Praise & Worship

Why is it so hard for us to worship the one true God?  Why is it so difficult to remember to thank Him in ALL things?  Those of us who call ourselves "Christian" are so blessed, but we fail so terribly in letting the world, even just our small corner of the world, know how blessed we are!  The easy road is giving into the picture the world has of our God.  Why would we want to take a chance on being ridiculed for our beliefs?  Are we afraid we will end up being "one" against the world?  I had the privilege last night of watching a young man once again prove his naysayers wrong.  Even if you don't like or watch football, I'm sure you have heard of Tim Tebow.  Before I go any further, let me say this is NOT written to Praise & Worship Tim Tebow!!  I simply admire anyone who just doesn't hestitate to give his Lord & Saviour ALL the praise & glory for his accomplishments.  He came from behind again last night and won.  It wasn't pretty, but it accomplished what I think he is all about.  Camera people, announcers, etc are talking about what IT is that this young man has that takes on his critics and changes their minds about him.  I watched the camera show a large group of players, Jets & Broncos, kneeling in a circle praying after the game.  I listened to an interview that continues to give Jesus Christ the praise & glory for what takes place on the field.  And through all this, I wonder why am I so reluctant to express my faith as openly!!  Am I afraid I will be disliked?  So what!!  I will be the first to admit my faith is simply not as strong as I would like.  But, everyday, I work on it.  I am learning to turn more & more things over to the Lord!!  Hopefully, before long, I will have turned everything over to Him and "I will have learned in whatever state I am, to be content!" (Phil 4:11)

If I have offended anyone with this, I won't apologize.  If you happen to agreed with me, please continue to pray that as Christians we will grow stronger and more outspoken.  Take care.  See you at the House!!

Invasion by Jon S Lewis

     A combination of mystery and science fiction, this is one good read.  It deals with a young man, Colt McAlister, who is having the time of his life - spending his days on a surfboard and nights on the beach with friends.  Then things take a drastic change - his parents are killed and he has to go live with his grandfather.  After moving in with his grandfather, he finds out that his mother, who was an investigative reporter, was going to  expose a secret mind-control program run by Trident Biotech.  What if agents from this company wanted to make sure she couldn't go public?

     Colt decides he needs to find out just what happened to his parents.  He has one friend in his new high school, and another "friend" , Oz, who seems familiar.  They form an alliance to find out what is going on at this company and subsequently are drawn into a world of aliens, shapeshifters, flying motorcycles, and invisible gateways!  Not my normal type of read, but amazingly good.  Of course it is listed as juvenile fiction, but I still enjoyed it and will read the next in the series.

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