's the same cemetary my Grandmother (Nanaw) used to take me to to feed the swans when I was a young lad.
Back then it was swans, now it's ducks, Canadian geese, and seagulls. I hate the seagulls.
But I love taking the grandsons down to "feed the ducks" and enjoy a time together with no inhibitions. Just a pleasant time together with memories in the making.
This was my first time with Noah. He's 2 closing in on 3 years old in December. My heart is always encouraged when I have my grand children with me. They are very special to my heart, and I thank the Lord daily for them.

"And where your treasure is, that's where your heart will be."